IC-UNDER-In Too Deep(Everyone)

[Mr Zombie killer]

(OCC: Kerry keeps private the many times she and Debby were raped but does mention that the skinheads and the other guys did lock them up, beat them, and make them do porn films. She also mentions something of what she rememberes on the route from the skinhead camp to where they are presently. You can edit a brief story using those restrictions.

[ryansommer]

With her leg crippled, the M-16 is not of much use to her. "Can anyone use this?" she says as she unslings the M-16 from her shoulder. I need a free hand to use this crutch, so this pistol is the only thing that will do me any good at this point."

[Mr Zombie killer]

(OCC-Can Kerry use the M-16 and if so what would be the skill level? Cause if she can I will give up the cane to help out and take the M-16.

[Mr. Handy]

(Sally can still use the M-16 provided she braces herself or lies down. She actually has a bonus with rifles. The normal base skill for Rifle is 25%, but in this game we've been allowing people to have 30%. Willie can use a rifle, but he already has his own. Kerry might like the M-16. She doesn't have a gun, though she'd be stuck at base level. The only gun skill she has above base level is Shotgun, and that's only because she used one at base level in Chapter 2 and got a skill improvement. She did just ask if anyone had a weapon, so she'd be the obvious choice to have it.)

In the upper lab hallway-
The creature just missed swallowing Joe as more of it surged into the hall.

"With me it's the other way round," said Lynne, her voice full of regret. "There are so many things I've done that I wish I hadn't. Do you really think they can save the world??"

From within the office, Duke whimpered.

"They've got to," said Jenny. "If they can't, what's the point?"

In the shaft-
As the lift began to descend, Kerry began to tell her companions about how she and her roommate Debbie had gotten into this mess in the first place. She recounted their backgrounds, and then their initial run-in with Horst at the bar in Deadwood. Then she told the others about how their car had broken down, and Horst and his men had pulled up in a van and kidnapped the two of them. Then she started to describe their harrowing ordeal when they had arrived at the PMS compound. Rosie, Mrs. Foo, and Ellen had heard at least part of Kerry's tale when she had told it before under hypnosis. They knew that Kerry was leaving out the rapes this time, but they didn't blame her in the slightest for not wanting to talk about it. Those who hadn't heard before could read between the lines.

Willie shivered as he listened. He knew such atrocities happened in war zones he had visited during his career, but for something like this to happen in America's heartland was almost unbearable. He paled visibly as he reloaded his rifle.

The lift had descended a few hundred yards, but it was still far from the bottom. Everyone's ears popped as the pressure changed.

(Sally, Michael, and Max, all of you roll Sanity for hearing a censored version of Kerry's story. Remember that Sally gets a +10 bonus, but a roll of 100 still fails. Sanity loss is 0/1d2.)

[OathinBlood]

Michael is empathetic with Kerry, and a little shaken at the human cruelty so close to home.

He lightly touches Kerry's arm, trying to offer some empathy.

[ryansommer]

"I'm so sorry sweetie." Sally says after listening to Kerry's story. She can't help but think how easily something like that could have happened to her as she traveled the coutnry. The thought of such a dreadful experince makes Sally sick to her stomach, but she is able to hold herself together.

[Mr. Handy]

In the upper lab hallway-
The creature still couldn't get Joe in its mouth.

"I never really thought there was any point," said Lynne morosely. "We were all gonna die anyway, it was only a question of when and how. This just makes it a lot quicker."

"Don't talk like that," said Jenny. "Life's worth living for its own sake. It's the journey that matters, not the destination."

In the shaft-
As the lift continued its descent, Kerry went on to describe the harrowing abuse she and Debbie had endured during the three weeks they had been held in the outdoor cages among the other female captives. Rosie put an arm around her and hugged her tightly, not that they weren't already squeezed closely together on the small platform. "You're real brave to be willing to go back down there and face them again after that, sugar," she said.

"Well, now we're armed, and there's a bunch of us," said Ellen. "If they're not dead already, they will be."

Mrs. Foo nodded. "And we can save other girls too."

(Max, I still need your Sanity roll, but there's no rush on it. There's still a ways to go before you reach the bottom. Everyone else has already rolled, so no further rolls are needed for them.

Sally, you might want to trade your M-16 and its ammo for Kerry's mahogany cane, if both players agree. Then Kerry will have a gun, and Sally will have two canes that she can use as crutches that will enable her to walk faster than one cane alone will.)

[Mr Zombie killer]

(occ-I agree to trade. It is 20% skill correct?)

[Mr. Handy]

(It's 30% skill. Once Ryansommer says it's okay, I'll exchange the items.)

[kabukiman]

OOC: My computer have crashed, and i'm forced to use another very old computer, could you make the san roll for me please?

[Mr. Handy]

(Done! Max failed and lost 1 Sanity.)

In the shaft-
Max trembled and whimpered as he heard Kerry tell about the things the bad men had done to her and her friend. He was disturbed, but not overly so. If any of those men had been there now, he'd have given him a good bite!

[Mr Zombie killer]

"Thank you all for your kind words and everything. I hope to one day put this all behind me." She tried to pet Max and said some encouraging words to the dog.

[ryansommer]

"Here, I'll trade you this for your cane. It will help we walk better and will help you defend yourself a hell of a lot better" Sally says to Kerry with a smirk while handing Kerry the M-16 and spare ammo.

[Mr. Handy]

In the upper lab hallway-
The creature finally managed to swallow Joe Barring, and it began to digest him.

"Well, I had a pretty lousy journey," said Lynne. "In a way, I'm kind of relieved that it's coming to an end."

"I'm sorry, Lynne," said Jenny. "I wish I knew what to say."

In the shaft-
It was easy enough for Kerry to pet Max, as he was resting in Rosie's arms and she was scrunched up against her. Sally was right next to Kerry too, so they were able to exchange their things. While they did this, Kerry told about how she and Debbie were taken to the underground cells, where they were forced to act in porno movies. She also told about how some of the girls down there would be taken away and would never return, and that she was afraid the skinheads were making snuff films too. Then she started to tell how the two of them had escaped one night when Debbie's cell had been left unlocked. The lift was now most of the way to the bottom.

[OathinBlood]

Michael waited impatiently, fiddling with his gun and checking his ammo in paranoia.

[Mr. Handy]

In the shaft-
Michael had 6 bullets currently loaded in his Glock, as well as two magazines with 8 rounds each.

(You may take this time to readjust your magazines. The Glock can hold 17 bullets in the magazine and one in the chamber. If you want, you can load a full magazine and have 4 bullets in a spare.)

[Mr Zombie killer]

"Thanks" Kerry said taking the M-16 and ammo. The ammo she placed in her pockets.

(occ-what is the damage for the weapon. I know the skill level is 30%.)

[Mr. Handy]

(Damage is 2d8 per bullet. It can fire single shots, or a burst of 3, just like an M-4. Unlike an M-4, it has a base range of 130 yards instead of 90.)

[OathinBlood]

Michael swaps out his magazine in exchange for a full one, making sure to keep the safety on in case of a misfire in the dangerously crowded lift.

[Mr. Handy]

In the upper lab hallway-
The creature began to crush Joe Barring to death within it. Since he was unconscious, he was fortunate not to feel a thing. It then began to reel in Hockey, but could not even budge him.

"Don't sweat it," said Lynne. "None of it matters any more."

"I'm not ready to die," wept Jenny.

In the shaft-
Michael was able to rearrange the bullets in his magazines. He fully loaded one and inserted it into his Glock, which still had a bullet in the chamber. He kept the extra four bullets in another magazine.

Kerry told everyone how she and Debbie had escaped into the secret Deep Mole Two facility beneath the PMS compound and made their way through it and down into the tunnels. She mentioned that they had been able to see down there because they had found a flashlight in a compartment in the lift. The only person in the group on the lift who had a flashlight currently was Sally, who had taken it from the warehouse.

Kerry described her trip through the tunnels, which was around three miles in a straight line. They had seen a bunch of odd spherical rocks, as well as disgusting black sludge that reminded her of the creatures that had attacked the explorers in the lab. Eventually they had found another lift that took them up a shaft to this place. The tunnel had also continued straight ahead, but neither of them had wanted to explore it. She knew that once they got to the bottom, the tunnel would lead left and right. It was the left hand tunnel that would lead to the PMS compound.

The lift continued its descent. It was getting close to the bottom at this point.