IC-SWORD-Terror By Night(Sally/Zoe/Raquel/Katarina/rangers)

[ryansommer]

Sally reloaded her pistol and looked out and down toward the ground. "Deadeye, they need help down there" Sally said pointing to the stairs.

[ryansommer]

OOC: Does the large truck sound like Mutt's truck?

[Mr. Handy]

On the roof-
"I'm Nitro," said Nitro. "Deadeye already went down there. He should have stayed up here, though."

Sally reloaded the pistol that only had one round in the chamber, sliding in a full magazine. Her other pistol still had two bullets left, including one in the chamber. The truck she had heard sounded like it could be Mutt's truck, but she couldn't be sure. Julie shouldered her bow and drew her Glock. Though she wasn't as good a shot with it, she could fire faster and do more damage once the ghouls stepped into the light again. Now that Dan had backed up, the headlights no longer lit up the area south of the ranger station. The last three zombies finally closed the distance and reached the bottom of the stairs, and all of them were now visible. Katarina shivered in fear.

OOC,[b]Sally[/b], you may fire a shot at one of the zombies below. They are at normal range.

North of the ranger station-
The wounded zombie advanced towards the truck. Deadeye took another shot at it from back near the intersection to the north, but the bullet zipped over its head. Mutt and Ghost saw the thing in the light of the other truck's headlights. Mutt reeled, the sight too much for even his hardened mind. He snapped, screaming in terror. Ghost was unaffected, and he climbed out of the truck, taking cover behind it and readying his AK-47.

Dan watched with satisfaction as the head of the creature he had shot exploded, but one more continued inexorably towards him and was now just five yards away.

OOC,[b]Dan[/b], if you remain here, the zombie will reach the truck this round. You may back up some more if you wish. You cannot fire the rifle again this round. If you spent the round chambering the next bullet, you'd be ready to fire it in the following round, since it only fires every other round. However, you cannot steer while doing this. You may instead put the rifle aside, draw your pistol, and fire one shot with it (whether or not you drive anywhere, but you'll be at half skill if the truck is moving). It has already taken 5 damage to the head, so 5 more will finish it.

[ryansommer]

"Sorry, Nitro. Slip of the tongue" Sally said with a wink. Sally raised her pistol and fired. The round struck home, barely. The round stuck with devestating force, however, the beast continued onward.

[Voodoo]

Dan draws his pistol as the last zombie draws near and puts a bullet right in its head stopping the monster dead in its tracks. Once that is taken care of he begins looking for anymore that may be out there.

[Mr. Handy]

North of the ranger station-
Ghost fired at one of the zombies at the bottom of the stairs with his AK-47. The light from the station helped him to see, and he drilled it for heavy damage. It collapsed in an unmoving heap. Deadeye took aim at one of the other two, but again his shot was off. Mutt continued to scream.

The zombie Dan had shot fell dead less than fifteen feet away. The only ones visible, at least in that direction, were the ones at the bottom of the stairs, and they fell in short order.

OOC,[b]Dan[/b], roll Spot Hidden at 1/4 skill.

On the roof-
The zombie Sally had shot fell to the ground, but it began to crawl up the stairs, lagging behind the one still on its feet. Nitro shot that one through the eye, dropping it. Doc took a shot at the last ghoul, but his initial shot missed. Julie fired too, and she blew its brains out.

Katarina exhaled with relief. "You did it!" she said, hugging Julie and Sally.

"Got one of those for me too?" asked Nitro wth a leer.

OOC,[b]Sally[/b], you may also roll Spot Hidden at 1/4 skill.

[Voodoo]

Unfortunately due to the poor lighting Dan wasn't able to spot anything. Dan put the truck in gear and headed back towards the station.

[ryansommer]

Oblivious to her surroundings,Sally smiled and hugged the girls back. "Well that was quite a start to the evening."

[Mr. Handy]

North of the ranger station-
"Chill out, man," said Ghost to Mutt as Dan drove south. "It's over." Then something caught his eye, and he shuddered. "Spoke too damn soon!" He quivered like jelly, but his instincts took over before he could think anything through. "Kill the bastard!" He raised his AK-47 and pointed it to the north, then fired twice. The first shot missed due to the poor lighting, and the recoil from the second caused him to fumble and drop his rifle. He bent down and retrieved it.

Deadeye scanned the northern horizon. "There he is!" he called, taken aback by the thing, but he had seen so many of them that one more made little difference. He took aim and opened fire on it, but the darkness caused all of his shots to miss.

Outside the ranger station-
Dan pulled up near the bottom of the stairs leading back up to the ranger station, in the same place he had parked the truck before.

OOC,[b]Dan[/b], If you want to try to spot the zombie, roll Spot Hidden at 1/4 skill again. You may roll at 1/2 skill if you use the flashlight. If you're not using the flashlight or driving anywhere else, you may also chamber a new bullet in your rifle.

On the roof-
Katarina grinned. "You shoot so good, Julie!" she said. Then the shooting and yelling started afresh. "Another one?!"

Nitro whirled around to the north and looked out over the rapidly darkening landscape, but he may as well have been blind.

"I don't see it," said Doc, also looking in that direction.

Julie holstered her pistol and drew her bow again as she turned around and looked out. "Thanks, Katarina," she said, "but I was more lucky than anything. And I can't shoot what I can't see."

OOC,[b]Sally[/b], you may try to see the zombie by rolling Spot Hidden at 1/4 skill.

[Voodoo]

Using his flashlight Dan saw the zombie everyone was shooting at.

[Mr. Handy]

Dan Aldrich,The zombie was staggering in from the north, and it was only about 20 or 25 yards from the skinheads' pickup truck, or a total of nearly 70 yards from the station. It was too far to shoot with the pistol and have a significant chance of hitting, and he'd lose sight of it if he put the flashlight down. Besides, the only ones threatened by the zombie were the skinheads, and why should he help them? [b]Dan[/b], now you must roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 0/1d10 for seeing the zombie. If you do not go insane, you may act.

[Voodoo]

Dan is shaken by the sight of the zombie but holds himself together and runs up the stairs to the station. Let those bastards deal with it, or more preferably it with them. They could always kill it after anyways.

OOC,Is Dan aware that victims come back as zombies? I can't remember if he was told or not.

[ryansommer]

"Where is it?" Sally said, unable to see anything in the darkness

[Mr. Handy]

North of the ranger station-
Ghost resumed firing with his retrieved AK-47. One of his shots came close, but the first couple missed. Deadeye fired too, but it was too dark to line up a good shot. Ghost continued shooting, but he missed badly due to his increasing panic, and Deadeye wasn't doing any better.

"It's getting too close!" cried Ghost. "We have to get out of here!" He hopped in the back of the truck. "Mutt! Get us out of here!"

Mutt came to his senses at just the right time and began to pull out. Deadeye climbed into the bed of the truck too, and Mutt turned right onto the road, passing the van before turning around and bringing its headlights to bear on the zombie, which was now only 30 yards or so away from the ranger station and closing in slowly.

Inside the ranger station-
Dan climbed up the stairs and made it inside the ranger station. The ladder leading up to the roof through the trapdoor was nearby.

On the roof-
Nitro still couldn't see the zombie, and neither could Doc nor Julie.

"I don't know," said Katarina to Sally. "I don't want to know." Then the skinheads' pickup truck passed by the station on the west side and turned around, revealing the undead thing in all its horror for everyone to see.

OOC,[b]Sally[/b] and [b]Katarina[/b], roll Sanity. [b]Sally[/b], if you don't go insane, you may fire at the zombie without the darkness penalty if you wish (just the -5 for targeting the head).

[ryansommer]

Sally shrugged off the sight of yet another zombie. She raised her pistol and took aim.

OOC: Is the zombie heading for the skinheads in the truck, or towards the ranger station?

[Voodoo]

Once in the safety of the station Dan stopped to load his rifle again before heading up the ladder to the roof to watch.

[Mr. Handy]

Outside the ranger station-
When Mutt stopped the truck west of the station, Ghost took aim again. He fired and missed. Deadeye also took a shot from the bed of the truck, easily hitting it in the head now that the headlights were illuminating it. The bullet blasted the creature's skull to bits, and it fell.

Inside the ranger station-
Dan finished chambering the next round and loading in a fresh bullet, then climbed the ladder to the roof.

OOC,Actually, there would have been no problem reloading while you headed up the stairs to the station, so I'll say you did it then.

On the roof-
Nitro was unfazed by the sight of the ghoul, and Doc also kept it together. Katarina finally started to calm down, especially when she saw how easily it was destroyed. Julie was not afraid - at least not of the zombie.

"Nice shooting!" called Nitro.

Dan reached the top of the ladder and emerged onto the roof.

OOC,It was hard to tell at that point whether the zombie was heading for the truck or the station, but it's moot now. Remember that only one of your .45 pistols is fully loaded, so you may want to reload the other one.

[Laraqua]

Katarina watches with bated breath. She could hope their ammunition out-lasted the hordes.

[Voodoo]

Dan watches the truck of skinheads from the roof.

[Mr. Handy]

On the roof-
As Dan watched, Deadeye hopped out of the pickup truck and jogged to the stairs. He hurried up them, reloading his sniper rifle as he did so. Mutt drove off to the west again, with Ghost riding in the bed of the truck, and it was soon lost from sight in the woods.

"Hey, Dan," said Julie. "Glad you made it back up here in one piece."