The Horror Begins
The rays of sunlight that broke through tree tops and slightly lit the inside of cabin suddenly disappeared and the sun hidden behind tall trees. The wind has stopped blowing, and lack of noisy woodland animals or even those quiet ones became much more noticeable. A strange, eerie and depressing pressure coming from within forest surrounding the cabin could be felt, a force somewhat shrivelling through the very essence of human soul...
The pressure made Happy Chappy awake from previous stupor, he looked around the log cabin and said:
It's gonna be a long, long night... We are surrounded, outnumbered, underequipped, scared and unprepared. There is almost no chance of survival. We are most thoroughly fucked. - everybody stood in silence, kinda surprised by his sudden awakening. He then added:
Fun time 's a-comin' and "Fun"'s my second name - and went outside through the window to forage around the cabin.
A few sturdy, heavy sticks are better than nothing. - he thought.
[4] There were a few heavy sticks laying close to the cabin. Happy picked them up, and an idea came to his mind in an instant. He took out one of his expensive cigars and puffed once, then started setting bushes distant to the cabin on fire.
[5] They excellently went ablaze, suggesting that it wasn't raining here for a long time. Strangely, the fire didn't spread to foliage or trees.
Hopefully it is afraid of fire. - he thought. Happy needed to drown out his fear if he wanted to make it through the night. He swallowed a mouthful of booze, before taunting the unseen creatures of the night:
Be damned, mo********ing night creatures! You, you.... YOU! - his shouts were gibberish after the booze quickly hit in.
[6] Next he tried to climb back inside, but when getting in he flipped, smashed the table and hit the ground, heavily bruising his back!
There has to be a gun here somewhere... - he thought.
Back in the cabin, Jeremiah was still trying to recover from his cramp in right arm:
"Sturdy ass chair... - forming a fist with his other hand and waving it menacingly. Then he looked out through the window to check what's the source of sudden pressure.
[2] All he saw was Happy Chappy, foraging for heavy sticks.
Then Jeremiah looked back inside the cabin and saw William coming, a wood saw in his hand. He asked:
Hey William, you mind sawing this chair leg off for me? - after a while he replied:
Y-yeah, sure. I'll saw all the legs off and you can distribute them to the others. - his voice somewhat distant.
[2] William took the chair and used his saw to cut out legs from chairs, but it only scratched surface of the wood!
Uhm... thanks, friend... - Jeremiah said, both surprised and disappointed.
In this topsy turvy world one can never be too prepared...
Skeliborn moved to the second room, opened window, moved into the frame and taking out one of his hookshots, he shot it at one of tall trees and tried to climb it up.
[1] The hook landed perfectly on the tree top, lodging between a few branches. Suddenly Skeliborn felt an ominous force dragging him! He tried to fight it off, but he was too weak! The force dragged him along the rope from hookshot and smacked him into a tree! He fell down, this probably ended with more than a few bruises!
Amelia looked at the nailed boards and fidgeted nervously. The windows were still undone.
Hopefully that other....um dude girl.. - she thought, she wasn't really paying attention to really... much of anyone. For her, everyone's faces kinda meshed in a blur and she had already forgotten everyone's names in a matter of moments. She longed for the roadtrip she remembered this morning... how the hell did she end up here?
Dude's and dudeet's how in the fresh hell did we get here anyway? I don't....remember...much.. - she asked, still trying to board up the place. Jeremiah was first, and only to reply:
I don't quite remember. I remember going to the Druggist's on the corner and then falling into a stupor and fainting. Then I found myself here with several others. Everything between is non-existent. [1] Sudden pressure and pondering distracted her and she drove a nail through her hand!
Damnit, ouch! This hurts like hell! - she cried out.
Richard took out the CB radio and turned it on.
[3] Despite it's age, it still worked. Then he started trying out different frequencies, repeating:
*Hello? Hello? Can anyone read me?*[2] There were no answers however.
After futile tried with sawing off the legs, William reminded himself that Amelia had a phone. He approached her, the girl tried to hide that she had hammered her own hand to the boards.
Does your phone have a signal? - he asked. Amelia took out her smartphone:
CHECKING! - she shouted.
[6] The signal was strong .
Yes, somehow I have a signal here. - she replied. Suddenly someone called her. The caller was displayed as... her own phone number. She turned loudspeaker and answered:
Hello?[4] Someone shouted from the phone's speaker.
Windows! They're getting through the windows! - the shout was followed by uneasy, metallic rattle. I can't hold the hatch any longer! - then a loud whump. What the hell is tha.... - someone with voice similar to William couldn't end the sentence, he only emitted a loud gurgle and quited down completely. Take the gun! Shoot it, quickly! - a woman's voice, accompanied by a gunshot.
Silence, and then, a strange, raspy voice: Don't let the hatch open! Barricade the windows! - warned.
Suddenly a wild wind blewn and the trees seemed to move towards the cabin, closing in. A loud, metallic rattle echoed in the distance and something started banging on the hatch from underneath!
Happy Chappy: Received 3 heavy sticks. Lost 1 expensive cigar, half a liter of vodka. Happy is Drunk, he gets all bonuses and penalties of this state (check active effects). Bruised back, -1HP
Skeliborn: Lost 1 hookshot. Heavy bruises, fractures, -4HP
Amelia: Nail driven through hand! -2HP. Lost 1 nail.
All players except Happy (Drunk), and Skeliborn (outside cabin) lose 5 sanity due to loudspeaker projection.
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Topic: Horror Time: Lone cabin in the woods [6/6] Death count: 1 (Read 11581 times)