Ch.2 Exxon Pumping Station #31

[Mr. Handy]

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Benjamin points to the stairs with the barrel of his rifle, waiting for the others to catch up to him and cover him before he proceeds upward.

[Snapper]

Randy caught Bill's eye and nodded inwards. "Right, sounds like it's time for us to get into the warm. Let's catch up for the others. After you."

[Joajackson]

Amanda just behind Benjamín covering his side. She didnt separate, as that would be irresponsable.

[Philulhu]

OOC:   Apologies for the image quality By my reckoning, Benjamin is at the foot of the stairs in the second room, with Amanda beside him. Gavin has moved into the first room and Randy is just entering the same room with Bill. Where are Harold & Boyd? Presumably moved indoors?

[BoyBlunder78]

Gavin hobbles behind the others, reading the signs and giving a grunt. "About bloody time..."

[Mr. Handy]

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Once he's covered and the room is secured, Benjamin quietly moves up the stairs, his M16 pointing ahead of him and upward.

[Lost_King]

Harold is following the people who can protect him, which at the moment puts him close to Gavin, somewhere comfortably between Benjamin and Randy. He’s inspecting the electrical system and looking for any indication of where the radio would be or anything labeled “radio”, such as a power cable or a battery, in case the radio had been hooked up to a dedicated emergency power supply. However, he will move on as soon as the group moves if he doesn’t find anything.

[kabukiman]

Boyd is following the group. He doesn't understand anything of the mechanical stuff but is careful to avoid any nasty surprises.

[Philulhu]

OOC:   For any one going up to the Radio Room, please read the spoilered text below.

Even before reaching the top of the stairs, blood could been seen dripping onto the top step. The smell of death was strong and induced a wave of nausea.

Looking up into the room, there was a terrifying amount of blood covering every surface. It was like a slaughterhouse! Glancing across the room, the body of what was presumably a man could be seen seated in a swivel chair. The anatomical details were difficult to discern but it looked as if the victim’s chest cavity had been pulled open and the organs ravenously fed upon. The bloody head leant back at an unnatural angle, hanging on by a bit of muscle and sinew. The face was a mask of blood, and the wide eyes were sunken and pale.

As Benjamin stared at this horror, there was a wet, ripping sound as the last bit of flesh attaching the head tore loose. It dropped and hit the floor with a dull smack, rolling towards the stairs a few inches before stopping, the dead eyes staring in his direction…

Can I have a SAN roll, please? (SAN loss is 1/1d6).

Can I also have a CON roll?

OOC:   Anyone exploring anywhere else?

[kabukiman]

Boyd 35% san

[kabukiman]

Boyd feels more nausea when he sses the poor dead guy.

[kabukiman]

Boyd con: 45%

[Philulhu]

I’ll run through the impact of your rolls once I know what everyone else is doing.

[Joajackson]

Amanda was just with Benjamín, as such seeing the extremely gorish scene in the radio room.

"Damn hells, what the fuck?"

San 69

Con 70

[Snapper]

"Come on Bill, let's have a proper look down here while the others deal with whatever's upstairs. Hopefully, they find a working radio. And can you keep a look out for flashlights."

"At least it's warm."

Keeping Bill in front of him, Randy started a more thorough search of the two ground level rooms. In the Tool Room, he was particularly on the look out for flashlights, chemical glow-sticks or anything else that would cast a light in the dark.

Randy will examine the grate leading below ground when he gets to it, and will get Bill to open the two doors to the Pump Room.

[Philulhu]

Once the first people had started to move upstairs, Randy had room to examine the grate in the floor. It was around 1.3m square, and he could see a shaft below that descended for six-seven metres, before opening into a wider space below. A ladder was recessed into the side of the shaft. He could hear the humming of machinery and could feel warm air rising from below.

Moving on to the doors, he indicated that Bill should open them. ”You’ve got to be joking! No fucking way!” came the reply.

[Snapper]

"OK, you wait in the other room."

As soon as Bill moves to the other room, Randy opens the two doors to the Pump Room then peers inside each, M16 ready.

[Mr. Handy]

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"Took the words out of my mouth, ma'am," says Benjamin to Amanda. Once he's sure nothing hostile is still in the room, he checks the radio to see if it's still working.

Sanity roll (current level 50) for seeing the carnage:
d%
CON roll (80% stat) in the radio room:
d%

[BoyBlunder78]

Hobbling to the foot of stairs, Gavin takes the opportunity to rest his leg. Sitting on th steps he shouts up. " What's it like up there?! Everything tickety-boo and ship shape?" tilting his head back, waiting for a response. Watching the others explore another way.

[Lost_King]

Not having found what he’s looking for, Harold wanders over to the stairs.

“Hey guys, is there an intact radio up there? I was literally hired for this mission to fix the radio.”

Noticing the blood on the top steps, he decides to wait until he’s heard an intelligible response.