IC-UNDER-In Too Deep(Everyone)

As the afternoon gets underway, the survivors from the T-Bone have been split up. The helicopter group must land at an airfield halfway to Omaha for refueling. Those still on the surface try desperately to defend the motel, while those trapped underground fight for their lives as they search for a way out.

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In the tunnels-
Sally hiked back through the tunnel the way she had come, cursing herself for having wasted so much time and energy by heading in the wrong direction. After another fifteen agonizing minutes, she had reached the fissure again. She moved beyond it and continued straight down the tunnel. As she walked, she felt the ground shake again, but nothing further happened - yet. Her legs ached like mad, and her knees felt like jelly. A quarter of an hour past the fissure, she came to another four-way intersection. She recalled from Kerry's account that the tunnel to the left would lead to the lab under the PMS compound, while the tunnel on the right went back to the lab under the T-Bone. This junction was about halfway between the two labs. Sally struggled to fend off her growing weakness.

(Sally, roll CON x 4. If you fail, you will have another -5 penalty to all skills, cumulative with the -5 penalty you're suffering from for a total of -10. Half an hour of continuous rest will remove your penalty, but you can't afford to rest now!)
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Sally grew more exhausted but knew she had to continue through the pain, for now.
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(By the way, the penalty only applies to skill rolls, not to rolls against multiples of your stats. Physical stat rolls will simply increase in difficulty, and I'll adjust the multipliers as appropraite. The roll failed regardless, so your skill penalty is now -10. Luck, Idea, and Know are unaffected, as are rolls against APP or SIZ if they ever come up.)

In the caverns-
Sally turned left and headed for the PMS compound, drawing on her ever-shrinking reserves of strength. After a few minutes of walking, she felt another rumble and heard the sound of rock being broken apart from well to the west. It could only mean one thing: the worm had entered the tunnels! She tried to quicken her pace further still, without regard for the pain flooding her body in spite of the painkillers she had taken. Onward, onward, onward she marched. The tunnel seemed to be always the same, and it stretched away into infinity. At last, when she thought she could go no farther, she came across a sight that, while very disturbing, also gave her a little hope.

The tunnel up ahead was strewn with garbage and rubbish. Sally smelled it a little while before she actually saw it in her flashlight beam. Worse still, it was littered with bones, many bones. When she got closer, she saw that they were complete human skeletons, completely devoid of flesh. They had been severely damaged, probably from being dropped down the lift shaft that seemed as endless as the tunnels from down here. In the middle of all of this was an alcove on the side of the tunnel containing a lift, much like the one that she had used to flee from Deep Mole One to enter these tunnels in the first place. This must have been what Kerry had used to escape from the PMS compound, and now she was contemplating heading right into the place. Still, maybe she could get through this. The skinheads, if any still lived, didn't know who she was, and she was white - but Kerry had been white too. They also might not be expecting anyone to come up from down here. The tunnel also continued beyond the lift, and the refuse petered out quickly past that point, but she had no clue what, if anything, lay in that direction. She was certain the worm was behind her, and gaining fast. There could be no turning back now.

(Sally, roll Sanity for seeing the bones, and remember your +10 bonus. Sanity loss is 0/1d3.)
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As horrifying as the sight ahead of her was, the thought of the fast approaching worm was more frightening, and Sally's sheer will to survive allowed her to keep it together.
She hurried as quickly as she could with a grim determination towards the lift. She prayed, that the lift was still down.
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In the tunnels-
Sally hobbled over to the lift and saw that it was indeed down here. It had a gear box and switches just like the other lift, and she was already familiar with how it functioned. As she boarded the lift, she felt her legs give out and she had to sit down. She recalled that the shaft was very long, so she'd at least have a few minutes to relax while the lift rose. All she had to do was activate the switch.
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Sally flips the switch on the lift as soon as she sets foot on it.
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On the lift-
The lift started to rise as Sally sat down. Again she felt the worm's presence in her mind, as if it were trying to pull her back down. Had she not been so strong-willed, she might have been compelled to yield, but her resolve to survive was stronger than ever now. She resisted the intrusion, and soon it passed. The lift ascended through the hole in the ceiling and rose up the shaft. Sally looked up with anticipation, but also dread. She had survived against nearly impossible odds, narrowly avoiding death at every turn, but she was finally escaping from this hellhole - only to enter another one. She rested her weary body while she could, knowing she'd probably have little chance afterward. Though she had triumphed over several deadly challenges, she couldn't help but feel that the worst was yet to come...

(Under is now over! Congratulations for being the sole survivor of this section. There were a few places where Sally nearly died, but she squeaked through! That's it until Chapter 4. When it starts, probably in November, the lift will reach the top of the shaft, but I have some preparation to do before then and I also need to wrap up Over and Through. Once Chapter 3 concludes for all three sections, I'll give you and all the other players instructions on how to make skill experience checks. Sally has quite a few skills checked, some of them at fairly low levels, so it's likely she'll get several skill increases.)
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OOC,[b]Sally[/b], continue in your new Chapter 4 thread by following the link below:
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