The Art of Ruin [Concluded]

[Thermal]

I like how you guys want to lug around a jug of diesel fuel on the off-chance we need to pour it on the ground and set it on fire.

You know all those cars, everywhere? They have fuel in them. Unless a very, very thirsty person went around with a long straw and drank all of it.

We could get inside one of those cards and drive it to our house. Just sayin'.

Our house is probably infested, and given that I doubt were staying there, we need enough fuel for the long run. Plus its not an off chance that we'd pour it on the floor, we could easily create a wall of fire by having diesel across a whole street and setting alight to it, giving us a chance to separate ourselves of the horde. Besides we wouldn't need tonnes of it and so shouldn't slow us down too much. Diesel usually has a screw on lid so you don't have to walk carefully as it shouldn't come out.

Either way stildawns plan can't be done as the host says this woman isn't a terrorist, surprisingly.

[Subotan]

Check how long hair is, and consider whether it needs a cut, on both safety, and cultural grounds

[Stildawn]

I thought we were a guy lol....

[Thermal]

I thought we were a guy lol....

I'd say transvestite is a safe bet.

[Splitpersonality]

Do we have a driver's license? We wouldn't want to get pulled over by the zombie cops.

This right now, is in contention for the best quote of the game, barring of course ATPG's private orders regarding this game he sent me... You can imagine

I thought we were a guy lol....

Read the writeup again

Check how long hair is, and consider whether it needs a cut, on both safety, and cultural grounds

You look in the mirror and notice your hair is just pas your shoulders, you briefly consider cutting it, it is something that can be easily grabbed, you have no cultural qualms about it, and you kinda like your hair, it took a while to grow it back.

You take the helmet off, do your hair in a sort of bun without the hair tie, and you place the helmet on your head, it fits a bit more snugly, but your hair is now protected from grabbing, you look at your new manly face in the mirror. Huh... you get another strange feeling looking like this, you look down and nothing seems different from the last time you looked in the mirror... "What the heck is it then...?" you mutter to yourself...

You dismiss it and shake your head.


What will you do, where will you go?

[Askthepizzaguy]

All these strange feelings when we look in the mirror are either a clue, or foreshadowing. The game host obviously intends it to mean something more.

But what? Any ideas?

[Seon]

Let us touch the mirror. It always works in horror movies.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Let us touch the mirror. It always works in horror movies.

The mirror? Seriously, the mirror??? Where's your sense of adventure, man? We're a female hiding in a bathroom, in front of a mirror, about to be ripped to shreds by a slowly moving horde of nightmarish creatures, we have mere moments left to live, and you want to touch THE MIRROR????

Am I the only perverted man in here?

[pevergreen]

The mirror? Seriously, the mirror??? Where's your sense of adventure, man? We're a female hiding in a bathroom, in front of a mirror, about to be ripped to shreds by a slowly moving horde of nightmarish creatures, we have mere moments left to live, and you want to touch THE MIRROR????

Am I the only perverted man in here?

You have no idea how many potential scenes there are.

"Hey...I'm the zombie poolboy..."

[Thermal]

What would you rather do then, as a woman ATPG?

p.s: I'm not sure how keen you are on getting banned, we'll see how you respond

[Double A]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Take all of your clothes off looking for zombie marks.

Also, jump up and down while you look. Just to make sure they aren't anywhere you can't see.

So you guys have any suggestions?

[pevergreen]

Test out flexibility in front of mirror. Examine if you may need to strap them down while sprinting. As Fatty says, you just can't have them flapping around.

[Askthepizzaguy]

What would you rather do then, as a woman ATPG?

p.s: I'm not sure how keen you are on getting banned, we'll see how you respond

First of all, I take off my regular clothes and fashion a makeshift outfit out of what bandanas remain. Then, I take my hair out of that conservative little bun and pull it back into a ponytail. Then I splash lots of water onto myself. Then, I pull out my wakizashi and I roam around the city looking exactly like hollywood intended.

[Thermal]

Then, I pull out my wakizashi

Sounds painful.

[Stildawn]

man we are side tracked hard....

[Askthepizzaguy]

Sounds painful.

Not really. In fact I usually hear cheering, applause, or gasping noises.

[Splitpersonality]

Test out flexibility in front of mirror. Examine if you may need to strap them down while sprinting. As Fatty says, you just can't have them flapping around.

Though your tool belt is a little encumbering on bending over and moving in unusual ways, you don't need to worry too much about doing gymnastics, so you feel fine enough with it on.


You look down and examine yourself.

Your view wanders between the mirror, and your body, the mirror makes them look larger than normal, seeing them for yourself you don't think you need to strap them down.

That weird feeling returns again, you cease examining yourself, and stumble, feeling a little lightheaded. You race yourself against the wall however, and you seem to be alright once more.

You regain your composure and put some serious thought into meaningful actions.


Where do you go, what do you do?

[Thermal]

Try to form dreadlocks with your hair, decidedly finding it a good look to have. Also see if there is clean pouring water, and hydrate yourself.

[Splitpersonality]

Try to form dreadlocks with your hair, decidedly finding it a good look to have.

You consider making your hair into dreadlocks, but you don't have nearly enough, and it's not really your style. You think the helmet works well enough anyway.

Where will you go, what will you do?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Feeling lightheaded indicates to me that we have an unknown ailment.

That's not a good sign. We should get a move on... perhaps to our house?

[Thermal]

Go to bath room sink, see if theres clean running water and if so, drink

May be faint from lack of hydration

[pevergreen]

Possibly. But the feeling that there is something wrong.

Do you think it would be worth pursuing that? Its obviously important, best thing to do would to be to go back to the house and check out old photos of ourself and see if anything has changed.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I don't trust the water here.

Let's go perhaps to the movie theater and grab some bottled water, soda, candy, popcorn, whatever.

[Chaotix]

Why not just our house?

If we dawdle here much longer we'll get zombie-mobbed.

[Thermal]

I don't trust the water here.

Let's go perhaps to the movie theater and grab some bottled water, soda, candy, popcorn, whatever.

Ok, un-italicized, but if it is hydration she might faint on here way there.

Our house might not have any food Choatix...

[Askthepizzaguy]

The movie theater is closer and it is on our way. But I agree we need to get moving.

[Splitpersonality]

Okay, TM unitalicized his orders apparently...

Actually forget that, sorry TM but you put in orders, and I will not accept the first orders being italicized.
Here is your writeup.

Go to bath room sink, see if theres clean running water and if so, drink.

You step up to the sink, your previously regained composure has lost itself again, you are now rather dizzy, and feeling feverish. You turn the sink on, resolving to drink something.

You hear the pipes creak a bit, and they kick in, the water comes out a nice clear color, you put your finger in it to test the temperature, it's cold.

You take your hands and cup them, getting some water to drink, you drink a few gulps and feel a little better.

You take the cool water and splash it on your face, as the water runs down your eyes, you blink rapidly. Your vision changes and warps, you see static, white noise, and the mirror in front of you. The figure of you in the mirror changes back and forth, skin color, hair color, hair length, outfits, all change fantastically and colorfully. The normal sounds of water warp into different sounds, that of screaming, cars driving, gunfire, an alarm, a siren, explosions, laughter. The sounds swell about in your head, driving you in a whirlpool of feelings, in reality you firmly grip the sink and pant loudly. The noise swells, and then falls quicker than it rose, down to silence, then the sound resolves itself, turning finally into the gentile purr of a cat.

You close your eyes and take a deep breath, then open them once more.

You are you, and the only noise is the running water of the sink, your breath is calm again and you don't feel dizzy anymore.

You appear to be okay.

You think you might be coming down with something, but you're not sure, whatever happened was weird but you have no explanation for it.

You need to find out though...

Where do you go, what do you do?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yeah, this is why I wasn't a big fan of drinking the water.

Shall we go to the movie theater, where there will be at least bottled potables?

[pevergreen]

Thats some up

[Stildawn]

I reckon its just Splits way to tell us to hurry up lol.