Author Topic: Things Were Beginning to Not Phlo Well  (Read 478 times)

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Re: Things Were Beginning to Not Phlo Well
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2026, 11:41:57 PM »
Opening the door in front of him, Q leads you into a study. The room is one quadrant of a hemisphere. It’s about 20 from the door you just came through to the outer wall circumference, where the wall curves upwards and inwards. There’s a door at one end of the room arc, and you’re  smart enough to figure out that this place probably has 3 more rooms laid out like a Simon game inside an igloo.

The study’s decor is like a 60’s supervillain lair from the Bond movies. Stark white, furniture is sleek, minimalistic, and futuristic - smooth lines, few details, and odd shapes. There are egg shaped chairs with orange upholstery. A bowl shaped couch suspended from the ceiling. Full bookshelves run along the wall next to a busy but neat desk. Chalkboards hang in several places, on them are copious notes, equations, and pieces of paper. Your attention is initially drawn to a very large portrait hanging above the couch of 4 dohwar - a prominent female figure in the center and 3 males subserviently posed around her. One of them is clearly Q.

As you take in the painting, Q waddles over to a chalkboard and knocks loudly to get your attention. “This is why I brought you here. I’ve been collecting data on that living construct as I’ve been repairing it.” You see upon closer inspection that the board is full of notes and sketches of parts of Sunny. “I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s a bizarre mix of magic, psionics, technology, and…something else. I must recreate it. Imagine an army of sentient constructs at my command. Re’Alph and his minions would never stand a chance. Revenge would be MINE…But it is advanced and the secret eludes my great intellect. Perhaps you could be of use. Your knowledge of living things and technology could be the key. Let’s review what I know, shall we?”
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Re: Things Were Beginning to Not Phlo Well
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2026, 12:04:42 AM »
This is fantastic...
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Re: Things Were Beginning to Not Phlo Well
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2026, 12:05:39 AM »
Somebody get me an AI generated buddy action movie poster of Dr. Hat and Q...stat...
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Re: Things Were Beginning to Not Phlo Well
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2026, 02:48:01 PM »
Dr. Hat spends over a minute taking it all in. His two eyes obviously scan in different directions. When he’s done he doffs his hat and tips it to Q.

“Have you inquired of “him” or any of the more experienced spelljammers if they have seen his like before? Or what world he hails from? I am game for the project as long as we don’t have to harm him.”

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Re: Things Were Beginning to Not Phlo Well
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2026, 11:41:49 PM »
“Have you inquired of “him” or any of the more experienced spelljammers if they have seen his like before? Or what world he hails from? I am game for the project as long as we don’t have to harm him.”
“I haven’t made this investigation known to anyone. And no one knows this place exists. Remember that and keep it that way.

I’ve asked Sunny about his origins, but he appears to be missing records of his ‘life’ before his assignment that ultimately led to his capture by Re’Alph’s minions. Curiously, several features of his design have been disabled. I’ve managed to reactivate some of them in my tinkering, but there are others that remain offline. Someone put forth some effort to neuter him.

And of course I wouldn’t harm him. He is our only available specimen right now, we have to keep him functional.”
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