Re: Endemic (An Interactive Comic)

**Cry Vengeance** on 13th July 2010, 7:29 pm

KA: Check your arm for injection marks, You may have been given a drug of sorts. Hence the waking up, amnesia, Hallucinations and such.

**Masterofkills09** on 13th July 2010, 7:37 pm

KA: Go forward into the building where your forum buddies are staying

**Eaglendia** on 13th July 2010, 8:13 pm

Masterofkills09 wrote:KA: Destroy barricade

Done. To be honest, it was a pretty terrible barricade anyway.

While cleaning the floor of wreckage, you discover a HEALTH VIAL. The new universal health care plan is good, but it certainly doesn't taste good; you add the disgusting green fluid to your inventory for its healing properties only.

RedrumSalad wrote:KA: Search for more weapons

This shovel seems up to speed. Like the combat knife, it was ((there the entire time.))

You allocate the shovel to your inventory instead of your weapon slot, so you do not give the appearance of ill will toward anyone you may meet. You are surrounded by implements of senseless destruction, and it makes you somewhat sad.

Cry Vengeance wrote:KA: Check your arm for injection marks, You may have been given a drug of sorts. Hence the waking up, amnesia, Hallucinations and such.

You pull up the sleeves of your shirt; there are no markings that you didn't have before. You figure that you just got knocked the hell out by something; you are still slightly injured, after all.

Masterofkills09 wrote:KA: Go forward into the building where your forum buddies are staying.

You take the long way around in order to stay away from where you saw movement in the shadows earlier. Moving stealthily and carefully, your path is not without obstacles, but eventually you arrive at the front of the building and pass through the d-- (Right Click > View Image)

Holy Jegus. Your feet crunch over gravel and small pieces of rubble as you enter the building.

"Who was that? Can anyone hear me? Hello?" There's a yell from somewhere in the once-building, but you can't tell exactly where.

**RedrumSalad** on 13th July 2010, 8:42 pm

KA: Investigate the voice

**Namorg** on 13th July 2010, 9:55 pm

KA: Search the wrecked building for anything useful

**SivyCK** on 13th July 2010, 10:02 pm

KA: Before entering the building, look for something that will make light. (Ex: Torch, fire is close by)

**Meatshield718** on 13th July 2010, 10:09 pm

KA: As long as you decided to break down the barricade, you might as well check the boxes for something inside. Refer back to the computer to see if Eagle got back on, or if there are any other updates.

**Eaglendia** on 13th July 2010, 10:59 pm

Meatshield718 wrote:KA: As long as you decided to break down the barricade, you might as well check the boxes for something inside. Refer back to the computer to see if Eagle got back on, or if there are any other updates.

Namorg wrote:KA: Search the wrecked building for anything useful

It's a bit too late to go back right now. Searching can wait too. Someone might need your help!

SivyCK wrote:KA: Before entering the building, look for something that will make light. (Ex: Torch, fire is close by)

You grab a nearby piece of WOOD and light the end aflame. Now this is something a little more your speed. You're ready to illuminate the darkness, dispelling the shadows that grip allies and enemies alike. You allocate the torch to your weapon card.

RedrumSalad wrote:KA: Investigate the voice

With your TORCH, you can now see a nearby door. It doesn't seem to belong to the frame; it is crudely affixed to the outside of the door frame with several large BOLTS, and it is in incredibly good condition compared to the rest of the building. You assume the voice came from behind it.

There is a small hatch in the door; it is more than large enough to look through.

Closer...

Who's this guy?

You are now CRY VENGEANCE. You were trapped in this stairwell by that INSANE SONUVABITCH about an hour ago; you would have taken him down yourself, but you were critically wounded when at a great disadvantage in a scuffle with multiple INFECTED, the bodies of whom now litter the stairs leading to that damn door.

Hell, if you had the strength to move, you could probably beat that door down yourself.

Your agility and strength are both AVERAGE, and your defense is BULLETPROOF. Your skill with blunt weapons is UNPARALLELED, and your proficiency with air vehicles is ABOVE AVERAGE. Your inventory is empty, and there is a LEAD PIPE equipped to your weapon card.

There's a knock on the door, and a light from outside. "Hello?"

"Who's there?" you answer.

"Uh, Inferno. Is that you, Cry? How'd you get in there?"

"It's a long story. You're gonna have to help me get out, alright? Find a way to open that door or I'm gonna die in here."

((Reader: You may now direct the actions of both Cry Vengeance and InfernoTempest; the former is too weak to move at the moment, but you can likely provide him suggestions by preceding them with "CV:"))

**Super Mega King** on 13th July 2010, 11:32 pm

KA: Can you unlock the door by reaching your hand through the hatch? It may have some sort of crude, primitive lock.

**Eaglendia** on 13th July 2010, 11:42 pm

Super Mega King wrote:KA: Can you unlock the door by reaching your hand through the hatch? It may have some sort of crude, primitive lock.

You can get your hand through the door, but it's more of a flat slab of metal than a door; it's actually bolted to the wall, and not even designed to be opened.

**Super Mega King** on 13th July 2010, 11:44 pm

KA: Look around for an alternate route; Cry Vengeance had to have gotten up there somehow.

**Meatshield718** on 14th July 2010, 12:09 am

KA: Might as well give the health vial to Cry so he can actually be useful. Check for bites first though. Check to see what is powering the light. Take the batteries if not powered by an outlet.

Then talk to him to see if he has any information.

**mboddz751** on 14th July 2010, 12:19 am

attempt to talk to him and then search the area and make sure it is safe before possibly walking into a trap

**JumpingSNIPA** on 14th July 2010, 12:39 am

KA: ask cry about how he got in and what happened

**Eaglendia** on 14th July 2010, 1:03 am

Super Mega King wrote:KA: Look around for an alternate route; Cry Vengeance had to have gotten up there somehow.

Cry notes that there's another set of stairs going up immediately in front of them, but they have been blocked off by panels too heavy to be moved. You'd have to be the strongest character in the game at least, before even considering trying to touch those. Unless you wanted to get crushed to death.

Meatshield718 wrote:KA: Might as well give the health vial to Cry so he can actually be useful. Check for bites first though. Check to see what is powering the light. Take the batteries if not powered by an outlet.

Then talk to him to see if he has any information.

Hoping you can throw the vial to Cry, you use your torch to see just what you'd be aiming at.

Eeeugh. Cry Vengeance sure can do some work. You don't think you could make that without breaking the thing, and you don't want to have any part of your body in that stairwell anymore.

mboddz751 wrote:attempt to talk to him and then search the area and make sure it is safe before possibly walking into a trap

JumpingSNIPA wrote:KA: ask cry about how he got in and what happened

"Cry," you ask, "Are you alright?" The severity of the situation is only now beginning to set in. "Did they bite you, or anything?"

"No bites," he responds, "but I'm hurt pretty bad, and that crazy sonuvabitch trapped me in here." You don't think Cry would lie, but you still have no clue who he's talking about.

"Who's that?" you inquire.

"Don't worry about it now." he responds.

"Alright. I'm gonna help you. I need to find something to get this door off, and then I'll be back with a health vial. That should be enough to get us out of here, and maybe find the others." you say. "Who all is missing?"

"DEADAPE and MASTA SHEF were on their way to pick up their copies of Endemic." he continues, weakly. "MAGICMAN was with me, but I lost him after midnight. MBODDZ and MEATSHIELD were... somewhere. BLACK SNOW was in one of the rooms in this building; he showed up even though we banned him, and God knows how BMAN got here and where he is now. I'm not even sure who all came anymore."

"Understood. You don't have to worry. I'm gonna get this door off." You wonder if there's anywhere you could look that you haven't. You doubt searching this hotel anymore would be too fruitful.

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Where to now?