>>425624
"Light? Are you here?"
Wait a moment. If it doesn't respond, then
"Janice? Are you ok?"

"JANICE, WAKE UP YOU PILL POPPER THE ZOMBIE END OF THE WORLD HAS COME."

Fidchell 2012/06/27(Wed)19:22 No. 426860 ID: 09a2fd
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> "Light? Are you here?"

Rina calls for the Light in her head, but there is no response.

> Holster your weapon and nudge her awake.

Rina puts her weapon away and nudges Janice gently. She doesn't wake up at first, but a couple more nudges do the trick. Janice's eyelids snap open suddenly, her eyes dilating. She looks dreadful, almost like she was sleep-depraved.

"Alex? Alex?" Janice says in a panicked quickness, her eyelids twitching. She furrows her brow and stares with disappointed realization. "Who are you?"

>>426860
"Janice! It's me, Rina! Ugh, what did they do to you?"
See that bottle of pills? What is/was in it? Take it with you.
"Janice, I'm going to take you to Glade, ok? She's trapped, and we need to stick together. Can you focus?"

Fidchell 2012/06/28(Thu)18:42 No. 427179 ID: 09a2fd
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> See that bottle of pills? What is/was in it?

It appears the bottle is filled with painkillers. Rina is not sure how much Janice consumed, but a lot is spilled out of the bottle, which is toppled on its side.

> "Janice! It's me, Rina! Ugh, what did they do to you?"

"Janice, it's Rina! You remember? You took care of me in the hospital."

"R-Rina? What...what are you doing here?" the dog asks.

"We came to meet with someone. Listen, my friend, Glade, is downstairs. She's trapped, and we have to stick together. Can you focus?" Janice blinks a couple times, looking confused, but then she lowers her head, looking away from Rina.

"I'm not going anywhere, Rina," Janice says. "This is my stopping point."

>>427179
"No, it isn't."
Ram your fingers down her throat to induce vomiting. That's about all we can do to stop her from ODing.
"You didn't become a nurse to sit on your ass while people die. If you want to be selfish and kill yourself you can damn well do it after we stop the fucking apocalypse."

Give her the ring and tell you where you found it.

Fidchell 2012/06/30(Sat)09:35 No. 427589 ID: 09a2fd
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> Ram your fingers down her throat to induce vomiting. That's about all we can do to stop her from ODing.

"Janice?!" Rina steps forward, aiming to make Janice vomit so that she doesn't die from overdose, but Janice knows exactly what she is doing. Rina thrusts her hand out, only for Janice to catch it and hold it still with a surprisingly tight grip.

"I didn't overdose, Rina. In fact, I don't take these anymore. The pills...they won't do anymore good. I'm done with them."

"You know..." Rina says, anger starting to well up in her, "you didn't become a nurse to sit on your ass while people die!"

"People dying? Where? I don't see anyone else! My world is spiraling out of control. I can't help anyone if I can't help myself!" Janice yells.

"If you want to be selfish and just off yourself, go ahead do it after we stop this fucking apocalypse! Right now I need your help, Janice! You need to get up and lay everything aside."

"If I may make a suggestion, why not just look elsewhere. I am weighed down by my sins. I cannot...won't budge." Rina retracts her hand angrily, pacing away a few steps, breathing deep to calm down.

Fidchell 2012/06/30(Sat)09:35 No. 427590 ID: 09a2fd
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> Give her the ring and tell you where you found it.

"Janice," Rina finally says. She pulls out the ring box and gives it to Janice. Janice takes it very reluctantly. She opens the box, and her eyes slowly widen to the size of dinner plates.

"M-my, my, my G-God," the dog stutters. It is clear she is absolutely shocked and speechless.

"I found this in the police station just near the hospital. The one you worked in," Rina explains.

"It was...it was to be...oh no." Janice starts to shake. "Why? Why would you give me this? I...I wanted to...." Janice then looks like she's forgotten something. She drops the ring box and quickly folds her arms around her stomach, grimacing in pain.

Fidchell 2012/06/30(Sat)09:35 No. 427591 ID: 09a2fd
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"Janice?" Rina asks.

"Go. I won't be of any use to you." Rina looks down at her lower half and notices something she has no idea how she didn't notice before.

>>427591
Because it wasn't there before -> >>425624

Give her a quick hug, then open her jacket to get a look at the problem. We're going to have to carry her back to Glade.
"Listen, I *have* to save you. I only have a tenuous grasp on how this lovecraftian bullshit works so I can't explain why, but I need you to hold on for all our sakes.
What's wrong? And don't waste time saying there's nothing I can do, since I'm not going to listen."

Oh, and grab the ring box when you get a chance. We're not leaving anything behind.

>>427591
As unpleasant as it sounds, we should probably strip her down-- both to make sure its not a wound OR the darkness, and to prevent the latter from getting closer to her. Help Janice clean up... I'm pretty sure we passed a bathroom somewhere.

And yeah. We need to save her.

No question about it. We are going to save Janice. Period.

Fidchell 2012/06/30(Sat)23:07 No. 427748 ID: 09a2fd
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> Give her a quick hug, then open her jacket to get a look at the problem.

> As unpleasant as it sounds, we should probably strip her down

"Janice, you're wounded! I know it might make you uncomfortable...but could you just...take off the jacket real quick? I need to see it...I need to make sure it's not something bad." Janice stirs around, obviously uneasy, but to Rina's relief, she complies.

Janice zips open her jacket. There's a hole in her shirt, the wound peeking through it shyly. Rina carefully lifts up her shirt, Janice wincing in pain as she does so.

There is a gash on her belly. She's been stabbed, the wound leaking blood.

"It was that bastard," Janice says. She puts pressure on her wound with both hands, shouting out in pain. "I looked over him for a bit when he was at the hospital. I didn't like him. Not one bit."

>>427748
"Do you know how deep the wound is?"
Pick her up and carry her to Glade. If we're lucky there's still a first aid kit in the security room.

Fidchell 2012/07/01(Sun)11:23 No. 427871 ID: 09a2fd
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> "Do you know how deep the wound is?"

"Do you know how deep the wound is?" Rina asks Janice as she slowly rolls her shirt back down. Janice zips up her jacket and sighs, keeping a hand pressed on her wound.

"He stabbed me. It went in pretty deep I'm sure," the dog mutters.

> Pick her up and carry her to Glade. If we're lucky there's still a first aid kit in the security room.

"Janice, I have to carry you back to Glade. Maybe we'll find a first aid kit along the way."

"Carry me? No...no, I can walk. I will just slow you down. But don't carry me. That's not safe..." Janice slowly lifts herself up. Rina quickly goes over and picks up the ring box. She then walks over and aids Janice. They place their hands on each other's shoulders.

Together they walk out the room, heading to where Rina had come from.

"Janice, what are you even doing here?" Rina asks.

"I had to get...him. I had to make him pay. I heard the news of the police station. It was demolished, my love being one of the people inside. I saw the crazy bastard being taken to the station not long after I met you. He must've done it. He must've killed my love. He has a horrible face. I can't stand it. I just had a strong feeling he was responsible..." Janice explains.

"Are you talking about Harry?"

"Yeah, I think that's his name."

"Janice, it's dangerous to be walking around here, let alone outside!"

"I know. I've been seeing other awful things. Sometimes I think to myself perhaps Harry is doing that too. Ugh!" Janice stops and groans in pain, bending over slightly. After several seconds, they move on.

"I definitely can't say he is trustworthy," Rina says, "but he seems to want to stop all this craziness. I don't think it's him that's causing this though."

"Hmph," Janice simply scoffs, looking off to the side.

>>427871
Admit that you're the one that started this, accidentally. What happened at the police station was what happened at the cabin you found. A big thing is hunting you. Destroying places that you've been previously, especially buildings. A ram who organized a geocaching search tricked you into locating the object that held the big thing and opening it, without telling you what was in the box or the consequences of opening it. He's dead now though.

Harry's just insane from everything that's happened. It's apparently happened before to him, but in less extreme measures. And he doesn't have the mental fortitude or support structure you have to keep yourself from going nuts like he has.

Harry is literally nothing but an insane man now. There's nothing left but to think about him how you personally thing of other insane people. Pity, anger, whatever, but he didn't start this. Now being pissed at him for stabbing her? Yeah, totally allowed. That was a dick move.

>>427871
"No, the police station was overrun by zombies. The person to blame is Mr. Farrow; he was gloating about it. He planned all this; he wanted it to happen."
Then, darkly
"Except the part where I survived, and the part where he didn't."

Fidchell 2012/07/01(Sun)16:39 No. 427962 ID: 09a2fd
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"And...it wasn't Harry who caused that building to get destroyed. It was a man named Mr. Farrow. He held a little geocaching trip. Glade and I went along with it, and I happened to find the box that held those...things. The Darkness. Mr. Farrow never told me what was inside but ordered me not to open it. I guess this was my fault too...because my curiosity got the best of me. I opened the box...and then all this shit happened. I'm sorry, Janice."

Janice doesn't seem to respond, still looking away. Rina thinks the only reason the dog is still grasping onto her is for the sake of not helplessly being sprawled on the ground bleeding to death again. Blood drips slightly between Janice's fingers. It's silent, and Rina feels an overwhelming aura from Janice. Rina knows she's trying to hold back bitter anger, trying not to lash out.

"Harry's just nothing but an insane man now," Rina says.

Together Rina and Janice finally make it back to the room Glade is in, luckily avoiding any encounter along the way.

"Rina!" Glade says behind the glass. Rina feels her chest swell with relief. "Who is this?" Glade asks.

"Oh, this is Janice. She was my nurse back at the hospital. She'll help us. Janice, do you know how to get this door opened?" Janice takes a moment to respond, her eyes fixated on the table. She leans over and presses something on its side.

"You didn't know about this?" the dog asks. The door slides open with impressive speed. Rina just stares, almost speechless.

"Er, ah, no."

"Well, you probably still wouldn't have been able to open it. It's a special sort of button that detects print patterns on one's finger," Janice explains.

Fidchell 2012/07/01(Sun)16:39 No. 427963 ID: 09a2fd
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Just then, a familiar voice sounds from behind.

"Rina?"

Rina slowly turns around. It's Harry, and he's pointing a pistol at her.

>>427963
"Don't point that fucking gun at me, Harry. Or her. Farrow's dead, the only vengeance you needed is done with. Don't take the shit that's happened your life out on her, she's been through enough. Let's just cut to the chase and start whatever it is that stops this whole mess dammit. Enough people have died. Let's stop the evil things already."

excellent timing there Harry

shove her forward, you jump back

>>427963
"Put the gun down, Harry.
What happened to you?"

Watch out Rina, he could blow your head clean off with that thing.

Fidchell 2012/07/06(Fri)15:53 No. 429673 ID: 09a2fd
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"Harry, put that gun away," Rina commands, while trying not to raise her voice too loudly, "What the hell has gotten into you?"

"What has gotten into me? What about YOU?" he asks, his hand trembling. He is clearly nervous and quite jittery. That handgun could go off at any moment.

"What are you talking about?" Rina asks.

"HER! What are you doing with HER?!" Harry shouts, pointing the gun at Janice.

"the codes, some doors need codes to open, she knows them."

Tell Harry to calm the fuck down. She ain't anybody. There's no chance she's from his village. Unless there was some confrontation between them when they were patients here, and if so, he's gotta explain. But he has got to stop going around and hurting people and acting like the psychotic lunatic everyone believes he is. Yeah, wave a fucking gun around like a sociopath, yeah, justify what every doctor or shrink has told him his entire life since his incident with horrors.

>>429673
Back away a little from Janice and ask what he's talking about. Confess you don't really know a lot about her.

>>429673
"Getting Glade out of a room with a biometric lock.
Lower your gun and explain what's wrong, Harry. She hasn't turned, and you're not a murderer."

I'm not sure he SHOULD lower his gun. We don't know exactly what the deal is with Janice.

Fidchell 2012/07/08(Sun)17:22 No. 430333 ID: 09a2fd
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> Back away a little from Janice and ask what he's talking about. Confess you don't really know a lot about her.

Rina slowly shuffles away from Janice, trying to look as nonchalant as possible.

"Look, Harry, I don't know a lot about her."

"Is that so? Give me one reason why I should trust you," Harry says. Janice leans on the table for a couple seconds. She then growls angrily, spittles of saliva flying out of her mouth as she whirls at Harry.

"You SICK BASTARD!" she yells. Everyone flinches at her sudden outburst. Harry keeps his pistol pointed at her. "You waltz in here, waving a gun around and demanding answers! You are so fake I cannot believe it!"

"Careful, lady," Harry says, his voice low, "You aren't talking to worthless ol' Harry anymore. You're talking to Harry with a gun. Back off."

"It's your fault. You killed my husband. You and your Darkness!" Janice shouts. She groans, keeping one of her arms pressed on her stomach.

"Darkness? What the hell are you even talking about?" Harry laughs and continues, "I helped you, remember? I got you stationed somewhere else. You couldn't stand this place. You couldn't stand all those voices as you looked over those rotting, nonsense-spouting bags of meat. You wanted it all to stop, and I fixed it all."

"At the price of continuing to watch over you!"

"That's right. So what's the problem?"

"I knew I never should've done this. I've seen what you do."

"You're out of it, woman," Harry chuckles. "Either way, you tried to kill me back there. I was only defending myself. You're lucky I didn't just end your pathetic life with your own gun. But maybe that can change..." Harry looks thoughtful for a moment, and then points his pistol at Rina.

Fidchell 2012/07/08(Sun)17:22 No. 430334 ID: 09a2fd
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"But you, Rina...I trusted you for a bit. Now I don't know what to think. It's clear this bitch wants me dead to prevent me from stopping this madness. And the truth is because you feel...at home in this crazy world, correct?" Harry eyes Janice. "I don't know, but what I do know is that I am very...VERY close to ending this, and nothing is going to stop me now."

"R-Rina?" Glade whimpers.

>>430334
Tell him the husks have been trying to kill you. They've even said that they NEED to kill you. What makes him think killing you himself will make things better? Also he probably should keep pointing the gun at Janice.

>>430334
"Harry, I told you I just want to live a normal life with my friends and family. Or if I didn't, that should be really obvious. Farrows dead, okay? Do you know that? For gods sake, waving a fucking gun, yelling at people around just makes you look like a psychopath. Stop it. We're going fucking crazy because of that damn vague evil power going around, messing with all our shit. Don't let it win. No one needs to fucking die, except Farrow, you know, cause he started this just to make a few bucks from collectors. And that happened. Everyone needs to stop playing the fucking blame game right now or WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE."

>>429673
Hey look at that he instantly regrew his ear.

"EVERYONE CHILL OUT!!!"
Then calmly tell him to put the gun down.

>>430334
"Janice, lay down and shut up.

Harry.
Mr. Farrow was responsible for all of this. He set it in motion knowing full well what would happen. He wanted to keep this going even after he saw how horrible it was, and was willing to lie and kill to do it.
I put a bullet in his forehead, and I'm going to have to live with that for the rest of my life.

None of this darkness stuff makes any sense to me; I can't make informed judgement calls. The best I can do is what seems right.
Janice has lost so much, she's seriously wounded, and when she got here she was possessed. As far as I can tell she hasn't done anything out of malice, and even if I believed she wanted to keep this going she's in no condition to do much of anything.

Remember what you told me, Harry? You said you're no murderer. Glade and I will make sure Janice doesn't do anything dumb; you don't need to worry about her.

Now, if you want me to make intelligent choices instead of gut choices then you need to give me the intel I need. Lower the gun and start explaining what the fuck is going on."

Fidchell 2012/07/12(Thu)17:31 No. 431646 ID: 09a2fd
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"Harry, Farrow's dead," Rina says. An awkward silence follows as a devilish smirk slowly formed across Harry's face.

"I would assume he is, now that he doesn't have the slab," Harry replies. Rina gulps, not certain if she should say that she is, in fact, the one who offed him.

"He let all this happen. He wanted to keep it going, even after seeing how fucking chaotic and messed up it all was. I..." she stops and breaths in, "I killed him. I put a bullet in his head." Harry continues to smirk creepily. "I'm going to have to live with that for the rest of my life."

"Don't worry, Rina. I, too, have so many things I will have to live with as well. But soon it'll all be okay."

"Remember what you told me, Harry? You said you weren't a murderer."

"Indeed. I am only protecting myself. Everything up to this point has been self-defense," he interrupts. Janice spits.

"God damned liar!" she shouts. Harry just chuckles.

"Tell you what, Rina. I like you. I like you alot. I'm going to spare you, but I'll warn you too. Don't follow me. I can take care of myself now. From here on out, Nysindra has no chance." Harry pauses for a moment, looking like he's about to put the pistol away.

Fidchell 2012/07/12(Thu)17:31 No. 431648 ID: 09a2fd
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ANIMATED

Shoot him as he leaves.

>>431651
That would be too extreme. I think we should wait until his back is turned then point our gun at him and order him to freeze. He is to drop his gun and kick it over to us, and give us the box and orb afterwards. He can't be trusted with it, as he is not a good person. We have spoken with the Black Cloak; it takes a good person to solve this mess.

We also should ask him if he knows where our boyfriend is. Then we'll lock him up where Glade was, making sure Glade exits first and we both stay out of reach of him- he likely still has a knife.

I'd amputate his index finger off, he'll never be able to fire another gun in his life, but still'd be useful if he cooperated.
However we do that depends on the tools we'd have at the time and how'd we'd be able to get him to cooperate after.

I'm not going to feel too bad about what happened to Janice, it sounded like she's in the same boat as Harry with her own psychosis and dangers to deal with. We can tell she's hardly innocent herself from this event, still didn't deserve a fatal shot, but well... she got problems. I got the feeling she'd probably would have her own claim of self-defense if she was the one with the gun and Harry with the knife wound.

>>431662
No. Self defense is based entirely on the person being a threat. She was unarmed, could barely stand, and he had a gun. All the threat factors were in his favor, not hers.

That thing he just did? That was murder. Premeditated murder, in fact.

Aim your gun at his back and tell him to drop the gun, put his hands on his head, and make no sudden movements. If he fails to do even ONE of those things then put a bullet in him. In his spine, if you can; partial paralysis would keep him him under control but still able to answer questions.

Fidchell 2012/07/12(Thu)22:32 No. 431822 ID: 09a2fd
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> Shoot him as he leaves.

> That would be too extreme. I think we should wait until his back is turned then point our gun at him and order him to freeze. He is to drop his gun and kick it over to us, and give us the box and orb afterwards. He can't be trusted with it, as he is not a good person. We have spoken with the Black Cloak; it takes a good person to solve this mess.

> Aim your gun at his back and tell him to drop the gun, put his hands on his head, and make no sudden movements. If he fails to do even ONE of those things then put a bullet in him. In his spine, if you can; partial paralysis would keep him him under control but still able to answer questions.

Easier said than done. Harry keeps his vision and pistol dead set on Rina as he slithers away like the fucking snake he is.

Fidchell 2012/07/12(Thu)22:32 No. 431823 ID: 09a2fd
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Rina is compelled to follow and put a bullet in him, but it's eventually drowned out by the realization that Janice was still alive. Regardless, the nurse's life is ticking away rapidly. She breathes in pathetic gasps, staring into nothingness. Rina doesn't know what exactly it is...she hardly even knows Janice on a personal level, even if Rina acknowledges such things like her psychosis and whatever other mental illnesses she might have had.

Rina has no idea what to say. She simply grasps Janice's hand tightly, watching as the dog attempts to speak. Finally, after a couple gurgles, she says, "Rina. It's okay. It's better this way." Janice's eyes roll up slightly. "There. Don't you see him? Alex...?"

Fidchell 2012/07/12(Thu)22:32 No. 431824 ID: 09a2fd
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And, like that, the nurse's life slips away.

... We're not gonna get the good end, are we...

 

this quest makes me want to play heavy metal.