[ INSIDE- Hospital Foyer ] (EMOTION: TENSION) All your hairs rise on end as you browse this littered area. There are papers all direction, and deep bloodstained gouges. The undying run thick in this area, and you have to hide often, playing a game of of hide-and-seek as you try to avoid being detected by one.
The sound of sobbing echoed through the empty foyer, filling the otherwise dead air with sorrowful cries of panic and desperation. It might have seemed familiar to those who had been listening in on the unreliable signals coming from the radios - or to those who resided in the University dorms near a room belonging to a lead who was often prone to episodic breakdowns. To those familiar with Left 4 Dead this was a bad sign. To those who did not find it familiar in the slightest, it was still the sound of a woman in obvious distress, who seemed to be hiding.
That was the most reasonable explanation, at least. The woman was not immediately visible, and the disorienting environment paired with the volume of her sobbing didn't make it particularly easy to distinguish the direction it was coming from.
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:06 pm
He stepped inside, finally, the blood on his shirt still wet. It had slowed to a more sluggish bleed and would stop entirely soon, but Harvard had never expected a thing with teeth quite everywhere. Especially when said thing could have been Corey. It made him worry for the others he hadn't seen. He'd begun a mental tally of those whom he had seen alive and well - of course, there was an important name missing.
Harvard had promised Caroline he'd find her, anytime, every time, even if she hid. But he had idea idea if she was inside or out which added a layer of difficulty to things. For all of his words about knowing where she was, the fog had set him on edge, made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. She wasn't the only person he wanted to find, but she was rather the most important, currently.
As he closed the door softly behind him, Harvard heard... crying. It held a sense of familiarity.. But he couldn't be too careful. Harvard drew his knife, the blade of it still partly covered in a strange ichor,
"Hello? Who's there?" Harvard had a suspicion, but...
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Infection: 30/100 HP: 40/50 Character's name: Dr. Harvard Falls Character's faction: University Character's journal link:Here Character's survival stats: #80 Jersey Number: 15 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 35 year old linguistic anthropology professor. Dark hair and beard. Smokes. [x]
Back in the hospital, Kammy crouched under a table, ears alert for the telltale sounds of undying near. But what she heard instead was a the distraught sobbing of a woman, her voice very familiar to the uni student
While her own dorm was not close to Caroline's, she had heard about the leads tendency to break down sometimes. A understandable reaction considering their situation. She had also heard her frantic crying, the sound clutching at her heat. It made one want to fly to their side and offer comfort, though the woman doubted she could offer much. She was not Corey, nor particular good at the comforting thing (Charisma stat needed some work okay).
Still, Kammy was not one to abandon a party member, and crept out of her hiding spot. It was dark, making it hard to see properly, and The sobbing echoed off each wall. She had no idea where the lead was.
"Hello?" She whispered into the darkness. "Oy..."
The sight of annother person, a small blood stained knife in her hands, made the girl curse and slide back under the desk. Ohshitohshitohshit.
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Character's name: Jenna Kamryn Character's faction: University Character's journal link: Journal Character's survival stats: Stats BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Kammy has dark brown hair with blonde highlights, teal eyes, and is leaning on the side of short.
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:20 pm
The crying stopped abruptly at the sound of Harvard's voice, patiently allowing him to speak in relative silence. It began again, soft enough to allow Kammy's voice to easily be heard, until it stopped again entirely. In its place came frantic, hardly coherent muttering, which was likely even more familiar.
"...safe, oh god, I wasn't safe--safe, wasn't safe, should have stayed trapped--safe, cage was safe, oh god--it hurts--wasn't safe, how did she--how did it find--not safe, not safe..."
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:28 pm
He moved forward warily, nodding to Kammy. "I'm not here to hurt you." Pointing to his jersey, he jerked his head to indicate which direction he was moving. He peered under desk and a stretcher and into the darkness of a supply closet, but... nothing.
"Come on out; it's okay. I know you're here. It's a pattern, isn't it?" He fingered the playing card in his pocket.
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:45 pm
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She hadn't seen the clothing in the dark, but when Harvard drew her attention to it she relaxed, and moved out of her hiding spot, nodding to show she understood. Quietly she fell into step behind him, peering behind chairs and glancing into dark areas for any sign of Caroline.
"It's us, we're your allies" She whispered again. She heard the garbled words spoken back, biting her bottom lip at the repeated word. 'Not safe', did that mean there was something else here?
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Character's name: Jenna Kamryn Character's faction: University Character's journal link: Journal Character's survival stats: Stats BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Kammy has dark brown hair with blonde highlights, teal eyes, and is leaning on the side of short.
"But you ARE." The wailed insistence was followed by a cry so agonized that it sounded positively inhuman. "You are, you are, you--you'll forget about us--forget us--forget us together--all to protect her...a pattern, a pattern, a pattern, unless--unless I stop it--the nines make it end--"
Discarded papers began to scrape and shuffle against the bloodied tile, the sound of something fighting to push itself up off of the floor. From the darkness emerged a luminous 9--an eye--to take one last look at the way things were with a resigned sadness.
"You found me." The 9 flickered on and off like a dimming light as she came closer. One large, clawed hand was pressed feebly over her chest, a futile attempt to cover the gaping wound there, shaped like a heart. "...found me once--and twice--and not again. Not again--it hurts--"
She jabbed her needlelike weapon towards Kammy in accusation, stopping just short of her.
"--you're not my child, not my perfect Kammy--not at all--you took her place--killed her and took her from me--you won't get rid of me too--not again--not again--"
WORLD BOSS ENCOUNTER
HP: 50/50 AUTO DAMAGE: 5 auto damage each time you attack Special Effect: Looks like she has been brutally mutilated with purpose: her heart has been removed, leaving a hole through her chest, and a variety of monstrous additions and alterations have been made to her stitched-together form. To Escape: Escape by fleeing or do an oddly specific 9 total damage to cause the Infected to flee!
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:33 am
"Oh no, oh, Caroline." He looked at the thing that could have been Caroline, maybe once was, and frowned sadly. When she jabbed her needle at Kammy, he flinched. He half-turned and mouthed at the girl, hoping she could read lips: "Kammy, run." Harvard thought, that in this state, Caroline would not hesitate to harm Kammy, and while it mattered what happened to him (of course), he was feeling particularly dutiful to his students lately. Then he turned back to the misshapen, stitched-up mass and sighed. Of course he was frightened, of course he was worried, but what if this was his fault? He couldn't hurt her, not really.
"I'm sorry. I found you, but it should have been sooner. You know I'll keep finding you, no matter what, right?" He tried to speak normally, injecting his usual confidence.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:29 pm
It almost seemed that his reassurance might have worked: the creature's head tilted to one side, as though it were curiously contemplating in the same way Caroline always had.
Then her tail unfurled and whipped out to wrap itself once around Harvard's middle, its stinger poised in waiting at the center of his chest. Her weapon remained pointed at Kammy, and her focus shifted back and forth between the two of them, refusing to leave either unattended for too long.
"No. The pattern, the pattern--you know the pattern--now you'll only find me to watch--and watch--to watch me for her sake--watch me so I'm trapped, I'm trapped--for her--"
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WORLD BOSS ENCOUNTER
HP: 50/50 AUTO DAMAGE: 5 auto damage each time you attack Special Effect: Looks like she has been brutally mutilated with purpose: her heart has been removed, leaving a hole through her chest, and a variety of monstrous additions and alterations have been made to her stitched-together form. To Escape: Escape by fleeing or do an oddly specific 9 total damage to cause the Infected to flee!
The blood curdling scream shook Kammy to her bones, shrinking away from such terrible suffering. Then she was backing away as the scraping sounds, sounding very familiar to her, drew closer to where they were.
The glowing nine that revealed itself caused her to freeze to the spot, unable to tear her gaze away from such a terrible sight. She didn't want to believe that this...thing was their good natured leader with a obsession for 9's. But..could she have succumbed to the infection? Was she a undying now?
The needle was pointed straight at her, it's sharp tip mere inches from her heart. She became transfixed on this horrible being's words, recalling the whispered words on the radio. Harvard was mouthing words to her, she could guess he wanted her to run away, leave him to deal with this mess.
It was tempting, really. It was also the smart thing to do. But the thing kept speaking, and she found herself not wanting to leave. It kept saying trapped. Trapped for her. Was this thing trapped for Caroline?
Did this thing know where she was? Or even
"W-whats going on?!" She spoke with conviction, and yet the waver in her voice was evident. "W-where is Caroline...A-re you Caroline?!"
She pulled her net out, held in front of her as if she could actually stop this being. And she did try, the net thrown forwards and missing the Undying by a mile.
Character's name: Jenna Kamryn Character's faction: University Character's journal link: Journal Character's survival stats: Stats BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Kammy has dark brown hair with blonde highlights, teal eyes, and is leaning on the side of short.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:18 pm
Harvard reached out and touched the collar that remained on Caroline's neck. "Who gave you this? Who, Caroline?" His fingers wrapped around it, pressing into the blackened skin underneath it. "Who, Caroline?" There was a flicked of silver, something moving in his other hand.
"Come back to me," he whispered, and drove his knife into her shoulder.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:40 pm
"I am Caroline," she growled. "I'm always--always--Caroline. Not your mother--you're not my Kammy--"
A light jab of the needle's end said stay away, a warning of what was otherwise inevitable. It was a mistake after all to divert attention to only one of them - she howled at the betrayal of the knife in her shoulder, and her tail tightened its grip.
"No, no. I never left--always have been Caroline--trapped, unsafe Caroline. Even when--even though you broke my heart and killed me."
WORLD BOSS ENCOUNTER
HP: 50/50 AUTO DAMAGE: 5 auto damage each time you attack Special Effect: Looks like she has been brutally mutilated with purpose: her heart has been removed, leaving a hole through her chest, and a variety of monstrous additions and alterations have been made to her stitched-together form. To Escape: Escape by fleeing or do an oddly specific 9 total damage to cause the Infected to flee!
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:44 pm
He could hear her voice over here. Was he hallucinating again? No, no, he couldn't be sure. Something in the foyer made his hairs stand, perhaps it was that his footsteps did not echo in the empty place.
But it was not empty all right.
“Stay back,” he whipped his knife out and pointed it at the two, eyes straining as he circled them, observing, making sure they were real.
“Who are you?” he demanded, even though he could see the numbers on their jerseys, and knew each name assigned to them. He couldn't trust himself anymore, much less anybody.
Then why was he still asking again?
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[ Infection Rate ]: 55/100 Character's name: Prof. Peter Kim Character's faction: University Character's journal link:here Character's survival stats: Peter KimView Jersey Number: 19 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER a slightly haggard looking middle-aged man. Grey-haired, perpetually sighing and cleaning his dusty spectacles
