Otto's Multiversal Mayhem

[Otto]

Otto raised his fingers to his lips and then gestured her to stay still as he strained to hear the ominous sounds.

He stepped up to her and whispered 'We can't stay here.'

He quickly reloaded his automatic pistol, and then moved very slowly up the tunnel from where it seemed the sounds were coming from.

He will set the weapon to silenced mode Magery 15

Listen roll of 10

[arcanus]

Wherever there was a stream the red weed clung and grew with frightening voraciousness, its claw-like fronds choking the movement of the water.
And then it began to creep like a slimy red animal across the land covering field and ditch and tree and hedgerow with living scarlet feelers, crawling, crawling.
The Red Weed - Jeff Wayne

Cautiously Otto advanced up the sewer tunnel, reaching the intersection he was greeted by a faint reddish glow.

The main tunnel trench although still filled with water, now had a large writhing red mass dominating it.

Smaller tendrils had branched out starting to bore through the terrestrial green lichen covering the brick tunnel.

[Otto]

'What on fuckin' Xertherus is that?' he muttered uneasily to himself as he saw the tendrils pulsating and heaving slowly up the sewer.

It was almost like the blood of the slain had been animated, and the death and agonies of the humans had somehow manifested into this horrid crimson ichor. The spirits of mankind finally subjugated into a terrifying living offal like compost, or so his vivid imagination pictured it.

He stepped back swiftly to the girl, a rare sensation gripping his stomach which was threatening to grow; fear.

'What the heck is that?!' he exclaimed to the girl as he pointed up the sewer with his pistol to highlight his question.

'And what the hell has happened to this place?!' he rounded on the girl with wide eyes that demanded answers.

[arcanus]

Somewhat fearfully Olivia, looked at her feet "I don't know sir, my father said a canister had landed upon some common, then the things appeared, everyone fled towards the river" with that her composure slips and she begins to sob.

"Now everyone's dead" she blubs

As Otto considers her words, a renewed blast of screaming reaches his digital ears

[Otto]

'I'm sorry Olivia, don't cry.' Otto holsters his pistol and awkwardly attempts to console the girl by ruffling her hair.

'I must be strong for her.' He thinks with a conviction that helps to bolster his own courage.

'It's just a bit of a shock for me.' He finished lamely as he looked around, considering what to do next.

[arcanus]

<Conduct a test of the chemical I have ingested, clean up this bloody signal, work out what the hell that chatter is all about, I heard screams.
Report back in thirty minutes in an encrypted 5 second code burst. Maintain radio silence. Message ends.> Otto orders Sting rapidly.

Code burst, transmission passlock id confirmed, receive!
Automatic protocols cycled through Otto's Cranialware, before Stings coarse verbatim struck him

<CHEMICAL ANALYSIS INDICATES A FAST ACTING RESPIRATORY TOXIN, RESULTING IN CARDIAC ARREST AND BRAIN ANEURYSM>
<SIGNAL IS FACKIN DIFFICULT AS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FACKIN RADIO IN THIS DUMP>
<CHATTER IS THEM TALKIN, THEY'VE CORNERED LOADS OF HUMANS DOWN BY THE RIVER>
<GOTTA TO BE MESSY, GOOD ENOUGH FOR YA FACKNUTS>

Olivia hugs Otto, seeking comfort, his spectral vision showing her levels of strength diminishing, her injury undoubtedly draining her.

[Otto]

<It is adequate.> he pulses to Sting <Keep me informed and any updates, and vary your etheric frequencies when contacting me.>

‘I don’t know if I can help anyone at all!’ he thought with a growing sense of dread and helplessness.

Not unkindly, he removed himself from her embrace. ‘Now, let us have a look at that wrist.’ His voice sounded a little choked but his face betrayed no sign of emotion as he gently took Olivia’s hand and scanned it with his vision enhancements.

Computer of 7 (X-ray scan)

‘Now don’t be alarmed. This is something that can help you get better.’ He took a multi analyser out of his battered suit inside pocket and showed it to the girl.

‘I need to get a small sample of your blood, it won’t hurt and it will just feel like a scratch.’ He said.

‘You have trusted me so far, do you still trust me?’ he asked her.

[arcanus]

<It is adequate.> he pulses to Sting <Keep me informed and any updates, and vary your etheric frequencies when contacting me.>

<ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE YOU FACKIN IRRITANT> roars Sting

‘I don’t know if I can help anyone at all!’ he thought with a growing sense of dread and helplessness.

<You know I don't care anything for these useless meat sacks, but get a grip your the best chance they've got> he snarls

[Otto]

<Yeah, you're right. But don't get to much of a swollen ego.... Monitor their etheric chatter, log every frequency they are using. I need lists of all them. Also, look into scrambling our etheric output, I don't want them to pin us down and stamp on us eh?>

Otto continues to X-ray Olivia's wrist and takes a blood sample from her.

What is the outcome of the X Ray?

He applies a spot of her blood to his multi scanner.

Biology of 12: What is the chemical agent doing to her, and is it treatable?

Computer of 14 to assist in Stings interrogations and cryptography

<Keep me up to date with whats happening by the river, I think its time we fucked them up> He snarls with a pent up fury that needs to be unleashed.

<Aw, 'an cheers.> He adds

[arcanus]

A low growl rumbles from the digital darkness in which Sting resides <Yeah head for the river, fuck them up>

The chemical analysis reveals low levels of toxins in Olivia's bloodstream, however it is weakening her red and white blood cell count, leading to a lack of energy, slowing the healing of her wrist and increasing her chance of infection.
A simple thing to fix in terms of a basic antidote to flush the toxin, however you would need to acquire some basic chemicals.