The End Days of Erida [JeopardizedJake]

[Kynikos]

There is what you would typically expect for a gym, weights and bars. Some bits of cord here and there if you were to get the gear from the rock climbing wall. The pool has the typical pool toys - noodles, floaties, and other chemicals such as chlorine presumably stuck in the janitor's closet. Really, can't get more middle-upper class then this.

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I take the rope and any harnesses that the rock wall might provide then leave the area, deciding to make my way up to the roof now.

[Kynikos]

You grab the rope and one harness and stuff them into your backpack. You head to the rooftop. The door is unlocked and when you open it, there isn't anything to write home about. The rooftop is empty.

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I take out my binoculars and look at the surrounding area below.

[Kynikos]

The area below is empty. Two men lie dead in the street and the one who was firing at you from the window appears to now be dead. Looking up and down the street you don't see anything. Taking a closer look at the men, it appears they've been looted as you can't find their guns or anything by them. No telling if more people will show up or not, however. A firefight like that is sure to attract attention.

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I take the elevator down and check to see if that rifle might still be there. If not, I head out into the streets again.

[Kynikos]

You head back down. The elevator for a moment loses power, giving you a bit of a scare, but continues on to the ground floor. You note that the rifle is gone, but the woman that held it is now leaning against a wall having used her shirt as a makeshift bandage. She seems like she's alive.

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Well shit. I got her into this, I guess I damn well better try to make something right out of it. I crouch down and pull out the medical kit, looking to her for some sort of reaction.

[Kynikos]

She opens her eyes, staring at you. "Do... do you actually know what you're doing?" For as bad as it could be, it looks like she is more exhausted from getting shot then anything else.

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"To be honest? Not entirely. I have a steady hand though, hoping that will do the trick," I tell her, examining the contents of the medical kit. I also take a look at where she had been shot, assessing the damage.

[Kynikos]

She doesn't flinch as you open up the hastily made bandage. It appeared to have gone clean out the other side, but you think you can stitch it together. Tie it with some painkillers and you think that's all you can do.

Inside the medical kit is gauze, all sorts of bandages, several pills and recognise a few being over the counter painkillers and one sleeping medicine, gloves, tweezers, scissors, needle and thread, thermometer, some kind of cream that treats skin infections, alcohol and the necessities to sterilise a wound

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I take out the suture kit, dousing the needle in disinfectant. "This'll hurt, for a second," I tell her, applying the disinfectant to her wound before suturing it up.

[Kynikos]

She grimaces in pain but does nothing else. You stitch up her wound in the front and with some difficulty, in the back too. Congratulations, surgeon.

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I apply some bandages to the wound, dousing them in a bit of alcohol before applying them, just in case. Once done, I sigh, knowing well that she'd probably die if I left her here. "At least let me get you somewhere safe. It's the least I owe you," I say, standing up now and packing the medical kit away.

[Kynikos]

"No, not yet. I need to see 'im. His corpse. I should strangle ya but..." She opens up her eyes for a brief second, before mumbling under her breath. "I really should." She makes no effort to do such a thing.

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I look for the man who I had jacked in the side of head previously, hoping he may still be alive.

[Kynikos]

You find him pretty easily, next to your dropped pistol. He was shot through the chest which even if he was still alive, would be way beyond your capability to fix. But you're pretty sure he's dead. He's not breathing, after all.

The sun begins to fall. It is now evening.

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I walk back over to the injured woman. "I don't think you want to do that," I tell her simply.

[Kynikos]

"You don't know. I wanna look at'im one more time before I can't anymore. That's the proper way. That's the old way, how we did it. I dunno how ya did it but we look our dead in the eye." She replies simply. She begins to get up, unsteadily.

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"Alright then," I say, offering her my shoulder for support in case she needed it.

[Kynikos]

Together, you two make your way over to the corpse of her brother. She doesn't say anything, just looks at it for a bit. "Yeah. Guess that's that then." She continues to look dead on her feet.

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I give her a moment to process things before speaking up. "Staying here is certain death. Come with me. I won't ask again," I tell her.

[Kynikos]

She shrugs. "I don't think I canna go anywhere, but sure. All the same to me."

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I take her over to the couch and sit her down. "I'm going to scout the streets outside, make sure everything's clear," I inform her, going and checking outside.

[Kynikos]

"Wait!" She says, the first real bit of energy you've seen from her. "Are you mad? What do you think you gonna do, waltz up and down the streets? The entire milrel has fallen completely apart. It ain't safe to just stroll around and that's not even mentioning the bloody murderers. You're gonna get yourself killed!"