sure we can continue

well then since the majority is in favor of picking up where we left off I'll start PM-ing you guys instead of pinging, the next update will likely be tonight or tomorrow... ;)

City group A: Echo quickly and quietly goes down the staircase, which turns into another staircase, after this however you're in a hallway identical to the one you saw upstairs, however this one has two differences, one of the doors (the third one down to be specific) is flung open and the staircase is on the opposite end of the hallway (past all four doors). Ren begins counting the corpses on the street below for the third time, or was this the forth time? Either way, there still isn't much to do. Daemon continues holding pressure on the leg, the bleeding appears to be stopped completely for the moment.

City group B: The three of you stealthily get behind the nearest shelf. "hello?" Flute says, only loud enough to be heard inside the store, Talyn puts two fingers on the bridge of her nose, shakes her head and sighs indicating her dissatisfaction to Flute who just shrugs in return, Cerberus and Talyn peak out barely enough to see the two men, the two of them draw their weapons, the revolver apparently being a side-arm, as they pull out two AK-47 assault rifles from the table they were hunched over, the one to the left says "Jack get over here" another man carrying an AK comes up from behind a self all of the weapons are pointed in your general direction however they appear to have no Idea where you are exactly. Flute looks over the shelving as well.

All three of you see the guy on the right motion forward with his rifle and Jack begin walking towards you beginning to check all the aisles in between you and the small group of three, you quickly count out only 9 aisles in between you and him, the guy on the left begins talking again "come out into the open slowly, with your weapons pointed at the ceiling were just here to scavenge some parts for our car, we just want to take what we need and get out" He still appears to have no clue where or how may of you there are but you're going to have to decide what to do, and fast.

Country group: waiting...

City group A: (Echo) if you search a room which one, and if you go for the stairs? and if you do, how are you getting past the open door, with stealth or as fast as you can?

City group B: so what now, do you get up slowly like he asks, come out shooting, or bolt from the store as fast as possible?

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=5987&page=25#241 Author: Talyn Time Posted: 11/1/2013 at 9:12 AM If they were just here to scavenge then why are they suddenly so aggressive? I give Flute a small, half-hearted glare of annoyance as we went from unnoticed to now being outgunned by well-armed men. We were at a serious disadvantage now. I shift my SMG on my shoulder so that the heel of my palm is forcing the gun to point upwards, but I am hesitant to show myself. I don't want to harm another human, but I clearly do not trust these men. I turn to the others, "I will show myself, since I'm the one they will probably think of as the biggest threat. I'd recommend you stay hidden until they show to be non-aggressive, but do whatever you see fit." I say softly to them and then focus back on the man talking "We are armed with only two guns and you with three. Mind sharing the sentiment?" I ask, motioning for Cerberus to hide her bow and arrows or train them on the other man. The other two can choose to hide themselves or not, but I slowly stand and step out of our hiding spot, glancing out the store windows, "I feel I should also warn you of the hoard that's outside..." EDIT: Improper wording. Forgot Flute had a gun as well.

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=5987&page=25#245 Author: Flute Time Posted: 11/2/2013 at 4:48 PM ((Sorry, been sleeping instead of eventing. xD;; I'll post my quip here and try to catch up to the event myself. x//x Here's my link to my event page lolol.)) I bit my lip when I saw her glare. I was just hoping to get some items, and all the other stores we visited were empty... I stayed quiet in a shadowed corner as well, but a steady finger on the trigger in case something bad would happen. I wanted to cover both my teammates as best I can, but it was hard to tell what those other men wanted...

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=5987&page=25#242 Author: Cerberus Time Posted: 11/1/2013 at 11:19 PM I watch extremely nervous of the situation. I peer around the corner of a box hidden by darkness bow and arrow ready but not obviously shown. I await their move.

I simply copy-pasted the last advancement and so far city group A are the only responses, country group you can look back a few pages at the last post for you two, but the major question is still "do you want to try and fortify a house and live in this suburb or do you want to keep moving out to the more rural areas?"

Looking around at the group, I said, "I think we should continue to the rural areas. Last time we fortified a house, well, the government had to save us." Shaking my head, I looked around the area I was in.

((Lux: Spot Check please!))

Echo ran quickly through the door hoping to evade anything there.

(this good?)

my home internet is 100% down forever now, so Im gonna have to use my library's computer for an hour a day... Ill probably post the next advancement tomorrow.

City group A: Echo dashes past the open doorway, hopefully not drawing attention to herself, glancing as she rushes past seeing a single zombie with its back to her. Daemon looks at her bloodied makeshift bandage, the wound is still bleeding but slower than before. Ren begins tossing small pebbles down at the zombies, carefully making sure she isn't seen in the process.

City group B: Talyn stands up slowly with her gun pointed non threateningly upward Jack's gun immediately points right at her head "I feel I should also warn you of the hoard that's outside..." she says slightly above a whisper. "Horde? How many are out there?" he asks "I think there's about 30 or so out there" Talyn responds truthfully. Jack thinks for a minute, concern appears across his face momentarily before disappearing again, replaced with a hardy expression "tell ya what, I head you whispering, tell your buddy to come out and we'll get out of here nice and easy..." he says still pointing the gun straight at Talyn.

Country group: You look around, but since you're just in an intersection right now you don't find anything useful.


City group A (Echo): There's still two doors that you can look through on this floor, and then there's the staircase behind them which you know leads to the lobby. do you look through either (or both) room(s)? or do you book it straight for the stairs.

City group B: do you comply and reveal yourselves? pop up guns blazing? or turn and run?

Country group: now what? you can still just move around the suburb, or perhaps you loot a house or two before you go, or you could possibly fortify and try to live in one of the houses...

"Ugh..." I lay back down, resting my foot on the foot board of the bed. I sigh, "Elevate..." remembering what I was taught in health class back in high school. I close my eyes to rest and meditate on my current situation, listening in closely to all of the noises this building is making. Gripping my hatchet in my left hand and holding my silenced pistol in the other I wait patently for Echos return.

Looking from the rooftop, I worry about daemon. Had she been seriously injured? Yes, of course. Could I get to her? Probably not. I can only stare at daemon as she rests in a room, but alas - I'm on higher ground so I cannot see fully well. "I hope everything goes alright..." I think as I keep watch for any zombies.