"...Whaaat?!"
The poor girl stared helplessly at the pipe, clutched awkwardly in her hand with its impractically-long fake nails.
"You want me to.. Kill people?!" As immoral and shallow as Tara was, she was merely a victim of fashion, not a complete monster! He shook her head to herself. 'No. No. This is all some kind of joke. Some sick, awful practical joke. I can get out of here, somehow...'
So thinking, she stuck the pipe gingerly in her handbag and went in search of someone to help her escape.
>Find fellow shopper! Make sure they aren't charging murderously towards me before attempting to recruit them!
You continue to find nobody charging at you murderously. [2] You also continue to find nobody doing the opposite. However a holographic screen pops up from your watch with the message:
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
Wuss!
First to attempt escape.
Weapon Unlocked: Studded Pipe (You are the only people in the mall, by the way.)
Quickly bind my wound, stopping the blood flow. Find some painkillers somewhere, and take them. Lay low for a bit. Let's hope that demon kills some more people!
I don't know whether this is good, or bad.
You should also have mini-ingame achievements. Say, getting the first kill? Or other cool "feats"?
A reward? Maybe? From the guy on the PA? Heh-eh-eh?
Cast down an effigy of a ghoul, and send it to murder something that's not me or a demon?
A holographic image pops up from your watch screen at well, showing a similar message:
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Generic First Kill Achievement
Get the First Kill.
Item Unlocked: FULL HEAL.The screen prompts you to stand on a certain spot. You stand there, and soon you're drenched in a strange liquid. You put your hands to your face...wait. HANDS!? Yes the liquid was a full heal, now your arm is back!
As for the Effigy, you throw it down and in a puff of smoke, [3] comes a large monstrous being. You tell it to go hunt, but it refuses, wanting to stick at your side for now. Oh, well...
Lou clutches his nose to stop the bleeding and just goes off in some random direction where he thinks people may be.
Lou clutches his nose, and a bit of blood squirts out. He manages to find [4] both some tissues and Liam, who just happened to be respawning. You barely dodge his swings.
Search for a store with a chess board. Challenge someone to a game of chess.
[1] You find no Chess Store, and no people to not play it with. You sit down to play imaginary chess against yourself. You lose.
HAM Radio Hobby Shop.
You respawn in the Ham Radio shop, with another holographic image from your watch:
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
Huh. So this is what hell looks like...
Die the first death, you unlucky bastard.
Item Unlocked: Baseball Bat.Suddenly, a baseball bat appears in your hands. You swing it around a bit, knocking over some stuff and nearly hitting Lou.
[5] You smash through the glass, grabbing both the Cross and the portrait, flinging both in the direction of the Demon. The Cross stabs the Demon in the eye, with it letting out a terrifying scream of 'OOW, MY EYE.' the painting ends up smashing over it's head, subduing it enough for you to toss it to the other side of the mall.
(words cannot express
Satisfied with his good deed for the day, Fernando/Nacho grabs some extra rosary beads and walks along in search of other players whilst whistling a jaunty tune.
(I personally consider religious hero an achievement)
[2] Despite being able do do it before, Nacho cannot get through the glass in the window, so he instead just walks, instantly forgetting the jaunty tune he was about to sing.
Achievements:
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
Wuss!
First to attempt escape.
Weapon Unlocked: Studded Pipe
Collected by: Yoink
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Generic First Kill Achievement
Get the First Kill.
Item Unlocked: FULL HEAL.
Collected by: Caerwyn
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
Huh. So this is what hell looks like...
Die the first death, you unlucky bastard.
Item Unlocked: Baseball Bat.
Collected by xiphonii
Players' Statuses
Name: Fernando Trejo
User: GraveHaunter92
Items: Fighting Gloves(Infinite Use), Soccer Cleats, Rope, and half a bottle of Tobasco sauce.
Bonuses: +1 to Brute Strength rolls and Hand-To-Hand combat(Other than fistfights)
Status: Can't brave broken glass.
Wimp.
Name: Gloriokal
User: Caerwyn
Item:1x Fetish of Draining (Three uses, has a chance to drain a bit of life/health from an enemy, healing the user),
1x Charm of Spirit Warding (Passive, keeps summoned or malignant spirits under control)
1x Effigy of Ghoul (Can be cast on the ground to summon the wraith of a long-dead creature. Not very powerful, but quick and scary.)
Bonuses: +1 on rolls involving simple weapons and summoning creatures.
Status: Taking care of a pet.
Kill Count: 1
Achievements: 1
Name: Liam Di'Angelou
User:Xiphonii
Items: A deck of marked playing cards, Baseball Bat.
Bonuses: +1 to rolls involving Accuracy with thrown items and Persuasion.
Status: Alive and Swingin'
Death Count: 1
Achievements: 1
Name:Miles Edgeworth
User: fireiy
Item: Briefcase
Bonuses: +1 to rolls involving complex weapons and dodging.
Status: CHESS FAIL
Name: Tara McScara
User:Yoink
Items:
-Incredibly tacky-looking leather handbag, decorated with shiny chrome buckles and such and filled with whatever useless stuff a teenage girl sees fit to pack a handbag with.
-Bags of DESIGNER Crap.
-Jewel Studded lead pipe.
Bonuses: +1 to rolls involving Intimidation and Hitting things with her handbag!
Status: NOT EXACTLY READY TO KICK. SOME. ASS.
Achievements: 1
Name: Lou Pitts
User: ReDeadEr
Occupation: Janitor
Special Skill: CLEANING LIKE A BAWSS.
Items: Mop
Bonuses: +1 to rolls involving attacks with Liquids and simple weapons.
Status: Dodging