Heckno12

Chosen

@jynmi88 It happens, all good bud.

Chosen

@jynmi88 They are different. Both elements are in the list there.

Stranded: Prisoner's Tale (sci-fi/fantasy Med casual)

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Felix regarded the doctor with a nod. He recognized her voice immediately.

"Frankly, there's only one plan that makes sense. That massive hulk of a ship over there?" Felix said with the slightest hint of sarcasm. "That right there is where everyone else is going to go. Unfortunately, it's also where we need to be. I don't know if you've seen what's out here, but from what I've seen...let's just say a prisoner lopping our heads off would be merciful."

Felix sighed. While he'd have preferred a more combat-ready ally, Lea wasn't worthless. Even if her life magic would have no effect on his prosthetics, she knew every prisoner on board and had at least some rapport with most of them and the crew. He'd have to get over the fact that he would have someone else to protect when things hit the fan though.

"That comment about the food was serious though, just estimating the distance...This is going to take a few days just to hike there." Felix said, glad that he managed to keep his lunch in the crash.

@Polaris North

Pokemon Spiral

Merry christmas guys!

Pokemon Spiral

@OtomostheCrazy Awesome, glad to hear it Oto!

Stranded: Prisoner's Tale (sci-fi/fantasy Med casual)

Location: Alcatraz

Three Hours before planetfall

This was far from ideal. No, it was bad. Or well, it was kind of annoying. Felix had accidentally shut off the lights in the cell block in his attempt to fix some faulty wiring. While he had probably prevented an electrical fire, he now had to navigate the maintenance hall in complete blackness to retrieve a replacement fuse for the one that had been blown.

Of course the prisoners throughout the rest of the block were shouting in protest at the sudden loss of light. In some situations there would have been some illumination through the windows, but the starboard side was completely shadowed by a planet. Of course this disturbance would result in a tongue lashing later, but it wasn't like they could afford to kick him off the ship.

On his way to the maintenance closet Felix could have sworn he saw the Warden, but once he tried to approach the man he slipped back into the darkness. Felix simply shrugged this off as normal as the guy had proven to be...enigmatic at best. For someone that was supposed to be in charge of supervising the prisoners, the warden was rarely seen even by the ship's staff.

Fifteen minutes before planetfall

With the lights fixed Felix was able to check the rest of the cell block's systems without any other delays. Thankfully, this was probably one of the worst issues the ship had really experienced since departure. The captain would probably accuse him of doing this to entertain himself, but he wasn't really a glutton for extra work. Then again, two hours worth of work was more than he had done in the past two weeks combined.

Thanks to the non-aggression field, patrol was just strolling around the ship. Because of the engines being deactivated, the rest of the ship had plenty of power. A combat engineer was wasted on this ship, but that was something Felix had known before being assigned. He was as much a prisoner as any of the murderers in their cells. His captivity just came with extra work.

While Felix was thinking about his situation, the intercom blasted to life with some strange shrieking sound. It was like someone had recorded the sound of nails on a chalkboard and combined it with knives scraping on plates. It was then that everything started to go awry.

Planetfall

After just one glance out the window, Felix knew the ship was going down. He sprinted at full speed in an attempt to reach the bridge. Unfortunately with a mechanical click, the Cell block was ejected from the ship with Felix still inside. Securing himself within an empty cell, he prepped for impact as best he could.

"This is what I get for wishing for some excitement..." Felix said to himself.

Impact

In moments the cell block smashed into the ground. The sounds of crushing metal and explosions rang out in every direction around Felix. Whatever method the vessel was supposed to use to land had likely failed and sent the entire cell block into a tumble.

When it had all settled down, Felix opened his eyes to take in the sights. What was left of the cell block was mostly wreckage with a few bodies strewn about, and most of said bodies had seen better days. He could hear a few survivors trying to get their bearings in the scrap that up until moments ago they had been living in.

Felix had a sudden realization...the anti-aggression field was tied to the ship's main power source and the ship...wasn't there. The situation had somehow become even worse. Springing into action, he used the remaining power in the cell block to seal the cells as he made his escape. Obviously it didn't make much difference as the block had breaches all over, but it would stall a few. Once Felix was outside he took a quick look around the area. Jungle as far as the eye could see, at first glance it appeared to be some kind of paradise...but only at first glance.

The ground shook as the Alcatraz officially made contact with the ground, the massive ship dug a several mile wide trench through the planet's surface. The vessel, at least from where Felix could see, appeared almost completely undamaged. Of course he couldn't see much of it, the titanic ship was so far...at least a few days worth on foot, probably longer taking the terrain into account.

A terrible scream rang out nearby, not like those that had been heard since the crash. This one was much worse than one that a gunshot or stabbing could cause. Perhaps worse than even a life wielder could inflict. Felix's attention snapped to the treeline where a human stumbled out still screaming in horror and pain. From the man's shoulder, blood seemed to flow like a spout...except, it couldn't be blood. Felix thought. It was true, the sickly color that spread from the wound was quickly turning black as the liquid gushed. It was as though the man was rotting before his eyes. The man collapsed, the smell of rotten flesh permeated the air. The stench confirmed Felix's suspicions, the man was putrefying alive.

Once the screaming stopped, a strange spiked humanoid creature exited the brush and approached the corpse. Felix took cover. if this thing did this, he certainly wasn't keen on engaging it. A slurping sound came from the direction of the corpse and strange monster. Felix could only assume this was how it consumed its prey, rotting it from the inside out and drinking the results. He repressed the urge to vomit at the thought.

Stranded: Prisoner's Tale (sci-fi/fantasy Med casual)

Derismus

@Irredeemable@Polaris North@The Angry Goat@Rune_Alchemist@Raylah

The massive prison ship floated listlessly through deep space. So far away from civilization that even the strongest signals couldn't reach it. The twenty seven cell blocks were secure as per usual, and routine checks were being performed. The engines had long since shut off to allow the ship to drift freely along its unknown course. Guards patrolled, the anti-aggression field was working at peak capacity, and the prisoners were passive and within their cell blocks. A normal cycle that had been going on for what seemed like endless months? years? all indiscernable unless you had access the the ships own runtime.

The ship's captain looked out towards the stars waiting for the paper work that always arrived about this time. It was a droll job, and one he'd be stuck with for the rest of his life, but this vessel was his.

In the middle of the standard procedures, the ship seemed to come under a weird bump in space, the ship phsycaily feeling like it had hit something for only half a second. Then moments after, a sharp shrill sound was bleed from ship's PA system.

"What? There's no way." The captain exclaimed as the sound continued. Had it been a prank by one of the more mischevious of the crew or prisoners, they would have had to broadcast from within the ship. Instead, this sound was showing to have come from the planet they had been passing. The bridge began to try to understand what had just happened, they had just begun to leave it's gravity well. The planet was so far out, located in uncharted space specifically, so for the sound to be coming from the planet was unexplainable. No one should have been out here "Get me a scan of th-"

The sound stopped as suddenly as it came, but what followed was much more alarming. The ship's power suddenly shut off, like it had been hit with some sort of EMP. Moments before if anyone had been watching the planet, a weird energy wave of sorts shot out rapidly from the planet and sped towards the ship, actually pushing the ship back slightly it seemed like.

"Engineers to the power station. I want a god damn status report on the ship, now!" The captain shouted over the now freed intercom. After such a long time of inactivity, the ship was suddenly buzzing with excitement and fear.

"Engines are running at 25%...... 20%...... 10%...... 9%...... 8%...... 7%...... 6%...... 5%...... 4%...... 3%...... 2%...... 1%...... The ship's engines are now dead... just like you all will probably be soon if you don't figure something out." The ship's AI responded to the captain.

The next wave seemed to bring more force with it as the ship shook violently. As the navigator looked at her instruments one thing was clear, the ship was being pulled into the planet's gravity well.

"Reactivate the engines, come on people I want us clear of this yesterday." The captain told the worried crew, who were running around the bridge in a hurry.

"Navigation controls...the've gone dark sir, the engines aren't responding...we cant get free!" One of the crewman shouted over the chaos, a sudden doom being felt on the bridge.

"Dammit..." the ships captain took off his hat "brace for entry...this ship is going down." The captain declared with an icy calmness.

There was no point in activating a distress beacon, there wouldn't be anyone to hear it...besides, a prison ship wouldn't be worth the effort.

"Where's the warden? He won't respond to any of our hails." A comm officer exclaimed as he tried to notify all hands to brace.

"Brace for impact, I repeat...crew brace for impact, 60 seconds..." crew around the ship scrambled to get secure, some heading for the ships escape pods, others bunkering down and waiting...

"God Dammit, of course when shit hits the fan that creepy bastard is nowhere to be found." The captain said, not the slightest bit surprised.

"The warden is currently busy with something more important and is unable to help you with the jobs you are being paid to be here for."

"What should we do captain?" the bridge suddenly froze, all eyes turning to the man. "30 seconds until impact!" the message being relayed to the rest of the ship.

"There's nothing to do, like I said crew, there's nothincg we can do but brace for impact..." the bridge began to strap themselves into their unavoidable doom, the captain gripped the arms of his chair with fear and anticipation.

The ship lurched forward one final time as it hit atmosphere, sounds of carnage filled the air, as the ship seemed to start ripping apart at the bolts. The sound of a manual override was heard over the alarms and all of the prison blocks launched like escape pods from the side of the ship. Before the main ship made impact with the ground, the warden was seen on camera tampering with the emergency controls.

My Hero Academia - Summer/Boot Camp Style

Interest.

Stranded: Prisoner's Tale (sci-fi/fantasy Med casual)

@Irredeemable Hey, your pictures on there aren't working.

Stranded: Prisoner's Tale (sci-fi/fantasy Med casual)

Okay, so we're changing the rules for second characters. Their deaths aren't guaranteed now. Though unexplained inactivity (more than a week) could change that. Basically, if someone being inactive for an extended period is holding everyone else up, we'll drag them forward for a while (hopefully long enough for them to come back) before ultimately killing them off. If something important comes up and you won't be able to post for a while just give us a heads up, I promise we won't bite your head off. If you guys have any questions or concerns about this also let us know.