Tomb Raider w_ EposVox - Episode 20

**The Uncharted Adventure**

As I stepped into the uncharted territory, I couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. The air was thick with tension, and the silence was only broken by the sound of my own ragged breathing. I had been exploring this vast expanse for what felt like hours, and yet, I still hadn't stumbled upon any clear path or indication of where I was going. It was as if the terrain itself was conspiring against me, determined to keep its secrets locked away.

I took a deep breath, mentally preparing myself for whatever lay ahead. My trusty companion, Sam, stood beside me, her eyes fixed intently on some point in the distance. I knew she was trying to gauge our surroundings, to take in every detail and assess any potential dangers. But as I looked around, I couldn't shake the feeling that we were being watched. The trees seemed to loom over us, their branches creaking ominously in the wind.

Suddenly, Sam's head snapped towards me, her eyes locked onto something behind my shoulder. "What is it?" I asked, following her gaze. That was when I saw them - a group of enemies, emerging from the underbrush like a horde from hell. My heart sank, and my hand instinctively went to the gun at my side.

**The Pursuit**

I took off after them, my footsteps pounding against the ground as I gave chase. The adrenaline rush was exhilarating, but also terrifying. I knew that if we didn't take down these enemies quickly, they would be upon us in no time. My mind racing with strategies and tactics, I spotted a narrow opening between two rocks and made for it.

As I squeezed through the gap, I could feel the heat emanating from behind me. The air was thick with tension, and my senses were on high alert. Suddenly, I heard a faint rustling behind me, followed by the unmistakable sound of footsteps. That's when I saw it - a massive, ancient door blocking our path.

I hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to do next. But then, something inside me clicked, and I set off towards the door. As I reached out to touch it, I felt a strange energy emanating from it - like it was alive, and warning me away. But I didn't hesitate. With a surge of determination, I pushed against the door, and it swung open with a creak.

**The Discovery**

As we stepped through the doorway, I caught my breath in awe. Before us lay a vast expanse of ruins, stretching out as far as the eye could see. The air was thick with dust, and the sky above was a sickly yellow hue. It was like stepping into another world altogether.

Sam's eyes sparkled with excitement as she took in the sights and sounds around us. "This is incredible," she breathed, her voice barely audible over the wind. I nodded in agreement, my mind racing with questions and theories. What had happened here? Why had this place been abandoned?

As we explored the ruins, I stumbled upon a series of cryptic markings etched into the walls. They seemed to be some sort of code, but I couldn't decipher their meaning. And then, there was the journal - a tattered old book filled with notes and diagrams that made little sense to me.

**The Mystery Deepens**

As we delved deeper into the ruins, I began to uncover more secrets than I could handle. There were ancient artifacts, strange devices, and cryptic messages scrawled across the walls. It was like piecing together a puzzle, except the pieces didn't quite fit together.

I couldn't help but wonder what had led us here - what had sparked this entire adventure? And what lay at the heart of this mysterious place? The answers seemed to be hidden behind every door we opened, and I began to feel like Sisyphus, pushing a boulder up the mountain only to have it roll back down again.

Despite the frustration and confusion, I pressed on. There was something about this place that drew me in, something that refused to let go. It was like being pulled by an invisible string, deeper into the heart of the mystery.

**The Unraveling**

As we explored further, I began to unravel the threads of a larger narrative. The ruins were just one part of it - a tiny fragment in a much larger puzzle. And then, there was the GPS thingamajig... what was its purpose? Why was it hidden behind every door?

I finally cracked the code on the journal, and the answers began to pour out. It was a tale of sun-worshipers, cults, and a mysterious research facility deep in the heart of the ruins. I felt like I'd stumbled into something much bigger than myself.

But as we neared the end of our journey, I realized that the truth was far more sinister than I had ever imagined. It was like peeling back the layers of an onion - each one revealing a new and terrifying secret beneath.

**The Confrontation**

In the end, it all came down to this: a final confrontation with the unknown. The ruins seemed to be closing in around us, the air thick with anticipation. I knew that we were running out of time, and that the fate of our expedition hung precariously in the balance.

As we faced off against our enemies, I felt a sense of resolve wash over me. We had come too far, uncovered too much, to turn back now. With a deep breath, I raised my gun, and took aim...

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone my name is eposvox and welcome welcome welcome back to tomb raider yes indeed indeed indeed we're crawling through the cliffside bunker for some reason not entirely sure why but we're doing it we gotta go get alex for even though he's perfectly fine it would seem with our decked out gear now bunker vista they're tearing it apart oh they're taking down our boat that's our boat damn it weapon modification available we just got 301 just enough for a modification is that one on the bow that i can afford no is it one on the shotgun i can afford yes wrap stuck further steadiers throw up yup less less recoil on the stock or on the shotgun am i really firing all the way over there no i'm firing right here no jesus that was close oh i know i guess i don't want to climb in the barbed wire that would be kind of stupid hello maybe that's what i'm doing here no okay such climbings this game is certainly beautiful for this that is one giant ass machine gun okay why didn't that show up on my survival instincts one out of four flags burned okay let's go ooh att mobile insurance that's what i want not sorry i sent me a text for some reason oh there's more baddies oh all right how many generators is this are they powering stadium blanks you should be quiet don't talk like this it steady we're bringing it up what do you think's going on no one noticed if there was a problem but what about the radio nothing but static something's going on brother i told you to be silent stop this talk oh hold on it's jammed now nope jesus like they were mad or something okay yep oh oh my god there's so many you want some no you don't i'm sure you do on i know not here somewhere yeah we gotta where the hell there you go it doesn't matter just get down here and take around okay careful there boys might hurt yourself come on oh nope riot chill huh okay denied much denied all right am i safe i think i am killed all the dudes nothing exploded so much salvage jeebus there's a lot of dead people up in here it's almost like they shot at me or something okay i don't know what i'm gonna do with that either nothing i can take from there journal our coastal base has been attacked by unknown assailants we suspect the americans have arrived and are attempting to sabotage our operations communications and we've sustained heavy losses many of our soldiers have simply disappeared all remaining personnel are proceeding to the ancient monastery to ensure control of the weather phenomenon meet heavy resistance on route request reinforcements as soon as possible okay all the ammo that means something big is gonna happen not a good sign oh did i get an incendiary ammo for my shotgun yes i did now you're scared what was some how scarier than gun oh hell is that dude that's a lot of savage all right i need to get rid of this light thank you just salvaged a huge range of corpses all right i don't know who it is i got a second with my silence pistol sometimes if i come around this corner salvage perfect that is a lot of salvage from this area oh she's on the second floor am i let's see if we can get around there oh whoa bro all right how many shotguns can you take yeah oh rock to the face okay oh wow okay not legit what's going on who's shooting take cover there's an intruder over there she's on the second floor where did he come from that's not where that would have landed goodbye yeah sit down or three shotgun parts oh no get up there get up there denied am i getting shot from now the guy's still on the bottom yep guess i'm not getting savage from him because i don't feel like going down there not for them to just spawn more enemies or something open it up up up open it up oh okay well i guess i'm not giving myself a choice here what's going on oh this is where i just was i don't want this nonsense nonsense yeah there's stuff i knew it oh those are grenades not salvage the gps thing though oh it's hidden behind a door can i go through here no until i shut something off hmm okay good to know why is it telling me to do that there we go what why did i just come down here door's blocked i do not see any sort of like handle valve thing oh mr valve valve mr valvey valve where in the hell are you that's a door for sure i need a way of getting over there okay i don't have the tool for that i don't okay let me just go up here and see what happens oh i see maybe right son what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into all the trouble obviously all the salvage and burn baby burn oh damn it the hell do i do up here or do i just leave i don't feel like i should be leaving yet at all eh i think i need i think i need something i'm missing something there's that door down there oh wait i didn't know how to get up there hang on assuming that doesn't kill me and no this isn't the core thing i'm supposed to be doing but i don't give a this looks important there's lots of stuff set up for it this door um or not okay this doesn't help me in the slightest actually well you'll see it i don't understand this area i tell you what it don't make none of that sense that you talk about you wanted to make sense you don't came to the wrong place uh-huh then i'm gonna do the little run up here it's light over here climb up here and jump up here and it looks like we're done alex what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into the right kind of trouble laura the correct kind of trouble another secret reads may j6 which is 18 one side is worn down as if it was rubbed repeatedly maybe this was a soldier's good luck coin that's a lot of rubbing i feel like you'd rub your thumb down quicker than okay sure just filter xp here why not and then i'm guessing we're just putting that there to be safe oh that's not a marking what it's not a climbing point nope okay campsite it is but first the journal is totally right alex over his head seriously up is going on here it's a natural phenomenon that causes the weather to go ape the military research base some kind of sun queen and a crazy cult i mean if i didn't know better i'd say this is a big put on tv cameras hidden in the trees you know i gotta admit it's scaring the out of me i keep cracking jokes to cover it up reyes looks good kick my ass you want her i think i need to do something useful before i completely lose it i wish i could be more like lara she just she blows me away not only is she brilliant but she's also an amazing ass kicker no she didn't notice me before she sure is hell well now but maybe i can still do something to get her attention sure you can sure you can like coming back all right now we have mega upgrades what do we want to spend it on that is the question well that's like the biggest upgrade ever let's do it why the hell not we need upgrades anyway drag grenades on my gun why the hell no oh look i find secret things or this is just a place for when you fall off that's dumb i thought i found a secret yeah there's no way you'd be able to let pull that off the rope and throw it back on there like that that's not how it works i'm standing back in the rocks oh oh there's baddies goddamn this unstable ship youtube go restack that cargo for transport after you finish with that it won't watch out of the way hear that i'll check it out what what is this a little rat i'll show you what is apparently not what is this guy oh oh oh ow damn she is brutal holy oh and there's the bolt thingy about downtown rope ascender oh no it's a little bit different oh i see okay that's what that is that's cool i guess that dude was a dick i guess i can't get salvaged from them too oh hello well that's cool all right then back here again yeah this can't be fun to remember no snap is this my bedroom lara and sam oh this is that scene okay then no smell so very muchhello everyone my name is eposvox and welcome welcome welcome back to tomb raider yes indeed indeed indeed we're crawling through the cliffside bunker for some reason not entirely sure why but we're doing it we gotta go get alex for even though he's perfectly fine it would seem with our decked out gear now bunker vista they're tearing it apart oh they're taking down our boat that's our boat damn it weapon modification available we just got 301 just enough for a modification is that one on the bow that i can afford no is it one on the shotgun i can afford yes wrap stuck further steadiers throw up yup less less recoil on the stock or on the shotgun am i really firing all the way over there no i'm firing right here no jesus that was close oh i know i guess i don't want to climb in the barbed wire that would be kind of stupid hello maybe that's what i'm doing here no okay such climbings this game is certainly beautiful for this that is one giant ass machine gun okay why didn't that show up on my survival instincts one out of four flags burned okay let's go ooh att mobile insurance that's what i want not sorry i sent me a text for some reason oh there's more baddies oh all right how many generators is this are they powering stadium blanks you should be quiet don't talk like this it steady we're bringing it up what do you think's going on no one noticed if there was a problem but what about the radio nothing but static something's going on brother i told you to be silent stop this talk oh hold on it's jammed now nope jesus like they were mad or something okay yep oh oh my god there's so many you want some no you don't i'm sure you do on i know not here somewhere yeah we gotta where the hell there you go it doesn't matter just get down here and take around okay careful there boys might hurt yourself come on oh nope riot chill huh okay denied much denied all right am i safe i think i am killed all the dudes nothing exploded so much salvage jeebus there's a lot of dead people up in here it's almost like they shot at me or something okay i don't know what i'm gonna do with that either nothing i can take from there journal our coastal base has been attacked by unknown assailants we suspect the americans have arrived and are attempting to sabotage our operations communications and we've sustained heavy losses many of our soldiers have simply disappeared all remaining personnel are proceeding to the ancient monastery to ensure control of the weather phenomenon meet heavy resistance on route request reinforcements as soon as possible okay all the ammo that means something big is gonna happen not a good sign oh did i get an incendiary ammo for my shotgun yes i did now you're scared what was some how scarier than gun oh hell is that dude that's a lot of savage all right i need to get rid of this light thank you just salvaged a huge range of corpses all right i don't know who it is i got a second with my silence pistol sometimes if i come around this corner salvage perfect that is a lot of salvage from this area oh she's on the second floor am i let's see if we can get around there oh whoa bro all right how many shotguns can you take yeah oh rock to the face okay oh wow okay not legit what's going on who's shooting take cover there's an intruder over there she's on the second floor where did he come from that's not where that would have landed goodbye yeah sit down or three shotgun parts oh no get up there get up there denied am i getting shot from now the guy's still on the bottom yep guess i'm not getting savage from him because i don't feel like going down there not for them to just spawn more enemies or something open it up up up open it up oh okay well i guess i'm not giving myself a choice here what's going on oh this is where i just was i don't want this nonsense nonsense yeah there's stuff i knew it oh those are grenades not salvage the gps thing though oh it's hidden behind a door can i go through here no until i shut something off hmm okay good to know why is it telling me to do that there we go what why did i just come down here door's blocked i do not see any sort of like handle valve thing oh mr valve valve mr valvey valve where in the hell are you that's a door for sure i need a way of getting over there okay i don't have the tool for that i don't okay let me just go up here and see what happens oh i see maybe right son what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into all the trouble obviously all the salvage and burn baby burn oh damn it the hell do i do up here or do i just leave i don't feel like i should be leaving yet at all eh i think i need i think i need something i'm missing something there's that door down there oh wait i didn't know how to get up there hang on assuming that doesn't kill me and no this isn't the core thing i'm supposed to be doing but i don't give a this looks important there's lots of stuff set up for it this door um or not okay this doesn't help me in the slightest actually well you'll see it i don't understand this area i tell you what it don't make none of that sense that you talk about you wanted to make sense you don't came to the wrong place uh-huh then i'm gonna do the little run up here it's light over here climb up here and jump up here and it looks like we're done alex what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into the right kind of trouble laura the correct kind of trouble another secret reads may j6 which is 18 one side is worn down as if it was rubbed repeatedly maybe this was a soldier's good luck coin that's a lot of rubbing i feel like you'd rub your thumb down quicker than okay sure just filter xp here why not and then i'm guessing we're just putting that there to be safe oh that's not a marking what it's not a climbing point nope okay campsite it is but first the journal is totally right alex over his head seriously up is going on here it's a natural phenomenon that causes the weather to go ape the military research base some kind of sun queen and a crazy cult i mean if i didn't know better i'd say this is a big put on tv cameras hidden in the trees you know i gotta admit it's scaring the out of me i keep cracking jokes to cover it up reyes looks good kick my ass you want her i think i need to do something useful before i completely lose it i wish i could be more like lara she just she blows me away not only is she brilliant but she's also an amazing ass kicker no she didn't notice me before she sure is hell well now but maybe i can still do something to get her attention sure you can sure you can like coming back all right now we have mega upgrades what do we want to spend it on that is the question well that's like the biggest upgrade ever let's do it why the hell not we need upgrades anyway drag grenades on my gun why the hell no oh look i find secret things or this is just a place for when you fall off that's dumb i thought i found a secret yeah there's no way you'd be able to let pull that off the rope and throw it back on there like that that's not how it works i'm standing back in the rocks oh oh there's baddies goddamn this unstable ship youtube go restack that cargo for transport after you finish with that it won't watch out of the way hear that i'll check it out what what is this a little rat i'll show you what is apparently not what is this guy oh oh oh ow damn she is brutal holy oh and there's the bolt thingy about downtown rope ascender oh no it's a little bit different oh i see okay that's what that is that's cool i guess that dude was a dick i guess i can't get salvaged from them too oh hello well that's cool all right then back here again yeah this can't be fun to remember no snap is this my bedroom lara and sam oh this is that scene okay then no smell so very much\n"