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Post by .Merios on Apr 5, 2010 21:39:41 GMT -5
Within seconds of Tyler scooping up his flashlight, the light dimmed and and the bulb gave out one more flash of bright light before it popped and sizzled- the light faded quickly and he was left in the darkness.
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Post by Taylor Fote on Apr 6, 2010 20:14:23 GMT -5
(OOC: This might be breaking posting over, but I think I should probably react to that)
Tyler cursed, feeling sweat drip down his brow. He slapped the flashlight several times before he realized it was useless. He heard something to his left and he turned, stumbling against the wall. Then there was something else to his right. Tyler whipped around with the rifle, not even able to see that action. 'Gotta get back gotta get back' he thought, looking around and realizing he didn't know what side he had come from.
"Guys!" Tyler yelled in a panic, praying for a voice to walk towards. He turned quickly in circles, trying to see any sign of light. 'Why did I shoot it!? Now its just ****ed!" he yelled.
Tyler held the rifle out in front of him, not intending to shoot it, just to try and beat at anything that he saw. He stood there in the darkness, and in a moment of clarity, he reached into his right pocket and pulled out the lighter he carried. After he flicked it three times, the flame flickered to life, and he held it up, trying to see around him. It still wasn't enough for him to see the others, but he could see the better than he could have before.
Farmer felt his breath coming shakily out of his throat, stifling it quickly. After a few moments he realized he had been holding his breath. He let it out in another shaking stream. Tyler let the light shine as a beacon to his location for a few moments before getting paranoid and shutting it off. He started praying as he waited for the others to find him, pulling the baseball bat he carried and steeling himself against the darkness. Somewhere down the path, he heard the scratching of talons on cement.
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Post by Dark Nomad on Apr 6, 2010 23:12:06 GMT -5
(OOC: I know out of order)
Sam watched as the light spun around on the floor shining on creatures unknown, the rifle fire, then instant darkness. Sam seemed to be in shock as he this happened in what seemed like a matter of hours, which was only a matter of minutes. The darkness seemed almost blinding. The kind of darkness that made your ears ring, your ears tear, and your heart race. Then the light from the small flame danced in the distance. Instantly Sam came back from whatever land of oblivion he was lost in.
What seemed silly was Sam and fate forgot about his flash light. Instantly he remembered the cylinder in his hand and he lit it up. Then it might as well have rained on them right there. The light shined bright for a few seconds sending the creature back into hiding. Then the light started to dim, and dim, and dim.
"NO! No, no, no, no, no!" He yelled at the flash light almost in a pleading manner as it died. "Aw f***ing hell! Why did this have to happen?!"
Then back to the deadly darkness. They had had only enough time to get Tyler back to the other two before being stranded. Stranded, alone, and separated, the group was in trouble.
(OOC:Back to the same order of things?)
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Post by brutus on Apr 7, 2010 17:45:26 GMT -5
OoC: I'll give this another couple hours and then go. I have reservations about continuing down this route without Shattered; how are we supposed to 'rescue' Tabitha if nobody is playing the character?
Hopefully he'll be back before long and make that a non-issue.
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Post by Dongles® on Apr 8, 2010 12:10:02 GMT -5
OoC: Sorry i've been away, was busy D; There was a flash of light before Tabitha, it was almost blinding. It then faded. Tabitha reached out to her walkie talkie. It was static but through it she could just about hear the voice of Jack. Tabitha steadily stood up and looked for a sign of exit.
" Would they be looking for me?... " Tabitha thought. Tabitha made way into the pitch black tunnel and turned on her light which was attached to her gun. There was a loud crash like an object was just dropped. All of a sudden she saw a spinning light on the floor not too far away. " Hello? " Tabitha whispered into the air. Out of the dark came Jack. " Jack! " Tabitha began to run forward to give him a great hug because they found her when, once again she felt something wrap around he ankle. The next thing Tabitha knew was that she was halfway through the air when she heard shouting from every direction. This creature had slammed her against the wall.
Tabitha could make out a massive shape infront of her. Two large tenticles coming out of the ceiling. She lunged out the way as the tenticles lunged at her. As they missed the two great tenticles grabbed the three people that layed in the room. Tabitha had a tear in her eye. The next thing tabitha saw was the tenticles again but this time is just stayed still. Out of the tenticle sprayed a black substance into her eye. Tabitha fell back and and her vision began to fade. She couldn't see anything.
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Post by brutus on Apr 8, 2010 19:26:02 GMT -5
Although Jack had still not worked out how to use the light Tabitha had given him, he still had his own flashlight.
Its dim beam was far from satisfactory however, and after the lights held by Tyler and and Sam died, his thoughts turned toward improvising a torch. He was scanning the area for something slow-burning when he heard Tabitha's voice.
"Jack!"
He looked in the direction of the voice and caught a momentary glance of her figure, obscured in the dark. By the time he swung the glow of his flashlight toward her, however, she was gone.
"It's the same thing again. But she's alive, we know that."
It was easier, this time, to get a sense of which direction she had been dragged. Bolting down quickly down the hall, he soon finds her in a side room, crumpled in a heap. Something black has been sprayed into her face.
"Tabby, are you alr-"
The tentacles extending from the ceiling had claimed his attention. He isn't totally sure where his other companions are, but says loudly "I don't think we'll be killing this. Shoot anything that tries to grab you; otherwise let's just grab Tabby and run."
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Post by Dark Nomad on Apr 8, 2010 19:53:27 GMT -5
"oi no need to yell...Holy..."Said Sam. "You are right, lets get out of here. You two seem to be better with your guns, I will walk with Tabby, alright?"
Not waiting for any okays, Sam helped Tabby up threw her arm over his shoulders and supported her weight, so she didn't fall. He leaned down to her level, to make it easier for her, since he was significantly taller than her. They started to head out, Jack holding the the light and leading the way, Sam and Tabby in the middle, and Tyler watching everyone's back at the back of the group.
This creature was obviously way too strong for any shooting to take any effect on it. They had to find some other way to fight it if it attacked them. Sam took his spare shirt out of his bag and tried to wipe some of the black slime out of her eyes, while keeping her from falling if she misstepped. The slime seemed to stain the shirt but not come off of her skin. They needed to get into the light so that way they could see what they were doing and where they were going.
"I just hope we get there soon" thought Sam.
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Post by Dongles® on Apr 9, 2010 16:30:13 GMT -5
OoC : Dark we don't know yet but this slime has blinded me temporarily like for a few days D:
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Post by Taylor Fote on Apr 9, 2010 16:40:27 GMT -5
Tyler stood in the doorway of the side room, holding the pistol. Tentacles shot towards him from the top of the doorway. He fired two shots, counting off in his head to 13. The bullets hit the tentacles and they shied away, but it didn't bleed or anything. "Damn, we gotta get out now!" said Tyler, annunciating the now part.
He stood there, counting off 13 in his head over and over again, making sure he remembered how many bullets he had in his clip. Tyler had lived long enough in this hell hole that had once been the world. He didn't want to die in some unsuccesful fallout shelter.
Tyler stared at the frame of the doorway, waiting for something to pop out when they left, slowly moving out, Tyler walking backwards as they went. He scanned the ceiling and walls as well as the floors, trying to make sure he was doing his job right. 'This officially sucks' he thought, glancing over his shoulder at the others 'Hopefully we'll be able to die somewhere with fresh air.'
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Post by Dongles® on Apr 9, 2010 17:03:32 GMT -5
Tabitha stumbled as she got up with help from Sam. Sam wiped of the black pungent goo off her eyes. She struggled to open them. " s***. I can't see! " Tabitha screamed with tears in her eyes. She collapsed onto the floor in tears. She was blind. Then all of a sudden she felt an arm pulling her up. " Sam? Is that you? " She asked unsurely. " Yeah . " Same replied. Sam pulled Tabitha somewhere. She just followed Sam holding onto his arm. " D-do you think its gonna be like this forever? My eyes? " Tabitha said worried. " I'm not sure.. " Sam replied. " Sam can you get my bag and open it? Inside should be a piece of cloth." Tabitha said. Sam put the material in her hand. She pulled it up against her eyes and tied it around her head. " Sam I want you to look after my Nambu Pistol, its 13 years old and I can't look after it if I can't see it , can I? " . Tabitha put her hand out with the pistol and Sam took it.
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Post by brutus on Apr 9, 2010 20:24:36 GMT -5
Jack tried to keep his light positioned to maximize visibility of the tentacles. He reasoned that the worst case scenario at this point would be losing track of the limbs and having a member of the group pulled back into the darkness.
He fires at the things every few seconds to discourage their approach, but doubts he's actually harming them in any significant way. Still, they recoil with each gunshot, and it seems that they can hold it back long enough to flee the shelter. He continuously walks backward, aware that the others are around him, but unable to detect their exact positions.
"Alright, let's get out of here. Sam, take Tabitha's keys; we need to be ready to drive. I don't know how far this will follow us."
_____________________________________________________ OoC: So, where do we retreat to? I feel like the logical thing is for the characters to be fleeing somewhere they expect will be safe. The area just outside the city, for example. But I don't know if any of you had something in mind, and I'm really fine with anything.
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Post by Dark Nomad on Apr 9, 2010 21:01:35 GMT -5
Sam takes the cloth out of Tabby's bag and hand it to her, as he pulls the cloth out Jack tells him to take the car keys. He can't seem to find them as Tabby asks him to take care of her gun.
"I will take care of it for you Tabby. Can't let a good gun get ruined can I? That would just be irresponsible." Said Sam, trying to lighten the situation even though it was terribly grim.
Tabby handed him the car keys which seemed to be in her pocket. This soothed Sam's worries, as he started to worry when he couldn't find them in the bag. He continued to follow Jack and lead Tabby out of the rotting hell hole.
Sam ran his free hand across his face and through his hair. He noticed how his face was oily and scruffy. His hair still short but the dirtiest it has been in his life. He let out a sigh as he thought of the days before the outbreak.
Sam shook his head to regain his focus on what he could see of the dark hallways. In the distance there was some light.
I don't mind where we go as long as we don't cross paths with Patrick, my other survivor. So the fire department is out I guess.
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Post by Taylor Fote on Apr 10, 2010 11:21:07 GMT -5
Tyler kept on moving, facing back with little glances towards the front. He caught a glimpse of some light streaming in and felt his heart jump for joy. It then sunk with dismay as he felt something squeeze his ankle. He tripped hard, his gun flying ahead of him as he was yanked back into the darkness.
As he was being dragged, Tyler looked down at the tentacle pulling him. He saw a ragged gunshot wound made from a high calibur weapon. "Oh s*** its you!" he yelled. Thinking quickly he reached into his pocket and pulled out his lighter, doing a kind of moving situp and igniting the black gunk leading from the wound.
The flames followed the path of the things blood, going inside the wound as well as going up the tentacle. As it dropped him, Tyler could see the flaming outline of the creature in the darkness before he broke into a sprint, making a mad dash for the others. As he ran he saw his gun and managed to pick it up, shoving it in his hoodie pocket as he ran.
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Post by Dongles® on Apr 10, 2010 11:38:32 GMT -5
" Whats going on? " Tabitha asked scarecly. " Look at that " Tyler shouted. " Oh haha , lets all make fun of the blind girl. " Tabitha sighed. " Sam you there? " Tabitha asked. " Yeah, lets get out of here " Sam replied. They both stood up and Sam lead Tabitha through the tunnel and into the entrance of the fallout shelter. " Sam in my bag are two laser sights for pistols , take one it should help you.." Tabitha said wearily. Her eyes shut and she fell to the floor. She was exausted. She hadn't slept in days, weeks even. At that moment she fell asleep. -HER DREAM- OoC:Theme music to her dream: ( Please listen when reading it will help the atmosphere ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxRIxovS7nQTabitha woke up. She was in a white room. She could see only white but at least should could see something other than darkness. She spun around looking at the room. Nothing was here. Then she turned once more. " M-mother.." Tabitha said looking down. Her mother was there, standing infront of her. " Mother.. I'm sorry... " Silence. Tabitha looked up. Her mother was gone. But then she heard a voice. "I'll be here..when you need me.." "M-mother.." There was a bright light and coming out of it was a hand. OoC:Play this music for the next part: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdNFZ-p7hQ&feature=related" You can't give up now.. This is only the beggining! " Tabitha took the hand and was slowly pulled into the light. -End of Dream- Tabitha awoke from her dream and there was someone pulling her up. "Mother..". " Huh? ITs me Sam! " Sam replied. "Oh.."
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Post by brutus on Apr 11, 2010 18:25:06 GMT -5
OoC: Guys, I'm sorry. I won't be able to write a proper post until tomorrow, working on a paper. Anyone can go ahead and skip me.
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