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[Objective 3] Communications (Matilda)

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Myoukin rolled 1 10-sided dice: 3 Total: 3 (1-10)

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 3:38 pm


gaia_crown [ OBJECTIVE 3: ]

- Try to make communications with the outside world
OOC: Try to make communications with the outside world. There is a RADIO CONTROL station set up. Unfortunately, masses of the infected wander around it. You need to sneak around the masses undetected to try to get to the top of the radio tower to work it.

[ Step 1 ] Radio tower detection is determined by how much your character is carrying.

A player character NOTHING in their (minis) inventory rolls 1d4. A victory is a 1-3

A player carrying 1 item in their minis inventory rolls 1d6. A victory is a 1-4

A player carrying 2 items in their minis inventory rolls 1d10. A victory is a 1-5

If you roll a FAIL, the mobs of infected notice you, and begin to chase you. GAME OVER (this task is a FAIL). Otherwise, continue forward.

[ Step 2 ]

You reach the top of the radio tower. Now, you see why this is an issue. At the top of the stairs is a room, and it is filled with hundreds of different communications lines. You would have to try each one to see if it works. It would take hours, days, if not months.

Roll 1d100. Match your dice roll to the result below an RP it out. You may keep on rolling until you are satisfied with your result, and then you may leave at any point.

1- 20: You get static on your line. It didn't work.

21 - 40: You get what sounds like someone talking on the line but it is difficult to make out.

41 - 60: You hear something. Someone shouting "Hello? This is-." It gets cut off.

61 - 80: You hear something. It comes loud and clear. "This is prerecorded emergency broadcast. If you are listening to this, you are in critical danger. Find the nearest shelter immediately and hide until further authorities notify you. Do not attempt to contact local authorities. Do not leave your house. This is not a drill."

81-90: You hear something. "- supplies shipped in daily. We try to do it from the air but we don't have many choppers left. They will dwindle after a while. --- seven days --- then ----" It cuts off.

91-100: You hear something. "-- you don't know me but I'm here to help you. Don't listen to anything they tell you. They have it wrong. -- Listen closely. -- undying are not the problem. The thorns are. They cannot be destroyed. Avoid them -- contagious -- do not touch. -- spread. That's how the virus replicates. -- too late for you. They will not let you leave."

Mission Bonus: +1 random clothing item. Pick it up here after dropping off the form below.
Faction Bonus:+ 1 bonus district point in your choice (drop off using the bonus district points form in your main faction info thread)
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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 88 Total: 88 (1-100)
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 3:47 pm


Hefting her bag tightly on her left shoulder, Matilda stared down at the hordes of infected below her vantage point. She would need to be incredibly careful not to be detected. But if she could get into the tower... she may be able to garner more information about their situation. Hopefully nothing would be broken since she was woefully bad with electronics.

Inching her way down the hill, the woman came to a stop behind a damaged car. She needed to wait to proceed. She just needed to wait... if only that one on the side would move... just a bit... there! An opening! Darting across the street as quickly and as quietly as her feet could muster, she ducked down behind a trashcan and covered her mouth so as not to betray her position through her breathing. Her heart was racing a mile a minute but she couldn't stop now. Luckily it seemed she had gotten through without a hitch.

Heading inside the building, Matilda was startled by how eerily quiet it was. It would be too optimistic to assume the elevator would work, so she chose to use the stairs. She made sure to pause just below each flight to listen for any signs of activity before pressing on.

After about five flights of stairs, she finally came to a landing with a single door. Opening the door lead to a waiting room with a secretary's desk that looked to have seen better days. Beyond that was a door with the faded word 'Studio'. Crossing through yielded a multitude of electronic devices. Moving over to one, she pressing a big, red button on the console.

Static buzzed through the room's speakers and Matilda couldn't help but jump as garbled words began playing:

"- supplies shipped in daily. We try to do it from the air but we don't have many choppers left. They will dwindle after a while. --- seven days --- then ----"

"Then... what?," the blonde asked in a huff, knowing full well she wouldn't get an answer. The message had cut out. Someone had sent supplies by air? Why hadn't she seen any of these helicopters if they were out and about delivering supplies, and how were these supplies supposed to make it to the survivors? No one in her faction had ever mentioned seeing helicopters. Something wasn't right here...

OOC

[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]

User ImageCharacter's name: Matilda Baer
Character's faction: University
Character's journal link: X
Character's survival stats: View
Jersey Number: 4
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher.
- Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.


Myoukin

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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 14 Total: 14 (1-100)

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:03 pm


Turning the knob, Matilda frowned when all she heard was static. Maybe she had to tinker a bit more...
Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 34 Total: 34 (1-100)
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:04 pm


Turning the knob once more provides some sound, but whatever is being said is indecipherable.

"How about...this," she murmured, adjusting a different knob.

Myoukin

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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 39 Total: 39 (1-100)

Myoukin

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:06 pm


"Not much better... how about a little more..."
Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 53 Total: 53 (1-100)
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:07 pm


"Oh!," Matilda gasped. Something was-

Cut off before it could say more than hello.

Myoukin

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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 71 Total: 71 (1-100)

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:08 pm


Flipping a switch, Matilda blinked as a message came through clear as crystal...
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:12 pm


"This is prerecorded emergency broadcast. If you are listening to this, you are in critical danger. Find the nearest shelter immediately and hide until further authorities notify you. Do not attempt to contact local authorities. Do not leave your house. This is not a drill."

Shelters? where exactly were there shelters? That aside, how exactly were they supposed to contact her? Every phone line that she had tried when chaos broke lose was a dead signal, not even a dial tone. She was able to hear through the radio tower, but there was no way to communicate back that she could tell.

More and more curious.

Myoukin

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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 85 Total: 85 (1-100)

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:13 pm


Pressing a different button had brought her back to the first message she'd heard before. Even after the second time, something wasn't quite adding up.
Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 54 Total: 54 (1-100)
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:15 pm


Turning the second knob, she found another message that got prematurely cut off.

Myoukin

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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 89 Total: 89 (1-100)

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:16 pm


Seven days... what was going to happen in seven days?
Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 2 Total: 2 (1-100)
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:17 pm


The setting she put the knob on was a dud. Nothing but static.

Myoukin

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Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 35 Total: 35 (1-100)

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:18 pm


"Just a little more to the left..."
Myoukin rolled 1 100-sided dice: 99 Total: 99 (1-100)
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:19 pm


Matilda smiled as she managed to get a clear signal, but her happiness was short-lived as she listened to the message.

"-- you don't know me but I'm here to help you. Don't listen to anything they tell you. They have it wrong. -- Listen closely. -- undying are not the problem. The thorns are. They cannot be destroyed. Avoid them -- contagious -- do not touch. -- spread. That's how the virus replicates. -- too late for you. They will not let you leave."

Thorns? She needed to avoid thorns? She hadn't seen any thorns around, though. Storing the knowledge away, she thought through the message.

The most disturbing part was definitely the last two sentences that she was able to make out. It was too late... and who wouldn't let her leave? Who was they? The authorities? The government?

"Oh, please don't tell me this whole mess is a government project gone wrong," groaned the woman as she sat back on a wobbly stool nearby while the message continued to play, feeling she was beginning to feel insane from stress, "it would be so horribly cliche for the government to be lying to us. If they won't let us leave... will something catastrophic happen in seven days?"

Worry seeped into her as she feared the implications of all the messages she'd heard. She needed to find someone to talk to.

Myoukin

Dedicated Mage

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