Editing Quest:Ruby Quest/Summary (section)

== Part 8 ==

[[Image:Ruby_Map_Part_8.PNG|thumb|The known map as of the end of part 8. New and improved, for HER pleasure.]]

Consists of threads 28-29.

This episode picks up with Ruby and Tom in a "familiar and horrible darkness" with the sound of water all around. After figuring out that there was no ACTUAL water, and that they could actually breathe, Ruby opens her third eye, which leads her through the darkness, as Tom finds the rail and starts to follow it, still looking for Ruby. Ruby feels a set of stairs, and takes them. Tom suddenly swings his fist, as Ruby feels something hit her foot. She gets the impression that she is on the rail, and stops in her tracks, as the "water" subsides. The lights come back on, with Ruby precariously perched on the rail above the fans, and Tom pulls her down quickly. 

With the return of her regular vision, Ruby decides it's best to close her third eye, and the two face the door to Lab B. Ruby attempts to hug Tom, but he isn't feeling very huggy, still remembering the video of November 8th, and so Ruby checks a plant. Oddly enough, the plant turns out to be dull and pointless, so they return to the previous room, where Filbert was. They realize that something is different, most notably the fact that Filbert is no longer there, and Tom steps on the severed foot from earlier. Gross. Arming himself with the BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL, Tom takes point, but the room is empty. The pair finds a LOCKER covered with FLESHY GROWTHS, that resists Toms attempts to open it. After unsuccessfully attempting to remove the eye exam chart, and examining a combination Keypad/Cardkey Slot (which also has Fleshy Growths), Tom bashes open a cabinet, to discover a jar of LIQUID TRANQUILIZER, which we fill our SYRINGE with. Ruby and Tom seem confused for a moment, as we barrage them with several conflicting ideas, but eventually decide to get the Cthulhu Baby/Jar Growth. 

As Ruby and Tom return, Baby in hands, they're paid a visit from Stitches, who growls in response to our greeting. He moans out "ＵＨＡＡＡＨＨ ＫＩＬＬＬＬＬ ＭＥ" and lunges for Ruby, so Ruby and Tom book it to the next room, and wait in ambush, with an elaborate maneuver planned. Ruby trips Stitches, and Tom uses his MANLY PHYSIQUE to pin Stitches down and inject him with the TRANQUILIZER. Tom finds a TINY KEY for the cabinet we smashed, and leaves it with Stitches, stuffing him in Locker #5 and rejamming it. /tg/ has a stroke of genius, and slips the GROUP PORTRAIT in with Stitches, then returns to the room where we found Filbert.

After placing the Jar Baby in the space in the FLESHY LOCKER, it opens, center out, and Ruby grabs a FLESHY PROTOTUBE. She promptly licks it. As expected, it tastes horrible. Afterward, Tom plugs the FLESHY PROTOTUBE into the Keypad, then uses Rubys RUBBER GLOVES to insulate the exposed electrical wire, finishes connecting the Keypad. It lights up, and Ruby punches in 0645, and Tom swipes the HIGH-ACCESS CARD, opening the hatch on the ceiling. 

Ruby and Tom make their way upwards, and after being thwarted by a SECURITY KEYCARD READER, decide to check out Aces room. His room turns out to be an optical illusion straight out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Tom finds a SPADE KEY under the pillow of Ace's HUGE BED. They exit the room, testing the locked door to Filberts Room, and then Ruby opens the door to the Staff Wings....which is apparently now connected to the Elemental Plane of Teeth. Ruby closes the door, deciding not to go that way, and decides to check on Toms missing Eye. Finding him to be okay, they head down, Tom refills the SYRINGE, and we suddenly decide to take Tom and Ruby all the way back to the Dummy Room. The Dummy is still MIA, and Ruby scans the room with her third eye. She feels a painful echo coming from the painting, then a sharper pain coming from the Eye Dial. Ruby has a "hurts so good moment" from the eye, causing fa/tg/uys to panic, and cleans the blood from her third eye, closing it. As she looks with NORMAL VISION again, the EYE DIAL is missing, so Tom takes the DO NOT OPEN sticker and wears it. The pair make their way back to Lab B, SPADE KEY in hand...

Using the KEY, the double doors open, and Subject 6 stirs, missing hands, legs, and eyes. It asks if someone is there, and Ruby answers, taking on the role of Spokesbunny. Subject 6 beckons us closer, but Ruby stands her ground, disappointing the figure. He introduces himself as "Tom, the love of your life". Naturally, this confuses the hell out of Tom, Ruby, and /tg/. 'Tom' calls us 'Lucy', adding to the confusion, and tells us he has something for us. Tom steps forward, playing Lucy, but soon steps back, as the room is filled with a foul stench. As the figure is limbless, and can't come to us, Ruby steps in, using the OXYGEN MASK to breathe. 'Tom' smiles, thanking us, and holds up a GOLD KEY, telling us it will get us into "his office" and that "he has tools in his desk." Tom fumbles for a light switch, as Ruby takes the key. Subject 6 asks us to bring him some scissors, and Tom finds the switch. The lights come on, revealing that Subject 6 is attached to many fleshy growths with eyes in them, filling the room. Ruby gets the fuck out of Dodge, as the mutant figure begins to rise.

Closing the door, barring and locking it, Ruby is comforted by Tom, who attempts to hug her... she bolts before he can, heading up to Filberts room, where Tom finds her unlocking the door. Inside, Ruby finds a FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER, a framed copy of the Hippocratic Oath, a poster of someone who looks like Princess Leia, and a note on the wall saying "I am still clean, so only I can leave." Rummaging through Filberts stuff provides several scraps of paper, including a note left by Filbert to himself telling him of his amnesia, mention of having Ace treat Reds rations, and a note regarding Subject 2, "Maddie", being euthanized, dated November 8th. A quick search of the cabinet drawers turns up several bloody chunks of flesh. Tom goes on a rampage, and fucks shit up in Filberts room, revealing no further clues, but enjoying it all the same. 

The duo head back down to the EYECHART, and unscrew the chart from the wall, finding a SHARD OF GREEN WOOD. Ruby also unscrews the vent, setting off an alarm. The figure on the Monitor shows up, turning off the alarm, then disappears. Tom yells at the figure, regardless of the fact that it's no longer there, as Ruby grabs an item out of the vent: a SECURITY ACCESS CARD. Filbert arrives, mutated as hell, and announces that he intends to "cut the bad out" until we are "as clean as he is."

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Image:Filbert amnesia.gif|Well this explains a lot.
Image:Filbert treating red.gif|And now we know why he had the elemental plane of teeth.
Image:Filbert euthanize.gif|<s>And that's what happened to hound!</s> DEBUNKED
Image:Badtaste.png|Well, what did you THINK it would taste like, Ruby?
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