Werewolf IV: Attack of the Atomic Space Werewolves

[DeanTheAdequate]

I've been making a list of what we'll need for the future...

 

Doctors, scholors, hunters, breeding stock, circus clowns, Adrienne Barbeau...

 

But no horror actors.

 

I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to wait in the hole... er... the emergency shelter.

 

(OOC: Morris Pavlov)

[Jammeez]

OOC:...er...then who're you calling a circus clown???

[Tanuchan]

OOC:...er...then who're you calling a circus clown???

...huh ... how about breeding stock?

[Katzaniel]

"Obviously that's us!" says Kerri, clapping Terri on the shoulder and looking very proud.

[DeanTheAdequate]

Rather than be situation specific, I did a free-form list.

 

We'll also need rope. And cola.

 

*Obviously drinks a Coca-Cola and does a thumbs up to the camera.*

[Vahktang]

Thank you for your patience.

And here is the death:

 

While Timmy, Jamia, Terri, Kerri, and Zach have ice cream, the others are searching for something that will help them out of this mess.

 

"How was your lunch," Tom says, holding his stomach with a slight burp.

"Fine, the others are having ice cream, " says Aiden.

"Well, they're kids," says Tom. "Consider what's happening, I don't blame them a bit. Wish I could find some scotch. So, Greg, what's the idea here again?"

"A radio antenna on a hydrogen balloon," says Greg. "It should increase our line of sight, so that we can contact the outside."

The group looks at the hanger size room and all the equipment jumbled into it.

"So we're looking for a weather balloon, hydrogen, light copper wire, some electonics, everybody has a list.”

Everyone nods and they separate looking for the necessary equipment, but Morris calls Ed over to a large display case, small rocks or containers behind thick leaded glass.

"What's all this then,” says Pavlov.

"Common elements made radioactive,” says Ed.

"To what end?”

"We don't know. Pure research always pays off. Penicillin. Modern rubber. Edison went through over a thousand items before he settled on what to use as the filament in a light bulb.”

“This slot here, number six, is that a diamond?”

"Yeah, carbon. Probably an industrial diamond.”

"Big though. Do you mind taking over as I peruse this fascinating display? ”

Ed sighs and takes his list as Pavlov continues to look.

“Radioactive Arsenic. Wonder how poisonous that is?”

The searchers find most of what is on their list and gather to leave, going to find Pavlov on the way out.

“Look, silver,” they hear as they turn the corner.

The first phase that occurs to everyone watching was: "Gosh Grandma, what big teeth you have.'

Because before them was not a well known (well, known) actor, past middle age, strong but weakening, but an 8' tall slavering wolf man, jowls apart, a fierce fire in his eye, dressed in a silver jumpsuit with a jeweled belt around his waist.

They all stepped back. Shocked.

The ice cream gang walk in, stopped. Terri and Kerri gave a little scream as they see the sight before them.

"What, dear. Problem," said the wolf/actor, looking over to the family members.

"Who's the hairy guy," said Timmy.

Pavlov looks down at his now hirsute form.

 

"Oh, dear. I had hoped to do this quietly, but now I guess I'll have to kill you all openly."

The twins start to scream in earnest as Heinrich begins to pull his sidearm, but a quick leap closes the distance between them and with a slap of his mighty arm Pavlov easily sweeps the weapon into the corner, under a bench. Another quick blow knocks the security officer to the ground to lay quietly.

He turns and growls menacingly, but is surprised to find Dirk with his weapon out and pointing at him.

Blam, blam, blam! Three shots hit, one in the head, two in the chest.

Dirk lowers his weapon in a cocky relaxed manner, but it is his turn to be surprised when the creature fails to fall.

"You don't think you're primitive weapons could harm one from such an advanced race, do you,” says Pavlov.

"OK, then," says Dirk, "let's try a full clip. Heinrich, you know what to do."

Dirk begins to fire in earnest, leaping, rolling, running, making every shot try to count while keeping his line of fire clear behind him.

"Everybody, run," says Heinrich, leaping up, "this way."

Heinrich begins to run to a heavy vault door, opposite the entrance, sparing a glance behind him to see that everyone except Dirk was following as quickly as possible.

They reach the door to find it closed, and begin to open the heavy, ponderous door when the wolf was amongst them, biting, scratching, drawing blood, sending them in a panic.

"Everybody scatter," says Heinrich, as Dirk makes a flying tackle taking Wolf/Pavlov by surprise. Heinrich, Tom, Zach, and Aiden all dog pile on top of him.

This gives a moment for the others to gain a distance as the beast tosses the men off him as easily as a he would a doll..

He makes a killing blow towards Dirk just as Dirk roll under a metal work bench, causing the creature to howl and the hardened steel bench to bend remarkably.

The others run in separate directions.

A chilling howl comes from the creatures, startling everyone. The howl continues until it reaches the entrance, then everyone hears the door close and then the bending of metal.

“There. Escape is now not possible,” says Pavlov. “And all this running around won’t do, Earthlings. Hiding won't help you, I can smell you out. Fighting won't help you, I'm stronger, faster, and no weapon you make can harm me. Give up and I promise a quick death, as painless as I can make possible.”

“That's just not the American way,” says Greg, out loud, still moving. He sees Dirk and goes over to him.

“I think I have a plan,” he whispers.

 

Pavlov stalks the aisle ways, seeing glimpses of his quarry as they squirm, dodge, and run, tagging them each with his talons but failing to do any debilitating damage.

He finally stops and yells a challenge.

“Is it ‘the American way’ to run and hide?”

Dirk breaks hiding, standing firm and resolute.

“It’s the American way to win, monster," he says, as he shoots and hits a gas cylinder marked hydrogen behind Monster Pavlov.

"You're so scared you can't even hit what you aim at,” says Morris.

"Yes I do,” says Dirk, standing his ground.

Morris begins to start forward but is distracted by Aiden's lit lighter skidding across the floor and clinking against the out gassing cylinder. That side of the room erupts in a fire ball, propelling Morris across the room to land in equipment bay.

He lays there a moment and begins to get up.

"Is that the best you can do?"

"No, this is," says Terri and hits a button on the heavy winch, dropping a truck sized weight thirty feet to fall upon him.

The weight hits with a loud clang, then settles on the floor. There is silence but no movement for a moment, until a trickle of thick yellow liquid pours out from underneath.

 

You killed a wolf.

Congrats.

But who is injured and how badly?

 

Next Death will occur by Friday morning.

In game time should be less than an hour.

 

Thanks.

 

More later,

 

Vahktang

[Vahktang]

And the scorecard is:

The players are:

Katzaniel as Kerri, the dumb blond

Tanuchan as Terri, Kerri's sister, also dumb, also blond

Degenero Angelus as Zachary Evans, average teenage high school popular kid. Terri's boyfriend, formerly Kerri's boyfriend. Or something like that.

Nave as Timmy, Kerri's & Terri's 6 year old brother

Elwen as Aidan Laran the teen angst punk

Solivagus as the Heinrich cruel and angry security guard

Eyremon as Ed Smith, engineer

Dean the Adequete as Dirk Danger World weary traveler and all around go-getter.

MeThinksUFoolish as Greggor Kinjiru, an astromoner with the big telescope

Jameez as Jamia, schoolmate to Kerri, Terri, and Zachary

Shinkiro as Tom Dashing, American Scientist.

Ozymandias the Elder as Morris Pavlov, creepy actor cameo AND star!

 

The dead are:

Lady Celes Crusader as the Greta Von Richter German Scientist and baner.

Gnarlitch as Albert E. Milhouse, teenage science nerd, dead hero, first wolf victim.

Ozymandias the Elder as Morris Pavlov, creepy actor cameo AND star! And Wolf!

 

 

 

More later,

 

Vahktang

[Solivagus]

Heinrich muttered an oath under his breath as the bruise on his side tightened. He wouldn't be able to walk straight for ages. Not without vodka therapy anyway. At least he was above suspiscion now. He was watching the kids in a new light now, they weren't as useless as he had thought them.

[Tanuchan]

ZACH? ZACH! Are you okay? Aren't you hurt?

 

In some minutes, recovering from the shock and impulse that had made her punch that button, Terri hides into Zach's arms, sobbing.

 

That man... you were so right, he was so horrible! And he dared accusing you....

 

Zach pats her back, comforting her.

 

"Don't forget Kerri, my dearest... she was the one who was suspicious... and Albert. "

 

Yeah... *sobs* Albert... and my poor sis...

[Katzaniel]

Kerri sobs too, putting an arm on Terri. "Poor Albert. He was so smart, and he was right about that Pavlov guy from the beginning. I'm so glad this is over. I think we need to get out of here. I'll change from these bloodied clothes and then pack. And we'll need a way to bring the body so we can give him a decent funeral."

 

She begins to leave, and Terri looks like she might follow, but Kerri spots Aiden standing a few feet away. "Oh, Aiden, you were so brave! Hey, do you think you could help me put a cast on this arm?" she shakes her non-dominant left arm and it wobbles a little. "I don't think it's any good to me anymore..."

 

Terri pauses, seeing that Kerri doesn't really need her, and goes back to hugging Zach.

[Savage Dragon]

OOC: Well, one wolf dead, one to go

 

IC: "So back to the project?", Greg asked

The looks he got told him no.

 

"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad, let's pull ourselves together and keep truckin`"

 

"Easy for you to say," Ed told him, "You don't even look ruffled."

 

"Didn't you run into a corner during all of this?" Tom asked.

 

"Okay so i didn't respond as bravely as some of you guys..." Greg started.

 

"And some of the girls" Terri reminded him.

 

"Hey, someone has to stand at the curb and clap as the heroes march by"

 

Looks of disgust...

 

"Whatever"

[Elwen]

"I'll try, if I can find anything to hold it steady with." Aiden replies, walking over to Kerri. God, I need a cigarette! After several minutes of looking through things, he finally finds something that can be used as a makeshift cast. "This is definitely going to hurt...but it would hurt worse if we just left it like that."

 

((OOC: And I have no idea how to put on a cast, so I'll just leave it like that for now. Sorry for not being around...*whimper*))

[Katzaniel]

"Thank you," said Kerri, giggling a little as the cast went on.

 

"Oh." she said, looking at it afterward.

 

"Is that wrong?" asks Aiden.

 

"No," Kerri replies, her face going screwy.

 

"What are you doing?" questions the boy, confusion surfacing.

 

"It-reminds-me-of-Albert!" Kerri wails, throwing herself into Aiden's arms and crying up a storm.

 

Edit: OOC: Oh no! Ozymandias is dead but still alive!!

Edited April 9, 2004 by Katzaniel

[Nave]

"Hey Kerri! Hey Terri! Did you see that guy's back? It was hairier then dad's!!"

[Vahktang]

Zach hugs Terri and notices something strange.

"Terri, hon, you're back is wet."

He takes his hand away and it comes back red.

"Ohmigawd."

Terri looks at the hand, gives a little scream and starts to swoon. Zach neatly catchs her and lowers her to the ground.

"Terri? Terri, baby? It's going to be OK."

"She's wounded. Let's get her to the infirmery," says Dirk.

"Let's see how bad the damage is first. Lay her face down on the table there," says Jamia, pointing.

"Merit badge in first aid from the girl scouts," she replies from the looks she gets.

"Good idea. I'll go get the full first Aid kit," says Ed, and goes off at a run.

The other men lift Terri onto the table as gently as they could. Jamia and Kerri pull her shirt up, gingerly. When it comes out of the waistband it is soaked, and some drips on the table.

"Ew," says Timmy.

"Get him out of here," says Greg.

Zach picks Timmy up who begins to scream and throw a fit.

"No, no, no, no, no! I want to be with my sister!"

Terri's bare skin reveals to be covered in blood.

"No, let him stay," says Jamia. "Timmy, baby, go hold your sister's hand."

"I'm not a baby," he says, moving around the group of adults, and taking Terri's hand, who rewards him with a weak smile.

"'Course you're not. You're a big boy," says Jamia. "Kerri, hold her other hand. Talk to her. We've got to wash this off. Who's got any medical training?"

All the men except Aiden and Zach raise their hands and say in a ragged chorus:

"In the military."

Jamia begins to wash off Terri's back as Dirk comes forward to help, not squeemish at all about blood.

"Ok, who has the most medical training?"

"Greta," says Tom. "She had two years in medical school."

"Well, that doesn't help us here and now," says Dirk. "I've got some field experience. Get some more lights in here. Everybody else stay back."

He takes off his shirt to sponge off the blood, as Greg and Aiden look around to put more light on the matter, and Zach joins the siblings, Terri, Kerri, and Timmy all holding hands. They open up for him to join.

"Where's the wound," Dirk asks peering.

"Kerri, Zach," says Terri, softly. "There was another one."

"Shh, Terri," says Zach, "save your strength."

"This is important. Remember what those soldiers said? Two skins. Two people. We got one. There's another."

"There,"says Jamia, pointing. "What's that."

More lights come on and Dirk uses a pencil to touch it.

"Looks like a tooth, imbedded in her back," says Dirk. "Probably broke off when he bit her during the fracas."

"I'm back," says Ed, handing off the kit, which Dirk accepts with a nod. He joins the others in hovering just out of the way.

"Then we take it out," says Jamia, only to be stopped by Dirk's cobra like reflexes.

"You can't," says Dirk. "It probably nicked a vessel. It's plugging it up. Take it out and it'll gush."

"We have to get her to a hospital," says Greg.

"Even with a vehicle and without the rain it's a 4 hour trip to a real hospital," says Tom.

"Well it's not a perfect plug. We have to do something," says Jamia."

Dirk thinks a moment, surveys the situation, then nods, taking out equipement from the kit.

"I'll sew, you assist," he says, looking around, "Greg, you keep the wound clean. The others, ah-"

"Just pray," says Zach with a sniff.

They begin to work, not having the courage to hesitate, cutting, sewing, as Terri grew weaker and weaker.

"Can't we set up a transfusion," says Heinrich.

"Sure," says Jamia, concentrating. "Do you know how to do it? Because I sure don't. And what's her blood type. Because if you get the wrong one in, that'll kill her, too."

"She has a twin. They have to be a match."

Everybody stops working for a moment and an 'Oh' goes between them.

Kerri lets go of Terri's hand and Zach replaces her.

"What do I have to do?"

"I've seen transfusions done in the past," says Heinrich, now going through the kit and pulling equipment out, "and I was awake for one of my own. Put a table next to her. Kerri, lie down upon it and roll up your sleeve."

Frantic works goes on as Kerri is prepped, the needle taking six tries to finally find a vein.

The blood begins to go through the tube, but Terri begins to bruise.

"It missed the vein," says Heinrich, suppressing his desire to curse and trying to repair the setup.

Her breathing became more labored. She twists her head to look at her twin, squeezing the crying Timmy's hand, Zach not being without tears himself.

"I love you. I love you all. But we can't, I can't die for nothing.

"You have to find it," says Terri. "You have to kill it. Promise me. [cough, cough] All of You. Promise Me!"

And then slumps and falls silent.

Dirk continues to work as Jamia checks Terri's neck, shakes her head sadly at the expectant looks of the group, then puts her hand on Dirk.

He looks up and she shakes her head again. He stops working and steps back.

Jamia covers Terri with an available large towel.

 

The wolves got another one.

It is now day phase.

Day phase will last less than an hour game time and end by sunday evening real time.

Start accusing.

Have fun.

 

More later,

 

Vahktang

Edited April 10, 2004 by Vahktang

[Lady Celes Crusader]

Meanwhile, in the middle of nowhere, Greta had already dump the empty food compartiment, lifting some weight away from her shoulder. She drank the very last bottle of fresh water and dumps it as well. From now, she'll have to drink and eat whatever her suit and organic functions will provide her. The toxic rain still havent cease.

 

- Vell, I hope if zese people are not ze cretins I zink zey are, zey might kill one of ze creatures zat zreatened us. According to my time notion, anozer victim had been claim. I must hurry because I don't vant to die in the middle of novere.

 

Greta diligently continue her exhaustive walk over the next untouched civilisation.

[Nave]

"Terri..."

 

Timmy breaks down and starts crying and crying and crying. After a while he stops.

 

Sniff...sniff

 

Timmy's despair turns to anger. He looks at Zach.

 

"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HER! YOU TOOK OUT ALBERT AND NOW YOU TOOK OUT TERRI! YOU'RE A BAD PERSON!"

 

 

 

OOC Vote for Zach/Deg

[Degenero Angelus]

"I am Timmy.... I'm a terrible person." Zach says, tears rolling down his face. He turns and walks off into his room, locking the door behind him.

[Katzaniel]

"She's not dead!" cries Kerri, scrambling to take the towel off. "She can't possibly be dead, it's not possible, she's not really dead..." Kerri continues on in this vein while Heinrich and Tom hold her away from the body.

 

"Let me go!" she screams at them, slumping to the floor. They let her fall on her knees and she sobs, hunched over, not even noticing when Timmy grabs her hand. "Terri... Terri... you're not really dead... my dear dear Terri... it's not possible."

 

Some of the men look at each other, but they leave her to cry it out.

 

After a while Kerri finally looks up at the rest of them.

 

Tears are still running down her cheeks and her voice is hoarse. "She said there was another. We have to avenge her. Jamia has been right all along - it's Ed Cooper. When Pavlov might have saved himself by voting for Cooper, he didn't. Instead he accused poor Zach. Heinrich hadn't voted yet, and might easily have supported Pavlov by repeating his earlier vote for Cooper. But Pavlov chose not to cast his vote that way. I say we avenge Terri of the one that her killer was trying to protect."

 

OOC: a vote for Eyremon - Ed Cooper

[Savage Dragon]

Who knows who is guilty? I havent seen anything yet as to who is guilty and who is innocent and i feel uneasy as to who to vote for. I dont know any of you and for the most part, you seem normal. I guess you can call me a swing vote, if anyone wants to try to persuade me, best of luck. for now, i'll say nothing else.

[Katzaniel]

Kerri runs up to Greggor and grabs his shoulders, looking him in the eye. Despite red eyes and salty tears running down her cheeks, her expression is fierce.

 

"Morris Pavlov and his partner Ed Cooper killed half of my soul. Help me avenge her today. We have to get him now while we can, and we need everyone's help. I swear," she said, turning to face the rest of the group, "If I'm wrong you can kill me tomorrow as I want to die anyway. I want to die!" she screamed the last bit, then her voice calmed again to a steady but chilling rate, "but I want to kill her murderer first." Ice from her glare seemed almost capable of impaling Ed Cooper.

[Jammeez]

It's okay, Kerri. You'll be alright. We'll get that monster, Ed!

 

*turns to the others* I've been telling you it's one of the scientists! Wasn't the evidence I found in the labs enough for you people? And now, look *points at the pitiful form lying under the shroud on the operating table* A sweet and innocent girl is dead! And poor Albert...

 

Look, I've told you the culprit is a scientist, and we know how crazy Ed is.

 

*kneels next to Timmy* Buddy, come on! Zach loved Terri. He tried to protect her. But none of us can do it alone. We've got to stick together! Please, Timmy...!

 

OOC: Vote for Eryemon/Ed

[Nave]

"Sniff, sniff"

 

Timmy looks up at Jamia

 

"I don't like Zach. But I like you."

 

OOC Vote for Ed/Eryemon

[Savage Dragon]

Id be interested to hear Ed's defense, if he would care to give it to us.

[Vahktang]

The talley so far:

 

with 10 votes possible and 7 votes not being cast yet, the talley stands:

 

Ed

3 votes

 

Voting closes at noon, PST on monday, 21 hours from this post.

Less than an hour will have passed game time.

 

 

More later,

 

Vahktang