ARCADE SESSION: REBOOTED

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Echo says there's just the one creature in the cave, and so you proceed with your original plan. You tell Echo to aim the stun gun at the creature and give it a chance to end things peacefully.

Don't move! That's my bird you're messing with!

The creature doesn't seem to understand Echo's words, instead responding with angry chittering. It makes a move towards Echo, but before it can get anywhere, she fires the stun gun...

...and misses. You're not sure if it was the creature moving too quickly, Echo's reluctance to fire the weapon, or the low power of her prosthetic arms, but in any case the shot sails right over the creature's shoulder and zaps harmlessly against the wall. Seeing this as an act of aggression, the creature charges towards Echo, screeching and hissing. You reach for the keyboard to tell Echo to do something else, but before you can even hit the first button, Echo leaps into the air and flies away from the creature. You get a brief glimpse of the previous room as she pulls a quick U-turn and flies straight into it again, punching it square in the face.
 

It starts to get up again, but Echo nails it with the stun gun before it can do anything. It lays on the ground, convulsing slightly. It seems unhurt (unhurt by the stun gun, that is, you're sure Echo's punch will leave a hell of a mark) but it won't be going anywhere for the next few minutes.

You EXAMINE the fallen creature, and are met with... this. It's not a pretty sight, to say the least, and there's no way that's a TCP.
 

All that's left in the area are Topaz, the pile of gems, and the large egg. What now?