Leroy in the End Game

[Mr. Handy]

Sarah nods, her lips quivering. "Follow us once we're safely away," she says. "Come on, Joel, we have to go!" She helps him with his IV drip. "Why do they always go after me? Do you believe in monsters now? That wasn't Carson any more. Nothing human could be blown apart so badly by a shotgun like that and still be alive."

[ImpInTraining]

OOC: Before I act, I have to clarify something... Joel just watched someone we were somewhat close to get blown away, probably a huge gaping wound on the side of his body or something. I think that would require a sanity check... wouldn't it?

[Laraqua]

OOC: Good point. 0/1d4 for everyone but Leroy who takes 1/1d4+1.

[ImpInTraining]

OOC: Sanity check...

Sanity check: Current sanity = 67 (1d100=17)

Lost nothing ... still the rock of sanity...

[ImpInTraining]

Joel yanks his arm away from Sarah's grasp and backs away from the three adults. "You're all nuts... you point a gun to aggrivate the circumstance, and then you wonder why he attacks? Stay way from me... all of you!"

Joel pulls the IV tube out of his arm and starts running upstairs - heading for the roof.

[Mr. Handy]

Sarah begins to sob, affected by what has just happened, but she is numb to the shock by this point. "Hey, you need this!" she cries, grabbing the IV drip and racing for the ramp. "Take the ramp, not the stairs! Get the cart, Leroy!"

[paradys]

OOC: phew, lot of catching up to do. leroy loses 3 san by the way.

http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1220842

(when I think of Leroy and his axe, why does the Shining keep coming to mind....)


Leroy stands and stares. He doesn't know which is worse, the fact that Carson has just been blows away or the fact the stranger was right about him. Look at the wound, he isn't bleeding, but thats impossible... His features harden and a blank gaze falls over his eyes. The last thing he wants to see is Carson get up again. But that won't happen, this is all just...you can figure it out later. He grabs the cart and moves towards the ramp, not saying anything and trying not to look at the cloaked stranger.

[Mr. Handy]

Sarah heads up the ramp with Leroy towards the second floor. "Joel, come with us!" she calls. "The stairs are dark, and we shouldn't split up! And you need your IV!"

[Laraqua]

The gunfire seems to have sent those above in a panic. Voices call out or scream and items are heard to thunk heavily on the floor.

[paradys]

Leroy shouts out in the hope that the people upstairs can hear him.

"Hey everybody, its alright, we've got the meds and we're getting out of here!"

its pretty bloody far from alright actually, he thinks, but we'll have to explain the rest of it when we get there

[ImpInTraining]

Joel did run up the stairs and is heading for the roof (if possible). Where should I post?

[paradys]

Leroy doesn't realise Joel is missing until he looks back. He stops.

"Goddamit" he shouts to Sarah "Where did Joel go?!"

[Mr. Handy]

"We're okay!" calls Sarah up the ramp. She lowers her voice. "Come on, keep going! Joel pulled out his IV and ran up the stairs. I told him to come this way instead, but he didn't listen. Hopefully we'll be able to find him again on the second floor and I can give him back his IV."

[paradys]

"Yeah, hopefully."

If they don't see Joel on the second floor, Leroy intends to go looking for him.

[Laraqua]

OOC: Check out the second floor thread to find out!

[ImpInTraining]

Joel trods on downstairs, heading for the ground floor, but peaking around any corners before heading down. He holds the bag over his shoulder, and the scalpel in his other hand. He heard Leroy calling from behind, but did not answer. The last thing he wanted to do was let the other loonies know he was wandering about.

[Laraqua]

As he passes the first floor, he can hear the sound of hand slaps across linoleum and in the light of the open Dispencry room dor, he can see the smear of gore where Carson had lain but the body is no longer there.

There is a dim glow of light in the Ground Floor from the ambulance he knew had crashed into the entrance.

[paradys]

Leroy jogs down the steps until he catches up with Joel.

Where did Carsons body go. Those hand slaps, they couldn't be..?

He turns the torch off as they approach the ground floor, so as not to give themselves away, but nerves get the better of him. After listening carefully for a while for anyone moving around on the ground floor he will turn the torch back on and check behind them.

"if we get that ambulance working, we can drive it over to the gift shop, avoid breathing in the ash" he whispers. He tries to treat the recent argument as though it didn't happen, ignoring the tension between them.

[ImpInTraining]

The slaps of the hand against the hard floor created visions in Joel's mind that he found hard to shake. He hoped to avoid finding out if his imagery was right for certain, because that would be the end of his grasp on reality.

Joel looked at Leroy, the guy had guts... admirable. Whispered Joel to Leroy, "Good idea, if we can get it unstuck. But remember, Sarah said there was one of those nutjobs in there. Let me sneak up and take a peek."

He started to move forward, but paused to turn back to Leroy and said quietly, "Hey ... you know, I said some pretty crappy things back there. I hope you know, I'm just on the edge. Worried about my mom. Thanks for coming along."

[Laraqua]

Tools can be heard thumping against wood and steel to the left of the duo as they pass the corridor that leads to the many operating theatres. A flash of the torch reveals a partially formed barricade that partially closes over the corridor and a set of construction covering the walls - much of it is steel or drawers. More sounds can be heard down there. The scrape of cloth. The rip of flesh. Low-sounding wails.