((Oh, the possibility is there. But it won't be likely until later in the game. Just know that a number of things currently available for purchase in the store are already capable of one-shotting a PC. Shouldn't be hard to guess which.))
Let's see...
The lazers? The explosives? I wonder...
((No and no. There will be exploves capable of that in the future, though.))
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Smitty decides to go ahead and kill the clerk.
[6] v. [5]
He opens fire as the clerk drags himself behind the counter, hitting the latter's leg.
3 damage dealt. The clerk is bleeding heavily and nearly unconscious.
Smitty [3] decides that having the entire gas station between him and the office compound isn't good enough, and goes inside.
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Sasha moves to investigate the gas station.
[3]
She gets stuck in the door, kicking out the rest of the shattered glass. She sees the clerk on the floor behind the counter, lying in a small pool of blood.
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Joseph pockets his PCA, heading for the warehouse door.
[3]
Gravel crunches beneath his feet as he crosses the open ground. He presses up against the wall beside the partially-opened door.
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Tessan [4] ducks into the gas station after Smitty and Sasha. He notices the bleeding clerk and goes to knock him out.
[2]
Tessan misses the attendant's head, cracking the tile next to it.
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Snake moves towards the drainpipe, intent on climbing up.
[1]
He makes it about two meters up before slipping, falling back to the ground. He lands poorly, making some noise and knocking him around a bit.
2 damage received.
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G.E. decides to back up Snake.
[4]
He climbs the fence, crouching over towards the central office. He halts at the corner, watching Snake do an accidental half-flip off of the drainpipe.
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John tries to throw his grappling hook up four stories and across forty meters of horizontal distance.
[2]
It flops to the ground barely fifteen meters away with an audible *thunk*.
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Smitty, Sasha, and Tessan can see that the gas station is a solid structure apart from the door and a row of windows in the far wall.The clerk shoot back at [1]
Smitty.
[5] v. [6]
Smitty bashes his head into a flimsy rack of junk food as he narrowly avoids being shot.
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[2]
Nobody hears Joseph's footsteps.
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[3]
Snake's accidental acrobatics don't seem to attract any attention.
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[1]
Absolutely nobody notices John's failed grappling attempt, even him.
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The two masked individuals on the roof of the north-west building continue firing on the trio in the gas station, shattering some of the north-facing windows. [3, 2]
[5] v. [6] Tessan dives to the floor behind the counter as bullets pockmark the wall behind him.
[3] v. [2] Sasha slips on the clerk's blood; the poorly-aimed fire tears through bags of crisps.