jmj3000 wrote:Question: The combination lock, is it built into the safe itself or a combination lock that can be taken off?
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Turn 44 Resolution
jmj3000: 6
jmj3000 begins searching the bedroom for any clues about the combination. In the nightstand, he finds a small slip of paper with the numbers 17-38-9 scrawled on it. He enters it on the combination wheel, but it fails to open. Brow furrowed in though, he then checks the dresser. He finds another slip of paper, this one with the numbers 3-21-32. But the safe still will not open.
Discouraged, jmj3000 decides to check the lone closet in the room before giving up. Inside, he finds a shoebox full of little slips of paper, all with sets of three numbers written in the same scrawling script.
Klazam: 5
AurorusVox: 6
After retrieving more chocolate, AurorusVox sets out to find a bowling alley. Klazam absentmindedly follows his partner in crime, not noticing nor caring where they are going. He happily noms on chocolate during the walk.
Focusing on his chocolate, Klazam says, "Hey, AV, after this how about we-"
But his suggestion is cut short. AurorusVox claps his hand over Klazam's mouth and frantically motions for him to be quiet. He points at the front of the bowling alley; there seems to be movement inside.
CSL: 6
CSL thinks of the best way to seek an opening. She sees her wand in the corner and looks at it thoughtfully. She retrieves it and aims at the bunker door. A second later, the wand emits a powerful bolt of energy. The resulting explosion tears the door off its hinges and rocks the entire bunker; a moment later, the generator coughs to a halt and the lights go out.
After a moment, the sound of moaning can be distinctly heard in the silence.
Zodiark13: 2
Zodiark13 gratefully lies down and closes his eyes to concentrate on his psychic abilities. He is just about to gain the necessary focus when CSL's explosion distracts him. And then, when he is trying again, Riley lies on him, her head on his stomach, and...
animorpherv1: 5
...animorpherv1 emits an evil howl that might, from sufficiently far away and with enough background noise, be mistaken for singing. Despite Zodiark13's discomfort, Riley is apparently quite appreciative of it, and with a cheerful purr falls asleep.
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Turn 45 Resolution
jmj3000: 1
jmj3000 picks up the box of paper slips and walks back to the safe, where he sets the box down. He sits next to the safe, ready for a long day of entering combinations. His day is cut short when he tries to twist the dial to the first number. The dial is stuck fast.
Klazam: 6
AurorusVox: 2
Having finished their last bits of chocolate, Klazam and AurorusVox creep towards the glass doors of the bowling alley, axes and nail-board at the ready.
"Over there!" AurorusVox whispers, pointing to the main counter. He looks over at Klazam, who stands up and opens the door. "What are you doing?!?" AurorusVox hisses.
"What? I don't see anything." Klazam responds as he enters the lobby. That changes as several dark shapes stand up from behind the counter, hearing the loud clinking of Klazam's armor. They look at each other with a strange lack of moaning and shuffling.
animorpherv1: 1Walk out of the bunker.
CSL: 2Follow animorpherv1.
Zodiark13: 4Follow CLS in following ani.
The three survivors collect their respective stuff and prepare to evacuate the bunker. animorpherv1 leads, and CSL and Zodiark13 follow behind.
Oblivious to the preparations of the survivors, Riley falls asleep and starts snoring.
"So, where are we going to go next?" CSL wonders aloud.
"Hopefully somewhere that has more weapons!" Zodiark13 says gleefully before running into CSL, who has been stopped by animorpherv1.
Riley's snoring seems to have attracted the horde of zombies, and several of them are standing at the entrance to the bunker. They look hungry.
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theplague42 wrote:Do you mean a stick with a flaming oil-soaked rag on it, or the silly British word for a flashlight? Either way, no.
He had one in the basement - I'm going to roll to see if he's still carrying it...
Flashlight: 3
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Turn 46 Resolution
jmj3000: 1
Giving up on the pile of combinations, jmj3000 collects his shotgun and ammo bag and heads down the stairs. He walks out the door and sets off towards the nearest shopping center. A couple blocks down, he sees a large group of zombies looking at the side of a house, seemingly into the ground. Several laggers notice him and shuffle in his direction.
Zodiark13: 4
Calmly backing away from the zombies, Zodiark13 then creeps up to Riley. He gently pats her head, warily watching her teeth. Riley opens her eyes and blinks before licking Zodiark13's face. She notices the zombies with a steely glint in her eyes. She opens her mouth and roars. The zombies don't respond, and she charges them.
Klazam: 4
Klazam utters a battle-cry and charges the counter. He leaps onto it and axes the first "zombie." It utters a shrill cry and falls. The other two flee deeper into the building, chattering the whole time.
AurorusVox: 1
Meanwhile, AurorusVox is desperately trying to find his flashlight. He finds it after a frantic search, and turns it on. The beam of light lasts for a couple seconds, flickers, and dies. The batteries are out of juice.
CSL: 4
CSL chants and waves her wand. Her eyes turn icy blue and ice begins to form around the zombies. The first four are frozen in place. They can't move, but the ranks behind them push forward with their slow but superhuman strength. Cracks start to spider across the ice, but it should hold for another minute or so.
animorpherv1: 5
Desperately scrambling away from the zombies, animorpherv1 tears apart the bunker for a weapon. He finds one.
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Turn 47 Resolution
jmj3000: 3
jmj3000 sprints to the side of the zombies, trying to avoid getting bitten. His shotgun roars and the two nearest zombie-heads explode. He runs through the gap to the other side of the horde. There are no more zombies blocking his way, but there are several chasing him.
Zodiark13: 2
Zodiark13 thrusts his palm forward, propelling psychic energy at the zombies. The ice absorbs all the energy but does not crack.
Klazam: 3
Carefully eyeing the body, Klazam moves closer. In the dim light, he can see that it isnotthe body of a zombie - or, indeed, a human being. The general shape is not far divorced from humanity, but as far as Klazam can tell it is shorter and scaled, like a lizard, and there is something decidedly peculiar about the limbs. A coppery tang wafts from its wounds.
AurorusVox: 6
As Klazam is distracted inspecting the corpse, AurorusVox circles the foyer and wanders off into the hallway, looking around carefully. He enters a room and promptly trips over the doorframe. He looks up to see two pairs of distinctly non-human feet. The door quietly closes behind him, pushed by some unknown force.
CSL: 2
Inspired by animorpherv1's find, CSL checks the same area of the bunker for a medieval weapon. She is soon joined by Riley (who, however, appears more interested in begging for food than helping her search) but finds nothing.
animorpherv1: 1
Taking a stance in the middle of the floor facing the zombies, animorpherv1 hefts his RPC and takes aim. Unfortunately, when he pulls the trigger, the force of the blast knocks him off balance, and the chainsaw goes tearing through the ceiling plaster as animorpherv1 goes over in a heap on the ground, hitting his head.
animorpherv1 will have a -1 for the next round.
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Turn 48 Resolution
jmj3000: 3
Running as best as he can, jmj3000 outdistances the mob for the six blocks between himself and the gun store. He has just rounded the corner and stumbled to a halt in front of the store when he sees that the store appears to be closed up securely, with bars across the windows - and, sure enough, the door is locked.
A moment later, the first of the zombies round the corner behind him.
Zodiark13: 5
Zodiark13 thrusts his palm out again, shattering the ice and sending a wave of bodies flying away into the darkness. With a roar, Riley jumps into the breach, and as Zodiark13 follows, he can see that the crowd attacking the bunker is well annihilated.
Riley, who after her initial charge, has become distracted rooting through the bodies, soon makes a growling noise as she tugs at something attached to one of the bodies. On looking closer, Zodiark13 discovers that she has found a 9-mm submachine gun which one of the zombies had apparently been carrying.
Zodiark13 is now carrying an MP5 (containing an unknown number of bullets).
Klazam: 3
Not wanting to take any chances, Klazam begins hacking the body of the creature to pieces. He works at this for about five minutes, doing some amount of damage, before deciding that it is almost certainly dead.
AurorusVox: 5
"Uh," says AurorusVox, seeing the distinctly reptilian features of the creature before him. He then starts hissing, imitating the sounds of his pet iguana of years before, attempting to convey through a mixture of lizard signal and mime the idea that he is seeking help against the zombies.
Much to his surprise, the alien responds in kind.
"Why would we help you against our own zombies?" it says.
CSL: 3
animorpherv1: 5-1=4
As animorpherv1 lets go of the fired RPC, CSL rushes up.
"Are you all right?" she asks.
"Ugh - give me a hand, will you?" he replies.
CSL does, and, though she staggers badly against his weight, she braces well enough to help animorpherv1 regain his feet.
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Zodiark13 wrote:Can we actually start enforcing the 24 hour(or whatever it was) deadline rule now? The whole game we have always been waiting for at least one person.
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Turn 49 Resolution
jmj3000: 6
jmj3000 turns and runs from the zombies down the block, keeping an eye open for an alley or street he can take to get to the back of the building. He's just halfway down the block when he glances at a big pickup truck across the street ... and suddenly changes direction to cut straight for it.
Sure enough, the keysarein the ignition. And, sure enough, the engine turns over.
He drops it into reverse first, to get a good long run-up, then puts it in drive and floors it, turning the wheel left at just the right moment...
The window to the gun store is smashed, and the bars caved in far enough to admit entry.
jmj3000 is hanging from the seat belts of an upside-down Ford F350, off down the street and across the intersection from the gun store. He will suffer a-1from disorientation next turn.
The zombies are scattered across the entire block facing the gun store. Several are intact enough to be running for the flipped pickup.
Zodiark13: 1
Filled with a holy desire to cleanse the world of the undead, Zodiark13 turns back to his comrades.
"This way, men! Forward!" He yells in his best general-voice as he walks backwards toward the zombies.
Only to smash into the wall next to the door.
Zodiark13 will have a-1next turn.
Klazam: 1
Satisfied with his job on the corpse, Klazam glances around, but does not see AurorusVox. With a shrug, he keeps a weather eye out for zombies, and starts backing toward the door.
He has made it about five feet before there is something rather like an explosion, and flying masonry smashes into him, throwing him through the windows and across the street.
Klazam will suffer a-1next turn from having his breath knocked out of him.
AurorusVox: 6
AurorusVox is in sheer shock for a moment. Then he finds himself filled with an incandescent anger, unlike any he has ever felt. With a mighty roar, he drops to his four feet to headbutt the creature, and everything seems to shrink to tiny proportions around him as he grows with invincible power to smash it against - andthrough- the wall.
A moment later, the building collapses with him inside.
AurorusVox is now a triceratops, and buried in the rubble that used to be a bowling alley. He will be-1to move next round.
CSL: 5
CSL, enraptured by Zodiark13's speech, springs to her feet the moment Zodiark13 began to march. She thrusts her wand in the air and cries, "Companions of Riley, come forth!"
From the beam of the wand springs a large lynx.
animorpherv1: 6
Ignoring Zodiark13 completely, animorpherv1 leaves the bunker to hunt for further armament. Exploring the neighborhood, he finds an open garage which, among numerous other items, contains a large case of dynamite.
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Turn 50 Resolution
jmj3000: 5-1=4
Dazed from the crash, jmj3000 kicks open the door and climbs out of the upside-down truck. He bends down and pulls out his bag and his shotgun, then rises and steps away from the vehicle.
His eyes widen when he sees the zombies he had driven through a moment before, charging almost within arm's length.
Zodiark13: 4-1=3
CSL: 5
Zodiark13 calls to his "troops" again. He charges forward on the left, while Riley and the lynx growl and attack on the right. They smash through the first row of frozen zombies, but are beaten back by the mobile ones behind.
Just when things are going south, CSL attacks with a battle cry. The zombies are beaten back, and the survivors manage to reach the top of the stairs. More zombies are on the lawn.
Klazam: 2
Klazam hobbles outside and sits on the sidewalk, resting from his recent exertions. His respite is cut short by a huge crash from inside the alley.
AurorusVox: 3
AurorusVox rampages around the bowling alley, thoroughly enjoying his new form. He knocks through a couple walls and makes it back to the main lobby, but doesn't accomplish much else.
animorpherv1: 2
animorpherv1 picks up about a dozen dry, crumbly sticks of dynamite, noticing a clear pool of liquid at the bottom of the box. He walks back out of the garage and hurries back up the street to where Zodiark13's army is on the assault.
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Turn 51 Resolution
jmj3000: 5
jmj3000 pumps the action of the shotgun to load another shell when he realizes that it is empty. As the zombies approach, he calmly backs down the street, loading one, two, three, four, five, six, seven shells ...
*chk-chk!* *BOOM!*
The head of the first zombie explodes as the buckshot tears straight through.
*chk-chk!* *BOOM!*
The second zombie is entirely decapitated by the blast.
*chk-chk!* *BOOM!*
*chk-chk!* *BOOM!*
*chk-chk!* *BOOM!*
*chk-chk!*
jmj3000 pauses, eyeing the street for other targets on the approach, but sees only a single crawling zombie, its legs dragging behind it as if it has no control over them. jmj3000 takes eight steps, raises his gun, and fires again.
*BOOM!*
Standing in the middle of the now-silent street, jmj3000 begins loading more shells.
jmj3000 is now carrying a shotgun loaded with one buckshot shell and two slugs. There are no more shotgun shells in his bag.
Klazam: 6
AurorusVox: 5
Klazam walks towards the crashing sound, and subsequently finds an triceratops. It bends down to allow him to climb aboard. Klazam hoists himself up and it soon seated on the dinosaur's neck. As it stands back up, his head smashes through the plaster ceiling.
Klazam's head is stuck in the ceiling; he cannot move until he is un-stuck.
Zodiark13: 2
CSL: 3
animorpherv1: 5
The trio+2 continue the assault. Riley and the lynx fight their way into the yard, decapitating zombies the whole way. They are soon surrounded and badly wounded. As the zombies close in, Zodiark13 and CSL try to rescue their feline friends. Just when all seems lost, they hear a cry from the street.
"Die, zombies, die!" screams animorpherv1 as he chucks his dynamite at the zombies. It doesn't explode, but distracts them long enough for animorpherv1 to close. He starts knocking down zombies left and right, beating back the horde. He reaches the cats, just as CSL and Zodiark13 appear at the top of the stairs. They are surrounded by several dozen re-dead zombies.
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Turn 52 Resolution
jmj3000: 4
Glancing casually up and down the street to ensure that no zombies were in sight, jmj3000 ambles back along to the front of the gun shop. He spends a moment peering into the shadowed interior before deciding he is satisfied that no zombies are to be found there; then carefully picks his way through the broken glass and squeezes between the bars into the store. It's a fairly small store, and all the guns visible are locked to racks on the wall. All ammunition is in a large safe behind the counter.
As jmj3000 completes this visual inspection of the store, a head peeks out from behind the counter.
jmj3000 has encountered mb53, a high school offensive lineman. He is holding an M1911-style pistol.
Klazam: 1
Blinded by plaster dust, Klazam begins flailing away at the ceiling around his head to try to pry himself loose. Within moments, he discovers both that his head is wedged between two ceiling rafters and that the triceratops seems to have wandered off, leaving himsupportedby his head wedged between two ceiling rafters. As he continues to beat his hands against the ceiling trying to break it open to escape, he hears - and feels, transmitted through the timbers - loud smashing sounds.
AurorusVox: 6
AurorusVox, feeling cramped even in the large lobby of the bowling alley, begins to smash his powerful tail and horns against the walls, knocking great big holes in several before driving his way through the front wall and into the street. He is just shaking the dust from his scales when the entire building collapses behind him in a tremendous cloud of debris.
Klazam has been killed.
Zodiark13: 3
CSL: 4
animorpherv1: 4
With the help of the tiger and the lynx, together the survivors continue their zombie-killing crusade. The rest of the zombies in the area are soon decapitated, with two having had their skulls smashed by Zodiark13 after his MP5 ran out of bullets. Re-dead bodies litter the lawn and street. Their work done for the moment, the five warriors sit down on the sidewalk for a breathing spell.
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Turn 53 Resolution
jmj3000: 3
mb53: 6
"...you're not a zombie", says mb53.
"Nope", replies jmj3000. "Do you think you can open the ammo safe, there?"
"Yeah, sure", mb53 says, pulling a key from his pocket. "I was thinking of loading up myself. What do you need?"
"20-gauge", says jmj3000. "Birdshot, if you see any."
"No problem." mb53 starts passing out boxes. "I'm going to go ahead and grab a rifle and bullets for that while this is open - let me know if you need anything else."
"Thanks", says jmj3000. He packs away the boxes of ammo and starts loading the gun.
jmj3000 is now carrying a shotgun loaded with one buckshot, two slugs, and four birdshot shells. His bag now has three boxes of birdshot, one with six instead of ten.
mb53 is now carrying an IMI Galil assault rifle and fifty 20-round boxes of 5.56x45mm NATO rounds. He will be at -1 for anything involving motion.
Zodiark13: 2
Sitting down on the sidewalk, Zodiark13 blocks out the murring and miaouing of the lynx and the snow leopard and begins practicing for a spelling bee in his head.
Sarcophugus. Philanthropie. Alinement.
Zodiark13 doesn't accomplish much else.
AurorusVox: 2
AurorusVox mourns for his salsa-fied comrade, bellowing loudly and thrashing around. His sorrowful antics seem to have attracted the attention of some shadowy-grey figures across the road.
CSL: 1
CSL tries to chill some water she found nearby, but realizes that her wand was broken during the battle.
CSL has lost all of her magical abilities.
animorpherv1: 1
animorpherv1 stands up and dusts himself off, ready to explore their surroundings more. He steps off the curb into a large pothole, twisting his ankle.
animorpherv1 has a severely twisted ankle and will have a -1 for movement for the next two turns.
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Turn 54 Resolution
jmj3000: 2
jmj3000 browses the shop, looking for a pistol to add to his arsenal. He sees an exceptionally shiny one and picks it up. It has a trigger lock and cannot be operated until he can remove it. He looks around, trying to find mb53, who has disappeared with the keys.
mb53: 5-1 = 4
Struggling under the weight of his rifle and ammunition, mb53 nevertheless makes it up a service ladder to the roof of the gun store. He has an excellent, panoramic view of the entire city. A few blocks over, he can see the liquor store where this all started, as well as the church across the street. Nearer, he can see a house surrounded by dozens of dead zombies. He smiles grimly and turns around to view the downtown area.
His smile instantly disappears.
Zodiark13: 5
Zodiark13 closes his eyes and concentrates intently. His toes start to tingle, and the sensation spreads to the rest of his body. One time-space rift and a hellish departicalization later, he finds himself on the roof next to a rather large, muscular human.
"Who are you and where am I?" Zodiark13 asks.
mb53 silently raises his arm and points.
"What am I supposed to be...." Zodiark falls silent as he follows mb53's gesture.
AurorusVox: 2
AurorusVox lowers his horns and charges at the grey figures, roaring for his dead comrade (who he actually killed himself). A split second before they would be impaled, the figures sidestep the clumsy triceratops.
CSL: 3
CSL starts walking towards the shopping district of the city with the two cats in tow. She sees a sign for the gun shop and heads toward it. She is nearly there when she is tackled by Riley who starts licking her face, apparently sorry for the loss of her magic.
animorpherv1: 3
animorpherv1 starts daydreaming about how much he would like a nice red mushroom right now. He wakes up to find himself alone; CSL and Zodiark13 seem to have left without telling him.
Across the downtown from the gun store, planted on top of what used to be the high-voltage power line right-of-way, is a jet-black tower, forming a fat cone about a hundred feet high and sixty feet across at the base. The electrical transmission towers seem to be torn down for about a quarter mile in either direction from the tower, and what looks like some sort of camp has been constructed at the base of the tower. Figures can be seen moving among the buildings.
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mb53 wrote:Well I see I missed that deadline. If I still can:
Get down from the roof (safely), and start making my way towards the tower
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Turn 55 Resolution
jmj3000: 5
mb53: 1
jmj3000 picks up the pistol and looks around the empty shop. He notices the open stepladder to the roof, and starts walking over to check if mb53 is up there.
A moment later, mb53 is no longer up there, as the high-school lineman misses a step under his staggeringly heavy load of armaments and tumbles ingloriously to the ground.
"Erm ... are you all right?" asks jmj3000.
"Nnnnuh." replies mb53.
"...can I have the keys to open the trigger lock on this?" asks jmj3000.
mb53 groans, then wiggles slightly, freeing his arm to hold out the keys. jmj3000 picks them out of his hand.
"Thanks!"
"Mmuh."
mb53 has taken a bad fall. He will be at -1 next turn.
jmj3000 is now equipped with a 9mm Beretta 92FS loaded with fifteen rounds - the remaining 45 rounds from the liquor store are in his bag.
Zodiark13: 2
As mb53 makes his way to the ladder, Zodiark13 tries to make out more details about the tower. The glare from the afternoon sun makes it difficult for him to see anything of value, and he is soon distracted by the sound of two hundred and fifty pounds of linebacker carrying fifty pounds of armament tumbling down eight feet of stepladder.
AurorusVox: 6
AurorusVox smashes his feet into the ground, trying to cause a tremor and knock his opponents off-balance. Instead, the asphalt gives way and he sinks into the ground. His bellowing fails to intimidate his grey-skinned assailants, a dozen of whom quickly surround him.
In the distance, AurorusVox hears a faint roaring. So do the grey creatures, who chitter amongst themselves before several break off and head towards the noise.
CSL: 3
CSL carefully picks her way through the window into the gun store. She sees jmj3000 admiring his new gun.
"So," she says, "Anything for a lady?"
Outside, Riley casts her head about looking for animorpherv1, and roars loudly into the air when she doesn't see him. The lynx looks at her with an expression as profoundly incredulous as is possible for a cat.
animorpherv1: 4
Also hearing Riley's roars, animorpherv1 quickly makes his way towards the downtown area. A few minutes later, he sees the cats outside the store and Zodiark13 on the roof, glancing back and forth between something below him and something outside towards the downtown area.
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My area is on the border of where Hurricane Irene may cause significant damage, so it is possible I won't have Internet for a few days; in the worst-case scenario, this may cause resolutions for turn 56 to be delayed.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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theplague42 wrote:Good luck and enjoy the ride! If it downgrades to a tropical storm, it might even be fun! If not, just keep the luck!
CSL wrote:I wish you good luck during the storm, Packbat!
AurorusVox wrote:Keep safe Packbat!
Thanks, all! It's looking likely to pass east of where I am - hopefully the ditch we dug last night and this morning will suffice to keep the water away from the foundation. (Hurricane right after an earthquake - all we need is a tornado and we have the trifecta!) If I still have power & Internet this evening, I'll probably log on.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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Turn 56 Resolution
jmj3000: 2
Zodiark13: 2
His shotgun and pistol loaded, jmj3000 tucks the latter into a holster and the former into his bag, and he crosses the room back towards the ammunition safe. On his way there, he sees Riley eel through the doorway from off the street, and hears Zodiark13 descending the ladder from the roof.
"Hey, cat," jmj3000 says, pausing in his stride. He can hear Zodiark13 walking up behind him.
"Mrrow!" says Riley, plaintively.
"Mrow to you to," he says, and tries to step around. As he sidesteps, Zodiark13 begins to speak: "Hey, J., can I talk to you about..."
"MRROW!" Riley interrupts. The snow leopard plants itself firmly in jmj3000's way, staring pleadingly into his eyes.
"...oh, you're hungry, aren't you?" says jmj3000, as Zodiark13 gives up on trying to get his attention. "Wow, um ... I don't know what to offer. I'm not carrying anything."
"Mrrow?"
"...dangit."
mb53: 2-1 = 1
Meanwhile, mb53 catches his breath and begins nerving himself up for what comes next. Carefully rolling over and up into a sitting position, mb53 positions one leg under himself and starts levering himself to his feet.
Whereupon he instantly falls over with a gasp.
mb53 has a sprained ankle. He will be at -2 for anything involving standing for the next turn.
CSL: 1
Taking the keys from jmj3000, CSL goes browsing around the perimeter of the store, checking all the cases for weaponry. Eventually, she ends up behind the counter, where she discovers the owner's AR-15.
"Sweet!" she yells, interrupting Riley's yowls. "Hey, guys, check this out!" She grabs the gun from under the counter and yanks it out.
It is rather unfortunate that modern high school education does not include such things as "trigger discipline". Or, for that matter, "always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction".
CSL has shot herself in the foot. She will be at -1 for anything involving standing until further notice.
animorpherv1: 1
While this commotion is going on inside the gun store, animorpherv1 decides to scout out the rest of the stores on the block, just in case there is something useful to be found.
Halfway down the block, he finds a Latino grocery with an open door. Approaching closer, he sees that the lock is blown out - possibly by a shotgun shell. Walking inside, he sees that the shelves have been largely undisturbed near the door, and are well stocked with dry goods of various descriptions. He is about halfway down one aisle when he notices juicy tearing and gnashing sounds from further back.
As he approaches the meat refrigerators, he sees why.
Apparently, the wielder of the shotgun was not a careful shopper. A plastic grocery basket lies on one side on the ground, the shotgun a few feet away, and zombies are crowded around the open meat fridge.
One of the zombies on the fringe of the crowd turns.
And when animorpherv1 looks behind him, he sees the silhouette of another, just entering the store.
AurorusVox: 6
Meanwhile, unaware of the plight of his friends, AurorusVox has come to the conclusion that Yahtzee is the best way to appease his attackers. Slipping back into a two-footed form, he promptly pulls out some dice and soon has them learning the rules and playing against him. After several intense rounds, AurorusVox wins by a landslide. This angers the grey beings, who start to scream at him and gesture wildly. Suddenly, devices are pulled out of pockets in their clothing - weapons, that is, from holsters.
AurorusVox, caught off guard, shifts back, preparing to charge. He doesn't make it that far.
AurorusVox has been perforated with projectiles andis now dead.
Meanwhile outside, the door to a pharmacy opens and a fit young woman walks carefully, sword drawn, up the street and towards the overturned truck. She circles the wreckage, checking the vehicle for any injured passengers. She looks up a moment later, hearing Riley's yowl, and notices the lynx sunning itself in the middle of the street in front of the gun shop. Sheathing her sword, she approaches the cat and, finding it tame, begins petting it.
Tragedy has joined the party. She is carrying a traditional Japanese katana.
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Turn 57 Resolution
jmj3000: 3
"...look, I'll be right back, okay?" jmj3000 says to Riley. He turns to the open safe and starts pawing through it, looking for more birdshot. Ignoring the growling behind him, he eventually finds one loose box.
jmj3000 now has four boxes of birdshot, one with only six shells.
Zodiark13: 4
While Riley watches jmj3000 ignoring her to search the gun safe, Zodiark13 notices a litter box in the back room and starts hunting down some sort of chow for Riley. He soon succeeds: on a shelf he finds a plastic tub with "Kitty Kookies" written on the lid in permanent marker. He quickly returns to the outer room, where Riley is crouching to pounce on jmj3000, and distracts her with a few.
mb53: 1
mb53 sits panting in the middle of the shop, oblivious to all that surrounds him.
Tragedy: 3
Tragedy lays off petting the lynx when she hears the gunshot from inside. Fluidly drawing her sword, she dives through the gap in the door and rolls to her feet, blade at the ready to fire at whatever zombies are there.
CSL: 2
CSL crawls from behind the counter just in time to see Tragedy's dramatic entrance. After a moment, Tragedy speaks.
"Where are the zombies?"
"I don't know," CSL replied. "I just shot myself in the foot."
"Oh," Tragedy says. "Oh, hey, I have some bandages! I'll help!"
Tragedy has wrapped CSL's foot with bandages. Starting next turn, she will no longer be at -1 for actions involving standing.
animorpherv1: 2
Meanwhile, down the street, animorpherv1 stands tharn in the grocery store, alone, unarmed, and surrounded.
Suddenly, the zombie from the meat fridge reaches out and touches his shirt. He flinches away, taking a step backwards toward the front. A quick glance over his shoulder shows the other zombie is also within inches of arms-length.
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In post 1472, mb53 wrote:(In case you haven't noticed, I haven't really been paying attention and don't know exactly whats going on... I'll catch up sometime.)
You're in the gun shop with half a hundredweight of armaments strapped to your back. Most everyone else is there too, except animorpherv1, who is trying to escape zombies in the market down the street.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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Turn 58 Resolution
jmj3000: 1
jmj3000 does another sweep of the store, but fails to find the few remaining guns in the store. He gets ready to head outside again, but realizes he has misplaced his rifle and entire ammo supply.
mb53: 3 - 1 = 2
Oblivious to the frantic scavenging going on around him, mb53 decides to practice his gymnastics in case he ever meets a gymnast-survivor. He fails miserably, flopping backwards and falling to the ground. Fortunately, he lands on some empty cardboard boxes and fails to injure himself seriously.
Tragedy: 5
Tragedy uses her ninja skills to reach the top shelves of the store, the only ones with guns left on them. She finds a big, shiny, silver Desert Eagle in .50 as well as a gas-powered semi-auto shotgun. In addition, she finds 63 .50 rounds and 56 12-gauge buckshot shells.
Tragedy's Desert Eagle is loaded with 7 rounds and her shotgun is loaded with 8 buckshot shells. She carries an extra 56 handgun rounds and 48 buckshot shells.
CSL: 1
CSL eagerly follows Tragedy in the search for more firearms. However, Tragedy has taken the last available firearms. The rest are either disassembled or have already been taken.
animorpherv1: 3
animorpherv1 snaps out of his stupor, and snaps to one side, dodging around the first zombie and rushing to the back of the store. The mob at the meat locker react to his presence, but with a leap and a roll he gets clear of the lot at rushes up the aisle past the refrigerators, hangs a sharp turn at the front of the store, and zigs out through the door and back to the street. Glancing back, he can see the first zombie staggering out the door behind him.
Meanwhile, something unfortunate happens to Zodiark13. He neglects to give Riley a treat, and she gently paws him to get his attention. Unfortunately for Zodiark13, "gently" is relative, especially compared to a magical snow leopard. She knocks him aside into a wall, claws digging into his side. A large oaken cabinet falls onto him, promptly knocking him out. The smell of fresh blood permeates the air of the gun shop. Moans can be heard
from behind the store. Lots of them.
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In post 1485, CSL wrote:By disassembled, do you mean "able to be put together" or "practically useless"?
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Turn 59 Resolution
jmj3000: 6
jmj3000 angrily storms around the shop, looking for his lost stuff. He stumbles upon it in a back room; a second later, a shadow casts across him. He turns around and sees a zombie standing right in front of him.
mb53: 5
mb53 very successfully stands around idly in the store, looking around.
Tragedy: 1
Tragedy climbs up on a shelf in the back room looking for something more of value - but, unfortunately for her, the shelf was not actually secured to the wall. She tries to jump clear, but isn't quite fast enough.
Tragedy has been caught under a shelf. She will need to spend a turn freeing herself before she can move.
CSL: 4
CSL finds the last assault rifle in the store. It is a disassembled M1 Garand in excellent condition. She quickly and expertly inserts the bolt, snaps the receiver shut, loads the rifle with a fresh clip (yes, clip), and charges a round. She also finds a handy bandolier with several loaded clips on it.
CSL is now carrying an M1 Garand loaded with 8 rounds, as well as a bandolier with five 8-round clips.
animorpherv1: 4
animorpherv1 hurries back down the street, letting the zombie fall further behind as he makes his way back to the gun shop. Hustling past the napping bobcat and ducking inside, he sees mb53 watching with approval as CSL finishes assembling and loading a rifle of some sort.
"Uh, guys?" he says, sheepishly. "I think one of the zombies from the grocery is coming this way."
In the meantime, Riley, noticing animorpherv1's absence, has rushed out into the streets to find him. After running a few blocks, she comes upon a lone figure hacking his way out of a mob of zombies with a kukri. Boldly, she wades in, slashing at two of the nearest and clearing a path free - which, after a brief hesitation, the man takes. It is only when they have retreated some distance from the remaining zombies that Riley realizes that the man she rescued is significantly more practical in dress, athletic in build, and inferior in musical talent than the one she was looking for.
theamatuer has joined the game.
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I'll see what theplague42 says, but I think that's slightly too ambiguous.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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In post 1500, theamatuer wrote:So yeah, what's my surroundings?
Attempt to draw out legendary weapon from thin air.
Pardon a moment while I pull something out of my a... *ahem* I mean, "thin air".
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Ah, got it!
You and Riley are in a semi-residential neighborhood - there are a number of houses about and a strip mall with a gardening shop at one end and a convenience store at the other. There's a park across from a post office down the street towards where Riley came from. The zombies you just escaped are in the parking lot of the strip mall, but there are a few others scattered about in line of sight.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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In post 1503, jmj3000 wrote:To clarify, I am using my shotgun, not the pistol, to blow the zombies head off its shoulders.
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In post 1372, Packbat wrote:jmj3000 has encountered mb53, a high school offensive lineman. He is holding an M1911-style pistol.
In post 1391, Packbat wrote:mb53 is now carrying an IMI Galil assault rifle and fifty 20-round boxes of 5.56x45mm NATO rounds. He will be at -1 for anything involving motion.
Executive decision: I'll give you one 50-round box of .45 ACP ammunition for the pistol, 10 rounds of which are in the gun.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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Turn 60 Resolution
jmj3000: 2
jmj3000 lifts the shotgun to his shoulder, takes aim, and pulls the trigger.*click*
The first zombie turns its head to the side, almost looking curiously at him. Unfazed, it continues forward. More follow behind it, cramming into the doorway.
mb53: 5
Hearing animorpherv1's report, mb53 leans back against the counter and unlimbers his Galil while the others go into the back.
mb53 will be replaced out if he does not respond this turn
Tragedy: 3
CSL: 1
animorpherv1: 5
Tragedy slowly claws her way out from underneath the shelves. CSL and animorpherv1 attempt to help, but CSL pinches her fingers in the frame and drops her end. animorpherv1 strains against the shelves and pushes them aside. Tragedy stands up and dusts herself off, none the worse for wear.
CSL will be at -1 for anything involving manual dexterity next turn.
theamatuer: 4
theamatuer jogs down the street to the gardening shop, avoiding any solitary zombies he encounters. Inside are rows and rows of shelves full of gardening supplies, ranging from seeds and fertilizer to rakes and shovels.
Spoiler: Turn 61 Actions
Turn 61 Deadline: (expired on 2011-11-07 22:38:48)Last edited by Packbat on Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:24 am, edited 5 times in total.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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Turn 61 Resolution
jmj3000: 2
jmj3000 takes a quick step back and tries to work the pump action to clear the jam. Feeling it stick, he then whacks the side of the gun twice and pulls it again - whereupon the unfired buckshot shell flies free and the pump action sticks in the back. He spends another few seconds tugging before it finally seats the next shell.
At which point the first zombie is almost in his face, and two more are right behind.
jmj3000 is now carrying a shotgun loaded with two slugs and four birdshot shells. His bag has four boxes of birdshot, one with six instead of ten, and 45 rounds of 9mm cartridges. Holstered at his hip is a Beretta loaded with 15 rounds.
mb53: 5
mb53 grabs a sack from inside the counter and sets it on top to make a bench rest. He lays the barrel of the Galil on this and sights towards the door.
A moment later, a zombie staggers through.
A moment after that, five bullets lacerate its skull. It collapses like a marionette with its strings cut. But bloodier.
30 rounds remain in the box magazine of the Galil.
Tragedy: 1
Tragedy walks around the corner to see three zombies coming through the door with jmj3000 frantically struggling with his shotgun. Quickly and with a single fluid motion, she draws the Desert Eagle from its holster and fires it one-handed.
That is, fires a 300-grain hollowpoint bullet at 1,550 feet per second out of a 4.4 lb pistol ...one-handed.
The bullet goes flying through the ceiling as the recoil of one of the most powerful handguns in the world snaps back her wrist.
Tragedy is now carrying a Desert Eagle loaded with 6 bullets. She will be at -1 for anything requiring the use of her shooting hand next turn.
CSL: 3
CSL stands by idly, oblivious to the frantic action around her. Fortunately, no zombies are heading in her direction, distracted as they are by the more vivacious survivors.
animorpherv1: 2
animorpherv1 checks the store, but finds nothing except for a dull thumbtack. Deciding it would probably not penetrate a zombie skull, he tosses it aside in disgust.
theamatuer: 2
theamatuer carefully searches the gardening store. While there are bags of fertilizer among the rows and rows of seeds, watering cans, and potting soil, no sharp tools, gasoline, or guns are apparent. Most conspicuously-useful items seem to already have been taken.
He is just taking a final turn around the store when Riley yowls outside. When he steps through the door to look, he sees a mob of zombies shambling down the street in his direction.
Spoiler: Turn 62 Actions
Turn 62 Deadline: (expired on 2011-11-22 19:56:00)Last edited by Packbat on Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:24 am, edited 3 times in total.advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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In post 1535, CSL wrote:My character is a female. Keep it as is.
(If I really had a problem, I'd have said SOMETHING by now)
Ten-four!advice from a trans otherkin queer plural system: you don't have to accept what normal says it's possible for you to be.-
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