The End Days of Erida [JeopardizedJake]

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I look for any sort of gloves that might be around, knowing I'd want protection if I were to work on Ciara. While I think of it, I see if the water is running so I can wash my hands.

[Kynikos]

The water is still running so you wash your hands. Your gloves are trashed, but you do find a new pair in what appears to be a couple's closet. Several, in fact, a few of them crusted with dirt. You grab what appears to be a not dirty pair and put them on.

[Deleted]

I go back to Ciara and retrieve my medkit, examining her wounds now.

[Kynikos]

You grab your medkit, and once your coughing subsides, remove her clothing and began looking at her wounds.

Under closer light, it appears that the beast was trying to avoid as much damage as possible. The wounds are fairly small and while you're not a doctor, you think a bunch of band aids will qualify for some of the smaller wounds while the larger ones can be stitched together. All together, it should heal fairly quickly. The beast looks like it was trying to go for the throat and while you can't really do anything about it, it appears you managed to get the beast away just in time to prevent her suffocating. There will be ugly bruises, but that is all.

All in all, there is nothing that serious. If she is sick, you suspect that will be what takes her, not her wounds.

[Deleted]

I take the time to disinfect the wounds carefully, stitching the larger ones together while putting bandages on the minor cuts. I take a look in the freezer for anything that would help ease the bruising around Ciara's neck.

[Kynikos]

You disinfect the wounds, bandage them, and stitch her up. You cough again. There's a fridge but no freezer. With how flaky the power has been you doubt that there would be anything that cold.

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Gavin
Equipped
Ruined black long-sleeved shirt/ruined black pants/shoes/garden gloves
Civilian Pistol - 6/7 [One extra clip]
Outdated Gas Mask - 3 Filters [1 used, 23 hours left] [2 new, 24 hours each]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
'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
Ruined T-Shirt/Ruined Military Pants/Boots/Ruined Gloves
Revolver 6/6 [2 bullets left]
Modern Gas Mask

[Deleted]

I put Ciara onto the bed and put the covers over her. I then search the room for anything of use.

[Kynikos]

You tuck her in. Besides the clothing, there isn't that much. You find a keyring placed on the dresser, a lighter with a pack of cigarettes, and a book featuring half naked women prominently on the cover. It only gets worse the farther you go in.

[Deleted]

I take a change of clothes and take a shower.

[Kynikos]

You shower. The water's cold, but at least you finally get clean. You dress in a long-sleeve black shirt with black pants and some kind of boots that were your size you found in the closet.

[Deleted]

I check on Ciara once more before going and sleeping in the guest room, locking the door behind myself.

[Kynikos]

You check on her and she seems about as well as one could hope for. You clock out for the night, the afternoon sun glinting through the curtains you drew shut.

When you wake up, it's dark and your stomach is growling.

[Deleted]

I check on Ciara.

[Kynikos]

She is sleeping peacefully still. The first signs of the bruises on her neck begins to show up, but she is running no fever nor does she show any signs of being sick. You cough again and she stirs, but only slightly.

[Deleted]

"Hey. You doin' okay?" I ask her.

[Kynikos]

There is no response. She's out.

[Deleted]

I leave her a meal and eat a few slices of bread. I pour her a glass of water too before leaving the room. I look for any room I could possibly break into with my axe.

[Kynikos]

You eat and leave her the supplies. All of the door rooms are with thick paneling, but there are a few janitorial looking closets that you might be able to break down. If anybody's within earshot, it'll definitely blow your position away.

[Deleted]

I search the hotel idly, looking for key cards in specific.

[Kynikos]

The bottom floor is mostly devoid of corpses - for better or for worse. There are a few keys around - keys 204, 659, and 942 kept behind the counter of the hotel.

[Deleted]

I take the keys and head to 204 first.

[Kynikos]

You ascend the stairs, and as you open the concrete fire doors to the hallway, you see at the end of it two people struggling, likely fighting each other. A shot goes off, but you can't tell who fired it. Neither of them seemed to be harmed by it, so it missed.

[Deleted]

Well, fuck that. I tie the door off and head up to 659.

[Kynikos]

You climb to 659. It leaves you breathless, but in the hallway is a corpse, probably fresh, in a pool of blood. He's wearing jaunty flowery clothing, but that's not what catches your eye. He has a rifle, doubtlessly stolen from the police, dropped only a bit away from him. A single unlit candle is stuck in his back and his blond hair looks almost... blackened in the back. Terribly odd.

[Deleted]

Don't like this place one bit. I take the rifle and do a quick search before heading to room 659.