Can you not sleep?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)17:50 No. 521089 ID: f7d109
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You can't stop moving; not to eat, not to rest, and most importantly not to sleep.

Every time you fall asleep, it gets closer, and things start to fall apart. Last time you fell asleep you ended up coughing up blood from screaming yourself raw all night.

So you don't stop moving. Now you're somewhere in the southwest, driving along a cracked, dusty highway.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)17:53 No. 521091 ID: f7d109
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Your name is Dale
Everything since you started running has been kind of hard to remember. You're not sure how many days its been since you last slept, but you feel like It is getting pretty close, so you keep driving.

any rest stops near by where you could get some coffee, or even a gas station so you could pick up an energy drink and refuel your truck or would that still be a no no even if you just ran in payed for it and left?

oh and what are you running from anyways?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)18:04 No. 521096 ID: f7d109
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You could Really use a pick me up at this point. Its getting hard to focus on the road.

you can't run forever dale, not trying to be mean, just the facts. eventually your body will just collapse. you need to find a way to beat it instead of just running.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)18:11 No. 521100 ID: f7d109
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There looks like there might be some kind of buildings on the horizon, hopefully someplace hospitable.

You remember that you DO have something that might keep you awake till then in your messenger bag.

If something is chasing you, it might be chasing someone else too. Try to find someone else being chased and join up with them, so you can sleep in shifts.

what do you have in the bag that could help? in fact what do you have in the bag in general give us a full inventory check here.

>>521100
Drink a refreshing Coca Cola. Also, try and figure out why some kind of ethereal nightmare is pursuing you.

It isn't perchance a book on composting...?

Archivemod 2013/07/03(Wed)18:23 No. 521112 ID: ea4b0b
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Made you a favicon because this is looking really promising so far.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)18:29 No. 521116 ID: f7d109
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In your bag you have:

a change of clothes (you've been trying to keep them clean)
your toothbrush and deodorant
3x leeches for some reason. They seem to be thriving despite not eating anything. There aren't even holes in the vials.
About 1 gram of coke
and
The book

i'm guessing the reason you are keeping the book is it is following you?

Geeze, that book don't look good.

You aware you have some kind of rune on your forehead, too?

why do you have coke? well lets hope the police don't pull you over and with you being as tired as you are that is a good possibility. Still don't resort to the coke yet since the up coming buildings might give us something to us as well... you do have money on you right?

>>521116
What the hell is that book?

>>521116
If the coke is how you have been keeping yourself awake you kinda dicked yourself over pretty hard mate.
As bad as the dreams might be, the coke is only going to make them 100% worse due to the paranoia and damage to your mind that stuff is gonna cause, as well as the effects of the eventual withdrawl.
I can already tell we are gonna have to figure out how to wean you off the stuff, which is important to getting your mind sane enough to battle whatever dark powers have latched onto it.

Coke will keep you awake for a while. Better to get meth though. You'll stay up for weeks. And then probably die, but that's better than falling asleep, right?

>>521116
Did you take those leaches from where/near you got the book? Also, what's the deal with that book? (where you got it, why you're keeping it, what you think it's all about)

Yeah, drugs will degrade you more, better chuck that refreshing coke unless you're already addicted. Or wait, maybe you can sell it.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)19:29 No. 521142 ID: f7d109
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>>>>521112
oh wow thanks!
>>521128
Its only 5 pages thick, but each page looks like its made of some kind of resin, each containing hundreds perfectly preserved flatworms. The outside feels like flesh and even the bindings feel like its been sewn together with roundworms.

The only thing you can remember about when you got it is that you were told to take it, and run

You're not even sure where this whole thing started.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)19:33 No. 521143 ID: f7d109
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>>521124
What this?
Its some kind of wound. Its mostly healed at this point, even the stitches are hard to see. The center is worryingly soft.

You got it...

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)19:34 No. 521144 ID: f7d109
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...Somehow.

it hurts to think too hard about.

... OK then before all of this crazy crap started happening what did you do before and did you have any hobbies or activities that some people might think of as strange?

>>521144
[Goddamn that looks awesome!]

Are you running to anyplace or just away from whatever it is?

You, sir, need immediate medical attention for at least two reasons. Once you hit town get to the hospital.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)20:03 No. 521156 ID: f7d109
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>>521129
>>521132
Probably a good idea, you don't remember ever touching the stuff before. You think you bought it one night out of desperation.

Speaking of which...
>>521125
Your bank account has got to be pretty tapped out at this point. You make a note to check the balance next time you get gas.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)20:04 No. 521157 ID: f7d109
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You make a note....
note to check

something....

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)20:05 No. 521158 ID: f7d109
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-------------Zzzzzzz----

Oh god wake up. Then pull over and rest somewhere if you manage not to crash horribly.

Well I tried. You still alive in there?

If you still live, check yourself for injuries.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)20:47 No. 521169 ID: f7d109
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You are in a very dark, and very old place...

Can you identify it?

How do you know it;s old?

Hide!

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)21:07 No. 521177 ID: f7d109
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>>521171
Its unfamiliar... but its vast, you must be outside. The air tastes stale though, like in a tomb.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)21:15 No. 521181 ID: f7d109
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You have to be outside.

Look, some asshole even carved a "W" in the moon.

Wierd

I, uh, can't help but notice that it's turning towards you.... Are you sure that's the moon?

i think you should run from the moon

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)21:21 No. 521187 ID: f7d109
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You try to say something,

but your words won't work

>>521181
that might be a mouth, though we cannot be certain it is a threat yet. I say you should try to hail at it.

that ain't no moon

you might want to hide behind one of those trees or something because I have a feeling things are about to become very uncomfortable very quickly and if you can't hide then start running

Toxoglossa 2013/07/03(Wed)21:24 No. 521192 ID: f7d109
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So you just scream.

why is it always the forehead, why?

uhh, wake up

>>521192
oh boy, this looks like some ptsd shit right here. Try to calm down, first off. It may hurt, but screaming might be what it wants. Try to get away if you can, not hide, just get out of its presence.

>>521160
Let this be a lesson people. This is what happens when you don't do drugs.

>>521192
Wake up.

BESSEMER BABYSITTER CONVEX FISHER BEANBAGS

>>521207
are you ok

My bet is it just burrowed its way into your forehead. Here's hoping your new tenant pays rent.

Trepanning. Look it up. There's a belief that if you trepan a hole in someone's forehead, you'll awaken their psychic potential. Something like that is going on here.

serves you right for putting hooks through them to use them as bait. ironic justice, yo. apologize to the worm god.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)11:29 No. 521333 ID: f7d109
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>"Sir? Sir, can you hear me?"

can you crawl out... and don't forget your backpack.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)11:32 No. 521335 ID: f7d109
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>"looks like he's still alive, but he seems to be out of it."

>"Sir if you can hear me, we're going to get you out of here."

Oh great. You're going to end up in a hospital for your injuries, and/or arrested for possession when they find the coke.

You're basically fucked now. You're going to be a sitting duck when whatever you were running from catches up with you.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)11:39 No. 521337 ID: f7d109
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You are now Beth.
This is your 2nd year as an EMT out here with your partner Todd. Together you are responding to a report of an overturned vehicle spotted about 15 minutes out of town.

This is your 2nd day back on duty after 3 weeks of absence.

why we're you gone for 3 weeks?

anyways before you remove the guy check his head to make sure he doesn't have any cuts or anything that might cause a concussion or something then try and pry the guy out.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)12:10 No. 521344 ID: f7d109
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You've spent the last couple weeks dealing with the death of your Mother. The whole thing left your faith pretty shaken, even though it didn't exactly come as a surprise.

Now that you are back at work your resolve has strengthened. You focus more on doing your job and put the experience in the back of your mind until you can better cope with it.

Doing your job and helping people should be reassuring.

Speaking of which, be sure to inspect him for head injuries. Particularly in the forehead.

First things first is to get him out of the car and check his vitals.

All right. Well, time to do your job.

If the car is at risk of catching fire or something, your first priority is probably getting him out of it. If the car is safe/stable, you can be more careful in extricating and/or moving the patient. Your job is all about moving injured people to hospitals, but everyone knows moving someone can do more harm than good if you don't know what you're doing.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)12:34 No. 521351 ID: f7d109
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>>521345
Its good to be doing something that feels important, rather than dealing with postmortem bureaucracy.

Todd is happy to have you back, and gives you a reassuring smile. He's pretty strong and always reliable, even if he can be kind of careless sometimes.
>"How's he look Bee?"

see if he's stuck or can be gotten out of there manually. you might need the jaws of life for this.

that vehicle is smoking a little more then I would like so we should probably get him out of the thing incase it decides to catch fire, once you get him out put him on the stretcher and see if he has any obvious injuries.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)13:07 No. 521360 ID: f7d109
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Carefully you unbuckle him and pull him loose from the wreckage. Fortunately you don't need to wait for the fire dept to cut him free, he is pretty scrawny, and slides out easily. Hopefully you didn't just give him a spinal by moving him.

The driver doesn't look like he has any major fractures or dislocations, but there is some blood on his forehead. Its hard to tell how bad the injury is without cleaning it up.

The car is steaming and smells like the radiator spilled over the engine block rather than a gas fire.

Alright, seems like it's safe to work for now. Use a cleaning/disinfecting wipe (I don't know ambulance inventories) on his head to see if it will be a problem. Have Todd get his bag while you work.

Do a basic assessment, see how bad he is and if there's anything you need to do on site while loading him (carefully!) onto the gurney.

I guess just clean him up a little then put him on the stretcher and then put him in the ambulance... Do paramedics normally grab anything from crash sites like what could be the victim's personal items or does someone else grab that stuff?

Right, that's Danger and Response down, Now for Airway, Breathing and Circulation.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)13:59 No. 521378 ID: f7d109
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You put the driver in a neck brace and Todd grabs a satchel from the passenger seat. If this guy isn't carrying any ID there might be something in there you can use to identify him.

Assuming it comes to that.

Together you load him onto a stretcher and haul him into the ambulance.

All right, so are you driving, or riding in the back?

If you're the driver, make sure you've got the doors shut and your passengers secured, turn on the flashing lights, and let's go.

If you're riding in the back, start working on your patient. Start cleaning up that head wound, figuring out the extent of his injuries. You need to do what you can for him, and be ready to give report at the hospital so they can do what you can't.

How far out are you guys from the nearest hospital, anyways?

clean his forehead while you drive.

What faith are you coming to question? What have you been putting faith in?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)15:17 No. 521396 ID: f7d109
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You put the unidentified male into the ambulance and hops in beside him. Todd takes the wheel, hits the lights and puts his foot down, always his favorite part of the job.

>>521376
He's breathing fairly easily for someone who spent his morning upside-down and doesn't seem like he is in shock. However, his heart is racing and you can feel sweat soaking his fur when you take his pulse.

>>521390
You were raised Catholic.
Sort of.
Its complicated.

>>521396

Hmm. Is he on a hallucinogen or something that messes with his head? He should be awake.

That or he has a sizable concussion.

have anything that wakes people up?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)15:28 No. 521400 ID: f7d109
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You clean up his head a bit and find that the blood is coming from what looks like an existing injury. It has forced its way between several stitches and you have no idea how something like this would affect a concussion.
On the plus side, if his brain starts swelling, at least it has somewhere to go.
You tell Todd, he radios ahead that we are en route and that the patient has a "friggin hole in his head."
>"I swear, the crap you see on this job."

Since the patient seems stable do you...
Try and wake him up?
Look for ID on his person?
Look through his bag for ID?
Other medical assessment?

You're probably only 10 minutes from the hospital at the rate Todd drives, assuming there's no traffic.

administer a sedative or something. however it is you medic guys calm people the fuck down and preventing them from getting cardiac arrests.

prevent*

Try and wake him up, at least alert enough to describe what pain he's in. Need to find any other injuries he has, e.g. broken bones, internal bleeding, etc.

Catholic, oh shit.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)15:53 No. 521416 ID: f7d109
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Well... you DO have an Epi-pen, which is basically a huge shot of Adrenaline. Nothing like stabbing a huge needle into your leg and pumping yourself up with liquid FUCK YEAH to wake up.

Though this guy's pulse has you worried, you don't want to compound things by giving the guy a heart attack.

Woahh no not an epi-pen. You need to get that heart rate down. Got any diazepam?

No no. Waking him up isn't critical, especially with something as risky as an epi-pen.

Continue medical examination, discover signs of extreme exhaustion. Maybe that's why he crashed? Fell asleep at the wheel?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/04(Thu)16:39 No. 521429 ID: f7d109
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You've got some Diazepam on hand, which might stabilize his heart rate. You're worried about using this on someone who is already unconscious and you know nothing about, as it can compound reactions. Though if he's on meth, LSD or coke it would help in the case of an OD.

Keep in mind you don't have to do anything. Sometimes inaction is safer than action

well continue monitoring. if it gets any higher then give him some of that, but for now leave him alone.

Save it unless he starts convulsing, or his heart rate really skyrockets. Keep an eye on it.

Make sure his bag stays with him.

Have you checked his temperature?
You should do that.

If she looks in his bag of stuff, she'll come in contact with The Book Of Worms, dooming the protag and transferring ownership to her.

Do you have any ammonium carbonate? (smelling salts) It should be less shock to the system than an epipen. Try an overall physical test. (blood pressure and all that) See if there is any obvious reason(system wise) for him to pass out.

So while we wait...

You and your partner, just friends?

Take a look at his forehead.

you could try shaking him awake or something but I guess this can just wait until we hit the hospital maybe see if he has an ID on his person

>>521400
no drugs if you're unsure. try to wake him up then look for some ID.

shoot that shit all over his veins.

>>521429
How about we don't be massively irresponsible and unprofessional and we just keep an eye on him, yeah?

Look on his person for an ID. He's probably got a wallet.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)17:04 No. 521755 ID: f7d109
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Inside one of the pockets of his cargo pants you find a wallet containing three cards. A Florida drivers license, a debit card, and a student ID from small community college all issued to one Dale Marks.

According to his license he is 23 years old and is an organ donor.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)17:06 No. 521756 ID: f7d109
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THUD

"Damn it Todd!"

>"Sorry, its these old highways"

Woah what the hell is that?

something you want nothing to do with. use bag to scoop it back up.

>>521756
go on. touch it. you know you want to. no one will know. so what if it's another man's private property. go on.

Oh man. That's some creepy-ass book. Are those worms? Those are worms. Bag that or something, that ain't sanitary.

And hope that it's some messed up art project or entomology thing, and not some kind of messed up cult thing.

not to sure but I'm getting a bad vibe form it.

Anyway you probably shouldn't touch it, that stuff is just weird.

you should be able to tell by looking at it for half a second that it is something you really don't want to get involved with. so fucking don't.

>>521763
*SLAP*
(the fuck man?)
Don't touch that thing with your hands, get some gloves. It looks pretty fucking weird.
I seriously consider picking it up in a Bio-disposal-or-whateverthefuckiscalled-bag.
Might have some weird-ass virus or something.

>>521756
DO NOT TOUCH IT

>>521756
It's a biohazard, is what it is. Treat it as such.

>>521789
Treating it like a biohazard is definitely the right approach to take here.

It looks like a biology sample book full of creepy flatworms. Creepy creepy flatworms. Carefully scoop it back into the bag without directly touching it.

Oh, ew. No way are you touching that thing, not when you have the proper equipment to avoid direct contact with it! It's probably nothing, but it's disgusting. No need to come into direct contact with it or anything!

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)18:42 No. 521799 ID: f7d109
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>>521767
>>521765
>>521766

What, its not like you're going to lick it or anything. Dealing with gross stuff is part of the job. Hell, one time you had to pull a guy out of a grease trap and hose him off. That was not a fun night.

Besides, you cant just leave it on the floor.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)18:44 No. 521800 ID: f7d109
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As you reach towards it book, the surface shifts and dissipates like melting wax, exposing the surface of the organisms trapped within

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)18:47 No. 521810 ID: f7d109
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the FUCK was THAT

wanna know a cool thing about flat worms? if a worm eats another worm the eater gains their memories.

that is why you listen to the voices in your head when they say DON'T TOUCH.

And that was why you shouldn't have touched the fucked up book of worms. Seriously, you needed someone to tell you touching that was a bad idea?

Bag it already. And why aren't you wearing gloves? You'd really think a medical professional would be wearing gloves at this point.

>>521810
Tell Todd you just found something fucked up and occult or possessed or something. That you're gonna want to find someone who knows what the fuck it is.

Hey you ever watched a horror movie that starts by someone touching something they obviously should not have? I mean guy with creepy brain hole. A fleshy book made out of flatworms. Dark visions of teeth and horror.

Sure you will be fine.

I FUCKING TOLD YOU BRO.
NOT. TO. TOUCH. THE. FUCKING. BOOK.
AND WHAT DO YOU DO!?
TOUCH
THE
FUCKING
BOOK.

HOPE IT'S WORTH THE NIGHTMARES

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)19:38 No. 521828 ID: f7d109
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>"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

Both: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"

pull the straps tighter! tell todd to keep driving! give him a sleeper!

>>521828
Well he's awake now. Tighten the straps and tell him that he's in an ambulance and needs to calm down. Try to calm him down without medicine first. If he really is in that much pain, something must be wrong and you need to find out what it is. Also; book of nightmares, why would you touch it.

>>521828
TIGHTEN THE STRAAAAAAPS

(He did say that any sleep resulted in waking up like a rage zombie, so yeah, shoulda seen this coming)

Wait did your driver start screaming first? That's not a good sign.

Make sure you are not about to drive over a cliff then check on the patient. Try to get him calmed down and avoid getting bit or anything. If you cant might be time for the sedatives.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)20:05 No. 521842 ID: f7d109
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SHITOHFUCKGODDAMNIT! I'M-SORRYI-I'MSORRY!-I'M-SORRY!-I'M-SORRY!-I'M SORRY!"

Stop screaming, and get to restraining and/or sedating your patient before he hurts himself! Or you. And glance at the drive to make sure he's just screaming cause screaming and not anything else.

is he awake or just screaming in his sleep? if he's awake try and calm him down, if he's asleep then try and wake him up, and maybe make sure the straps are a bit tighter. also tell Todd to focus on the road, it won't do anybody any good if we all go in the ditch.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)20:08 No. 521845 ID: f7d109
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>"Bee what's going on back there? Talk to me!"

"SHUT UP! JUST DRIVE TODD! I'M HANDLING IT!"

Hey calm down. This is not your fault. Take a few deep breaths and secure and stabilize your patient.

Get him calmed down and safe first and foremost.

what are you sorry for exactly.

anyways calm the guy down or at least restrain him so he doesn't hurt himself. then tell Todd the guy just surprised you is all.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)20:38 No. 521851 ID: f7d109
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>>521848
>>521849

Right! Focus,focus,focus,focus,focus.

BETH tapped into her powerful Resolve!
She is the calm center in the middle of crisis!

Kiss him you fool.

so this stuff you're giving him, will it just calm him down or knock his ass out? cause if he's just going to calm down a bit you could try questioning him, like for example what the hell is up with that book? If it does knock him out however you could just talk to Todd about what just happened while you keep an eye on the guy to make sure he doesn't have any more surprises waiting for you.

>>521855
no

just dose him and see how he acts. is he awake?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)22:19 No. 521887 ID: f7d109
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>>521856
You grabbed the Diazepam because you had it out earlier and give him a small dose. It shouldn't be enough to knock him out but hopefully it will keep him from hurting himself.

He's going to be pretty woozy afterwards though. He also may have some trouble recalling recent events.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)22:21 No. 521888 ID: f7d109
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>Huh?

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)22:21 No. 521889 ID: f7d109
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>"What-"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)22:22 No. 521890 ID: f7d109
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>-the-

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)22:22 No. 521891 ID: f7d109
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>-HELL?"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/05(Fri)22:25 No. 521893 ID: f7d109
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END OF CHAPTER 1

I'm noticing a trend here.

yeah whats with all the drugs

if the secondary ambulance that comes to pic you up crashes too then i'm out.

Yeah, there's about no way to move the book now. If you're even still alive whatever that was can probably just pick it up right from here. So much for running.

Alright, now this is getting silly.
Next one crashes too.
I give up.
I just hope we can still help...

...

Fucking told her not to touch it. Goddamnit.
We can't let people get killed.

raccoons are the black people of the furry horror genre? good to know.

Good news is, we can follow the trail of the book via the line of upturned vehicles.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)09:46 No. 522021 ID: f7d109
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Discussion thread: http://www.tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/73168.html

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)10:07 No. 522031 ID: f7d109
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Some time later

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)10:09 No. 522034 ID: f7d109
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Beth crawls out of the wreckage and finds herself in a dried out riverbed.

Beth.
...
BETH!
C'mon, get up.
Don't just lay there, get up!
You can do it, c'mon.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)10:33 No. 522038 ID: f7d109
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Beth gathers herself and gets up.

Oh. That's not right....

All right. You arm is injured.

The question is if you have you deal with this on your own, if you have help, or if the others are worse of than you.

Look into the van, check on the patient and your partner. See what state they're in. And if the car still has a working radio, and if you can reach it, you need to call this in, get help coming.

Then you need to draw on your will, and see about doing something about your arm so you're in a position to help the others.

You're a trained expert and you have a bunch of medical supplies on hand (albeit in disarray). You can handle this. Get moving before shock sets in, check the others, call for help on the radio, and give treatment in order of urgency. Be sure to allow for the fact that treating your arm first will make you better able to treat the others.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)11:29 No. 522052 ID: f7d109
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You determine that your arm is dislocated and you have some minor bruises. You'll have to go get an X-ray soon to see if you have any hairline fractures.

fortunately there's no better wreck to be next to than a wrecked ambulance, medical supply-wise.

You grab a sling from the mess inside and supports your injured shoulder. Things could be a lot worse considering that you weren't secured when you crashed. Fortunately Todd wasn't driving too fast.

Oh god
Todd!

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)11:34 No. 522054 ID: f7d109
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The driver's seat is empty and the windshield is a mess. Hopefully Todd is safe, maybe he's trying to care for the patient somewhere.

He's dead, Jim. You need to find a weapon because he's probably a zombie or something worse now.

Is that blood on the steering wheel? Doesn't look good. Grab some bandages and other emergency trauma supplies and go try to find the others. Assuming you saw the back was empty while you were in there.

>>522056
But first, try the radio to call for help!

For god's sake, get on the radio before you try to find the others.
Don't make another horror-genre related cliche that will, In all likelihood get you brutally killed.
Please.

wait if he wasn't going that fast then how the hell did he get ejected from the vehicle? Also what happened to Dale wasn't he in the vehicle as well, you did strap the guy down pretty good when he was freaking out.

Quickly check under the overpass to see if he is taking shelter over there. Then get on the radio and let people know whats up.

>>522054

Take stock of patient, and search immediate vicinity for signs of movement: footprints, drag marks, etc. Todd might have crawled off for all we know.

If you can and are close to town, I would recommend setting up flares. Also hail your dispatcher if possible (since I'm pretty sure ambulances have a radio).

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)12:09 No. 522079 ID: f7d109
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You try and radio Todd several times with no response. Instead you signal dispatch and they say they'll get someone out there as soon as they can but all of their units are evacuating a retirement home that has a gas leak.

You grab your medkit and look around for Todd and this Marks guy.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)12:12 No. 522080 ID: f7d109
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Your patient his things have disappeared, the only evidence of him you can find is the neck brace in a patch of tall grass.

You're amazed he can move at all after two car crashes and being doped. Still, you have some mace in your kit if he tries anything stupid.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)12:13 No. 522081 ID: f7d109
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Looks like he headed towards that strip mall.

chase him!

maybe Todd want after him or went there himself to get help besides it's not like we have anywhere better to go since help is a long whys off because of the gas leak and we really don't know just how badly hurt this guy is... plus if anything you can always call a cab to get yourself to the hospital to have your arm checked out.

Assuming you grab the supplies you need from the ambulance first, you don't have anything better to do but follow. The patient may be a danger to themselves, or others. That's your responsibility.

And Tod may be with him. If you've been unable to locate him in the immediate area, you don't have a better place to look.

If you're leaving the crash site, be sure to advise dispatch so they know where to send help when it becomes available.

Advise dispatch about where you're going.
Then grab some supplies and find the others.
Keep the radio with you.
Don't let it go.

Ah, good, you crashed close to civilization and not all the fuckin' way out in the middle of the desert. That's something in your favor, at least.

May as well pursue your patient and see if Todd went after him. You probably don't want to wait around here in the heat anyway. Maybe you can bum a ride from somebody to the hospital if this Marks guy is nowhere to be found.

Call back to dispatch and inform them you're moving from the crash site to that strip mall to pursue your patient. Also inform them that your patient got up and walked away after being in two car crashes, while sedated, and is likely high up on something crazy strong. So if you don't check in in fifteen minutes they should call the police out here.

Do you have a cell phone on you? It'd be good to have if you need to contact anyone other than dispatch, or if your radio dies.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)13:21 No. 522118 ID: f7d109
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You let dispatch know the location of the crash and which direction you are heading and, Hitching your supplies onto your good shoulder, you set out.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)13:22 No. 522119 ID: f7d109
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You are now Dale.
You feel like SHIT
Every part of your body is sore
You are so fucking nauseous.
You can't remember this morning.
You are in an alley.

think you feel asleep and crashed your truck.

anyways you still have the book on you? guess you could find out where you are then try and figure out a way to get another set of wheels... and maybe some cash to help pay for food and gas.

What do you have in your bag? Still got everything?

that you can't remember tells me something ba is happening to you. you have been awake too long and your body is failing. you need to figure out a way to sleep.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)13:56 No. 522139 ID: f7d109
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Gotta focus. You remember getting out of that ambulance and you did manage to grab all of your stuff. You would have liked to have helped that girl, but were driven off the same unease that has been chasing you for so long now.

You breathe deeply and try to center yourself.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)14:01 No. 522147 ID: f7d109
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"oh ffff-"
You fail to center yourself.
Damnit, you feel like your mind is gummed up with paste and your bones ache.
At least your stomach feels better now.
God, you just want to curl up in a dumpster and die.

Actually, that's not a bad idea.

yes it is. don't you have some bullshit dreams like everybody else you want to pursue after all of this is over? you just gotta find a way to deal with all this. like someone who knows stuff or something. go to town, you'll need to fill your stomach now anyways.

...but if you curl up and die, will they catch up to you again? Does death work like sleep? You can't take that chance. Got to keep moving.

Was the girl the only one you saw at the crash?

>>521811
that study has been discredited, yet the worms remain creepy.

Hay Dale, youre eyes looking a little... black there..
also stay conscious at all costs, passing out in your condition is simply asking to never wake up.


[[[[Love your artwork by the way :) ]]]

But then It will catch up with you, and do you really want to bet that even death will stop it from getting you? No, you have to keep going. You have to find a way to escape.

Find some water, or maybe something like Gatoraid, to drink, since food would most likely just come right back up at the moment. Then maybe you can think straight enough to figure out a way to get a vehicle, or even just a ride out of here.

>>522182
Gatoraid would likely be a good choice - you need fluids and electrolytes and all that good shit.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)15:56 No. 522207 ID: f7d109
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Right, can't just give up after you've run this far.
Man, some food would be awesome, anything to fill up your stomach.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)15:57 No. 522208 ID: f7d109
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Hmm, it looks like there's a convenience store at the end of the alley, also there's an open loading dock that looks like it belongs to a small supermarket.
Everything else looks like retail, unlikely to have anything substantial.

Did a radio just crackle?
>"Todd you there? come in Todd"

>>522208

Flip out! Trepanned guy behind you! The mouth got him!

>>522208
Oh,SHIT.
Turn around, NOW
(Oh, this ain't good. Possession?)

Uh, there's someone there? Turn around. Be ready to run or flip out, as necessary.

Don't turn around! Just fucking run!

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)17:09 No. 522233 ID: f7d109
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The same paranoia that propelled you cross-country sends you racing down the alley without a backwards glance.
You tear-ass towards loading dock you eyed earlier.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)17:09 No. 522234 ID: f7d109
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You dive through the shutter into a concrete room containing boxes of canned food and a young man enjoying a joint away from his supervisor.

Inform him to run for his life, then sprint past him.

Run for your life and for god sakes cover your forehead!

Grab that robe, slam that shutter and stammer out

Crazynutjobrightbehindmegetthehelloutofhere

Before taking off running. Hope that the dope-head listens to you, for his sake.

Shut the door behind you and just say some creepy mother fucker was chasing you a second ago

close da shutta

>>522234
Close the shutter! Also get a look at your pursuer when you do so.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)19:04 No. 522254 ID: f7d109
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You throw yourself at the shutter chain and haul it closed but unfortunately don't get a good look at whatever is chasing you.

>"Whoa man, you OK? Whats going on?"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)19:04 No. 522255 ID: f7d109
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You try to explain and catch your breath but your body decides the best way to introduce yourself is by dry heaving all over the place.

>"WHOA WHOA NOT ON THE FLOOR! Let me get you some water or something!"

Fortunately there is nothing left in your stomach.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)19:05 No. 522256 ID: f7d109
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WHAM!
WHAM!
WHAM!
WHAM!

>>522255
tell him to forget that and make a run for it

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)19:06 No. 522258 ID: f7d109
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>"Oh god! its started hasn't it!"
"What's started?
>"Only the fucking zombie apocalypse!"

You aren't entirely prepared to rule out that possibility.

"Mmmmmmayyybe.."
>"Fucking CALLED IT!"

"weapon! ANYTHING! he's gonna kill us!"

Yeah, c'mon, we gotta get out of here. You know the way?

>>522258
He's gonna go around to the front of the store now. We need weapons, AND we need to warn whoever else is in the store.

>>522258
For god's sakes kid, call 911 and get your fucking supervisor.

HAUL ASS BEFORE HE GETS THROUGH

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)19:58 No. 522269 ID: f7d109
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You risk a peek at the "zombie" through a newly bashed hole in the shutter.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/06(Sat)19:59 No. 522271 ID: f7d109
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The rather enthusiastic young man, who introduces himself as Jeff, pulls a crowbar and a flatbar out of a pile shipping pallets he was planning on breaking down.

>>522271
Take the crowbar. Those things are FUCKING HANDY. Not even in a fight. Tell the guy that these are like 'rage zombies', but with more intellect. Uninhibited strength, unknown vectors, and very, very dangerous to you. Tell him to leave the area immediately, avoid sleep for a few days, and lay low. Then thank him and leave.

God damnit Jeff.

Don't get all trigger happy, Jeff. We don't want to get close to this guy if we don't have to.

Accept the crowbar, but say that gettin' in close with that thing'll be suicide; It's like the zombie equivalent of a fuckin' Terminator, and it's out for your ass. What you need right now is a vehicle to get away in, or if it comes to it to run that thing down and hope that's enough to stop it.

But any which way it goes, you can't stay back here. That thing'll come 'round the front to get at us, and we'd be trapped back here. Gotta move up, quick.

We don't actually know that it has superhuman strength; anyone in decent shape can put a bunch of dents in a shutter with a tire iron. Best to stay away from it anyway, though.

well it's bleeding at the eyes so if Jeff insist that we fight the thing tell him it could be infectious even without being bit so we should probably just leave and call the cops, just don't use the word zombie, say something like some sick looking guy is swinging a pipe around and looks like he's trying to hurt people. Or something along those lines.

>>522286
Calling the cops is the reasonable thing to do here.

Which probably means it'll just fuck things up even worse, but we should at least give reasonable a few chances before resigning ourselves to genre cliches.

Tell him to stop joking around. Get something to protect his head. Hide. It's after you (the book, but don't say that), but it will kill him to get to you. Look directly in his eyes while you say so. Trust me that will be very effective.

Then leave the guy to his fate. You've got a vehicle to acquire. Steal a car, or a boat, then just make tracks.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)05:29 No. 522345 ID: f7d109
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Before you can stop him, Jeff starts describing a rather elaborate contingency plan that he has assembled. It involves fleeing to his fathers place on the Indian reservation, pulling up stakes, and setting up a nigh impenetrable mesa-top fortress while civilization burns in the distance. He hopes to then lead a simple, peaceful life with his friends and family, interspersed with occasional raids into zombie territory and fending off ravaging warlords from high atop his mountain citadel. You can tell he's put a lot of something into this plan, but you hesitate to call it thought.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)05:31 No. 522346 ID: f7d109
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But as for getting out of the building, he explains that now that the shutter is broken the only exits are the main entrance and two fire doors; one of which goes into an alley, the other a parking lot and both are rigged to sound an alarm when opened. You don't know where your attacker went, but you can't see him from the shutter. You tell Jeff to call the police and tell them that there is a madman roaming the area, and to try not to mention the word "zombie".

>>522346
What about windows or rooftop access hatches? we want to avoid those alarms if at ALL possible.
As for how to explain the deets of this situation to bossman, tell him some freaky dude with bleeding eyes just tried to bash yo head in with a crowbar, should get the point across.

>>522294
Calling the cops may fuck things up a bit, but i'd be nice to have a few meatsheilds between you and the possessed.
We're here make sure DALE lives.
And, by extention, maybe BETH too.

>>522345
(Also, I can't belive it, a mesa-top fortress? Brilliant!)
(Why hasn't anyone thought of it before!?)

well if we have to take one I say the front doors mostly because we are running from a freaking horror not a freaking hitman or the police so we can mingle with crowds without to much worry and plus this is a grocery store the front doors on these things are made of glass so you can actually see through them so if anything nasty is waiting outside of them we could get a little forewarning and simple change direction.

>>522351

The Puebloans thought of it back in 1190 or so. But the point is this isn't a zombie outbreak. That's just total fantasy. This is a nightmare head eating monster worm lolcat mouth thing. Let's be realistic here!

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:16 No. 522448 ID: f7d109
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You borrow the crowbar,leave Jeff to contemplate his future career as a professional zombie killer and make a break for the front door.
Since the police are now getting involved, and getting arrested might complicate the whole running like hell plan, you decide to ditch subtlety and put as much distance as you can between you and the store as fast as possible.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:16 No. 522449 ID: f7d109
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BOOYA!

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:16 No. 522451 ID: f7d109
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"RAAAAAWR!"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:16 No. 522452 ID: f7d109
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>HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:17 No. 522453 ID: f7d109
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"AAAAARGGGGHGHHHHFUCKINGSHITBALLS"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:17 No. 522454 ID: f7d109
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>"Guess what? I just got a call from dispatch to be on the look out for a dangerous lunatic, and just look who decides to decides to show up brandishing a crowbar?"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:18 No. 522455 ID: f7d109
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"GAAAAAAAGGRRRGHHHHHGGGGGGGGARRGHHHH"

"OH GOD ITS IN MY BRAIN MY FUCKING BRAIN IS ON FIRE

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:18 No. 522456 ID: f7d109
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Your overtaxed brain crashes and decides a hard reset is in order.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:19 No. 522459 ID: f7d109
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You wake up in church, oh god you slept right through the service.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:20 No. 522461 ID: f7d109
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Its always so boring though, its like its designed to put you to sleep.
A hand falls upon your shoulder.

>Too bad, you missed the sermon for today. You would have found it interesting.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)15:21 No. 522462 ID: f7d109
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>It was about speaking in tongues

fuck shit hell, jump back.

Shit, dream sequence. Don't think we will be able to get away.

I would say something about how you could have looked out the glass door carefully and not run through screaming like a idiot but going without sleep for days sort of excuses you.

>our own overplanning lead to one PC ambushing the other
Oh gods, I can't stop laughing.

>>522462
...dream. Nowhere to run. *Glup*.

Who are you? What are you? What do you want?

>>522462
Ask it to please not jab its tongue through your head.

>>522462
AFUGHSSAUJJFKSG
OH GOD NO
NONONONPBADBADGOAWAYNONO
OHPLEASEGODNONONOPLEASENO
WAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPNONONO
GOAWAYGOAWAYNNONOPLEASENO
PLEASEGODHELPUS

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)17:26 No. 522535 ID: f7d109
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>>522481
> We have had MANY names, "Un-speaker, Thief-of-Meaning, Anti-Word."

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)17:26 No. 522536 ID: f7d109
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>>522481

> But I am Radula,

Toxoglossa 2013/07/07(Sun)17:27 No. 522537 ID: f7d109
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>and I want to wake up

counter attack! grab it with your hand and then bite through the part holding it, yes, bite his fucking tongue off!

>>522537
Ask it to please not shove that into your eye. Ask it what it wants you to do.

>>522540
This. Fuck running away. Put those canine jaw muscles to work.

>and I want to wake up
...and what the hell does that have to do with me?

>>522537
what does that have to do with me?

back away just a little so it can't claw your eyes out

>>522546
>>522604
Clearly "Radula" is hosted partially within the magical bindings of 'The Book Of Worms', but Radula is partially hosted within the universal subconcious/etherspace.

This combinatino allows him some powers within the proximity of The Book, but only in reaction to interaction with the book.

"Radula" was unable to pinpoint the protagonist on the ether-side of reality, until somebody touched the book and allowed their mind to light up like a fucking beacon!

>>522536
>something big in the background
>guy named after feeding mouthparts
>wants to awaken
There is nothing about this that can constitute a good thing.

Wake up!

And/or scrunch your eyes shut.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)12:58 No. 522809 ID: f7d109
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Desperately you seize the "claw" and fight to keep it from gouging into your eye. You turn your attention to the muscular tentacle it is attached to it and sink your teeth deep into the flesh. You are rewarded with a gush of foul tasting venom pouring from the wound, splattering the inside of your mouth.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)12:58 No. 522810 ID: f7d109
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Your tongue goes numb, your muscles spasm, your consciousness struggles, you fall apart, lose your self, you become...

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)12:59 No. 522812 ID: f7d109
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You become a bookshelf: its contents, pulsating memories trapped within flesh...

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)13:00 No. 522814 ID: f7d109
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You become a Library: an impossible city constructed of nightmare literature, its isles choked with secrets...

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)13:03 No. 522819 ID: f7d109
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You become something even more vast: its torpid form an aberration from before the light of creation.
You become its will, its hand without self, its hunger..

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)13:04 No. 522820 ID: f7d109
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You feel something again and reclaim awareness.

You are Dale.
You sputter into consciousness.
You are wet.
You are on the floor.
You are having a bad day

Toxoglossa 2013/07/08(Mon)13:04 No. 522821 ID: f7d109
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Oh good, these two.
They explain that Jeff heard you screaming and ran to help. He's explained that "No, he's the one that told me to call the police and not the lunatic."
The EMT apologizes for macing you and offers you the rest of the bottled water.

Could you get like, a bandaid for your forehead or something? EMTs have those right? You really don't want mace getting uh, in there again.

Oh also you're being chased by the librarian from hell because your book is overdue or something.

So... did we get any information by having our consciousness subsumed by the immense library before existence mind of the elder horror-thing chasing you? Remember anything at all that might be useful?

Take the water. Who knows when you last had anything to drink.

Wait, how long were you out? Where's the other guy? The one who was chasing you? Did he get in?

>>522822
yeah i noticed that bookshelf was stuffed, except for one spot. one book is missing, yours.

>>522822
>Oh also you're being chased by the librarian from hell because your book is overdue
Suddenly everything makes sense!

Let's mark down that dream sequence as a win. Instead of being mutilated by eldritch horrors we tripped balls! Pretty good trade. We also affirmed that we can hurt them, though next time a more suitable weapon might be nice.

Oh, and now that there's an EMT handy ask her to take a look at your forehead.

>>522821
"That really hurt, you know."

Also, describe your dream. They need to know. While doing so, look around and listen for your pursuer. You've been in one place long enough for him to be quite nearby. Oh, may as well tell her the crazy guy's name is Todd.

...!

I just realized. Someone drilled a hole in your forehead to SAVE you. Todd needs the same treatment.

"lady I'm pretty sure I'm being chased and I'm not totally sure it's by a person, I had a hole drilled into my skull and don't even remember how, every time I go to sleep I have night terrors that are steadily getting worse and has gotten to the point where I find it is healthier for me to be constantly sleep deprived then to be asleep, and have been in not 1 but 2 car accidents today alone. Truth be told I would have been more worried if I was able to leave this store with nothing bad happening to me."

anyway take the water since you haven't really had anything to drink for a while and ask if anyone has seen anyone other then you carry a crowbar/pipe/tire iron walking around as you would like to avoid him.

You're kind of a lunatic too, but only because your panicked and haven't had any sleep for weeks because of horrifying nightmares and just want to get far away with a book some guy told you to take a run and it seems like the best idea at the time.

She touched the spooky book, didn't she? Spooky things happened to her friend and he's gone mad you guess. Shit's spooky. Do you trust at least spooky shit is happening? Not crazy here, that books spooky and the thing on your forehead is spooky. Everybody should just try running. Not Jeff though, he should stay with the cops to explain the situation since he called. Bunny, she might want to use that Mace on her paramedic friend to incapacitate him so the police don't have to shoot him. He might be okay if you keep him in straps at an asylum for a while, or a long while.

Demand more compensation and threaten to sue for harming a civilian. EMTs hate that shit.

Tell her a raccoon cop guy is the maniac.

Ask for some help to your feet, accept the water with a hurried "thanks," and chug it back as fast as you can without hurling again; Shame it isn't Gatorade. Glance around and note the location of the crowbar so you'll know where to dive for it later (you don't want to grab it right now and end up getting another shot of mace.) Then look out the front windows of the store and keep looking out of them for trouble while you talk.

Quickly describe the guy who bashed in the loading dock shutters as best you can from what you glimpsed, and that you heard a radio on him say "Todd, you there? Come in Todd?" Then realize that the voice on the radio is the same as this gal, and that he had the same patch on his shirt sleeve as her, and ask if he was in the ambulance too. ...Don't say this, but you think he might have touched The Book.

You ate part of an eldritch horror, momentarily gained cosmic knowledge, and BECAME it for a fleeting moment.

This is either good or very, very bad.

Hey guys, let's NOT tell them about our crazy dreams about how we're a fucking crazy person. Dale needs to run, not to be institutionalized. And regardless of the truth of his statements, they won't believe him.

Telling them about the crazy dude chasing you around with a crowbar is fine, and Jim can at least back you up on that.

Just off handily mention something about a goddamn book of nightmares. Then tell her that the lunatic is still out there. He's a raccoon and seems to be bleeding from his eyes. He's got a tire iron.