Ruins of Terra

[Red14]

*Max and Beta*
Max breathed heavily and looked at Beta "Could you -pant- check that -pant- out for me -wheeze-"

[Ninmast]

*Max and Beta*

The girl nodded, pushed herself up and hopped down into the pit, then jumped up and grabbed the opposite edge with her hands and climbed up out of it. Once on the other side, she pushed a button on the side of the casing and a drawer slid out. Her face lit up when she saw what was inside. "It's an upgrade module!"

[Red14]

*Max and Beta*
"No way!" That seemed to put some pep in Max's step as he jumped up and ran towards the box. He paused and said "Well............ What's it do?"

[Ninmast]

"I dunno ... I didn't look that close ..." The girl peered closer. "Looks like a leg modification. Linear or vertical movement, maybe?"

[Red14]

"Cool." Max said frankly. There was another pause as he reached in to grab it "Any idea how to put it on?"

[Ninmast]

She pulled it out and flipped open the module. "Yeah, you just plug it in and ..." When she went to plug it in, nothing happened. She blinked, pulled it off, put it back on and repeated the process. "It's not working ..."

[Giant Brother]

"What do I look like, a freaking commando?" Terros grumbled, but he nonetheless started firing faster. However, his insistance on aiming perfectly for each shot and the weapon he was using made it so he wasn't firing off as many shots as Mekka.

[Red14]

*Max and Beta*
This only brought Max closer to his first fear about Beta Maybe she is defective....
"Let me try it." Max said, taking the module from Beta and putting it on. "Here goes..." He plugged the module in and held his breath instinctively.

[Oathkeeper]

*Dredge, Terros, and Mekka*

He continued spinning until he landed, then swiped around and the close ones still standing. He hopped back over the dead ones to the others.

[Ninmast]

*Max and Beta*

The module immediately activated and interfaced with his shell, installing the upgrade, which was indeed for vertical and linear movement (jump height and running speed).

*Dredge, Terros and Mekka*

With the last of the swarm down, the way was open to progress on through the ruins.

[Red14]

*Max and Beta*
"Woah, this feels kind-of wierd." He looked down at his legs and said "Well, I think that the mosule was certainly for movement, but no use wasting it where I don't need to, lets find the others and report." He hopped down from the ledge and walked out of the room, even his walking speed had been improved a bit.

[Ninmast]

*Beta and Max*

The blonde girl nodded as she followed him out, turning right to look on down the hallway, where she could make out a turn. "Judging from the paths we've already taken, if we head this way instead of backtracking, we'll likely circle back to where we started."

[Red14]

*Max and Beta*
"Sounds like a plan, lets get going." He started walking following the path that Beta had dictated to him.

[Oathkeeper]

*Dredge, Mekka, Terros*

Dredge kicked some remains out of his way and started walking again. "That was fun."