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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 3, 2014 5:26:03 GMT -8
Outside, Colqhoun- "*huff huff* oh god oh god ..." Patti couldn't hear anything over cold wind and semi-distant zombie ruckus. The world seemed wretched. Her hammer gleamed dully in the pale daylight. Snow felt like some kind of exotic eye disease, making her blind. She was up to her full abilities, but emotionally beleaguered and imaginative.
Inside,
Davin and Ashley walked close to each other. Davin had considered asking Ashley to lower his weapons, but raised his instead. Davin- "Hello? We heard people are in trouble here, we came to help. Hell--" He let the word die in his mouth. "There's no one left alive here." He had no way of knowing that yet, but they really couldn't hear a damn thing in the oppressive gloom. They moved carefully, shining lights in every room they passed, to make sure nothing jumped them from behind. Finally, they reached the worship room... the seventh pit of hell.
The large room with papered over windows was spattered with gore and scorch marks. There were parts of several skeletons in front of them, as well as piles of discarded rotten organ material, being worked over by a few dozen terrible rats. The skeletons had been taken apart limb by limb - connective tissue still held the hand onto the arm, for example, but the lower arm had been forcibly removed from the upper. Even in the shoddy light, there were visible scars of a knife scraping meat from the bones. The air was full of flies.
Across the hellish room, they could see a corridor with light coming from the front entrance - and knew the quickest way to Alex was through there. Davin- "No fuckin' way these people were all alive this morning. He lied. He did this!" Davin's light fell over a table next to Micah, where sat the familiar pumpkin head and crappy stubblebeard of local celebrity pastor Mark Driscoll. Micah had almost rested his hand on it.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 3, 2014 6:19:07 GMT -8
Micah let a out a small shriek and began wiping his hands on his pants even though he hadn't actually touched it. He still felt soiled, he swallowed down the bile that rose in his throat. He tried to look anywhere but at the flies, rats and gore. It was impossible. Those intestines were a string of sausages, yeah.. Now Micah really hoped it was the cannibal feast thing, otherwise they'd left Alex and Patti with fucking pastor Lecter.“I think it's s-safe to bloody assume this is h-human meat. Shit a fucking brick! This is all kinds of fuckery, it doesn't make sense.Why bring us back here?”
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 3, 2014 10:33:18 GMT -8
Ashley- Ashley hurled his flare down onto the floor to provide better lighting; they weren't going to need it any more anyways. "...That son of a bitch. There's no one alive in here. How did he do it all himself? These guys are LONG dead." Ashley stormed about the room again, almost franticly looking for any signs of life, before making the gesture they should bolt out of here and grab Alex.
"...That son of a bitch."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 3, 2014 22:12:59 GMT -8
Inside,
Davin, Ashley, and Micah headed for the door to the Alex side of the building. Then things all went to hell in a handbasket.
As they were in the hall closest to the door, Davin went through the floor, sending sprays of splinters into the air. The hall was collapsing, and Ashley couldn't escape either. As he was pulled through the floor by treacherous gravity, the last thing he saw was Colqhoun's face, outside the door, smiling at them. Colqhoun- "..." As Davin & Ashley disappeared into the floor, Micah had a chance to bust a move and avoid that fate. ((Indea, roll d20+4, 14 lets you avoid the basement, 22 lets you hop over to Colqhoun/Alex's side of the hole using parkour stylez.))
On the far side of the building, Patti could hear none of this.
Down in the basement, Davin and Ashley tried to recover their senses. Enough daylight came indirectly from the hall above that they didn't need lights to see. Davin tried to move and then let out a high pitched yip and fell back. Davin- "*wheeze* back pierced..." With Alex,
The pastor had his back to the young man while he stared through the door into the hall. Alex began to hear some muffled shouts from within, then a crashing noise. It took a moment to notice the pastor was no longer hyperventilating. Colqhoun turned to face Alex. Colqhoun- "So... Just got your friends there. You want to start running for your life? Could be fun." He had transformed. Not in the way of a ghoul, with obvious physical issues. Just his whole bearing. He stood now with total confidence, and the air of a creature that could kill Alex with his bare hands.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 3, 2014 22:17:13 GMT -8
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Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
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Post by DKender on Jan 3, 2014 22:26:32 GMT -8
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 3, 2014 22:26:40 GMT -8
Ashley- Ashley growled like an angry dog, and looked about for his dropped things, thankful he didn't land on any of his weapons. He wheeled about and paced once in the space like an animal, before he heard Davin. Ashley- "...Davin sir? You're hurt? Where? We'll get out of here." Ashley offered an arm to help Davin rise, and looked him over for injuries. Comrades before escape. "JOHNSON?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 3, 2014 22:58:23 GMT -8
Inside,
Micah managed to scurry back from the collapsing floor, but now it would be very difficult to go out this way toward Alex (difficulty 22 parkour roll & Colqhoun's out there anyway which makes it less tempting). Micah could run back the other way pretty quickly. But then he'll be leaving Ashley & Davin. He hears Ashley call from inside the dark pit - about ten feet deep to the basement.
Davin can't move without severe alarm, and peeking under you see why - a piece of wood piercing his back. Davin- "*wheeze* jesus christ." Out back, Patti heard Alex yelling... something. She could be to him very quickly at a full sprint.
As Alex took off, he could hear Colqhoun behind him... Colqhoun- "I don't know what I am, Alex... Have any ideas?"
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 3, 2014 23:02:39 GMT -8
"Fuck, fuck, fuck…." Micah carefully moved to the edge of the hole and peered down."GUYS? WHAT THE FUCK NOW? YOU NEED A TORCH? IS THERE SOME STAIRS?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 3, 2014 23:03:20 GMT -8
Ashley- ((Where is the splinter? Is it in a lung field, or in the muscle? Sorry, I think we posted at the same time... )) Ashley fiddles with Davin, and decides to offer him support for now, while looking for a way out of here. He'd look for any doors or ways up from the basement."Johnson, I can see. We're looking for stairs. Save Alex!"
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 3, 2014 23:06:37 GMT -8
((Jara, Micah called out to you guys))
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 3, 2014 23:09:24 GMT -8
In the hole, Davin was too messed up to move. He had the physical ability, but the shifting of the wood in his wound made him too scared to budge more than an inch. The wood was in his lumbar area, an inch and a half from the spine - and apparently, all the way into the abdominal cavity. The piece of wood was still stuck to the floor as well, so he was functionally pinned.
He also felt uncomfortable raising his voice to respond to Micah. Davin- "*wheeze* get that fuck." From inside the hole, Ashley could see the floor had been weakened from below with a planer. It was a trap, of course.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 3, 2014 23:13:48 GMT -8
"...Davin, Sir, I'll save Alex, and come back for you. Hang tight...Take this... I know something about first aid but it'll take all of us to bring you back..." Ashley handed Davin his sword, which was blunted along the far end and had large notches missing from hitting something too hard. He seemed pained to admit defeat on this, and looked...unprofessionally horrified by the sight of the injury. "Davin's hurt bad, and can't move! Let's kill Colqhoun and then come back for him."
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 3, 2014 23:19:24 GMT -8
"HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET OUT, ASH? I'M SURE THE FUCKER THOUGHT OF THAT…"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 3, 2014 23:20:01 GMT -8
((Ashley can use the rope he brought and an assist from Micah to climb out. It'll take a little doing.
Brett- you can post about Patti's run, but I wanna wait for her to arrive until one more post from DeeK.))
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