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Sunday, March 07, 2004

Emergency: Smells A Little Fishy

There are 2 parts to this emergency... In fact, they could be 2 entirely different emergencies. Or are they?

Part A

A strange fog has swept over the City in a fowl aroma. A stench that smells so terrible, you could say it raises the dead. New faces have also appeared in the City streets, dead ones. Zombies are rising out their graves in the City cemetery, corpses are animating in the Hospital Morgue, and mummies are walking out of the Museum. However, they seem to be ignoring the populous entirely (which is completely un-zombie like); indeed all their undead energy seems to be focused on arriving at a single destination, the corporate tower of Dynamo Enterprises.

A shrill laughter reverberates throughout the City below. On the balcony of Dynamo Enterprises a raving lunatic waltzes along the banister on the brink of plunging to his death. You can't help but to wonder, who is this mad man? Well, he was once a well respected Anatomy Professor at the local University until he presented his theory of 'Electrostatic Reanimation by Stench'; he was laughed out of the University. Humiliated by his colleagues; he focused all his remaining energy on creating a Device that could raise the dead. At last he was able to get his revenge!

"My Zombies! For years I've worked to create this final end! At last I now have the means and ability to have my revenge! Go, destroy the University and burn all it's precious research! And after your done with that destroy the rest of the City!" he screeches over a loudspeaker. A few hundred zombies head slowly to the University.

As long as the Device is operational; zombies will continue to traverse the City. Your goal is to find the Professor and destroy his Device. And when you're done with that maybe you could answer a quick question... What are we going to do with all those decomposing bodies?

Part A of the emergency is worth 15 power.

Part B

"And if you look to your left you'll see several eco-terrorists from the organization known as D.A.F.T. strapping a highly explosive bomb which is strangely the shape of a human being onto the side of the Grand Titan Dam. And we're walking... we're walking. Please keep up with the tour and stop screaming in terror."

Eco-Terrorist #1: "Hey Joe! Where is the bottle of Nitroglycerin?"
Joe: "I thought you had it... Hey, Pete! Where did you put the bottle of Nitroglycerin?"
Pete: "Nitroglycerin? You mean that clear stuff that looks like water? I drank it."
Joe: "Out of all the stupid things you could have done! You had to go and do this!"
Eco-Terrorist #1: "Alright, those fishes have waited long enough. Tie the C4 bomb onto him and stick them both on the side of the Dam. Maybe this would teach you the difference between Nitroglycerin and water."
Pete: "Nooo!"

Part B of this emergency is worth 10 power

Alright Heroes... There's your challenge from yours truly, the Malice Queen!

There is a link between the emergencies. The Professor and Eco-Terrorist #1 are the same person. This individual's goal is to wipe out the population of the City. Because there is a timer on the bomb (this is assumed because C4 needs a trigger to explode) and because zombies move very slowly it is possible that this individual can move to and from the locations. Due to the fog's affect on dead bodies, the extra dead in the City due to the flood will add to his ever increasing legion of the dead or zombies. Stop the Bomb, destroy the Device and Catch that Professor! It's an elaborate plot twist, I suppose it needed some explanation. (This paragraph has been added at around 3:17 GMT for your personal benefit.)