By the way, since you're sort of a major ish character, or as major as you can be, how are you liking your portrayal so far? You aren't upse… moret by anything, right? I know I can't expect it to be perfect since all I have is a few word description of your personality to go off of, but I do hope it's not completely out in left field is all :P
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[Pull out your gun and shoot the leader in the head, then try to fight off the others.]
As quickly as you can, you pull your gun out from… more your pocket and fire at the bandit leader. Unfortunately, you miss his head in your haste - but you still get him in the neck, and he makes a choked noise as he stumbles, moving one hand to the wound in a feeble attempt to stop the now-gushing blood. "Dan!" yells a bandit wearing a mask, as he rushes forward angrily. He raises his own gun and shoots, and from beside you Uncle Pun jerks back, though he doesn't make a noise - you're guessing he's been shot, too.
"Shit!" you hear Jack say, and you try and motion for him to get down - he doesn't have a gun - as you try and shoot the guy with the gun. Rema moves forward beside you and fires a bullet into the guy's kneecap, and he screams, staggering; Uncle Pun lifts his own rifle and points it at the bandits. Jack reaches towards his backpack as if he has … [view original content]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[Pull out your gun and shoot the leader in the head, then try to fight off the others.]
As quickly as you can, you pull your gun out from… more your pocket and fire at the bandit leader. Unfortunately, you miss his head in your haste - but you still get him in the neck, and he makes a choked noise as he stumbles, moving one hand to the wound in a feeble attempt to stop the now-gushing blood. "Dan!" yells a bandit wearing a mask, as he rushes forward angrily. He raises his own gun and shoots, and from beside you Uncle Pun jerks back, though he doesn't make a noise - you're guessing he's been shot, too.
"Shit!" you hear Jack say, and you try and motion for him to get down - he doesn't have a gun - as you try and shoot the guy with the gun. Rema moves forward beside you and fires a bullet into the guy's kneecap, and he screams, staggering; Uncle Pun lifts his own rifle and points it at the bandits. Jack reaches towards his backpack as if he has … [view original content]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[Pull out your gun and shoot the leader in the head, then try to fight off the others.]
As quickly as you can, you pull your gun out from… more your pocket and fire at the bandit leader. Unfortunately, you miss his head in your haste - but you still get him in the neck, and he makes a choked noise as he stumbles, moving one hand to the wound in a feeble attempt to stop the now-gushing blood. "Dan!" yells a bandit wearing a mask, as he rushes forward angrily. He raises his own gun and shoots, and from beside you Uncle Pun jerks back, though he doesn't make a noise - you're guessing he's been shot, too.
"Shit!" you hear Jack say, and you try and motion for him to get down - he doesn't have a gun - as you try and shoot the guy with the gun. Rema moves forward beside you and fires a bullet into the guy's kneecap, and he screams, staggering; Uncle Pun lifts his own rifle and points it at the bandits. Jack reaches towards his backpack as if he has … [view original content]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[Pull out your gun and shoot the leader in the head, then try to fight off the others.]
As quickly as you can, you pull your gun out from… more your pocket and fire at the bandit leader. Unfortunately, you miss his head in your haste - but you still get him in the neck, and he makes a choked noise as he stumbles, moving one hand to the wound in a feeble attempt to stop the now-gushing blood. "Dan!" yells a bandit wearing a mask, as he rushes forward angrily. He raises his own gun and shoots, and from beside you Uncle Pun jerks back, though he doesn't make a noise - you're guessing he's been shot, too.
"Shit!" you hear Jack say, and you try and motion for him to get down - he doesn't have a gun - as you try and shoot the guy with the gun. Rema moves forward beside you and fires a bullet into the guy's kneecap, and he screams, staggering; Uncle Pun lifts his own rifle and points it at the bandits. Jack reaches towards his backpack as if he has … [view original content]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[Pull out your gun and shoot the leader in the head, then try to fight off the others.]
As quickly as you can, you pull your gun out from… more your pocket and fire at the bandit leader. Unfortunately, you miss his head in your haste - but you still get him in the neck, and he makes a choked noise as he stumbles, moving one hand to the wound in a feeble attempt to stop the now-gushing blood. "Dan!" yells a bandit wearing a mask, as he rushes forward angrily. He raises his own gun and shoots, and from beside you Uncle Pun jerks back, though he doesn't make a noise - you're guessing he's been shot, too.
"Shit!" you hear Jack say, and you try and motion for him to get down - he doesn't have a gun - as you try and shoot the guy with the gun. Rema moves forward beside you and fires a bullet into the guy's kneecap, and he screams, staggering; Uncle Pun lifts his own rifle and points it at the bandits. Jack reaches towards his backpack as if he has … [view original content]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with us. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and Pun's wound missed any vital organs. He isn't out of the woods yet, though." She looks down, obviously worried for him. You are too; you don't know what you would do if you lost your uncle now.
"I'll be fine," he tells you both with a weak smile.
Rema moves to your side; she's still holding her shoulder, so obviously the wound hasn't been seen to yet. You don't blame Alice; Pun probably needed the care more urgently.
"Are we going to go back for Markus?" Rema asks you, voice anxious.
"Yes," Jack says. "As soon as we can. Eli and I can't go alone; we need to wait until someone can come with us."
"I will," Rema says. "Once this wound is bandaged."
"You don't have to," you tell her. "You're hurt."
"Yeah, maybe you and Thalia can trade places," Jack suggests. "You keep watch, and she can come with us."
"He's my cousin," Rema argues. "And it's my fault he got left behind. I have to make sure he's alright."
"There," Alice says from next to Pun. "All done. You need to take it easy, Pun. You don't want that wound to reopen. Hopefully it won't get infected."
"I'll try," Pun says. "Thanks, Alice."
She smiles and nods. "No problem. Rema, come here, let me fix up your shoulder." It's a few minutes before she finishes, but once she has, Rema is bandaged up and ready to go.
"Alright," Jack says. "Come on, let's go." The three of you start to walk around to the back of the farm to leave, when Stephany speaks up from behind you, making you stop in your tracks.
"Can I come with you?" she asks in a small voice.
You turn around, glancing at Jack as he does the same thing. "Stephany..," he starts to say, frowning.
"Like you said, it's dangerous out there. You three going alone is almost as dangerous as you two," she says quietly. "And Alice taught me how to shoot. I know how to shoot a gun..." She raises the gun she carries for self defense as if to prove a point.
"Maybe she's right, Jack," Alice tries, and he looks away, obviously still troubled.
"She's only 13! I don't know, I..."
"I don't want you to get hurt," Stephany says sadly. "Please let me come with you."
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with … moreus. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and… [view original content]
"You're too young, Stephany," you tell her gently. "I'm sorry. You need to stay here."
"But I--" she starts to say, but Alice puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Stephany, why don't you come inside with me? You can help me count out supplies. I really would like your help," she says softly.
"Okay...," Stephany says sadly, looking utterly dejected as she turns to go back into the house with Alice. Jack sighs but says nothing before he, you and Rema head off into the woods.
The three of you start to backtrack towards the area where the traps were set, since it was where the bandits attacked - hopefully Markus would be somewhere on the way.
It isn't long before Jack, who's leading the way, suddenly raises a hand to signal you and Rema to stop. Clearly he's seen something - so, carefully, the three of you start to creep forward among the trees, until you stop, spotting what Jack has seen.
There are three people in front of you, looking to be about in their late teens - a serious looking, somewhat chubby girl with short light brown hair, a taller, slightly muscular boy with dark brown hair and glasses, and a very tall, slender girl with glasses and an undercut. Undercut girl is crouching next to what appears to be a body, rifling through a bag she must have picked up off of it, but you can't see the body from here - the three of them are obscuring it from full view. All three of the teenagers are almost completely coated head to toe in gore; their clothes are covered in blood, almost as if it was done on purpose. There's also another corpse off to the side of them that you notice last; this one appears to have been undead by the time they got to it, though it's dead dead now - looks like they took care of it - but when you squint and look closer, you recognize this corpse in particular; it's the bandit from earlier who Rema kneecapped. Freddie, you think. Though you guess it doesn't matter anymore.
"Oh my god," Rema suddenly gasps from beside you; obviously it's involuntary - she has moved to the side enough to catch a glimpse of the corpse. The three people whip around to face you, obviously startled by your appearance; the tall girl raises a gun and points it at you, while the short-haired girl raises a dagger instead - but you can see a handgun on her hip, too.
"Who are you?" Jack asks, before they can speak. The three of you move out from the trees - Rema moving faster, and brushing past the three teens to stoop by the corpse. It's then, as the others move out of the way and you move closer, that you see who it is - Markus. It's hard to recognize him; his entrails are all over - clearly the undead Freddie had been eating him - and he appears to have been shot in the head with a high caliber gun. His rifle lays next to him on the ground, still clutched in his hands.
Rema lets out a low wail of grief, and you shut your eyes, horrified by what you're seeing. If only you had been faster... if you hadn't waited... you open your eyes and face the three strangers, angry now. They're still silent; not one of them has spoken up yet, though you haven't really given them any chance to yet either.
"Did you do this?!" you demand, to their apparent surprise. The short-haired girl opens her mouth as if to speak, looking wide-eyed and scared by your accusation, but undercut girl manages to speak first; "What?!" she replies, sounding affronted. "You think we would have--"
"We didn't do this," glasses guy cuts in. "He was like this when we got here. We heard a gunshot from farther in the woods, so we came running. But by the time we got here, he was already... like this."
"I think he must have shot himself," says the short-haired girl softly.
"No... why? Why would you do that, Markus?" Rema says tearfully from where she kneels next to his body.
But Jack doesn't seem convinced yet. "Then why were you looting his stuff?!"
"We always do," undercut girl says, like its obvious. "It's how we have so much food? We loot whatever we can." As she says the bit about the food, she jostles the backpack on her back, and you hear it clink with what's likely a lot of cans. You notice the other two are also carrying heavy looking backpacks, probably also filled with cans.
"You're bandits, then," Rema says accusingly.
"We only take from the dead--" the short-haired girl starts to say, but Jack interrupts her.
"You say you had nothing to do with this, but you're covered in blood!" he says, still sounding thoroughly unconvinced. He's got his weapon out now, like he's worried they'll attack.
"No! Please believe us!" the short-haired girl says quickly, looking anxious. "We can explain that, really!" Rema has her gun out now, though no one has made any move to attack yet. Jack glances at you now, and you realize he wants your opinion on the situation.
[We can't risk it. These guys could have killed Markus - or they could be part of the bandit group that attacked us earlier. Let's take them back to Thalia and let the group decide what to do with them.]
[Let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young.]
"You're too young, Stephany," you tell her gently. "I'm sorry. You need to stay here."
… more "But I--" she starts to say, but Alice puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Stephany, why don't you come inside with me? You can help me count out supplies. I really would like your help," she says softly.
"Okay...," Stephany says sadly, looking utterly dejected as she turns to go back into the house with Alice. Jack sighs but says nothing before he, you and Rema head off into the woods.
The three of you start to backtrack towards the area where the traps were set, since it was where the bandits attacked - hopefully Markus would be somewhere on the way.
It isn't long before Jack, who's leading the way, suddenly raises a hand to signal you and Rema to stop. Clearly he's seen something - so, carefully, the three of you start to creep forward among the trees, until you stop, spotting what Jack has seen.
… [view original content]
If only you had been faster... if you hadn't waited...
Whatever, [let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.] I highly doubt they killed him.
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young.]
"You're too young, Stephany," you tell her gently. "I'm sorry. You need to stay here."
… more "But I--" she starts to say, but Alice puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Stephany, why don't you come inside with me? You can help me count out supplies. I really would like your help," she says softly.
"Okay...," Stephany says sadly, looking utterly dejected as she turns to go back into the house with Alice. Jack sighs but says nothing before he, you and Rema head off into the woods.
The three of you start to backtrack towards the area where the traps were set, since it was where the bandits attacked - hopefully Markus would be somewhere on the way.
It isn't long before Jack, who's leading the way, suddenly raises a hand to signal you and Rema to stop. Clearly he's seen something - so, carefully, the three of you start to creep forward among the trees, until you stop, spotting what Jack has seen.
… [view original content]
If only you had been faster... if you hadn't waited...
Whatever, [let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.] I highly doubt they killed him.
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young.]
"You're too young, Stephany," you tell her gently. "I'm sorry. You need to stay here."
… more "But I--" she starts to say, but Alice puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Stephany, why don't you come inside with me? You can help me count out supplies. I really would like your help," she says softly.
"Okay...," Stephany says sadly, looking utterly dejected as she turns to go back into the house with Alice. Jack sighs but says nothing before he, you and Rema head off into the woods.
The three of you start to backtrack towards the area where the traps were set, since it was where the bandits attacked - hopefully Markus would be somewhere on the way.
It isn't long before Jack, who's leading the way, suddenly raises a hand to signal you and Rema to stop. Clearly he's seen something - so, carefully, the three of you start to creep forward among the trees, until you stop, spotting what Jack has seen.
… [view original content]
Comments
It's really accurate. I'm not upset, I'm actually pretty happy with it. You did excellent
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
Tan taan taaaaaaaan
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
Sorry Markus, but if he really got shot in the lungs he's done for.
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help.]
You're Jack ? :O
[We should wait a while, until we can take someone else with us. It's not safe going out there with just the two of us, and we won't be any help to Markus if we get hurt, too.]
Oh my god I just noticed what your profile picture was.
Could that be...Kootra?
Nah, I'm Jen
Yes! I never thought I would find anyone one the forums who watches the Creatures or Kootra in general
(Sorry this part is short!)
[We should wait a while.]
"We should wait," you tell Jack. "Until at least one other person can come with us. It's too dangerous out there with just us, and we can't help anyone if we're dead."
Jack nods. "Okay then. I trust you," he says. "Come on, let's go check on Rema and your uncle."
Thalia waves a farewell to you both as she makes her way back up to her lookout point; you and Jack walk around to the front of the main house, where you find Alice working on Uncle Pun. Rema and Stephany stand around the two, while Jen is nearby, up on the porch with Alice's gun at her side - obviously she's taken over for the watch.
You and Jack stand sort of awkwardly around for a while while Alice works, until Jack speaks up; "Are they going to be okay?"
Jen answers from the porch for Alice, who seems intent on her work. "Alice said that they both were pretty lucky," she says. "The bullet hardly hit Rema, and Pun's wound missed any vital organs. He isn't out of the woods yet, though." She looks down, obviously worried for him. You are too; you don't know what you would do if you lost your uncle now.
"I'll be fine," he tells you both with a weak smile.
Rema moves to your side; she's still holding her shoulder, so obviously the wound hasn't been seen to yet. You don't blame Alice; Pun probably needed the care more urgently.
"Are we going to go back for Markus?" Rema asks you, voice anxious.
"Yes," Jack says. "As soon as we can. Eli and I can't go alone; we need to wait until someone can come with us."
"I will," Rema says. "Once this wound is bandaged."
"You don't have to," you tell her. "You're hurt."
"Yeah, maybe you and Thalia can trade places," Jack suggests. "You keep watch, and she can come with us."
"He's my cousin," Rema argues. "And it's my fault he got left behind. I have to make sure he's alright."
"There," Alice says from next to Pun. "All done. You need to take it easy, Pun. You don't want that wound to reopen. Hopefully it won't get infected."
"I'll try," Pun says. "Thanks, Alice."
She smiles and nods. "No problem. Rema, come here, let me fix up your shoulder." It's a few minutes before she finishes, but once she has, Rema is bandaged up and ready to go.
"Alright," Jack says. "Come on, let's go." The three of you start to walk around to the back of the farm to leave, when Stephany speaks up from behind you, making you stop in your tracks.
"Can I come with you?" she asks in a small voice.
You turn around, glancing at Jack as he does the same thing. "Stephany..," he starts to say, frowning.
"Like you said, it's dangerous out there. You three going alone is almost as dangerous as you two," she says quietly. "And Alice taught me how to shoot. I know how to shoot a gun..." She raises the gun she carries for self defense as if to prove a point.
"Maybe she's right, Jack," Alice tries, and he looks away, obviously still troubled.
"She's only 13! I don't know, I..."
"I don't want you to get hurt," Stephany says sadly. "Please let me come with you."
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
Neither did I! More people need to watch the Creatures. One of the best groups on YouTube IMO.
The Creatures are amazing and I completely agree with that statement
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
GTFO, STEPHANY! [Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.]
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young.]
Oh okay, just was asking myself if you were my brother/sister in 2 fanfics
That's mean
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young. You need to stay here with the others.] (just because I have the feeling she will get hurt if she goes)
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
Why Clem can go to Crawford and Steph can't go with Elias?
That would be pretty funny
Wow, I'm surprised you voted that xD DISAGREEING WITH YOURSELF
I'm afraid my character can die going with them
[She's right, Jack. Let her come with us. We could use all the extra help we can get.]
A reasonable thing to be afraid of, I guess!
[No, Stephany. Jack's right; you're too young.]
"You're too young, Stephany," you tell her gently. "I'm sorry. You need to stay here."
"But I--" she starts to say, but Alice puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Stephany, why don't you come inside with me? You can help me count out supplies. I really would like your help," she says softly.
"Okay...," Stephany says sadly, looking utterly dejected as she turns to go back into the house with Alice. Jack sighs but says nothing before he, you and Rema head off into the woods.
The three of you start to backtrack towards the area where the traps were set, since it was where the bandits attacked - hopefully Markus would be somewhere on the way.
It isn't long before Jack, who's leading the way, suddenly raises a hand to signal you and Rema to stop. Clearly he's seen something - so, carefully, the three of you start to creep forward among the trees, until you stop, spotting what Jack has seen.
There are three people in front of you, looking to be about in their late teens - a serious looking, somewhat chubby girl with short light brown hair, a taller, slightly muscular boy with dark brown hair and glasses, and a very tall, slender girl with glasses and an undercut. Undercut girl is crouching next to what appears to be a body, rifling through a bag she must have picked up off of it, but you can't see the body from here - the three of them are obscuring it from full view. All three of the teenagers are almost completely coated head to toe in gore; their clothes are covered in blood, almost as if it was done on purpose. There's also another corpse off to the side of them that you notice last; this one appears to have been undead by the time they got to it, though it's dead dead now - looks like they took care of it - but when you squint and look closer, you recognize this corpse in particular; it's the bandit from earlier who Rema kneecapped. Freddie, you think. Though you guess it doesn't matter anymore.
"Oh my god," Rema suddenly gasps from beside you; obviously it's involuntary - she has moved to the side enough to catch a glimpse of the corpse. The three people whip around to face you, obviously startled by your appearance; the tall girl raises a gun and points it at you, while the short-haired girl raises a dagger instead - but you can see a handgun on her hip, too.
"Who are you?" Jack asks, before they can speak. The three of you move out from the trees - Rema moving faster, and brushing past the three teens to stoop by the corpse. It's then, as the others move out of the way and you move closer, that you see who it is - Markus. It's hard to recognize him; his entrails are all over - clearly the undead Freddie had been eating him - and he appears to have been shot in the head with a high caliber gun. His rifle lays next to him on the ground, still clutched in his hands.
Rema lets out a low wail of grief, and you shut your eyes, horrified by what you're seeing. If only you had been faster... if you hadn't waited... you open your eyes and face the three strangers, angry now. They're still silent; not one of them has spoken up yet, though you haven't really given them any chance to yet either.
"Did you do this?!" you demand, to their apparent surprise. The short-haired girl opens her mouth as if to speak, looking wide-eyed and scared by your accusation, but undercut girl manages to speak first; "What?!" she replies, sounding affronted. "You think we would have--"
"We didn't do this," glasses guy cuts in. "He was like this when we got here. We heard a gunshot from farther in the woods, so we came running. But by the time we got here, he was already... like this."
"I think he must have shot himself," says the short-haired girl softly.
"No... why? Why would you do that, Markus?" Rema says tearfully from where she kneels next to his body.
But Jack doesn't seem convinced yet. "Then why were you looting his stuff?!"
"We always do," undercut girl says, like its obvious. "It's how we have so much food? We loot whatever we can." As she says the bit about the food, she jostles the backpack on her back, and you hear it clink with what's likely a lot of cans. You notice the other two are also carrying heavy looking backpacks, probably also filled with cans.
"You're bandits, then," Rema says accusingly.
"We only take from the dead--" the short-haired girl starts to say, but Jack interrupts her.
"You say you had nothing to do with this, but you're covered in blood!" he says, still sounding thoroughly unconvinced. He's got his weapon out now, like he's worried they'll attack.
"No! Please believe us!" the short-haired girl says quickly, looking anxious. "We can explain that, really!" Rema has her gun out now, though no one has made any move to attack yet. Jack glances at you now, and you realize he wants your opinion on the situation.
[We can't risk it. These guys could have killed Markus - or they could be part of the bandit group that attacked us earlier. Let's take them back to Thalia and let the group decide what to do with them.]
[Let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.]
[Let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.]
I don't think they killed Markus.
Whatever, [let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.] I highly doubt they killed him.
[Let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.]
Ha, that's why I wanted to go immediately, but nooo, everybody wanted to wait.
[Let's hear them out. They don't exactly outnumber us, and we shouldn't make any rash decisions before listening to what they have to say.]