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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbQ5sV-xvGM
Couple this with Rainymood.com and you've got the ambience tagged down.
Elions is directly in charge of current weather, flood status, time, etc. Under these circumstances:
-Anything that happens will not result in a PK or PI
-The state of Ineu must be the same as it was before the HDD crash (ie, dont blow up the cottage)
-Nobody shal gain or lose items unless authroised. IC or OOC.
A storm rages on in the outlands. It is the middle of the night, yet the lights inside the Inn are all turned on, the generator working at it's full capacity as it's noise keeps part of the inn from being completely quiet. Inside, two figures seem to be using a Radio, a young fellow who seems to be barely in his 20's, and a man around his 30's.
I repeat... To anyone out there in the storm. We're expecting a flood to ocurr any moment now, if you're still out there, please, come to Beles town. The Inn is located up a hill, you will be safe and dry. We will keep our doors open to any refugees
The kid puts the Radio's speaker down, sighing as he presses the "Repeat message" button in the Radio. He looks at the man to his side, who has his eyes covered in reflecting glasses
That's the last live message i can send for now... Hopefully someone catches onto it da- I mean... Eli...
Allright... You did good Will, don't worry.
Eli pats the boy on the back, he knows the amnesia suffering kid still thinks of him as a father, though he can't help but feel a bit odd after he almost called him that just now. He looks out onto the raging storm outside
Hopefully someone got the message... In the best of cases, we might just have a bit of a reunion down here in an hour or two.
Eli and Will keep things running for the moment in the Inn, hoping that someone, anyone, heard the message and directs themselves to the Inn. The flood will most likely overcome the valley in less than an hour... The doors remain open, as the dimly lit building keeps itself running in the shadowy night. Expectant of old friends and enemies of this simple and yet key structure. The Inn is almost untouched, preserved in the time that people, human and vortigaunt alike, have taken away from it.
Welcome back to the Outlands.
OOC:
Oh yes. I went there. Since the Outlands server is currently offline for an undetermined ammount of time. I have now created this thread so that we ALL may be able to keep on roleplaying without the need of the server being up. This is only temporary, and no battles will hopefully ocurr here. All things are still subject to the normal CG rules, other than that. You can interact with other characters, or advance your own story here. Enjoy people, and welcome back to the outlands.
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Blue = Beans
Red = Beef
Green = Meaty
About two hours later, an engine is heard in the distance, roaring over the sound of the rain. As the sound of the engine gets closer, three figures can be seen climbing out of the old and rusted muscle car. One of the figures seems to be lugging a shotgun in one hand, and the other seems to have an MP7 hugged against his chest. As they make their way through the doors, it's quite obvious that it's the Wilson brothers.
The fuck is this?
Shut up Meat-Cake.
The three brothers huddle around the fire, making idle and empty conversation about the storm with the other gentlemen.
Pretty bad storm out there, am I right? [/i
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Violet Collins(http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/694/violet2i.png)
Violet is five foot nine with brown eyes and long black hair which is commonly tied back out of the way. She stands and moves in a relaxed manner under normal circumstances. Violet has an average female tone in her voice and when busy, wears a serious look on her face. She has a medium built body with a few laceration scars on her limbs along with a fair amount of burn scars on her back and upper arms.
Violet commonly wears tattered tan cargo pants with a pair of light brown combat boots. She wears a stained white undershirt with a worn out green jacket overtop that has Valley EMS logos on each upper arm. She carries an old blue backpack with a red cross sewn on the back. It contains some food, lots of first aid supplies, and a little bit of ammunition. She usually carries a MP5 strapped to her pack with a quick release in the event of a combat emergency.
Some time late at night, about two and a half hours after the message, a vehicle slowly climbs the switchbacks. The constant batting of the windshield wipers and quiet hum of the heavily muffled motor can be heard along with the steady metallic patter of the rain bouncing off the vehicles thin metal body. The vehicle is running with no lights to keep hidden in the darkness and fog of the rain. As the vehicles approaches the town, one can see its white, utility pick-up body. There is a blue star of life painted on the hood and both doors. A black canvass is suspended above the box and seals the sides. Unlit flood lights are mounted on the back of the cab, pointing in all directions. There's a small mount on the passenger side door with a ball socketed weaver mount.
The sound of gravel crunching and brakes faintly squeaking can be heard as the truck pulls into the parking lot of the inn. After a brief moment, the engine is shut off and a moderately built female steps out. She slams the door shut behind her and walks up to the side door of the inn, opening it and stepping inside. She looks around, quietly closing the door and hanging her blue rucksack on the adjacent coat hanger. She notices the two males inside. She smiles out of courtesy at Eli.
"Hey. You the one who sent that message over the radio? I decided to come with my ambulance in case someone got into trouble. I uh," she hesitates, glancing at the Wilson brothers "Also wanted to get out of my camp. I'm not the best at building shelters. Mind if I stay here for a bit?"
She remains, watching Eli.
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Yeah, Inn's always open to everyone, so stay here as you need to for now...
He notices her hesitating for a moment as she looks at the Wilsons
Don't worry, nothing's gonna happen with them. Right Beans?
He asks out loud at him, knowing that Beans being the pack leader will keep them nice and quiet for the most part
As Eli talks to Violet, Will approaches the fire with the other three
Yeah, pretty damn bad allright... Worst one i've seen out here.
He tries to make some conversation with the Wilson brothers, the poor kid simply trying to leave his old "comfort zone" and talk to someone other than Eli or Matt
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The air is musty, and rain crackles as it pours down on the Inn. Above the inn onto of a hill deep in the trees lays a man with a black toque holding a MP7 with a red dot sight in his hand. Only part of his eyes are showing along with the gun, and the rest of him seems to be covered in dirt, mud, and grass to keep him hidden. He lays down beside a rock shivering slightly as he watches the Wilson brothers gather around the fire from up above. He hears a rumbling coming as he pushes himself into the ground digging his MP7 into the ground. He watches the woman as he walks inside slamming the door shut. He lays there for thirty more seconds as the rain pours on him. He slowly begins to stand sliding the MP7 over to his back. Crouching he slowly walks over to the edge of the cliff pulling out a small combat knife. He raises it in the air quickly slamming it down into the ground right on the edge of the small eight foot cliff drop. The man tugs on the knife seeing if it's steady, and crawls back into a laying down position as he grabs onto the knife with both hands sliding both of his feet down the cliff. The waves his feet around as he steps onto a rock, and finds another rock to rest his left foot on. He swings his right hand to a rock near his right knee pulling the knife out with his left. He slowly begins to climb down following the a dark shadow that leads to the gas station. He glances over to the blood splattered all over the ground. He continues on down the road until he reaches the front doors of the Inn glancing through the window. He grabs a hold of the handle of the door slowly opening it with no noise, and a cold breeze brushes in. Ghost stands there slightly muddy, and cold as he shuts the doors behind him trying not to disturb the brothers talking. He takes a step onto the hard wood floor as it makes a creek, and he freezes waiting for someones reaction.
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Eli quickly looks over as he hears the creak, his hand hovering over his flaregun as he looks at the figure, the mud confusing him for a moment untill he looks at him more detainedly, realising it's Ghost
Ghost... For fucks sakes. Knocking on the door would have worked just fine.
Though Eli's barely had much interaction with him, he's seen him enough to recognize him even with muddy clothes and leaves still stuck in his clothes. His hand leaves his Flaregun, though he's still doubtfull enough of Ghost's intentions that he keeps an eye on him
*Sigh*... Good to know at least that we're not the only ones out here anyhow. For some time i thought everyone had just gone up and left the outlands.
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34370's current phys description: Black, spider legs. Very wet, shiny from the rain and covered in a soft sheen. Soaked bandage clinging to its body. Hairs clinging to body from the rain. Mark on inner back-left leg. Six black, beady eyes. Stained fangs.
As the rain continues to pour, a lone creature is seen scurrying from cover to cover, its back a glossy sheen. 34370 lightly whimpers lonely as he arrives at the outskirts of beles, the only thing seen through his beady black eyes are the lights from the inn. He tilts his main body to the side curiously, he tilts himself slightly upwards, sniffing the air for any familiar scent. After a moment, 34370 lowers himself down sadly, making only a soft squeaking as the air is too moist to pick up a scent. The tiny poison headcrab looks to its left, then to its right, scanning the dark and murky town of Beles for any signs of life. The rain kept pouring heavily, making tiny splashes on the concrete in front of him. Although 34370 wasn't exactly the most intelligent of headcrabs, he knew he wouldn't last long out here, alone in the cold. The little headcrab shuddered lightly, its leg curling in only slightly as it slowly built up courage to cross the street. With a final stretch, the headcrab scurried forward on all fours, squealing shuddered as it is bombarded with large drops of cold rain. It skids to a stop in front of two double doors, a small awning shields it from the rain, but small drops pitter-patter all around the tiny headcrab. 34370 gets up on his hindlegs, and begins to scratch softly on the double doors, letting out a soft squeaking periodically.
(// FYI, the door I'm refering to is the one behind Beles, as in behind the desk and next to the little awning/roof thing)
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Violet
Violet smiles again, looking at Eli in the dim light.
"Hmh. Thanks then. If you or anyone ever needs any help, you let me know alright? I got tons of first aid supplies in my bag."
She looks to the Wilson brothers again.
"And they better stay in my backpack unless I'm using them."
Violet grabs her rucksack off the hook and starts walking toward the stairs.
"I'll be upstairs in one of the rooms. I'll hang a little red cross from the handle so you don't accidentally disturb others, if you need me of course. If not, I need some sleep. We'll uh, talk to you later. Stay safe."
Violet heads up the stairs and proceeds down the hall. Her footsteps are heard till she enters the first room on the left. She drops her ruck on her bed and opens one of the smaller pouches, withdrawing a little red fabric cross with a string loop hanging from the top. She hangs the little red cross on the handle of the door. Violet sits on the bed beside her rucksack and begins untying her boots. She yawns and stands back up, moving the door to where it's open just a crack. She turns off the light and moves back to the bed, setting her rucksack on the ground. She opens one of the larger pouches, finding a little 3" carving flip knife. She places the knife under her pillow and lies down on the bed, closing here eyes and eventually, drifting off to sleep.
Violet fell fast asleep before the headcrab began scratching at the door.
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As the storm rages on, a figure covered in a black hood and tattered cape approaches the Inn, the figure is distinctively female as she walks towards the inn. Finally making her way through to the double doors where the headcrab's located. The figure, completely obscured by the hood and long cape looks down at the headcrab, quizzically even... It opens the door slightly for the headcrab, walking in herself trying to make the least noise possible.
Are you sure that creature is not dangerous?...
If he was, i would not be alive right now.
Both voices seem to come from the same person, strangely enough. One distinctively male, and strangely enough slightly distorted, while the woman's voice is clear and monotoned
Now, Try to keep quiet... We'll charge you up and be on our way.
I thought you said you knew these people. In fact... I think you said you were living with some of them
I do. But i want to make sure no one here is tech-crazed before i let anyone find out about you.
The figure stops talking, looking around and quickly making her way up the stairs of the Inn. She knows the Headcrab may recognize her from scent, but the rest may not be as curious or as aware of her presence yet.
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34370 hopped back slightly as the figure pushed the door open for him, this was his chance! He crept inside before the door could close, jumping slightly as the door closed behind him. He looks up as the figure begins to speak, the skin above its eye folding as if it were furrowing a brow in confusion.
Are you sure that creature is not dangerous?...
34370 tilted himself to the side, the voice didn't at all match the scent, he began to wonder if he was beginning to become sick, when another voice spoke from the figure.
If he was, i would not be alive right now.
34370 knew the voice when it spoke, although the name he had associated her with escaped his tiny headcrab mind. He watched as she began to walk up the staircase, continueing the conversation with.. herself? 34370 couldn't understand. He began to creep along after her, when two more scents made they're way into his nostrils. One was rather faint and mysterious, almost hard to track down, but 34370 could recognize the scent, just slower then he could others. The other one felt like a cruel smack across the face, plunging his nostrils with a scent that 34370 associated with meat, or a meaty substance. By the time he had the two scents pinned down, the mysteriously familar figure was already up the stairs. 34370 stood there in the middle of the room, the folds in its back lightly sucking in and out as he looked from left to right, pondering as if whom he should persue.
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The Wilsons talk softly among themselves, Beans laying on the sleeping bag he'd retrieved from the car while his brothers lay on discarded couch cushions.
These assholes starin' at me are startin' to tick me off."
Eh. They ain't doin' nothin', don't matter none.
Damn... I'd slam that clam... the one who went upstairs a lil while ago.
Anyone paying any attention would notice Beans slapping Meaty.
Meaty, I know if you fuck up once more, Matt won't wait to chop yer dick off. I'd grow some smarts.
After some time, the brothers fall asleep, laying in a neat row. Beans' Mossberg is wedged in the crook of his arm, and Beef's and Meaty's gear lays in a neat pile at Beef's feet, which he is resting his legs on as a leg rest.
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The female figure reaches the second floor finally. Walking next to the old music room as she does so.
Just a second...
She pulls out a key, looking to both of her sides quickly, making sureno one sees her as she opens the lock and walks inside, locking it again quickly. Entering the old, dusty music room. Memories coming to the woman's mind as she looks over the old piano, or the wooden bed on the far end of the room.
Now believing herself to be safer, she takes off the hood and cape. Revealing her half-burnt face and red hair. Anyone would recognize her as Joanna Sinbow. Under the cape and hoop she appears to have been wearing a black baggy buttoned shirt and reinforced jeans (Patched up and with some makeshift knee-capers) along with her usual hiking boots. An equipment strap over her chest leaves a PDA like device resting just over her right breast, the device quickly lighting up and projecting a small hologram in front of her. The image resembles a young black male with relatively long hair (shoulder lenght), wearing what looks like a baggy set of black cargo pants and a tight long-sleeve top.
Cosy.
She takes the device out of the strap, setting it down on the floor with the hologram side up, connecting it via a cable to one of the few electricity outputs in the Inn. This allows Darius' hologram to project into a slightly larger frame, though still small in comparison to a normal person, it allows it to have a more "normal" interaction with someone else
Right... How long untill you're back at full battery, Darius?
The AI seems to pull up some sort of status report that projects in front of him, The numbers and percentages facing Joanna as he does so
Sorry Jo'... But it looks like to get back to 100% we're gonna have to be here all night... On the bright side, that should last for almost 2 whole weeks.
The woman sighs. Looking at the bed on the far end of the room and realising that no one who she does not know would be able to enter the room anyhow
I guess we'll be staying here then...
Leaving her satchel and Darius connected to the output, she takes off some of her clothes, leaving her on her old tanktop and underwear as she crawls back into the Music Room's bed. Hoping to all hell that no one realises she's here with her new companion as she slowly dozes off. Regardless of the storm outside
OOC:
Eli's staying up since someone has to watch over. but i don't have time to RP it at the moment. Just roll with it
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Elions is directly in charge of current weather, flood status, time, etc. Under these circumstances:
-Anything that happens will not result in a PK or PI
-The state of Ineu must be the same as it was before the HDD crash (ie, dont blow up the cottage)
-Nobody shal gain or lose items unless authroised. IC or OOC.
[Posted on OP]
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The small group of people seem undisturbed during the night. Eli and Will keeping watch for any more people to come as the sun slowly comes out hours later. The rain has somewhat diminished, but the effects of the flood are now visible to anyone passing near Beles. The tunnels are flooded in their entirety, there are small leaks in the roof of the Inn here and there. The lake at the other side of the hill seems to have overflown itself, leaving the cottage slightly underwater as the water flows down hard onto the river below. Beles town is spared by the storm as the water flows down onto the flooded tunnels below it. It seems that for now, any newcomers and the people in Beles will be stuck in the town for a while as the storm calms down
Looks like we're gonna be here for a while...
Eli talks to Will, looking at the kid and noticing that he appears to be dozing off already. It's only logical, as he's not used to staying up for days at a time like Eli is
Will... Might be a good idea if you get some rest already.
I'm... Fiiineee...
Will barely raises his arm as he says that before he inevitably collapses onto the desk, groaning a little
Ugh-... Okay... Just.. Lend me the Keys to the Music room...
Eli rolls his eyes, taking out his copy of the key and handing it to him.
I'm going to go out there and check the flood's damage. You just worry about getting some shut-eye for now.
Eli takes his old coat and hat, walking out of the Inn to survey the area.
Will makes his way slowly up the stairs to the music room, passing by Violet's claimed room, he ponders for a moment if he should assist her, but he figures with the state he's in right now he'll be no good to anyone. He continues on to the Music room. Opening the door and walking in, trying to make the least ammount of noise possible. He sighs as he looks at the bed, with the lack of light caused by the Music room's strange positioning he misses Joanna being there entirely. He takes off his jacket and proceeds to simply collapse on the bed, startling Joanna as he does so.
GAH-! What T-!?
Hu- OH SHIT. SORRY MISS-
Will makes a bit of a struggle as he realises Joanna is in there, making enough noise to wake up anyone near the music room. She quickly puts her hand to Will's mouth and holds him down. Trying to stop him from making any more noise.
Kid. KID!- Calm down. I won't bloody hurt you but you gotta stay QUIET. No one knows i'm here.
Will slowly calms down. Nodding as she says that. As that happens, Darius' Hologram projects for a moment, most likely activated by the noise they made at the start of their struggle
Jo'? What was t-
He stops for a moment as he gets a view of the situation
... There's an explanation for this, i'm sure.
After a couple of awkward moments, Will explains to Joanna just why he was able to get into the room, as well as who's with them in the Inn at the moment, this is all as Jo takes her time to put her clothes back on and set Darius back on her equipment strap.
The door to the music room is left open as they talk about this.
At least i know it's no one i need to worry about... Yet.
On the other side of the Inn, Eli finally comes back from surveilling the area, he looks around and talks to anyone who's currently awake in the Inn's main lobby
Allright... Status update. The whole damned Valley is flooded. Tunnels are completely filled with water, and the lake's overflown. I'm sorry Beans but i don't think we'll be able to go back to your cotagge for a while... We're stuck in Beles for the time being no matter what we do.
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As Ori investigated the Ineu pass, scavenging for ammo for his weapons, he reaches the Beles town, the deserted place. He notices that there was a heavy rain earlier, due to the floods and water that are visible.
Damn, all that time there was rain, and I haven't heard it... Good thing I was inside the tunnels.
Ori then invetigates the Beles town, searching for food and drinks. He may find some people there, and he may be alone...
Means I give you the RP of finding Ori. Most of my posts will be short like this one, as I am not a regular OL player.
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Violet Collins
Violet flinches awake to the sound of someone talking next door. Lazily opening one eye, she examines the room she's in. Dimly lit, stained walls, door open a crack. It must be morning by now. She rolls over slightly, looking out the dirty thatched window. It's still raining a bit and the clouds still cover the gloomy skies of the morning. There's enough light to see the familiar land around the Inn.
She hears voices again and rolls back over, looking blankly out the cracked door, this time with both eyes half open. She feels a sense of relief as she hears three distinct voices. One of them she heard the night before but the other two, these were new. She relaxes again, knowing that two more people made it to the inn safetly. Violet rolls over, checks to see if her knife is still there, and stuffs her face into the pillow, falling back into a light, morning sleep.
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Beans groans as he hears Eli, unzipping his sleeping bag. He sets his Mossberg to the side, grabbing one of the three radios sitting in the Wilson's stockpile beneath Beef's feet. He begins to speak quietly, as not to disturb those still resting.
I am goin' back there, and don't you try to convince me otherwise. I got shit in there that needs to be taken out.
Beans reaches for the stockpile, grabbing his pants and pulling them on. He clips his grenade, car keys and radio onto the belt holes of his pants. Afterwards, he pulls on his old and tattered C18 jumpsuit jacket, covering his tattooed and scarred body, then grabbing his Mossberg, trudging outside through the damp grass to the parking lot where he tosses his Mossberg onto the passenger seat and climbs in.
Makin' my way to the cottage over the cliff path.
Beans gradually zig-zags his way around rocks and trees to the edge of the cliff overlooking his cottage, pulling his keys from his car and climbing out into the bitter cold rain. He slowly makes his way down the cliff, slipping a bit nearing the end and toppling into the mud. Eventually he wades his way through the flooded water into his cottage, trying to salvage his cigarettes, booze, and canned food from his cupboards. As he gets back to his car with his salvaged food, drink and novelties, he begins edging his way back to the inn.
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As Beans trails back to the Inn in his vehicle, the storm becomes harder, leaving his car stuck in the mud. Lightning strikes down on the valley as the wind becomes faster with each passing second, with no signs of stopping anytime soon.
Beans is now effectively stuck mid-way to the Inn, and will need to find or improvise shelter. Fast
Radios suffer from a slight interference as the storm rages on. Making trekking outside of the Inn or any building/shelter an unsure bet against nature.
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Meanwhile, near the town of Belles, Edwin Harkness stumbles blindly down the street slope towards the Inn; dazed and confused and his apparel soaked, he throws open the double doors and proceeds to wring out his jacket on the floor. Edwin then turns and closes the doors behind him, he then realizes he may have woken some of the people still sleeping in the Inn but he does not let that get in the way of things as he moves through the Inn, looking for any supplies that could be lying around without an owner/the owner isn't attending to the items. After a number of fruitless minutes, he falls asleep due to his exhaustion on the floor under the stairs, in his drenched jacket, completely at once.
Needed a way to slot one of my chars in here, will attempt to become a cog in the grand machine of this story.
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34370's current phys desc: Dried, but moist, bandage on main body. Hairs on body beginning to poke out. Spider-like legs that curl in. Stained fangs.
// This happens a little after Jo meets up with Will
As the storm continues to rage on, little 34370's eyes open one by one. The headcrab makes something which seems like some odd cross between a yawn and a snarl, loud enough for it to be faintly heard by anyone in the lobby or upstairs. He lightly stretches forward in ways similar to a cat, before scurrying out from under the stairs towards the lobby area. The headcrab makes a light sniff of the air, the famliar, meaty-like substance is gone, but the other, more mysterious one is still present. With that, the poison headcrab continues to scurry towards the lobby, still too groggy to think of the possible dangers. He makes his way in through the back of the lobby, passing by the basement staircase. The headcrab bends down slightly, shaking his rump before leaping forward onto the counter (assuming no ones in front of him). The headcrab lies perched on top of the counter, surveying its surrondings, but only being able to spot two prone figures by the fire.
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**Stumbling through the open door is a man disguised completely by bandages, donned a heavy coat and a pair of blackout goggles. He looks, almost fruitlessly, through the inn's interior before spotting Eli.**
Simon: Stalker, we have to speak about the coming cold, and some events going on outside of the valley. Some of my patients who have been passing through have been giving me disturbing reports concerning caravan raids, and the weather farther up north is worse.
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I was gonna respond, but powers gone and I'm on the last 10%, brbhurricane
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Beef lazily wakes up and looks around to see Beans is missing. This doesn't worry him, being able to take care of himself. Turning to the stockpile he searches for some whiskey. Finding nothing Beef looks to Meaty seeing him fast asleep, for now. Though Beef may be an adult he still thinks himself to be a guardian for his younger brother Meaty, being the reckless person his is and all.
Being stuck in the Inn wasn't something Beef wanted to make a habit. Most people didn't like the Wilsons and as such, Beef began to fix up his MP7 and check if his silencer was still there. Not much to his suprise was that everything was there.
Sadly, it wasn't long before old habits began to come back.....
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As one of the prone figures begins to rise, 34370 jumps back, making a startled squeaking sound. It lands with a soft thump against the wooden table, and the headcrabs posture stiffens in caution as a result. Its fangs lightly sucking in and out from underneath it as the headcrab breathes heavily, the sides of its 'mouth' lightly pushing in and out as it breathes.
Also, good luck with the hurricane, Tray, you're in our thoughts <3
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I know Simon... But we've got bigger things to worry about right now.
Eli looks out the window for a moment, taking a gander at the storm outside
Shit... Beans should be back by now.. I'm going to radio contact him. Hang on.
He quickly moves to the Radio set on the counter, turning the "Repeat recorded message" off and trying to contact Beans through it, realising 34370 is there in the process.
What t- Hey. Easy down now, Humper.
He tries to calm down the headcrab as he reaches for the radio control. Finally trying to send a message through it, but he gets nothing but static.
Ah shit... Just bloody perfect... Radio's not working.
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As 34370 hears the familar voice, his focus on the other two strangers is gone as he squeaks with delight, it seems the little bugger is happy to see a familar face, or scent in this case. The headcrab's rump wags back and forth in similar manner to a dogs tail wag. The word 'Beans' seems to strike as familar to the tiny headcrabs mind, as he tilts his body to the side slightly for a moment, before going back to his 'rump wagging'.
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Beans leans back in his car, being there for a good amount of time now. He tried to pass time by chain smoking some of the dry cigarettes, and eating cold beans. In the distance, a figure in a 'Mongols Motorcycle Club' leather vest adjusted his backpack, making his way through the thick mud to the muscle car. As he neared, he noticed the stockpile of supplies in the back seat, along with the stiff figure of a man sitting at the drivers seat, a man he presumed to be dead. He pulled out his baton, flicking it out and tapping on the window. Inside, Beans thought nothing of it except as larger rain droplets. The biker began tugging on the car's door handle, Beans heard the door creaking open, and grabbed his Mossberg, aiming out the passenger door. As the biker tore the door away from the mud, he was greeted with a shotgun to the face.
What the fuck...
The fuck you doin' here in the middle of a storm, boy?
Lookin' for shelter...
Bullshit. Well if you keep to yerself and don't try nothin', you can stay in here.
No promises.
The thickset biker got in the rusty muscle car, passing time with Beans by sharing stories and eating canned food with Beans.
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Beef snapped awake, looking at his hands to see they are lightly shaking. The first sign of his Withdrawal . Ever since the cities he'd been a cannibal, addicted to the meat, a key factor being nothing else to really eat in the slums. But since his time living in the Outlands he's been slowly booting it. He still had some 'cured' meat for rationing during the months when it got bad. Sadly, he lost it during the storm and had no substitute.
Beef wasn't stupid enough to attack anyone in the Inn, so he tried taking his mind off of it by walking around the Inn. After some time he felt a bit light headed. He began calling for his brother, someone he knew that could help.[/i]
"Beans? Beans you around here?"
He soon stumbled downstairs seeing two men by the radio, not focused enough to try and identify them. He called again,"Beans?!"
Beef looked quite uneasy trying to hold himself together.
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A woman in a brown jacket looks down at the inn, her hair swaying violently in amongst the wind. The endless stream of water beats down along her person, but she remains like a solid pole in the midst of it all. She stares forward, forward at the Inn, observing. As she watches, her facial expression changes to reflect her mood, but an evident theme of a greater choice shows. She takes a deep breath, and reaches into her now soaking jacket, withdrawing a radio.
"Mark, Im headed in."
The woman slides the radio back into it's place of safety against the onslaught of the storm before proceeding to adjust the bow nested along her back. She takes a deep breath, pushing her way through the storm towards the Inn's front door. As she reaches it, she ponders for a few more brief moments before nodding to herself, pushing through the doors.
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Violet Collins
Violet wakes again, this time to the sound of rain heavily beating against the window. She opens her eyes again, surprised to find it darker then it was before. Violet quickly examines the room, darker now, door still open a crack, rucksack in the same position it was before. She slowly sits up, stretching and looking out the window.
Violet stares at the insane weather outside for several minutes before turning to plant her feet on the cold wood floor. She pushes herself off the bed and lazily opens the door, walking out with nothing but her dirty socks. Violet proceeds down the steps and into the lobby. She's wearing her tan cargos, a dirt stained white t-shirt, and some discolored socks. Her hair is a mess from sleeping and she looks like she just woke up. Violet proceeds to the two men standing by the radio. She hesitates, seeing the headcrab, but soon realizes who (or what in this case) it is by the bandage and non hostile activity of it.
"Eh. Wh- Morning guys." She smiles at the familiar face (or figure and wrapped face) of Simon. "Haven't seen you in ages Simon. Eli. What's going on? Storm's getting worse?"
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Borislav pushed the door open with rough abandon, shutting just as well. His clothes were soaked through and he is shaking. His face shows an obvious look of frustration.
"Tova eh /posleden/ poot, kogato napusnat khana", he curses. (Rough translation from Bulgarian: "That is the /last/ time I leave the inn".)
He climbs the stairs, his sodden shoes squelching with every step. He takes a left and attempts to push open the door to a room, only to find it locked. He tries the other door down the hall, only to find it locked, too. Fuming internally, he walks over to the third room on the other side of the inn. Finally, unoccupied. It has no windows, but it will have to do, those Americans always take the best. How frustrating, to be only a few hundred miles from what was once his homeland, and no one within the immediate area that speaks a word of its language.
Taking off his coat, he tosses it on a chair in the corner. He slowly seats himself on the bed, staring at the wall. He watched as a spider spun its web in the corner. Endless hours of entertainment. However, her remembered that he had passed more than a few people on his way up here. Might as well take the time to learn their language.
Borislav quietly mutters to himself, "Chudya seh, ako Americantsitye imat dobro chuvstvo da zapalite ogun". ("I wonder if the Americans had the good sense to start a fire".)
OOC:
Edited, as original post contradicted a lot of former posts.
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34370 lightly stretches idly as Violet approaches, he swivles around, and gives a light rattling noise, from the tone, it sounds almost like a cautious hello. He then shrinks close to the radio, just so incase someone tries to beat him to death, he'll have witnesses. He looks up at Eli for a moment, blinking his six eyes at different times, almost in a cute, curious way, before turning back down towards the table. Feeling his stomach rumbling, which is lightly audible, and seen slightly from the way the parts of his back that suck in and out rumble slighty. The headcrab lowers his face a little on the table, sniffing it idly for morsles's of food.
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As Ori goes through Belles town, he finds the Belles inn. It looks kind of deserted from outside, but he can hear the voice of people inside, and decides to go in.
Better grab my MP7, in-case something bad will pop-up...
Ori then reaches for his backpack, pulling out his MP7 and holding it. It has no ammo, but Ori hopes nobody will know that.
Ori yells: "Hello!? Can anybody hear me!?" Hoping to get an answer.
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Hanson quietly leans against the wall of the Inn, watching everything that transpires with great thought and care. She eyes each individual as they shuffle around, not speaking a single word. Two faces seem vaguely familiar, with that of Violet and Eli, but she says nothing, her soaking wet hair still concealing her face. Everyone else around her is new, or so old that she can't remember. As the man enters, however, she cringes slightly.
"Hey pal, there's no need to yell. I can still hear."
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As Ori hears Hanson, he turns to her, looking up to face her.
"Oh, hello there. Was yelling just to see if anyone would hear me, that's all. Didn't knew there was someone in here.
Ori then notices Hanson's bow slinged on her back, staring at it.
Hmm... I see you got your own weaponery, seems like a very good one.
Going to school, won't be able to respond for about 6-7 hours.
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Borislav removes his worn shoes and socks, setting them on the floor to dry. His feet padding on the wood floor boards, he plods over to the main lobby. Ignoring the side conversation between two newcomers, he approaches the fireplace only to discover it unlit.
"Tachno kakvo se ochakvo," he mutters. ("Exactly what was I expecting?")
Slightly disappointed, Borislav takes a seat on the sofa, tucking his feet in close to his body. He focuses his attention on the storm outside, taking little attention to the others in the Inn.
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Looks like it, Violet... Beans seems to be stuck out there too. He's been gone for a while already. If i can't get radio contact with him in a couple of hours i'll have to go find him myself.
Eli looks down, noticing that 34370 seems to be looking for some sort of food in the room as it crawls about
*sigh* Maybe we should just worry about getting everyone fed right now. I'll check if we've got anything we can toss at the fire or something.
Eli walks down towards the kitchen, signaling for the headcrab to follow him, almost as if he was some sort of pet as he checks the food supplies that they have. Leaving a small piece of preserved food for the headcrab as he tries to figure out what would work the best for the big group that has asembled already inside the Inn.
On the upper floors of the Inn, Joanna and Will come out of the Music room, locking it behind them as Jo looks at Will
Remember... Not one word about Darius. I want to make sure no one here is crazed about tech before i let them see him.
Will quietly nodded. Walking downstairs, seemingly towards one of the unnocupied old worker rooms, finally going to get some rest.
Joanna slowly walks around the second floor for a moment, noticing an open door on the corridor
Thought me and Violet were the only ones staying up here...
She walks down the stairs, greeting the few people she knows and keeping her newfound PDA hidden from everyone. She slowly walks up to the fireplace, looking down at it in a bit of dissapointment. She kneels down in front of it, seemingly taking out an old box of matches that is thankfully dry and trying to set up a fire on it. It takes her a while, but after 10 or so minutes of fruitless attempts, there is now a working fire in the Inn's lobby. Heating up the building for everyone.
While everyone in the Inn organizes to keep warm and fed during the storm, Beans' car remains stuck in the mud, unable to contact anyone by radio or move without Beans or his new companion leaving the vehicle to push it.
Suddenly, a strange, metallic noise comes from the back of the vehicle. It sounds as if "Something" was crawling on top of the vehicle and exploring it's upper side.
An Antlion, lost and confused on the storm, seems to have found Beans' vehicle, but without being able to identify "What" it is, it crawls over it and inspects it. The antlion seems to be alone, and is unaware of either of the men's presence inside the vehicle. For now.
As this goes on, the loud noise of a window cracking is heard in Beles. Though it's unsure wether this is caused by nature or some other reason. For anyone to investigate, they'd have to leave the Inn and check the other houses around the town of Beles.
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Currently, the Inn is a safe ground. While it's not "safe" by most standarts, all characters are protected in it. The muddy roads where Beans and Scruffy are are not impossible to reach, but trekking it is considerably dangerous with the storm. The town in itself, unlike the Inn, is not safe. I put this here as a warning because i'll be putting up some "dangers" and active RP stuff for you guys. Hopefully nothing TOO challenging, but i do urge you nonetheless to think twice before trying to do a "hero" move.
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As the scratching on the roof of his car begins, Beans quickly throws up his index finger to his lips, signalling for Scruffy the biker to be quiet, they begin whispering.
The fuck is that?...
Sounds like somethin' scratchin' the roof...
I get that yeh dumb fuckin' hick, but what's doing it?
Well lots of critters about here... maybe a head crab... or a dog... an antlion...
What do we do?...
Beans reached to the back seat, grabbing his shotgun and jamming a few shells in the lower tube. He reached back, grabbing his bayonet sheath and yanking the bayonet out. He led it onto the barrel of his Mossberg, kicking his door open and hopping out, taking aim at the ant lion.
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The creature hisses as Beans exits the vehicle, all too wary already of the kind of weapons the humans employ, it uses it's bug-like legs to crawl onto the other side of the vehicle, covering itself on the Jalopy's side. Even if Beans wanted to fire through the vehicle he runs the risk of hitting Scruffy. The antlion seems to maintain some caution, waiting for Beans to strike (and hopefully fail) first before doing anything directly.
At the Inn, Joanna sits on the second couch after turning the fire on, looking at the man with eastern-european factions
Haven't seen you around here before... What's your name?
Her chatter is cut short as she hears a cracking noise outside, though for now she dismisses it, trying to keep things calm inside the Inn.
Eli in the meantime comes back into the lobby with some old but well preserved cans of soup that had been saved in the Inn for a metaphorical rainy day, though now they'd be used to get through a literall one.
Allright people. I know this ain't the best eating, but It'll keep you warm while this shit passes.
He seems to for the moment take a leadership role as he tries to set up the food for people. Taking a step back from his usual "Break a couple hundred bones" role from the day to day Outlands life.
Simon, think you can stay here a while longer? I know Violet here already knows how to treat people but i want to make sure we're covered whatever happens.
He asks his friend to stay as a way of both keeping him safe as well as taking care of whatever "accidents" that may ocurr during this day.
... Plus i could use some help cooking these things. Last thing i ever cooked was bloody instant noodles.
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Beans nods at Scruffy, kicking his door shut.
Come here you slimy little cunt!
Beans moved closer to the front of his muscle car, pulling himself onto the hood, slipping a bit as he trudges onto the roof of the car, getting a view of the antlion. He puts the antlion in his ironsights, despite the antlions attempts to try to dodge his aim. He slowly eases his finger against the trigger. The shot would boom over the storm, and anyone with a good pair of ears would probably hear it, whether or not Beans hit or even clipped the antlion, he doesn't know.
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As Ori moves to the living room, where the fireplace and everyone else is in, he opens his eyes wide, noticing there are a lot of people. However, when he proceeds to sit down, he hears a shooting sound, thinking it is a shotgun's one.
"Umm... Did anyone else heard that shot? I think I heard one, shotgun sound, that is..."
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Hanson nods silently at first, agreeing with his statement.
Well, it definetely was not lightning at the least. It sounds like someone's in trouble, though.
She pushes off the wall, looking around the room. There's seemingly a lack of people there, at least in regards to how many people she remembers taking refugee in the pass itself.
Say, where is everyone else? Surely this can't be it. Is everyone relaly caught up out there?
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Ori looks around the room, searching for someone missing, but finds none, as he is not familiar with everynoe.
No clue, never saw anyo-
He notices the Headcrab on the table, quickly taking aim at him.
Watch out! We got a headcrab!
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Harkness is awoken by Ori's yellings about a headcrab and hurries through to the source of the commotion, poking his round the corner to see the creature, he then announces to anyone in the room...
You know, if you're giving directions, saying "up the hill" isn't exactly helpful, do you know how many hills there are in this valley?
He fixes his bowtie then stares back at the creature.
Wha... What is it doing? Why isn't it attacking?
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Joanna looks over her shoulder as they mention a headcrab. noticing right away "which" headcrab they're talking about. She stands up quickly.
Wait, don't shoot him! It's just Humper, he's harmless.
She calmly approaches the headcrab, knowing he won't do anything to her at the very least to proove he's harmless
If it was dangerous it would have jumped one of you already anyhow. See?
Meanwhile, on the outer rim of Beles, The Antlion is hit by Beans' shotgun blast, sending pieces of the confused and hurt creature over the chasis. However, as the creature dies out, you can hear what sounds like another couple of Antlions. It seems the gunfire has attracted them.
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As Joanna explains that the headcrab is friendly, he raises his MP7 to the roof, pulling the trigger.
An audible click sound is heard, indicating the weapon is empty from ammunition.
Heh. Even if I wanted to shoot it, I wouldn't be able to. Reminds me, does any of you got some spare ammo to give me?
Ori then hears the sounds of the Antlions. He walks towards the window, searching if something is happening, but he sees nothing, but the empty Beles town.
Anybody of you know what was that sound?
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Looks with a mild disdain at Ori's weapon.
You lot and your guns, all the same. No, it was probably some poor fell'a out in the rain.
Edwin swaggers past the headcrab on the counter, eyeing it's dark body with bemusement before moving to face the fireplace.
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As Joanna speaks to him, Borislav's face twists in confusion as he attempts to translate what she said given the few words he does know of English. However, before he can respond, Joanna is grabbed away by the event with the headcrab. Sighing with relief that he won't be dragged into a conversation in English, Borislav returns his gaze back to the fireplace just as the gunshot reaches the Inn. Turning his head back towards the window, he cocks his head at the strange noises outside.
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Violet Collins
Rewind a bit, didn't expect this much progress lol...
Violet follows Eli to the kitchen. Her socked feet lightly thumping the floor with every step.
"Beans out there? Where the hell did he think he was going? We're supposed to get people to come here and stay here to be safe, not leave and get into shit. Fucking beans." Violet seems to be in a bit of frustration over Beans' stupidity. "Whatever, you aint going alone. If Beans in in trouble, you're going to need help. I got the strength and the medical skills if shit gets stinky out there kay? Let me know if and when you're leaving. You are not going alone."
Violet leaves the kitchen, thimping the floor some more. She quickly ascends the stairs and enters the room she was staying in. Violet sits back down on the bed and quickly puts on her boots, tying them up snugly. She takes the little red cross off the door and stuffs it into her rucksack. Violet grabs her coat and ruck and begins to leave. Before she exits, she turns on a heel, reaching under the pillow. Almost forgetting her knife, she stows it in the ruck and leaves the room, available for the next visitor.
Violet heads down the steps and into the populated living room by the fire. She sets her stuff down and warms up a little.
Current time...
Violet looks up from the fire from the gunshot. She quietly mutters "shit" to herself. She looks around the room, locating Eli. She cautiously watches the headcrab situation unfold. As the noises from the antlions rushing outside fills the inn, she gets up and throws her hood over her head, heading to her ambulance utility truck parked outside the inn. Violet cowers in the cold rain and unlocks the door, pulling it open. She lifts one of the seat cushions drawing her unloaded MP5 with its stock retracted. Violet checks to ensure the safety is on and the weapon is not loaded. She grabs the magazine sitting beside the weapon and slides it into the magwell till it clicks. She clips the 1 point C clip onto a metal ring at the upper right portion of her ruck. It dangles doftly and out of the way. Violet returns the cushion back to its position and slams the door, locking the truck. She then returns to the inn, letting her hood down. Violet heads over to stand beside Eli. He presents her with one of the soup cans. She thankfully takes it and begins indulging on some good hot soup...
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Beans climbs back into his old muscle car, watching the foggy horizon for any new critters to come his way, he keeps his hand on the window's lever, ready to lower it down if he needs to lean out and fire. He grabs his radio, sighing as he attempts once more to call for help, he's pretty sure his other attempts went unheard- and they did.
Anyone hear me? I need help gettin' my car unstuck, and there's critters comin' to get me an' my boy here, we're on the path in the woods leadin' down to the cottage.
Due to the storm, the message would go unheard, or if anyone WERE to hear it, the message would be fragmented. All he could hope is that the storm would end, or that someone could place together that Beans needs help in the woods beyond Belles.
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Rewind to Ori aiming at 34370
As 34370 eats his morsal of food that was given to him by Eli, he was suddenly startled by the sudden yelling, he looks up, his fangs stained with the food he's been eating. His beady eyes fixate on a shadowy figure, aiming something metallic in his direction. He squeals loudly with a mixture of fear and warning. He bends down slightly, ready to leap forward as he aims, hoping the first shot will miss. He looks towards the man who asks why he isn't attacking for a moment, before another voice, feminine sounding this time, yells something out, he then sees another shadow move closer in a calming manner. 34370 backs up slightly, he growls lightly, before her scent reaches his nostrils, he calms down almost instantly as she seems to explain to the others of his friendly manners. He lightly coo's in response as she finishes her sentence, before calming down as everyone else does. He lightly jumps as Ori pulls the trigger of his MP7, only to hear a click, still, he remains tense and low on his four legs, eyeing Ori with an icy suspesion before edging a bit behind Jo'. He swiveles around in a circle, before tucking his legs underneath him, becoming rather drowsy from the warmth of the fire from over yonder. His beady eyes remain half-open however, his eyes lightly following the people that walk in front of him.
Alright, now 34370 should be present with the story, lol
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Hanson looks down to her handheld radio, hearing a grand old mess of what seems to be someone trying to send out a message. Due to the storm, it's almost impossible to make out, only the fact that it's definetely a human speaking into the radio is evident.
Guys, someone's trying to get a message through. The storm's causing to much interferance to make it out, but I think someone's in trouble out there and needs help.
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Beans repeats the message multiple times before giving up, hoping a for a response. He looks to Scruffy, and his awkwardly shaped bag.
What is that?
What, in my backpack?
No in yer fuckin' mother's ass. Yes in your backpack.
Hilarious. I got a tattooin' kit and some crystal.
Tattoos and crystal meth. Average biker.
And proud of it.
One thing led to another, and eventually Beans coaxed Scruffy into giving him a free tattoo. It was a simple cross with the names of Beans best deceased friends, a list of sorts, probably never to be finished.
Below the cross, the lists spanned downwards a few inches, 'Trunner, Janey, Paul, Foxtrot, Kingstone, Dallas.'
As more people would die, Beans planned on extending the list, but for now, it seemed rather complete, his new tattoo was on his left side, underneath his arm and moving down along his ribcage. He had to leave his shirt off, shivering in the cold as his tattoo set in.
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Beef sits against the wall near Eli. He doesn't look well. He begins to scramble for his handheld radio, finding it he talks into it,
"Beans! Beans I need my rations, where are you?"
He listens to only hear static. cursing, Beef tossing his handheld to his side and slumps against the wall. He has some minor amounts of sweat on him.
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Eli tries to calm Beef down as he stays close to him, looking at him with a rather concerned face
Whoa, calm down there Beef... What do you mean "Rations"? What the hell are you talking about?
Eli fears the worst, knowing of Beef's tendencies already...
Though quite a while passes before any signs of Antlions ocurrs, Beans and Scruffy would be able to hear a thumping in the ground as a group of Antlions approached their vehicle. The Antlions approach it carefully, catching the smell coming from the scattered remains of their fellow Antlion on the side of the car. A couple of them seem to believe the car to be at fault, as they do not fathom the idea of this object holding anyone inside it. They scratch and bite at the back of the Jalopy, moving it side to side. With a little luck, some torque from the vehicle would get it unstuck... But it runs the risk of bringing the horde of Antlions to the town.
The noises of windows cracking and wood breaking are still heard throughout Beles, it's clear it's not the wind. Some people might even be able to say that they hear a strange noise that resembles a person mumbling, perhaps even whining. The sounds seem to come from the old house that used to be the trader's outpost.
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Elions. Antlions dont have eyes. They navigate via scent, sound, and vibrations.
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Beef stammers as he tries to concentrate and talk to Eli
"I-I need m-my 'cured' rations, I'm tr-trying to boot addiction.. I left them when th-the storm came.
Beef Holds his chest trying to keep his breathing normal while he has his panic attack.
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Beans pumps his shotgun, ejecting the used shell. He looks through the condensed windows, watching as the antlions shake his car, loosening him from the mud. He spins the keys in the ignition, revving the engine. His tires spray mud behind the car, and he slips through the mud, moving towards Belles.
Those things are followin' us.
So we lead them to water.
Beans' car roared down the road, instead of driving into Belles, he takes the detour to the flooded tunnels. Anyone in Belles would hear the muscle car roar by and the sound of an antlion herd stamping and flying by. Beans leads the herd towards the flooded tunnels, stopping short as he neared the water, hoping to send the flyers and less smart antlions into the water to drown.
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Violet Collins
Violet looks down at beef. She becomes very concerned about his condition. Cautiously, she kneels beside him, looking at him with caring eyes.
"Hey. Hey buddy. You alright? What do you need exactly?" She lightly touches his shoulder, watching him carefully.
She hears the Muscle Car engine in the distance. She looks up briefly but ignores it, returning her focus on Beef.
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Joanna walks next to Hanson after hearing him say something about the radio. She tries to check up on it for a moment, managing to hear part of a broken message from Beans through it just as Hanson said, she quickly sets up next to it, sighing and knowing what she "could" do to fix it
You're right... But i think i know how to clear up the signal. Just give me a moment.
She takes out the PDA that holds her AI, turning off the projector so that it's easier to hide "who" is really fixing the radio. Ruffling through her backpack for a moment she takes out an old adaptor cable, which easily connects the PDA to the radio. She types out a message into the PDA, expecting Darius to remain silent through all of this
[Can you clear this signal up?]
[I can try. But i can't promise anything, Joanna.]
The PDA creates a loud noise as Darius works on clearing up the signal. No signs of an actual "AI" showing to anyone even if they looked at the screen, Darius and Joanna being more than carefull to hide his presence from other people.
As Darius works on clearing up the signal, The roar of the Jalopy's engine passing by is heard throughout the Inn. Some of the Antlions getting lost in the echoes the Jalopy's engine does as it passes through. Leaving a few strays in the strees of Beles. The brunt of the Antlion horde however chases after the car. As it stops just barely avoiding falling down due to the mud. The antlions follow the echoes of the noise, which bounces off the rock walls of the Beles pass. Many of them flying off into what is their inevitable death by drowning, as Antlions cannot swim. Only two or so Antlions avoiding that fate as they focus on attacking Beans' car again. one of them scratching the front window with it's leg.
Eli's eyes widen as he sees the Antlions and the Jalopy pass by. Looking at the stragglers now searching the town for the source of their anger.
Shit-! Allright. Anyone without a gun needs to get in the Inn's basement. Now! Those Antlions could break in any second!
Joanna reacts, knowing that her brother has no firearm on him, she quickly tosses her 9mm to him, seeing as she has to oversee whatever Darius does with the Radio.
"Catch!-"
He manages to catch is as it's thrown to him, checking the ammunition in it quickly. Only one clip, but it should be enough for now
"I'm sorry Beef. But you're gonna have to find something to calm your impulses untill we can get those things cleared out. Anyone with a gun needs to stay here and help defend.
He tries to raise his voice, making sure everyone in the Inn hears him and his instructions clearly.
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Thanks for the heads up statua. I modified the last post and fixed up this one to reflect their lack of sight :P
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As 34370 begins to notice the condition 'Beef' is in, he growls lightly uneasily, bending down only slightly. Just incase the crazy man deciedes he wants to eat him, when the sound of a muscle car causes him to squeal loudly in fright, bouncing off the table and scurrying under a nearby chair by the campfire. The little headcrab shivers in fright, still keeping its six beady eyes on Beef uneasily. As he hears the commotion outside, he begins to shake more, when he hears Eli's voice. Not being able to make much sense of it, he quickly scurries over towards the radio where Joanna is, lightly squeaking in a frightened manner.
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Beans quickly jumps from his car after yanking on the door handle . He takes aim at one of the ant lions, quickly pulling the trigger. Meanwhile, Scruffy is charging on the second, swinging his baton wildly at what he thinks to be its head.
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Jennifer jerks her head towards the window as Beans' races by with the group of antlions following his tail. Not knowing if any are still around, or more to come, she releases the grip on her handheld radio, flinging her hands around her back to quickly unslign her bow. She swiflty pulls out a single arrow, resting it in the string. While holding the arrow in place, she loosens the strap along her leg, which nestles her axe snuggly. She unlocks the holster for her 9mm pistol, and pats her knife to ensure it's location is indeed where she thinks it is.
Where do you need me.
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As Ori hears Joanna, he quickly asks.
I have a gun, but don't have any ammo, should I stay here with everyone?
He then puts back his MP7 into his pants, "holstering" it.
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Beef looks to Violet
"I need something for my head. It's killing me got any---."
As Beef turns mid-sentence when Eli tells people to get ready to defend, he quickly stumbles over to the Wilson's stock pile grabbing his hatchet and spare ammunition.
Looking over to Meaty he shakes him and says, "Get up Meatcake, we got bugs to kill!"
He looks at Meaty as he hands him Beef's hatchet.
Turning to Violet he finishes his sentence asking if she has anything similar to aspirin.
"Hopefully Beans gets back with my rations before this gets worse. Hate to go looking for corpses in this weather."
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Off in the distance an Old man sits around a fire outside the alliance bunker, using an improvised shelter he tries to stay warm in the rain.
Last fucking time I come out here with out the jeep..
Suddenly he hears gun fire and checks his radio and realizes its out of battery.
Quickly Matthew pulls off his backpack and pulls out a small pack of batteries and changes them out in the radio.
Hello? Whats going on? I hear gun fire!
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Violet Collins
Violet follows Beef around. She swings her pack around, opening the main pouch and drawing one of her multiple first aid kits. "I might have something here. Lemme check." She sifts through the various pill bottles in this kit. She looks at a bottle of ibuprophen. She sets it back in the bag and continues searching. "I thought I-" Violet draws a blue bottle with a prescription sticker on the side. Black marker covers most of the words. The black marker reads 'Panadol XT'. "This should do the trick." She opens the bottle, sifting one pill into the cap, holding it toward beef. "Here. Take this, quick."
Panadol is the same thing as tylenol. It's an analgesic which is similar to Aspirn. The Panadol Extra (the one she gave beef) does however have 65mg of caffeine. That's the same amount of caffeine found in an 8oz cup of coffee.
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OOC:
Sorry for the very late reply. But it has been a rather eventfull day for me.
Eli quickly takes the wheel of the situation. He tries to give instructions to people as he checks how many Antlions are left dwelving around town. From the windows of the lobby they can count at the least 5. All of them seem confused and enraged, the storm's loud thunders resonating on the Inn's walls, causing them to attack the walls and windows, breaking them
He looks at the people currently in the inn for a moment, trying to think of "orders" for anyone of them.
Allright... We'll need that Radio up. So Jo's got to stay here...
He looks at Beef and Ori, knowing they don't have any weapons with actual bullets on them
You two. Stay inside and help her any way you can. If the Antlions get in you'll at least be able to avoid getting swarmed in here. Jo, get that radio operating. FAST.
She nods at him, the process seems to be half-way done, and some of the messages coming through the radio are clearer, barely making the message "Heard gunfire!" come through. A strangely familiar voice, but too unclear to make any sense of it at the moment.
He then looks at Violet and Jennifer
Allright... We'll need to clear them out quickly... Use that bow to take them out from the windows on the second floor. Violet, you follow me out, we'll use the storm as distraction. The sound from the thunder and the rain should confuse them enough for us to take them out quickly. Just stay close and make as little noise as you can. Strike at the same time the thunder sounds if you can. I'll fire a flare out first to signal we're in distress then we're going out. Get ready.
His words seem dry, but he's simply trying to think as clearly as possible as the situation develops. He takes out his flaregun, loading one normal flare into it. He walks up to the window, opening it for a second and firing it out into the air, in case anyone is able to see it. Matthew and anyone out there who have a clear view of the sky should be able to notice it.
Eli walks outside, his flaregun back in it's holster as he now holds Joanna's 9mm again. he sticks close to the wall as he takes aim at one of the more isolated Antlions. Waiting for the Storm's thunder to fire 3 times. He misses the first bullet but the other two hit the Antlion on the head, killing it quickly. He signals Violet to follow him out and Jennifer to take aim at the Antlions from the second floor windows of the Inn.
Meanwhile, The Antlion Beans fires at dodges his first shot. Taking a quick jump back and hissing at the man, with the loud noise of the shotgun he is able to get a position on the man, the giant bug leaps towards him, hoping to attain a hit on him. The other Antlion however, has to deal with the head on attack from Scruffy. It dodges to the side as it hears the large biker's steps, biting down on his forearm as his arm stretches out during the swing. The Antlion tries to latch onto Scruffy, it's legs hitting the muscular biker hard, though weakened by the chase from before.
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Beef nods quickly taking the pill. Reaching into his his bag he finds some spare clips with bullets in them,smiling,
He calls to Eli
"I got a few magazines, If I run out I'll get Ori to the basement."
Beef turns to meaty pointing to the door to the basement
"Meaty, I need you to go in there and stay safe with this alright?"
Beef uses a serious tone to get his message to Meaty. Meaty moves over to the basement door and gets inside. Upholstering his radio, he checks his radio to see if it now works, well to his view it did as the static wasn't so strong. Beef just wasn't sure if people could hear him.
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Ori nods to Eli's orders, getting close to Joanna, protecting her.
As he hears Beef's ammo annoucment, he looks over to him, smiles with happiness.
Finally, haven't shot a bullet out of this gun for ages.
He then leans a bit to Joanna's, observing what she is doing with her weird PDA.
Will try to waste the ammo before we are done with the downtime
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Beef nods quickly taking the pill. Reaching into his his bag he finds some spare clips with bullets in them,smiling,
He calls to Eli
"I got clips, If I run out I'll get Ori to the basement."
magazines* I get extreme OCD about that pls to fix it
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Beans quickly moves back, moving about knee deep into the water and racking the handle of the shotgun back, the plastic and brass used shotgun shell ejects from the weapon, along with a small amount of smoke from the shot. He quickly forces the forestock of the shotgun forward again, taking aim at the same ant lion and firing. towards the center mass of it's body. Meanwhile, the ant lion attacking Scruffy has latched itself onto his arm, and he begins swinging his nightstick wildly at it's head, trying to also kick it's underside as it's latched onto his arm.
Beans doesn't bother to look back to the ant lion he fired the second shot at, instead, his view is attracted to the flare listlessly sailing through the air.
Scruffy! Gotta get to the Inn an' help dammit!"
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Violet Collins
She watches Beef take the pill, then closes the bottle with the cap and drops it back in the appropriate med kit. She zips up her ruck and heaves it back over her shoulder. "Good luck then."
Violet watches Eli again, listening to what he's saying. "Copy that sir!" she shouts in a serious, somewhat fearful tone after receiving her orders. Violet grabs the quick release on her ruck and frees the MP5, swinging it to her front by holding the hand guard. She unlocks the stock, sliding it out and into her shoulder. Violet switches the weapon to semi-auto and pulls the charging handle, letting it snap back into place and loading a round into the chamber.
Violet waits for Eli to signal her, then proceeds to cautiously follow him out the door, taking aim at the closest antlion.
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34370 looks around amounst all the chaos as everyone gets ready, the headcrab hops down from the counter, scurrying quickly over towards the wooden table that sits in between two couches, and hops up onto it to avoid getting trampled. He watches from the safety of the table at the Antlions outside.
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A shadowy figure burst threw the doors near the fire in the Inn, He is covered in mud and stains of blood, While noticing the men and women in side he lets out a short sentence.
"What's going on?"
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Jennifer nods to Eli as he gives the order, rushing up the stairs to the second floor as soon as she's given the command. She pulls the string out, scanning through the windows and other openings for any sign of an antlion. She smirks, finding a suitable target with one of it's legs stuck through an upper window. She pulls the string back, holding her breath. As the shadowy figure bursts through the door on the floor below, she releases the string, an arrow shooting towards the body of the antlion. A loud shriek emits from the creature, and its struggling ends. She quickly, and almost frantically, slides another arrow along the string, pulling back with great force. She releases the arrow, it soaring right by the man's body. It finds its mark, landing straight into the head of an antlion right behind the male.
Antlions are swarming the town. If you got a weapon, or even if you don't, get your ass to the basement and help defend there. Oh, and there's a storm outside.
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As people begin scurry around, it didn't take an advanced knowledge of the english language for Borislav to figure out that shit was hitting the fan. As the sound of antlions grew nearer, he instinctively ran to the basement, following everyone. Once there, he found a corner and hunkered down in it, hoping that the Americans could fight them off.
Late post, but I had to see where this would go before I posted again.[/spoiler
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Not far away, on one of the cliffs, a small primitive cover of leafs and sticks would be visible to those who looked fairly good enough. A single person would step out, notified by the gunshots. It appears to be a female, around in her twenties as she looks down her Kevlar to find her radio. As soon as she found it, she would flick it on, hoping to hear a few words coming from people around the valley, remaining silent herself.
As she waits for anyone to start speaking, she heads back inside to start equip her items. Annoyed by the weather, she would notice some of her gear being damaged due to the rain and mud, yet fairly most of it would be functional. Her own Kevlar and cloths would be fairly soaked through entirely, making it even colder for her.
Inside her smaller cover, she did start to get warm by jumping a few times on the spot, before starting to sprint on the same spot, limited by the rations she has with herself. As soon as she is finishes, she reaches down on her smaller bedroll, uncovering the weapons of which she have.
She wraps the Sniper pulse rifle out, slinging it onto her back making a notice of, how dry the cover could keep it. As she looks back down, she would notice not all her equipment being as lucky. Her submachine gun were merely entirely soaked through, dripping with water, making it unable to fire. Neither the less, she slings it across her chest, before glaring down on the pistol of hers, seeing it would be slightly wet, but still able to fire a few shots possible. She holsters it back onto her belt, turning around to face the 'door' of her cover, looking towards the town.
At the distance, she wouldn't be able to see fairly much, making her unslung her rifle yet again, keeping the safety on, as she raises it to look through the aim, towards the city.
"Let's see what I can see from up here through this horrible weather..."
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As the second antlion burst through the door, Beef heads over to a table and kicks up to make some cover. Saying a quick prayer he pops up and shouts to the shadowy figure,
Get to the basement! Now!
Beef attaches his silencer, for now, he doesn't want to make any noise.
Soon an antlion notices the door to the inn and bursts in. Beef fires in two quick bursts, 2 shots miss while 3 other manage to hit the creature in the chest. The creature emits a loud shriek as it falls limp in the entrance-way.
Take that you bug eye'd mother fucker!
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Startled by the sudden commotion, Edwin decides to flee to the basement; he leaps to the cover of the counter, tripping to the ground, he stumbles upwards and takes a sharp right, heading down the corridor. Harkness then takes another right towards the door to the basement, he pulls on the handle sharply, slips inside and slams the door shut. Edwin descends down into the dim cellar, looking around with alarm but relaxes upon seeing fellow refugees are with him.
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Ori proceeds to the basement, only jogging. He sees the antlion that Beef killed, and passes by it. He looks at the window, seeing the pulse rifle lazer beam.
He then shouts "Shit! We got OTA!"
Ori points to the beam, alerting everyone, before running to the basement.
Assuming Challenge's pulse rifle /does/ make a beam, like the OTA snipers.
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GUYS, STOP MAKING SHIT UP, IT'S PLAY TO LOSE AND I DOUBT OTA ARE HERE.
When you RP killing an antlion, I'd suggest waiting for Elions response.
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GUYS, STOP MAKING SHIT UP, IT'S PLAY TO LOSE AND I DOUBT OTA ARE HERE.
When you RP killing an antlion, I'd suggest waiting for Elions response.
OTA isn't really here, but Challenge's character has a pulse rifle, which is making the laser beam of the rifle. That is why Ori said there was OTA, as he didn't really know that it was a human, not a combine.
Edit: After RTLK's post, shit. Fixing it...
Edit 2: Took another look at Challenge's post, and it says: "She wraps the Sniper pulse rifle out..." Means it /is/ a pulse SNIPER.
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Ori proceeds to the basement, only jogging. He sees the antlion that Beef killed, and passes by it. He looks at the window, seeing the pulse rifle lazer beam.
He then shouts "Shit! We got OTA!"
Ori points to the beam, alerting everyone, before running to the basement.
Assuming Challenge's pulse rifle /does/ make a beam, like the OTA snipers.
Only the sniper does. Not the base OSPIR
Sent from my Thundertalk using TapaBolt 2
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GUYS, STOP MAKING SHIT UP, IT'S PLAY TO LOSE AND I DOUBT OTA ARE HERE.
When you RP killing an antlion, I'd suggest waiting for Elions response.
OTA isn't really here, but Challenge's character has a pulse rifle, which is making the laser beam of the rifle. That is why Ori said there was OTA, as he didn't really know that it was a human, not a combine.
My mistake.
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OOC:
Currently dealing with some stuff and checking up on certain servers. But i will update the situation of all the Antlions as well as the storm once i get back. Stay tuned people.
Post Auto-Merged: November 02, 2012, 11:29:18 PM
The antlion that was latching onto Scruffy's arm tries hard to keep his arm in his fang's grip, but the continuous attack with the blunt nightstick eventually destroys it's exo-skeleton, killing it. As it goes limp it simply slides off to the side. sliding down the cliff as the mud flows down.
Their way now clear. They must react quickly if they want to get to the Inn before anything worse happens.
At the Inn, two more antlions enter, seemingly looking for people to attack. Though Beef has already started people into getting holed up in the Basement, where Joanna has taken the Radio and her PDA, she frantically types more commands into it as they set it up on an old table in the basement.
[Darius, We need that bloody radio working NOW.]
[Just a bit longer...]
The radio finally clears out for good, now everyone being able to communicate easier between one another. Meanwhile outside the Inn, Eli is taking advantage of the storm's loud thunders to confuse the Antlions, keeping his movements quiet and hidden by the thunder as he takes out another 2 Antlions. More seem to come by the second as he keeps moving through the town, trying to clear out any resistance he finds. He looks behind him to check on Violet, unsure of wether she has found resistance yet or not
Violet you beter watch out- This many Antlions it's only a matter of time before a guard shows up.
The idea seems implausible considering how small Beles town is. But with the storm raging like this, it's only a matter of time before the antlions believe the only safe haven from the water is Beles. With more Antlions coming in (but with the few already dead) there are now 6 Antlions left wandering the town attacking at random, 2 inside the inn still looking for stragglers that did not go into the basement, and no certainty of wether more will come, or if a guard will show up.
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Violet Collins
"A guard?" she shouted over the rain and carnage, "What the fuck is a-SHIT!" She fires 5 rounds at an antlion who heard her shouting and began charging at her. The first 2 rounds miss, however the last three hit, shredding the bugs exoskeleton and disabling it. There was no thunder at the time she fired the MP5N which could attract a hoard. Violet looks on for her next target.
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Sorry I'm albit late, this is just a little after Beef tells people to get into le' basement, but just before Eli mentions the Guard.
34370 stays glued on top of the small antique table as the crowd of residents within the Inn begin to be herded to the basement. He hops down from the small coffee table right behind the last clump of the crowd, keeping close to the heels of peoples shoes to avoid being shut-out. 34370 quickly zips inside the basement, he 'cuts' in front of a few people, before loosing traction and falling off the edge of the staircase. He lands on his back, making a soft pained squeak as he remains motionless for a moment, pressumbly sore. After a moment, the front end of the small headcrab shakes from side to side, as if clearing its vision, its make an annoyed growl as its legs claw at the air as the headcrab tries to right itself, providing some comic relief for the denizens of the basement.
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OOC:
I think it's safe to say it's a good time to break this song out. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFdB1lTIRA
As Violet's bullets attract more Antlions, Eli drops the subtlety, standing close to Violet but looking the opposite way to cover her back as a pair of Antlions scurry towards them. He fires 3 times at one, same "Triangle" style of firing as before, missing the first shot but the second two hitting it straight in the front, effectively killing the Antlion. The second one however flies over them, trying to pounce at Eli, He quickly unseathes his hidden blade and stabs at the creature as it attempts to land, hitting it in the under-part of it's stomach, ripping at the most under-armored part of it's "design", needless to say the process was not entirely hygienic, but it killed the Antlion off quickly. Two other Antlions attack at Violet, scurrying towards her and keeping their attacks grounded as they go towards her. The rest of the antlions outside seem to move apart for a moment... Their wings stretching out as they seem to hiss and do a group callout to something.
The Antlions inside the Inn quickly find Beef, but with the closed enviroment that is the Inn, only one of them is in a position to attack him, quickly scurrying at him and attempting to tackle him.
The hell are they doing?...
Eli keeps his gun trained at an Antlion on the roof of one of the houses in the town. Looking at them perplexed as the Antlions seem to keep their distance for the moment... After a couple of seconds of their little callout, a loud roar can be heard in the distance, from which people can only guess is a massive creature. With them backing away from the town, Eli quickly realises what they did. They called the Guard into the town.
Joanna quickly sends a message through the Radio as it finally clears out
Radio's cleared for the most part but we've got Antlions already inside the Inn-!
As she says that, the people and creatures inside the Inn's basement can hear the Antlions scurrying on the first floor, the wooden floor not making much to silence their steps as the battle upstairs rages on.
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Jennifer slides another arrow casually into her string after she drops to the lower floor of the Inn. She looks around slowly, proceeding slightly forward towards the entrance of the Inn. As she does so, she slowly pulls back the string of her bow. As she scans about, she reaches down beside her, yanking an arrow with some form of carefulness to it out of the corpse of a downed antlion. She slides it away in her quiver, looking upwards into the surrounding storm. She scans specifically for any sign of danger, something that could really be a potential harm to the people hiding below. Then, something strikes her attention. A huge figure barrels across the hill, pushing through the winds, rain, and foliage.
Oh shit, shit, SHIT! It's guard! We got an antlion guard comin' straight for town!
If you've got some other grand entrance for the antlion guard, I can edit my story so it doesn't include it, or post it afterwards.
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OOC:
You got the basic idea of what i wanted to do right, no worries :P I'll wait for Violet and Beef to react to their respective attacks before i put what the guard does.
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As she says that, the people and creatures 34370 inside the Inn's basement can hear the Antlions scurrying on the first floor, the wooden floor not making much to silence their steps as the battle upstairs rages on.
Sorry, I had to do it Eli :3
After a few moments of angerily clawing at the air for flipping him over, 34370 manages to right himself, shaking himself of his upside down dizziness. He looks up as the sounds of the Antlions above catches his attention. After a moment, the tiny headcrab seems to realize just how many may be up there, 34370 lets out a frightened whimper as he shivers lightly in fright.
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Scruffy's arm shook uncontrollably as a result of some minor nerve damage from the deep bite. Thick streams of blood raced down to his fingertips, dripping as he walked back to the car.
Beans quickly opened the passenger door of his car, leading Scruffy inside.
Stay put, we'll be back at the inn in no time.
Scruffy nodded, clutching his arm. He jogged around the car, tossing his shotgun in the back seat amongst the fuel, canned food and cigarettes. He spun the key in the ignition, the car roaring to life. He spun the steering wheel all the way around, slamming the gas pedal. In return, the car drifted to the left. He began speeding his way up the road towards the gas station.
As they approached the inn, an ant lion wandered into the road. Beans eased on the brakes, but to no avail. He slammed into the ant lion, thereby sending it screeching down the street with broken legs. Beans pulled to the side of the road, grabbing his shotgun from the back seat.
Beans and Scruffy jogged their way down the road, watching the onslaught of ant lions. When Beans got to the ant lion he had hit, it began hissing and screeching, trying to pull itself onto it's legs. raised his peg leg bringing it straight down upon the bottom and exposed side of it's head.
When more bursts of gunfire erupted from the direction of the Inn, Beans grabbed Scruffy's good arm yanking him along towards the inn and around the bend in the road, racing towards the from door with Scruffy. As they finally reached the doors, Beans shoved Scruffy inside with a shout, He's been bit!
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It is before Tray's last post above me.
After Ori shouted about the Pulse sniper rifle beam, he ran to the basement, after everyone else. He guarded Joanna, holding his MP7 closely. He stares at 34370, noticing he fell down, but managed to get up. He sees that it is shaking, probably from fear. Ori gets closer to 34370 slowly, crouches when he is close enough to give a hand to it.
He then says "Don't be afraid little fellow, here, hop on my shoulder."
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Violet Collins
Violet fires a 2 round burst at one of the antlions, shredding one of its limbs off. She fires another 3 rounds in the second one, digging a hole through its face. "The hell is going on? Why are these things attacking?" She hears the roar of the guard. 'Shit', she thinks to herself. Violet begins to stress out noticeably. She scans for another target, breathing heavily.
Brb comiccon. Wont post for ~another 12 hours
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Beef gets tackled down by the antlion and struggles to keep it off of him. Wrestling with the creature he screams to Beans when he bursts into the doorway,
Beans! Kill this fucking thing! Get it off!
The creature manages to lean in closer, Beef struggles to keep it from biting him.
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Delta
Hearing the sounds of the antlions at the Inn Delta wakes from his hide. He crawls out taking his crossbow as he moves. He moves to the edge of the cliff he is on where he looks down his scope. Looking over at the Inn he see's an Antlion Guard and a swarm of antlions attacking the Inn. He looks around where they are swarming. Delta notices Bean's car outside.He looks at the car through his scope then letting out a quite grunt of anger. He looks to the Inn and see's Bean's going in and slamming the door. Delta then grabs a bit of paper writing some notes down then goes back to his crossbow. Delta scouts the rest of the Inn seeing no one he recognizes. He hear's some AR2 fire but doesn't associate it with Violet. However as he moves to go back inside his hide he see's Violet. He looks at her then to the guard. He aims his scope toward the guard as he grabs a near molten bolt from his fire. Delta then controls his breathing, checks the wind, distance and other factors and he waits for a shot at it's head.
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The tiny Headcrab looks up slightly as Ori offers his shoulder, the headcrab seems uncertain, looking up and down at the figure suspiously. He then makes the painfully slow trip up his arm, making it seem like a giant tarauntuala is crawling up his arm, a rather creepy sight for everyone. The headcrab pulls itself forward up onto his shoulder, sitting upon it like a four-legged parrot from an alien world. The headcrab remains silent a moment, before throwing its front legs gleefully in the air, the back legs tightening slightly so he doesn't fall, he lets out a rather loud squeal of joy, obviously not being given a 'Shoulder-back ride' in awhile. After a moment, the headcrabs front legs ease back onto Ori's shoulder, his back legs loosening, from there his squeal of joy dies down to a little headcrab giggle.
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Thomas starts running to the inn hearing the gun fire and quickly draws his concealed 9mm and gets in the inn to spot the Antlion on beef and takes a quick aim at center mass and fires off four rounds attempting to kill the creature on beef.
The Old man starts running as fast as he can with his bolt action rifle in his hand pointed at the ground and starts charging up the hill to the cottage and pulls out his radio keeping one hand on the rifle.
Is there anyone out there!? I'm on my way to the inn, someone explain what I'm charging in too!
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After the headcrab got on Ori's shoulder, he pets it a little.
However, a sound comes from his handheld radio, it is fuzzy, but still a bit understoodable, due to Joanna's work. He pulls it out, and pushes a button on it.
"Yes there is! Get to the Inn As fast as you can, Antlions are attacking the town! Do not fight the guard, do /not/ fight it alone!"
The transmission may be too fuzzy to understand due to the storm, however.
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Fuck-! We've got to get inside! NOW!
Eli reaches at Violet, pulling her into the Inn with him, they rush towards the Inn's doors as the Antlion guard pushes over the fence that separates the hill from the town.
Inside, the Antlion who was attacking beef is killed quickly by Thomas, while the left one inside, overhearing the Antlion guard, backs away from the Inn, trying to avoid Beans and Scruffy as it notices their scent.
The Antlions seem to give room for the guard to attack as it finally lounges at the Inn, with Violet and Eli barely making it inside. The guard charges towards Eli, recognizing the figure from old scoutings that he had done before by their nest, however, it gets stuck when it tries to push through the Inn's door, only managing to drop Eli down onto the floor, where with it's massive legs it attempts to trap him. The Antlion guard writhes in pain from it's legs being stuck inside the inn, trying to pull out frantically as Eli rolls left and right as needed, trying to avoid the massive creature's legs, he manages to grab onto one, getting pulled back and forth by it's continuous movement. He manages to stab at the creature's head in the confusion, making it toss him aside in anger. The antlion guard continues to try and lounge at Eli and Violet, there's no place where to attack it right now without being in danger as they back away from it, Eli grabbing his arm in pain, seemingly broken.
Jesus fuck... That thing's going to tear the bloody wall apart unless we do something.
The other Antlions outside seem to gather close to the Antlion guard's exposed back, seemingly protecting him from other individuals as it writhes, trying to get into the Inn.
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Thomas goes up to Beef and tries to give him a helping hand to get him back on his feet.
You alright friend?
As hes reaching to help Beef he looks over his shoulder.
Where the hell is the artillery you guys have?
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Jennifer stands in the doorway, firing a volley of arrows as the guard charges towards the Inn doorway, and Eli. As the guard gets close, she drops her bow, dives to the side, quickly yanking out her axe just in time to hack away at an antlion in the general party along with it. As more and more antlions form up on the guard, Jennifer frantically looks for a way to get back into the Inn. She notices a small window behind her, just big enough to squeeze through. She smashes the glass in, thrusting her axe back out and over her head to kill an antlion in front of her.
Someone in there cover me! I'm going through the window!
As she says that, she tosses her axe in, and dives into it, getting a rather nasty cut along her left arm. Her left leg, however, gets stuck on the way through. Her pant leg is caught on a chunk of glass!
Shit, my leg is stuck!
As Jennifer struggles to rip her leg free, an antlion takes a bite at her leg. Indeed, it makes contact, followed by a scream from Jennifer.
Somebody shoot this fucking bug damnit!!!
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Beef gets up smiling for the moment, he then turns to a serious face and looks to Jennifer.
quickly saying to Thomas, Go help Jennifer, I gotta get to the basement and help the people inside!
As he makes a dash to the basement door, he looks back to Thomas hoping he went to help her.
Finally getting to the Inn basement door, he bangs on the door hoping it isn't locked....
Meaty? Joanna? It's Beef, Open up quick!
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//OOC.
//Yes, it is a combine sniper rifle I’m using, so the common blue laser pointer would be there.
As she looks through the scope of her rifle, hearing the calls over the radio, she quickly manages to put two and two together, realizing the town is under attack by something. As she looks through the scope, she would notice the single standing antlion on the roof of the inn, taking it as her new target. As she locks her aim onto it, she starts to breathe deeply and slowly, before holding her breath entirely. She follows the antlion’s movement through the scope, before she decides the best time the shot would be. She slowly starts to press the trigger in, holding her breath as her aim is locked onto the antlion, aiming towards its main body. As soon as the presser is trigger far enough in, a single pulse bullet would leave the barrel of the rifle, seeking towards its primary target; The antlion body and the loud sound of the common combine sniper rifle would be heard, echoing through the valley hopefully enough to confuse the antlions and not reveal her position.
The bullet would fairly quickly strike into its primary target, hopefully hitting what it was supposed to, penetrating the scales of the antlion and digging through the flesh beneath. The force of the bullet would possible make the antlion lose its grip of the roof and grouped up with the horrible storm, possible ripping it off the roof.
((That is for Elions to decide, whether it strikes it target or not and if it falls off or not.))
As soon as she has pulled the trigger, assuming she did hit her target, she would look over the forest yet again, barely seeing what appears to be a larger figure, moving through it but aren’t in the position to tell what it would be. As she barely can see what it is, her aim shifts back towards the inn, aiming towards the windows, searching through the open spots, hoping she would be able to spot a few survivors inside. Due to the darkness and the weather, she isn’t able to see enough, yet she keeps looking.
Due to not realizing, what she’s currently doing, she haven’t had the thought of the blue laser pointer still being on, following her aim. As she have her aim towards the windows, the blue laser pointer would easily be seen, penetrate the mere glass of the windows, “searching” over the floor of the inn, in whatever it may seek. People would easily be able to see it, if they were in the main hall of the inn and on the first floor, near the fireplace.
As she searches, she slowly whispers for herself, freezing in the cold wind.
"Please, don’t be dead to me…"
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Thomas nods at Beef and quickly turns and runs to Jennifer's aid, seeing the Antlion bite her he takes up quick yet steady aim not focusing on his breathing and slowly fires one round at the alien's head while still moving towards her, not attempting to kill it but to get it away from her.
As Matt finishes the climb up the path from the cottage to the town he hears the Antlions and quickens his pace slinging the hunting rifle and draws the .357 magnum and pulls the hammer back.
He reaches for his radio again yelling in to it
God dammit someone give me a sit rep!
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As the battle continues to rage on upstairs, 34370 lets out a soft whimper for the people above. The grip on Ori's shoulder tightens as 34370 fears that one of the three doors breaks open.
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The antlion continues to pull at Jennifer's leg, it's fangs burried into her leg. She continues to scream out for someone to shoot it, dropping her upper body as she notices Thomas taking aim.
Take the shot!!!
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Violet Collins
Violet gets pulled into the Inn by Eli. She disengages her targets, switching the MP5 on safe.
"What is the bi-" The guard charges into the inn's doorway, knocking Violet to the side, her MP5 sliding across the floor into the corner. She sits up slightly dazed, looking toward Eli.
"Eli!" she shouts to him, concerned for his safety. As Eli is tossed aside, Violet runs up to him, helping him up carefully.
"Jesus fuck... That thing's going to tear the bloody wall apart unless we do something." Violet looks at the structure around the doorway, noticing dust falling from some of the bricks, hearing the wood begin to crack and splinter.
"What do we d- Eli! Your arm! You alright?" Meanwhile, she hears the commotion from Jennifer.
"Eli, get somewhere safe. That arm needs to be looked at." Violet runs to the stairs, grabbing her MP5. She runs up to Jennifer, pushing Thomas aside.
"Move!" she yells at him. She switches the MP5 to full auto, unleashing a rain of 9mm rounds into the Antlion latched onto her leg.
"Get off her motherfucker!" she yells. Violet notices Jennifer is bleeding a considerable amount. She carefully pulls Jennifer all the way through. Violet then heaves Jennifer over her shoulder fireman carry style and quickly runs up the stairs, breathing frantically. She lays Jennifer on the bed, quickly looking at her arm, and checking the wounds on her leg.
"We gotta get you cleaned and patched up before you go anywhere."
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Jennifer moans in agony as Violet hauls her upstairs, laying on the bed. Indeed, her arm and leg are bleeding both very considerably. Not enough to cause a immediate problem, but enough to make her weak, and unable to really function in the case of further emergancy should it come to the room. She mumbles curses under her breath, groaning and biting her lip to try and resist screaming from the pain. Both cuts are deep, and an antlion tooth still remains in her leg.
N-No problem. I don't think I'm going anywhere....
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Beans lunges behind the bar as the ant lion enters, pumping his shotgun. Scruffy trudges upstairs, leaving a trail of blood. Beans grabs his radio, holding the talk button,
Git to the in you lazy old fuckin' fart! Guard just broke in when me an' Scruffy got 'ere and Eli in in way over his head!
Beans quickly clipped the radio onto his pants, standing up and firing a shot towards the guard, hitting it's main body. The shot does very little, leaving but a small dent in the guard's natural armor, he pumps once more, taking aim at it's head, turning to Eli, Git it in the head!
As he reaches the top of the stairs, Scruffy stumbles to Violet's and Jennifer's location, grabbing a roll of bandages from his pocket given to him by Beans. As he wraps it around his bleeding wound, he nods at violet, Whenever yer ready, sweet cheeks.
Scruffy reaches into his backpack, pulling out an orange bottle of pills, unopened. He squeezes the top and twists it off, using his index finger and thumb to pull one of the pills out. He uses the end of his baton to mash it against his knee, some of the pill's fragments listlessly flow onto the floor with the dust. As it's finished being mashed, he piles it into his hand and below his nostril, snorting it up with a disgusting sound.
That's fuckin'-.. good..."
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Hold the fuck up, I shot the antlion, I was waiting for Elion's reply..
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Hold the fuck up, I shot the antlion, I was waiting for Elion's reply..
What ant lion?
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Hold the fuck up, I shot the antlion, I was waiting for Elion's reply..
What ant lion?
The one attacking Jennifer
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Ah okay. Well ask violet I guess? Idk
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OOC: Sorry for not replying :/
The shadowy figure steps out into some light revealing that it is Snatch, While the gunshots are going on he runs to where Beans is at and shouts:
"Fucking great, These pieces of shit! Any spare weapons? Pipe? Anything is good for me."
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Is it okay if I get in on this somehow? I'm gonna use my char Keiji, but I have no clue as to how I should hop in on this.
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Is it okay if I get in on this somehow? I'm gonna use my char Keiji, but I have no clue as to how I should hop in on this.
I still don't know how i am.
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Fuqit, I do something
The door to the Inn basement by the outside staircase suddenly bursts open, with Keiji falling in backwards and attempting a quick recovery. As he scurries to stand, an Antlion appears in the doorway and sets his sights on him, ready to pounce. Keiji, out of instinct, raises his axe soon as he sees the Antlion begin to lunge and smashes the blade down on it's head, splitting it in half. In giving such force, he falls ontop of the now limp incest, struggling again to stand and remove the Axe, setting it beside him and discarding the carcass, slamming the door shut and putting his back against it, slowly sliding down onto his rear, and panting heavily; nearly hyperventilating.
"Jesus...fucking christ...I ran all the way here from my Workshop...that thing chased me the whole fucking way, christ...
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Snatch heres the Door burst open and runs down when Keiji is cutting it in too.
"Keiji?! That you?! You need to get up here!"
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Keiji looks up at Snatch, sighing and throwing his hood back. He's soaking wet and exhausted, but nevertheless, musters the strength to stand up on both feet, groaning in the process. He gives himself a quick second to snatch his Axe and holster it in his belt, checking his 9MM's clip. A quick glance seems as though there's 4-5, but he can't tell. Keiji then slides the clip back in, flicks the safety off, but doesn't pull back the top yet.
"You got any idea what the fuck's going on here?"
Btw, this is what my char looks like, cept with a black hoodie. Pants are similar, though: http://passtheagony.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/shane.jpg
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OOC:
You'll have to excuse the fact that i might take a bit longer to respond to this. I'm trying to think of stuff for everyone to do as well as how to get rid of the Guard in the best way possible.
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OOC:
You'll have to excuse the fact that i might take a bit longer to respond to this. I'm trying to think of stuff for everyone to do as well as how to get rid of the Guard in the best way possible.
Nbd, mang.
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OOC:
You'll have to excuse the fact that i might take a bit longer to respond to this. I'm trying to think of stuff for everyone to do as well as how to get rid of the Guard in the best way possible.
All good dawg.
Post Auto-Merged: November 03, 2012, 11:55:42 PM
*Snatch responds as quickly as he can:*
No! I just heard a lot of shots, So i came up then fucking Ant-Lions ruined the place! Get up here!
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"But what about all the people down he- Oh, fuck it."
Keiji follows behind Snatch, pistol at the ready.
We may have to take a break soon to allow others to reply, be it today, tomorrow, etc.
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Violet Collins
Violet quickly drops her rucksack on the ground, unzipping the main compartment. She pulls out various first aid kits and a box of latex gloves, sliding a pair over her hands. Some of the kits are made of hard plastic, some are soft bags. She pops open one of the larger plastic cases, taking out a 2" roll of bandage. She pops open another hard plastic case, a bit smaller. She removes a bottle of isopropyl alcohol from the smaller case and unscrews the cap. She grabs a 4"x4" gauze patch, tearing open the paper packaging.
"You're going to be alright. This is going to burn, a lot. But it will heal up nicely." She pours some of the alcohol into Jennifer's arm wound. She wipes away the excess and blood with the gauze patch. She hears Scruffy come in with his wound and poorly wrapped field dressing.
"Alright sit tight for a few bud." she says to him after he snorts whatever the pill was. Violet wraps Jennifer's arm wound tightly with the gauze. She moves to the leg bite with the embedded tooth.[/i]
"Looks like you got yourself a present. I'll have to get that out later." Violet takes a triangle bandage from the large kit and makes a doughnut bandage large enough to surround the tooth. She cleans out the wound and immobilizes the tooth with the doughnut. Violet finishes wrapping the leg wound with the gauze.
"I'll be right back. Just going to check on this gentleman over here. If you need me, holler." Violet moves over to scruffy, changing her gloves and examining his wound.
"How did you manage this big guy?"
Need more details on Scruffy's wound
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Thomas quickly gets up from being shoved by Violent and covers them up the stairs as violet starts to treat treats Jen. Thomas starts to reload his compact 9mm, putting the half spent magazine in his pocket and pulling another seven round magazine from a small leather pouch on the side of his belt and keeping the gun pointed downstairs.
God dammit, I use to get paid for this shit...
Thomas starts to look around and notices no other Antlions near by and looks at the women keeping near them he looks around the area for any kind of leader then looking back at Violet
Now what the hell do ya'll need me to do now?
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Jennifer simply grinces, with soft, muffled cursings to go along with her treatment. As Violet finishes her temporary work, Jennifer gives a slight nod. She reaches along her right leg, sliding out what appears to be a makeshift knife. She also wrestles her bag free from her right arm, it dropping to the floor with a thud. She curses aloud slightly, stretching down to flip it open, and slide out a 9mm pistol from it. She slides out the magazine, checking it before slapping it back in, preping the weapon.
A-anyone need a pistol?
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Beans stands, firing another shot blindly towards the doorway. Some of the buckshot hits the guard, while more of it strays away into the wall, the floor, and a normal ant lion. The pellets do not kill the ant lion, instead injuring it. He pumps his shotgun, firing another shot at the smaller ant lion. The buckshot tears through it's main body, killing it after a few moments of immense agony, I need some fuckin' help here!
Meanwhile, upstairs, Scruffy blinks quickly, sniffling every few moments. He nods quickly to Violet, One of those little- FUCKING LORD THIS IS GOOD... Aghh... Scruffy rubs his nose, blinking, Little thingy bit me... Oooooh...
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Keiji flies upstairs, passing Snatch and hearing Beans' cry for help.
"I got your ass, Beans!"
Keiji then rushes over close to Bean, opting to switch to his Axe instead; realizing his shortage of ammo. He stands adjacent to Beans, taking a quick look around before twisting to stand by Beans' side, ready to attack anything that might slip by the fury of his shotgun.
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Snatch hears the girl say "a-Anyone need a pistol?" and yells out:
"Right here!"
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Sorry for late reply, was on weekend stuff.
As Ori sees and feels the headcrab is holding tight, and hears the rubble that is going outside, he quickly says
"Shit... Anybody got some spare SMG ammo?"
He then looks over to the little headcrab talking to it.
"Don't worry buddy, just hold tight."
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Snatch hears the words of Oli then takes out around 12 rounds of SMG ammo out of his bag and throws it over shouting:
"I found that on the way here! Make it last!"
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Ori hears Snatch, catches the almost empty mag and loding his MP7. He flicks the safety off, and turns his head to 34730, saying to him
"Hang on, this will be a bit bumpy."
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The tiny headcrab looks down at the shiny object in the Ori's hand, he makes soft squeak of uncertainity. He loosens his grip slightly, putting his frontlegs a little farther down his shoulder and torso, before putting his back legs where his front legs were, pushing off of of Ori's shoulder and quickly scurrying underneath the stairs. The headcrab lets out a soft squeak towards Ori, perhaps of luck?
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Keiji is busy alongside Beans, fending off Antlions that manage to pass by him. Twice now he's had to axe those things through the head, and it wasn't a clean job.
"We need to kill that big motherfucker if we want even a small fucking chance at survi-"
And just like that, a window pane smashed open, followed by an Antlion flying in and barging straight into Keiji before he could get a swing off, knocking him backwards behind the counter underneath the indoor balcony, his axe sliding a good 4 feet from him and clattering against a wall.
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Glares through her scope, spotting fairly movement inside the inn, near the counter under the balcony, which was where she was aiming. Seeing the slight movement, her aim is locked onto it, the blue laser pointer following her aim to lock onto the side of the antlion, which stroke onto Keiji. Seeing the size of such a creature, would be enough for it to be merely enough visible to put in a clean shot.
She holds her breath, once more, lightly pressing the trigger of her sniper pulse rifle in, keeping her aim locked. As the trigger is pressed in to the max point, the large blast of the pulse rifle echoes through the valley and the bullet would hastily leave the barrel of the rifle, striking into what would be the side of the antlion, effectively penetrating the scales of it and buries into the flesh beneath them.
Due to the distance and the obstacles before, the bullet would have lost enough force, as it breaks through the window and strikes into the antlion. She shot itself wouldn’t be deadly, but enough to injury the antlion.
As she sees her shot strike into its target, she lowers her aim to start checking up on her ammunition, yet she has only shot twice. Neither the less, she starts checking up on the magazine, to check how much she got back, before she lets the magazine slide back into the rifle and aims back up, towards the inn. The blue laser pointer would still follow her sight, as she holds her breath to look for a new target.
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DELETED!
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I'll go by what Challenge said, since it was posted first
Upon falling onto his back, he struggled with the Antlion only for a matter of seconds before he saw it get hit with the bullet and stumble sideways. That gave Keiji enough time to land an uppercut on the insect and flip onto his stomach, beginning to push himself up and try to make a run for his axe.
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Eli groans in pain, getting back up and looking at his arm for a moment, on closer inspection it seems it was dislocated rather than broken, something he quickly remedies by pulling hard on his arm to pop the bone back in place, not without making a loud snapping noise as it happens
Grah-!... God dammit... That's it. Now i'm pissed.
Eli quickly takes the 5 flaregun nets that he had in his satchel, figuring he could combine the gunpowder in all 5 to make a powerfull enough round to kill the thing in one shot.
Keep the damned thing busy! I'm going to blow it's head off
It takes him a minute or so to put the entirety of the gunpowder into one round, pushing what would usually be the main ball-bearing of one of the flaregun net-rounds just in front of it, jerry-rigging one very lethal slug round.
Eli exits the Inn for a moment, figuring that the easiest way to attack the guard will be from it's back, but the Antlions outside protect the back of their "leader", One of the antlion quickly scurries towards Eli, though he uses the momentum from it's dash towards him to kick him right in the head, pushing the Antlion back just for enough time for Eli to pull out Joanna's 9mm, firing at the creature and killing it quickly. The storm seems to make the Antlions outside dash back in fear to their old shelter, leaving only a couple of them helping the trapped Antlion guard. Eli keeps moving towards it, loading the jerry-rigged round onto his flaregun.
Need some cover out here!-
The Antlions outside (the few that do remain) seem to try and focus on finding Eli through the confusion that is the storm to their senses, Eli needs to get close enough to the Guard's back to actually fire the round into it and kill it off, but he cannot do it alone.
The Antlions inside the Inn are barely holding themselves up, The storm's thunder echoing outside makes them confused as to where they are being attacked, causing them to attempt (fruitlessly) to exit the Inn. Despite all logic, it appears the people in the Inn may actually have a chance at survival, as long as that Antlion guard is taken care of
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Keiji managed to reach his axe, turning to find the same Antlion that pounced him trying to take another dive at him. This time it wasn't successful. After finishing with the carcass, Keiji's attention lured him down the Inn's hall, peering outside. He saw Eli out there, and his first instinct was to help. He rushed down the hall, booting open the door inside and rushing towards the middle of the street; Axe in one hand and Pistol in the other.
"HEY! HEY, you mutated fucks! Over here!"
Keiji did his best to make noise over the storm, even firing a couple bullets towards a group of Antlions near Eli. To his surprise, it worked. A good deal of them began heading his way. He almost began to feel proud about his accomplishment, until he realized he now only had one option: Running. And that he did, sprinting down the hill, luring enough of the incests away to /maybe/ give Eli a better chance.
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Snatch looks around and sees everyone doing something to help, Snatch looks at Eli, Nods a couple of times, Then looks at the pistol takes out the mag, And sees he only has 15 rounds left.
"Eli! If i can get the big guy to turn around and come after me, Do you think you have a chance of killing the bastard?"
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Aims over the scene, the blue pointer following her aim as she spots the single male standing outside with some sort of a gun, fending off an antlion. She keeps her aim locked onto his body chest for a moment, before she follows his aim with her own to aim towards the smaller group of antlions, now for the first time, seeing the single trapped guardian. Assuming the guardian isn’t of much trouble, seeing it’s trapped, she aims towards one of the antlions standing merely in the background.
She takes a deep breath, before pressing the trigger and fires a single bullet towards one of the antlion, heading for Eli. A loud blast of the sniper echoes throughout the valley yet again, followed up by the thunder storm. The bullet would rip open the scales of the antlion, easily penetrating the flesh beneath to majorly injure the antlion, yet not enough to kill it.
”I feel like I’m duck hunting here…”
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Beef hears Beans asking for help and quickly gets to his side.
He checks his mags and pops up every so often firing at antlions that Beans doesn't get a chance to kill.
he exclaims,
Eat this you fuckin' maggots!
The combination of withdrawal and adrenalin lead to Beef becoming infuriated.
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Eli barely has much time to respond to Snatch, barely being able to hear him. As the Antlions go towards Keiji, Eli takes the oportunity, rushing towards the trapped Guard. The creature is still flailing it's legs in an attempt to free itself, making Eli's work harder as he attempts to get on the creature's back, having to dodge whatever it throws at him. He quickly stabs at it with the hidden blade in his right hand, making sure he won't be tossed away so easily like the first time, taking his flaregun onto his left hand and aiming at the back of the Antlion guard, trying to make sure the trajectory the slug will follow will destroy it's head.
Lights out for you, friend.
Eli fires the gun, the noise is tremendous as the weapon is not created to fire rounds like these, the recoil breaks part of the mechanisms inside and inevitably breaks Eli's wrist. However, the round he jerry-rigged seems to have worked, as it passes through the Antlion guard's head in a clean fashion, leaving a gaping hole in the front of it's head as it gives out one last screech of pain, ceasing to fight back.
As the Antlion guard cries in agony, the rest of the Antlion grunts hiss at the humans, not in a manner of agression but in a manner of fear as their biggest creature is slain, they quickly scurry away from the town, attempting to go back into their burrows as the storm slowly starts to let up. The few Antlions that remain are too hurt to make any kind of threat, dying off due to bloodloss or simply giving up to be killed by the other residents of Beles.
As the Antlion guard ceases to struggle, Eli retracts his blade from the creature, sliding off of it with his back against the Guard's dead body. It's unsure wether he actually got hit by the guard when he got on top of it or not untill someone actually checks on him.
Inside the Inn, everything moves to quietness after that loud finall gunshot. Joanna uses the radio to make sure what the shrieking was
Anyone out there? What the hell was that shrieking noise?...
Post Auto-Merged: November 04, 2012, 04:38:58 PM
I had forgotten to include this. Song for the end of this little combat situation :3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBPvVwv-HnQ
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Keiji began walking back only a few minutes after the Antlion Guard died, his Pistol holstered and his Axe weakly-gripped in his right hand, resting it on his shoulder. Keiji's breathing is slow but heavy, and he walks up next to Eli, peering at the dead Antlion Guard as he lowers his arms, holding the axe in both of them just below waist height.
"Damn...that thing got fucked up."
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Snatch runs up to Eli, Passing all the rubble and broken glass, and begins to talk to him.
"You......You are a crazy son of a bitch! You ok?"
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Eli's breathing heavily, holding his left broken wrist as he looks up, some blood over his face, left side of his reflecting glasses broken, which makes him keep his eye closed as to not scare Snatch, it looks like the Antlion guard managed to take a swing at Eli's right leg, leaving it bloody and bruised heavily.
Heh... I get that a lot...
He jokes lightly to distract himself from the pain, with the adrenaline of the moment gone he's starting to get the feel of just how bad he got injured, trying to get up but unable to due to the wounds on his leg and wrist
Fuck that hurts...
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Glares over the scene, remaining from the battle against the antlions. She sighs lightly, as she saw the antlion guard fall, aiming towards the “hero” who killed it, flicking the safety off slightly after. Her aim is locked onto Eli for a small amount of time, the blue laser pointer being locked onto his chest, clearly visible, before she seeks towards the antlion guardian once again, the blue laser pointer following her aim over to it. She shrugs slightly impressed by the massive amount of damage, such a single small gun he were carrying, gave the guardian.
”That was one… Hell of a shot.”
She slowly scouts over the area nearby, watching the antlions flee back into the forest chuckling lightly, watching their chicken like escape, before she shifts her aim back towards the inn, aiming towards the windows to see, what’s inside of it and what’s possible to be seen.[/b
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Beans grabs his radio, speaking into it after setting his shotgun on the bar. Eli killed the guard, but fucked 'imself up. Might wanna get here an' help out Violet with the injured people.
Beans clips his radio back onto his pants, and jams more shells into the tube of the shotgun, sliding the forestock forward and flicking the safety on. He walks around the bar onto a stool, spinning around to look at Eli and the others. Whose gonna clean this shit up? What the fuck do we do with a giant ant lion?
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Keiji peers at Snatch and Eli, holding his arms out in shock.
"What, no credit for me? I lured those fuckers off of Eli so he /could/ get that chance."
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Beef looks up after the loud gunshot to notice the antlions running away.
Carefully he walks to the door frame to see that they are indeed running away. Smiling at the dead Guardian.
Beef yells, That's right, run home to your holes you shit eating cockroaches
Not long before his adrenalin wears off, he begins to feel sick. Beef's head starts pounding and feels nauseous. He leans against the wall and vomits. He gets up and goes to look for Beans.
Hearing his radio message he relpies,
Beans, do you have my rations, I need 'em really bad.
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Snatch looks up to Keiji
Yeah nice one about that and Beans! Any luck with Violet? Eli here fucked his wrist right up.
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I owe you one, Keiji... That's for damn sure... Now mind helping me up?
Eli's clearly not in any condition to walk on his own with his leg bleeding and his wrist broken to shit. His flaregun is to his side, clearly broken. it looks like it'll need some serious repairs. The storm outside finally seems to subside as it becomes a light rain, thunder gone as well.
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Snatch looks back down to Eli and says
Oh yeah.
Snatch grabs Eli by his collar then attempts to pull him up and put Eli's arm around the back of his neck and pulls him into the Inn.
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"I got this, Snatch, it's all good. Go find that Doc inside."
Keiji holsters his axe, raising his hood back over his head. He then hoists Eli up onto his shoulders in a fireman's pose, slowly but surely bringing him back inside and out of the rain.
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Simon Reilly
A raspy, hoarse voice, obviously short on breath, broadcasts over the public radio frequency:
"I've moved as much as my tools and equipment as I could to the barn across from the inn, to treat the injured. If any others expirienced in medicine could lend their hands, please do. There are a lot of injured out there.
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Snatch takes out his Radio and pushes the button and asks:
Hey'o Doc! Mind if we bring up a wounded up there?
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The little headcrab peers out from under the stairs, the Antlions have ceased. Could the threat be gone? 34370 crawls out from under the stairs, his six little eyes blinking at different intervals as he adjusts to what little light is in the basement. He begins scurrying upstairs, out into the lobby (assuming the basement door was open), and marvels at the large corpse of the Antlion guard. He cautiously crawls up to it, letting out a taunt of a hiss, before circling around behind the counter, going outside. Before he can acknowledge anyone, 34370 climbs on the Guard's back, when he reaches the top, he releases a squeal of triumphant victory, clawing at the air with his front legs as a form of hoorah. He stands on top of the Guard, letting out a final hiss that could only be described as 'Thats right, don't mess with me', before hopping down, scurrying towards the group of people around Eli. Seeing him in the state he's in, the headcrab fears for the wellbeing of his... master? He stays a safe distance, but is clearly seen in the middle of the road just a few feet behind Eli.
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Simon Reilly
Simon's crackly voice respond's to Snatch's question:
"Please do. Fill me in on the patient and their condition, so I can prepare."
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I guess since Statua's afk, we're gonna have to use Frolie
Keiji hauls Eli over to Simon's little set up, his knees slightly shaking. He feels ready to collapse.
"His wrist is fucked, and his leg is just as dickered. Where you want me to set 'im?"
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Eli groans lightly, trying to sit up as Keiji helps him get to Simon
Easy there dammit... The wound doesn't need your help to make me feel more pain.
Meanwhile, Joanna's taking the Radio back to the second floor, sighing and making sure everything's still in place, looking back at the mess the whole attack left in the Inn
Man... We really got lucky...
She takes her time to radio that the Inn is safe now, but that people should still attempt to get to it for safety's sake.
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After setting Eli down, Keiji gives himself a few minutes to sit in a chair and relax, rolling up one of his sleeves and looking at the huge gash in his arm. He sighs, rolling it back down and hiding it from everyone; hoping the black color would hide any noticeable blood stain.
"I'm, uh...gonna take a walk around. See if there's any stragglers or if there's any of them fuckin' insects left. Anyone wanna go, or am I gonna be confined to the Inn?"
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Simon Reilly
Simon ushers Eli over to a cotton blanket that's been nailed down to the floor, setting his bag and cane down beside he. He looks over Eli's wrist first, identifying the initial risk of a broken bone disrupting blood circulation. He presses on Eli's wrist in a variety of places, pausing to listen for his reaction between each press. He momentarily looks up to Keiji before he goes:
"When someone subliminally favors their right side over their left, it hints at injury. Also, there's dried blood leading up from your thumb up your sleeve... Besides, I'd prefer you not going out alone, injured, through the valley. I saw Razors not too long ago; she's almost back at full strength."
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At first Simon doesn't get much response from Eli, but then one of the spots he feels out does it, making Eli yell in pain
Mother of f-! Don't press there!
Eli complains, fruitlessly really as he needs the medical care.
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Keiji scoffs slightly, grinning.
"Guess I'm shitty at hiding stuff...alright, you caught me. But I don't need help, I'm fine."
He keeps his left arm on his leg (the injured one) and rolls his fingertips on the side of the blade of his axe, tapping the back of his heel on the ground; almost nervously.
"If no one's opting to volunteer to go with me, I'll stay at the Inn and help out around there, but I'd reeeally like to be able to walk around and do something useful."
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Reaches down onto her vest, pressing the button in on her radio, whispering lightly into it, as she makes the rifle rest against her leg.
"Anyone at the inn? If so, mind report of current status and hostilites?"
After her small sentence, she moves her hand back up to her rifle, resting it against her shoulder as she continuously looks over the inn. A small black figure catches her eye, moving around on the road behind a group of humans. Seeing its movements and body build, she quickly manages to come up with, what the creature is. She hastily flicks the safety back off, locking her aim onto the black figure with the blue laser pointer following her aim, to lock onto the figure.
"Damn no, you aren't going to have food this day..."
OOC: my character haven't met the headcrab IC, so she assumes its hostile. Beside, the blue laser pointer is the common one, Combine sniper units have. So yes, a clear visible blue laser is visible, aiming at the headcrab.
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Joanna picks up the radio as the woman talks through it
Everything's fine... We're just recovering from the fight but we're all clear here.
She looks over her shoulder, noticing the laser and realising where it's aiming, she hastily picks up the radio again
Wait!- That's a friendly, don't fire!
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34370 stands a moment in the cold, when a curious blue light blinds him for a moment, he moves slightly to the side, to see its a small narrow beam. The headcrab follows the trail of the beam, not being well able to see the source. The headcrab feels uneasy with the small laser beam, and begins to quickly scurry back off towards the Inn, thinking it'd be better safe then sorry. The screaming catches him off guard, he stops a moment to track the source, still in sight of the laser.
34370 examines the laser reasonablly fast, so its not like he's a Black Mesa scientist trying to examine something from Xen xD
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Lets her eyebrow raise, as she follows the headcrabs movement with her aim, wondering what the female meant by friendly fire. She reaches back down to the radio, pressing the button in once again, to respond.
"Friendly fire? I'm not aiming at any person, just a bug..."
She releases the button once again, returning her focus on the scope and aims towards the last place, she saw the spider-like creature went to hide. The blue beam would slowly scour over the area, seeking a target.
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As the curious blue beam points off in different directions, 34370 can't help but follow it slightly, he growls lightly at it, leaping forward into better sight, it continues to follow with his eyes the beam as it moves.
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Keiji sighs, taking his own radio out and holding the button down, becoming sick of the chatter.
"For christ sakes, she means the bug /is/ the friendly."
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Beef eventually goes back to his stockpile of gear and finds some of the things Beans salvaged from the cottage. Sorting through them his eyes widens as he sees his cured rations.He quickly grabs them and begins eating them. He smiles as he finishes them.
He soon begins to feel better but with a slight headache, nothing that concerning to Beef. He now sets off to find his brother Meaty and Eli.
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As she scours the area through the scope, she would notice the creature sneak after the pointer. Slightly interested, she continuously let's the beam stroll around the area, while placing a finger on the trigger. Slowly she let's the headcrab come closer, before she swiftly corrects her aim towards its back. She starts pressing the trigger in, as a sudden yell on her radio breaks off her focus.
The blast of the rifle once again, echoes through the valley, yet this time she's unknown of what the bullet's target would be, as she were interrupted.
This shot is for everyone to use as I want it to randomly hit something.
Darkshifter Can choose, if he wants, to get hit or not or the bullet may strike into a building or the ground. I've opened posibilities for other people to choose, what happens. Go on.
Please, do not use it to make it hit another players character.
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Simon Reilly
Simon snaps his fingers away quickly, not wanting to further Eli's pain. He grabs Eli's arm below the elbow, and turns it over to one side. He presses about 5 or so millimeters away from where he had pressed before, exposing the broken edge of a carpal bone.
"Well, shit, that's no good..."
He digs around inside of his bag, eventually withdrawing a steel instrument, and begins to carefully fix it around Eli's wrist, carefully tuning each of the dials.
"Tell me when you feel pain on each dial, no matter how little."
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da bullit het keji nd he ded rip in pieces o7
Keiji, upon hearing the shot, quickly jumped to his feet and speed-walked to the barn entrance, taking a quick look out on the street, pausing for a minute and sighing, shaking his head.
2 things can come out of this: Yes, headcrabbie was hit, or no, headcrabbie was not. Winrar-Winrar situation
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*Snatch jumps at the sound of the gunshot then he leans against the hard, wooden wall and takes out the radio then saying:*
"Anyone up for a drink?"
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I guess I'll choose, if there are no objections.
34370 continues to track the little beam as it strays off slightly, finding some kind of weird pleasure in it. Suddenly the laser is gone, did he scare it away? 34370 lets out almost a depressed squeak, he turns 90 degrees, only to be blinded by a light of the same color. The light quickly adjusts just above his line of sight, he bends himself slightly to the left to see a blue dot on his back. The headcrab was suddenly very confused with the sudden event. The headcrab bends further back to sniff it, when the dot suddenly disappears, and the ground next to him explodes into a storm of concrete and dirt. The headcrab lets out a hideously loud squeal of sudden suprise, it leaps an astounding foot into the air, when it hits the ground, it instintivly dashes off in the opposite direction, heading towards the back entrance of the Inn. It huddles at the double doors, whimpering in fear and shaking like a leaf.
The end squeal is pretty damn loud, just an FYI, challenges character should be able to hear it, aswell as anyone else in range. :)
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Looks at the worried Headcrab and presses down the button on his radio:
"Who shot that?!"
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Flicks the safety rather hastily back on, flicking the pointer off slightly shaking as she lets the sniper drop down to rest on her leg. She prays in her inside, no one was hit by the bullet. She gulps lightly, reaching down to her radio as a person speaks into it and presses the button in shortly after.
"A person. And that bug, friendly? I've got my doubts."
She lets go of the button, staring down at the town, resting her head on one of her hands, supported by her knee. She breaths lightly, shaking in the assuming she could of hit a person. She curses herself for her mistake and the person who surprised her when she were about to fire.
As the pointer is flicked off, the blue laser would vanish into the air, not revealing her own position anymore.
Impressive respond Darkshifter, I almost laughed as I tried to imagine your headcrab doing those actions. xD
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Snatch replies to the woman on the radio:
Thank god, It didn't hit anyone, Oh and the "bug" is friendly, Leave it be."
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Eli groans lightly as the dial presses, not reacting much to the first few dials, but experiencing some progressive pain as the dials continue to move
It can't be that bad, Simon... I mean, what's the worst that'll hapen, I'll have to keep from using my hand a week or so right?
Joanna sighs in relief as Humper isn't hit, taking her PDA and putting it back on her equipment straps, letting it rest to the right side of her chest. Darius keeps quiet for the moment, having done his work with the Radio.
Well... Now what?
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After a moment, the tiny headcrab comes racing inside after it seems to be able to recover enough to move, it huddles under a nearby coffee table in the lobby, seeking refuge from any evil pointy lasers of death. Still shaking as he remains under the table.
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Jennifer continues to lay on the bed, groaning slightly in pain. She ignores what transpires over the finishing course of the fog, but knows when it finishes. She sighs in some form of relief, turning her gaze to the others in the room.
Hey, does someone mind fetching my bow and axe. They're by the front door...
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Let's her eyes roll, sighing lightly, displeased by the ordering male. She reaches back down on her vest, pressing the button in.
"Just so you know it, I don't take orders."
She pushes herself back up, letting the pressure on the button ease after she finished her sentence. She turns around, carrying the rifle in her arms, back to her cover, laying the rifle back down on the bedroll.
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Beans grabs his radio as he pops open a beer, You don't gotta take orders, but don't fuckin' shoot when someone says not to, it's common fuckin' courtesy.
Beans takes a sip from his beer, eyeing the guard's carcass and grabbing his radio once more. Anyone want to help me move this thing onto my car and outta the valley? The thing is blockin' the fuckin' doorway.
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Thomas hops over the railing on the second story and landing feet first on the hardwood flooring under legs compressing as he lands taking up most of the impact.
Slowly he walks around the few dead bugs and looks at the guard, then at Eli.
Oi, this time is free, next time, I'm charging.
Thomas chuckles and goes up to Beans saying
Heard you lot were mercs, is this true?
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Beans spun around on his stool, taking another swig from the bottle, Yeah, but we hardly get contracted, but with winter ridin' up on us, the supply rush might earn me an' my boys some bananas, since most folks are too chicken shit to leave the valley.
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Beef walks up to Beans smiling for once.
Got any more of those?
Beef looks better, no doubt he found his rations. He slumps down next to Beans, asking
Where'd you think Meaty ran off to?
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Snatch walks outside and says to Beans:
Hey Beans, The Guard, You wanna move it then?
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Rewinding to when I got out of the basement.
As Ori heads up the stairs, he sees the headcrab squeeking at him, making a thumbs up to him. He gets out of the basement, sees the rubble that's going on. Ori decides to help everybody else, even that he is very low on ammo.
He sees everyone fighting antlions, plus another one which is upside down, aims at it, and fires the whole 12 bullets towards it in one burst.
The 5 first shots hit the antlion directly in its stomach, badly injuring it. However, the other 7 shots miss due to the recoil, as he did not thinked about it. The antlion dies a few moments later due to its pain.
Ori then heads back into the basement, closing the door behind him.
Present time, just after Challenge shot 34370.
Ori hears the chatter on the radio, coming out of the basement in a hurry, worrying about the little headcrab.
He comes outside the Inn, hearing the loud shot, barely sees the headcrab due to the dust. He then hears the loud sound it makes, holding his ears, but smilin a bit.
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I do hope no one minds, but i will timeskip so we can avoid the cleaning up for now.
A couple of hours pass, with the storm finally passing by, leaving room for a clear sky. There are still areas that are flooded by the sheer ammount of rain that fell onto the valley during the storm, and the river is still overflowing, but there are now more "safe" locations to go to. Beans' cottage is now clear of water, but the road there is muddy and slippery, making it a serious risk to go there by car. The Antlions have been cleared out, and a couple hundred meters away from the town, people can see the burrow where some of them came from, if anyone wants a logical reason as to why they attacked they would have to start there. For now however, the valley remains in a strange state of quietness, relaxed even.
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Scouts over the valley from her position, looking over the damage of which the storm caused. Shortly after, during her search, she notices the small burrow in the distance. Already being interested in antlions, attempting to gain knowledge on them, she quickly gathers her items, slinging the rifle onto her back and holsters her pistol and her machinegun.
”I’m coming for you and this time, you won’t take me by surprise.”
She reaches down to her right leg, moaning slightly as she feels the bite scar, which was given to her not long ago by antlions coming from around the valley, possible coming from the same burrow. She makes sure everything is in a working order, before she crawls down from her spot and starts sneaking through the forest, closing up on the burrow in the distance. At each step, she listens, not wanting to be ambushed by a sudden foe. She keeps her pistol in her left hand, yet the safety is still flicked on.
Mostly I don't care about the timeskip. Makes it a bit easier instead of spam of posts, saying they clean up the shithole.
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Beans and his helpers finish pushing the guard from his car and down the mountain side near the destroyed bunker. The oversized guardian tumbles down, some of it's natural armor cracking to pieces as it smashes into various rocks. As it reached the bottom of the cliff several hundred feet down, Beans lights up a cigarette, nodding.
Welp. Time to get back to the inn I s'pose.
Whoever came to help me (3 people maximum) respond.
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Joanna stretches her back lightly after they slide the Guard off the cliff, looking at Beans and his pack of cigarretes
I don't suppose you could spare one for me, could you Beans?
One of the PDA projectors glows lightly as she says that, almost as if Darius was against the idea of her smoking. she tries (shoddily) to cover the light after she asks
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Snatch looks to Beans and says
Guess so, lets get back to the Inn.
Check out my thread! LOL
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Keiji stands alongside the other 3, (Beans, Joanna and Snatch) quickly eyeing the car.
"I call shotgun on the way back."
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Beans nods, holding out a cigarette to Joanna.
Let's git goin' then.
Beans hops in the driver's seat. He spins the keys in the ignition, looking at the gas meter move up gradually to about the halfway mark. He looks behind him, making sure Snatch and Joanna are in.
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Keiji takes a couple seconds to make himself comfortable in the front passenger seat, adjusting his axe and double-checking his pistol holder. He then raises his right arm and holds onto the top side of Beans' car, ready to go.
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As Thomas walks to the inn fireplace he slowly pushes his denim jacket out of the way to reveal a holster hidden in his waistband and then he holsters his 9mm in it. When he lets go of the jacket the gun seemly disappears.
Then he turns around to find him self rather alone in the lobby, so he grabs his radio and speaks in to it
Oi, anyone seen that Old bastard? He owes me some pills.
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Snatch rolls his eyes when Keiji calls shotgun
"Fine i will get in the back."
Snatch hops in the back seat then checks his clip for how many Bullets he has left, He has 12 left.
"Oh on the way there, Anyone got any extra clips i could have?"
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Beans revs the engine, quickly taking off down the road back towards the inn, Nope.
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Keiji looks back, shaking his head as well.
"Only got 3 left in my pistol. No extras."
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Joanna thanks Beans as she takes the cigarrete, taking out an old lighter from her satchel and lighting it up. It's been a long time since she smoked at all, specifically since the last time she saw Pyro, but after the previous events and with the stress added by her new "companion" she just had to.
She gets on the car with them, heading back to the Inn as she looks at the cliff where they dropped the guard off
I Still can't believe how big those fucking things can get... It's like they pump themselves full of steroids or something inside their burrows.
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Jennifer limps around the Inn, the injury in her leg still obviously giving her a great deal of discomfort. She's retrived her bow, arrows, and axe, all tucked neatly back into their proper places along her person. A makeshift cast of sorts exists on her left leg, where the injury was sustained, and a similar bandaging situation exists on her arm as well. She limps throughout the Inn, obviously looking for something, or someone. After searching the majority of the building, and scanning outside through what remains of the 'windows', she stops.
Has anyone seen that little runt that borrowed my pistol? Because he sure as hell better give it back.
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"I wouldn't doubt it if they did. Those fuckers are huuuge."
Keiji then takes out his radio, clearing his throat and holding down the button.
"Hey, uh, if the signal's good, make sure that fire's going back at the Inn, a'right?"
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Beef walks up to Joanna holding a beer he got from his backpack. He looks to her and offers it.
You alright Joanna?
Beef has somewhat of a smile as he tries to start a conversation with her.
Joanna's in a car atm, heading back to the Inn
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Fuck lemme delete that
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Snatch stays quiet through the journey back to the Inn, But is still muttering a little sentence.
"When that arrow runs threw the air, Hide your eye and run."
It's an awkward tune but it is very audible.
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Soon they arrive at the inn, pulling in the parking lot next to Violet's truck. Beans enters the inn, lighting up yet another cigarette and drinking another beer.
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Sorry guys. Was busy with comic con yesterday. I started reading but the website decided to shit a brick when I got to page 11. Then today I was busy all day with EMS shit so. Yeah sorry D:
Violet Collins
Rewind to my previous post...
During the course of Eli blowing the guards head off, Violet tends to both Scruffy and Jennifer. She ends up removing the antlion tooth from Jennifer's leg and cleaning out the wound, closing it shut. She also cleans and stitches up all the wounds on Scruffy and Jennifer. Violet cleans and sanitizes the antlion tooth and sets it in a small cardboard box, leaving it on the desk beside Jennifer's bed.
"Alright. Both of you get well. Don't move around too much. If you need to go downstairs, let me know. You /will/ need help if you want them wounds to heal nicely." she hesitates "And you /will/ want those wounds to heal nicely. Otherwise, you won't be able to survive out here much longer. Got it?" she walks over to Jessica, placing a finger on the box. "I thought you might want to keep this. A couple millimeters and the tooth would have punctured your posterior tibial artery. Or in layman's terms, you'd be dead in a matter of minutes. If any of you need me, just shout. I'll stay here." Violet smiles at the two, then leaves the upstairs room, heading downstairs to relax a little.
Current time...
Violet putters around the inn, helping Jessica and Scruffy when needed. She plays her harmonica every now and then, some to entertain the two injured, some to keep herself from getting lonely. She watches the weather clear up till the skies are blue. After grabbing a bite to eat, she picks up her radio.
"Simon. This is Violet. I have 2 patients here, 2nd floor of the inn. One female, breathing normally and conscious. She has a severe laceration on her right arm and multiple puncture wounds on her left leg. Both have been treated for, antibiotics and a mild analgesic have been administered at oh eight hundred this morning. Second patient is a male, breathing normally and conscious multiple puncture wounds and lacerations on the right arm, it has been treated. Patient is complaining about numbness in his fingers on the injured arm, I have issued antibiotics, a mild analgesic, and an anti-inflammatory at oh eight hundred this morning. Are you able to take these patients, or better yet move your patients up here?" She finishes the call, waiting for a reply.
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Keiji hops out the car, walking into the Inn behind Beans. He hangs his left arm by his side and is gently rubbing on the front of his left forearm with his right hand, through the hoodie.
"Is there, uh...is there still a doc in here? I may actually need some help..."
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Snatch hops out of the truck, Shivering and tensed, Still muttering the tune, It's as if he is terrified of Something or someone?
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Beans nods, Talk to Violet or Oldie on the radio.
Meanwhile, Scruffy is laying on his bed, his fingers numb. He grabs his bag with his uninjured arm, pulling out a pipe of sorts. Any beat cop would be able to tell it would be used to smoke methamphetamine. He reaches into the bag again, pulling out a plastic bag full of small blue fragments of crystal meth. He picks a rather average sized crystal from the bag, and drops it into the pipe, facing away from Jennifer. He holds a lighter under the pipe, letting the rock melt a bit as he takes a drag through the pipe, shuddering a bit.
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Beef goes up to Beans and says,
Got a spare for me? After all of this I could use it. Oh I also found the rations, thank god for that. Would've been a pain in the ass looking for stiffs during the storm.
He smiles at his brother.
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Keiji rolls up his left sleeve. All up his forearm is a deep gash, with the edges of it beginning to turn a yellowish-greenish, he stares at it for a second before cringing for a second and shaking his head, leaning against a wall.
"Fuck, this is really starting to hurt...Any doc in here?!"
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Snatch hurries up-stairs and hops onto the rails then jumps to the wooden log holding the roof up, Some pieces of wood fly off when he lands, Still muttering the song.
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Violet Collins
Violet holds the radio up to her ear. She hears someone requesting for medical help so she turns up her radio, walking over to the voice and listening to whatever Simon has to say. She notices the severe condition of the wound.
"Holy crap! When did this happen? It's all infected." She places a hand on his shoulder, guiding him toward the stairs. "We need to get you treated immediately."
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Keiji reluctantly lets the doctor lead him upstairs, trying to keep his cool.
"It's okay, I'll be fine...it was just one of those damn Antlions is all. I led a few of them off and, well...I'm not exactly faster than them to begin with..."
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Snatch is just sat there on the Wooden Binds above, Observing still chanting the tune and breathing heavily.
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As the strange man hops on to the roof, her clearly creates a large racket. Jennifer quickly unslings her bow, slidng an arrow along the string out of fear that there's another antlion. She quickly limps out the front door, pulling back along the string. She aims at the rooftop, squinting her eyes. As she notices the male figure, she sighs, but then squints again. Her expression turns slightly angered, and she pulls back a bit further on the string.
Hey, you! Gimme back my damned pistol!
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Violet Collins
Violet quickly leads Keiji into the room with the patient beds. She glances at Snatch as she walks by, however being focused on her patient doesn't give him a second look. She sits Keiji down on one of the beds, examining his arm closely.
"You should have gotten this checked out right away. Don't move." She moves over to her ruck, opening the secondary zipper. She removes a pocket tackle box and an old stethoscope. She places the stethoscope around her neck and opens the tackle box, removing a small glass thermometer sealed in a plastic baggie. She puts a pair of rubber gloves on her hands and walks over to Keiji.
"I'm just going to check your vitals first." She places the thermometer in his mouth and checks his heart rate and breathing. She checks the thermometer after about 30 seconds which is reading 98.9°F.
"Hm. This could be far worse then expected." Violet takes the thermometer out of his mouth and places it back in the plastic baggie, leaving it on the counter beside the bed. She examines the laceration again.
"This will need some surgical cleaning. Alright then. We can do that. I hope." She takes the antibiotic pill bottle she used on her previous patients and shakes out 1 capsule into the lid, presenting it to Keiji.
"Take this for now. We'll get that wound cleaned up soon."
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Looks confused at first then remebers that it's her Pistol.
"Huh? Oh yeah, Your pistol.
He takes it out, And drops it down to her.
Dont point that fucking bow at me again, I hate those things.
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Keiji lazily grabs the pill, putting it in his mouth, he pauses for a moment his mouth begins to hang open. The pill drops out and onto the floor and he begins to slump forward, his head hitting right below Violet's chest. He has effectively passed out, rendered unconscious.
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Violet Collins
Violet quickly moves to catch Keiji, being careful not to spill any of the antibiotics.
"Woah there. Hey. Sir?" She places the canister on the counter beside the bed, supporting Keiji's limp body. She lightly shakes him, tilting his head back.
"Hey! Can you hear me sir?" Violet pushes Keiji back and rotating him so he lays flat on the bed. She fumbles for her radio while doing so.
"To any medical personell listening, I have a patient on the second floor of the inn, male, currently breathing but unconscious, patient is suffering from one major laceration on the arm. Wound is severely infected and not treated for. I'm going to need some assistance immediately. she places the radio on the table quickly, then checks the mans vitals again. (heart rate, eye dilation, and temperature)
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Keiji's limp body falls unresistingly back onto the bed. His breathing is still relatively normal, but his fever is still rising. His eyes are closed, but his mouth is open.
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Jennifer catches the pistol, insecpting it for a brief moment before nodding firmly to herself. She ensures the safety is off, and slides it away in her holster along her right leg. She flips the top over, clipping into place with a rusty old button. She pats the holster a few times before looking up to the man on the roof, holding a smirk on her face.
Apologies about that. I've just done buisness in some cases where people tend to be a bit more difficult to deal with an require some....persuading of sorts. Hope you were able to put it to good use.
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After all the clean-up, Ori sat near the fireplace with 34370 on his shoulder.
He drops his backpack, checking for items. He pulls out a jar of milk, a melon, and some books.(Yes, I do have them in my inventory.)
He shouts to the Inn "I got some milk, a melon and a few books, anybody wants some!?
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Snatch nods back and says
"I hate bows for a reason, A man named "Eagle" shot me and nearly killed me, If he comes here, You would be good friends."
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Jennifer glares up at the man in a somewhat strange manner, shaking her head slightly as she hears him mention the man. She mumbles something silently to herself, then slings her bow around her back, walking towards the edge of town. As she walks along, she withdraws a radio from her damp jacket, adusting the frequency slighty and flipping it on. She checks the radio once more before speaking into it...
This is Jennifer Hanson, checking in after the storm. Anyone out there in the pass who needs help?
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Isn't Jennifer injured though???
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Isn't Jennifer injured though???
You needa reply, gosh darnit, or my char can't continue
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Isn't Jennifer injured though???
Yes, I'm still injured. She has a heavy limp in her leg, and has limited mobility in that arm as well. She'd be in a great deal of pain, and be limited in mobility overall (IE: no climbing, jumping, running, lifting, etc.)
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Isn't Jennifer injured though???
You needa reply, gosh darnit, or my char can't continue
i need simon...
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Bumpin cause I wanna keep this going
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I'm doubtfull about keeping this thread up currently due to the HL2RP server imminently being up. We'll wait to see.
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Thought I might throw another one of my characters into the ring.
/me throws a pokeball
Up the road from the Inn, near the knocked over fence line, lies a small cave burrowed into the rock face. One would notice some loose foilage covering the entrance, hiding it from the outside world. Inside, a fire is heard crackling. The inside of the cave is painted an orange tint from the fire, burnt embers from the small fire float up slightly into the air. Standing over the campfire is a semi-young vortigaunt. He holds his claws out, warming them up in the fire. The vortigaunt noticably has scars covering its torso, from the looks of them, they appear to be bullet wounds. Despite this, the vortigaunt's skin is a dark green color, being relativly smooth, but not as smooth as most around his scars. The vortigaunts four eyelids blink at seperate intervals as he stares into the fire, he shrugs its shoulders lightly. After a moment, the vortigaunt's head swivles towards the makeshift door. The noise outside seems to have ceased, and the rain doesn't seem to be as loud as before from the vortigaunt's stand point. The vortigaunt turns himself left, with a slight effort, the vortigaunt walks carefully towards the door. His two fingers wrap around the foilage door, he pulls it away to peek his head outside. The flooding has gone down enough for the town nearby to be navigatable, from the looks of it, but theres still flooding down the hill to the vortigaunts right. After a moment, the vortigaunt puts the foilage back, returning back to the fire. He stands near the fire, stretching lightly from side to side. His two fingers drum idly against his palm as he repositions them over the fire.
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I'm back!
Borislav slowly pokes his head up from out of the basement, seeing as the antlion threat has diminished. Heading up the stairs,he turns to the right and reenters the windowless room, praying that it wasn't being used as an infirmary.
That room isn't being used, is it? Also, edited because the carcass was moved :(
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I'm back!
Borislav slowly pokes his head up from out of the basement, seeing as the antlion threat has diminished. He stares a while at the antlion guard carcass, shying away from it as he heads up the stairs. Turning to the right, he reenters the windowless room, praying that it wasn't being used as an infirmary.
That room isn't being used, is it?
If you read any of the previous pages, we got the Antlion guard carcass away. You're staring at an empty doorway, good sir.
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As Ori hears no reply, he decided to drink some milk by himself, opening it and taking a sip.
He puts all of the items in his backpack.
He shouts to the Inn "I'm going outside to scavenge for some stuff, I'll be back in about 12 cycles!
He looks to the headcrab on his shoulder, saying to him "Would you like to come with me, or stay here?"
Please reply, as I want to meet your Vort.
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34370 makes a light squeak in response, he hops down, scurrying back towards the Inn, occasionally peeking behind himself back at Ori, eventually circling around the Inn and returning back in through one of the entrances in the back. The headcrab goes into the lobby, he sets himself on the carpet, spinning in a circle in ways similar to a dog, before laying down on the ground, its legs curled underneath it as it lightly coo's to itself softly.
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As Ori sees the headcrab going back into the Inn, he waves goodbye at him, and walks away.
As he walks, he comes near the broken wooden fence, hearing the sounds of the fire inside the cave. He decides to get in to investigate.
He shouts: "Hello!? Can anybody hear me!?" Waiting for a response.
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The vortigaunt's head lifts up to the sound of a voice nearby, he looks towards the entrance, his claws still hovering over the fire. After a moment, the vortigaunt takes his claws away from the fire, one claw begins to glow slightly with traces of vortessence energy. The vortigaunt starts to cautiously move towards the door, back hunched forward. His left claw is held slightly in front of him, ready to claw anything at the door, the right claw holding its vortessence charged. He wraps his fingers around the foilage, pulling it away from the entrance door in a quick movement. The vortigaunt makes his way into the open air, scanning around him with his claw charged with vortal energy. After a moment, his claw is aimed towards a man standing by the road. The vortigaunts eyelids perk up slightly, as if not expecting the presence of a human, but its claw still remains up and aimed at said human.
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As he sees the door opens, he moves a bit closer to it, but backing away from the vortigaunt with the vortessence charged, slowly backing away more and more.
"E-Easy there, I don't want to harm you. Just looking for supplies, a-after that Antlions Raid...
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Excuse my Vort-speak, I'm very a little rusty.
The vortigaunt tilts his head to the side slightly, seemingly confused about the Antlion raid part, then shakes his head. "This one does not require the use of.. 'supplies'." He says, his voice low and gravely like most vortigaunts. He lowers his right claw back down to his side, the energy stored in it fading away. "This one aplogizes for its previous behavior." His eyes blink at random intervals as the corners of his mouth seem to go up slightly, perhaps in a smile?
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When Ori sees the Vortigaunt is lowering his claw, an idea pops out of his head.
"Say, we got a few wounded back in the Inn, you think you can help us in anyway? Our supplies are a bit limited, but we got about two medics."
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When Ori sees the Vortigaunt is lowering his claw, an idea pops out of his head.
"Say, we got a few wounded back in the Inn, plus a dead Antlion Guard, you think you can help us in anyway? Our supplies are a bit limited, but we got about two medics."
I SAID THE FUCKING GUARD IS GONE....
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When Ori sees the Vortigaunt is lowering his claw, an idea pops out of his head.
"Say, we got a few wounded back in the Inn, plus a dead Antlion Guard, you think you can help us in anyway? Our supplies are a bit limited, but we got about two medics."
I SAID THE FUCKING GUARD IS GONE....
You MOVED it, it isn't REALLY gone. We can still find it and use it, you just pushed it.
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When Ori sees the Vortigaunt is lowering his claw, an idea pops out of his head.
"Say, we got a few wounded back in the Inn, plus a dead Antlion Guard, you think you can help us in anyway? Our supplies are a bit limited, but we got about two medics."
I SAID THE FUCKING GUARD IS GONE....
You MOVED it, it isn't REALLY gone. We can still find it and use it, you just pushed it.
He moved it... off a cliff. :3
The vortigaunt lowers his head for a moment, as if in consideration. He looks back up at the human, coughing into his claw before speaking. "This ones vortessence is weaker then that of my kin, this one shall attempt to assist." His eyes blink at random intervals again as he watches the human.
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When Ori sees the Vortigaunt is lowering his claw, an idea pops out of his head.
"Say, we got a few wounded back in the Inn, plus a dead Antlion Guard, you think you can help us in anyway? Our supplies are a bit limited, but we got about two medics."
I SAID THE FUCKING GUARD IS GONE....
You MOVED it, it isn't REALLY gone. We can still find it and use it, you just pushed it.
He moved it... off a cliff. :3
The vortigaunt lowers his head for a moment, as if in consideration. He looks back up at the human, coughing into his claw before speaking. "This ones vortessence is weaker then that of my kin, this one shall attempt to assist." His eyes blink at random intervals again as he watches the human.
We drive about 2 miles to the bunker and off the cliff. You can't see it unless you Superman Jesus.
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Bringing my char back in this.
Keiji awoke at the Inn, dazed and utterly confused. He gave himself a few moments before trying to sit up, grabbing his head in pain. As he finally begins to come to senses, he notices the wrappings around his left arm, eyeing them for a moment before lowering said arm off his head and slowly trying to stand.
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Just gonna timeskip since the people I need have opted out. Basically, Vi gave Keiji a good dose of antibiotics, cleaned his arm, and sealed it up.
Violet Collins
Violet is sitting in an old metal folding chair off to the side by the window of the room being used for patients. She's periodically checking up on both Keiji and Scruffy, the last two left in the infirmary. She sits in her chair, looking out the window and softly playing her harmonica. She looks over at Keiji as he gets up.
"Morning sleepyhead. Don't stand so soon. You should really get some more rest. The little cut on your arm, it got infected and almost killed you." She smiles at him reassuringly. "You're all good now. Just get some rest and let your body do the work."
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Keiji groans, doing some small stretches.
"Jesus...how long was I out for?"
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Shit. Alright, edited my last post, no sign of the Guard.
It seems as Ori does not understand the Vortigaunt, tilting his head to the side.
"Vor...Tessence? I would guess it is that green stuff you do with your hands?
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Scruffy stirs in the bed, the only thing keeping this is the withdrawl from whatever he snorted. Beans is still in the Inn lobby, drinking beer slowly to pass the time.
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Thomas walks in to the inn lobby trying to rub off a yellow stain on his jacket. and looks at beans.
Hey redneck, How the fuck do you clean bug guts from denim?
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Violet Collins
She relaxes a bit knowing Keiji is doing well enough to sit and talk.
"Overnight. You recovered well though. Might wanna change your pants when you get up though. How are you feeling?"
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Beans slowly turns on his seat.
How the fuck am I supposed to know? In case you haven't scraped the shit outta yer eyes, not too many people around here have clean clothes.
He leans against the bar on his stool.
Try the waterfall or something, someone oughtta have those rolling cleaning things. Washboards or whatever.
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Keiji exhales again, stretching.
"Better, I guess...just a bit groggy's, all. It'd do me good to take a walk, I needa stop off at my workshop anyways."
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Violet Collins
Violet's smile fades a bit, knowing this man has the state of mind to do what needs to be done, no matter the circumstances.
"Alright. Well just take it easy for now. Take a walk around the inn, see how you feel."
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Keiji continues to push himself, quickly standing and heading towards the staircase, limping heavily and moving slowly along the way. He then begins to quietly speak to himself:
"C'mon...just a quick 2 minute walk. Don't be such a pussy..."
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Violet Collins
Violet watches Keiji get up and move across the room. She examines his movements for any signs that he should probably not venture beyond the walls of the inn. Satisfied, she leans back in her chair by the window, returning to her soft playing of the harmonica.
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Scruffy sits up slowly and tiredly, rubbing his eyes.
I'm 'kay to walk, right?... Just my arm that got hurt...
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Keiji manages himself outside the Inn, stretching his legs and shaking them a bit. His pace begins to quicken more and his walking becomes more steady. His left arm, however, is still in a great deal of pain.
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Violet looks over to Scruffy, surprised by his sudden awakeness.
"Well. How are you feeling? Any dizziness, nausea, vision problems? Unbearable pains even?"
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Scruffy shakes his head, standing up slowly.
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Going to continue even without you answering, Dark.
Before the Vortigaunt can reply, Ori pulls out his radio, quickly radios.
"Guys, Does a Vortigaunt can help us in any way?"
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I did you silly :P
The vortigaunt lowers his head for a moment, as if in consideration. He looks back up at the human, coughing into his claw before speaking. "This ones vortessence is weaker then that of my kin, this one shall attempt to assist." His eyes blink at random intervals again as he watches the human.
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Ahem...
It seems as Ori does not understand the Vortigaunt, tilting his head to the side.
"Vor...Tessence? I would guess it is that green stuff you do with your hands?
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Oh, fuck me then. Don't know how I missed that xD
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Neyo "Light" Dailong
(http://i.imgur.com/5YY3e.jpg)
"Light" looks towards the inn after roaming outside and steps inside, sheathing his katana.
just so i don't get moaned at yus i have auths...
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A shadowy figure hides in the trees, watching what commotion happens at the Inn. He narrows his eyes at the group of people within, studying them. He wears darkened clothing, whether it's from the general dampness or previous colouring, it's hard to tell. His black hair is shaggy, obviously wrestled around in the rain. As he watches the group, though, he ponders the thought if he should approach anyone, confront them. Afterall, they could just be another group of bandits. But the way they fought those antlions...He slowly advances forward at the possibility, but stops, sliding away into the shadows of the brush once more.
Now's not the time to be taking that chance....
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Violet watches him carefully as he stands.
"You know, if you're tired you should probably stay here for a little while. Get some more rest. I won't charge you."
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Scruffy shakes his head,
I'm fine, I ain't not old man.
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Violet shrugs, looking down at her harmonica, spinning it in her fingers, examining its dull metal case.
"Well if you say so. Good luck. If you need help, don't be afraid to call for it."
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Keiji is slow to return to the Inn. He carries with him a backpack with a Toolbox latched onto the bottom of it. In his right hand in a large metal Combine looking object. Promptly, he begins to head upstairs.
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Answer my god damn radio transmission!
Ori's radio stays silent, no reply is heard from it. He attempts to radio once again.
Umm... Guys? Can a Vortigaunt help us in any way?
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Beans grabs his radio, setting down his beer.
No.
He then goes back to sipping his beer and watching the people around him.
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After heading upstairs, Keiji returns back downstairs, setting the device down in the corner of the room about 6 feet from the fire. He kneels down , removing his backpack and placing it next to the device, unhooking his Backpack from it and rummaging through it, making an obvious annoying noise.
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I seriously need to start playing outlands.
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I seriously need to start playing outlands.
It's like the Wild West.
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A new, female voice cuts across the radio.
Vortigaunt? From what I hear I missed quite a lot, but that vortigaunt will be able to help you guys. Could even fight if the damn bugs come back.
Going to just stick with short posts of talking over the radio until I read up on enough to get my char in the inn :)
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After Bean's reply, he got a bit dissapointed, look down. However, before he can reply again, the new female voice comes up, making Ori a bit happy.
"Alright then, I think you'd better come with me, whatever... Your name is."
Ori then walks back 2 steps, and marking the Vortigaunt to follow him.
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The Vortigaunt merely nods, following after this new-found human, keeping a close distance. Occasionally, the vortigaunt looks to his left and right, keeping on his toes, it seems.
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Keiji finishes digging through his Toolbox, beginning to work on the Combine Device. He whistles a soft tune to keep himself preoccupied whilst he works away.
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Ori quickly radios in "Coming back to the Inn, bringing a friend with me."
Ori and the Vortigaunt then walks towards the Inn, passing by a few buildings.
As they arrive to the Inn, he puts his backpack down, near the entrance, then walking towards the Fireplace.
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As the Vortigaunt walks into the Inn, he stops at the doorway, his eyes blinking rapidly as he tries to adjust to the change in light. After a moment, the vortigaunt shuffles forward towards the fire. He stands nearby, arms extended towards the fire, fingers on his claws clenching time to time.
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Something in the distance can be heard from outside the Inn, something that sounds similar to a fan. The sound grows louder around the Inn, approaching from the lake-side. The sound seems to half-circle around the Inn before becoming quiet.
A large shape seems to pass around the windows, and stop in the Inn parking lot. A figure seems to come out of the un-identified shape, approaching the double-door near the fireplace.
The doors open, and the figure walks in, wearing a beanie, and grey clothes with a kevlar vest. The figure is wet, with what seems to be a pulse-rifle on his back, and a 9MM pistol on his thigh. The figure walks towards the stairs in the front nodding to the others in the Inn.
I'll be upstairs...
After speaking these mere words, Nate Lee walks up the stairs, and around the corner, traveling to an open room.
Hi guys, I'm back and Nate's back :D
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*Snatch walks into the Inn, Walking up-stairs, Sitting beside Keiji*
"Ahhh....Feels good to be back and have a little sit down."
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After he turns his head a few times to check who has arrived, he walked to the middle of the house, below the stairs, and shouted.
"Hey! Anybody got a calender!?"
Maybe bring a bit christmas spirit?
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The vortigaunt, standing by the fire, keeps his claws level with his chest. His head lifts up slightly at the sound of an airboat, he listens as the airboat grows louder and louder before quieting. He turns a few moments later as the kevlar-klad man walks in through the door, he stares at him as he walks towards the stairs, and turns back towards the fire, ignoring the other human who asked for a calender.
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*Snatch walks into the Inn, Walking up-stairs, Sitting beside Keiji*
"Ahhh....Feels good to be back and have a little sit down."
I'm on the main floor but whatevs
Keiji looks over to Snatch, slowly nodding.
"Yeah...yeah, it is."
Keiji then looks back at his device, continuing work on it.
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**Edwin pops out from round the corner, exclaiming in response to Ori's question.**
"No- BUT- in the new Byzantium calender, judging from the moons of Venus which are visible only in lemon juice reflections it is the fiftieth of Novocter 93 BV."
**Edwin then swaggers out to meet Ori, saying.**
"Why? Is it important?"
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Beans slowly swivels around on the bar stool, staring at Edwin.
The fuck did you just say? Speak some God damn english.
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**Edwin turns to Beans sharply, fixing his bow-tie and puffing out his cheeks slightly**
"Something clever. For you information I am speaking English, rather well in fact."
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**Layla watches Beans' exchange with Edwin before tossing her cigarette away and heading in towards the inn, in search of Eli or Matt**
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After a moment of the conversation between Edwin and Beans, the vortigaunt speaks, his voice low and gravely, not meeting their gazes as he continues to stare at the fire and his claws. "This one is attempting to take pleasure in the fire built by that of your kin, this one asks of the both of you to be silent."
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**Notices the Vortigaunt, raising a brow at it.**
"Oh! An alien, I love you guys, you're so...**Edwin pauses for a moment trying to think of a word but settles on the obvious**"Alien!"
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A figure stands on a far off hill watching over the village, the black trench-coat he adorns flaps in the wind as he holds a worn-down pair of binoculars to his glassy eyes. As he watches the locals wander into the inn, he lowers the piece of equipment, spinning on the balls of the knee-high boots he wears, the steel plates grinding down on the dirt as his heavy footsteps move towards an dull-grey armored vehicle, the engine turning it into more of a beast then an item. He steps into the belly of the beast. nodding to his escort, roaring the engine as he moves along the fading tarmac road towards the center of the village, the engine echoing down towards the Inn as the thick vulcanized rubber wheels moves the vehicle.
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As the APC moves towards the village, Matt moves towards the village from the water fall, slowly he pulls his rifle from his shoulder, he stops and closes his eyes. Preparing himself for battle. Then he starts moving closer and closer to the inn, looking for cover and a snipers perch as he does so, and keeping a keen eye out for any hostile snipers in the area.
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// How do you beat an apc with a rifle? You need a rocket launcher for that shit bro! Unless the sniper rifle is anti-material/armor.
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// How do you beat an apc with a rifle? You need a rocket launcher for that shit bro! Unless the sniper rifle is anti-material/armor.
// He doesn't want to beat the APC, but what's inside it. Simple- wait for them to come out.
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Beans hops down from the bar stool, grabbing his Mossberg from the bar. As the roar of the APC's engine draws within earshot, he looks around the room, waiting for anyone else's input.
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**Edwin lifts his head in response to the sudden growling noise, turning towards the windows.**
"What is that... That sounds bad, very very... extremely uh... not good.
**He back-peddles towards the relative safety of the bar, besides Beans.
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** Layla tugs open her back-pack, grabbing her 9 Millimeter Pistol and Monocular out of a brown paper bag inside. She pushes the bag under a nearby table with her foot, pulling the slide on her pistol back simultaneously. She shoots a hateful glance towards Beans, but grudgingly barks out her perspective. **
"Beans, get behind the door. Bow-Tie, go upstairs."
** She looks around the interior of the inn before taking cover underneath the bar-counter **
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**Edwin hears the command, he begins to move towards the stairs.**
"Yes... I uh.. Well, be careful, yes?
**Edwin retreats to the balcony of the lobby, staring at the door before backing up to the wall.**
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The APC continues to roar around the town, making a lot of noise.
As Ori hears the APC roaring, he mumbles something to himself, sounds like he is saying "Za'in".
He runs behind the wall, below the window.
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The vortigaunt's head shoots up slightly as the APC is heard off in the distance, his head turns in the general direction of the sound. He lowers his arms, turning his body fully while he hunches his body down slightly. He side-pedals towards a suitable position by the bar, before crouching down behind it, pressumbly next to Layla. His claws clench and unclench, but they don't seem to be glowing with any sort of energy.. yet.
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** Layla glances at the Vortigaunt, shaking her head dismissively before glaring back at the door. She speaks in her same cold, frighteningly expressionless voice toward the Vortigaunt, her gaze still fixed on the door. **
"Your vortessence... You much good with it? We might be in need."
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** Upstairs, above the lobby, Ali creeps out from the music room and joins Edwin on the balcony. She speaks in a nervous, hushed tone. **
What's going on out there?
Keep in mind that Ali is only 15 years old. Seems like it's an important detail.
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Keep in mind that Ali is only 15 years old. Seems like it's an important detail.
Umm yeah sorry to bother you, however, unless Ali escaped the city location back at 2015, he would have been ampootated, as everyone aged below 18 was killed.
Edit: God dangit, just saw your Character profile + the accepted auth, ignore the above.
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**Edwin looks to his side, then down at Ali, noticing immediately her appearance.**
"Blimey! You're like.. Wow, okay, uh, yeah there's some kind of vehicle out there- definitely alien. Or just really loud."
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Nate sits on a couch in the upstairs of the Inn. He get's up, sighing as he is bored with nothing happening at the moment. As he walks towards the hall's stairway he hears the sound of what seems to be something large, and most likely dangerous...
Nate then unslings his pulse-rifle, heading toward the front of the Inn, looking out the windows.
Nate generally asks:
What's going on?
He then moves behind the counter near the front door, aiming his rifle at the windows.
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The vortigaunt turns slightly to face the woman, Layla, and simply nods, staring at her for a couple of moments before risking a peek over the counter, then lowering himself back to his previous position.
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** Layla, already behind the counter, speaks in hushed tones to Nate **
"Over-Watch APC, by the sounds of it...
Layla thinks to herself, "Damn, why didn't I set up my camera' yet..."
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The APC turns around the last bend of the road, now in clear sight of the Inn. Rolling to a halt ten meters out from the shabby building, the engine turns to idle, calmly and quietly sitting there, the sleek silver paint reflecting the golden sun rays.
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**Edwin winces to hear the APC's recent movements before turning back to Ali**
"Sounds like it stopped- Maybe it's still going, I'm not sure. We should hide?"
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Beans turns to Layla, pumping the grip and chambering a shell. He sidesteps against the wall next to the window, letting his shotgun fall idly to his side, his free hand resting on the RDG-5 fragmentation grenade clipped into the belt loop of his pants.
Wait for them to come out, I reckon.
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** Ali bites her bottom lip nervously, exchanging a quick glance towards Edwin before whispering out an anxious answer **
"I... I don't know. Matt or Eli usually direct people during raids... I don't know what to do."
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The echoing engine of the armored beast turns off, the growling halting nearly instantly, the village suddenly becoming quiet. The back hatch of the vehicle opens, two figures stepping out, one clad in a black trench-coat and another wearing the armor of an Over-watch Elite. The first figure towers over the Elite, both moving towards the entrance to the Inn, their heavy footsteps moving closer and closer to the main entrance.
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**Edwin hears the loud thudding footsteps outside, deciding it is definitely not a welcome refugee to the Inn, he attempts to grab Ali's hand and lead her to the safety of the room down the hall.**
"Nope! Not good, come along, we're going with the hide plan."
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Beans takes a quick peek out the window, lifting his shotgun up and shifting his gaze to Layla, slowly backing up the stairs.
I'd get the fuck away from that door while I radio for some help...
Beans quickly turns, rushing up the stairs as Edwin and Ali scurry away. He pulls his radio from his waistband, pushing down the PTT button.
Beefy, Meaty, Oldie, anyone, get the fuck to the inn.
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** Ali protests about waiting for Matt or Ali as she's lead away by Edwin, but in such a struggle to keep up with him, most of her words cannot be completely deciphered. **
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** Layla props her arm up onto the counter, adjusting her eye-level to that of the monocular. She peers through the lens, analyzing the two agents outside the Armored Personal Carrier; heavily armored, and probably equally experienced, not to mention well armed. She slinks back below the counter, whispering her observations to Nate and Beans. **
"Two units, one in a trench-coat, the other one looks to be an Elite. Where the fuck are Matt and Eli?"
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** Meaty swigs down the remainder of his whiskey; about a third of a bottle. He looks down at the sleeping woman below him with a cheeky grin, before he hears Beans' voice over the radio **
Meaty barks into the radio: This better be real fuckin' important Beansies. I'm with a lady, ye know."
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The Over-watch Elite pushes open the door, stepping inside the Inn, he wears pristine white armor with a blue armband, a C.E.G insignia on his chest shows he is a member of WARDEN. The Elite holds the standard issue Pulse Rifle, worn to the point where it is purely the steel underneath the dull-grey paint of the weapon. As the Elite steps inside the Inn, he makes way for the much taller figure. As the figure walks in, the trench-coat slaps against the back of his boots, dirt flaking off the bottom edge of the dark fabric. The figure holds in his hands another Pulse Rifle, this one painted purely a navy-blue, no traces of the grey underneath is shown. Shoved into his belt is an old .357 magnum, use is shown across it's exterior, dried blood on the very tip of the barrel. The figure wears a uniform unlike no other, the bone-white face-plate stands out, black eye lenses embedded in it's surface, the metal grill protruding where the mouth would be. The figure halts in the center of the room, his Pulse Rifle resting idly against his stomach, the Elite doing the same. The figure glances around the room, merely remaining silent and waiting.
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Ori hears the heavy footsteps of the OTA and the Unit, side-steps to the nearest wall facing the main doors, while pulling his 9MM to check for ammo. It is empty.
He stays there for a few seconds, waiting to hear the heavy footsteps.
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Matt spots the units moving in to the inn, he quickly sings his hunting rifle and draws his revolver still looking for a good vantage point.
Slowly he grabs the radio and speaks in to it in a soft and clam manner. "I'm here. Give me intel."
As he moves with the radio in one hand and the revolver in the other he pulls the hammer back looking for a way to get them out of there.
Slowly he gets behind the gas station slowly making his way closer and closer to the inn, Mind clear and hand steady, he was ready to kill.
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Beans quickly leans over the banister of the balcony, aiming down at the elite with his Mossberg 500 shotgun, resting it on the banister as he speaks into his radio.
Some masks just walked in.
Beans clips the radio back in place, hoisting the shotgun back into both arms, his aim shifting between the two.
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The Unit moves his gaze upwards, the cold eyes fixed on Beans. He takes a step forward, sliding the Pulse Rifle over his shoulder, the leather sling halting it from moving towards the floor. He crosses his arms over his chest, "<:: You must be... Beans, if I am correct. The reports don't say much about you, bare a nickname and the fact you have some kind of robotic arm, but alas, you are known by me."
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Beans would keep his aim and stare upon the unit, contorting his lower jaw a bit.
You should probably hurry the fuck up an' leave. And most of the shit I did was in City Eight and City Eighteen about a year or two back... None of you fuckin' fancy new units would know much about me.
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**Razors' skinny, 4'11'' frame is almost literally dwarfed by that of the unit, but nonetheless she stands from behind her cover of the counter, her Nine Millimeter Primed on the Unit's neck. Her thin, almost childish voice speaks from the shadows, but there's nothing innocent in her icy tone **
"He's no friend mine, but I'll kill the greater of two evils first."
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The vortigaunt slowly stands from behind the counter, he stands idle next to Layla, his claws clench and unclench in a nervous and uneasy manner. The vortigaunt lightly shifts from side to side as he watches the two units, eyeing the elite more than the trench coated one.
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The Unit snaps his view towards the voice, noticing the small female standing behind the counter, he eyes the pistol aimed towards him. "<:: Not only will that round have a hard time killing me, but you would die before I you lowered your pistol, due to my friend behind me. Also, if you end up injuring me, the entire Over-watch force stationed in this area would bare down on this pathetic building. So, do you feel the need to shoot me now? If I wanted to cause harm, don't you think I would've sent an entire squad of Over-watch Elites instead of coming here myself?"
He moves his gaze to the vortigaunt, seeing no danger, he moves his gaze back to the female, awaiting her response.
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The vortigaunt turns slightly as the trench-coat unit speaks, his heartrate skipping a beat as the unit gazes at him, before looking at Layla, who he must of been speaking to. The vortigaunt looks towards the female aswell, curious about her response.
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** Layla's Firearm sinks slowly down, halfway between the unit and the hardwood **
"If you didn't come to kill, then why are you here."
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The Unit chuckles for a few seconds in response to the female, "<:: Why? Because I can. Last time I came here, I only stayed for a few minutes, chatted with some strange man wearing an old Kevlar vest. I was looking for a more interesting encounter then the usual interactions I have with a 'free person'. Does that answer your question, female?"
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**Razors' icy tone remains stead-fast as she continues to address the unit. **
"You think that we are going to stand by and let you interrogate us."
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He cocks his head to the side, slightly confused at the statement, "<:: How would I interrogate you when it's just me and an Elite verse an entire village filled of armed citizens? Even if I did come here to 'interrogate' you, I wouldn't go about it by driving through a village with an APC and merely walking into the Inn."
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Jennifer Hanson strolls in through the door of the Inn chewing on a chunk of antlion meat, oblivious to the presence of the unit.
Say, guys, I was wo- holy shit, shit, shit!
Quickly goes for her weapon, thrusting out her makeshift knife from her pocket. She backs up, slightly outside. After noticing the stragne 'peace' of the moment, she narrows her eyes.
Er, what's going on here?
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** Razors steps out of the shadows, revealing her entire physique; She has unkempt, matte black hair hanging out over her brow, and wears a battered leather winter-jacket. Her 9mm now rests by her side, evidently content about the unit's presence. **
"You aren't wanted here. If you wanted to go somewhere to probe around at locals, you should've gone someplace less hostile. I think you should leave..."
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The tall Unit glances at the new comer, putting her off as small fry, he ignores her presence and turns back to the small female, "<:: If you want me to leave so badly, why don't you come over here and push me out, small one?"
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** Layla glowers, stubbornly spits words out between her teeth as she glares at the floor. The comments on her size seem to have effected her very much. **
"You say that like you know I won't."
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The Unit sees he hit the nail on the head, "<:: I'm sure someone of your height... I'm guessing four-foot-two, could be able to do such a feat to someone as tall and broad as me, no? I know you won't because you're scared of me, as is the vortigaunt next to you and the new-comer female. I couldn't really give a care in the world to Mr. redneck above me, however. It seems that you have a height complex. I could fix that if you give me the chance."
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** Layla says nothing. Her eyes burn down at the hardwood floor, her entire body trembling in anger. Finally she reaches a breaking point, hurtling across the floor and throwing all 90 pounds of herself against the unit. While not enough to make any significant progress towards shoving him away, her vigor and rage would prove an intimidating enough factor for any individual, unit or no. **
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The Unit stands there as she vaults over the counter, slightly surprised as she hits him with her full strength. He doesn't budge. He looks down from his height of seven-foot-two, the black lenses now very clear as they lock onto the female below him. "<:: Cute. While you probably expected me to at least move my foot back to balance myself, I weigh close four-hundred pounds. Your little body won't even dent my pinkie toe let alone push me over."
The Unit simply stands there, waiting for her to get away from him.
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Layla continues to push against him, eventually exerting the remainder of her energy with a single frustrated scream before backing up into the lobby. Her hair clings to her brow and in front of her eyes from the sweat of the ordeal, and her hand shakily clutches her pistol. While clearly not appreciating being spoken down to in such a childish fashion, she manages to spit out a few final words before retreating towards the basement.
"Enjoy the hospitality of the inn... though you might find it lacking."
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The Unit now turns his attention to the girl with the knife, "<:: Shall you continue to stand there with that toy or actually speak any sense, girl?"
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A female shape moves across the road, to one of the dark, empty buildings near the inn and settles herself into a window, watching the door, her radio laid next to her.
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**Edwin hears the monotone words boom through the Inn towards the back room, he pauses, turning to Ali, fixing his coat inwards before saying..**
"Right, so, I think he's either gone or going, we should go back through. Very strange- he didn't shoot. Which could mean he's here peacefully or..."
**Edwin turns slightly, shifting his gaze to the banister.**
"It's killed everyone just by looking at them."
**Edwin attempts to lead Ali back towards the banister.**
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Suddenly Matt walks in to the clinic doors facing the unit and OTA down.(Matt's about Six foot two inch, Tactical vest, Hunting rifle slug, graying hair/beard, Revolver in hand, Stern fearless look on his face.)
Matt stops just past the door way staring at the unit.
Slowly, he holsters his revolver, clearly not wanting to start a fight.
"Why. Are. You. Here."(Yes, that's a statement)
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Beans flicks the clip on the strap of his Mossberg, letting it roll out a bit before he swings it under his arm, letting it hang over his back.
Well apparently he only came here to fuckin' insult us, not a business trip I guess.
Beans would turn, eyeing Edwin and Ali through the hallway to the big room, shaking his head rapidly as he points at the teenager, mouthing the words "He'll kill her."
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Beef slowly walks up the stairs hearing a bit of commotion. He's half way out the doorway and says,
Unless you guys are throwing a party, what the hell is with all the- Shit!
Beef fumbles for a weapon, he manages to unstrap his MP7 off his shoulders. Looking around, he notices no one is firing.
Beans, what is Will smiths' future Men in black partner doing in our doorway? /
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Beans turns his gaze from Ali and Edwin in the hallway to over the banister at the basement door. Scratching his head as he leans forward a bit against the banister.
They're here to molest everyone.
Beans slowly makes his way for the stairway, the sound from his peg leg (No longer wooden, it's an Eli type leg given to me by Old Man.) contrasts the heavy clomping of the grayish OTA boot on his right leg.
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**Edwin sees Beans approach, Edwin takes his hand from Ali's before waving his hands about in a panicked motion, whispering the obvious question...
"Is it here to kill us?"
**Edwin looks over Beans, standing on his tip-toes to see through the banister; the bone white mask pre-occupied in the bar, Edwin gulps slightly.
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As multiple people enter the room, the Unit starts to feel slightly unnerved. He thanks that his face isn't visible, the face-plate keeping the intimidating look to the multiple people. He nods his head, the Elite moving towards the exit, brushing past Matt, the white armored man paces towards the APC, standing beside the silver beast.
The Unit inside turns first towards Beef, slightly confused at the Will Smith comment. As he hears Beans reply, he slowly begins to gaze upward, noticing he left the banister. "<:: In response to the man behind me... because I can. That's why."
The Unit slowly turns, moving to follow the path of his companion, halting just next to Matt, he looks down to him, speaking to anyone who can hear him, "<:: I shall be back in a few days, maybe a week (when server comes back up). Until then, I suggest you work on your manners. Also, tell the small female that decided to charge me I said bye."
With those words, the Unit moves past the armed citizen, returning to the armored hull of his APC. After a few seconds of quiet, the engine once again roars, the heavy vehicle now rolling down the road again, moving off into the depths of the Outlands to continue the trip between separate Cities.
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Matt turns his head and looks at Beans.
"Beans, let's talk in private."
Quickly Matt starts to move towards the stair case and climb up to the "Music room" pulling out a key and unlocking the door. Walking in to the room and then turns on his heel and sits down on the cot looking at the door way.
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Beans pushes himself from the banister, pulling his arms towards his back then up towards the ceiling, yawning and nodding as he starts back up to the top of the stairs.
'Course you wan' talk in private.
As Matt shuffles up the stairs and past Beans, he turns, following him through the hallway and past Edwin and Ali and into the music room, kicking the door shut behind him.
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**Edwin frowns slightly as the pair enter the banister area, turning to Ali, smiling.
"Guess they need privacy. Sounds like he left, want to go back down?"
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After the APC has left, the vortigaunt cocks his head to the side in confusion. "The Combine use words as a weapon, rather then their weapons." The vortigaunt looks around the room at no one in particular, before shrugging his shoulders. "This one is confused."
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Scruffy comes from the basement, some dried blood stains the area below his nostrils. He pulls his Mongols MC leather vest on, tripping to the bar.
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Ori comes out of his hiding place, wiping the sweat off of his forehead.
"That was... Interesting. Never met combine who just want to talk.
He then feels useless, as he did not do anything, nor /will/ do anything to help.
"Anybody needs help with something?"
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Matt looks Beans in the eyes.
"That CmD, was here to scout us out."
"His return is more worry some, make sure your people are ready to fight or leave this valley if push comes to shove."
Matt looks down at the cot then over to the Piano.
"I'm going to be heading out in a little bit to grab some supplies and then get the clinic ready to mobilize, I suggest you do the same.
However, if its just another 'Friendly visit' I'm going to be getting in contact with a few other people, and we're going to sit down and talk.
That includes you, and only you."
Matt gets up and then grabs a backpack under the cot and then a small box under the Piano bench. Opening it out of view of Beans.
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Beans nods, standing up from his sitting position on a chair in the corner of the room.
Right, just me. No Beef or nothin'. And on the topic of supplies, we got plenty, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a small bit more fuel. See you later, Oldie.
Beans shuts the door behind him as he leaves, unslinging his Mossberg as he reaches the door.
C'mon Beef, let's go out for a walk.
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Beef looks towards Beans, nodding, he heads over to his brother. As they walk out the door he whispers,
" Why'd Oldie ask to speak to you? He know anything about that unit?"
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** Ali eyes Scruffy as she's lead away by Edwin. The familiarity of an ex-drug user would be common between them. She gapes, somewhat longingly, at Scruffy, before shaking her head dismissively **
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** Meaty drunkenly saunters into the inn. He utters a disgusting belch, reeking already of cigarettes, sweat, and alcohol. He flashes a yellow, toothy grin at the individuals inside the inn, flashing a questionable wink at Ali from across the counter. **
" 'ello you gigantic cunts! I trust I've been missed!"
**Meaty laughs horridly, before coughing up a small deposit of vomit and blood. He immediately resumes his posture, grinning around at everyone in the building.
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The woman in the window picks up her radio, watching the APC drive off. She flicks it on, and puts it to her mouth.
"Anyone care to tell me what the hell that was all about?"
She sets her radio down, waiting.
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Beans grabs his radio as he leads Beef down the street towards the tunnel.
He came to piss on all of our shirts. When we tried stopping him he took advantage of us, touched me in a bad spot.
Beans clips the radio back into place, smiling a bit.
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**Edwin begins to head down the stairs, jumping the last flight of small steps before spinning round to Ali**
"Did I catch your name?"
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** Ali clears her throat, adjusting the purple scarf around her neck nervously **
"Er, no, you didn't. I'm Ali."
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The vortigaunt shudders lightly with poorly-masked contempt for the new-comer that belched ('Meaty'), the vortigaunt shuffles back to his spot by the fire, holding his claws out as he breathes a soft and gravely sigh.
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**Looks up and down Ali, noticing her strange clothing.**
"Ali, nice name. I'm...**Edwin pauses momentarily, skipping around names.** "...Happy to see you're not shaken from that. On a side note you have a rather abstract dress sense and I've seen a peg-legged pirate today!"
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** Ali smiles, clearly enjoying Edwin's strange sense of humor, and the irony of his calling her clothing 'abstract' **
"Abstract? You're one to talk, Mister Bow-Tie. Actually, you didn't mention your name-"
** Ali is promptly cut off by Meaty's impeding inebriated presence. He claps her on the back, and runs his greasy sausage-esque fingers through her red hair, stopping momentarily for a sideways comment:
"How's my favorite whore, then? Eh?!"
** Meaty wastes no time in moving on down the hallway, leaving a thin chance for anyone to regard his drunkeness, or his rudeness. Ali frowns, turning back towards Edwin. **
"I-I... I was saying you didn't mention your name either."
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**Edwin casts a frighteningly serious glare towards Meaty as he leaves them, brushing his fringe while turning back to Ali.**
"Who needs names, eh? It's not important. That man... Does he give you a lot trouble?"
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Matt stares at Meaty as he does this with a look of Murder in his eyes.
Quickly he starts walking up to Meaty fist clenched grabbing him by the collar attempting to drag him away from her.
"God Damnit how many god damn times have I told you to stop god damn calling her that."
"I thought Beans beat some manners in to you finally."
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Beans grabs his radio from his belt as he and Beef make their way through the tunnel.
Meaty, you never came to the God damned inn earlier, what the hell are you doing?
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Keiji makes a quick entry from upstairs, holding a device up over his head.
"Shit, guys, I got it to work! It actually fucking works!"
Keiji stands atop the catwalk, proudly showing off the item in his hands.
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Ori looks at Keiji, raising his hands a bit.
"What the hell is this device, and what does it do?"
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Beans and Beef reach the end of the tunnel, starting for for upward trek to the cottage. Beans grabs his radio, speaking quickly into it again.
Meaty, where in the fuck are you, crooked dick motherfucker.
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Keiji heads down the stairs, rather quickly and eagerly, setting the device down right in the middle of the room, tinkering with it a bit.
"Watch and observe..."
Within a few moments, a small whir is heard, followed by a rhythm of beeps. Soon after, a hologram of what seems like a bust head pops up a few feet above the device shading a translucent aqua blue color. Keiji stands and takes a step back, marveling at his work.
"There we are."
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** Ali shrugs anxiously in response to Edwin's question.
"He gives me more than most, usually when he's drunk... but I've gotten used to it. Besides his brother and Matt beat up on him when he does."
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**Edwin straightens his tie out before clapping his claps together**
"Right, so, that guy said he'd be back in a few days, don't suppose you had any plans ruined by that? I suggest we all pack up and go. Because even I- with my vastly superior knowledge of all the cosmos- doubt we could easily stop whatever is coming in a couple days with..."
**Edwin gestures around him, all across the Inn's lobby.**
"...This."
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Scruffy looks to Edwin, standing up from the bar stool.
Fuck this, I can't deal with you fucking morons. I'm going to take a hit.
Scruffy waddles to the basement door and down the stairs, the stench of feces, urine, vomit and sweat following behind his somewhat overweight body.
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**Edwin rolls his eyes at Scruffy as he leaves**
Typical! You people, I swear... All this time I've been travelling but you people never cease to infuriate me.
**Edwin glances over to the projection, turning his focus to it, starting off towards it, face aglow with interest.**
Oooh, what's this? It looks like a big blue flickery-bickery thing...
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** Ali bites her lip nervously, taking advantage of Edwin's temporary distraction to slink after Scruffy, down towards the horrid smelling basement. **
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** Meaty struggles to twist his way around to face Matt, the horrid, fiery, almost aerosol-like alcohol on his breath blowing full strength into his eyes and nose, a subconscious method of freeing himself. **
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Ori turns to Edwin, sighing.
"Everyone here infuriate anyone, it's not new."
He then notices the teen girl, walking after Scruffy.
"Umm... Where is she going?"
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** For a moment a darkened silhouette passes across the windows by the fireplace of the Inn before fading away but it is clear enough someone is there at the sound of the dank clopping of impact on the ground that stops just outside the front door of the Inn. The door knob jiggles eerily before creaking open, letting in a draft of air that could ruffle even the neatest hair style. As the light settles, it reveals a bulky figure dressed in white. Her large red eye sailing from place to place, surveying the populace before letting out a semi-grumpy 'Hmph' as she shuffles in, finally revealing a humble looking Vortigaunt donning a Laboratory coat.
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**Edwin looks past the hologram, towards Keiji.
"It looks like a fusion powered painting... Or a can opener with a face... What is it exactly?"
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Scruffy finally reaches the bottom of the stairs, starting for a rather dirty and damp looking bed under the stairs. He lets himself fall onto the bed, ignoring Ali as she follows behind him. He pulls his backpack onto his lap, digging around. He pulls a meth pipe, a baggie of crack rocks, a baggie of bluish methamphetamine, and an orange pill bottle containing yellowish cream colored pills, laying them all out on the bed between his legs. He taps the three selections of narcotics one after another. "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe, catch a tiger by the toe, if he hollers let him go, out goes... you." He pushes the crack rocks away from the others with his short, stumpy and wrinkly finger. He grabs the meth pipe, bag of methamphetamine and the orange pill bottle, gently setting them within the confines of his backpack. After digging for a few moments more, he brings his hand out with a crack pipe. He takes his index finger and thumb from each hang, pulling apart the zip lock of the baggie. He reaches in whilst holding the bag open, pulling out one of the white rocks and setting it in the end of the crack pipe, looking up to Ali.
"Want the first hit?"
Scruffy holds out the occupied pipe, careful not to let the rock within it fall out. He also holds out his windproof lighter, flicking the top open with a nod.
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Matt continues to struggle to drag Meaty out of the inn while grabbing his radio on his belt..
Beans, you need to beat some more manners in to Meaty.
Slowly he throws Meaty out of the front door with a twinkle in his eye saying "Stay out unless you're going to stop calling that young girl a whore."
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Beans leans back on the couch, grabbing his radio as he sets his shotgun aside.
"You got 'im? Send his ass to the cottage."
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**Shuffles into the Inn, standing a few feet before the checking counter as her eyes fall on Keiji and Edwin and lifting a claw to tap onto a slim looking ring about her neck. As she taps on it, the red spur of light on it flicks to green and she opens her mouth to speak, though it sounds as if two voices are being emitted; one in a strange dialect and the other in English, but the English being more apparent.
"So many visages pass through this location, this one finds it trivial to keep track anymore..."
She grumbles before stopping her gaze on Edwin.
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**Edwin squints at the hologram, speaking slowly but with a certainty in response to the vortigaunt**
"There's always more to see, always more to meet. You shouldn't judge everyone before you speak to them, that's how we make enemies."
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**Tekel'Pakem lets out a brief wisp of air before stuffing her claws in her coat pockets and giving a curt nod of her aged head.
"Judgement is a basis of reality whether one sees fit to acknowledge it or not is a another concept that must be seen for ones self."
**She closes all her eye lids, leaning back slightly before opening one of her smaller ones half way to peek towards Edwin.
"Though it is not this one's place to divulge her beliefs unto Humans."
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**Edwin nods, smiling a little, turning away from the device.**
"Don't worry, I sympathize, these Humans drive me crazy.
**Edwin chuckles lightly before reaching out a handshake**
"Doctor, at your service."
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**Tekel'Pakem stares down at the Doctors hand for a moment before slipping a hand from her coat and awkwardly gripping his to shake, being unaccustomed to Human greetings though narrowing her eyes at him once she lets go.
"If the 'Doctor's' own kin agitate him, perhaps he is no place to criticize this one of judgement. Though never the less, well met. This one is known as Tekel'Pakem of the San'Diri. Though many need only refer to this one by her forename, Tekel."
**Tekel'Pakem quickly pivots on her hooves, turning toward the Inn steps before walking toward them and ascending toward the second floor but calling over her shoulder.
"Until we meet again."
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Matt slams the door after throwing Meaty outside and then looks at Tekel and starts to slowly make his way to "Her".
Tekel, seen Doctor Sharp around?
Looking around as he talks he spots "Doctor" and then look around for Ali before reaching the group of people.
I need to talk to him about some stuff.
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** Ali bites her bottom lip, a look of wanting in her eyes. She shakes her head dismissively.
"Uh.. N-no, I've never done any of that stuff."
** Ali cocks her head, hearing Matt's distinctive tone upstairs. Without further word, she retreats across the room, taking the door into the kitchen do avoid her being caught with such unpleasant company. **
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Scruffy watches her flee up the stairs, shrugging. He leans forward to the pipe, wrapping his chapped and vomit stained lips around the pipe, holding the lighter to the end of the pipe, taking a deep drag. He lets his eyelids fall shut, shaking a bit as he pulls the pipe from his lips. He plants his feet firmly on the ground, letting his heavy combat boots clomp on the ground. He uses his index finger and thumb to pull the barely used rock and hot rock from the pipe, pulling it out carefully and putting it in his vest pocket, along with several other half used rocks. He scratches the back of his neck, digging back into his bag and wrapping his hands around a nearly empty needle, tossing it to the side. He grabs a roll of duct tape from the bag, tightly wrapping it around his arm until it goes numb, jabbing the needle into a vein in his arm and pressing the plunger down fully.
"Yoooouuu... are soooo beautifuuuuhl..."
His singing slowly fades into mumbles, he drops the empty needle next to himself, pulling at the duct tape. After pulling some skin off as well as some hair with the duct tape, he falls off the bed rolling around on the floor. Shortly after, he stands, grabbing the bag from behind him, leaving his used needle on the bed. He charges for the staircase, running for the front door with a shout, "I got to go set this fucking bomb! Shit!"
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**Stops mid stride up stairs before looking back towards Matt and shaking her head.
"We have not rested our eyes on the Sharp in some days. Perhaps the Sharp is off on a research expedition."
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** Layla marches her way up from the basement. Her tiny, dark figure was practically invisible in the shadows of the lowest floor of the inn, therefor having seen the exchange between Ali and Scruffy. She shoves her way through the gathering crowd, approaching Matthew, though curiously not mentioning Ali's interaction. **
"I need a favor. Some mutual accomplices of mine are dropping off some things off about a mile outside the pass, and I need someone else to make sure it gets back safely."
** Meaty spits on the inn door, struggling so much as walk down to the bar to get more alcohol. Halfway down the street, he vomits again, and loses consciousness on the pavement.
** Ali, still in a rush to escape the scene in the basement, practicly slams into Edwin on her way out. Startled, and in the midst of a panic attack, she dashes off as quietly as she can to get some fresh air. **
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Scruffy hobbles quickly past Ali, but still rather slow. His arm still receiving blood remains discolored. He pulls the bag over his shoulder, covering up part of his Mongols emblem. He continues up the road towards the gas station.
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**Tekel'Pakem continues to shuffle up the steps before glancing back at the sudden spur of commotion downstairs before rolling her eye and continuing on to check on the Clinic upstairs.
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Keiji shrugs in reply to Edwin
"I have no idea what it does yet...but whatever it does, I'm going to find out. Wanna help?"
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**Edwin beams a smile, straightening his jacket inwards and rubbing his hands.**
"Would I? I most certainly would!"
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Keiji nods back, giving a smirk.
"Not many people left around here with that kind of enthusiasm. Stick with it. Now-"
Keiji claps his hands together, tapping his fingers together.
"-what I did notice is that there's a part missing. Right on the bottom of the device, a nice gaping hole. My best guess is that it's a missing part or something along those lines. Now, what I'll need you for...is to help me find it. Think you're up for it?"
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Ori stays quietly, looking at Ali while she is running outside, worrying about her, due to her young age. He decides to go out as well, walking towards the Inn main doors. He opens the doors, closing them behind him as he goes out of the Inn.
He takes a quick look to both of his sides, searching for the young girl. To his left, he sees a man on the ground, not moving at all. To his right, he sees another man, walking a bit slow towards the Gas Station.
He runs to the unconscious man, kneeling a bit down to him as he reaches him. Ori sees the empty beer bottles by him, plus the vomit. The man smells from Alcohol. He pulls his radio from his pocket, quickly talking into it.
"I got someone unconscious over here, down the street. Smells from Alcohol, looks like alcohol poisoning. Can somebody lend me a hand?"
After he finishes his transmission, Ori quickly puts his radio back into his pocket, turning the man on the ground on his side, so he won't drown from his own vomit.
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**Edwin squints at the missing part, giving it some amount of thought before nodding**
"From the looks of it... Maybe it's a secondary battery? May I ask where you found it in the first place?"
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Keiji chuckles as he watches Edwin check the device out.
"I know what part I need, I'm just not saying it infront of a group of people. This thing is combine tech. I specialize in combine tech."
Keiji rolls his neck, clearing his throat.
"Anyways, I got the thing from a trader. I told him about my need for combine tech to work on and he sold it to me."
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**Tekel'Pakem's ears prick as the mention of Union Technology floats about the air. Quickly, she whips around before flitting to the balcony with the thunderous clopping of her hooves trailing about the Inn, stopping at the rail and wrapping her claws along it to look over the side.
"What is this mention of Union automatons?"
She rasps, narrowing her eye down below as if scanning for the source of the words.
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Keiji turns, slowly looking up to the balcony. He shifts his eyes left, then back up to Tekel.
"What's it to you?"
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With the sound of conversations behind him, the vortigaunt looks over his shoulder towards the conversation between the two men and the female vortigaunt. His eyes flicker towards her a moment before settling back on the humans as he watches the conversation in silence.
Assuming the conversation was in the little lobby
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**A slight twinkle of interest shines in Tekel'Pakem's eye as the owner of the object speaks up.
"Perhaps we have not met, this one is known as Tekel'Pakem of the San'Diri. One of the few scientifically diverse remaining of her kin. Although we digress,"
She pauses for a moment, blinking then allowing her sharp gaze to snap back to Keiji, threatening to pierce through him like a threaded needle.
"One such as yourself who claims expertise in...highly foreign technology must be aware of its ease of being tracked by those whom forged it, is this correct?"
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**Edwin nods to what Tekel says, having experienced being tracked a couple times.**
"Yes, they don't take kindly to me trying to take their toys, despite it when I say it was just for analysis."
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Ori still trying to make the man on the ground wake up, but without any luck. He is getting worried, due to no reply has been heard. He takes out his radio from his pocket again, quickly talking into it while holding the button.
"Hello!? Can anybody hear me!? I have an unconscious man on the ground, probably from alcohol poisoning! Can somebody give me a hand?"
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Beef unholsters his radio and says,
"If the guy is bald it's probably Meaty. If it is him, leave him. He'll sober up sooner or later.
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Ori hears the transmission, disappointed. He sees that the man /is/ bald, decides to do what Beef says, and leave him. He then looks over to the Gas Station, noticing the slow walking man isn't there (Since it was a long time maybe?). Ori walks towards the Gas station, hoping to find what is the man going to do.
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Ori would find Scruffy the drug addled biker sitting in in the corner next to the garage door, feeding a wire into a soda can. "Aaaaaaaahhhhhmeeeeerica, Aaaaaaahmeriiiica..."
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Ori notices Scruffy, doing something with a soda can and a wire.
He says to Scruffy "So you are trying to make yourself feel better with this stuff, I presume?"
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Only for the trained, experienced and guarding eye, a small figure would appear in the horisont, gradually coming closer. The figure moves close to the earth, yet still slightly above it as a small humming sound emits from it. The figure appears slightly bigger than the human head, camouflaged in matching colors of the enviroment. On the front of it, a small red mark is visible on a form of opening as a hatch, which leads into the mechanism. Every once and a while, a small, robotic eye slides out of the hatch, for seconds, before it slides back in and the hatch closes shut.
As it gradually comes closer to the city, it changes course, hovering towards the mountain edge, behind the houses. A few electronical shocks is heard, in what appears to be a rhythm before the noise dies out. Three clicks emits from the mechanism, followed by a single beeping indicator, as the camera turns around, facing the town.
<:: Overwatch scanner unit: Nine-three-seven-eight-one, reporting online.
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Scruffy looks over his shoulder at Ori, gently setting the small amount of wire left on top of the soda can. "Your fucking accent! You're a commie too, eh?! Come to steal my crystal and ruin my asshole with your thorned cock!?" Scruffy hops up, pulling his baton from his waistband and flicking it out. "Come the fuck at me, Mister Russia!"
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Matt slowly walks down the stairs to the basement hearing scruffy yelling calmly by forcefully saying.
But that down son, your going to get someone hurt...
As he reaches the end of the stair case he looks at the two of them then in the same manner continues to speak.
No fighting in the Inn please, and could I ask you to put away the drugs mister?
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Matt slowly walks down the stairs to the basement hearing scruffy yelling calmly by forcefully saying.
But that down son, your going to get someone hurt...
As he reaches the end of the stair case he looks at the two of them then in the same manner continues to speak.
No fighting in the Inn please, and could I ask you to put away the drugs mister?
We're at the gas station.
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Matt slowly walks down the stairs to the basement hearing scruffy yelling calmly by forcefully saying.
But that down son, your going to get someone hurt...
As he reaches the end of the stair case he looks at the two of them then in the same manner continues to speak.
No fighting in the Inn please, and could I ask you to put away the drugs mister?
We're at the gas station.
Well shit. Void my post.
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It is obvious that Scruffy intimidated Ori, with his stun baton. Ori raises his hands, walking backwards slowly, trying to persuade him that he is wrong.
"L-Look, I don't want any trouble. I'm not here to steal your stuff or something, and I'm not even from Russia. J-Just keep doing what you are doing, put that stun baton down, and I-I'll walk away."
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The scanner unit slowly starts to increase its height above the city, it's audio and movement scanning turning on. As it hovers above the town, sound waves strikes into it's audio scanner. Quickly the scan unit starts analyzing them and locate the noises. The scanner slowly turns towards the location of the sounds, analyzing them to be two different kind of voices. The small camera slides out of scan units hatch, looking towards what appears to be an old yellow and white building. Searching through its database, the building matches its memory; A gas station.
The camera slides back in behind the hatch, as the scan unit starts to hover high above the ground, towards the gas station, the slight humming voice being audible. Small sounds of electrical shocks is heard coming from it once more, a single mechanic beep following.
"<:: Overwatch scanner unit; Nine-three-seven-eight-one, reporting: Voices analyzed. Location: Gas station. Unit relocating. Directives: Code Nine-b."
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**Edwin begins to spin around, turning his gaze all around the Inn lobby, not finding any kind of component, he faces the doors out of the Inn.**
"I suppose I will look outside?"
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Ori hears something "Humming", sounds like it fat away. He turns around with his hands still raised, searching for the source of the strange sound. However, it seems that the sound is balanced, Ori hears it in both of his ears. He looks above him, seeing something small, mechanical like. It seems that he has a colored eye, like the Scanner's eyes.
Ori recognizes it. It was a Combine Scanner. "Fuck."
Ori quickly pulls his radio from his pocket, pressing on the button to speak into it.
"I... I think we got a scanner, above the Gas Station. It is... Looking at us..."
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My baton isn't a stun baton, just like a collapsible nightstick that privateers / military /police use, similar to the ones in Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.
Scruffy walks through the open garage door, shifting his eyes up into the airspace as the difficult-to-see scanner, waving his baton around. "It's a camouflauged commie jet! They're here to steal all of our fucking women!"
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The scanner unit briefly stops up, the moment the male steps out. The scanner hangs for a second, as the male begins to yell what he has spotted. The hatch briefly opens up, the small camera sliding out facing towards the male in the open garage door. A bright flash appears from the camera, as it slides back in and the hatch closes shut.
"<:: Overwatch scan unit; Nine-three-seven-eight-one, reporting in: Human. Male. Analyzing database for matching identification, please stand by."
As the last word is reported back to the headquarter, the scanner unit starts to hover upwards, above the gas station in an attempt to blend into the sky above it as it is programmed, trying to disappear once more.
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Keiji chuckles in reply to Edwin and Tekel.
"I've handled enough of their tech to know that there is in fact a way to rid of said tracking."
Keiji sighs nonchalantly, though quickly turning uneasy.
"Y'know...I might not wanna take a risk. I'll shut it off and give it a triple check."
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Scruffy blinks a few times as the camera takes a picture, falling onto his back with a grunt, he quickly reaches behind him and grabs his backpack, holding to to his chest as he lays on the ground.
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**Edwin spins to Keiji, raising his right index finger and gesturing in a dramatic fashion**
"Yes! Now, I hope you know where to start looking because you've got my curiosity, congratulations."
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Worried about the scanner, Ori pulls his radio from his pocket, pressing the button on it, and talking into it.
"Umm... Should I worry from the Scanner? It's high up in the air and... Wait... It's coming down..."
You can hear the flash sound from the scanner through the radio.
"Agh! It took photos of me. My eyes..."
Ori rubs his eyes for a bit, blinking as he does. He then puts the radio in his pocket, looking at Scruffy. He decides to leave him alone, better to go away. He walks away, getting further down the hill, still worrying about the young girl.
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** Ali, whom has been calming herself outside for sometime, walks down across the road to clear her head. As she continues up the concrete pathway, she spies Ori and Scruffy further up the way. Curious, and having very little to do, she approaches them, not seeming to notice the scanner **
"Er... What's going on? I thought I heard some shouting."
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Ok wrap things up. Outlands should arrive in the next couple days and RP in here will cease without extending into the server. Experiences in here however may cross over as long as the rules stated in the OP are followed.
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Ok wrap things up. Outlands should arrive in the next couple days and RP in here will cease without extending into the server. Experiences in here however may cross over as long as the rules stated in the OP are followed.
I figure that once the actual server is up and in service, Elions will lock the thread, and any RP sequentially following events that have already been wrapped up will be cut short (hopefully for players to follow up on in the server).
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Ok wrap things up. Outlands should arrive in the next couple days and RP in here will cease without extending into the server. Experiences in here however may cross over as long as the rules stated in the OP are followed.
I figure that once the actual server is up and in service, Elions will lock the thread, and any RP sequentially following events that have already been wrapped up will be cut short (hopefully for players to follow up on in the server).
I hope that it will be possible, as we will always need to change characters, and most of the chances not everyone will be on the server to continue the RP. I suggest not closing this thread untill the current problems are solved, while trying not to make new ones.
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Personally I don't want what happened here going over to the server when it's back up
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Elions is directly in charge of current weather, flood status, time, etc. Under these circumstances:
-Anything that happens will not result in a PK or PI
-The state of Ineu must be the same as it was before the HDD crash (ie, dont blow up the cottage)
-Nobody shal gain or lose items unless authroised. IC or OOC.
These are the rules. Anything else goes so if you dont want RP to cross over, discuss it with who you RP'd with and see if they'll void it.
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Rules apply for me, so I guess the memory comes back with me if you all agree :P
Anyway, back to the RP.
As soon as Ali talks, Ori turns around to her, pointing at the sky above him, assuming Ali can see the scanner.
"Scanners. That's what. You shouldn't be on the outside with it snooping around."
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Personally, I would like it all to come back to the server but that's just me.
*A stocky, man emerges to the people.*
"It seems. I'm not the only here. Haha, I'm Jamie."
*A heavy Scottish accent can be heard quite easily.*
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Personally, I would like it all to come back to the server but that's just me.
*A stocky, man emerges to the people.*
"It seems. I'm not the only here. Haha, I'm Jamie."
*A heavy Scottish accent can be heard quite easily.*
Since the server is up, I'd say it high time that this thread is locked, and one of the most popular threads ever is put to rest.
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Topic locked as the server is up, if Statua disagrees with me then just unlock it, please.
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Was about to do that myself Dallas.
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