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Red Ring of Death

You are fighting a Red Ring of Death.

"Open," you say. "Open the pod bay doors."

An eerie voice replies, "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

You try to reply that you're not Dave, but the sudden lack of oxygen is causing you some problems.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:
Unspecified Message

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

Your opponent has a critical hit! It hits you for X damage.

Miss messages:

• The ring tries to kill you by making you see it, but that only works in movies.
• You block with your red right hand. I guess it was just a tiny little cog.
• You trick the ring into complacence by singing it a song about flowers. Or a girl named after a flower. You don't really know what that song is about, but it works.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!

You gain 10 experience.

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified

Locations

• There's a Blog.Org for This
  

Notes

• Occurs when you choose "open" on There's a Blog.Org for This.
• Although this foe is an A.R.F. foe, it cannot be destroyed with a degausser.

This enemy is a robot with an unspecified brain.

References

• This enemy is named after a notorious phenomenon associated with Xbox 360 technical failure by the same name. The image also resembles an XboX 360 power button which is where it normally is seen.
• Refers to HAL 9000 from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey saga.

• The song referred to in the third miss message is Daisy Bell, which HAL sings when it is disconnected.

• The first miss message refers to the American Remake of the Japanese film version of the Japanese horror novel, The Ring.