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Feb 3, 2013 2:57:23 GMT -8
Post by Gillsing on Feb 3, 2013 2:57:23 GMT -8
Ben- "...Tw-- Oh shit!" Ben could feel the momentary heat of the ghost going up in flames. Things were not looking good. Patti gone? Tarina stumbling around in the dark? What could they possibly do against all this?"PATTI?!" Derek's voice-"HANDS OFF ME, you FUCkin FAGGOT!"
(sounds of violence all around)
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Feb 3, 2013 9:44:32 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 3, 2013 9:44:32 GMT -8
Patti could hear the whoosh of a ghost going up but still couldn't hardly make herself move. She fell to one knee, trying desperately to stifle the panic. One breath. Two- A sudden burst of intense heat tore across her body, taking the wind out of her lungs and knocking her on to her back. The sudden and intimate threat steeled her nerves and she sprung almost immediately to her feet, spinning the flare in a full circle about her. "Tar, where are you?! Stop running, but say something so I can find you?" She waited to hear something, then moved towards his voice. She continued to spin the flare in an arc, doing a full 360 with every step forward. "I'm just going to keep talking so people know where I am. Just talking, folks. Tar, keep making noise so I can find you. We aren't going to leave you here alone." She couldn't tell over the sound of her own heart beating, but she hoped that she sounded more confident than she felt. The sounds of panic and mayhem around her were quickly sapping any hope of getting out alive.
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Feb 3, 2013 11:35:15 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2013 11:35:15 GMT -8
Patti was alone: The closer she tried to step to the others, the farther away she seemed. And then, suddenly, the lights turned back on. Or so it seemed. Her torch illuminated a long hall, leading somewhere, and behind her was darkness. She felt something moving behind her, a shuffling in the shadows, and a soft, insect-like clicking of limbs. She had left the REI far behind somehow. She could not see the others, and they did not seem to be able to hear her. They were far away talking softly in the darkness.
As for the others: The mess they had behind was illuminated by their torches once more. Tar was fighting with a zombie, and rather pitifully, hitting it with a metal lunchbox. Ashley was slowly making his way to Alex over the floor's distance. It was still dark, but not as dark and space and time seemed strange somehow. They had all knocked over many, many shelves, coats and bags. And there were about four zombies in here with them, and two remaining ghosts. Patti was gone.
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Feb 3, 2013 12:24:11 GMT -8
Post by Gillsing on Feb 3, 2013 12:24:11 GMT -8
Ben- "Damn." Ben got up on both feet and started to make his way to Tar, while making sure to keep an eye on the remaining hosts. He'd rather take those out first, but for now they seemed to drift around lazily, just out of reach. And he didn't dare look up too much, or he might get locked by their gaze.
He didn't notice Patti, which was disconcerting to say the least. Had she been taken, or was she just quietly hiding somewhere? Unconscious on the floor? Ben- "PATTI!"
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Feb 3, 2013 12:59:26 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2013 12:59:26 GMT -8
"Ahhhh, it's a zombieeee get it off!" He hits it repeatedly on the face with the lunchbox, but it's not enough to fatally(?) damage or wound the creature. He does not seem to be a very strong man, to say the least. A slightly more crispy Ashley now ran towards Tarina, and picked up his crowbar. Being able to see had benefits. "Alex, can you handle it now?" He hurried, wasn't Tarina with Patti earlier? And where was she? They had to get out of here. They had what they wanted, and now it was time to go. Now. "...Patti?"
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Feb 3, 2013 13:20:53 GMT -8
Post by DKender on Feb 3, 2013 13:20:53 GMT -8
"Y ... yes, Sir." Alex saw Tarina flailing weakly. The poor guy was probably sickly, after being locked up for who knows how long. He put a steadying hand on Tar's shoulder as Ashley dispatched the zombie. "Sir, we need to get him near the exit, in case things start flying again."
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Feb 3, 2013 13:30:09 GMT -8
Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 3, 2013 13:30:09 GMT -8
Derek- "God damn it. I got bit. That Russian douchebag got bit and didn't turn, right? Where the fuck is Patti?"
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Feb 3, 2013 14:09:51 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2013 14:09:51 GMT -8
"I do not see her. Leighton, Pike, Hanson, New Guy...take all of the things we gathered and go outside. There should be fewer undead, and likely less risk from this..whatever it is. I will stay here and look for Patti. She must still be in here. Fewer people at risk is better." He tells them all. He'd look at Derek's hand quietly, inspecting it. If the bite is serious he'd apply pressure. (Eh, he's already applying pressure himself. No big.)"I do not think you are in any risk of changing into anything else, Leighton. Your levelheadedness earlier was appreciated." He sternly praises the man. "Shit man, I'm going to do what he said...I bet...I bet that the weird woman has her, just like she took Mac before I was caught in there..." He grumbles, and rubs his jaw. "Come on, hurry, before she catches us too, she can change stuff around and make it hard to get out...Hurry, we have to go now."
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Feb 3, 2013 14:52:26 GMT -8
Post by Gillsing on Feb 3, 2013 14:52:26 GMT -8
Ben- "Oh man... Patti was taken just like Micah? Maybe there's a chance that she'll make it?"
Derek- "In a situation like this, probably best just to do what the point guy says. We'll keep it tight, Ashley." Ben hadn't really gathered that much. He'd mostly followed Patti and Tarina around, planning to hold off on filling his bag until they were sure that they'd already gotten all that they came for. His plan had not included having to retreat while leaving people behind.
He started to move with the others toward the broken window. But he wasn't entirely sure if leaving Ashley alone to search for Patti was such a good idea. On the other hand, what had Ben himself accomplished in the darkness? Not much. So maybe it was for the best to not become another victim in there.
Ben also considered offering his staff to Ashley, but figured that it might be more difficult to handle if the man needed to drag Patti with him to safety."Watch out for those ghosts."
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Feb 3, 2013 16:17:13 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 3, 2013 16:17:13 GMT -8
What. The. Hell? Patti looked down the hall and saw nothing. The sound behind her was disconcerting, but she had the creeping suspicion that it was meant to drive her farther down the hall. Or maybe she was dead and this was Hell. She held up her flare and stepped back into the darkness, looking for something, anything.
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Feb 3, 2013 16:17:38 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2013 16:17:38 GMT -8
"What monster? Who took her? I don't understand. Explain, quickly, please. I do not think we have much time if something did." He brushes off Tarina quickly and ushers them towards the door to get out and wait, and waits for his answer. "What are we dealing with?"
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Feb 3, 2013 16:20:22 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2013 16:20:22 GMT -8
Pattiverse:
There is a light at the end of the hall, and behind her in the darkness, the scratching becomes louder, followed by a dragging of something heavy. If she chose to look behind her, she would see a creature of unfathomable horror, a huge, lumpen beast that resembled a bloated maggot or caterpillar, with huge, chewing mouth parts. It crawls towards her, slowly.
Beyond the light seems to indicate a large room or building. The voices behind her are farther, and farther away.
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Feb 3, 2013 16:40:28 GMT -8
Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 3, 2013 16:40:28 GMT -8
At the sight of the maggot-thing, Patti's heart stopped. She drew her pistol and flipped the safety, but didn't fire. She decided it would be best to go with the flow and see where it took her. She turned and ran down the hall towards the lit chamber ahead.
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Feb 3, 2013 16:42:30 GMT -8
Post by Gillsing on Feb 3, 2013 16:42:30 GMT -8
Ben looked to Alex for an explanation. Not only had Alex been there, he was friends with Micah, so if anyone else knew what had really happened at the Cornish College of the Arts, Alex would be the one.((Maybe if someone managed to get a detailed debriefing out of Micah, Ben might know about as much as Alex? I'm not sure exactly what transpired behind the scenes after that event.))
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Feb 3, 2013 16:53:23 GMT -8
Post by DKender on Feb 3, 2013 16:53:23 GMT -8
"Patti, Patti ..." She was gone. She really was gone! Alex grit his teeth. He couldn't break down. Micah escaped, right? And Patti was a survivalist. "At the college, a pale-eyed man took Micah away when our lights went out. Took him to a strange place. Our ... our only chance ... we have to find her. But she must escape the monster first! Can you carry Patti if she faints? Micah passed out in the stairwell, and there was blood on his face. Maybe me or Ben should go with you, while the rest wait here. In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen." Derek, Ben, and new guy waited outside.
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