Play@YSDC

Posted: **Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:48 am**

Clay drives the van into the quiete leafy surburban street and parks up at the end of a row of cars. He parks the car carefully with the wheels facing out ready to go. He then jumps out pulling on his new fireproof(?) works jacket over the top of the painters overalls. "Its a bit like a movie isn't it" he says to no one in particular. "I'll put the keys on the floor infront of the drivers seat that way anyone who needs them can get them."

Closer to the house it is possible to see there are 2x Toyota 4x4's parked on the driveway one of which is the battered one which you saw outside the shop. The other clay says was parked on the street while he was watching the house. There are lights on in the house but they are all upstairs. There are no external lights on.

Posted: **Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:11 am**

"Should we wait until they turn out the lights before we try anything?" asks Liz. "Although, as long as they're on, maybe they'll reveal something." She takes out her camera and uses the zoom function to try to see in through the lighted upstairs windows, adjusting for the light levels.

Posted: **Thu Oct 11, 2012 8:15 am**

We can try to sabotage their car tiers somehow. Maybe a quick cut on the side that is not facing the house.
Jacob suggest
Clay?

Posted: **Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:53 am**

A clearly nervous Clay stares at Jacob. "What? You want me to go out there and slash their tyres? Why don't you? then clearly as an afterthought "... Anyway, I thought the plan was to take look around before we did anything. We slash their tyres, then decide to come back another time and they'll know something is up."

Posted: **Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:35 pm**

slashing the tires means they will not follow us in case we flee the house.
Jacob replies.
We are already here so why circle the house and drive back home. If we are going on entry by force we better get over with it.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:15 am**

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:26 am**

"Clay is right," says Liz, peering through the camera. "We need to wait until we're sure we're going to go in tonight before we slash their tyres. Hang about, I think I see something."

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:07 am**

As the group discusses what to do next the light in the master bedroom goes out.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:48 pm**

Liz makes sure that the flash is turned off and discreetly snaps a picture of the man. "There's that strong younger chap in that window," she says, "flexing his muscles at the mirror. He's shirtless, and there's tattoos all over his back."

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:33 am**

While Liz is watching the man stops what he is doing and heads for bed - the light goes off.

"While we waite for everyone to go to sleep shall we head around the back and take a gander there" says Clay

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:19 pm**

"Yes, sounds like a good idea," says Liz. "We'll have to mind the motion sensors, of course, and see if we can disable them. If Elira is inside, she's got to be in one of the back bedrooms, and I'd bet on the smaller one. The man I saw was in the front bedroom next to the master bedroom, and I'm pretty sure she's not in the master bedroom either."

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:30 pm**

Clay and Liz move off through the overgrown garden next door, and around to the rear, from the cover of a rather poorly kept hedge they get a clear view of the back of the house.

I took a look last time and none of the downstairs windows have security locks and you could put the back door in with a good solid boot. We might even be able to jemmy it, which would be quieter.

OOC: looking at the plans with the front of the house at the bottom they move around to the right, which has them moving through the gardens of the empty house next door.

Posted: **Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:11 am**

Liz nods and uses her camera again to zoom in and peer at the upstairs windows, but she can only barely make out what's within.

Posted: **Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:39 am**

Jacob follows nervously from behind, holding tightly his jacket and the concealed weapon within it.

Posted: **Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:57 pm**

Liz gets the vague impression of a man sitting on a chair or perhaps on the side of a bed, but as she watches the light in the room goes out, plunging the back garden into darkness.

Clay shifts nervously in the cover of the hedge. "What now then?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:37 am**

Liz points up at the window. "There was a man sitting in that room," she whispers. "If Elira's here, she's prolly in the other bedroom. Let's root through their rubbish next and see what we can find."

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:10 am**

Clay points over to the bins "they're there just to the left of the back door. Problem is they are nearly directly under another security light" Looking at where Clay is pointing its possible to just make out a black shape above the doorway.

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:42 am**

"I'd better not try it," says Liz. "I can be a klutz sometimes. Now, if those security lights are hooked up to some sort of computerised security system, I'm your girl. Maybe they have a wi-fi network in this house, and most people don't bother to secure them, making it very easy to gain entry. Even if it is secured, I may be able to crack it."

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:02 pm**

Greg looks toward the house, tryiing to determine if there were any other lights on inside. He whispered, "Looks like they're all going to sleep, which would be very fortunate for us. I still like the idea of killing power to the house, and that would eliminate the security lights as well." The doctor started looking at the wires that fed the house and follow them back to a transformer nearby.

Posted: **Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:48 am**

There do not seem to be any power lines visible from the rear of the house.

Posted: **Sun Oct 21, 2012 2:37 pm**

Don't look at me, I'm not a burglar.
Jacob says
If I will go, there is a good chance light will turn on.

Posted: **Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:40 pm**

Don't look at me says Clay I'm not a cat burglar.... So now we've all declined to have a go, shall we find another way in? Or just bugger off home?

Posted: **Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:19 am**

"We're not giving up," says Liz. "Let me see if I can access and disable those security lights remotely first." She takes out her laptop and scans for wireless networks.

Posted: **Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:53 am**

Liz finds half a dozen wireless networks, none of which would indicate they belongs to the house.

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Posted: **Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:39 am**

Posted: **Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:53 pm**

"We should wait a while for them to fall asleep anyway," whispers Liz. "While we're doing that, I've found six wireless networks nearby. I'm going to look through them and see if any of them are associated with the house. Even if the security lights are inaccessible, I may learn something useful." She begins to penetrate the wireless networks with a talent that is coming easier to her with practice.

Posted: **Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:39 pm**

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:17 am**

"I've gone through most of them." says Liz. "Only two of them are hooked up to computers, but neither of them looks like it's from this house. Let me check the other two next." She proceeds with the remaining networks while the others do whatever it is they're doing.

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:02 pm**

If none of us can break into the house unnoticed, maybe we can approach innocently and ask to come inside somehow.
Jacob suggests.
Many American horror movies begin with innocent travelers that get stuck or someone who wants to sell something from door to door.
We need to cover our face with something or lower our face to the ground in a way hidden cameras will not be able to catch our faces.

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:12 pm**

Greg responded to Jacob, "Well, it won't be either of us. Chances are, that old man is in there and he'd reckognize us on sight."

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:29 pm**

"They weren't to pleased to see Liz and Greg when they tried to visit the shop. I can't imagine they will be any more thrilled by visitors trying to see inside their home" says Clay

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:10 am**

"True," says Liz, "and we don't want to wake them up if we can help it. We're running out of options here. If none of these networks are for this house, and it looks like they're not, then someone is going to have to go disable the security light before we can proceed." She scans the contents of the two active PCs for any clues as to their owners' names.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:46 am**

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:25 am**

Liz disconnects, powers down her laptop, and puts it away. "Looks like a dead end," she says. "One of the connected computers probably belongs to a teenage kid, and the other to someone normal. We'll have to do this the old fashioned way in meatspace, then. Who wants to try to kill the light?"

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:46 am**

I'll do it.
Jacob replies shortly

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:59 am**

Greg moves with Jacob until they are up against the corner of the house and hands him a pair of old pliers. "All you have to do is Sneak along the wall without the light's detector or whatever it is switching it on. Then snip the wires with these. I suggest if the light comes on you just run over and snip the wires anyway and keep close to the wall."

Posted: **Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:35 pm**

Greg says to Liz, "What can you do about just wacking the whole area - kill all the networks, then we know if these guys have one, they're not going to be using it. The rest of them will just have to live without their porn."

Posted: **Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:49 pm**

"I don't think they do have one," says Liz. "I've already scanned them all. It's tougher to knock out these networks than it is to get inside them, but even if I can pull it off, it's not likely to achieve anything."

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:07 am**

Jacob takes the pliers and place his other hand on his face, whispering a prayer "Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad" (Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One).

He then nods to Greg and goes to cut the wires with or without being detected.
Sneak (10%) (1d100=59) - Fail.
Once light turns on, Jacob lowers his head and cut the wires. hoping the denizens of the house think a cat passed by.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:17 am**

The security light flashes on for what seems like ages but is probably only a few moments as Jacob snips the wire. There doesn't seem to be any movement or light from the house.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:16 pm**

Greg whispered, "Well... looks like they're sound sleepers. But we should be prepared for more of those zombie-sentries like that old woman at the tattoo place. If we do get attacked by something like that, I suggest leading it back outside and subduing it there as quietly as possible."

Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:17 am**

Liz doesn't believe in all of this zombie talk, but she's sure that old lady had been a threat - she had seen Jacob's bite wound. "Well, let's sneak up to the house and go through their rubbish," she whispers back.

Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:12 pm**

Greg nodded and followed along.

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Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:48 pm**

Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:06 pm**

Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:05 pm**

Clay moves over to where Jacob is standing beneath the light. "Well done mate" he nods at Jacob, "good bit of footwork there" he whispers. Lifting the lid to one of the wheelie bins he looks towards Liz "what we looking for?"

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:22 am**

"Evidence that a twelve year old girl is living here," Liz whispers. "Packaging for food or other things geared towards children, maybe even a used tampon - at that age, she might be starting to get her period. If we find anything else that looks interesting, that's a plus." She begins to sort through the garbage.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:59 am**

Jacobs breath heavily. That darn light and his inability to sneak passed it made his heart beat faster. He signals one of them to open the door as he place his hand inside his jacket, holding the silencer without taking it out yet.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:49 am**

Clay looks up from where he's rooting around in the bin then reaches inside his jacket and pulls out a tool very similar to a crow bar in shape but wider and flatter. "Its for lifting floorboards but its great for getting into the gaps between doors and windows and forcing the bolt out of the lock. Just slip it into the gap right over the lock and you should be able to force the patio doors open without having to break anything."

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:50 pm**

Greg helps root through the garbage, although he detests the idea of spreading germs all over his hands. He keeps his eyes open for the stuff Liz had suggested, but also for strips of skin like they had seen at the apartment above the tattoo parlor. "What do we do if we don't find any proof of a girl being here?" he asked curiously.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:14 am**

"I'm not sure," whispers Liz as she searches the garbage. "It's highly likely she's here even if we don't find any proof of it. We've already cut the wire to the security lights, so that could tip them off that someone's been here if we leave and come back another time. We may need to go in anyway. But let's see what we find and then make up our minds."

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:16 am**

Jacob takes the crowbar and tries to force open the door as quietly as he can.

Opposed STR roll [STR:10] (1d100=79) - Fail.
* I think that I had only 1 success in this entire game. My luck betrays me completely.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:46 pm**

Looking through the bin Greg and Liz don't find much in the way of sanitary indicators, but there certainly seems to be a great deal more food than you would expect... and its all premium, luxury stuff.

Posted: **Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:48 am**

"They're sure eating well...and a lot," whispers Liz. "There's easily enough for an extra person." She looks through the food packaging for anything indicating something a child would eat: sugary breakfast cereals, candy, ice cream, and the like.

Posted: **Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:31 pm**

Greg surmises, "The speed of that old man was superhuman. It would burn a lot of calories to energize like that. Perhaps they need the extra food just to fuel their bodies sufficiently." He chuckled a moment at a thought... and when he felt others looking at him oddly, he explained, "I guess going up to the front door dressed as a pizza boy is out."

Posted: **Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:04 pm**

Liz and Greg do a quick calculation and actually there is enough here to feed several extra persons.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:08 am**

"I think you're right about the extra food," whispers Liz. "They must have really fast metabolisms."

Posted: **Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:29 am**

Clay looks at Jacob straining to get the door open. "Mate your going red in the face with the effort and that can't be healthy, do you want me to have a go?" he says in an almost stage whisper.

ooc: royya feel free to roll for Clay he has a STR of 12 so a 60% cchance.

Posted: **Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:02 pm**

STR check [60%] (1d100=72) - Clay fails. - Inv. castle hates me

Well, you are not as good as I am.
Jacob replies to Clay as the later struggles with the door.

Posted: **Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:43 pm**

Clay gives a sheepish grin then looks at the others, "We'll unless anyone else has any ideas we either put a brick through it and open it from the inside or we put two of us on it but I can't imagine it'll be quiet" he whispers.

Posted: **Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:43 pm**

Greg shook his head at the garbage bin as he whispered "Nothing telling of a girl being here. Some used tampons would have been nice. Gross, but nice." He looked to Liz and shrugged uneasily as he replaced the lid on top of the garbage can.

Greg headed over to where the other two men were struggling with the door and said in a whisper, "If you couldn't get it, I doubt very much I could. Maybe we should check the windows to see if they are locked?" He crept over to the nearest window to check it out.

Posted: **Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:55 pm**

Peering through the window Greg determines the downstairs windows (at least) are double glazed and security locked. The French doors offer the best way into the house as although they are also locked they offer the weakest point of entry.

Clay looks at Greg "Its all together, or just put a brick through it. Unless anyone has a better idea?"

Posted: **Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:17 pm**

OOC: Let's do it together. I will give my luck one last shot.

We can do it together.
Jacob says to Clay
Here hold the top of the crowbar and brace yourself, I will try to pull it from here.. Hmmmfff, Arrggg...
Got it ....

STR vs. door. (1d100=20) - Success !!!!!!!

Posted: **Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:41 pm**

The whole door seems to flex in its frame and their is the soft sound of glass cracking, just for a moment Jacob thinks the glass in the door is going to shatter then with what seems like a fairly loud crunch door finnally flys open. Luckily thick drapes prevent the door banging into anything when it does so.

Posted: **Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:24 pm**

Jacob says a silent pray, takes out the concealed silencer and steps into the house.
He is nervous like hell.

Posted: **Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:29 am**

Jacob enters what is clearly a dining room, the table and chairs have been moved over to one side to make space, but its not clear for what purpose but the room is otherwise bare of any decoration. There is a doorway in the far wall which Jacob knows leads to the downstairs hallway.

Posted: **Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:30 pm**

Move Silently (1d100=94) - eek. being quiet is alien to a lawyer.

Jacob motions for the others to come and ponders about why they moved everything to one side.
Something special about the floor? a trapdoor maybe?
He thinks to himself

Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:20 pm**

Jacob rests his hand on some linen on top of the table which immediatly slides of landing with a solid thump on the floor.

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:26 pm**

Jacob: Listen [25%] (1d100=12) - Success.
Clay: Listen 25% (1d100=21) - Success.

Oops ... Shhh ... I hear something. let's hide behind the table over there, we'll shot the first zomb .. man to come ito the room.
Jacob whispers to Clay as the later nods to him since he heard the same thing.

Posted: **Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:58 pm**

Greg allows all the others to go in first before following suit.

Posted: **Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:48 pm**

"Don't we want to make sure they're not about to wake up the others?" whispers Clay

Posted: **Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:15 pm**

No. We are not familiar with the house amd how many are here. We can easily be surprised and lose the advantage we have. Let’s hide and catch anyone coming down here.
Jacob replies to Clay, trying to hide his fear. Last thing the Rabbi wants is to see another Zombie woman coming down here.

Posted: **Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:34 am**

Liz is about to follow the others inside when she notices something.

Posted: **Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:10 am**

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:44 am**

Liz slips inside, trying to be quiet about it. "Frak," she whispers. "Someone's awake upstairs and was looking out the window, but I'm not sure if they saw us."

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:23 pm**

Jacob grins nervously as he hears Liz cursing the Galactica's famous "Frak" and nods to her to take cover.
Hide, someone is coming.

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:30 pm**

Greg sticks close to the wall to avoid being observed from above as much as possible. They'd have to open the window and poke their head out to see him now... if the window wasn't already open. He gets his pistol out and quietly cocks it to put a bullet in the chamber, then takes it off 'safe'.

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:05 pm**

Liz bumps into Clay who is hiding behind the table. He gives here a weak smile, clearly nervous. "I dont think we should be just sitting here, we should either scarper or man up and get on with it while we still have them all sleepy like" he whispers.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:22 am**

Liz quietly shuts the doors and looks around for a good hiding place, such as behind a sofa or the curtains. As she does, she hears something clearly.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:57 am**

There is little cover in the otherwise unfurnished room, the only furniture being a dining table and four chairs pushed to the west side of the room and behind which Clay and Jacob are hiding. Through the half open doorway Liz hears someone talking in a sleepy voice upstairs.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:56 pm**

"Someone's talking upstairs," whispers Liz to the others. She ducks behind the curtains, making herself as small as possible and grateful for her minimal stature, and she readies her shotgun and bear spray just in case.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:51 pm**

OK. You got a point
Jacob says to Clay.
Let's move

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:09 pm**

Clay pulls back the curtain to look at Liz "Well if they're still upstairs lets get a move on befor they're all up and awake" he whispers befor following Jacob to the door.

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:57 am**

Liz nods and tiptoes after the others towards the stairs.

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:20 am**

Jacob steps from the dining room into the hallway, closely followed by Clay. Like the Dining room the hallway is Spartan. The room is not entirely dark an ornate oil lamp sits on a side table casting a soft orange glow over the room. Clay makes gestures to Jacob and Liz as if to say what next?

Outside Greg realises the others have left him alone.

Posted: **Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:23 am**

Liz points at the stairs. "She's most likely in the rear left bedroom," she whispers. "That man I saw earlier was in the rear right bedroom, and I think he's the one we've woken up."

Posted: **Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:08 pm**

Jacob nods to the stairs and points the weapon forward as to shot any approaching zombie from point blank. At least he hopes it's not going to be a zombie.

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:49 pm**

Greg heads into the house and discovered that the others had already pushed forth. He follows behind trying to make his way to where they headed off to.

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:17 pm**

Greg joins the three of them in the hall way standing at the bottom of the stairs.

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:57 am**

Jacob climbs the stairs with pistol before him, he heads to where he heard the footsteps.

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:40 am**

As Jacob steps onto the bottom of the stairs, a door opens upstairs spilling light onto the landing and illuminating a figure at the top of the stairs "punë muti!"

Posted: **Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:36 am**

Liz raises her shotgun and tries to line up a shot on the figure at the top of the stairs, thankful that whoever it is is backlit by the light spilling from the open door.

Posted: **Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:09 pm**

Greg looks around the room he is in for some sort of cover... a large sofa, a curtain... something to hide behind that he could lay in wait for anyone else coming from one of the downstairs rooms.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:03 am**

There is no cover in the hallway which is bare except for a small side table on which a small oil lamp is burning.

At the bottom of the stairs Clay raises his pistol and fires, even with the suppressor on it sounds awfully loud. Its not clear wether he hits his target who jumping back momentarily reveals a large gun in one hand.

Posted: **Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:12 am**

The light from behind that illuminates the figure clearly helps Jacob to point and shot from a close range. He then sees the weapon that the figure is holding and tries to keep his nervous down.

Handgun/Pointblank (1d100=27)

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Posted: **Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:36 pm**

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:09 pm**

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:10 pm**

Liz knows that the shotgun will make a lot of noise, but they're past the point where stealth will work. She's never tried to kill anyone before, but she knows that it's either him or them, and she's well aware of what he could do to her if given the chance. She doesn't intend to give him that chance. She fires wildly, the stress of the situation disrupting her aim.

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:31 am**

Greg doesn't involve himself with the gunplay, instead he moves out any possible line of fire and moves back to a place where he can watch the group's back side from relative seclusion.

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:10 am**

In comparison to the two moderated automatics Liz's shotgun is akin to a cannon being fired. There is a deafening roar followed by the small hallway filling with a cloud of wood and plaster as Liz blows a chunk of the bannister out of the wall in her haste. The tall man at the top of the stairs stumbles back round the corner out of sight.

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:58 pm**

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:15 am**

While her aim may be terrible, Liz has no problem determining if the others have had better luck.

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:32 am**

Do we get up there after them? says clay hesitating at the bottom of the stairs clearly looking at Jacob or Liz for some direction

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:21 am**

"Upstairs, quick," hisses Liz. "He's hit twice and down for the count. We need to get up there before the others are fully awake."

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:05 am**

God...
Jacob says as Liz's shotgun roars.
Keep it quite.
Jacob hastes forward with gun pointed forward to the man that fell with intentions to punch the man in the face if the man is not neutralized. If the gun the man held fell on the ground, Jacob will pick it up with his sleeve to avoid his finger prints from being on the man's gun.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:16 am**

As Jacob scrambles up the stairs closely followed by Clay he hears a door slam and a great deal of shouting. At the top of the stairs he finds the man still concious but lieing in an expanding pool of his own blood and breathing in very short and very rapid gasps.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:45 pm**

If he was innocent he wasn't holding a gun and speaking a foreign language that must be Albanian.
Jacob thinks to himself. Jacob decides to knock the man out and punch him in the face.

Fist (1d100=81)
First aid (1d100=91)

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:06 pm**

leaning over the man Jacob's punch lands with little or no force but the man takes another shallow breath and then dies.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:45 am**

Liz creeps upstairs following Jacob, alert for any sign of trouble.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:18 pm**

Posted: **Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:44 am**

"I can hear three people moving about," whispers Liz. "One in the main bedroom sounds like a woman."

Posted: **Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:51 am**

Almost immediatly after Liz speaks there is a a hoarse shout from the bedroom and a scream. The hallway gets visibly brighter as the light shining under the door of the master bedroom visibly increases.

A shot crashes over Jacob's head striking the wall just above his head and showering him with plaster dust. (Shot came almost certainly from the room to the left of the master bedroom)

Clay shoots back, the sound of the suppressed shots dwarfed by the crack of the bullets hitting the door.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:04 am**

SAN (1d100=65) - success

Jacob ducks on the ground and motions Liz to do so as well.
He scans the man he killed for any signs of tattoos to he can assure that the denizens of the house are connected to the investigation.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:27 am**

Liz immediately drops flat to the floor and trains her shotgun towards the room to the left of the master bedroom.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:53 pm**

Jacob, Clay and Liz crouch close together at the top of the stairs as the door to the master bedroom bursts open and a large ball of flame bounces across the hallway. At roughly the same time the doorway to the left opens enough for Liz and Clay to see a figure leans out with a gun in hand.

Jacob can see the mans chest and arms are covered in tattoos.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:24 pm**

Liz instinctively fires at the gunman leaning out of the door at which she was aiming. She is not the world's best shot, but she can hardly miss from this close. Her eyes go wide as her target is shredded by buckshot.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:33 pm**

The sound of the shotgun drowns out the shots from Clay's suppressed pistol the door and the arm are shredded by shot and the man disappears back into the shadows, although Liz is sure she dropped him.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:49 pm**

"He's snuffed it," says Liz, her ears still ringing from the gunfire. It was him or me, she thinks, but it doesn't make her feel any better.

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Posted: **Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:50 am**

Jacob heart beats like hell but he gathers his nerves.
Go go go, we must take him.
Jacob runs to the corridor hoping to shot the man if he is not already on the floor.

Posted: **Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:40 am**

As Jacob runs over across the hallway to the open doorway he can clearly see a pair of feet just inside the doorway. Behind him he hears a cry from Clay "What the F*ck!!"

When sitting and watching a fire, it is easy to get the idea that it is alive. It moves dynamically, it dances and sends sparks. It is able to spread across a surface, and move about from combustible object to combustible object. It consumes materials and may even seem to breath as it consumes oxygen, but Liz reckons that's not the same as actually having life. On the other hand, as the hallway brightens and Liz looks up, the ball of flames sliding around the corner above the stairs and almost directly over her head seems to be measuring Clay and Liz up for size, with an intellect which is both horrifying and alien.

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:27 am**

Liz gasps when she sees the ball of fire overhead. "Frak me," she breathes. "That's bloody impossible!"

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:02 pm**

As Liz and Jacob watch the fire drops from the ceiling onto Clay.

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:10 am**

Liz shrieks as she fumbles for her extinguisher and tries to spray the fire on Clay, just barely missing.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:37 am**

To Liz's amazement the fire seems to have moved from Clays back and shoulders to his chest and torso leaving the back of his jacket a blackened smoking mess. The only consolation however small is Clay's shouts are a clear indication the fireproof jacket is working to some extent.

Posted: **Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:16 am**

Greg takes a quick look-see in the Lounge checking for people, then heads for the door heading downstairs to check and make sure there were no people down there that were going to surprise them from behind.

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:37 am**

Jacob is not paying attention to the fire, he tries to find the man that fell and knock him out unless the man is already stunned.

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:29 pm**

Upstairs: Jacob has to push hard at the door to the room as the man is lying just behind the door, however a quick glance at the man leads Jacob to believe the man will be no trouble.

Downstairs: Quickly opening doors Greg ascertains there is no one else downstairs.

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:28 pm**

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:37 am**

As the cloud of CO2 disperses Liz watches as Clay first drops to his knees and then slumps to the ground. Barely holding it together Liz watches as the flame engulfing Clay rises up and forms a pillar of fire which starts to move towards her.

OOC: New round.

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:41 pm**

Greg was about to turn away from downstairs to return to the others when something caught his eye.

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:10 pm**

Posted: **Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:28 am**

"Eep!" squeaks Liz. Acting purely on instinct, she corrects her aim and douses the flames with the extinguisher.

Posted: **Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:50 am**

Posted: **Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:56 am**

Jacob tries to enter the room and slam the pistol into the man' head. Then he will secure the room and the door and look around for clues.

Posted: **Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:14 pm**

Jacob half pushes half squeezes through the doorway and crouching over the injured man strikes him around the head with his pistol.
Outside in the hallway the rush of flame almost sounds like a scream and it is a much dissipated ball of flames which engulfs Liz legs. Liz almost immediatly feels weaker

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:12 am**

"HELP!" screams Liz as the fire engulfs her legs. She struggles to withstand the pain, but it's just a little too much for her.

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:46 am**

Frenzied, Jacob slams the weapon into the man's face, trying to put him out as he is more then sure the man will kill him. A moment pass and Jacob looks at the man lying there.
What have I done? What have I DONE ?! I became a monster.
Jacob panics and crouch beside the man's body holding his head

San roll (1d100=100) - Miserably failed

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:40 am**

The flames wrap around Liz's legs, while the pain is terrible she realises the heavy work clothes she's wearing have provided enough protection to prevent her actually being injured by the fire. Behind him Jacob hears Liz scream first for help and then in agony.

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:51 am**

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:06 pm**

Jacob raises his head as he hears Liz screams, something or someone is attacking her. He shakes the horrible feeling he had when he slammed the man with the back of his pistol and crouch at the body.
Greg and Clay are over there to help her.
He thinks to himself as he starts to search the man for a weapon. (Does he have any tattoos like the Albanians they saw in the store?)
If he finds one, he will take it and peek outside to see if any can aid the others

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:28 pm**

Greg further investigates the kitchen cupboard in search of the other light source when he heard Liz cry out. He turned away from the kitchen and returned to the others to see if he could assist.

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:17 pm**

royya wrote:Jacob raises his head as he hears Liz screams, something or someone is attacking her. He shakes the horrible feeling he had when he slammed the man with the back of his pistol and crouch at the body.
Greg and Clay are over there to help her.
He thinks to himself as he starts to search the man for a weapon. (Does he have any tattoos like the Albanians they saw in the store?)
If he finds one, he will take it and peek outside to see if any can aid the others

Upstairs, Jacob doesn't have to look hard the man is bare chested and certainly has tattoos but in the darkened room (no light and curtains drawn) its almost impossible to tell whether they are the same as those on the men in the tattoo parlour.

Downstairs, Greg runs from the kitchen to the foot of the stairs. He can see someone standing at the top of the stairs (who he believes from their build is probably Liz) wreathed in flames.

Both men hear a gunshot.
Fighting the fire Liz is barely aware of something plucking at her jacket as the door in front of her opens and a figure steps out and fires a shot at her.

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:47 pm**

Wailing in agony, Liz drops to her knees and falls to the floor, spraying the flames on her for all she's worth and desperately hoping that the others will come to her rescue.

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:27 am**

Once he hears a gunshot, Jacob gather his nerves and with bravery peeks outside, hoping the flame and light will reveal the shooter.

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:12 pm**

Liz lies on her backside in a cloud of CO[sub]2[/sub] the flame goes out with a wail like escaping gas although Liz thinks it sounds more like a scream. She looks up to see a well built woman of middling years barrelling towards her with a large knife in one hand and a look of grim determination on her face.

Jacob pokes his head out of the doorway only to have it nearly shot off as a huge chunk is blown out of the door my the older man they first spotted arriving at the tattoo parlour wielding a huge pistol.

Posted: **Tue Dec 25, 2012 8:56 am**

With the belief of a divine protection from above Jacob takes aim and tries to fire at the old man but his shot goes wide.

Pistol (1d100=84) - Miss

Posted: **Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:53 pm**

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:24 pm**

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:42 pm**

Greg does his best to race up the stairs and attempt to drag Liz safely away from danger.

OOC: I'm going to assume Greg doesn't see much through the cloud of CO2. Sorry for the delay. Thanks for your patience.

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:15 pm**

Greg charges up the stairs coming almost face to face with a large middle age woman as she drops on top of Liz a huge knife in one hand.
The man in the door way takes another shot at Jacob, and Jacob suddenly feels as though someone has pushed a red hot poker through his leg.

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:57 am**

Depending on Greg to protect her, Liz tries to roll out of the woman's reach and out of the line of fire, but she's just a little too slow. As she rolls, she stuffs the extinguisher back into her pocket and grips the shotgun in both hands.

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:51 pm**

CON check (1d100=8) - Pass

Jacob leg hurts but he does not pay attention to it. He focus his attention on the man before him with the feeling of a divine protection from god. He tries to aim and shoot back at the man, but realises he has ducked back out of sight.

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:33 pm**

Posted: **Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:39 pm**

As Greg comes up the stairs, he sees the woman lunging at Liz and Liz's response grabbing her shotgun. He knows things are getting ugly, and his handgun is at the ready. Quickly, he ascertains if he has the opportunity and time to pull Liz to safety before the woman can attack before determining his action. He wonders if this woman is also showing signs of being dead.

Posted: **Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:01 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:33 pm**

Greg had to act fast. Yanking Liz to safety was no guarantee that the woman wouldn't strike her femeral artery, which would kill liz within a minute. He had to act fast, so he pulled up his pistol and took a shot that went wide.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:52 pm**

The crack of the pistol close to her head clearly throws the woman off her stride. She trips on Liz's feet (fumbles attack) tries to regain her balance but ultimately loses her footing and slips down the stairs feet first.
NEXT ROUND - actions please.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:22 am**

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:13 am**

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:09 pm**

Greg is tangled up with the woman as she tumbled down the stairs. He thinks to himself, "This is a fine how-do-you-do."

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:35 pm**

The woman looks pretty normal to Greg, no obvious tattoos no funny glowing eyes and she's panting and yelling so Greg can reasonably assume she's not a zombie. She did have a wicked looking knife in her hands when she took Greg's legs out from under him on the way down the stairs.

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:21 am**

Although the situation is a bit hairy and confusing, and true enough Greg wasn't sure who's arms and legs he had landed upon at the bottom of the steps - if they were his own or that of the woman - he did manage to keep an iron grip on the handgun. He wanted so much to just push away from her and hold her captive at gun point, but she still had a knife somewhere and she would not hesitate to use it... he was sure. So he took a shot at such a close range as he was trying to separate and get out of knife range.
Greg wasn't sure if he hit or not because he closed his eyes... but the muzzle of the pistol was pressed against something on the woman when he squeezed the trigger and he felt the blood splatter splash back warmly onto his hand and face.

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:53 am**

Liz rolls onto her stomach and grips the shotgun in both hands, crawling to a nearby corner where she can get a clear shot around it at the master bedroom and at the stairway in case the old man or the woman show themselves.

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:18 pm**

Shot (1d100=85) - Fail

Jacob aims and miss. Probably the divine aura above him do not favor him that much.

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:50 pm**

Guys, just a quick reminder as to where everyone is and what they are doing.

Greg is at the bottom of the stairs out of sight of Jacob and Liz having just fallen down the stairs with the old woman, from the sounds of gunshots and shouts it doesn't sound as though things are entirely finished down there.

Liz is lying prone at the floor at the top of the stairs aiming in the direction of the door of the master bedroom.

Jacob is in the room directly to the left of the master bedroom(see plans). The man who shot him was from the master bedroom but ducked back before Jacob was able to fire back.

Plans here

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:55 am**

Jacob leans against the doorframe of the bedroom gun in hand. He can feel blood pooling in his shoe and something inside his leg seems to grate together every time he puts weight on the leg. While adrenalin kept him on his feet the pain is now getting quite unbearable.

On her back Shotgun held between her knees Liz can hear rasping breaths coming from Clay's otherwise imobile (unconcious) body. But her eye is drawn to the door of the master bedroom where a sickly yellow glow is now visible beneath the doorway.

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:15 pm**

Being in a bedroom himself, Jacob decides to withdraw and find a piece of cloth to wrap around his leg to prevent blood lose.

First Aid (1d100=55)

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:30 pm**

Jacob sits back on the bed almost collapsing as his leg gives way unexpectedly. Taking a deep breath he tries to tear the bedsheet into bandages but his hands are slick with blood which prevents him getting a grip strong enough to tear it. Giving up in frustration, Jacob pulls off a pillowcase and ties it around his leg. Blood darkens Jacob's impromptu bandage disturbingly fast.

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:35 am**

Liz was already aiming at the master bedroom door, and the glow behind it illuminates her target perfectly. Determined not to let the old man unleash more fire, she blasts the door dead center, peppering it with buckshot that she hopes will penetrate the door and hit the man on the other side.

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:22 pm**

Greg, I'm hurt
Jacob whisper loudly and jumps in panic as he hears Liz's gunshot

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:32 pm**

The shotgun blasts a fist sized hole out of the door through which pours what looks to Liz like a wave of burning ashes they which then start to fill the hallway.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:27 am**

Even though her ears are still ringing from the blast, Liz hears something.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:39 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:50 am**

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:55 pm**

Listen (1d100=94) - Fail

Jacob hears the gunshot and then brings his attention back to his wound. He tightens the sheet around his leg while throwing glances to the door. It's time to end this mess so he limps to the bedroom door with upheld pistol.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:32 pm**

Jacob hobbles back into the hallway now filling with thick greasy smoke in which motes of burning ash no more than a few centimetres in size seem to dart about, On the floor Liz watches as the more and more of these little motes of light seem to alight on Clays prone form until all of a sudden his jacket starts to smoulder and then burn.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:08 pm**

"I heard glass break in the master bedroom!" says Liz as she grabs her fire extinguisher. "I think the old man's buggering off." She hurriedly sprays the flames on Clay.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:49 pm**

Liz sprays the back of clays jacket damping the flames and scattering the burning ash which seems to land a few feet away upon the carpet and soon takes hold other spots are also catching light and if the smoke coming from the master bedroom is any indication this room is also on fire.

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:30 am**

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:15 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:41 am**

Greg, where is Greg ?
Jacob asks Liz.
I'm hurt, my leg ...

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:22 pm**

The blast from the old pistol is deafening to Greg's ears and jarring on his wrist pressed as it is awkwardly against the woman. The results however are dramatic the womans struggles subside and she pushes herself up into a sitting position with her back against the wall. Greg thinks he shot her in the stomach but can see blood on her hands and leg.

Moments later Greg hears a shotgun blast from upstairs as mote filled smoke starts to drift down the stairs.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:38 am**

"He fell down the stairs with that woman," Liz replies. "Clay's in a bad way too." She helps Clay as best she can, doing a very good job. "Come on, man, wake up."

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:12 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:59 pm**

As Liz goes to attend Clay, Jacob takes shelter along the wall, next to the Master’s bedroom door. He will give a light punch to the door to open it and see if the Man that was there is still there.

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:54 pm**

As Jacob goes to punch the door he can feel a great deal of heat coming from it, in fact there are flames as well as smoke starting to roar through the hole made by Liz's gunshot blast. Its quite clear to Jacob that there is a well established fire in there.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:02 pm**

Greg does his best to push away fram the lady in hopes of untangling and doesn't hear Jacob in the process. "The house is on fire!" he says to Liz. "Did they find the girl? I think I know where she is. Can you make it out of the house on your own?"

As soon as Greg is on his feet he begins heading back to where he saw a hidden door.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:07 am**

"We noticed the fire!" Liz calls back dryly as she works on Clay. "The big guy's not waking up, but he'll live! I'll need some help to carry him! Our other friend's shot, but conscious and walking! We haven't found Elira, but we haven't exactly had time to search! If you know where she is, go rescue her!"

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:01 pm**

Flames are now roaring out of the hole in the door like a gas jet and Liz notices more and more of the motes of burning ash(?) flying around the hallway small fires seem to quickly start everywhere they gather.

OOC: Jacob can still move on his own it is simply very painful (CON rolls) and he is clearly losing blood (HP loss). Clay is still a dead weight but as far as Liz can see his injuries do not seem to be that bad (she could drag him down stairs if needs be)

Can I have listen rolls from everyone please.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:26 pm**

Listen (1d100=40) - Fail

I'll help you as much as I can.
Jacob replies to Liz and help her to drag Clay down the stairs. His face clearly twists in pain as he steps on his leg.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:54 pm**

Jacob staggers over to help Liz, but ends up leaning against the bannister a sheen of cold sweat over his face from the effort.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:02 am**

Liz is too distracted to hear much. "Oh, you're still bleeding!" she says. "Try not to move. I'll see what I can do. If you're up to it, spray any flames that get near with your extinguisher. The burning ash seems to move out of the way, but it'll work on the fires it starts." She tries to stop the bleeding, but it's beyond her skill. "Doc, I think you're needed after all!" she calls down the stairs.

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:29 pm**

Liz & Greg Listen rolls please.

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:54 pm**

Liz still doesn't hear anything.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:58 am**

Greg has already moved out of the way and out of ear shot and missed what Liz had said. Instead, he was in the kitchen looking at the hidden door he noticed and tried to pull it open. There wasn't any time to lose... they had to get out of the house quickly or they'd all be burn patients.

Play@YSDC

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