2025

[paul191600]

Charles:

Your PDA is still fried from when you hit the water. You follow the blood trail for a short while before coming up to a squad-mate propped up against a tree.

 

Varius:

You poke at the force field, but it seems solid for all you know. It seems that you are in a containment block, but you can see a room ahead with a lone, bloody chair in the center. Much to your horror you see various instruments surrounding the chair. You decide that is best not to wonder what these particular instruments do.

 

Enigma:

You fire a bullet, but nothing seems to be wrong with it. When you jump forward, however, you go flying into the wall, smashing against it. One of the guards takes notice of your strange ability, and calls up something on the radio.

 

Kimako:

The skeleton seems to have already been looted, but you decide to take the skull, for whatever strange reason. You then cautiously open the door, beaming your light down the massive storm drain tunnel. One of the ways looks blocked due to a large amount of debris.

[Nexaduro]

I continue looking for my weapons, and attempt to start sharpening my teeth and nails.

[Seraphi]

Enigma jumps onto the top of the wall and looks onto the other side.

[Icuownage]

I run up to him

 

(If he has no name I'll make one up)

 

"Simon! Simon!"

 

I crouch down to his level and ask him what happened, while preparing my first aid kit.

[Retech]

Kimako checks with the technician if it's okay to go down the unblocked way. If it is, they go down that way. Otherwise, she tries to bust open the blockage with a grenade.

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Varius:

You search around the cell for any sign of the weapons, but there is no sign of them. There is some commotion, and you see a guard dragging a man in a blue outfit to the "chair" room. The man begins screaming, "Help me, anybody please, help! These people are c-" he is cut off when the guard pulls him in, slamming the door shut. You can feel a cool draft of air blowing on you.

 

Enigma:

With a tremendous leap you fly across the wall, the guards still shooting at you. When you land at the other side, you see the white abberation again, pointing off in the distance. The landscape past the wall is white and featureless. A short moment later, everything begins to darken, till it is pitch black. You wake up in the dead forest, sprawled on the ground.

 

Charles:

Simon mutters, clearly in pain. He is bloodied, and looks like he has been banged up a fair amount.

 

Kimako:

The technician says, "I have about as much of a clue as you do at this point."

You both agree that it would be smart to go down the unblocked section. As you begin your trek, you are interrupted by a strange echo that resonates through the tunnel.

[Icuownage]

I ready my gun and stay aware, while trying to heal him with my medkit.

[Nexaduro]

I recall my stun baton, probably tucked away somewhere on my person considering I hadn't yet used it. I check for it, and head towards the draft.

[Seraphi]

Enigma sits up and looks around, before checking for any wounds.

[Retech]

Kimako creeps down the tunnel stealthily with the technician, her MP5 with automatic setting at the ready.

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Charles:

You spot a medkit from the helicopter on the ground next to Simon. After gathering the contents, you begin to treat his wounds, doing a rather decent job for not having much medical experience. Fortunately for Simon, you get him to stop bleeding, although he still seems pretty roughed up. You are interrupted when there is a rustling in the leaves, but the fog hinders you from seeing where it came from.

+0.3 medic

 

Varius:

You realize that you have been completely stripped of your possessions, only having a blue prison suit on. The draft is blowing from above, and you spot a vent. There is the sound of electricity and screaming for a short moment, then falling silent again.

 

Enigma:

Your body seems to be in a stable condition, with no major wounds barring a few scrapes and bruises.

 

Kimako:

As you stealthily creep down the tunnel, you can hear faint growling. Suddenly, it stops.

[Nexaduro]

For lack of anything fun to do, I try climbing up the vent any way I can.

[Icuownage]

"Simon you're going to get through this! NO MAN LEFT BEHIND! Like they told us in training!"

 

I put Simon into the recovery position and then take a defensive stance, I begin to load my shotgun.

[Retech]

Kimako continues creeping, keeping the technician near the wall and walking beside him. She fires at any sound not from the technician.

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Varius:

You begin bashing the vent with your bare hands, before trying to pry it off. One of the screws seems rusted, and consequently breaks. You go crashing down to the floor with the vent in hand, and realize that a security camera has been watching you the entire time. An siren goes off, followed by a voice stating, "Outbreak in cell-block B-12. Contain and cauterize immediately." A prong on the side of the wall shoots out a small bolt of electricity, shocking you.

 

Charles:

Simon stammers ,"Hhhh-eelpp" before passing out. You load up your shotgun, getting ready for whatever is toying with you. A blind dog runs right past you, growling.

 

Kimako:

The growls grow louder, and suddenly 3 creatures come charging at you. You fire at them with your MP5, hitting all of them. Strangely enough, they simply dissipate when they are hit with a bullet.

+0.1 SMG prof.

[Retech]

Kimako tries to remember what they looked like, and retains it in her memory so that she can tell the ecologists when she gets back. Then she continues down the tunnel.

[Nexaduro]

If I think the prong will work when detached, I break it off and take it with me. If not, I try quickly snapping the grate in half and go into the vent with the two pieces as weapons.

[Icuownage]

I look in the direction it just ran to. Shotgun ready.

[Seraphi]

Enigma looks around him, trying to determine his location.

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Kimako:

Although it was quite dark, you remember the creatures looking like some sort of freakish wolf. Towards the end of the tunnel you see a lone light-bulb lit.

 

Varius:

The prong shocks you again as you reach for it. You then kick the grate, breaking it into two large pieces. However, they seem rather unwieldy, but you take them anyways. You jump up, grabbing the onto the vent, pulling yourself into it. There is stomping below, and you hear someone talking, before a few bullets hit the vent shaft, missing you.

 

Charles:

The last known location of the blind dog was when it ran off to the left, but the fog is still thick. You hear panting and ready your shotgun. As it charges through the fog again, you quickly get your sight on it, and fire at point blank. The damage done is outstanding, blowing off the dog's front right leg, and hitting it in the chest. It flails on the ground for a minute before seizing up and dying. You can hear numerous howls nearby.

-1

+0.1 shotgun prof.

 

Enigma:

You scan the surroundings, remembering it to be the dead forest you came across while en route to a proposed ecologist base.

[Retech]

Kimako examines the lightbulb. Meanwhile, they look for an exit.

[Icuownage]

I pump my shotgun then raise my pistol while lowering my shotgun (duel wield). I aim in the direction of the howls.

[Seraphi]

Enigma tries to remember the way, and continues along.

[Nexaduro]

I crawl down the shaft as quickly as possible, looking through any grate I come to.

[paul191600]

(last round)

 

Kimako:

The lightbulb looks like any ordinary lightbulb, occasionally flickering. There is yet another door right next to it. As you walk towards the door, the technician starts panicking, yelling "It's going for me now!" As you look back, you see the technician fighting off the strange shadow with his blowtorch. He continues to fight it off, tossing an incendiary grenade to you.

 

Charles:

Another two dogs come running through the fog. One of them trys to bite your arm, but you kick it, before firing your shotgun at it's chest, moderately wounding it. The other dog latches on you leg, but you aim your pistol down at it, shooting it straight through the head. You find dual-wielding a shotgun and pistol to be incredibly inaccurate.

-1 shotgun shell and 9mm round

 

Enigma:

You pull out your PDA, which seems to occasionally flicker, but the map still works. You use the map to navigate your way out of the forest without incident.

 

Varius:

You scurry down the vent shaft, coming across another grate after a short time. You peek through it, looking into what appears to be a janitorial closet of some sort. The vent shaft continues ahead of you.