Just a Generic CYOA

Break off that stupid side-view mirror and then use it to smack the cart.
Everyone else just focus on not getting thwacked.

Laugh at Entrepetron because of how similar his name is to EmperorToad.
Also, smack ??? just because

I have a feeling that Entrepetron has existed longer than that username.

Before I forget, the thingamajig takes 5 damage from being on fire. The car begins driving towards Steve Johnson, but he uses to earth stone to send a rock spire up from the ground below it. The spire strikes the car on the front, pushing it up into the sky where it begins somersalting several times in mid-air. It falls back down to the street, just in time for Steve to send a stalagmite up through the street and into the car. The stalagmite pierces it, pinning the cart upside-down and off the ground. Some of the poison leaks slowly out of the broken cockpit, but most of it burns up before it hits the ground. The car takes 10 damage from the attack. The group charges in, smacking the cart with their weapons. Entrepetron in particular visciously beats the vehicle with its own side-view mirror. Soon, the group successfully creates a very large opening into the cart, through which Educatron fires a bolt of electricity. What little poison is left in the cart combusts, throwing a few pieces of debris across the road, but completely destroying the poison in the cart. With the toxin gone, the cart powers off, still elevated into the air by the stalagmite.

Entrepetron walks away from the wreckage, casually tossing the mirror aside with a loud clatter. He exclaims, "Well now, we made short work of that foe, didn't we? I give props to Steve for impaling the cart like that. Simply brilliant!" You proudly sheathe your sword, only to hear Educatron mumble, "Yes, how nice of him to utterly destroy the specimin before it can be studied in detail... Ah well, I suppose it can't be helped." Amythist replies, "Well... Judging by our experiences with the substance, it seems to provide energy to electronic substances, and, for lack of a better word, make them go insane. That would explain that poison-filled armour we found in the other building... Perhaps that was some kind of exo-skeleton?" Jeff mumbles, "However, it also seems to have some kind of harmful effect on Ectoscapians... It seems to be a very volatile substance." Entrepetron replies, "Yeah, Jeff, I thought the same thing, especially considering all the poison-covered corpses we found in that other building!" Jeff continues, "...In any case, we need to keep and eye out for more of this poison." Educatron replies, "Of course. Now, let's keep searching for the starting point of that delivery truck." Wordlessly, the group walks deeper into the city.

The trek through the city is rather uneventful. The group continues to stumble across more gruesome arrays of long-deceased Ectoscapians, and is occasionally attacked by more poison-possessed minecarts. However, the group deals with these adversaries quickly, and without fanfare. Eventually, everyone arrives at what appears to be a small plaza, featuring what used to be apart. Back in the city's booming period, the park must have been a welcome touch of nature in what would most likely have been a gloomy city, but the place has since been destroyed by the toxin. Fortunately, none of the poison is trying to attack the group, making entry possible. Educatron heads straight for a line of three benches that are untouched by the substance and sits down. He exclaims, "We've been at it for a while. I think that it's time we take a quick break and perhaps refresh ourselves with some food." The tone of his voice made it clear he wouldn't take any opposing thoughts on the matter, so the rest of the group soon sat down as well, and began unloading refreshments from whatever they carried. However, you don't join them. You have a strange feeling that there's something important to be found here, so you take a quick look around. A lot of the plaza has been enveloped by the toxin, but a few objects still remain. There are several buildlings in the plaza, a plaque featuring a map of the city, and some kind of small booth that at one point may have held newspapers. There are about seven of the newspapers still trapped in the booth, and they appear to be in a read-able condition. There is little else in the plaza other than the benches and several roads that serve as an exit. What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (49/60)

You immediately go to check out the newspaper booth. Opening the door on the front, you pull three of the newspapers out of the booth and spread one out on top. The headline immediately catches your eye. You quickly take the newspapers over to the benches, and hand one to Educatron. He mumbles, "...What is this? Oh, a newspaper... It must be pretty old. I'm surprised it's even still intact." Entrepetron is suddenly there somehow, leaning over Educatron's shoulder and reading, "'Possible New Source of Energy Discovered in Mines' Well, that sure does sound pretty important. How about you give me one of those copies, Steve?" You hand him the last newspaper, while Educatron quickly reads over the article. He explains, "Hmm... The energy source discussed in this article is the purple toxin, just as we expected. However, it is worth noting that the substance was mainly being experimented with by some kind of research facility within this complex, named EctoEnergy." Amythist remarks, "If that was the only facility researching the energy source, then that delivery truck was probably traveling from the facility." Educatron continues, "Exactly. I believe that would be the best place for us to find out more information. However, we still need to locate the facility." Jeff explains, "That should be easy enough. We'll just use the map." He points to the plaque containing the map you noticed earlier. You, Educatron, and Amythist immediately walk to the plaque. It isn't long before you locate the facility on the map, which is apparently just north of your current position. Educatron exclaims, "We should set out for this facility as soon as we can. If there is anything else any of you feel you must do here, I suggest you do it now." What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (49/60)

You take a look at the benches, apparently thinking that they’re preparing to hatch some form of nefarious plot. You carefully examine them from every possible angle, but don’t notice anything suspicious. You finally decide to crawl underneath the bench to closely examine the underside, but still find nothing. Before you can crawl back out, Jeff bluntly asks, “Are you finished yet?” Educatron mumbles, “We really do need to get going.” Entrepetron replies, “Hey, now, maybe Steve’s on to something! These benches might really be the source of the poison! Take a look, why are they the only things here without poison in them?” In response, Educatron reaches over and pulls you out from under the bench. He explains, “If so, then we shouldn’t be lurking underneath them, correct? Now, let’s get moving!” Entrepetron mumbles, “Oh, fine. It was just a hypothesis anyway.” The group sets off for the research center, and you brush yourself off before following closely behind.

After an exciting period of more walking, the group finally arrives at a shiny, white building which looks to be a coal-burning plant. The building itself is rather small, only seeming to be two stories, but three tall smokestacks stick out of the building’s roof. Nothing is coming out of the top, so it stands to reason that the building’s machinery stopped running a while ago. Right next to the building’s front entrance, you see the words “EctoEnergy” written in purple. The words are overlaid over a yellow bolt of electricity. However, the entire complex is behind a large gate, with what appear to be spikes at the top. What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (49/60)

You first consider walking around the large gate, but the gate surrounds the entire facility. I mean, it'd be kind of useless if people could just walk around it to get inside. To solve this problem, you send a stalagmite diagonally out of the ground and towards the gate's entrance. It punches a large hole in the center of the gate, long enough to climb through. Then, you retract the stalagmite back into the ground, allowing the hole to be entered. After the dust around the opening has cleared, Jeff mumbles, "Well, I suppose that takes care of that problem." Going first, you easily climb throug the new opening in the gate, the rest of the group following closely behind. On the other side, you notice a set of glass double doors that serve as the entrance to the building. Ignoring this, you walk over to the wall with the building's logo printed on it, and use your Paint Stone to cover it with a message saying, "Steve was here!" Seeing this, Educatron remarks, "Please at least try to keep a serious demeanor while we're here. We are on an important mission after all." Entrepetron exclaims, "What about me? I haven't had a serious demeanor this whole time." Educatron mumbles, "I suppose you are simply beyond redemption." Then, he opens the double doors and enters the facility. Entrepetron merely shrugs in an exaggerated manner before doing the same, and everyone else is quick to follow.

On the other side, the group sees what looks like a lobby. The room is filled with several large pipes leading in and out of the buiding. The pipes travel along the side of the room, and into two hallways on the left and right side of the room. The entrances to these hallways flank a small desk, which seems to have little of worth left on it. The rest of your group has already begun exploring the lobby. What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (49/60)

You decide to investigate the desk to the best of your ability. Unfortunately, your original summation of its contents was completely accurate. There really isn't much of anything on the desk. There are a few papers scattered across the desk and along the floor, but the few you can really understand are just tables describing people who enter and exit the facility. The last entry seems to have been hastily signed. The signature and date are unreadable, but you can make out the purpose of the exit, which seems to say "Disposal". Inside the drawers of the desk are generic office supplies. Looking behind the desk, you ntoice the chair that used to sit there has since been tipped on its side. It seems a few of your other party members, such as Educatron and Amythist, also examined the desk, but apparently neither of them came across anything worth reporting. What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (49/60)

You take a close look at the pipes and wires running into the hallway on the left. Even someone of your intellectual level can tell that they are meant to carry energy throughout the complex. You walk along the wires, carefully examining them, until you find yourself in the left hallway. There doesn't seem to be anything noteworthy here, except for a large door to the right at the other end of the hallway. You continue to the other end, and open the door to look out at the room inside. The room looks fairly industrial, while maintaining the exteriors bright, futuristic look. The interior has what looks to be several furnaces, funneling up to several large turbines higher up in the facility. Instead of featuring a roof, the top of the building funnels upward into a smokestack, with even more turbines along the wall. The rest of your group joins you in the corridor, just in time for Educatron to remark, "Hmm... This appears to be the room where energy was generated by burning fossil fuels. Most of the machinery here is probably in disrepair by now." You take a closer look at the room, and notice a large desk with notebooks and blueprints scattered across the top. What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (49/60)

"Well, hello everyone! It seems that I, Entrepetron, have been asked to narrate this exciting update, for a little bit of non-canon April Fools shenanigans. To be honest, I have no idea what April Fools Day even is, but apparently it's a pretty big deal up there in the overworld. On the other hand, selfies are also a pretty big deal up there, so this is probably just par for the course. Y'know, how did I pick up all these overworld terms of speech in the first place? Actually, I don't care. Onwards!

So, to start Amythist, Educatron, and I head on over to that table on the right side of the room. Up close, we see that the blueprints on the table are blueprints to the furnaces, turnbines, and some other stuff no one cares about. Educatron, in his usual 'smarther-than-thou' manner, says something really clever and insightful about the facility. Fortunetely, I wasn't paying attention and missed what he said. Which is quite as shame, because I know I responded with a totally clever sarcastic quip, but I forgot that one too. Okay, I'll be honest, I'm kinda awful at this 'narrating' thing, but I'm just one robot-guy, okay? Can you really blame me? We aren't all born with super reading powers!

Anyway, Amythist opens the journal to its most recent page, and begins reading the information that's written inside. This confirms that the journal IS, in fact, a journal. On the last page is written, and I quote, 'The strange substance found deep in the Ectoscapian minds has finally found its way back to our facility. Just as we thought, it makes an excellent fuel source! The substance burns for a very long time, and releases a surprisingly large amount of energy as it does so. This fuel source can also be used when we need energy right away, as electricity causes the substance to detonate! Finally, the fumes produced by the fuel are cleaner and safer for our consumption than other fuel sources.

However, there is a price. The fuel is very toxic, and corrodes metal easily. On the other hand, this is easily fixed. Our scientists have created a kind of metal that resists the toxin, allowing us to transport it easily. This new alloy is also being used to upgrade our furnaces as we speak, so that they can safely burn the substance. As long as no new problems arise, the discovery of this substance could finally end our energy crisis!' And that's it! Wow, that took forever to read. That guy needs to learn to be more concise.

Amythist and Educatron begin discussing this exciting information amongst themselves, freeing me to take a look at what Jeff and Steve are up to. Apparently, the two of them are examining the furnaces and turbines over in the back of the room, so I go to join them. The machinery is simply brilliant, if I do say so myself! Unfortunately, what isn't quite as brilliant is the part when Steve opens a furnace door, discovering the resistant metal alloy inside, but also discovering a large quantity of the noxious fuel. Steve quickly closes the door and speedwalks away, but then the furnace comes to life like that car did earlier! The furnace proceeds to send a blast of fire across the room, slamming into the back of Educatron and knocking him into the table. He takes 4 damage, and the blueprints on the table are set on fire. Everyone, including me, of course, pulls out their weapons and turns to the possessed furnace. I shout, 'ONWARDS TO VICTORY!' and then charge straight at the furnace, stabbing it with my electric lance and dealing over 100 damage! ...Okay, I admit I embellished that part a bit. It was actually about 5 damage. Then, I bravely retreated from the furnace so the real battle could begin! So... hopefully I get this part right...

What willst thou do now?

Whoops I kinda messed it up. Actually, to be honest, I messed up this entire update. Well, look on the bright side, this goofy April Fools Day thing ends in nine hours, so we can all just pretend this never happened. Okay? Okay.

FAREWELL!

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (41/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (45/60)
Toxic Furnace (75/80)

I think this was intended to be the case since the beginning, even though it doesn't really make sense in context. Whatever. 

You quickly shoot some electricity into the main compartment of the furnace. The resulting explosion knocks your group off their feet and sends them flying backwards. Thankfully, no one is hurt, but the furnace takes a whopping 40 damage from the explosion! However, it is still somewhat functional due to a good amount of the toxin being left behind in other areas. Standing up, Educatron grumbles, “What a mess. Steve, you could have at least warned us before nearly killing us all.” Jeff quickly gets up, and replies, “There’s no time to reflect on that. Steve dealt a lot of damage to the enemy, but we still have to finish it off.” Everyone gets up and charges towards the monster, but their progress is halted by a large stream of fire it blasts at the group. Entrepetron and Amythist get caught in the blast and takes 5 damage each, and Steve Johnson’s eyebrows are singed off. Jeff takes the fire blast to the face, but heals 5 damage because of it instead. Educatron succeeds in avoiding the attack completely. What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (46/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (55/60) Educatron (45/60)
Toxic Furnace (35/80)

First, Steve paints himself some new eyebrows. Unfortunately, they feel kinda weird, considering they’re made of paint. Steve decides to just go without eyebrows for now, since they’re probably regrow in five posts or so. Meanwhile, Entrepetron exclaims, “Hey, Amythist! Could you set up one of those psychic shield doohickeys?” Amythist replies, “Uh... Sure. Why do we need one?” Entrepetron shakes his head, and replies, “I can’t tell you that! That would spoil the excitement! C’mon, just trust me here!” “Alright, fine,” Amythist mumbles, before spreading her hands out and forming a pink spherical barrier around the team. Educatron says, “Just don’t kill us all please...” Entrepetron laughs, and replies, “Sorry, I can’t make guarantees like that. Here we go!” Entrepetron dashes out of the psychic shield, starts spinning rapidly, and then fires bolts of electricity from his hands in rapid succession. These bolts bounce off the walls, the furnaces, and, fortunately, the psychic barrier. A few of them reach the poison in the furnace, causing more explosions and 15 damage to the furnace. Unfortunately, Entrepetron is caught in one of these explosions and sent flying backwards, where he bounces off the psychic shield and then rolls into the wall. He takes 10 damage from the ordeal. While, the group is distracted by this, the furnace shoots a fireball at the group. The attack breaks Amythist’s shield, dealing 4 damage to her. Finally, Educatron is hit by a stray bolt of electricity, and takes 1 damage. Entrepetron, still lying by the far wall, can be heard mumbling, “Admittedly, that could have gone a bit better.” What will you do now?

Steve Johnson (48/65) Entrepetron (60/70) Jeff (46/50) DoomBOTy (22/30) Amythist (51/60) Educatron (44/60)
Toxic Furnace (20/80)