Play@YSDC

OOC:   I was waiting for some of the others to answer, but I guess I'll just NPC them

Nick says: "Here, let me try. I was best in my squad at climbing obstacles". He gets into the shaft and, grunting and painting, starts making his way to the top. "Almost... there... Ok, I'm up. It runs horizontally now, I can't see where it ends. It might run over the entire docks area. Wait... there's something...", you hear his voice echoing down the shaft, "There's something slimy here... it stinks... God, I think it might be blood. The guy you saw, he must be hurt".

"Should make it easy to track him," says Oliver. "Let's hope he doesn't bleed out. We need him to talk. Which way does the trail lead?"

"Only one way here, at least I can't see any other. I'll try and follow the trail, he's probably planning on exiting from another vent. If he keeps losing blood, he'll just die up here", you hear more grunting as Nick starts moving in the close shaft over your heads.

"All right, be careful," says Oliver.

A few minutes pass, without any further notice from the vent. Amadeus seems to be growing restless: 'Verhapz ze base iz not az empty az ve thought, capten? Verhapz ve should varn ze otherz?".

"Good idea," says Oliver. "Would you like to do that, and do you require an escort? At least one of us needs to stay here to await Nick's return."

Stogie doesn't move but does get his flashlight and 45 back out. "Think I'm more useful staying here, where there's an actual Jerry might need convincing to surrender. No offence, Doc. Docs."

Amadeus nods eagerly. "Gut. Let's go, capten", he says, as he starts walking towards the door, eyes fixed in the vent.

Oliver heads off with Amadeus to find the others.

Stogie prowls around and shines his flashlight in vents, trying to see what's going on.

Oliver and Amadeus head back to the docks area, completely revealed by the now functioning powerful lights on the ceiling, almost fifteen meters over your head. It's a huge cave, now completely empty except for the half-destroyed submarine you discovered earlier. You see the control panels lightened up as well, suggesting that it should be possible to open the huge blast doors. In fact, on the other side of the docks, there's one standing open.

Meanwhile, Stogie keeps watch at the vent, waiting for his comrade to return... hopefully alive and unharmed.

Stogie,Roll Listen.

Oliver leads the way to the open blast door, relieved that they've gotten the power working.

Listen,[b]Stogie[/b] has a 35% skill and rolls... [dice]0[/dice]

Stogie hears nothing but his own breathing.

Oliver and Amadeus walk into the corridor past the blast door, where they immediately see Tom as he is entering a room in front of them. As soon as he hears their footsteps, he practically jumps around, pointing his gun in a hurry. He seems to be on edge.

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Meanwhile, Stogie is keeping watch at the vent - fruitlessly. There's no trace of Nick, or anyone else, in fact. For a moment, the lights flicker, leaving him in the dark, then come back to life.

Muttering, Stogie flicks his flashlight back on and holds it up with his 45.

"Nick!! Can you hear me? Where are you? What's going on?"

The lights go out again, this time for longer. You hear a soft moan, tinged with pain. Then a face appears, a few meters above you, where the vent stops climbing up and turns horizontal. It's Nick. You're about to call out to him when you realize he's open-mouthed, and there's something pouring out of his jaws. As it splatters over your face, you realize it's blood - thick and warm. Then another face appears, and another, and another. All shows bruises and wounds, but that's not the worst of it. As the thing starts to slide down the vent, you realize the heads are linked to the same body, a large clump of tissue and bone and skin all fused together in a single hellish abomination.

Sanity,Roll against a 1d6/1d10 loss.

SAN,SAN of 50 and Stogie rolls... [dice]0[/dice]

SAN Loss,[dice]1[/dice]

"AAAAAAAGGHHH!!!" Stogie hollers at the top of his lungs. He races back towards an exit door as fast as he can, firing a round from his 45 into the ceiling as he goes in the hope that will alert his compatriots if they didn't hear him scream.

Stogie turns and runs, shooting in the air. The gunshot echoes in the confined space of the room, but it's hard to tell whether it can actually be heard from outside, or not. Just before he reaches the door leading to the next room, he feels something, something hard, with an edge, hitting him in the back and slicing, starting from his left shoulder to his right leg. He can feel the flesh ripping and blood flowing out, along with a burning sensation of pain. Stopping to check the damage it's not an option, though, so he keeps running, door after door, until he's back in the docks area. Just the time to take a few steps along the dock, and the light comes back up to life. At the same time, there doesn't seem to be any trace of the monster following him anymore.

OOC:   Stogie takes 9 points of damage (I updated the sheet).