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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 20, 2013 14:57:41 GMT -8
Seth- "I-I *wheeze* think... fourth. G-good to get out, there are people h--..." Seth noticed zombies exiting the stairwell doors, pushing them open and clambering over each other to get to the halls."D-damn it... no...!"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 20, 2013 15:16:25 GMT -8
Joe- "Come on, let's just get to the top floor, rally, work our way down!" The ghost orb was out of sight, the hall lights at night were very dim, and some unnatural darkness kept pulsing in the air, threatening to overpower the lights but never quite getting there... The lights seemed a bit brighter ahead, and blue. They ran and ran, didn't even know what floor they were on, and then... Joe- "It's so dark here I can hardly see." Seth thought Joe must be going blind. It was so bright, this blue light seeming to radiate from the world itself, like he was lost in a SyFy channel movie about ghost werewolf commandos...
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 20, 2013 17:46:21 GMT -8
Joe flailed in the darkness and tried to keep balance on the stairs using the railing until he ran out of it. He was talking to Seth, but Seth wasn't answering. A door... The top floor? He opened the door and spilled out onto the roof.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 20, 2013 17:51:38 GMT -8
As Joe came back in and let the door close, the space was still unnaturally dark. We waved his arms in the air hoping to get hold of him in the darkness and cried for him, as the stench of death began to rise up the stairwell. Joe- "Seth? *whimper* Seeeeeth?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 20, 2013 22:25:13 GMT -8
As soon as the door opened, Patti saw zombies starting to approach the landing. The light was murky, but good enough to start blasting.
OR she could step back out and try to barricade the door. She could hear a sound below that seemed like they were already filing out onto the 5th floor.
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Mar 21, 2013 19:54:47 GMT -8
Patti strode forward within five feet of the nearest zombie and began capping them in their heads. She was methodical, blasting each next nearest zombie as she went. As they fell, she continued forward, hoping to eventually work her way down a floor or two, before switching to her hammer.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 21, 2013 20:04:12 GMT -8
Problem! When zombies fall, the create a cascade of motion plus an obstruction, making forward progress on the stairs potentially dangerous! However, she was able to make the flight in front of her stop wiggling with seven bullets.
Suddenly a voice yelled from above.Unfamiliar man's voice- "HOLD FIRE!"
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Mar 21, 2013 20:10:11 GMT -8
The cascade of bodies slowed the zombies long enough for Patti to communicate with whoever it was asking her to stop shooting."I don't recognize your voice and, under the circumstance, I'm not inclined to listen to anyone I don't know. Give me a convincing reason or I keep going. What's your favorite album of all time?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 21, 2013 20:17:52 GMT -8
Guy- "What? Fuck, I... Anyhow, I lost Seth in here! I don't know where he is! I'll come out if you don't shoot me." All of the zombies within ten feet have been destroyed and are slowing the progress of the ones past that. She can hear vague yelling downstairs.
Suddenly, a wild Thierry appeared. Thierry- "I have to go; zombies up here. But take these flares and watch for ghosts!" He tossed two road flares on the landing next to her and ran off.Guy- "What was that?"
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Mar 21, 2013 20:22:27 GMT -8
Patti softened her tone, getting the idea that this might be a real person, maybe one of the new people that rolled in last night."That was Thierry, bringing flares. Apparently we've got ghosts too. I'm not going to shoot you, probably, but it would be a lot easier if you could give me some sort of detailed personal anecdote so I know you're not one of the possessed." She picked up the flares, tucking one in her pocket and the lighting the other. She held it in her left hand, which she used to stabilize the barrel of the rifle as she raised it back up, ready in case something more agile than a zombie came up the stairs at her."After that, you can tell me what happened to Seth."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 21, 2013 20:29:36 GMT -8
A blood-soaked, very tall Asian guy appeared, wearing a ragged hospital gown, scrub bottoms, and socks. Guy- "Ghosts? Got an extra flare?"
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Mar 21, 2013 20:42:55 GMT -8
"This whole evening is making me paranoid. Please tell me something that will convince me you aren't possessed." Guy- "I don't know how that works. I heard they have to be religious and I'm an atheist... My name is Joe... I used to work on Cap Hill... Ugh." She waited for some reassuring response before gesturing to her pocket."My hands are kind of full. So what happened to Seth? Where is he?" Joe- "I was running with him, and it got dark, and I went out on the roof and he was nowhere! Just... He must be... in here with ..."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 21, 2013 20:52:00 GMT -8
Finally about four zombies, with more behind, began to clamber up the zombie pile. The suspicious shadows up here got a shade more suspicious and.... ghost smell, definitely.
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Mar 21, 2013 20:59:09 GMT -8
"SHIT! That sounds like a haunter! Um, FUCK!, he could be in some extra-dimensional space. He may be dead already. FUCK! Gotta think... we still don't know how to get rid of those things." Joe- "Jesus! What are you talking about?!" The creeping shadows made Patti jump. It was like REI all over again."Fuck! We have to go away from these shadows NOW! There's a ghost nearby, ready your flare and cover us. We're going down. If we're lucky, Seth went that way already and got away from the haunter and we'll find him downstairs. This isn't going to be easy." She popped the four approaching zombies and began going down, one step at a time, so Joe could cover them both with his flare.Joe- "Downstairs through the zombies?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 21, 2013 21:07:19 GMT -8
Joe and Patti had to step very carefully around, or sometimes on the fallen zombies. They just covered the stairs too much to make a quick descent possible. Joe seemed to have the sense to stay behind Patti's barrel. ((BTW, might be a good time to start tracking ammo, starting from a guesstimate of where she was at post Ab-Dhur, minus 11 now.)) Joe- "Haunter... Is that why it was raining blood in the clinic?" It was very hard to hear him over the gun shots, but he half seemed to be talking to himself. Still, he was very wary of shadows.
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