The End Days of Erida [JeopardizedJake]

[Kynikos]

You enter the building. It looks like a disaster. Throw up, blood, and other things coat the floor. Several people were violently sick here. Down the corridor, it is surprisingly empty. The class rooms are further in the back according to this map you picked up, while the student clinic is in front. You do find a supply room in short order.

[Deleted]

I search the supply room for anything of use.

[Kynikos]

It has been completely ransacked. Pills, needles, anything of any value is missing. Your partner, who left to go check some of the clinic rooms comes back. "Looks like this was... trying to treat the people. Some of those who were the first... y'know, diseased. Shite, man."

[Deleted]

"This place is totally fucked. There's gotta be something else here though, let's check the rest of the rooms. Together, alright?" I advise.

[Kynikos]

She nods. "Be really... really careful. I'm not wearing anything over my arms. If I catch this..." She lets out a low whistle. "Just shoot me, alright?"

You head into the rooms. There's nothing that couldn't be possibly infected. Even with the typical care... bodily fluids everywhere. Two, maybe three corpses to a room. Cabinets ransacked. You're in the final clinic room when a bullet is fired. Spinning around as your partner suddenly leaps to shut the door, you catch at least two people in the hallway. The bullet shatters the window, sending jagged glass everywhere. Your partner holds her revolver.

[Deleted]

Dammit, just our luck. I turn so Ciara and get her attention. "On my mark, fire a few shots, then bolt through that door, alright?" I tell, readying my pistol.

[Kynikos]

"Got it." The door knob shifts as if they were going to open it. And then something... strange happens.
"What the fuck is that?" A masculine voice says from the other side of the door. "What. The. Fuck!"
"Fuck it, Steve, we can't kill all of the ones who set this all up! We need to run. Now!" Presumably the second male's voice replies, after a gunshot. "What are you doing, man! Run!"

Loud footfalls are heard as they presumably run away. Ciara shifts her head at you and puts a finger in front of her gas mask. What's going on?

[Deleted]

I Ciara's advice and stay quiet, looking to her to explain what was going on.

[Kynikos]

Something hits the door, hard. And then it starts clawing through it, making the very frame rattle. Ciara has an involuntary shiver. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! Man eaters! The stuff in the jungle! It's after our flesh! Shit, shit, shit. They didn't teach me at the outpost for this!" You think, for as long as you live, you will never be able to forget the awful sounds the claws make digging into the wood. "It'll come for us and the other.. has to run! Escape!"

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sorry about forgetting

Gavin
Equipped
Black long-sleeved shirt/black pants/shoes/gloves
Civilian Pistol - 7/7 [One extra clip]
Outdated Gas Mask - 3 Filters [1 being used, 24 hours each]

Inventory - Backpack
Food - 1 meal
Thermos - Filled
Pants
Phone [100%] [Shut Off]
Charger for Phone
Wallet
Apartment 203 Key
Hotel Room 752 Card Key
Camera [One roll of film/9 pictures] [One roll of film/10 pictures]
First Aid Kit
Gold Necklace
Civilian Pistol 0/7
Revolver [6/6, 2 bullets left]
'House' Key
'Office' Key
Misc. Keys
Museum of the Jungle Keycard
Rope [12 ft]

Bread [5 slices left]
Red Bead Necklace

Blue Moon Necklace
Religious Articles

Backpack (w/ rope loops)
Fire Axe
Harness
Paper Lantern

Partner
T-Shirt/Military Pants/Boots/Gloves
Revolver 6/6 [2 bullets left]
Modern Gas Mask

[Deleted]

"Come on, we gotta get the hell out of here, back to the truck," I tell Ciara, heading through the broken window.

[Kynikos]

You quickly move through the window and avoid being cut by the broken glass. It seems like your luck had changed for once as you turn around to wait for Ciara. The door cracks open, Ciara makes a go for it and her hand slips as she's climbing through the window. It is a fatal mistake. The... beast is upon her, grabbing her down to the floor as she's screaming incoherently. Some kind of panther like monster grabbed her.

[Deleted]

I take the hatchet and swing it horizontally into the beast on Ciara, hoping to avoid hurting her.

[Kynikos]

You swing the hatchet through the window, it collides, and it does nothing. The beast doesn't even show any sign of having been hit. Ciara's screams grow weaker.

[Deleted]

Pop that meat-eater in the head.

[Kynikos]

You fire off a bullet. The beast is unfazed by it for a second. But then in the noise and smoke, it turns tail and runs despite looking physically unaffected by it. Either way, you feel like you got immensely lucky. That is until you look at Ciara. She has cuts and scrapes on her arms and to her neck and is bleeding pretty heavily. No single cut or scratch is that bad but together... it takes a single rise of her chest to tell you that isn't dead. Either way, all those fluids on the ground have definitely made their way to her body. She's alive and after she just lies there and breathes for a moment, she tries to struggle her way into a sitting position. It doesn't work.

[Deleted]

I pick Ciera up in a bridal way, carrying her. "Come on, let's get out of here. Are you okay? Ciera?" I ask while running for the car.

[Kynikos]

It's difficult, but you do grab her, get through the window, and start bolting to the truck. She's bleeding pretty badly and there is no response. She is still breathing and in the light, it doesn't seem quite as bad as it seemed in the dim clinic room. Still really bad, mind you, but not 'probably dead'.

[Deleted]

I continue bolting for the truck.

[Kynikos]

You reach the truck without any hassle. You think you can drive away since she had specifically set it up to let you drive in case something had happened. In a way, it feels almost cliche, connecting the two wires that were poking out underneath the dash.

You also spend a minute coughing, but once that subsides you are ready to go.

[Deleted]

I drive off campus, looking for anywhere that might be safe where I can treat Ciara's wounds.

[Kynikos]

You quickly drive away, trying to think of somewhere far away, somewhere to go. You stop at another towering hotel - the Ziggurat - and figure here is as safe as of a place as any. It's empty and that's all that matters.

You cough again.

[Deleted]

I enter the hotel, carrying Ciera still. I head for a nearby room with a door that can be locked.

[Kynikos]

You find a keycard on the floor, next to door 107. Swiping it open, it is empty. Nothing else has gone well today, but maybe your luck is finally shining through.

[Deleted]

I lay Ciara on the ground, checking for a pulse.

[Kynikos]

You find it easily - it's strong. That must be a good thing.

You cough once, and wait for a coughing fit that doesn't happen.