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hadriel2016-02-17 12:57 am
thechoiceisyours) wrote in hadriel2016-02-17 12:57 am
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[002] Video | Around 10 AM on the 17th
[The last few days have been... A little strange. At first no one had thought much of Emily being a little more difficult than usual, and Josh is always a bit unpredictable, but it had quickly grown apparent there was something wrong. By the morning of the 17th it had become clear what.
Chris appears on camera first, looking very forcibly composed. This is not going to be good news, but it has to be said and the sooner the better; he isn't sure exactly what kind of timescale they're looking at, but the quicker everyone knows what they're dealing with hopefully less people will get hurt.]
Okay, so, everyone is probably starting to like... Figure out something weird is going on.
[Something weird. Yeah. That's one way to put it. He glances off-camera a bit nervously, then back.]
It's um... We know what it is. So we're going to tell you what we know, and try to figure out what to do from there.
[This is surely already inspiring confidence, but honestly he just still can't quite believe this is happening again. It's surreal, and that's probably for the best right now because it makes explaining at all possible.]
Back where we all were before we got here, there's this... Monster, called the wendigo. People turn into it when they um, engage in cannibalism. You should probably all stop eating anything with meat in it.
[Because that's a thing.]
[Locked away in a room, all by herself, is Emily, who is currently in the midst of her transformation. While she is not really in any shape to be involved in this announcement, she's got something she absolutely needs everyone in this godforsaken fucking CAVE, WHAT THE FUCK, to know.
As her eyesight has been going, her hearing has been improving. Every word her friends are saying carries perfectly over to her, around the walls and through the door that is doubtless barred by furniture.
So when Chris mentions the cannibalism thing, she expects him to follow up with that VERY IMPORTANT THING THEY'D DISCUSSED A FEW DAYS AGO. But of course he doesn't, because he's a fucking idiot who's too busy pining over Ashley to do anything of actual importance.
GOD, her friends are morons. (Except Sam. Sam's all right.)
Before anyone else can say anything to move this fucking substandard video message away from this very important thing, Emily takes a deep breath and veritably goddamn fucking bellows--]
AND JUST SO ALL OF YOU FUCKHEADS KNOW, WENDIGO BITES ARE NOT INFECTIOUS.
[Her duty done, Emily snarls at the door of her fucking prison what the fuck, and stalks over to the bed, hunched over with the beginnings of her body's deformation under the curse.
God fucking damnit.]
... Yeah, there's no easy way to put it. Things are gonna get bad.
[ The phone moves a little so that both Sam and Chris are in the frame, the latter still looking off in the direction the off-camera outburst came from. Sam looks weary and it seems like the color's drained from her face. How is this even happening again? Her gaze settles back onto the camera and she shifts in her seat, leaning forward a little with her brows knit together. ]
Wendigos eat people, [ In case anyone needed any more clarification. ] and as far as we know there's no cure. Whatever Fear did, people are transforming and there's not a lot of time left.
[ Sam sits back again and drops her gaze, trying to piece together information she remembers from that night. There's the flamethrower guy's journal, which seems pretty important to touch on. He was the expert, after all. There's also Hannah's scrawled journal from the mines... That may be a good place to start but — god. ]
So, we know it starts with hunger. You feel like you're starving no matter what you do, and then you get — really strong. At least one we saw could just fucking... tear people apart.
[ "One." Like she doesn't know who it really was. Like she wasn't close enough to see that butterfly tattoo. She glances at Chris for a second before going on. ]
And that's the thing. You'll want to rip into people, because at some point you won't be you anymore. I think you lose yourself until all that's left is the hunger.
Those of you that aren't, you know... [Turning into horrible monsters.] There's a few things you can do. I don't like, suggest fighting a wendigo unless you totally have to. It's not a great experience.
[Because yeah, tearing people apart is definitely not too tough for a wendigo. He got to see a nice first hand demonstration of that.]
If you've got a shotgun, it'll knock them back for a few seconds, but you're gonna run out of bullets or miss a shot and I don't know if anyone here even has a shotgun...
[But not really the point, and okay, stay on focus. It's a little difficult to explain while still trying not to think too hard about the subject, but he's doing his best.]
Knives and normal bullets won't do anything. Fire's the only sure thing. But your best bet is just to not move, like, at all. They can't see you if you don't move.
[He glances toward Sam, not sure if they've covered everything that people need to know to not be immediately killed by their former friends.]
[ She nods to Chris in agreement, then adds in another tidbit. ]
I, uh — I beat one with a shovel after it'd been in an explosion though, and it's head rolled off. Just make sure you burn them first and you should be able to get past its skin. Oh, augh... I also read that they can "mimic their prey." Not really sure how it works, but let's just say I trust the source.
[ It simultaneously feels like they've covered everything important and not nearly enough. Sam folds her arms over her chest and looks at Chris again, unable to hide the worry from her face. ]
I am... I'm so sorry that this is happening. Honestly, it's like a waking nightmare. Those of you that are changing — god, I can't even imagine what you're feeling, but you deserve answers, so... we're here. There's still a lot we don't know, but we're here if you have questions or just wanna talk. Um, my name's Sam, and this is Chris. Emily and Mike have experience with this stuff too, in case you hear from them.
Be safe.
[ooc: Please let us know somewhere in your comment if you'd like a reply from a specific character, otherwise anyone (or all of them!) may respond to comments. Also, threadjacking is totally fine by us so feel free to jump in and out of any conversations!]
Chris appears on camera first, looking very forcibly composed. This is not going to be good news, but it has to be said and the sooner the better; he isn't sure exactly what kind of timescale they're looking at, but the quicker everyone knows what they're dealing with hopefully less people will get hurt.]
Okay, so, everyone is probably starting to like... Figure out something weird is going on.
[Something weird. Yeah. That's one way to put it. He glances off-camera a bit nervously, then back.]
It's um... We know what it is. So we're going to tell you what we know, and try to figure out what to do from there.
[This is surely already inspiring confidence, but honestly he just still can't quite believe this is happening again. It's surreal, and that's probably for the best right now because it makes explaining at all possible.]
Back where we all were before we got here, there's this... Monster, called the wendigo. People turn into it when they um, engage in cannibalism. You should probably all stop eating anything with meat in it.
[Because that's a thing.]
[Locked away in a room, all by herself, is Emily, who is currently in the midst of her transformation. While she is not really in any shape to be involved in this announcement, she's got something she absolutely needs everyone in this godforsaken fucking CAVE, WHAT THE FUCK, to know.
As her eyesight has been going, her hearing has been improving. Every word her friends are saying carries perfectly over to her, around the walls and through the door that is doubtless barred by furniture.
So when Chris mentions the cannibalism thing, she expects him to follow up with that VERY IMPORTANT THING THEY'D DISCUSSED A FEW DAYS AGO. But of course he doesn't, because he's a fucking idiot who's too busy pining over Ashley to do anything of actual importance.
GOD, her friends are morons. (Except Sam. Sam's all right.)
Before anyone else can say anything to move this fucking substandard video message away from this very important thing, Emily takes a deep breath and veritably goddamn fucking bellows--]
AND JUST SO ALL OF YOU FUCKHEADS KNOW, WENDIGO BITES ARE NOT INFECTIOUS.
[Her duty done, Emily snarls at the door of her fucking prison what the fuck, and stalks over to the bed, hunched over with the beginnings of her body's deformation under the curse.
God fucking damnit.]
... Yeah, there's no easy way to put it. Things are gonna get bad.
[ The phone moves a little so that both Sam and Chris are in the frame, the latter still looking off in the direction the off-camera outburst came from. Sam looks weary and it seems like the color's drained from her face. How is this even happening again? Her gaze settles back onto the camera and she shifts in her seat, leaning forward a little with her brows knit together. ]
Wendigos eat people, [ In case anyone needed any more clarification. ] and as far as we know there's no cure. Whatever Fear did, people are transforming and there's not a lot of time left.
[ Sam sits back again and drops her gaze, trying to piece together information she remembers from that night. There's the flamethrower guy's journal, which seems pretty important to touch on. He was the expert, after all. There's also Hannah's scrawled journal from the mines... That may be a good place to start but — god. ]
So, we know it starts with hunger. You feel like you're starving no matter what you do, and then you get — really strong. At least one we saw could just fucking... tear people apart.
[ "One." Like she doesn't know who it really was. Like she wasn't close enough to see that butterfly tattoo. She glances at Chris for a second before going on. ]
And that's the thing. You'll want to rip into people, because at some point you won't be you anymore. I think you lose yourself until all that's left is the hunger.
Those of you that aren't, you know... [Turning into horrible monsters.] There's a few things you can do. I don't like, suggest fighting a wendigo unless you totally have to. It's not a great experience.
[Because yeah, tearing people apart is definitely not too tough for a wendigo. He got to see a nice first hand demonstration of that.]
If you've got a shotgun, it'll knock them back for a few seconds, but you're gonna run out of bullets or miss a shot and I don't know if anyone here even has a shotgun...
[But not really the point, and okay, stay on focus. It's a little difficult to explain while still trying not to think too hard about the subject, but he's doing his best.]
Knives and normal bullets won't do anything. Fire's the only sure thing. But your best bet is just to not move, like, at all. They can't see you if you don't move.
[He glances toward Sam, not sure if they've covered everything that people need to know to not be immediately killed by their former friends.]
[ She nods to Chris in agreement, then adds in another tidbit. ]
I, uh — I beat one with a shovel after it'd been in an explosion though, and it's head rolled off. Just make sure you burn them first and you should be able to get past its skin. Oh, augh... I also read that they can "mimic their prey." Not really sure how it works, but let's just say I trust the source.
[ It simultaneously feels like they've covered everything important and not nearly enough. Sam folds her arms over her chest and looks at Chris again, unable to hide the worry from her face. ]
I am... I'm so sorry that this is happening. Honestly, it's like a waking nightmare. Those of you that are changing — god, I can't even imagine what you're feeling, but you deserve answers, so... we're here. There's still a lot we don't know, but we're here if you have questions or just wanna talk. Um, my name's Sam, and this is Chris. Emily and Mike have experience with this stuff too, in case you hear from them.
Be safe.
[ooc: Please let us know somewhere in your comment if you'd like a reply from a specific character, otherwise anyone (or all of them!) may respond to comments. Also, threadjacking is totally fine by us so feel free to jump in and out of any conversations!]
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Shit ... we're all gonna die.
[Nick buries her face in her hands for a tense moment, then looks up at the camera again.]
This is like, hypothetical zombie apocalypse territory, right? You gotta kill people when they're infected, before they turn completely and kill everyone else. Isn't that how it works?
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[It's an automatic response--and completely untrue--but there's an echo of a memory playing in his head at her words, and it takes a moment before he pulls himself back out of it; it takes another second or two to get back on track with the conversation.
Really good time to start losing it, Chris.]
It's... Sort of. Yeah, but the wendigos won't turn anyone else, so that's... That's not like zombies.
[It's important to make that clear, if Emily's interjection into the post hadn't done so already.]
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No. But they can still kill us all.
[And that's bad enough.]
If I start going, I'm counting on you to cut off my head before it gets bad.
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Even when he can manage to look at the little pieces and see what to do, the logical next step here is to kill everyone undergoing the transformation before they have time to become as invulnerable and deadly as they will when they're full wendigos. And that's too horrific to just proceed with.
Someone here has to have a better idea, but until then all he can do if keep answering questions.]
Yeah. And they will, if they get the chance.
[Her last comment gives him another pause, eyes flicking briefly, but not nearly to the same extent as before.]
I'm uh... I-I'm not big on decapitation.
[Another one of those things he never wants to see again, but fortunately for the moment he can say the words without thinking too much about the reason for them.
And he doesn't want to promise anything like what she's asking, either, though he understands it. So after a moment, he finally gives a weak shrug.]
But yeah, if you... Yeah.
[He has one of Mike's guns.]
But it shouldn't happen unless you decide to, you know, take a risk with the meat supply.
[Unless she's just in the first day of it or something, and the symptoms haven't started yet. He really, really hopes not.]
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[Cannibals. It's like something out of a bad horror movie, and it's slowly beginning to dawn on Nick what it means that Chris has dealt with all this before.]
Are you, um. You gonna be OK?
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[Turns out she sort of had the right idea all along, at least when it comes to foolproof methods for not turning into a wendigo.
He's quiet a moment at the question, glancing offscreen briefly, trying to decide how honest to be.]
Right now I'm just, you know. Shooting for not getting eaten.
[So no, definitely not okay, but that's the least of his or anyone else's problems right now. They'd only survived the first time by staying calm and focused, so try not to die, try to keep other people alive, try to somehow fix this situation; that's what's important, and he can freak out about it all later.]
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Well, hey. Didn't you say you were pretty good at surviving this horrorshow bullshit?
[That's about as good as a pep talk as she's capable of coming up with.]
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Yeah. Made it the first time, anyway, so that's something right?
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[Just pointing that out, because it's not tough to tell this whole thing is scaring her too. And her comment does make him feel a little better.]
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Yeah, I guess I fuckin' did, huh. Shit. Guess these assholes better watch out for Team Don't Fuck With Us.
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[At some point they'll all just get used to it, right?
But he's not sure if that's a comforting thought, really.]
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[If only it was that easy. If only feelings came with an off switch.]
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[Hope seems more than done with them all already.]
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[Fear had been really forthcoming every time Chris asked him questions, and he thinks the god--as much of an asshole as he is when he pulls events like this--is telling the truth when he says he doesn't control who comes and goes.
With Hope and Fear out that leaves Rage, but it's hard to believe she's responsible either considering Hope had to resurrect her, so Chris is just kind of at a loss here as far as the gods go.]
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[Because let's be real, these gods seem pretty good at screwing stuff up.]
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[How is this even a discussion they're having. Life shouldn't be this ridiculous.
It's way better than talking about how they're going to be killed by cannibal monsters, though.]
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[A brief history of the world according to Nick Rivenna, ladies and gents!]
Guess that's not so far off from what we've got here, huh.
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