[IC Deadlands] Between a rock and a hurricane

[SigmaCaine]

"We need to get out of here!"

Evangeline barely registered Steve's words. The last few seconds of light showed only the tunneler creatures swarming over where the would-be heroes' fourth member once stood, a few flashes of crimson light from his blade flashing through the pile. "We'll come back for you! We'll find you!" she called out as the lawman and the lawyer each grabbed ahold of one of her arms and pulled her backwards. The rotting, dessicated corpse that the tunnelers had been speaking through, taunting them and spewing bile and ichor, drew back on its fleshy tethers. She could hear it snarl, "FEED!", seemingly the tunnelers' only purpose.

Her eyes met Steve's for a moment and she knew that what she had said was a lie - there would be no saving their friend. She knew it hurt Steve just as much to leave him behind, but there was no way for them to even drop the 50 feet to where he was, even if they would stand a chance against the hundreds of tunnelers. So they ran, further up the cave, the walls slowly turning from the hard webbing to dirt and rock, and the bodies of the townsfolk hung from the ceiling were left far behind.

They had sent Jack Wade back to town to let them know what was going on, and now they raced to tell the town not to come in the cave. They needed a plan, they needed explosives, they needed...

...To be able to leave. As they approached the exit of the cave they saw the deadly hurricane raging outside. Eva groaned inwardly as they prepared to face the storm. But they were halted when a flash of lightning illuminated the all-too-familiar outline of one Sherriff Logan and the twisted axe he had once claimed as bounty.

"Back inside." His voice alone put her on edge.

"We cai-n't!" she shouted over the din of the storm. "The things... down there... There's too many of them! We'll die!"

"And you'll die out there. Back in the cave."

The form of Jack Wade slipped and slid his way behind Logan into the cave. Eva looked up at Logan's grim face and axe, and decided that if she was going to have to face something, she'd rather it be the tunnel creatures than Logan...

[Mack Ravensline]

   Back in the cave as the creatures were swarming, many being cut down as they ripped off their pound of flesh, the former gunslinger goes into a frenzy.
   As the creature connected by ambilical cords decends once again, Hezakiah with his one last coherant though tosses his gunpowder satchel onto the fire of the rapidly burning out book pages causing a minor explosion that kills several of the creatures but not nearly enough.
   The main portion of the creature then moves to about 5 feet from Hezakiah and says in a raspy, almost inhuman voice, "Time to die little man. You will be my food." Hezakiah giving totally in to the curse of the blade charges the monster, stepping over the bodies of those he has already cut down so he can plunge his crimson blade into its gullet. "I hope you choke."
   Even as his blade goes in deeper the top part of the creature splits wide to engulf Hezakiah. The spirits of the many he has killed look on in utter shock as the man who for so many gunfights seemed almost inhumanly deadly meets his own demise.     
                                  The End for Hezakiah, ......... or is it!

[RandallDJOJODevil]

::IM sorry maybe i wasnt aware of this at the con.... but did a player just kill himself? or has this already ocured.....::

Frank
Datafish

[SigmaCaine]

((This was the cliffhanger ending we left off at the end of the game - Hezakiah swarmed over by the tunnel creatures and the rest of the crew trying to escape, only to run into Logan, Wade, and the hurricane. Renny mentioned possibly running some of it on the boards so it wouldn't interfere with downtime between games & we could update our characters.))

[Mack Ravensline]

OOC: This was how it ended at the con. I simply put it out there. There was never an actual established death, ie no body and just like in the comics, no body means not necessarily a death. The scene simply faded to black.

[RandallDJOJODevil]

Ah thankyou for the clarification. Due to Vampire larp goodness myself and the fishdevil team have not yet gotten to do our rundown of events with each other so not all gm's are on the same page. Yep. Give us a few days and well all be chattin it up on here.

-Frank
Datafish
Gm

[Logan Kayne]

(OOC: So, we got a preacher, a lawman, a rich guy, and some dark shadowy killer guy who nobody trusts trapped in a dark cave with insect-like monsters. Umm... anyone seen Pitch Black?)

Logan blew past the others and ran into the mouth of the cave. He came to a halt several feet past the entrance and scanned for any signs of these demon insects he'd been hearing about. He didnt light any torches, he was at home in the darkness, and didnt seem the least bit hindered by it. He stood tall with his axe at the ready, in defiance of all fear, ready for whatever hell might have in store for him. The devil himself could walk out of that cave and Logan would spit in his eye all the same.

(OOC: Dont worry Cass, Riddick saved the Preacher  (my appologies to the rest of you)  )

[CassieMcCullin]

((Pitch Black... Great. I finally get the chance to fight side-by-side with Riddick and he's *you*! Dammit! DESTROYER OF DREAMS! ;p ...And oh yeah, you forgot the kid named Jack in your list!))

Eva stares in disbelief at Logan for a moment before regaining her composure.

"Look, Ah don't know what it is you think you're gonna do goin' down that cave, but you ain't gonna do much more than close it off. An' that ain't gonna keep 'em in for very long. You're tough, Ah'll give you that, but there's hundreds of those things down there. You can be hurt - Ah saw it when you were fightin' that man in black. If any of 'em come out this way Ah'm sure you can take them, but..."

She pauses, and sighs. "If you got a plan that don't involve chargin' in there blindly Ah'm listenin'."

[Logan Kayne]

(OOC: Damn right it's me, who better? And as for Destroyer of Dreams, Im going to assume you mean Leather Clad Wet Dream.)

(OOC: As for Jack.... I forgot Waffles's character was named Jack.... does this mean Waffles is going to grow up to be a being of pure sci-fi geek hottness? I suppose we'll have to wait to find out in The Chronicles Of Logan: The story of how Logan single handedly conquers French-Canadia, all because one beret wearing bastard said that ninja's suck (actually he said "pass the butter", but much to his misfortune, Logan speaks neither French nor Canadian))

(OOC: IC post to come, but pizza is taking priority...)

[Logan Kayne]

"We don't need to kill 'em all, we just need to hold out till the storm passes."
As Logan stares off into the black, a discerning eye might note that his eyes constrict into ovals and emit a faint errie green glow (if anyone cares to work it systematically, its a hard perception check, and if successfull, an average guts check. Or, just decide how observant your character is ).

"We hold here... I'll keep watch." He turns to the preacher with one of his twisted grins, made all the worse by the green light illuminating his face, "You'll just have to decide if you want to take your chances out there with your God, or in here... with me."

[Alex Rovias]

Jack was busy digging himself in, prepairing for the creatures to come charging at them.  He takes a knee aiming his gatling pistol forward toward the darkness.  He kept his eyes sharp, though his concintration was broken every few minutes by that blasted whooping cough again.  He thought they had cured it... but apparently not, but no matter this was just a third option for him today.  Etheir die via the spiders, the impossible hurrican, or Swenies blasted curse.  He began to think, and his thoughts took him toward his own death, and wither he would go to Heaven or Hell.

"...Evagiline... I know it's an awkward place, but I wish a confessional if you'll here it.  I do not care if the others hear it, I don't have much to say that most haven't experianced with me.  I just wish gods forgiveness, just incase this is my last day on this earth"

[Evangeline]

Eva conveniently turns from Logan's toxic stare to face Jack.

"Confessional? What do Ah look like, a Catholic?" She shakes her head. "The Lord don't want some kind o' forced confession just 'cause you're scared you might die. 'For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.' If you wanna be forgiven for what you've done, you'd best take steps to recognize just how bad it is and not find it desirable no more.

"But if it eases your mind some, Ah'll listen to ya. An' then when we're out of here, you can take steps towards that godly repentance."

[Jack Wade]

He coughs again, he hated this place, and what may possibly happen to him.

"...The I guess I am alright then, I've tried to be a good man all my life, a few mistakes here and there, but nothing criminal or immoral... at least untill recently.  It was aboard that Steam Boat from hell not to long ago.  I caused the death of all those possesed children... I know they where all ghosts of the past, never really there, but I regret it.  I regret listening to that damned Alchemist.  I never wanted to harm those kids, just destroy that blasted cauldron"

He continues to cough after his words. 

"I guess I just wanted to say that to someone..."

He waits.