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Post by wolflet59 on Apr 7, 2006 5:07:41 GMT -5
The crowd hushes as they begin to take in the bodies, the congealed blood, and listen to you..
As far as you can tell (anyone good at judging crowd behavure? will they listen or will they lynch?) they seem neutural, though shaken up by the quake, tooled up for a wolf hunt. got a band of pinkies and three dead orcs in front of them... on the upside theres three orcs backing you up, the quake is over, no wolves to be seen, and theres something stinkier than usual about the bodies.
The orc with the Park Ranger hat scratches and seems to hold a little authority (he probably just runs the campsite, but is the closest thing to authority on the spot) He uses his blade to cut open the shirt of one - pointing out some six or seven chest shots - not all yours.
The small crowd watch you all closely, you can see them soaking in your appearance, where the blood splatters are, whose hands or jaws are blooded, Ron's recent kick marks, the heat you carry.. they shuffle and mumble - waiting for some sort of judgement..
Lets have a bit of hush - three dead bodies needs explainin - anyone here a medic to have a look at these dead guys. ?
Youre the guys on the spot, youve brought in a problem, how you going to sort this out?
Ok folks - I checked you all in on the bus, lets take it from there.
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Post by krondax on Apr 7, 2006 13:14:23 GMT -5
Hunter steps forwards and looks at the Park Ranger. "Well sir, Its a rather interstsing tale. I'm Called Hunter, I'm an out doors guide from just outside the barrens. I was hired to go hunt some wolves, heard there was a bounty on them. We stopped here for the night, and the earth shake hit causing one of my men to go nuts. When we went after him, we found some odd lights and saw these fellers being the source of them. When asked if they needed help, they drew a gun on us. One had this feller here" he nods to Ron "Draped over his shoulders. They shot first, we shot back, and then they got back up... I'd becareful with any medic, thinks them are ghouls. "
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Post by wolflet59 on Apr 8, 2006 3:41:53 GMT -5
Skip.. Skip.. thats Hamble ,, Hamble erm.. Strikes, and his mate Jack - dunno his other name.... one bright spark chips in with
There is a murmuring and more shuffling
And he's Lawrie Burts - I know him by the hair, whats left of it, and his hand tattoos - lives near me, lived near me, he's not a ghoul, saw him last week he was fine then - but they do reek like ghouls - I've killed some before - there aint much blood on these, and ghouls do bleed a lot another pipes up
The warden speaks up What about you then - and who did the quake shake from the bus..?
This aint right - weve got to get to finding out what ghouls or watever are doin up here in the Falls He looks at Ron for an answer, also asking the group who did the runner from the bus
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Post by cxone on Apr 8, 2006 11:19:06 GMT -5
"Well that would be me . I was getting a drink when the shake hit . Fragged me right up . I started running . Saw some weird light and heades that way." Fryer speaks up ."Craziest thing I've ever seen . Then these three guys trying to carry Ron here away like a sack of potateos . Then they star shooting at us . I wonder do you think they could be zombies ? That may explain the lack of blood and the lack of a thermo reading ."
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Post by Falindraun on Apr 8, 2006 11:59:31 GMT -5
John wipes some more of the blood off of his mouth then spits out some more crusted orc blood. "Man I tell ya that orc tasted like shit. Everybody else ok?"
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Post by wolflet59 on Apr 8, 2006 18:45:59 GMT -5
Go wash out your mouth - and make sure its clean before you come back...
Youre all on my team here, and like the man sez, youre the ones on the spot, It must have been your turn coz you've stepped up, so guys what do you want to do ?
It's the way of things up here - if its your problem, get it solved - you've got the ball - whats your call?
Lucille stops tub-thumping while the small crowd nod in agreement, then sadly shakes her head
Bollocks! So much for a peaceful bus-ride, lets get this done.
Any of you guys who know these dead fellas, fill this team in. Strip the bodies - what they got on them? Where have they been where have they come from recently.
Boys - looks like you are all deputised. What else were they carrying? any trails to follow?
Wolves, quake, walking dead, fones down - this is organised, we need to be. Noone works alone - threes and fours at least.. Warden have you got a detailed area map? - then assemble at the Warden's cabin...
The fifteen or so hike back to their chalets and tents to gather their gear - the campsite has been touched by a change in atmosphere, from a fired-up (small) mob to a sort of determination to fall into line.
You had expected some sort of bad reaction, but it seems like now its you who are expected to sort this out... It's not just one or two of these guys who are willing to help, its every man-Jack of them
Oh Bollocks indeed!
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Post by Braddoc on Apr 8, 2006 20:16:01 GMT -5
(OOC: sorry for the lack of posts, been quite crazy at work yesterday, i finished at 3:15 AM and I worked today too)
As the orks walked back to their tents and cabins, Four-Eyes approached Lucille "Hey Lucille, thanks for the get-up 'there..but..don't think guns will help..those guys took some hits of Hunter's handcannon, and still managed to stood up and run to get us close..plus there's the question of the wolf spirit, or ghost, or magical illusion." He looked around him and behind him, as to check if somebody, or something, might be spying "...'them damn elves must be behind it..anyway, there was a SIN of some guy named Willie Jesser" He pulled out the trid image of him. He could be another kidnap victim, or in charge, 'guess we can always ask the others if they saw him or somethin'...also got some papers to one Johnnie Silver, think he's from around here. Most of the other stuff was random crap, and their heaters...damn we left those IR lights back there too..maybe they can be useful, or help us" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a smoke, lighting it up quickly after.
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Post by wolflet59 on Apr 9, 2006 7:05:12 GMT -5
We need to sort everything we've got - the Warden will have maps and local info, and be able to bounce a signal out to the police, thats the military around here -
You are the ones who have seen how these ghouls oporate so you will be in charge of finding answers
And youre right about elves - or UCAS - whoever is behind this, it is organised - this could be the beginning of a land grab. If it aint, then we - erm you, find out why three mountan men become walking dead.
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Post by captianobvious on Apr 9, 2006 17:43:14 GMT -5
I return glances with the warden. "Well, I came out here camping. I was out in the woods, and then BAM! I was hit in the head and carried off." Pointing to the back of my as this was all was said.
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Post by krondax on Apr 10, 2006 1:07:52 GMT -5
"Turning, he looks at the warden. "Well, I doubt that it was elves, only elves that would deal with ghouls in a manner other than killing on site are the drow, and i havent heard of drow in this area for a long time. "
Turning back to the group, eh looks them over. "How do we want to do this? Each of us lead a group, or we form our own groups?"
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Post by Falindraun on Apr 10, 2006 13:38:02 GMT -5
John stands their next to 4-eyes with his metal arms crossed and says "Im fine with whatever."
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Post by cxone on Apr 10, 2006 16:53:15 GMT -5
" How about groups of , what , five . Eveyone one with a whistal (( spelling ? Have to learn some day )) . We take the center and head the way the ghoulies where looking for cave ,building shacks ya know what ever . Any of the groups see anything or are attacked by anything the give a blow and we all show up . I'm thinking that there may not be any wolves attacking in this area ." Fryer says with a shrug .
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Post by Braddoc on Apr 10, 2006 17:49:17 GMT -5
"Yeah, 'sounds like a good plan to check out the place and cover good grounds, we need to check if everybody's got a blade, those zombies/ghouls/whatever don't seem to be affected by lead..guess we're stuck doing it old old school then if we ever met them..same thing for that big wolf..except if somebody happens to have APDS, which I doubt, then it's blade and fists to get it down, or at least talking...or growling..or whatever those spirits do to communicate"
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Post by Falindraun on Apr 10, 2006 19:27:25 GMT -5
John extends his hand blades "Well iv got these" and extends his fangs "and these."
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Post by wolflet59 on Apr 11, 2006 13:38:55 GMT -5
Sweep of the woods? Sounds fine - they were about to carry off Ron here - so it shouldnt have to be too far. There are trackers here - but as youve seen - doing anything at night is difficult. There are lots of dirt trails up here, Outdoor persuits use em for biking. My guess is they came in on one of them...
The Warden points out the trails on the park map - sure enough, a web of dirt trails for holidaymakers to get out and about in the deepwoods. Theres a couple of forest roads going through as well in different directions.
You could track them to a trail - then backtrack along the dirttrack - here ..
He hands out little glossies of the park - showing the dirt tracks and also the vehicle trails that fan out from the main road. More orcs filter in, wearing heavy jackets and most carrying rifles with scopes - and a blade or two. All listen to the Warden and to what youve got to say. They seem settled if not over the moon on being led by 'outsiders'. It is accepted that they will go with whatever you decide..
What else you got? pick up anything useful from them bodies, or they say anything fore they got croaked? Can any of us help wit local information - ask away....
Some things I can clear up We do get quakes - often wiping out a high road coz of a landslide.. The fones are out for all but line of sight - We have short distance rescue comms though. The Sparkies usually turn up in a day os so to see whats gone wrong with the relay becon ( he indicates a peak on the map) The quake shakes are well known - scares the bejasus out of you the first time one hits you - afterwards you know what they are and can keep static - still scary though. Wolves - yup weve had one family scared out from their homestead two days ago - (again indicates on the map to the side) one bit the kids so the gal high-tailed it out of there with all four kids. Thats why theres a rumble on now to get those biters out of our neck of the woods. Its bad when critters start to worry us. Ghouls and undead - The Nation dont make good zombies - we dont have a ghoul gene.. The doc will be able to tell you I think. Though you tend animals usually rather than doing autopsies like they do in the trids! Ive sent a sattelite connection to the police barracks - they can chopper some squaddies over to us in a few hours - but no real help until tomorrow afternoon..
What else do you need to know?
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