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Re: The End
« Reply #980 on: October 08, 2008, 03:56:03 PM »

On the plus side, we might meet more survivors. On the negative side our brain is being eaten.
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Re: The End
« Reply #981 on: October 08, 2008, 04:02:05 PM »

Considering how the worms were able to infest so much of our body while not actually seeming to hinder our circulation or other body functions, I think it's safe to assume that we won't have any trouble with the worms so long as they don't take over.
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Re: The End
« Reply #982 on: October 08, 2008, 04:05:49 PM »

I'm probably reading too much into the Benny apparition, but I'm convinced that when he reaches into his eye socket and eats something disgusting, he represents the thing eating our brain.

Oh balls. That guy. He didn't make it out "safe". He's infected. He's going to destroy his wife.

Well, maybe we should check what sort of THEY we find in the next town. It might shed a lot of light as to how the "war" is going.
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Re: The End
« Reply #983 on: October 08, 2008, 04:06:18 PM »

I think it's safe to assume that we won't have any trouble with the worms so long as they don't take over.

Speaking of which, I think we should be looking hard for a liquor store, and maybe let David drive for the day.

Is there really any point in prodding Nicole about her abilities?  It seems she isn't even aware of them at this point.  I was hoping it would turn out there was a picture of the sons in military uniforms behind the lady, and that's how she guessed they died in a war.  Logic would save the day!
 
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"Imagine punching somebody so hard that they turned into a door. Then you found out that's where ALL doors come from, and you got initiated into a murder club that makes doors. The stronger you punch, the better the door. So there are like super strong murderers who punch people into Venetian doors and shit"

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Re: The End
« Reply #984 on: October 08, 2008, 06:12:09 PM »

2. "I think we should head to those hills. We have the maps, we can make it."

"Alright, then. Let's put it to an official vote!" David says, a small undercurrent of sarcasm in his voice. "I agree with Wolfy. Let's head to the hills."

"I suppose I'll cast my vote for the hills as well," Jacob says.

You halfway expect Nicole to say something, but she only continues to stare out the window.

"Well, looks like we're changing course. The highway junction is right up ahead, if I remember correctly, actually," you say.

David opens the glove compartment and pulls out the maps. After a minute of fumbling around with them, he confirms what you thought. "Yeah," he says. "Should be seeing it anytime now."

A few minutes later you come to the turn off. There's a gas station and a small diner here in the middle of nowhere that you remember from trips in your past, but both are now skeletal, burnt remains.

"How'd the fire get out here?" Jacob asks. "Look, the grass around the structures is hardly burnt. It's like someone set fire to the buildings."

"I don't know," you say, as you turn left past them. A few cars are on the road here. They look abandoned. You peer into them as you drive slowly past, but see nothing. One has blood on the windshield. The wiper is standing up, smearing it across the glass.

Suddenly, there is the sound of shattering glass. You look back and see two crawlers have emerged from the window of a car and are rapidly closing with your vehicle. You accelerate as one launches an incredibly long vine at the back of your car.

Jacob is looking back out the rear window. "We lost one, but the other is latched on!" he says.

Nicole starts to climb forward into the front of the car. David roughly pushes her back and sights his rifle. "Get down," he says.

In your rear view mirror you see tentacles reaching up over the back of your car, and then the crawler flips up onto the back and smashes itself against the rear windshield. David seems to be unable to get enough room to properly aim.

The crawler is continuing to smash itself into the glass. Cracks are starting to appear.

"Fuck it," you say, and slam on the brakes. A horrible screeching fills your ears as your tires lay black track onto the pavement. The crawler again crashes into the window, but this time it continues to roll across the top of your car. You head it thud right above your head.

"What the fuck are you doing!?" David yells.

You quickly open your door, and, ducking, step outside. The crawler is still on top of your car. Vines hold it in place. Some of these vines look to be over five feet long. You reach into your pocket and bring out the 9mm.

The crawler stirs, and the vines tense, then start to writhe. It picks itself up, a small ball of flesh and horror and rot.

You blow it off the top of your car with one well aimed shot. You hear a wet thud as it lands on the pavement across the car from you. Vines trail after it.

Checking the road behind you, you see the other crawler rolling along at a brisk pace toward you. Still quite a ways back. You get back into the car and press the gas.

David shakes his head. "That was stupid. You could have gotten yourself killed," he says.

"It worked, didn't it?" you say.

He smiles. "Yeah, I guess it did. You're a pretty good shot, you know."

"I must have been a sharp shooter or something in a past life, because I know fuck-all about guns," you say, then look over your shoulder back at Nicole. "Sorry, kid."

She only smiles at you. "You were a knight," she says.

David laughs. "Fancy that. Sir Wolfy. Next she'll be telling us Jacob is a prince."

"He is not!" Nicole says. "Jakey is a doctor."

Jacob, for his part, seems afraid but coming down off it. "I am. And as a doctor, I advise your friend Wolfy to not ever do anything like that again. Scared the heck out of me. For a moment I thought he'd lost his --"

He suddenly stops talking, realizing what he was saying. You glance at him but say nothing. A moment passes in silence as the road continues to roll under you.

"He's not far off the mark, you know," Benny says from behind you.

Surprised, you look up into your rear view mirror to see him sitting with both arms stretched out to his sides, along the back, draped over Nicole's and Jacob's shoulders. He's grinning at you with his one eye.

You turn, and he's not there. Jacob and Nicole sit alone, only looking out the windows.

You check the mirror again, and he's still grinning at you.

"Nope, they can't see me, bro. Not even little miss mystery here," he says. "That was nice going, by the way, with the crawler on the roof. Nice footwork. Quick thinking. These fools you're with don't appreciate you, I think. All they do is nag nag nag."

Steeling yourself, you ignore him.

"Heading to the hills, eh?" he says. "Not a bad move, I'd say. I mean, from your perspective. Once you get up there, well, you might realize it's not so smart of a move."

Benny leans forward, and in the mirror, you see his mouth is almost in your ear. But you don't actually see him there.

"I'll bet you're just dying to ask me some questions," he says, his breath hot on the nape of your neck and ear canal. "But what would your friends think? Eh? Talking to yourself in a metal cage hurtling at seventy down the sun baked highway? You think Jacob might get worried, maybe ask you to pull over? Could you blame him, really?"

You stare back at him in the mirror, grim faced, willing him to go away.

"Oh, relax, bro. I'm just kidding ya," he says, and grins again. "I'm sure you're quite sane. I mean, hell, I used to see dead people all the time, too. But then, I was infected with some sort of flesh worm parasite that was eating my brain."

As you stare at him, his face next to yours, you suddenly notice something.

His eye. His remaining eye. It's brown.

Just like yours. Exactly like yours. Even down to the tiny flecks of black.

Benny leans back and laughs hysterically. "You finally noticed!" he says, wiping away tears from his remaining eye with one hand. "Man, what did you think, you got that new eye for free from Princess here? Nah, nothing is free in this world, bro, and you'd best remember that."

Benny winks at you (blinks?) and runs a hand through Nicole's hair. It looks like he can actually touch her. He brings a lock to his nose and inhales. "Ahhhhhhh," he says. "The sweet smell of innocence. Or... was that the sickly sweet smell of decay? Hard to say, really. With a nose like mine, I mean, I can hardly be trusted, either way."

He grins one last time and vanishes. Nicole's hair abruptly goes back to where it was.

The noise of the engine suddenly comes back. You didn't realize it had gone until just now.

You pull over, suddenly.

"Everything OK?" Jacob asks.

"Yeah," you say, breathing hard. "I just... I'm alright. I just need to get some air."

"That's one thing there's still plenty of," David says.

You push open your door and step onto the road. It's empty, both ways, as far as you can see. The foothills lie ahead, maybe a mile or two.

You think about what Benny said. Are the hills really safe for you? Is he just a figment of your imagination? Can he know something you don't?

Nicole touches your waist. You look down at her.

"What's wrong?" she asks. You see Jacob listening in from the other side of the car.

"Nothing, kid," you reply, smiling. "I'm fine. Just a bit... carsick."

"You want me to drive?" she asks seriously.

You laugh. "Don't you think you're a bit young for that? Can you reach the pedals?"

Nicole looks indignant. "I bet I could!"

"How old are you, anyway?"

"Eleven," she says, looking down and circling a foot.

"Really?" you say. "Are you sure you're not twenty? You look so grown up."

Nicole gasps. "Never! I never wanna grow up! Grown ups are dumb. I'm a Toys R Us kid."

You shake your head and pick her up, lifting her above your head. She screeches and you spin her around once, then set her down. Her cheeks are flushed, and she hugs you around the midsection, looking up at you.

"Come on, Wolfy," she says. "We have to get going. It's not safe here."

it's not safe anywhere

"Yeah, OK," you say. "Let's go."

The four of you get back into the car, and you drive with a heavy heart under the yellow sun into the golden hills.

Behind you, cities burn, and worse.

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Act 1

To Be Continued
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Re: The End
« Reply #985 on: October 08, 2008, 06:19:58 PM »

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Re: The End
« Reply #986 on: October 08, 2008, 06:23:19 PM »

Nicole gasps. "Never! I never wanna grow up! Grown ups are dumb. I'm a Toys R Us kid."

I thought that ad campaign ended fifteen years ago!

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"Imagine punching somebody so hard that they turned into a door. Then you found out that's where ALL doors come from, and you got initiated into a murder club that makes doors. The stronger you punch, the better the door. So there are like super strong murderers who punch people into Venetian doors and shit"

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Re: The End
« Reply #987 on: October 08, 2008, 06:40:43 PM »

Det... Who is channeling who here?
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Re: The End
« Reply #988 on: October 08, 2008, 06:58:11 PM »

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You unlocked the Rocket Launcher! Check it out in your inventory!

You unlocked Time Trial Mode! Give it your best shot!

Overwrite previous save? >y</ n
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Re: The End
« Reply #989 on: October 08, 2008, 07:50:51 PM »

He smiles. "Yeah, I guess it did. You're a pretty good shot, you know."

Shooting that crawler from point blank range and all! Wow!


His eye. His remaining eye. It's brown.

The new eye is likely what allows Benny to channel into us, and I wouldn't be too surprised if it's some kind of worm itself.


Nicole gasps. "Never! I never wanna grow up! Grown ups are dumb. I'm a Toys R Us kid."

LOL WUT
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Re: The End
« Reply #990 on: October 08, 2008, 08:13:49 PM »

So who here has seen Un chien andalou?
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Re: The End
« Reply #991 on: October 09, 2008, 01:10:06 AM »

yay

thank you friday
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Re: The End
« Reply #992 on: October 09, 2008, 05:33:58 AM »

God damn it people.

Head for the hills.

Small town.

We enter a new "act".

Don't you guys know? We don't go to Ravenholm!
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Re: The End
« Reply #993 on: October 09, 2008, 09:27:51 AM »

Act 2

The road beneath you gently begins to rise. To your left and right, hills begin to obscure your view. Every once in a while you pass an abandoned car on the road. None show any signs of life. You find one smashes into a tree off the road. Another has broken through a gate into one of those gated communities and fallen into a ditch.

Up ahead, the road turns, and you slow down. You make the turn to see a vehicle much like yours, flipped onto it's side. The windshield is blown out, and shards of glass litter the pavement in front of it. There's a small crater in the road nearby. You steer around both.

"The fuck is that noise?" David says.

You don't hear anything. "I don't hear --"

But then you do. It's quiet, but...

"It's coming from back in the valley," Jacob says, peering over his shoulder.

"I'll try to find a lookout. I think the land levels out just ahead," you say, accelerating.

Sure enough, there's a ridge around the next bend. You park and step out of the car, looking down the hills back to where you came.

Three helicopters fly in the distance, low to the ground.

"The government?" asks Jacob.

You shake your head. At this distance, you can't make out any distinguishing marks on the flying machines. It looks like they're headed north to south, back toward your hometown.

David sights his rifle.

"What do you think you're doing?!" you ask him.

"Just looking through the scope," he says.

"Oh," you reply. He hands you the rifle. You put the scope to your eye.

Well, they're black. Other than that, not much else is made clear.

"Should we head back down there?" David asks. "Try to signal them?"

"I don't think --"

Suddenly the distant crack of gunfire cuts you off.

bratatbratatatat. Bratatatbratatabratatrat.

The sound of gunfire echoes up at you, distant and muted.

Flashes from the copters. They're firing down at the valley floor. At what, you're not sure. You put the scope up again.

"They're shooting!" says Jacob.

"How astute," David says. "Let me get my rifle back."

You attempt to swing it down to find what they're shooting at, but you can't make out much more than... wait. They're flying over the highway. The same road you were just traveling north on.

A fireball fills your lens. You open both eyes to see an explosion underneath the helicopters along the road.

"Jesus Christ," David says. The sound of the explosion roars gently in your ears. "Bombs? Rockets?"

"I don't know," you say. You wordlessly hand David back his rifle.

"They're shooting at both sides," Nicole says. "They've only been ordered one simple thing. But there's another side they don't know about yet."

You turn to her, standing up till now silently beside you. "What? What do you mean, Nicole?"

She looks up at you, and her pupils suddenly contract. "Wolfy?" she says up at you.

You gently rub her head. "What were you just saying, before?"

"I... I don't remember," she says. She looks back at the helicopters, now moving further south. "They're pretty birds. But they're raptors," she finishes.

David is looking through the scope again. "I've no idea what kind of helicopters those are, but damn if those aren't miniguns attached to the underside of them. Two apiece. And they've got some kind of tubes along side them."

"Rocket launchers," you say softly. "Could they really be firing on survivors?"

Jacob sighs. "It's feasible. If they don't know how far the infection has spread... the policy might just be to kill anything that moves."

"Well, isn't this a good sign?" David asks, watching the helicopters fly away. "Doesn't this mean that somewhere, the government or whoever is staging a resistance?"

"Maybe it's just California that was hit," you say.

"No, I don't think so," Jacob says, rubbing his beard. "We'd have seen a lot more people here a lot sooner if that was the case."

The group falls silent. You watch the three helicopters vanish to the south.

You head back to the car. The others follow and pile in.

"Should we go back down there? Try to find what they were shooting at?" David asks.

**************************************

1. No. Whatever it was, it's paste now. No point going back. Keep heading west, toward Limestone.

2. It's only a ten minute or so ride back. You might learn something.

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Location: Northern California, coastal highway, the foothills (Ridge Overlooking Valley)
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 (9 rounds), Sawed-off Shotgun (10 shells)
Assets: Clothes, contents of wallet, Nice watch (Showing 11:18), 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: Long Vines
Resilience: Low
Speed: High
Special/Notes: Can climb and stick to walls, ceilings.

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Re: The End
« Reply #994 on: October 09, 2008, 09:33:17 AM »

I'm not keen on getting the car in the line of minigun and rocket fire so... 2 Why should they bother revisiting a "clean" location? Maybe it'll save us some North By Northwest style hassle.
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Re: The End
« Reply #995 on: October 09, 2008, 09:36:13 AM »

1.

Need stay out of their flightpath. Wait, the hills are now leading back to the town?
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Re: The End
« Reply #996 on: October 09, 2008, 09:41:29 AM »

1.

George, Annabelle, we hardly knew ye.
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Re: The End
« Reply #997 on: October 09, 2008, 10:05:03 AM »

Having survived the opening stages of the zombie infestation, you now have to deal with the military cleanup operation.

...this better not end up with Xen.  That's all I'm saying.

1.  If nothing else, it's the last place they'll be looking.  Again.  Hopefully.
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Re: The End
« Reply #998 on: October 09, 2008, 10:08:06 AM »

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Wait, the hills are now leading back to the town?

I meant the town that was 50 miles in. Not the hometown or the town north you were originally heading for.

You know, I really need to name them. I spent about 30 minutes studying google maps and ended up deciding I do not want to base this in the actual real world, though that would be cool in its own way.

So, without further delay:

Hometown: Greenwood

North of Hometown: Hamilton

Hills: (Currently headed toward) Limestone

Fictionalized versions of California are usually superior because now I don't have to make The Terminator our Overlord

and yes, this counts as a retcon. It's not like the characters suddenly remember these towns have names. I wanted it originally to be nameless in order to have that vagueness that can add to the atmosphere, but when you start dealing with multiple places it gets a bit confusing to read. and write.
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Re: The End
« Reply #999 on: October 09, 2008, 10:12:53 AM »

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...this better not end up with Xen.  That's all I'm saying.

what if I promise to remove the jumping parts
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