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1. Gun them down.
- 4 (66.7%)
2. Make a break for it.
- 2 (33.3%)
3. ssssssssssssss
- 0 (0%)

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Voting closed: December 04, 2009, 08:17:53 AM


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Re: The Ends
« Reply #760 on: May 16, 2009, 06:24:26 PM »

1. Take the alley back to main street, continue heading north.

"Let's get back on track, head north to the ammo," you say, examining the shotgun in your hands. "I don't think this is going to be enough, though it helps. Can you show me how to load and use this?"

Jesse takes the weapon and examines it. "Give me a shell," she says.

You dutifully remove one from the box jammed in your pocket and hand it to her.

Jesse flips the shell over in her hand, and holds out the shotgun so you can see. "Like this," she says, loading the shell. "Safety is here. It's pump action. You've got to pump it between shots."

You nod, watching.

Jesse raises the gun up to her shoulder. "Brace it against your shoulder, like this. Otherwise it'll spin you. You can fire from the hip, though. Don't have to be too accurate with a shotgun. Guns don't usually work well without sighting, but shotguns are the exception. Just point and fire. Even if you miss, you'll still hit because the shot spreads."

"Does it have a lot of kick?"

"Yeah," Jesse says. "It'll bruise your shoulder pretty good. I remember the first time I fired a 12 gauge like this. My dad took me out into the woods. Heh, we drove for so long, he was so worried about getting in trouble. I didn't have any idea where we were going, he wanted it to be a surprise. I was fourteen, I think. I remember thinking that the shotgun would break me in half. He insisted I learn how, though. Even set up a little course for me. Probably on his friend's advice. That was my dad, never an idea of his own. I remember him crying when I went to my first day of school..."

Jesse trails off, a far off look in her eye. Suddenly she shakes herself. "Sorry. Got a little off track there," she says.

"It's alright," you say, watching her. She glances at you, almost nervously, and hands back the shotgun.

"Here. That's the basics. Just keep the safety on until you want to fire. Don't point it at me, or Max, for that matter. We need to get you some kind of holster for it if you're going to be carrying it around for long," Jesse says.

You smile and nod. "You were close to your dad, weren't you?"

Jesse looks at you, and slowly nods. "Yeah. We were."

Max whines and brushes against your leg. He seems nervous, glancing back and forth up and down the alley.

"Max is probably right," you say. "We should keep moving."

The three of you begin the walk down the alley back toward Main Street. You pass another dumpster, giving it a wide berth, but this one is open and empty.

You come out of the alley back onto the street. Fog all around you. A few cars parked along the sides, a newer white Ford pickup abandoned in the center of the street, the driver's side mirror and windshield cracked. No Faceless or other creeps, as far as you can see.

"What happened to those eight or so Faceless from before?" Jesse asks softly. Max stands at your side, sniffing the ground.

"I don't... shit."

You point south, back toward the car you abandoned. Out of the mist figures are appearing, slowly advancing, vines sluggishly cutting tiny swathes through the mist.

"Are those the same ones?" Jesse asks. Max cocks his head at them, but makes no move or sound.

You squint, recognizing a bald man with a ripped T-shirt and pajama bottoms. "Looks like it. Come on, there may be more."

The two of you turn away and head north, Max following along quietly.

The buildings on either side of you begin to lower in height. Up ahead, a sedan has crashed into a storefront on the right. A minivan lays overturned beside it.

As you draw closer, a figure emerges from behind the minivan, then two more out of the mist behind it. They're spread out evenly along the street. One of the ones in the back is missing an arm at the elbow. The front Faceless, a tall, thin man wearing a robe, screams at you.

Max growls in return and bristles.

"Max, no. Stay close to me," you say.

Jesse shakes her head. "This road is just crawling with these fuckers."

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1. Take shelter in a nearby knick knack store.

2. Try to move past them.

3. Use your shotgun on one, blowing a hole for you to move through.

4. Kill them all.

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Re: The Ends
« Reply #761 on: May 16, 2009, 06:35:49 PM »

Getting past the three ahead is preferable to holing up so the ones behind us can catch up, I'd say.

Wasting ammo on all 3 is a bad idea too.  So either take one out, or press our luck and try to get past all 3.

Leaning towards blowing a single shell rather than putting us in danger.  Dying with a full shotgun we never fired would be too ironic.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #762 on: May 16, 2009, 06:38:13 PM »

My thoughts as well.  Except, I almost think we should try to push ahead and not kill if an option, because who knows what will happen if we hit one and then they like...freak and it sets off some sort of scary chain reaction where they all go crazy-go-nuts.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #763 on: May 16, 2009, 06:39:54 PM »

I want to hide in the knick knack store.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #764 on: May 16, 2009, 06:41:34 PM »

Hum, LD may be right....but they're already pretty damn hostile.  I dunno.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #765 on: May 16, 2009, 06:41:53 PM »

3.

I don't want to get pinned down in another random building. Now that we have a weapon, we should use it judiciously.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #766 on: May 16, 2009, 06:45:33 PM »

No more buildings, but seriously.  I'm scared that if we attack one, that will send ALL the faceless around into a panic.  Moreover, remember the screeching, so that will attract more.  I really feel like it'd be a terrible plan to attack first if we can just sneak by.  We've been doing that before and it's been working out, so maybe they also suck at seeing in the mist like we do, and also, we've been able to out maneuver them.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #767 on: May 16, 2009, 06:47:07 PM »

Really tempting, but it feels like it'd be tempting fate too much to try it.  Getting complacent and viewing them as less of a threat is right when we're going to put ourselves in serious danger.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #768 on: May 16, 2009, 06:54:45 PM »

3.

I don't want to get pinned down in another random building. Now that we have a weapon, we should use it judiciously.

You are clearly a Red Host.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #769 on: May 16, 2009, 07:02:02 PM »

Agreeing on the judicious use of violence as the solution to life's problems. :smile:
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #770 on: May 17, 2009, 02:55:56 PM »

3. Use your shotgun on one, blowing a hole for you to move through.

You move forward, staying left. The center and right Faceless start to drift across the street in your direction.

The Faceless you've targeted to fire on is a pot bellied Hispanic man. He's naked from the waist up. You brace the shotgun up against your shoulder like Jesse showed you, point toward his chest at a distance of about fifteen feet, release the safety, and pull the trigger.

The gunshot is immensely loud, and you feel the kick of the weapon in your shoulder. The Faceless sprays out greenish blood, hissing and sputtering as it collapses onto the pavement. The vines thrash for a moment on the ground, then go still.

"Come on," you motion, pumping the shotgun and pointing it at the two moving to intercept. "Quick."

Jesse and Max run through the gap ahead of you, you slowly backing away from the other two, keeping your weapon on them.

Jesse and Max are through. You turn and run to catch up. Behind you, both Faceless scream as you move away from them.

"I think we might be getting a lot more company pretty soon," Jesse says as you jog along beside her.

Your party moves up the street about another block, passing more buildings and parked cars. A single Faceless emerges from the other side of the street, a black woman, her naked breasts torn open. She too screams at you as you run by.

"Fuck, this isn't good," Jesse pants. "We need to get the fuck out of here."

In the distance, away to what seems to be the east, you hear the long howling hiss of a Cavine, chilling you through the mist.

"What the fuck was that?" Jesse asks.

"Cavines," you say grimly. You look down at Max, who is running slightly ahead of the two of you. He doesn't seem to be reacting. "We can't outrun them. We've got to find some sort of shelter if they show up in groups."

Up ahead on the left, a liquor store. The front windows have been smashed out. You quickly glance around at the surrounding buildings. A chiropractor. A dentist. A beauty salon called Jill's. A Jack in the Box, set back in a parking lot. A burnt out car is parked neatly in the spaces.

You point at the liquor store. "Want to give it a look?"

"I don't know," Jesse says. Max comes to a halt and looks back at the two of you, head cocked. As another Cavine howl comes from the south, he whines impatiently.

"Those places usually have back exits," you say. "We could go in, look for booze, get out the back and get off this road."

Jesse eyes the mist behind you. "I used to have a part time job at that Jack in the Box," she says idly. "My boss was a dick."

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1. Go in the liquor store.

2. Keep moving along the road.

3. Check out the Jack in the Box.

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Re: The Ends
« Reply #771 on: May 17, 2009, 02:59:42 PM »

I fucking god damn knew it.  We're gonna get murdered by cavines again ;-;

I say go for the liquor store.  Prolly both places we could go to will have freezes, which....seems safer than silly little windows.  And also, the liquor store has..uh duh, liquor.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #772 on: May 17, 2009, 03:12:17 PM »

Ten years ago I took a solemn oath that I would not die in a Jack-In-The-Box,
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #773 on: May 17, 2009, 03:15:08 PM »

Time to get drunk, my friends.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #774 on: May 17, 2009, 03:54:09 PM »

yeah, let's go to the lickher store
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #775 on: May 17, 2009, 04:07:42 PM »

Thought: (store full of alcohol + lighter --> crispy cavines). I'm doubting that we're going to find anything to drink though; the faceless have in all likelihood smashed everything.

I'm wondering why Jack in the Box is an option. Is there a possible use for large quantities of vegetable oil or a freezer full of rotten meat?
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #776 on: May 17, 2009, 04:10:32 PM »

It's a little known fact that all Jack in the Boxes have a secret safe with a riddle on it and a flamethrower inside.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #777 on: May 17, 2009, 04:30:08 PM »

Thought: (store full of alcohol + lighter --> crispy cavines). I'm doubting that we're going to find anything to drink though; the faceless have in all likelihood smashed everything.

I'm wondering why Jack in the Box is an option. Is there a possible use for large quantities of vegetable oil or a freezer full of rotten meat?
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A meat freezer is fully enclosed, a liquor store might not even have an actual freezer and any walk-in it has is going to be accessible from the shelf side.  So Jack in the Box has better shelter..

The restaurant would also have gas lines.  Possible boon, possible hazard.

As far as I know you can't get yourself trapped in a freezer from the inside unless something really screws up.  Like a cavine being strong enough to actually rend the door and screw up the lock.  Which would probably make it strong enough to burst right through shelves and eat us at the liquor store.

Actually, I'm voting for the restaurant now.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #778 on: May 17, 2009, 04:37:49 PM »

I thought of that, but it intentionally traps us in a position where we're bound to be surrounded and unable to escape, in an air-tight confined space full of noxious smelling meat, potatoes and dairy products (provided it hasn't been hauled off -- still, suffocation hazard). Industrial freezers open outward too, so there's no way we could secure the door.
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Re: The Ends
« Reply #779 on: May 17, 2009, 04:45:00 PM »

Damn, you're right.  Rotting meat wasn't something I took into account.  The liquor store it is then.

We can at least use the fridge as a sort of makeshift bunker to fire out from.
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