Ch. 14c. Together Again (all)

[jp1885]

[66] = 66
Dodge 25 1d100: [ 66 ] = 66

Ivy is similarly unable to dodge the attack.

[Philulhu]

Night had fallen and the house was in darkness. There was no further sound as William ascended into the kitchen until three faint shots rang out from the caverns below.

Alex’s second shot caught one of the creature’s straight in the chest, stopping it dead and spraying its fellow creatures with a red mist that did nothing to improve their appearance as they swarmed towards him…

OOC:   There was no SAN loss but there are at least half a dozen creatures charging Alex.

The creature’s claws snagged Jerry’s pant leg and the material tore but fortunately didn’t catch the skin beneath. Jerry found himself wrestling with the creature in the darkness - it was like fighting his brother after lights out when he was a kid, except his brother hadn’t had razor-sharp claws and fangs!

In the light from her flashlight, Ivy could see Jerry and the ape-creature grappling, each searching for an advantage over the other!

OOC:   Damage 1d3-1 1d6

No damage!

[Mr. Handy]

William looks around for a telephone.

[Silver Priest]

Alex empties the rest of the policeman's gun at the apes, in a moment of (perhaps misguided) bravery.

1d100

1d100

1d100

1d10

1d10

1d10

Then, he turns and tries to run.

[jp1885]

“Oh for crying out loud!”

Thoroughly fed up with lurking through these confounded caverns and shrinking from doltish monsters, Ivy yells. Brandishing her poker, she joins the fray!

[17] = 17
Brawl 25 1d100: [ 17 ] = 17

[Bullfrog]

Kick 55%:1d100

Damage 1d6+1d4: 1d6+1d4

In the scuffle, Jerry manages to feed the ape some of its own teeth with a well-placed kick.

[Philulhu]

William strode through the dark house, shining his flashlight in all the places where he thought someone might have a telephone but there wasn’t one to be found.

Alex winged a couple of the creatures but that wasn’t enough slow them down and he was knocked off balance and trampled underfoot by the ape creatures as they raced over him and through the cavern…

OOC:   Can I have a DEX check please.

The creature couldn’t withstand the combined assault from Ivy and Jerry. There was an audible ’crack’ as his boot connected with the creature’s jaw, followed by a second as Ivy brought the poker down its skull. It instantly collapsed to the floor, twitched a couple of times and lay still, but not before voiding its bowels as a final insult to their senses…

[jp1885]

“Let’s keep going!” hisses Ivy, as if Jerry needs any encouragement.

[Silver Priest]

1d100

Alex goes down with a yell.

[Mr. Handy]

William heads for the front door, hoping there will be at least one officer waiting outside.

[Bullfrog]

Jerry hurries onward after Ivy, leaving the befouled corpse behind to rot in the dust.

[Philulhu]

The front door was closed but not locked. Looking out into the dark street, William spotted a police patrol car parked at the side of the road. The lights were off and there was no one at the wheel.

Alex felt the creatures stampede over him, sharp claws scratching at his hands and face as he was repeatedly pounded against the stone floor. Their passage was brief but brutal, respite soon came but he still felt like he’d been run over by a truck…

OOC:   Damage: 1d6

Heading quickly along the passage, Ivy and Jerry heard the sound of gunfire as they emerged fin to the central cavern once again. From their right their was a cry of pain and they could see a mass of the ape creatures fleeing towards a nearby tunnel.

OOC:   Spot hidden, please.

[Silver Priest]

His body growing intimately familiar with the hard floor, Alex lays there for a moment. He decides that here perhaps discretion would have been the better part of valor.

But he was alive-- in a sense-- and still felt he could move, so he slowly gets to his feet, groaning as he does so. He pulls out the other officer's gun, hoping it would serve as a deterrent against anything else he saw down here. Then he starts moving in the direction he heard the gunshot in. Though given he had just fired six shots of his own, he's hoping he won't have to go far before he meets someone investigating his own in turn.

[Bullfrog]

Spot Hidden 55%: 1d100

Jerry is distracted by the fleeing apes. He had an idea of what they could have been running from, and he did not like it.

[Mr. Handy]

William knows that without a telephone, there is no way to contact the police unless he were to go to the station, and he has no idea where it is. He remains on the porch, glad to be in the open air.

Spoiler:

Are there any neighbors' houses within sight, and are lights visible within them?

[jp1885]

[50] = 50
Spot hidden 65 1d100: [ 50 ] = 50

Ivy is a little more alert.

[Philulhu]

The area was reasonably affluent so the houses were quite spread out, but in the immediate vicinity, William could see lights on at the neighbouring house to the right, and a smaller house across the street.

Moving forward on unsteady feet, Alex saw two figures emerge from a tunnel further ahead and to his left. Was that Ivy and Jerry? He kinda hoped so as the latter was armed and heading his way.

Emerging from the tunnel, Jerry saw movement off to his right. Someone was pulling himself to his feet, his normally immaculate clothes all dishevelled. Was that Detective Reynolds?!

As they emerged from the tunnel and Jerry headed to the right, Ivy’s attention was drawn to movement in one of the tunnels to her left. With fresh blood dripping from its maw, one of the taller, bestial creatures emerged from the shadows, it’s red eyes fixed upon her…

OOC:   SAN check, please.

[jp1885]

[99] = 99
SAN 69 1d100: [ 99 ] = 99

We’ll, that’s a big fail…

[Philulhu]

Oh dear! A fumble results in maximum SAN loss, in this case 8 points

I think Ivy’s going insane! I’ll set out what happens when I do the next update.

[jp1885]

Why do you have to sound so gleeful about it? You're supposed to be on our side!