The Art of Ruin [Concluded]

[pevergreen]

If we become a :daisy: zombie, I quit.

[Beefy187]

Clean our selves up. Wipe off blood, bandage up, change to clean clothes

Then we'll head out.

[pevergreen]

We have clean clothes?

[Splitpersonality]

Clean our selves up. Wipe off blood, bandage up, change to clean clothes


You keep the sink running, and clean the blood off your face, you remove your shirt once more and use it to wipe the blood off, like a washcloth.

You have no cuts on your body, nothing that would require bandages, not that you have any, and your face doesn't matter at this point.

Your shirt is now almost completely red stained from the blood, you put it back on, it is soaking wet.

You have no clean clothes, but you look over at your sister.

Her clothes are clean, and she likely doesn't need them.


The thought moves from your head quickly, her clothes would never fit you, and visa versa, plus she'd be naked...


What do you do, where do you go?

[Askthepizzaguy]

If we become a zombie, I quit.

I think that would be rather interesting. I'd like to hunt down and eat people. Best of all, having to avoid the inevitable "savior of humanity" who comes in with guns blazing and samurai swords swinging, who cuts through zombies like butter. We need to figure out a way to kill that guy.

My suggestion would be place big pile of dead cows in middle of street, with sign placed on top that says "fReeEe c0wZ" (We all know how much humans like eat dead cows). Next, we stand behind the dumpster nearby with lots of pitchforks and torches and butcher knives and stuff... you know, so can blend in with human. One of us needs wear baseball cap on backwards and say things like "sup dawg". While human is eating the dead cows, I propose we all lurch toward him slowly, arms outstretched and moaning, and then compliment him on how big and tasty his brains are; it should be conversation starter. Next, we ask him if he would like purchase subscription to Cosmopolitan magazine. Then, while he is busy purchasing magazine, I'll come up in front of him and quietly dig his brains out through his eye socket with an ice cream scoop, until he doesn't have any more left. Then I will say "Ha ha fooled you, not even really sell you magazine and have brains now." Then run away before human know what happen.

This plan work, I endorse.

[Double A]

I will try that... next round... in round 8... with Rob... on Samurai Guy... when two hours have passed...

[Double A]

Also... since we just got high, drunk, and a hangover at the same time by looking at the mirror, I really don't want to go equipment hunting since this is likely another dream.

[pevergreen]

Yeah, was just thinking that.

Lets start a wet t shirt contest.

[Double A]

Someone smart do something, if I write an order I'll just make everything worse.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I lost track of this game after the forum difficulties. What are our options?

[Double A]

We're still in the bathroom

You keep the sink running, and clean the blood off your face, you remove your shirt once more and use it to wipe the blood off, like a washcloth.

You have no cuts on your body, nothing that would require bandages, not that you have any, and your face doesn't matter at this point.

Your shirt is now almost completely red stained from the blood, you put it back on, it is soaking wet.

You have no clean clothes, but you look over at your sister.

Her clothes are clean, and she likely doesn't need them.


The thought moves from your head quickly, her clothes would never fit you, and visa versa, plus she'd be naked...


What do you do, where do you go?

[Stildawn]

Ok so we need to somehow get attention aka help for our sister, I doubt we'd be able to do much on our own...

Split said that there are runners/joggers in the park but it might be hard to get their attention.... Our phone is dead or broke so that wont work...

What about payphones I know theres usually a set of pay phones in park area's where I live... And Im pretty sure that 911 or 111 is free on payphones as well.

Does anyone know where we are on google maps? Then we could have a look at our options.

[CCRunner]

Run outside and look for a payphone. If you see anybody, wave/scream/get their attention and ask for help.

[Double A]

Unless they are wearing a GIMP mask

[Splitpersonality]

Run outside and look for a payphone. If you see anybody, wave/scream/get their attention and ask for help.


Unless they are wearing a GIMP mask

I'm glad to see this pick up again. Thank you guys :bow:



You step outside of the bathroom, and into the sun. It beats down on you, open to the air now, there are no clouds in sight. It is directly in front of you, so you squint and cover your eyes with one hand and survey the area.

The joggers that were on your side of the lake are now on the other side, and beginning to make the long jog back. In front of you, the playground is empty, to your right, are your two bikes still, behind you the bathrooms.


You step out a few feet and turn around, the building has no phones on it, and you want to find one. You try and think which way would have one, to your left would only lead to the road, which leads to more of the park. There would possibly be people there, but it's a long walk.

To your right, is a fairly long walk to a road, and some houses.


In front you is a shorter walk, to an adjacent street Brockside Avenue.

You recall there is a church to your right once you get to the street. You decide that is the closest and best way to reach a house, so you begin walking there.

You pause and look back at your sister...


Do you wish to leave your sister, and head to the street to find somewhere to get help?

[Double A]

I think we should wait until someone comes around.

And they aren't scary.

Maybe we could drag her to the church.

[CCRunner]

I think we should take her with us. If somebody notices the body, that's a plus but if not then the sister's not in danger.

[miotas]

We should grab our bike and ride to the church.

[Sevis]

We wouldn't want her to wake up and feel lost - on the other hand, neither would we want to have to drag an extra sixty kilos around. I doubt the bike would help move her, so letting her sit there sounds best.

[miotas]

No, but the bike would get us there quicker so she would be left lying in the toilet for a much shorter time.

[miotas]

would it be any quicker to get our bike and ride to that street, or just go on foot?

[Subotan]

CYCLE TO THE CHURCH

[Stildawn]

Add to the above order please...

Before leaving for the church, put sister into a still intact stall and lock the door then climb out... This way shes at least a little bit safe.

[Splitpersonality]

CYCLE TO THE CHURCH

Thanks for submitting orders, I started writing this, in truth, hours ago, but something came up.

You figure taking your bike would be the fastest way to get to wherever you're going.


You run towards your bike, leaving your sister in the bathroom. You pull the key from your pocket, arriving at your bike, and you undo the lock, and redo it underneath the bike's seat, for safe keeping.


You spin your bike around and pedal towards the street, you don't know the street specifically, but you remember some places on it.



You come to a large hill, and you walk your bike up it, as it is too steep to pedal up.




When you reach the top, you are on a street.


To your left is parallel to the park, and a bit further down, the local national guard armory.


To your right, and front are houses. You believe the church is to the right, so you begin pedaling that way.






You pedal down the street, passing two blocks of houses before coming to a small church on a corner.


What do you do, where do you go?

[Stildawn]

Man that was alot further that the last write up suggested hehe....

Run into the church.... Go to the first person you see and explain the situation and call the police off their phone....

[Splitpersonality]

Run into the church.... Go to the first person you see and explain the situation and call the police off their phone....


You walk up to the church and glance at the service hours board. There doesn't appear to be a mass going on now, so you knock on the door.



You wait and receive no response, so you open it and step through anyway.




It is eerie inside (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/308272), but you enter nonetheless.


You slowly close the door behind you and look around, there are a few small steps leading up to the main body of the church, to your right is the holy water, meant to bless yourself as you enter, and some pamphlets regarding church activities. There is also a large bulletin board.


To your left are bathrooms.


You step straight ahead, and try out one of the large doors that leads to the main section.


Several doors do not budge, but one of them slides open with an eerie creak. You step through and look around, the church is dark, save gentile light from the prayer candles, and a few scattered lights. Most notably the few rays coming from the rather opaque stained glass.


To your left are the candles, straight ahead is the main aisle of the church, leading to the front, where there are more candles and several statues, to your right are the stairs that lead to the upper level, where the organ is located.


If this layout is anything like your old parish, the priest's quarters/office should be over there too.


You figure a priest would be the best chance of attaining help, so you walk to that room, and knock.


A large man greets you at the door, he is about 6'2" at your estimates, and he looks like he should be 250lbs or more. He is a rather hefty man by standards, or at least he looks big. He has no facial hair, nor hair on his head, but big busy white eyebrows.

Aside from his clergy robe, you notice a small ruby red ring on his hand, a small brown cane, and a large, bright white smile.

"My child," he remarks to you.

"What brings you here?"

You don't recall ever meeting the man, but he seems friendly enough, and you are in need of help right now.


You begin to explain to him your story, and he listens intently.

When you are finished he places a hand to his chin.

"Oh dear... I believe you are in need of greater assistance than I alone can provide, please, step inside for a second, I will phone the police."


You step inside his office and the door closes behind you...


End of phase 2...
Stats:
Ending: Good
- You faced some tough decisions, but stuck to good choices mostly. I'm happy with orders, not necessarily with participation however...
Physical Damage: Mediocre
- Big Sis Condition: (Non life threatening injuries, but still bad enough to knock her out.)
- Lil Sis Condition: (No major injuries, some bruises and cuts.)
Mental Damage: Extravagant
- Big Sis: (Less crazy than phase one.)
- Lil Sis: (Probably pretty messed up in the head, haven't really explored it yet.)
Final Inventory: Excellent
- Took as little as possible, used the best possible weapon(s) and didn't pick up unnecessary garbage.

Host Commentary:
Touched on a few iffy subjects here, was reprimanded in private by GH, and I would like to apologize if I made anybody uncomfortable, it was just the direction the story took, I don't mean to poke fun at or portray any of these things in a positive light. Apologies are due to anybody who has gone through such an event or is close to one, I did not intend it to be anything more than shocking to the players.

That aside, the story is taking an interesting direction now, I sort of have planned it out a bit more, and I'd like to take it places, hopefully if participation comes back we'll be able to do that. If we stay with this lack of discussion there may be little choice but to close the game however, or do a shoddy ending, which I would be disappointed by. If you guys promise to get orders in, and talk about them, I'll promise to get my writeups in and not be lazy about it, deal? :D


I'd also appreciate it if you voted 5 on the newgrounds song in the final link, many more may be in the works depending on how well recieved this one is, C&C welcome in the thread if need be! :bow:
-Split/Hark/James


Next phase to begin shortly, give me a day at most to get things together, though it could be out tonight if things fall into place correctly!

[Stildawn]

Excellent game Split.... I for one am interested and will remain so lol Ill send in all the orders myself if no one else is active lol.

[Chaotix]

Is it just me or does this priest sound like Father Cornello from FMA? :laugh4:

If that is the case, we should start running. Now. Seriously, let's ask this guy his name.

[pevergreen]

I am SO confused.

I'm finding it hard to concentrate without an end goal. At least in our crazy dream it was like Left4Dead.

[Double A]

Funny you should mention L4D pever... church... zombies in a dream...

I guess this means we're the one that bites him. I love how these games all connect to something.

[pevergreen]

:laugh4:

Watch out, theres a 50% chance he'll become a boomer!

[Double A]

Don't worry, shove then shoot!

With... a... uh... lead pipe?

Wait! I got it!

If he becomes a Boomer we can stick the pipe in him, and all the bile will come gushing out like Niagra Falls!

If he turns into a Hunter we can just look at him mean. That'lll probably do the trick.

And if he becomes a Smoker... well, this chick is already scarred for life, so I don't think it could get much worse.

[pevergreen]

Smoker...like that parody.

Smoker!...oh...oh :daisy: no!

[Splitpersonality]

I'm interested in your input regarding direction, i will try to give each phase a clear goal from now on, if it will hol interest.

i do expect you to be confused at points though, the point of this phase was really to get your sister to try and go home, i will make things like this more clear in the future :bow:

yes chaotix, father cornello, keep thinking that... crazy git...


Any other commentary is also welcome!

Update on next phase:
Writeup needs to be finished, song is done however so it should flow nice.
I've read your other commentary and I know at least one of you will be happy with the next phase's introduction :D

[pevergreen]

Bet its not me. :laugh4:

[Double A]

I won't be satisfied until I can finally fire a nuke at North Korea...

[Chaotix]

I'm interested in your input regarding direction, i will try to give each phase a clear goal from now on, if it will hol interest.

i do expect you to be confused at points though, the point of this phase was really to get your sister to try and go home, i will make things like this more clear in the future :bow:

yes chaotix, father cornello, keep thinking that... crazy git...


Any other commentary is also welcome!

Update on next phase:
Writeup needs to be finished, song is done however so it should flow nice.
I've read your other commentary and I know at least one of you will be happy with the next phase's introduction :D

I'm not joking.

Go look up Father Cornello on google images or something. He's fat, bald, old, and has a red ring on his finger. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

[Double A]

Okaaaaaay... he looks like a cross between Auric Goldfinger and Fat Bastard.

[Subotan]

I am SO confused.

I'm finding it hard to concentrate without an end goal. At least in our crazy dream it was like Left4Dead.

This this this this

I'm interested in your input regarding direction, i will try to give each phase a clear goal from now on, if it will hol interest.

i do expect you to be confused at points though, the point of this phase was really to get your sister to try and go home, i will make things like this more clear in the future :bow:

yes chaotix, father cornello, keep thinking that... crazy git...


Not necessarily a single goal,m, but a selection of goals and ways to acheive them would be nice :yes:

And I didn't have any trouble with the subjects. I thought it was quite brave.

[Stildawn]

Im actually against having set goals... Then it just turns into the same type of game as many others lol... I like having no goals its as confusing as it would be in real life if we were actually the two girls.

[Splitpersonality]

Im actually against having set goals... Then it just turns into the same type of game as many others lol... I like having no goals its as confusing as it would be in real life if we were actually the two girls.

You wll be as pleased as the others, the goals are not going to be in your face, and as always you are free to explore options.

i'm not going to say "move to location x, find item y"

it'll be more subtle than that, i hope :P

Writeup inbound, as soon as I get home it should be up :D

[Splitpersonality]

You blink a few times, desperately trying to clear your vision, which is clouded over.

Nothing seems to be working, so you take a deep breath and exhale harshly.


The haze seems to lift itself from you, or rather it swirls away from you. You watch it swirl... dust.... it twists away from you, slowly, beams of light giving a dreamlike dancing appearance to the small particles, floating... tumbling....

Your sense of hearing kicks back in... slowly... (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/310303)

The subsonic noises and beat of time cues you in, a gentle 4/4 beat.

One and...

Two and...

Three and...

Four and...


and so on.



Until it fades from your consciousness, and something else replaces it, the sound of gentile scratching on wood, of shuffling... of besieged moans, carrying with them the true depths of depravity.

Lower pitches, then higher ones, though soft, there is little other noise to compete with it.



You clench your hands, balling them up into fists, and raise them up above you. You see your hands, and they move, though they are numb, and sluggish to respond. You uncurl them and reach outwards, towards the dust particles.


Your fingers look as you remember them, and you practice making fists.


You flick your finger outwards, scattering the dust further.


You follow it as it dances about your peripheral vision, to the left.

To your right is a wall, and a window, slightly ajar, with a gentile breeze rolling in, judging by the light it is dusk.


Above you is the ceiling, you are lying horizontally apparently, there is a large hole in it, that goes through the roof.


To your left is a disheveled room.


Two knocked over dressers, an end table with it's contents scattered about it and the floor surrounding it.

A television with a baseball bat through it, and a computer monitor, oddly intact, staring at you.



You sit up, to further examine the room, but there is not much else.


Through the doorway, to the hallway, you see several bags, and some items strewn about.


Your face hurts, your whole head hurts, you grab it while leaning forward.




The headache passes and you scoot forward on the bed, and seat yourself on the edge of it.




You are now sitting on the edge of the bed... facing the doorway.

What do you do, where do you go?


Begin Phase 3.

[miotas]

I think you mean gentle, rather than gentile there...

Look around and see what's in the room.

[Splitpersonality]

I think you mean gentle, rather than gentile there...

Look around and see what's in the room.

I always confuse those two...


You look around and see not much of interest, besides what has been already stated about.

There are two fans, a lamp, a broken TV, two knocked over dressers, two beds, two end tables, one computer and monitor, one chair with some clothing and books on it, and a TV stand.

Scattered around the room is a bunch of random books, papers, magazines, wrappers for items, and a few wires.


What do you do, where do you go?

[Stildawn]

Try to remember what happened at the church... You must get to your sister....

[Splitpersonality]

Try to remember what happened at the church... You must get to your sister....


You place your head in your hands and rub your temples...


You try to remember a church, but cannot think of one... you cannot think of anything, your headache has now come back, and your are having a little trouble breathing now, you sit back up and take a deep breath.



You cannot bring any church to memory, but you can remember your sister, it was her...... you pause and look down next to you, your phone is lying on the bed underneath where you were. You must've been lying on it.


You grab it and look at it, the battery is dead and it will not turn on.


You remember something with this phone, and your sister, but your headache is seemingly preventing you from remembering.



You sigh and continue to take deep, labored breaths.


What will you do, where will you go?

[miotas]

Grab the bat out of the TV and then try to turn on the computer.

[Stildawn]

Wait.... Are we back in the zombie world? Still in our room?

[Splitpersonality]

Grab the bat out of the TV and then try to turn on the computer.

You stand up and slide the chair to the side, you grip the wooden bat by it's grip, which is the end not embedded in the television.

You pull it out, and it knocks over some broken glass.



You size it up and nod, it looks like a sturdy bat!



You press the buttons on your computer to no avail, it does not seem to want to turn on.


You slide the chair back into it's original place and stand in the room.


What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Check the bags to the in the hallway.... Take the bat and be prepared for anything

Im trying to establish if we are back in the dream and therefore in our house.... Those bags should contain all the stuff we use to have.

[Splitpersonality]

Check the bags to the in the hallway.... Take the bat and be prepared for anything

Im trying to establish if we are back in the dream and therefore in our house.... Those bags should contain all the stuff we use to have.


You step into the hallway and look into the bags on the floor.


Next to and inside of one bag is a myriad of items you recognize for some reason.


Inside there bag there's, a hammer, several.... knives, some... throwing stars? bandanas, candy, water bottles, a flashlight, nails, keys, a screwdriver and a pair of needle nose pliers.

Next to it is a small sword and a metal baseball bat, a tool belt, a... football helmet?, and another messenger bag, which you have not opened apparently, they seem unfamiliar to you...

The bag has a large "Foxhound" patch in the center of it, bearing the logo of the infamous organization from the metal gear solid series. You smile briefly to yourself, this is definitely your bag.

You open the bag, inside you find a brass guitar slide, several magazines, a guitar capo, a rather large 13 inch knife, your small collection of zippo lighters, some replacement wicks and flints for the zippo lighters, 16oz of zippo high quality lighter fuel, your emergency flask, one empty handgun (empty magazine, no bullet in the chamber, no bullets in bag), two gas masks complete with filters, and two full quart sized bottles of Ketel One vodka.

In the secondary pouch you find a strange assortment of flavored dental dams.



You scratch you head, wondering what the :daisy: you could've possibly been doing with all of this junk in one night.

Whatever it was, you're almost sad you missed it, it appears to have been a great time, judging by what you were bringing...



What do you do now?


(For the record, no Chaotix, this is not based completely off my own messenger bag's contents, I only have one flavor of dental dams :laugh4:)

[miotas]

Pick up the "Foxhound" bag, and then look around to see what's in the area.

[Splitpersonality]

Pick up the "Foxhound" bag, and then look around to see what's in the area.

You pick up the Foxhound messenger bag, and it's contents, you are as well holding the wooden baseball bat.


You appear to be in a house, there is a small hallway connecting 4 large rooms, a bathroom, a closet, and the door, that you assume, leads out of the house.



There is not much of interest aside from the assorted items on the floor..


WHat do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Drop the wooden baseball bat and pick up the metal bat, the small sword and the tool belt, using the tool belt as a holder for the sword and bat, pick up the entire other bag (so now you have both)

In the foxhound bag ditch the magazines breifly lookin at what they are before dropping them... Add the 13 inch knife to your tool belt along with the tools (hammer, piliers etc)

Go into the kitchen and look around.... Hold the 13inch knife or small sword depending on what seems better in close combat enviroment... Be on guard at all times.

[Stildawn]

So it looks like we are back in the dream world.... now some zombie killing lol. We should try find some rounds for the gun, perhaps parents room..... But we'll have a look in the kitchen first at the very least we can fill up our emergency flask there at the tap.

[Splitpersonality]

Drop the wooden baseball bat and pick up the metal bat, the small sword and the tool belt, using the tool belt as a holder for the sword and bat, pick up the entire other bag (so now you have both)

In the foxhound bag ditch the magazines briefly looking at what they are before dropping them... Add the 13 inch knife to your tool belt along with the tools (hammer, piliers etc)

Go into the kitchen and look around.... Hold the 13inch knife or small sword depending on what seems better in close combat enviroment... Be on guard at all times.


You toss the wooden bat back into your room, onto the bed, this seems like a good place for it.


You pick up the tool belt, and put it on, then the metal bat and small sword, you start to remember it's called a "wakizashi" so that is it's name from now on. You secure both of these to your tool belt.


You pull the knife out of the foxhound bag, and use it's strap to tie it to the tool belt, right in the front for easy access. Observing the knife closer, you notice it's a tanto shaped blade, it'd likely be good for stabbing more so than slashing.


You open the magazines, there's one monthly handgun magazine of yours, a couple of issues of guitar world, an official playstation magazine MGS4 special edition issue, you pull out the final magazine, the largest one, titled "Bass Player", and a small box falls out with a heavy thud.


You inspect the box, and see that it contains a pair of police issue handcuffs, and the key.


You start to wish you had gone to or remembered that party just a little bit more now. You put them in your belt as well, and the key with the other keys.



Thinking this is enough inventory micromanagement, you pull out the knife, and hold it with a reverse edge in grip, with your thumb towards you, and the blade pointing away from you.


You inch your way into the kitchen, prepared for any immediate threats, but much to your dismay it is empty.


Looking around, there is not much of use here, a sink, refrigerator, stove, iron, mop, broom, pantry, and a closet with the door knocked off of it.

A small table is in the center of the room, with a few packs of cigarettes on it, some empty newport containers, and a large carton of Parliament lights.

Aside from that, the table is bare.

The counter holds nothing either, the cabinets are smashed and a mess, likely nothing but junk inside.

The pantry is closed, and you cannot see inside.


What do you do now?

[Double A]

Who wants to bet our friend from the unopened storage pod lurks in the pantry?

We are the little sis right?

If we die in the Matrix, do we die in the real world?

[Stildawn]

No I believe we are the original player again (cant remember if that was lil sis or big sis lol) But something has happened to the place while we were in the other reality as it wasnt this torn up when we left....

Open fridge and pantry look at whats there.... Fill emergency flask with water from sink unless its already full... If full take a small sip to tell what it is.... Be on guard.

[Splitpersonality]

Open fridge and pantry look at whats there.... Fill emergency flask with water from sink unless its already full... If full take a small sip to tell what it is.... Be on guard.

You open the refrigerator, and to no surprise, it is empty.

Well not so much empty as a huge :daisy:ing mess.

Whatever was once food inside of it is now rotting or decomposing, and the shelves are all knocked over. You close the door, the stink is tremendous.


You step over to the sink and open your emergency flask, you were going to fill it with water, but you notice it is already full with something...


You take a whiff, and instantly recognize it as alcohol of some sort.

You take a sip, and it confirms your suspicion. It is likely Jack Daniels, as nothing else is worth to be contained inside of your trusty emergency flask.


You close it and put it away and walk over to the pantry.



Out of habit you flick the light switch on, it clicks loudly, but you see no light come from the pantry. This makes sense, as no other appliances seem to be working.


You grab the handle of the small wooden pantry and pull the door open...




To your surprise, it is utterly empty, save for the shelves. It seems as if someone was here, and took all of the canned goods for themselves.



You close the door and turn around.


What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Ok well that kills the idea of getting food lol.... Should we replace the jack daniels I know that a horrible thing to say lol but water might be more needed in this situation... Then again we could use the jack to clean any wounds...

Im gonna do a quick little harmless order..

Take a look out of the nearest window.... Be on alert...

[Splitpersonality]

Take a look out of the nearest window.... Be on alert...


There is one window over the sink, and one next to the pantry, the pantry one looks down teh street from the house, the sink one looks into the backyard.

You look through the pantry window because it is closer.



Next door there is a small garden, there are several corpses strewn about this garden, some of them are moving, eating the other ones.

There is a house next to that, or rather there was, all that there seems to be now is the house's frame, and scorch marks on the nearby trees. You figure that the house somehow caught fire, and burned without any fire department to stop it.

Several figures appear to be walking around in front of the house, down the sidewalk. A small group of 4 are walking towards the house you are in now.


Looking down, where the driveway is, you see a black pickup truck parked. It probably belongs....er...belonged to your landlord..... He lives downstairs from you...er...lived.... you know whatever... you'll keep your thoughts in the present tense from now on...



You look out the back window, into the backyard now, as it seems like it would help...



You look into the back and see four corpses on the grass, underneath the volleyball net. You can't make out their faces, but something grips at you looking at them.

Could that be your family?

You stare for a few minutes, you can't make anything out from here, you think you should go down and investigate, but you're unsure...


You look around and see no crawlers or shufflers around, they are all on opposite sides of fences, your backyard appears to be devoid of life right now.


You also see the garage, it is long and takes up the whole back wall of the backyard, inside it is where your landlord keeps his power tools, things to work on cars with, and junk he can't keep in his house, there is also a barbecue next to it, and there would likely be gasoline and flammable materials inside for the grill, you make a note of this in your head.


You turn around and are standing in the middle of the kitchen.


What do you do now?

[Joooray]

No I believe we are the original player again (cant remember if that was lil sis or big sis lol) But something has happened to the place while we were in the other reality as it wasnt this torn up when we left....

Are you sure? The place was a utter mess before, the broken TV could be attributed to us freaking out because of our lil sis message. :shrug:

I read up on the story and as thus would like to be in, please. :bow:

BTW: This story was much more difficult to get into then the other two games like this. I read the first part of the story with all the zombies and such and than read the last part and was thinking: 'What the :daisy: are those two joggers circling the lake like nothing has happened, or are there some freaky zombie-joggers in this game. :stunned: :laugh4:

[pevergreen]

I think we're back in the mind of big sis while we are unconcious. Dunno what our objective is though.

[Stildawn]

haha yeah maybe there needs to be a general points thread like GH has for his one?


Are you sure? The place was a utter mess before, the broken TV could be attributed to us freaking out because of our lil sis message. :shrug:

Um? I mean we are back into the original player (the very first person we was when the game started) I cant remember if that was the big or little sister... but it doesnt really matter... however the one whos unconscience in the toliets in the other world kinda makes sense that we are now in dream land again...

So... What do we do now guys?

Heres a harmless order

Check over our inventory again

[Joooray]

So... What do we do now guys?

Pretty sure we are back in big sis head again. It might be some kind of bad prevision of things that will happen in real life though. :shrug:
I guess we will have to find a point where we can snap out of our dream again. First, I suggest we check out the bodies in the backyard and look in the garage of the landlord. We need to find some long-range weapons looking at how utterly the character has failed in the melee fight in the toilet. Though we might be tougher in this dream world.

[Subotan]

I say we keep the JD, as it's drinkable, flammable (So we don't have to lug any of that petrol around; SP wants us to burn something) and far too precious to waste.

Oh and, er guys

Several figures appear to be walking around in front of the house, down the sidewalk. A small group of 4 are walking towards the house you are in now.
Hmm. We need to be prepared to attack them from a distance.

[Stildawn]

I saw before we go out side we should look for ammo... It seems odd that we have a gun yet dont have ammo... And since we had a hand gun magazine Im assuming the gun is ours and not our parents so the ammo must be in our room somewhere....

[Splitpersonality]

Check over our inventory again

You look down and examine what you have on you and in your bags. It is listed below...

The new items are highlighted in red for your convenience...


Inventory:
Weapons:Aluminum Baseball bat (x1)
Wakizashi (x1)
FiveseveN Pistol (NO AMMO) (x1)
Tanto knife (x1)
Throwing stars on hand (x10)
Throwing stars in bag (x20)
Kunai in bag (x20)
Hammer (x1)
Nailgun (Without caps)


Items:
Bike
Football helmet (x1)

Messenger Bag (Increased Inventory Size):
Assorted Candy
Water bottles (x5)
Flashlight
Storage Locker Keys (x3)
Bandanas(x25)


Tool Belt (5 inventory slots):
Flathead Screwdriver
Needlenose Pliers
Nails (20x)

Foxhound Bag(Increased Inventory Size):
Old Russian Gas Mask w/Filter
New Israeli Gas Mask w/Filter
Emergency Flask
Quart of Ketel One vodka (x2)
Zippo Lighter (x5)
Replacement Wicks for Zippo(x10)
12oz Zippo Fuel Bottle
Brass Guitar Slide
Guitar Capo
Strawberry/Blueberry/Vanilla Dental Dams(x10)




Satisfied, you begin calculating your next move.

What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Thanks Split thats nice a clear.....

So yeah I saw search room for ammo.... hehe maybe Ill try this pointless order...

Think... Where would your ammo be.... Always be on alert....

[Splitpersonality]

Think... Where would your ammo be.... Always be on alert....



You try and think of where you like to keep your ammo, your parents don't like it in the house around for some stupid "safety reasons" but now's not the time to think of that...

You remember they made you put it somewhere where it was easy to get to, somewhere where you have access to whenever you need it.... but far enough away from your gun so you don't do anything stupid....

You smack your head wiht your hand, trying to churn the blood around and make the neurons work faster.


You sigh as you realize that the ammo is in the backyard, in the garage, in a small corner that your landlord granted you to keep things that you couldn't fit in your house.

In that corner are several trophies from childhood sports, some pictures and paintings, and three boxes of 5.7 ammo...


You need to get that ammo... the fastest way would be to go through your landlord's house, to the backdoor, to the backyard, to the garage, but you wonder, if so much has changed since you last remember, maybe something else is down there? You need to think this through...

What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Ahhh so now we have some good information....

Ill leave it here for some of your guys to talk things out... We may want to do more things in the house....

[Double A]

I think we should go check out the gas station!

[miotas]

We need to get out of the house anyway since there are some creatures heading our way, I say we just start heading for the backyard and keep on guard.

[Double A]

Hey Split can we go back to the Pods and piss off Mr Beastie again?

[Chaotix]

Wake up.

[Double A]

Oh come on... you want to waste our one opportunity to kill zombies for like the next month? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?

[Splitpersonality]

Wake up.


You briefly consider waking up, but then you realize that you don't understand how you could wake up.

You pinch yourself and slap your face a little, but you don't seem to be waking up.


You're not even sure you quite understand what you meant by that either...


What do you do now?

[Double A]

Again, split, is there any possible way for us to go back to the pods and piss off the creature again? That was funny.

Also I assume the gas station is still back there, so I think we should check that out as soon as we've done... whatever we're going to do.

[Chaotix]

Fine.

Realize that since there are zombies outside, this cannot possibly be the real world and so therefore you must be in a dream. Then proceed to blast a hole in the wall with heat vision.

[Double A]

Ignore any thoughts believing this is a dream, hallucination, etc until the situation is re-evaluated later

[Splitpersonality]

Again, split, is there any possible way for us to go back to the pods and piss off the creature again? That was funny.

Also I assume the gas station is still back there, so I think we should check that out as soon as we've done... whatever we're going to do.

I don't know, is there? :wink:


Fine.

Realize that since there are zombies outside, this cannot possibly be the real world and so therefore you must be in a dream. Then proceed to blast a hole in the wall with heat vision.

You put your mind back on the "zombies" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgewcFh-cg) outsde, you wonder why you haven't been using that word to describe them thusfar, you resolve to start using it from now on.

You begin to ponder the physiological ramifications of a "zombie", how can one exist in this world? What brought about their reign? What mechanisms control them, be it viral or bacterial, or even parasitic?

You then begin to wonder if they are the classic film George Romero zombie, or the modern Zombie Survival Guide zombie, and even further, which Romero film? The unkillable Night of the living dead zombies, or the dawn of the dead zombies?

Perhaps the modern dawn of the dead remake zombies?


You finally come out wiht the htought, that since this is a logical world, based in logic and thinking, not in mysterious powers and crazy shennanigans, that this must be a dream.


You attempt to test out your brand new dream powers by shooting heat ray lazers (zomg!) at the wall next to the pantry.


You crouch down and squint realy hard, and groan loudly...




You do this for several minutes, but nothing happens.



You've been groaning and grunting louder than you thought, as you peek out the window, several zombies seem to have stopped moving and began looking at the house, several more are approaching.


You facepalm, of course this isn't a dream, this is the mother:daisy:ing zombie apocalypse! You've been waiting for this :daisy: your whole life, why are you disregarding it now?

You must prepare for the oncoming attack!

What do you do now?

[Chaotix]

Shoot them with your heat vision!

No, wait, that probably won't work.

Get killed and wake up!

Actually, that's probably not a good idea, either.

Hrmm... this may take a little thought. I have a feeling the wakizashi will cut through them like butter, though.

[Double A]

Chaotix... I am going to kill you...

And yes, split, you do know.

Also I like "crawlers" better. Less generic. Well, when the characters are talking or thinking anyway.

I say we either tear them apart with the Wakizashi and Tanto, or go get the ammo and just shoot them all dead. Again I guess.

[Chaotix]

Well, I'm not sure if we have time to get the ammo before we get jumped by the zombies. It's probably a better idea to block them at a choke point with the wakizashi. Also, I suggest we drop both of the bags, at least until all the zombies are dead. However, I'm going to refrain from any more orders, lest I accidentally blow up the game next time.

[miotas]

We've wasted too much time trying to wake up and shoot laser beams, now the crawlers are coming.

Quickly head to backyard, keeping an eye out for enemies. Keep the wakizashi at the ready

[Splitpersonality]

Quickly head to backyard, keeping an eye out for enemies. Keep the wakizashi at the ready


You resolve to get to the backyard. This seems like the best plan of action.


You open the front door, leading to the hallway down to your landlord's apartment, and the front door of the whole house.

You step down the stairs carefully, your tanto drawn, your wakizashi ready to be drawn.

The door leading out the front of the house is boarded up, there are several zombies scratching the door and moaning quite loudly. You cautiously step to the right of the door, and into your landlord's living room.


The room is mostly bare, the window to your left is broken, but just high enough for the zombies to get through, so you're safe for now. You turn to your right and spot the screen door leading to the backyard, you have a clear path to it, but there are several rooms that will be next to you on the way. You hold the tanto in your left hand, and draw the wakizashi with your right hand.

You hold the tanto in front of you, and the wakizashi over your head.


You pause for a moment and realize how bad:daisy: you look, but this is no time for thinking of cool poses for facebook pictures, you need to get to that back yard!


You circle around the door, there is a doorway just before you exit the living room to get to the kitchen. It is a small closet and wide open.

You slowly approach it, and spin around, the wakizashi now in your front hand.


You stab into the darkness, and hit nothing.


Satisfied you step next to it, and peer into the kitchen. The exit is now steps away, but the kitchen is a strangely laid out room.

You slide left and check right, then spin on your heels, hearing something behind you...



A zombie, bursts through the pantry door, and charges you!

Your tanto is in your left hand, the wakizashi in your right hand

What do you do?

BATTLE ORDERS!!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jmty_NiaXc)


(Fast orders intended to replicate battle, they will be done as fast as you put them in, don't think, shoot slash!)

[pevergreen]

SCREAM BANZAI AND CUT SIDEWAYS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AT ITS HEAD. DECAPITATE.

[Splitpersonality]

SCREAM BANZAI AND CUT SIDEWAYS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AT ITS HEAD. DECAPITATE.


You step forward, swinging your wakizashi from right to left, aiming for the zombie's head as it charges at you.


You let out a triumphant "BANZAAAAAAAAAAIIIII!!!!!' as you swing, and it gets you really pumped up.


The wakizashi connects with the zombie's neck, just above his fourth vertebrae, and it keeps going.


It slices clean through the zombie's neck, and his head goes flying to your right, while his body slumps to your left.

As the body lands on either side of you, a splash of blood connects with your face, you close your eyes as it washes you over.


You open them again, and it is quiet, not silent, but quiet nonetheless.


You look down, your wakizashi is covered in a small spot of blood, the floor is covered with blood, trailing from a foot in front of you, and leading a foot or so behind you, your shirt and face are covered in blood.


You wipe the wakizashi on your shirt to get the blood off, and you crouch down and examine the corpse.


The face is that of, your neighbor, the gardener, an older gentleman whose love for the garden was what kept him going in his later years.


You look over at his body, sprawled out nearby, and shake your head.


He likely has nothing of use on him.



You once again resume your battle stance, and kick the screen door open.



You step out, carefully, onto the back porch, and down the brick steps.


You are now standing in your backyard, facing your garage.


There are four corpses sprawled out on the grass in front of you, underneath a volleyball net.


What do you do now?


Exp Gained : 2
Experience Bar:
[--__________]

[pevergreen]

Decapitate all the corpses and don't look at their faces.

[Splitpersonality]

Decapitate all the corpses and don't look at their faces.


You draw your wakizashi and step over to the four corpses, the first one in front of you is wearing casual clothing, shorts, a T-shirt, and a baseball cap. He lying face down on the floor, not moving, nor breathing.


You sheath your tanto and grab him by his scruffy hair lifting him up on his knees.


You take a clean, quick stroke with your wakizashi, and sever his head partially.

You take another stroke and finish the job, you toss his head aside, taking care to not look at the face.

You move onto the next one, a medium build man, jeans and a blueish T-shirt, you can't help but see the face as you lift him up the same, he is charlie, the man in the apartment two floors down from you.

You remove his head the same way and toss it to the side as well.


The third is closer to Charlie's corpse, it is a small girl, you recognize her almost immediately as Charlie's daughter. Though you never spoke to her or saw her often, you feel a pang as you lift her head by her long brown hair.

One cut is all that is required to sever her head. You toss it aside with the others, detaching yourself from the people you once knew.

The fourth person is a woman lying face down, you grab her by her dirty blonde hair and remove her head in two swings. You figure her to either be Charlie's wife, or your landlord's girlfriend, you never really liked eihter of these women. You toss the head aside with the others.


When this is finished, you are standing in the middle of the grass patch, four decapitated corpses around you, and their heads thrown in a pile near the edge of the grass, the face of the first man stares back at you eerily, though you try not to look at him.

It is not your landlord, you have never seen this man before in your life.


You spin around looking through the yard.

If his body's not back here, and he's not in his house, where could your landlord be?

Your attention turns to the small shack attached to the back of your hosue, it's a smaller area where you imagined your landlord stored small things, weed whackers, lawn mowers, and the like.

You eye it's padlocked door strangely... before an even more disturbing thought enters your mind...


Where is your family?

What do you do now?

[miotas]

First thing's first.

Continue heading to where the ammo is stored.

[Subotan]

Zombies like fire

[Double A]

Do we learn flamethrower when we level up?

[Splitpersonality]

First thing's first.

Continue heading to where the ammo is stored.

(Posting from my phone, forgive any spelling mistakes)

[i]You walk towards the garage, you step over the mess that was once a patio table and look through the door. You grip the door knob with on hand and look through the shattered glass window, it is a mess inside, but you can see the safe with the ammo in it from here, just opposite you against the wall.

You turn the handle slowly, pushing the door open. It slides open with little trouble, and you step through the threshold.

You are now in the garage, it is a mess in here, there is a terrible smell eminating from the back, by the tool box. You can't see anything however, as several things are obstructing your view.

The safe full of ammo is in front of you, the entrance/exit is behind you, and the back of the garage is to your right. You don't come in here too often, so you don't really know the layout well, so all you know right now is

[Chaotix]

is... is what?

OH NO! THEY GOT HIM! THE ZOMBIES GOT SPLIT BEFORE HE COULD FINISH HIS POST!

[Joooray]

:laugh4:

Awesome cliff hanger. I suspect the landlord took him to his lair.

[Splitpersonality]

:daisy:!

My phone only sent HALF of the message oh god...

I am reposting it here, and correctly... I apologize profusely guys :(



First thing's first.

Continue heading to where the ammo is stored.

You walk towards the garage, you step over the mess that was once a patio table and look through the door. You grip the door knob with on hand and look through the shattered glass window, it is a mess inside, but you can see the safe with the ammo in it from here, just opposite you against the wall.

You turn the handle slowly, pushing the door open. It slides open with little trouble, and you step through the threshold.

You are now in the garage, it is a mess in here, there is a terrible smell emanating from the back, by the tool box. You can't see anything however, as several things are obstructing your view.

The safe full of ammo is in front of you, the entrance/exit is behind you, and the back of the garage is to your right. You don't come in here too often, so you don't really know the layout well, so all you know right now is what you can see...

What do you do now?

[Subotan]

Sniff the air, and try to work out what the stench is

[Chaotix]

Gee, I have no idea what that smell could be. Perhaps it's the rotting flesh of the zombies that are quickly surrounding us? Nah, it couldn't be that. Could it?

[Stildawn]

Its only a garage not huge, I say make a run for the ammo then go back outside closing the door... Just be alert in there lol.

[Splitpersonality]

Sniff the air, and try to work out what the stench is

You smell the air, turning as you do such to assist in ascertaining the source of the stench.

You figure that the smell is mostly concentrated at the back of the garage, and the smell is that of rotting meat.

There is likely a corpse in the back, covered by debris, or at least outside of your line of sight, though who it is or if they are undead or not is beyond you right now...

What do you do now?

[Splitpersonality]

Shameless Bump to remind the players of this game's existence :o

[Stildawn]

With great caution and facing the suspect area, quickly go and get the ammo and then leave closing the garage door behind you.... Once out in the back yard, check surrounds for hostiles then load handgun and put in belt.

[Splitpersonality]

With great caution and facing the suspect area, quickly go and get the ammo and then leave closing the garage door behind you.... Once out in the back yard, check surrounds for hostiles then load handgun and put in belt.


You hold your wakizashi out, sidestepping slowly towards the safe.

Halfway across the garage you spot a body on the floor, from where you are standing you can see that the head is scattered around the floor, the corpse has a shotgun on his person.


You step over to the safe and open it, you spot three already prepared clips for your gun, you pull the gun out and slide one clip in, and place the two full and one empty one you already had into your bag, you chamber a round, and flip the safety off.

You grab two boxes of ammo and stuff them into your bag, they should be enough for about 5 full clips per box. You'll deal with loading the rounds into that empty mag later.

There is other ammo in the safe, but not for your guns, it is for the guns of your landlord.

You place the handgun in your belt and turn around, you are alone in the garage still.


You walk to the door, open it, step through and close it.

You are now outside.

What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Go back in..... Stab the body a few times with the sword and then take the shotgun.... Grab any shotgun ammo in the safe as well as all the other ammo..

[Splitpersonality]

Go back in..... Stab the body a few times with the sword and then take the shotgun.... Grab any shotgun ammo in the safe as well as all the other ammo..


You open the door and walk back inside the garage, you walk up to the body and pull out your tanto.

You stab what you now realize to be your landlord's corpse several times in the chest and what is left of his throat.

You pry the shotgun from his hands, and note that it is loaded to it's max, 4 shells. You grab two additional shells from his body and walk over to the safe.

You grab a box of shotgun shells, and put the two additional shells inside of it, they fit perfectly, giving you 20 shells, plus the four inside of the gun already.

The gun is quite cumbersome to hold however, you fumble a little bit between it, the wakizashi, and the baseball bat...


The other ammo inside is useless to you, you do not have a 9mm pistol or a .45 pistol, there are also some blanks in here for some odd reason, you have no use for them.

What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Take the 9mm and .45 ammo anyway and go back outside....

We will probably need to arrange our inventory again..... But now that we have firearms I say we could ditch the bat and the nail gun etc... I grabbed the other ammo cause we might find the pistols inside somewhere.

[Splitpersonality]

Take the 9mm and .45 ammo anyway and go back outside....

You figure you may come across other firearms sometime soon, and you wouldn't want to be ill prepared.

You stuff the 9mm and .45 ammo into your bag.

What do you do now?
Inventory:
Weapons:Shotgun (4 shell capacity)
Aluminum Baseball bat (x1)
Wakizashi (x1)
FiveseveN Pistol (8 bullets per clip) (x1)
Tanto knife (x1)
Throwing stars on hand (x10)
Throwing stars in bag (x20)
Kunai in bag (x20)
Hammer (x1)
Nailgun (Without caps)


Items:
Bike
Football helmet (x1)

Messenger Bag (Increased Inventory Size):
Assorted Candy
Water bottles (x5)
Flashlight
Storage Locker Keys (x3)
Bandanas(x25)


Tool Belt (5 inventory slots):
Flathead Screwdriver
Needlenose Pliers
Nails (20x)

Foxhound Bag(Increased Inventory Size):
]Old Russian Gas Mask w/Filter
New Israeli Gas Mask w/Filter
Emergency Flask
Quart of Ketel One vodka (x2)
Three Pistol Clips
Box of 50 cartridges of 9mm
Box of 50 cartridges of .45 ammo
Box of 50 cartridges of 5.7x28mm (x2)
Box of 20 shotgun shells
Zippo Lighter (x5)
Replacement Wicks for Zippo(x10)
12oz Zippo Fuel Bottle
Brass Guitar Slide
Guitar Capo
Strawberry/Blueberry/Vanilla Dental Dams(x10)

[Double A]

Okay, do we really need a baseball bat? I can think of one practical use for it (because we have the Limb Slicer 3000 in our inventory), and that's to break open doors. But we could just smash them open with our shotgun's butt, so it's redundant now anyway, making the baseball bat redundant.

[miotas]

I say we put the tanto and pistol into the tool belt if they'll fit, put the wakizashi in our bag, drop the baseball bat and drop the ninja stars and kunai.

[Chaotix]

Let's drop the useless nailgun and one of the gasmasks as well. We really don't need to be carrying around all this... stuff.

However, if we could imagine up a dream bag that could hold as much stuff as we want... nah that's a little implausible. :laugh4:

Actually, I say we kill all the zombies before we go and start dropping stuff. Let's make sure we don't get swarmed while we're busy inventory micro-managing.

[Splitpersonality]

For the record, the tanto IS taking up one of the slots on the tool belt, I just got too lazy and didn't want to create a separate "tool belt" section in your inventory :P

[miotas]

Gah! Why do we have a :daisy: nail gun?

Put the wakizashi in our bag, drop the baseball bat, the nail gun, the old gasmask, the throwing stars and kunai

If the pistol isn't already in our belt, then put the pistol in our belt.

[Double A]

What? Why ALL the ranged weapons? What if we run out of bullets?

I think we should keep some of the throwing stars or kunai. I'm not an expert on ninja-y weapons, so which is more dangerous or easier to use?

[miotas]

What's a throwing star or a kunai going to do to a zombie? Unless we are skilful enough to hit them clear in the eye, and even then the throwing stars would still be useless. I also think we should drop the bandanna's and the tools, but there is a possibility they could be useful.

[Splitpersonality]

Put the wakizashi in our bag, drop the baseball bat, the nail gun, the old gasmask, the throwing stars and kunai

If the pistol isn't already in our belt, then put the pistol in our belt.

You drop the baseball bat, the nailgun, the old russian gas mask, and you dump out all the throwing stars and kunai onto the ground.

You put the wakizashi in it's sheath on your waist.

You put the pistol in your belt.

You are feeling much lighter now.


What do you do now?

[Double A]

We could at least take them and then throw them at something first... gosh!

Also what's a kunai exactly? From what I understand, it's like the throwing knives from Morrowind. Maybe we should hang onto a few in case we can't get our other sharp and deadly instruments of destruction out in time, or just use it as a tool knife.

[Stildawn]

I agree we should have the sword on hand, but our main weapon should now be the shotgun....

We should now look for a gun store to futher stock up, since we dont really have an objective per see in this world... So we may as well just stock up and try fight our way to safety....

Actually... Can we drive?

[Double A]

Oh come on, it's the zombie apocalypse! Who's gonna stop us, the zombie fuzz?

[Splitpersonality]

Oh come on, it's the zombie apocalypse! Who's gonna stop us, the zombie fuzz?

I seem to recall discussing this before, I believe we came to the conclusion that we do NOT want to get stopped by teh zombie police.

:clown:

[Stildawn]

Lol I was more meaning is our character acutally capable lol. Lets just assume she is..

Think about your parents or landlords cars.... Were they here when you looked out the window earlier, did you remember seeing the keys.... Then think about the landlords house.... Do you remember where he keeps his firearms....

[Double A]

I seem to recall discussing this before, I believe we came to the conclusion that we do NOT want to get stopped by teh zombie police.

:clown:

But who else will stop us from getting rapped?

Wait that doesn't sound right...

[Chaotix]

Oh come on, it's the zombie apocalypse! Who's gonna stop us, the zombie fuzz?

:no:

Come on, Double A, get with the times. I made that joke back at the beginning of the game!

:laugh4:

[Double A]

But since I just made it, the joke is now so much better

:tongue:

[Splitpersonality]

Think about your parents or landlords cars.... Were they here when you looked out the window earlier, did you remember seeing the keys.... Then think about the landlords house.... Do you remember where he keeps his firearms....

(I apologize in advance for the crossed out section :clown:)

You think about the truck in the driveway, a ford pickup truck, top of the line F-150. You don't know where the keys are, but chances are there is some gas in the small shed behind the house if you need it...

You've never really seen your landlord's house except for that time he raped you omg so you're not sure where his guns are, but you think you're prepared for now anyway. A four shell buckshot shotgun and an armor piercing pistol seem to pack enough power to punch through the living dead.


Perhaps the keys to the landlord's truck are on his body? Or maybe in the house? Heck, maybe they're in the ignition!

You have NO idea!

What do you do now?

[Double A]

except for that time he raped you omg

:laugh4:

[Stildawn]

Quickly go back and search your dead landlords body again..... Be ALERT lol.

[Double A]

Instead of laughing out loud, behead his corpse just in case

[Stildawn]

haha the head is already detached lol.

[Double A]

Oh right
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emot_vhappy.gif

[Splitpersonality]

Quickly go back and search your dead landlords body again..... Be ALERT lol.

Must've missed this...


You walk back into the garage and step over to your landlord's corpse, you kick it a few times to make sure it is not moving. You get no response so you begin rifling through his pockets, in his front right pocket you find a note. You put it in your pocket.

In his front left pocket you find his wallet, with his ID, and his license in it. You pocket this as well, you never know.


In his back pocket you find his house key, as well as the key to what you assume to be the small shed behind the house.

You pocket this as well.

There were no car keys inside, but you now have access to the gasoline.

What do you do now?

[Double A]

Told ya. Zombie police.

[Subotan]

SP, why do you want us to burn things?

[Splitpersonality]

SP, why do you want us to burn things?

Did I ever say I wanted that?

[Double A]

Ah, but you never said you didn't want us to!

Quick, let's find Kim Jong-Il!

[Subotan]

Did I ever say I wanted that?
You do keep dropping very un-subtle mentions of petrol, barbecues, whiskey etc.



Quick, let's find Kim Jong-Il!
Regardless of the italics game we're playing, Kim Jong-Il is going to end up dead.

[Stildawn]

So what now... Would the guns be in the shed that we just got keys too?? We are pretty setup but before we proceed much futher I would like to secure a vehicle.... Especially a truck.

[Double A]

Yeah do we honestly need anything else? We have a freaking shotgun AND a wakizashi.

[Stildawn]

Ok since no one else is Ill take the reins again...

With shotgun ready and sword and pistol in reach.... Proceed cautiously inside the landlords house.... Keep an eye out for a set of keys or a key rack... Also look out for any firearms or lock boxes etc.... Proceed out the front door onto the street if you dont find anything of note....

[Subotan]

*Instead of opening doors the conventional way, kick them open Leon Kennedy style, in order to pulverise any zombies/crazed-villagers/bailiffs waiting on the other side.

[Double A]

*Instead of opening doors the conventional way, kick them open Leon Kennedy style, in order to pulverise any zombies/crazed-villagers/bailiffs waiting on the other side.

Since we're beurecratic now, second!

[Centurion1]

i really enjoy reading these things its like one of those make your own choices books.

[Splitpersonality]

With shotgun ready and sword and pistol in reach.... Proceed cautiously inside the landlords house.... Keep an eye out for a set of keys or a key rack... Also look out for any firearms or lock boxes etc.... Proceed out the front door onto the street if you dont find anything of note....

*Instead of opening doors the conventional way, kick them open Leon Kennedy style, in order to pulverise any zombies/crazed-villagers/bailiffs waiting on the other side.


You pull out your shotgun, holstering your pistol and sheathing your wakizashi, and you step towards your landlord's house.


You kick the back screen door in, RE4 style, but there are unfortunately no Spaniards on the other side of the door, and your extra effort goes unnoticed by all. You liked how it felt anyway.


You are back in the kitchen, there is a small key rack in the hallway, you step towards it and pull out the one set of keys on it. A big "Ford" logo on them clue you in that these are the keys to the landlord's truck.



You think to go to the street from here, but the front door is barricaded, so you search the house some more, carefully.


Stepping from room to room, you find little, there is a safe on the floor near the bed in his bedroom, but it is empty.

You step back outside into the backyard, the only way to the front is through the gate in front of the truck to your left.


What do you do, where do you go?

[Chaotix]

The gate must be trapped somehow, as it's the only entrance split provided for us. I believe, if we go through, we will be attacked by multiple zombies.

Therefore, in the interest of saving bullets, I vote that we make our own entrance by going back inside and blowing the front door off it's hinges with the shotgun. That will probably look a lot cooler, too. Any zombies we do find may just run away in terror and awe of our awesomeness, and then we can get into the Ford and run them down as a sort of mini-game.

[Splitpersonality]

As a note... the ford is on YOUR side of the gate in the backyard...

In case this was not clear.

[Double A]

Do we have our lucky D20?

[Stildawn]

Could we have a description of the Gate and the Ford... You said a F150 right... lol Im pretty sure that could take out a gate and any zombies in the way lol

[Splitpersonality]

It's a thin chain link gate, just made to separate the back of the yard from the larger part of the driveway. There's a flimsy "locking mechanism" but no actual deadbolt lock or anything.

It's a pickup truck, very large, big grill, pretty high off the ground, about twice the height of the fence from tires to roof.

[Stildawn]

Yeah lol we could take out the gate and any zombies with ease lol... All we need now is a friend with M60 on the back lol.

[Double A]

If I knew what was going on, I'd suggest we go kick some undead ass.

[Subotan]

You kick the back screen door in, RE4 style, but there are unfortunately no Spaniards on the other side of the door, and your extra effort goes unnoticed by all. You liked how it felt anyway.

Rats.

Check to see how much petrol is in the truck.

[Double A]

Since we're in America, there won't be any petrol. Only gasoline.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emot_vhappy.gif

[Splitpersonality]

Check to see how much petrol is in the truck.

You step over to the truck and open the driver's seat door. You step on the side railing and into the truck, you examine the fuel gauge. It is apparently at a 1/4th tank. Not trusting the gauge that has been here for god knows how long you step outside and close the door and inspect the gas tank, it is on the left back side of the truck.

The cap is still intact, you sniff inside and it smells of gasoline, you are unsure of how much.


You begin to think of places you would go... and your mind wanders to thinking about your sister.... you would need more gas to get to her house, going by your own small car's standards, so you're sure you'd need more in a pickup....

You wonder if she is okay, she lives on the other side of the island from you, and the last you heard from her was..... that..... voicemail....

You mind drifts off.


...


You snap back several minutes later.


What do you do now?

[miotas]

See if it starts up.

[Double A]

Hey guys, remember the gas station? That would be a great place to head right about now.

[Stildawn]

I agree... Once hes tried it im gonna order us there lol.

[Splitpersonality]

See if it starts up.

You get into the car and put the key in the ignition.

You twist it away from you, it kicks and sputters a few times, you release the key and it begins rumbling like a truck should. You wait a second to check the fuel meter a second time.

The needle moves up slightly, but is still under 1/2 a full tank. You place your items down on the seat next to you for ease of carrying them, you are now in the truck and it is started.


As you look through the windshield ahead, you notice several zombies have stopped to look at the truck, you've caught their attention.


What do you do now?

[miotas]

Go to the fuel station.

[Stildawn]

*add in... Drive striaght through the gate aiming for the zombies at full acceleration... Have the windows up and your shotgun ready at your side...

[Double A]

Did we just trigger a Crescendo Event?

[Splitpersonality]

Go to the fuel station.

*add in... Drive striaght through the gate aiming for the zombies at full acceleration... Have the windows up and your shotgun ready at your side...

You play with the radio knobs, searching for a suitable song to soundtrack your awesome journey to come. As the radio turns on you notice there is a CD inside the CD slot, Track 7 of the CD begins playing... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F-0jSYtC5Y)

Seeing this a suitable song you throw the truck into drive, and make sure all the windows are up in the truck.


You punch the gas, bursting through the gate, hitting several zombies with the pieces of the gate and the truck. You take the turn to the right, out of the driveway, and onto your street, Maple Parkway.


You gun the gas once more and go speeding down the street...

You hit quite a few potholes, and several more zombies, but this does nothing to deter you. This truck seems much more durable than you previously thought.


You take a hard right onto Forest Avenue, there are more cars here, some scattered about the streets, but most of them are near the sidewalk, so it is easy for you to just drive right up the middle of the streets.


You drive down the street, no zombies and no cars in your way, until you come across the gas station you previously encountered. You park in front of one of the pumps, on the side of your gas tank, and kill the engine.


It is silent now, save for some birds chirping nearby, and the breeze whistling.

What do you do now?

[Double A]

How are we going to pay for the gas? We don't want the zombie police after us.

[Subotan]

Pay for it in bullets. To the face.

[Stildawn]

Should have done this before lol

With shotgun at the ready... Exit the vehicle and look around for danger.... Then proceed to check the tray of the truck (the back part you know lol)

[Splitpersonality]

With shotgun at the ready... Exit the vehicle and look around for danger.... Then proceed to check the tray of the truck (the back part you know lol)

You grab your gear, putting the messenger bag on, and you grab the shotgun. You cock it, preparing for the worst, and look around. There are a few zombies in the parking lot across the street, but they did not notice you, the gas station is otherwise devoid of life it seems.


You get out of the truck and walk to the back, you point the shotgun at the back of the truck and grab the handle to the tray.


You pull it down and are startled to see a zombie pop out the back!

It seems he was waiting for you to check back here.


He falls out of the back and grabs your ankle with his right hand, swinging for your abdomen with his left hand.

You kick him in the face and stumble backwards, you fall and land on the ground on your backside.

He stands up and roars at you, then he twitches oddly as he advances towards you...

What do you do now?!

[Stildawn]

Blow his f****** head off with the shotgun.... Then imediately get up and look around for danger again... Specifically perpare to engage the most probably now startled Zombies in the parking lot across the road....

[Seon]

This game strangely reminds me of this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_-3T1Tljw)

I wonder why,

[Splitpersonality]

Blow his f****** head off with the shotgun.... Then imediately get up and look around for danger again... Specifically prepare to engage the most probably now startled Zombies in the parking lot across the road....

You fire the shotgun once, hitting the creature, taking it's right arm off. It reels back and hits the truck, then straights up and charges again.

You pump the shotgun and fire again, hitting it in the torso, blowing a large chunk of it out of it's chest, but it keeps coming!

You rush to pump the shotgun a third time as it tackles you.

You place the shotgun between it and yourself, and hold it's mouth away from you, while it's nonsevered arm flails wildly and it's severed arm bleeds profusely.


What do you do now?!

[Stildawn]

Man this chick sucks at aiming lol.... Its pretty damn easy to shoot someone in the head with a shotgun lol. Im assuming there is rolls involved lol. Looks like only head kills are the only way they die lol.

Kneel the zombie in the balls (hey it might work lol) and roll over.... Quickly jump off the zombie and empty the shotgun into it... Switch to the Sword and start swinging if its still alive.... If its dead.... Quickly reload the shotgun before the others come.... Take careful (careful!!) aim and shoot the approaching zombies in the head...

[Splitpersonality]

Kneel the zombie in the balls (hey it might work lol) and roll over.... Quickly jump off the zombie and empty the shotgun into it... Switch to the Sword and start swinging if its still alive.... If its dead.... Quickly reload the shotgun before the others come.... Take careful (careful!!) aim and shoot the approaching zombies in the head...

You scream loudly and knee the zombie in the balls.


The zombie pauses momentarily, but nothing happens. You struggle with him for a bit, and he manages to scratch you across the face with his hand, ripping some flesh near your right cheek, up the side of your face to your right temple. You kick him up and over you, and roll to your side.

Lying prone, you quickly slide up onto your knees and unload a shot at the zombie. It strikes him square in the head, which explodes into fragments which fly backwards. You pump the gun and spin to your right, fearing the zombies across the street have been attracted.

Your fears are valid, and as the first zombie hits the sidewalk in front of you in stride. You take aim and fire. blowing his leg head off. He falls backwards, but another zombie pushes him out of the way, and rushes you. He is faster than the others you have seen, he is actually running!

You scramble to pull out some shells and manage to load one and pump it, you fire off a quick shot, blowing the leg off the zombie. Who falls and comes skidding towards you, on the ground.

You stand up, load another shell.

The zombie ceases it's sliding motion a step in front of you, you step forward and pump one last shell into the gun. You fire once into his head, point blank. He doesn't move.


You quickly load four shells into your gun and survey the area. The birds have scattered, and the wind has died.

It is now silent.


What do you do now?


Exp Gained : 8!

Zombie - 2 (x2)
?????? Zombie - 4 (x1)

Experience Bar:
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[Chaotix]

Switch main weapon to the Wakizashi, and then go to the gas pump and see if it works.

[Splitpersonality]

Switch main weapon to the Wakizashi, and then go to the gas pump and see if it works.

You pull out the wakizashi and hold it in your right hand.

You walk back to the truck and check the gas pump, leaning the shotgun against the truck.

You hold the pump aside and press the button, it doesn't release any gas.

You read the sign on the pump and it says that you have to pay inside, so you figure that you also must activate the pumps from inside the store section of the gas station.

You look up, and note the pump station number, 3.

What do you do now?

[Subotan]

WE'RE GONNA DIE

[Chaotix]

NO, WE'RE GONNA LEVEL UP!

I wonder if we'll get heat vision....

[Seon]

And by the way shouldn't we worry about getting infected by whatever the zombies got infected with?

we're gonna die

[Double A]

Well obviously if we're not infected we aren't gonna.

I think this chick is like Zoey... but with worse aim.

[Stildawn]

Why change to the sword lol... Shotgun is better...

Pickup the shotgun... Go to the zombie that has one leg.. Cut its head off with the sword... Aim the shotgun in front of you and tactically enter the gas station building... Sweep the area checking all the ailes and behind the counter... Lock or bar any doors leading futher into the building.... Then go behind the counter and activate all the pumps....
From the ailes grab as many jerry cans as possible and carry them out to the truck... Put the nozzle into the truck and fill it up, while that is filling use the other pumps to fill up all the jerry cans and place them in the truck tray....

Go back inside still checking the area with shotgun ready... Grab all the remaining jerry cans and any other bottle or containers that could hold gas... Go back outside and fill them up also... Put them in the back of the truck with the rest....
Check the area looking for danger.... Then go back inside and look around (can we get an idea of what products we can grab from here)

[Splitpersonality]

Pickup the shotgun... Go to the zombie that has one leg.. Cut its head off with the sword... Aim the shotgun in front of you and tactically enter the gas station building... Sweep the area checking all the ailes and behind the counter... Lock or bar any doors leading futher into the building.... Then go behind the counter and activate all the pumps....
From the ailes grab as many jerry cans as possible and carry them out to the truck... Put the nozzle into the truck and fill it up, while that is filling use the other pumps to fill up all the jerry cans and place them in the truck tray....

Go back inside still checking the area with shotgun ready... Grab all the remaining jerry cans and any other bottle or containers that could hold gas... Go back outside and fill them up also... Put them in the back of the truck with the rest....
Check the area looking for danger.... Then go back inside and look around (can we get an idea of what products we can grab from here)

You pick up the shotgun again, and sheath the wakizashi.

Stepping over to the zombie with one leg, you realize that you already blew it's head to pieces with your shotgun, you decide to leave it as it is and walk into the building attached to the gas station.

As you slide the door open slowly with one hand, you bring the shotgun to bear with the other hand. It is quiet inside the store, there are several aisles catering to several categories of needs. There is a food aisle, snack aisle, drink aisle, magazine and knick knacks aisle, and even a slurpee machine.

You sweep through the front of the store, your back against the wall, checking all of the aisles. There are several corpses but none of them seem to be moving, you look over the counter into the small employee enclosure, there are three corpses inside of it.


You walk over to the door to the back room and lock it, though it probably locks from the other side, you doubt zombies can use locks, so you feel safe.

You step over the counter and press the switch to activate your pump, number 3, and quickly hop back over before the corpses spring up at you.


You run to the fourth aisle and grab several, five in total, containers for gasoline, you carry them out to the truck and deposit them in the back of the truck.


You reenter the store and grab the remaining two cans, your total now at seven gas cans in your possession. You grab a six back of bottled coronas on your way out, you hate the beer itself, but the containers might make for an interesting way to carry gasoline.


You begin filling up the gas containers, and in short time you are finished, you fill the truck up as well.

Finally you dump the beer from the bottles and fill them with gas. You place the full cans and bottles in the back and close it up.

The pump reads
"45.32 gallons
$145.02 price"

You laugh, with no intent to pay, and walk back inside the building.


There is likely not much here you can salvage, with no electricity most of the drinks have gone bad, and this was a prime place to go to, to stock up on emergency water supplies so there is likely little left but it's worth a look. Aside from that there are assorted candies and chips lying about, some open, some not. A row of magazines and books, not likely to come in handy. Finally there is the aisle where you got the gas cans from, you imagine there are other assorted car fixing items there.

You are standing at the door, to your left is the slurpee machine, to your right is the employee counter, and past it are the aisles. To your front is the employee room, and next to that the line of freezers where drinks are stored.

What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Can we get a total inventory check please

[miotas]

Why change to the sword lol... Shotgun is better...

I think he said to change to the sword because we seem to be better at killing zombies with it.

[Splitpersonality]

Can we get a total inventory check please

Inventory:
Weapons:Shotgun (4 shell capacity)
Aluminum Baseball bat (x1)
Wakizashi (x1)
FiveseveN Pistol (8 bullets per clip) (x1)
Tanto knife (x1)
Throwing stars on hand (x10)
Throwing stars in bag (x20)
Kunai in bag (x20)
Hammer (x1)
Nailgun (Without caps)


Items:
Bike
Football helmet (x1)

Truck (Vehicle and Inventory):
Gas cans (FULL) (x7)
Beer bottles full of gasoline (x6)

Messenger Bag (Increased Inventory Size):
Assorted Candy
Water bottles (x5)
Flashlight
Storage Locker Keys (x3)
Bandanas(x25)


Tool Belt (5 inventory slots):
Flathead Screwdriver
Needlenose Pliers
Nails (20x)

Foxhound Bag(Increased Inventory Size):
]Old Russian Gas Mask w/Filter
New Israeli Gas Mask w/Filter
Emergency Flask
Quart of Ketel One vodka (x2)
Three Pistol Clips
Box of 50 cartridges of 9mm
Box of 50 cartridges of .45 ammo
Box of 50 cartridges of 5.7x28mm (x2)
Box of 16 shotgun shells
Zippo Lighter (x5)
Replacement Wicks for Zippo(x10)
12oz Zippo Fuel Bottle
Brass Guitar Slide
Guitar Capo
Strawberry/Blueberry/Vanilla Dental Dams(x10)

[Chaotix]

I think he said to change to the sword because we seem to be better at killing zombies with it.

That and we have a limited supply of shotgun ammo. We should save it for the boss instead of killing the grunts with it. I would have suggested the pistol, but the Wakizashi is likely more powerful than that.

[Double A]

Can we hold the wakizashi in one hand and the pistol in the non-dominant hand?

[Stildawn]

Ok guys so whats the next plan...

Split could you give us the Google maps address?

[Subotan]

Can we hold the wakizashi in one hand and the pistol in the non-dominant hand?
That sounds impossible.

Go over to the Slurpee machine, and try to purchase the one with the most unnatural colour

[Double A]

But isn't the Wakizashi 1-handed?

How about the Tanto with the pistol?

And now that I think about it, the Wakizashi with the Tanto?

[Stildawn]

Go over to the Slurpee machine, and try to purchase the one with the most unnatural colour


Can we stop these BS orders lol it just gives Split the opportunity to ambush us.

[Stildawn]

I say we hit up a gun store lol

If we can find one... Wait the gas station should have a phone book right and maps?

[Double A]

Typically maps don't have stores or buildings, but yeah try the Yellow Pages if we can find it.

[Splitpersonality]

Ok guys so whats the next plan...

Split could you give us the Google maps address?

2302 Forest Ave, New York, NY, United States

It's on the corner of South avenue and Forest avenue, it's the "Mobil" station. You truck is in the pump rightmost and closest to the street from the forest avenue view.



That sounds impossible.

Go over to the Slurpee machine, and try to purchase the one with the most unnatural colour


You walk over to the slurpee machine and see a neon green "sour green apple" flavored drink.

You grab a medium cup and hold it below the machine's nozzle.

You pull the handle to fill the cup, but nothing happens.

You seem to have forgotten that all the power is out.

You smack the cup away from the machine in anger and turn around.


What do you do now?

[Double A]

We could always break it or something.

[Stildawn]

Go back outside get into truck... Make sure doors are locked and windows up and all items inside... Place shotgun on seat next to you....

Then drive following these directions:

1.Head east on Forest Ave toward Grandview Avehttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png1.0 mi
2.Turn right at Willow Rd Whttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.1 mi
3.Merge onto NY-440 S via the ramp on the left to Dr M L King Jr Expy/I-278/Staten Is Expyhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.6 mi
4.Take exit 10E to merge onto I-278 E toward Brooklynhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png5.1 mi
5.Take exit 15 for Lily Pond Ave toward S Beach/Bay Sthttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.3 mi
6.Merge onto Narrows Rd Shttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png43 ft
7.Turn left at Lily Pond Avehttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.2 mi
8.Continue onto School Rdhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.3 mi
9.Turn left at Bay Sthttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.6 mi
10.Turn left at Hylan Blvdhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.3 mi
11.Turn right at Tompkins Ave Destination will be on the left
http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.1 mi

When arrived.... Circle the Truck looking for danger outside Rosebank Sports shop.... Once clear pull up outside shop and exit truck with shotgun.... Tactically enter the shop looking all around and clearing each isle and locking any back doors... Then look around...

[Double A]

That's probably going to end in us being eaten by Godzilla.

Also how do we know where that is? On second thought, don't answer that.

[Stildawn]

Im assuming we live in the area lol.... Hehe but once there we can serious load up on weapons lol and since we have no clear objective lol why not... Once there and we have like a ridiculus amount of firearms I reckon we start looking for survivors etc... Perhaps try the sisters house but I fear shes probably already a zombie...

[Splitpersonality]

What is your final destination's address?

[Double A]

This game would be a lot more fun if we didn't know where we were going.

Let's exploar some moar!

[Stildawn]

Rosebank Sports
500 Tompkins Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10305

[Splitpersonality]

Go back outside get into truck... Make sure doors are locked and windows up and all items inside... Place shotgun on seat next to you....

Then drive following these directions:

1.Head east on Forest Ave toward Grandview Avehttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png1.0 mi
2.Turn right at Willow Rd Whttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.1 mi
3.Merge onto NY-440 S via the ramp on the left to Dr M L King Jr Expy/I-278/Staten Is Expyhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.6 mi
4.Take exit 10E to merge onto I-278 E toward Brooklynhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png5.1 mi
5.Take exit 15 for Lily Pond Ave toward S Beach/Bay Sthttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.3 mi
6.Merge onto Narrows Rd Shttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png43 ft
7.Turn left at Lily Pond Avehttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.2 mi
8.Continue onto School Rdhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.3 mi
9.Turn left at Bay Sthttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.6 mi
10.Turn left at Hylan Blvdhttp://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.3 mi
11.Turn right at Tompkins Ave Destination will be on the left
http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_nz/mapfiles/cb/camera_dr1.png0.1 mi

When arrived.... Circle the Truck looking for danger outside Rosebank Sports shop.... Once clear pull up outside shop and exit truck with shotgun.... Tactically enter the shop looking all around and clearing each isle and locking any back doors... Then look around...

I have decided that you do indeed know, in character, where this is for reasons which will become clear. This is a place that you would indeed remember...




You decide you are finished in the gas station, and you return to your car.

You lock all the doors and make sure the windows are rolled up, after checking your cargo in the back tray you put your items down on the second seat and begin driving.

You turn right onto Forest Avenue and drive for about a mile, you make a hard turn, powder sliding onto Willow Road west. You merge onto the MLK Expressway and take exit 10E and merge onto 278 east.

You take a quick exit at exit 15, and make some carefully calculated turns, ending you up on Hylan Boulevard.


You take a final right onto Tompkins Avenue.

Speeding down the street you stop quickly spotting your destination.

Rosebank sports shot, the only gun shop you know of on Staten Island. Where you bought your Five seveN, and where, up until 3 months ago, you worked as a sales-person.


You grab your shotgun and gear and carefully park the truck on the sidewalk outside the shop.

Your head swivels around, looking for movement, but you see nothing. You open the door slowly and step out, cautious as ever.


You enter this store the same as you did the gas station store, shotgun first.


The store is in disarray, but you think there might be some salvageable things there, it seems this was a prime location for looting when the daisies hit the fan...

You clear each aisle, and see no corpses.

Looking for the back door, over one of the counters you spot the employee door.

The door appears to have a makeshift barricade set up in front of it, next to the counter. You are unsure if you can lock it, or even gain entrance, but you make note of it.


You look around, it is a "sports" store, it contains guns, ammunition, gun modifications, scopes, crossbows, bows and arrows, supplies for shooting competitions, and fishing tackle and bait.

You'd likely need to search each section of the store one by one to see what is in each part.


Sections:
The Counter - The guns are stored in this display case, or behind it on the wall, many more are stored in the back, but there is a barricade in the way right now, and you have not seen it up close.

The Front - Gear for hunting and camping activities, contains things of the less lethal variety.

The Back Room - You imagine guns are back here, unsure about anything else.

The Aisles - Ammunition and supplies for gun maintenance go here, perhaps you can find some more ammo for your guns, or even a sight strewn about these aisles.


What do you do now?

[Double A]

I think we should get as much ammo as we can, and then put any "extras" in the back seat.

Here's hoping we don't run into a Balrog.

[Stildawn]

See we can get a nice haul here.... Check the guns first?

[miotas]

Search the aisles and, if it hasn't already been looted, grab as much ammo as we can for the two guns we have.

[Chaotix]

I think we're going to get mauled by the crossbow-wielding zombie woodsman that runs the shop. And then we'll wake up again.

[Splitpersonality]

Search the aisles and, if it hasn't already been looted, grab as much ammo as we can for the two guns we have.

You walk into the aisled section of the store, you start by surveying the area for ammunition. There is stuff scattered everywhere, but you manage to find a box of 20 12gauge shotgun shells, and a few stray shells lying about, 10 in total.

You also find a half empty box of 5.7 ammo, there are 20 cartridges in it.


In the middle of the aisle you find a full clip for a .45 pistol, extended mag. It holds 10 rounds.


There are other cleaning items and magazine parts, but nothing that fits your guns.


What do you do now?

[Double A]

I think we should check the back, but knock first. That way if a zombie's back there we can go all stabby-stab with the wakizashi, and if there's a person back there we can not get shot. Hopefully.

Wait, what's our charisma stat? Can we remove points from our swim stat and put it in charisma? And if we can't how about the run from the ladies stat? Could be useful if a chick's back there with a shotgun.

[Splitpersonality]

I'm honestly surprised with all this talk of "leveling up" and "heat vision" no one has sent in orders to check the character's stats :laugh4:

If that would even work :wink::wink:

[Stildawn]

Grab all ammo in the ailes and put in the truck....

Check the guns at the counter... (list of guns please)

[CCRunner]

Also check our stats

[miotas]

The gun section was barricaded wasn't it?

[Splitpersonality]

Grab all ammo in the ailes and put in the truck....

Check the guns at the counter... (list of guns please)

You grab the remainder of the ammo, a big box of 100 .45 ACP shots and a box of 50 .33 shots, you find a small case of 10 .44 shots as well.

You load this into a small crate you find, and carry it out to the truck. You place it in the passenger seat on the floor and reenter the store.


You walk up to the counter, and look at the display case.

It is a mess, there is shattered glass and twisted metal everywhere, it appears as if there was some real fighting for the supplies here. You hop over the counter and give a look.

What you find is as follows:
Several shotguns of varying states, many missing parts.
Several glocks in pieces on the floor.
Several competition shooting guns which take .25ACP ammunition
One .44 magnum, minus the cylinder.
One S&W M1911 reissue (.45 ACP ammo) and two magazines (8 bullets) which fit it as is.


What do you take?

[Splitpersonality]

The gun section was barricaded wasn't it?

No, just the door between the counter and the big back room.

[Double A]

I'm gonna go out on a wing here and say our character probably doesn't know how to assemble guns...

Take any guns that can fire as-is and not blow up in our face. Also take any ammo.

Check stats

[Stildawn]

So should we try the back room... Im assuming we will have to fight for it... But there should be some sweet as stuff in the back... The haul from the front aint that great... Hoping we could get our hands on some automatic weapons...

[Double A]

Or a chainsaw.

[Splitpersonality]

Take any guns that can fire as-is and not blow up in our face. Also take any ammo.

Check stats


You grab the .44 magnum, the M1911 reissue, it's two magazines, and one competition shooting gun.

You then figure that checking out exactly how your stats are aligned is a good idea...





Stats:
Cassie: Level 1 Human
Experience Bar:
[------------]
Exp to next level: 2...

Stat Points:
Strength: 4
Aim: 3
Dexterity: 5
Speed: 3







Content with this knowledge, you set to thinking of what to do next...

What do you do next?

[Stildawn]

Bahaha the stats crack me up...

Examine the baracade blocking the door to the store.... Think back to your time working here... Where were the best weapons kept...


I also just noticed that Fort Hamilton is just across the bridge from here..... lol mwhahahahaa

[Splitpersonality]

Bahaha the stats crack me up...

Examine the baracade blocking the door to the store.... Think back to your time working here... Where were the best weapons kept...

I'm glad they do, they are the stats that I use in all battle calculations :bow:


You examine the blockade between you and the back room closer. Now that you are in front of it, you can see that there is a sort of eye-hole to see through, and probably shoot through if need be.

The barrier consists of several chairs stacked on each other in positions that make it impossible to move one of them without moving the rest of them, it must've taken some time to be able to figure this out, you can only imagine who made this thing. Besides the chairs there are several flatish metal objects attached to the door, street signs, stop signs and the like, there are even a few things that appear to have been made just to fit for this door, perhaps someone was using one of the workbenches in the backroom to barricade themselves in?

This is a strange thought however, someone must've been preparing for this ahead of time, there's no way they'd have all this prepared on the spot...


You shake your head, you were the only one crazy enough to have a "Zombie plan" at this store anyway.


Examining the door more, you notice that the knob on your side is not there, it must be made so that it can only be opened from the other side.


You could likely look through the peephole, but for now you decide not to.



You begin to think about where any hidden goodies might be kept.


Besides the really good stuff beyond this barricade, there's not much else you know of in the store, or on the island. It appears as if you will have to penetrate this barrier if you wish to acquire more weapons without finding them.


You pause and think, but a gentile scratching noise distracts you, you spin rapidly on your heels to acertain the location of the sound, but you are dumbfounded. Deep, slow breathing is all you hear, you look down at your own chest, heaving, but not in time with the breaths.

Is there someone else here?

What do you do now?

[Stildawn]

Oooo.... What we gonna do... They must be close.... Perhaps behind the closed door.

[Chaotix]

What's this door made of? If it's wooden, let's just blow a hole in it with a point-blank shotgun blast, then grab the doorknob on the other side.

[Stildawn]

Its also baricaded by chairs and street signs etc lol.... I reckon someones behind it...

But we could always hop across the Bridge to the Army base lol maybe steel a tank of something lol.

[miotas]

I say we just call out "hello" and keep and eye and an ear out for any response.


But we could always hop across the Bridge to the Army base lol maybe steel a tank of something lol.

Maybe the army caused the zombie problem...

[Stildawn]

Gah...

I shall again continue the game... lol...

Call out "Hello" and be on alert... Wait for a reply if none then tactically search the store again with shotgun at the ready look at the ceiling also.... Check outside also...

[Double A]

Hey guys... our dex stat is 5 and our aim is only 3... now while it's pretty much impossible NOT to hit something with a shotgun, I say we start going all Jackie Chan on the zombies with the wakizashi and tanto.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Nice game! :2thumbsup:

[Splitpersonality]

Call out "Hello" and be on alert... Wait for a reply if none then tactically search the store again with shotgun at the ready look at the ceiling also.... Check outside also...


I am sorry for the lack of an update guys, I've been very busy with my school's musical for the past few days, our first show last night, and receiving my letter of admittance to my top college. I think the next time I can get into a proper updating schedule will be starting this monday. So I will give you guys this writeup, and any others if I am around and awake enough to do it, but I am not] promising anything. Again, sorry for the inconvenience!


You clear your throat and say "Hello" quite timidly.


Nothing happens, so you call out once more, a little louder this time.


You hear some shuffling from behind the barricade and a cough, followed by a very weak sounding "He-Hello?"


You recognize the voice as male, it's pretty gruff sounding, but very weak...


There is someone on the other side of this barrier.

What do you do now?

[Double A]

Go "WAZZUP!?!?"

Ask him if he's ok (or something). Make sure we're behind some sort of cover before you talk in case he gets trigger happy.

[Splitpersonality]

Go "WAZZUP!?!?"

Ask him if he's ok (or something). Make sure we're behind some sort of cover before you talk in case he gets trigger happy.

You step to the side of the door, so that you are not in any danger, should this person start shooting.

"Are you okay in there?" you ask, knocking on the barricade.

You are met with a reply, "Who, who are you?"

You recognize the voice, but can't place the name, "I'm Cassie," you say, "I used to work here a while ago, who are you?"

The man replies, "Cassie? :daisy:, I haven't seen you since you got fired. It's me, Jacob."


You now remember who the voice belongs to, a former co-worker of yours, Jacob. Last you remember he was a mid-20 year old guy, lean build, brown eyes, light hair.

"How you holding up back there?" you ask.


"I'm starving... there's no food back here.... and I'm trapped behind this barricade. I'm going to go ahead and assume that if you can speak intelligibly, you're probably not a zombie, so... if you could help me out of here... I would appreciate it." he says in his trademark tone, there's sarcasm coating the statement, but you know underneath it he does need your help.

"Alright alright," you smile to yourself, "Give me a minute to think...."

You begin to think of how to get the barricade open, besides the bonus of having an additional friend traveling with you, you're pretty sure he's human, and there are still guns in the back of this store.

What do you do now?

[Double A]

Let's try to eat his brains.

[Seon]

He might be a smart zombie. but then again he might not be one.

What forms the barricade blocking the door? Is there anything in our possession which may allow us to clear away the barricade (ie: crowbar like things)?

[Double A]

Which is what the WAKIZASHI is for, Seon. :yes:

[Splitpersonality]

What forms the barricade blocking the door? Is there anything in our possession which may allow us to clear away the barricade (ie: crowbar like things)?


Barricade components:
Several boards of wood nailed to the door frame.
Four wooden chairs
A large desk
A lamp, tall and thin


The components are held together in such a way that they prevent someone from moving one part without moving any other part, and all the parts are braced against either the wall/door or the metal counter of the store. You could likely just break it, or use sharp items/tools to remove parts.

[Double A]

Damn maybe we should have kept the baseball bats...

Look around for guns we can't use, either not enough parts or ammo.

[Splitpersonality]

Damn maybe we should have kept the baseball bats...

Look around for guns we can't use, either not enough parts or ammo.

What you find is as follows:
Several shotguns of varying states, many missing parts.
Several glocks in pieces on the floor.
Several competition shooting guns which take .25ACP ammunition

[Double A]

So we can use those to smash open the barricade possibly?

[Splitpersonality]

Come on Double A, you have an inventory don't you?

Yes... Yes you do :D

Inventory:
Weapons:Shotgun (4 shell capacity)
Wakizashi (x1)
FiveseveN Pistol (NO AMMO) (x1)
Tanto knife (x1)
Hammer (x1)


Items:
Bike
Football helmet (x1)

Messenger Bag (Increased Inventory Size):
Assorted Candy
Water bottles (x5)
Flashlight
Storage Locker Keys (x3)
Bandanas(x25)


Tool Belt (5 inventory slots):
Flathead Screwdriver
Needlenose Pliers
Nails (20x)

Foxhound Bag(Increased Inventory Size):
New Israeli Gas Mask w/Filter
Emergency Flask
Quart of Ketel One vodka (x2)
Three Pistol Clips
Box of 50 cartridges of 9mm
Box of 50 cartridges of .45 ammo
Box of 50 cartridges of 5.7x28mm (x2)
Box of 20 shotgun shells
Zippo Lighter (x5)
Replacement Wicks for Zippo(x10)
12oz Zippo Fuel Bottle
Brass Guitar Slide
Guitar Capo
Strawberry/Blueberry/Vanilla Dental Dams(x10)


Truck:
7 Full Jerry Cans
12 Pack of Gasoline filled beer bottles

[miotas]

Is it a claw hammer? If so,

Rip out the nails with the hammer.

[Splitpersonality]

Rip out the nails with the hammer.

You pull the hammer out of your tool belt and begin removing the boards from your side of the barricade.


"Hey, you got a hammer in there?" You ask Jacob.

"Y-yeah I have one right here." he replies.

"Give me a hand here, get these boards down."


Together the two of you remove all the boards from the door, now you must find a way to clear the chairs and desk.

What do you do now?

[Double A]

Move the chairs off. If we have trouble, do NPC quests until we level up.

Ibn's one is much better, use his.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Ask Jacob, why is he barricaded into that room. Clearly, he didn't put that barricade up. Otherwise he could've removed it himself.

[Splitpersonality]

Ask Jacob, why is he barricaded into that room. Clearly, he didn't put that barricade up. Otherwise he could've removed it himself.

Mixing things up here to make the text look more interesting, tell me if you like it, have any other ideas (colors?) or if you would prefer the fonts changed for the characters. Just a little something to show who's who if you get confused. Jacob is Comic Sans MS, Cass is Lucida Console.


You lean against the wall and look up.

"So what're you doing in there anyway Jac? Did you get trapped in there, or did you build this crazy mess without making a way out?"
you ask through the door.

"I did set up the barricade by myself at the beginning.... I thought I might be able to outlast the worst of it..."

He pauses for a second and lets out a sigh.

"Obviously either this thing is more serious then I thought, or else the government is slacking in their efforts... the latter being a strong possibility..."

He groans as he stands up on his side of the door, and begins to pace back and forth, slowly.

"When I was still at full strength, I could have removed this on my own, but I haven't had food for a few days now, and I started feeling dizzy a while before then- my water was probably contaminated, come to think of it."

You think to yourself about your dizzy spell, and inquire about his.

"Notice anything strange about the dizziness? I remember being very dizzy a while ago.... I don't remember what happened after that."

You run your hand through your hair once, and tug at the end of it.

"I'm not sure, there's no clocks in here or anything, sometimes I go to sleep and don't know anything about time.... I could've been passed out for days and not known the difference..."
He stops and looks through the peephole at you.

"Why does any of this matter any way? Can't you just get me out of here, then we can talk?"

"Right, let's do that," you reply.


What do you do now?

[Chaotix]

Colors might be better. These different fonts with different sizes, combined with the italics on only some of it, are making me feel just a bit dyslexic... :laugh4:

[Double A]

Yeah, we're regular, he can be... maroon. Next one's blue.

I think we should look through the keyhole but I'd probably phrase it wrong.

[Seon]

We have some candies don't we? Give some to him through the barricade (if possible) so that he can get some more energy...

[Double A]

Or we could take down the barricade first.

[Seon]

Yes. We just need a C4.... or a dynamite stick

[Double A]

Dude, it's 4 chairs and a table.

[Splitpersonality]

Okay, cassie is now black. Jacob is blue.

Editing it in now.


EDIT

No I'm not, I"ll just do it in the future.

[miotas]

Try to break the chairs with the hammer.

[Seon]

Are you suggesting that there is something called an Overkill?

[Double A]

Yes there is, and its name is miotas.

[Splitpersonality]

Try to break the chairs with the hammer.

You grip you hammer and begin smashing the legs of the chairs, attempting to liberate them from the rest of the chair body.

"Argh" you mumble, your hammer bouncing back several times with no effect.

It appears this will not work.

What will you do now?