Roll to Dodge: Zombie Apocalypse!

[izakthegoomba]

Huh.

Try to force the door at the end open

[Packbat]

How far down is the street?

Ten to twelve feet - this is the second floor.

How many aliens are surrounding me?

I'm going to say "four", pending a correction from theplague42.

[Katty Bard]

hide behind the TV, with an eye on the window

[jmj3000]

Attempt to disarm on of the four aliens surrounding me

Might as well fight for my survival.

[theplague42]

Sorry, I haven't been able to log on for a few days due to homework. Hooray for weekends!

[JDGA]

How far down is the street?

Ten to twelve feet - this is the second floor.

JUMP

(And levitate down if I can)

[Packbat]

They see me rollin', they waitin'...

[Packbat]

Turn 88 Resolution

jmj3000: 3

Attempt to disarm on[e] of the four aliens surrounding me.

Lunging out, jmj3000 knocks one of the aliens' gun out of its hand. It clatters loudly to the floor, and all four aliens back away carefully, as if expecting something bad to happen.

Nothing does.

izakthegoomba: 5

Try to force the door at the end open.

izakthegoomba presses his hands hard against the surface of the door and begins to push it sideways. After a few moments, he manages to get it far enough to get his fingers in and pull it open. He finds himself in an elevator of sorts, with a control panel off to the left. It has several dozen buttons with alien symbols and pictographs on it.

AcRv: 1

Call out "I know you're in here; I'm here because we both need each other." If there is no response, I use my iPhone as a torch to light up the area.

"Hello? Is anybody in here?" AcRv calls out. "I'm a human survivor who escaped from the holding cells. If you are human, we should work together. We'll survive longer."

A light clicks on, and AcRv raises his arm to block out the blinding light. When his eyes adjust, he sees several figures standing in front of him, weapons raised.

theamatuer: 2

view the map now.

theamatuer glances down at the map. He sees several groups of red dots and blue outlines of buildings before being distracted by a hail of alien bullets whiz past him.

JDGA: 5

JUMP (and levitate down if I can)

JDGA dives smoothly through the open window, doing a single somersault before gently coming to a rest on the pavement below. He finds himself on the street behind the apartment complex, well away from any roving alien patrols.

Katty Bard: 1

hide behind the TV, with an eye on the window.

Katty Bard gingerly steps onto the table with the TV and climbs over to crouch behind it. Unfortunately, she bumps it while doing so, and it tips and falls to smash on the floor. Loudly. A moment later, she hears the aliens begin beating on the door.

Mist7676: 5-1 = 4

Find the keys magically hidden in a flowerpot.

Checking under the nearest flowerpot, Mist7676 conveniently finds a set of three or four keys. Trying the first one, she opens the door, steps inside, and locks it behind her. She is on an empty sidewalk with no aliens in sight. Over to one side is a parking lot, while the building towers above her to the left.

Spoiler: Turn 89 Actions

1. jmj3000: Grab the gun and fire on all four of the aliens.

2. izakthegoomba: Go up.

3. AcRv: Raise my arms slowly in surrender, but still hold onto the iPhone, while asking them if they've considered a more efficient type of engine.

4. theamatuer: run awayyyyyy.

5. JDGA: Cut to the inevitable chase and head for the alien structure.

6. Katty Bard: Find a doorway inside the apartment that allows me to grapple with these alien scum one at a time.

7. Mist7676:Go to the building on the left?

Turn 89 Deadline: (expired on 2012-09-25 19:18:56)

[jmj3000]

Grab the gun and fire on all four of the aliens

Still going to fight all the way to the end.

[JDGA]

Woo!
...what now?

>LOOK

[izakthegoomba]

Well damn. Guess I'm on my own then.

[AcRv]

Well, on the BRIGHT side of things, I've got their attention and I'm not dead.

Raise my arms slowly in surrender, but still hold onto the iPhone, while asking them if they've considered a more efficient type of engine.

[Katty Bard]

Welp.

Find a doorway inside the apartment that allows me to grapple with these alien scum one at a time

[Packbat]

Woo!
...what now?

>LOOK

Sorry - I'll get to this soonest, I have to check through the archives.

[Mist7676]

Go to the building on the left

?

[theamatuer]

run awayyyyyy

[izakthegoomba]

Go up

The worst that can happen is I go down... right?

[AcRv]

Either that or the lift jams and you find yourself stuck in a confined space while running out of oxygen...

although going down is probably worse that that.

[Packbat]

JDGA: You're on the street in front of the building. It's a sort of downtown-suburban type area - a couple blocks one way takes you to houses and parks and trees, while a couple blocks the other takes you to office buildings and restaurants. You can hear fighting, but nothing on this side of the building. You can see the alien structure jutting above the buildings on the other side of the street.

[JDGA]

Cut to the inevitable chase and head for the alien structure

[Packbat]

Sorry about the delay - rolling dice now.

[Packbat]

Turn 89 Resolution

jmj3000: 6

Grab the gun and fire on all four of the aliens.

As the aliens are still off-balance, jmj3000 dives to the floor, snatches the gun by the stock, and tumbles with it to one wall. Before the aliens can take aim, he pulls the trigger.

As designed, the anti-theft features of the weapon activate, shocking jmj3000 with electrical jolts. However, as designed, the shocks that would have caused an

alien

to drop the weapon do quite the opposite, and as jmj3000 seizures a lethal thread of bullets trace their way across all four aliens, with several striking each in the chest.

A few seconds later, the weapon runs dry. Shortly after, the shocks stop. The alien gun hits the floor at the same time jmj3000 does.

jmj3000 has suffered light burns and bruising and is still spasming from the effects of the shocks. He will be an at -2 next turn.

izakthegoomba: 4

Go up.

izakthegoomba punches the highest button and waits. He suddenly feels very heavy as the elevator accelerates upward. After about a minute, the doors slide open to reveal an empty hallway. He cautiously steps out, and the doors close behind.

AcRv: 6

Raise my arms slowly in surrender, but still hold onto the iPhone, while asking them if they've considered a more efficient type of engine.

AcRv slowly raises his hands, clutching to his iPhone. "Whoa, now," he says calmly. "No need to be hasty. Have your engineers considered swapping out molecular bonding for quantum locking to hold your ion acceleration grid? Sure you have to keep it near absolute zero, but you can really boost your efficiency by...."

His explanation is cut short by a blow to the back of the head, courtesy of an alien trooper.

AcRv has been knocked out.

theamatuer: 2

run awayyyyyy.

theamatuer turns away from the map and sprints down the alleyway. He turns the corner and finds himself at yet another dead end, with the back of a three-story building in front of him. He can hear the fence jingling as the troopers try to figure out a way through.

JDGA: 5

Cut to the inevitable chase and head for the alien structure.

JDGA resigns to his fate and runs in the direction he last saw the alien base. After a couple minutes, he sees one of the towering supports a few blocks to his left. It appears unguarded, and JDGA is able to pry open the door and enter without incident. The room is very different from the stark hallways the other survivors encountered. His surroundings seem relaxed, almost luxurious. Several couches dominate the room, with tables and chairs scattered throughout. Along one wall is a long line of thick slits in the wall, as if food was served through them.

Katty Bard: 1

Find a doorway inside the apartment that allows me to grapple with these alien scum one at a time.

Katty Bard abandons her hiding spot and searches the apartment for another way out. The only other door is firmly locked, and any windows are too high to jump.

The door flies inward with a powerful kick from the lead trooper, and Katty Bard sees three aliens enter the room, weapons ready.

Mist7676: 1

Go to the building on the left?

Mist7676 goes to the end of the sidewalk and turns left, finding herself in front of the large building. She sees a suspicious object sitting in front of the lobby entrance. A 2m-tall rod extends from the top of a trash can-sized metal cylinder, which has several slots around its circumference. Moving closer, Mist7676 sees that a half-dozen cameras are on the end of the rod, which is rotating slowly. Suddenly, one of the cameras spins toward her, its lens whirring as it focuses.

Spoiler: Turn 90 Actions

1. jmj3000: Say "Screw you alien scum", complete with stuttering from the shocks. Attempt to stand.

2. izakthegoomba: Explore.

3. AcRv: awaken in front of the commander of the ship, who's happy to talk to me about engine modifications, with all of my equipment either on me or lying on a table in front of me.

4. theamatuer: climb the building.

5. JDGA: Explore.

6. Katty Bard: shoot, shoot, shoot.

7. Mist7676: Run [away from] the building.

Turn 90 Deadline: (expired on 2012-10-06 13:36:37)

[JDGA]

...wut
I assume I won't get any extra information from a

>LOOK

?
Hmm.

Explore

[izakthegoomba]

Explore

[AcRv]

Now it's my turn to be unconscious, I guess...

Uh, not that I have much control over it, but

awaken in front of the commander of the ship, who's happy to talk to me about engine modifications, with all of my equipment either on me or lying on a table in front of me.

If I get a one I have a really bad feeling I'll be back in that enclosure...