1. Stop and investigate.
You pull off the road. The gate is open. A white pickup truck is parked outside, next to a tractor. You park some distance back, on the driveway.
"Are there people in there?" Nicole asks.
"I dunno, sweetie," you say. Scanning the front of the house, you can see the curtains are drawn and the front door is shut. There's a porch with a rocking chair on it. You glance back at David and Jacob. David runs a hand through his greasy blonde hair.
"Let's check it out," he says.
Jacob slowly gets out of the car. "I'll stay back. If there are people here, remember, be polite. This is their house, most likely."
David goes around back and opens the trunk, grabbing his rifle. "Yeah, and if it's not, they may shoot first and ask questions later."
You grab the shotgun from the back seat.
"If you guys go up there armed, they might think you're coming to raid the house," Jacob says.
"What's the alternative? Walk up there with no guns, hoping they'll invite us in for some coffee?" David says.
Jacob shakes his head.
"Or what if there's Faceless inside instead?" David continues, coming up front again. He takes his glasses off and breathes on them, wiping them off.
"Inside, tending a fire?" you ask.
"Well, who knows? It's unlikely, maybe, but possible. There's no way I'm going up there unarmed, anyway."
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1. "Fine, stay here then. I'll leave the shotgun here and go alone. I'll have the 9mm in my pocket, hidden, in case something goes wrong."
2. "I can't argue with that. Come on. Jacob, take care of Nicole. We'll check this out."
3. "I don't like this. Let's just go."
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Location: Northern California, Highway north of hometown (Country House)
Health: Normal
Infection: Unknown. At this point, you're pretty sure something is wrong with you. Alcohol seems to have improved your situation a bit.
Weapons: Lead Pipe, Revolver (empty), 9mm automatic pistol (10 rounds), Sawed-off Shotgun (10 shells)
Assets: Clothes, contents of wallet, Nice watch (Showing 10:33), Swiss Army Knife, Roughly five day's worth of food and water, Car, near full tank of gas, Flashlight, batteries, lighter
Skills: None that would be useful spring to mind. Damn the school system!
Members in party: Nicole, Jacob, David
Nicole:
Health: Shot in shoulder. Assets: Clothes. Skills: ????
Jacob:
Health: Normal. Assets: Clothes. Skills: Medical
David:
Health: Normal. Assets: Hunting Rifle. Skills: Rifle
"They" encountered:
"Faceless"
Form: Humanoid
Attacks: Vines
Resilience: Medium, can be killed by massive damage to torso
Speed: Low
Special/Notes: Central nervous system does not seem to be present in the head
"Flesh Worm"
Form: Worm
Attacks: Mouth, Unknown
Resilience: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Special/Notes: Unknown
"No-Face"
Form: Humanoid
Attacks: Unknown, seemed to summon other faceless. Changed a bird into a Crawler.
Resilience: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Special/Notes: Can suddenly vanish, or turn invisible. May be all in your head.
"Crawler"
Form: Vermin
Attacks: Vines
Resilience: Low
Speed: High
Special/Notes: Can climb and stick to walls, ceilings.
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