Considering the lack of people with guns out on this specific ledge at least, you have just improved your personal safety. Award yourself a safety point. Move carefully, and keep your ears open.

This really isn't a good position if she has to stay out here very long. She's on a narrow, wet ledge, 3 stories up. She's traumatized and afraid. She's got a very narrow frame, and is dressed lightly, in the cold and wet.

Staying up here her options are to basically wait until uncontrollable shivering and/or exhaustion makes her fall off, or hang out long enough to catch pneumonia. These are not good options.

If the man leaves quickly, you can sneak in and dry off. If he doesn't, you're going to need to get down from here and find some kind of shelter.

>>434209
treeee!

Yule 2012/07/19(Thu)18:07 No. 434751 ID: 067a04
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>creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep over to that tree
>Move carefully, and keep your ears open.
>treeee!

Yule is very careful. She doesn't slip once. She hears thunder and rain and it scares her, but she tries to keep calm.

She is almost to the tree! How should she get down to it?

BY JUMPING

Slowly crouch down.

Use them wizard powers.
Yell at it.
Politely ask for help.

THINK at it.

It is a pretty tree and you are a fabulous heron.

Okay, if you decide to jump over to that tree and not, say, wait for the crazy man with a gun to leave, here's what you do. Don't try to jump regularly, that won't work with your clothes. Instead, _Carefully_ crouch (keep your eyes on the tree), then let yourself fall forward and as soon as you feel like you're falling off the ledge, _push off_ as strong as you can. Aim for the main trunk, not one of the branches. Move your head to the side so you don't faceplant into the trunk, and as soon as you hit it, hold on as hard as you can. You'll probably not be able to avoid sliding down it in that gown - that's okay. Just keep in mind that this'll probably make some noise, so once you hit the ground, get up and _run_!

Or just wait for the silly man to go away.

Yule 2012/07/22(Sun)19:59 No. 435341 ID: 067a04
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>THINK at it.

No response!

>Slowly crouch down.
>_Carefully_ crouch

Yule decides to be slow and careful. She readies herself to-

Yule 2012/07/22(Sun)19:59 No. 435342 ID: 067a04
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Yule feels hands clamp around her mouth and shoulder.

Yule 2012/07/22(Sun)20:00 No. 435343 ID: 067a04
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Yule is grabbed and thrown inside.

"Are you crazy?! You could have died!"

Who is that? Do you know him? It's not the guy with the gun, is it? Tell him about the guy with the gun.

You're supposed to be alone in this house right? So he's not supposed to be here.

"I wouldn't normally expect a home invader to be so concerned for my safety. Maybe you're the crazy one, breaking into peoples' homes, to pull them off from the ledges you scare them onto."

>>435343
"Are you crazy?! You broke into my home!"

Yule 2012/07/30(Mon)20:34 No. 437639 ID: 067a04
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>Who is that? Do you know him? It's not the guy with the gun, is it?

He looks very similar, but Yule doesn't think he's the same man!

>"Are you crazy?! You broke into my home!"

"But this is my home."

>Tell him about the guy with the gun.

"I don't know what that is."

The man pauses.

"You're fading."

Oh gods. Rain, home invasion, and ghosts. This day is going great for you, huh?

I guess you are a ghost then, Huh ask him what he means

He seems to be fading, too. Ask his name.

Try to grab him.

>>437648
>>437716
Ask his name, and reach for his hand. I have the feeling you're going to need his help, maybe even vice-versa. Hopefully either the memory of his name or actual physical contact will keep him here.

Yule 2012/08/09(Thu)15:15 No. 441046 ID: 067a04
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>I guess you are a ghost.

Yule doesn't think so, but she supposes she could have died without noticing.

This thought troubles Yule. She decides to stop thinking it.

>Ask his name.

"Lapse. Alan Lapse. The last Shade. I would ask who you were, but I think you're fading too fast to tell me. Pity. You seem nice."

>Ask him what he means.

"You're fading. Everything fades, eventually. Everything but me. I don't think it hurts, though. You should be fine until it's over."

Yule 2012/08/09(Thu)15:16 No. 441047 ID: 067a04
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>Reach for his hand.

Lapse politely extends his hand as Yule reaches forward. Yule thinks his skin feels like a thin cloth balloon, although she had no idea what a thin cloth balloon felt like before now. She isn't entirely sure she likes the feeling, either. It seems like if she pushed, she could reach right through him...

Yule 2012/08/09(Thu)15:20 No. 441049 ID: 067a04
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Yule hears a sound coming from the hallway. Footsteps. Two voices, too quiet and deep For Yule to understand. They pause outside the door.

"Friends of yours?" Alan Lapse asks.

NO THEY AREN'T.

Explain that you're currently undergoing what you think is a home invasion.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS THAT'S WHY YOU MOPE AROUND THE HOUSE D:

...I'm supposed to be alone here. Whoever they are, I don't think they're friends.

Yule 2012/08/15(Wed)19:06 No. 443638 ID: 067a04
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>Explain that you're currently undergoing what you think is a home invasion.
>...I'm supposed to be alone here.

"Really? All alone, trapped, with nobody to help you... Nobody but- But you're fading, aren't you? ...It doesn't matter to me. It can't matter to me, you understand? This is what happened to the others. They hesitated. You're nice, but I can't... Can't..."

Alan Lapse hesitates, staring at what Yule assumes would be his hand, if she could see it.

Yule hears more movement outside the door. She also hears more barely audible whispers, now speaking to each other with harsh, hushed intent.

>>443638
Shit, he's gonna kill you. Run! Out the window and just jump to the tree.

"You're not going to help me? But you already pulled me in through the window! These people could hurt me!"

Yule 2012/08/23(Thu)16:40 No. 446678 ID: 1e31a4
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>Shit, he's gonna kill you. Run! Out the window and just jump to the tree.

Yule isn't sure. Alan Lapse doesn't seem dangerous, at least not yet.

>"You're not going to help me? But you already pulled me in through the window! These people could hurt me!"

Alan Lapse seems conflicted. "That was different, that was- it wasn't, was it?" he drops his arms to his sides. "If you want, there is a way... But there's no going back. No stopping point that I can find. But you won't fade. You'll never fade again."

Alan Lapse extends his arm towards Yule.

"If you really want my help... Take my hand."

As long as it doesn't hurt him to do so I say take his hand.

OKAY! I can see no negative consequences for this action whatsoever!

He seems to be confused just who is fading. But if taking his hand will keep him from fading, then go ahead and save him!

>>446682
do it

Ok. Do eet.

Is... there rain where he is?

If he says no take his hand, so hard.

Yule 2012/08/26(Sun)01:04 No. 447845 ID: 067a04
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>Do it.

Yule takes his hand. It's firm, solid. She can feel the coarse texture of it on her hand, and as she does, a tingling sensation renders her whole arm numb.Yule feels odd, like the whole world is suddenly distant and strange. Beyond all the things Yule thought she had known, something was happening.

Something she didn't quite understand.

Yule 2012/08/26(Sun)01:06 No. 447847 ID: 067a04
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At that moment, Yule hears the door open with a slam.

Yule turns to see the man with the gun. He is raising a weird-looking hand, and speaking in an unknown accent. "Alan! What are you...? Heavens descended...! Stop, Alan! You don't know what you're-!"

Yule 2012/08/26(Sun)01:06 No. 447850 ID: 067a04
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The voice is drowned out by a howling, though whether the howling comes from a creature or a kind of wind is entirely unknown to Yule. She thinks it might be both, or maybe neither. Through the howling Yule hears the voice of Alan Lapse, sounding small and far away.

"Don't let go! Not even a little! Are you listening to me? Don't let go!"

Yule realizes her eyes are closed. She doesn't remember closing them.

Open 'em, then.

Squeeze tighter! As tight as you can! The swirling, howling void is no place to accidentally drop the person carrying you through it.

Hold him tight!

Don't open your eyes in this wind! Just hold on for your dear life!

Yule 2012/08/26(Sun)02:32 No. 447864 ID: 067a04
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>Squeeze tighter!
>Hold him tight!

Yule tightens her grip, but the hand she's holding feels like a thin cloth balloon.

>Open 'em, then.

She opens her eyes very slightly and sees Alan Lapse flickering, with an unbearably bright light behind him. He's trying to say something, but Yule can't hear him. His hand slowly, surely slips, and though she tries to hold on, she finds she's grabbing at empty air. The howling grows more intense, and the light so much brighter.

Yule closes her eyes again, tight.

Yule 2012/08/26(Sun)02:33 No. 447865 ID: 067a04
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...


Yule thinks the howling has stopped.

Yule doesn't remember lying down.

>>447865
Get up, then. Take a look around.

>>447865

Goodness, maybe you fell out of the tree after all?

You're outside. And it isn't raining. Whatever else happened, this is obviously an improvement.

Yule 2012/08/27(Mon)06:33 No. 448310 ID: 067a04
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>You're outside. And it isn't raining.

Yule isn't quite sure that either of those things are true.

>Get up, then. Take a look around.

Yule carefully pulls herself up off the wet grass.

Yule 2012/08/27(Mon)06:34 No. 448311 ID: 067a04
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>Goodness, maybe you fell out of the tree after all?

Yule is fairly sure this is not her front yard.

Oh. Well then. Let's look around for some kind of shelter. Your fears aside, hanging out in the cold and the wet in naught but a light dress isn't a good idea.

You're not in Kansas anymore.

Do you think you can climb down? It looks like you're on a pillar of grass.

Yule 2012/08/29(Wed)06:34 No. 449121 ID: 067a04
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>It looks like you're on a pillar of grass.

Yule is glad to know at least this much about where she is.

>Let's look around for some kind of shelter.

Yule can't see much through the thick mist except for a few other grassy pillars, some near, some far.

>Do you think you can climb down?

Yule thinks the grass is wet from the rain. If she tries climbing down, she may slip.

Yule doesn't have any idea of how far she might fall.

>Your fears aside, hanging out in the cold and the wet in naught but a light dress isn't a good idea.

Yule is scared, and very cold.

Yule wishes it would stop raining.

Yule wishes she knew what was going on.

Yule wishes she knew what to do.

Ask outloud if Alan Wake is around. Maybe he is just invisible.

Go "HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP"

That is very long grass. Start picking blades of grass and weave them together. Perhaps you can make a rain shelter that way.

Yule 2012/09/01(Sat)03:09 No. 450289 ID: 067a04
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>Start picking blades of grass and weave them together. Perhaps you can make a rain shelter that way.

Yule doesn't know the first thing about being a weaver!

Yule also thinks that the grass is too wet to be of any use, at least as far as she can see.

>Ask outloud if Alan is around.
>Go "HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP"

Yule cries out into the mist, but only the whistling of the wind responds.

Yule stands still, out of ideas and very scared.

Yule 2012/09/01(Sat)03:09 No. 450290 ID: 067a04
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Yule hears a loud humming noise from behind her.

It is suddenly very bright.

>>450290

Hoshit, hit the deck!

>>450291
fff, do has anon say!

ARE THOSE CAR HEADLIGHTS

DODGE, LADY! GOSH!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE

Yule 2012/09/02(Sun)02:34 No. 450612 ID: 067a04
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>DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE

Yule throws herself over the edge, just as some massive thing rushes past! Yule manages to grab some of the long grass, but it's slippery and Yule thinks she might-!

Yule 2012/09/02(Sun)02:35 No. 450613 ID: 067a04
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Yule falls.

Yule 2012/09/02(Sun)02:36 No. 450615 ID: 067a04
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"Do you remember why you're here, Yule?"

mmh... talking short, you didn't want to die...
Probably didn't want to be lonely anymore, too...
But mostly the "don't get killed in bed", "don't fall to death", "don't get shot" and "dont fade"-stuff...

...really just trying to get away from all the danger and fear at home. But it doesn't seem any safer here. It's even still raining!

You grabbed someone's hand--they said you would be safe

Yule 2012/09/02(Sun)10:43 No. 450736 ID: 067a04
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>"I grabbed someone's hand... They said I would be safe."

"Alan. Yes, Mr. State told me. I've... Spoken to Alan. He's... Just, please don't talk to him again, Yule. You know how some of the others can be. Especially Alan."

>"I didn't want to be lonely anymore..."

"...I'm sorry, Yule. I know it's hard. Especially now. I know how you feel about the rain. I'm still trying to get you a room without a window, but... I'm sorry, Yule."

>"I didn't want to die."

"What made you feel like you were going to die, Yule?"

First it was the robbers. Strangers with guns. Then it was Alan telling me I was fading. Then it was the strange claw. That might have been a dream though.

...I don't know you. Who are you?

I know how the others are like? Which others?

Everyone was shouting and he said I was fading [really I think HE was fading...] but then everything got dark and then really bright. It was scary.

...vertigo?

Yule 2012/09/12(Wed)02:18 No. 453861 ID: 067a04
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>I know how the others are like? Which others?
>...I don't know you. Who are you?

"...ah. I... hm. Tell me, what can you remember?"

>Everyone was shouting and he said I was fading [really I think HE was fading...] but then everything got dark and then really bright. It was scary.

"Shh, shh... Don't worry, Yule. You're safe now. I... I've got to go, but one of State's will be watching the door, outside. I know how you like this room, Yule. You can stay here as long as you want."

He gets up, and walks to the door.

He stops.

"...Goodbye. I hope you'll be... Goodbye, Yule."

He leaves.

...

Yule doesn't understand.

You and me both, sister.

>Yule doesn't understand.
Nope!

Well, check that window in the wall behind you. Are we finally in a place where it isn't raining?

Also check if you can open the door. Time to go looking for some answers.

Yule 2012/09/24(Mon)14:50 No. 457591 ID: 067a04
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>Well, check that window in the wall behind you. Are we finally in a place where it isn't raining?

Yule discovers it's not a window at all! It's a painting.

It's These Oceans of Paradise, by Richard Season.

...

Yule isn't sure how she knows that.

Yule 2012/09/24(Mon)14:50 No. 457592 ID: 067a04
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>Also check if you can open the door. Time to go looking for some answers.

"Hello, Yule! Do you need anything?"

Make him explain.
If he asks what to explain, tell him "everything".

Just ask what time is it? And maybe what his name is?

Yule 2012/10/04(Thu)04:16 No. 460185 ID: 067a04
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>Make him explain.
>If he asks what to explain, tell him "everything".

"Ah. The doctor told me you might have-"

Yule notices his hesitation.

"Aren't you tired? You've had a hard day, I think! Wouldn't you like to rest in bed a while longer?"

No. Tell us what's going on.

Yule 2012/10/29(Mon)20:52 No. 467260 ID: 067a04
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>No. Tell me what's going on.

"Fine, fine. You're a very stubborn little girl, you know that?"

Yule does know that.

"So.. what exactly would you like to know?"

Why did I wake up on a giant pillar of grass in the rain and how do I not do that again?

Ask where you are. Ask who Alan is. Ask what he did to you.

>>467282
Also, where you were. And do not tolerate any misdirection. You are fed up with feeling helpless and confused.

I just noticed we're a lot smaller than before. Younger, maybe?

Yule 2012/12/04(Tue)10:54 No. 476493 ID: 067a04
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>I just noticed Yule is a lot smaller than before. Younger, maybe?

Yule feels normal.

>Ask who Alan is.

"Alan was - is - one of us. Funny how people change."

>Ask what he did to you.

"Alan... Alan offered you something. We're afraid you might have taken it."

>Ask where you are.

"Ah, that's simple enough! This place..."

Yule 2012/12/04(Tue)10:54 No. 476494 ID: 067a04
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"IS NOT YOUR PLACE!"

BITCH DON'T MAKE ME CHOKE YOU

Remain implacable. Reality itself has been breaking down around you today- you've already been chased into the rain, dropped into what seemed like another world twice, attacked by you don't know what. You're no going to be intimidated by someone just because they've got a monster face. You want answers. Get mad, and demand them.

>>476494
You don't know what he's bitching about. You didn't ask to come here--you don't even know how you got here. You'll be happy to leave once you know what the crap is going on. Demand a real answer.

aaaaaaaa run

Is this that grassy thing from earlier? It looks kind of like that grassy thing from earlier.

Anyway, punch it. Violence is always a good choice.

Yule 2012/12/17(Mon)11:57 No. 479466 ID: 067a04
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>aaaa run
>punch it. Violence is always a good choice.

Yule tries to move, then, as her senses catch up with her, she realizes she's hanging, helpless, from some vines! Yule thinks she can wriggle out of them, but it might take a bit.

>"I didn't ask to come here! I don't even know how I got here!"

"NOT YOUR PLACE! ALWAYS INTRUDE! IS WAY! INTRUDE ONCE, MISTAKE! GO! NOT COME BACK!"

>Demand a real answer.
>I want answers.

Yule tries to speak, but the thing is so loud she falters, and it just goes on and on.

"LEAVE! PAIN! SUFFERING ALWAYS! NO ESCAPE!"

>>479466
>GO
>NO ESCAPE

Well this thing sure seems contradictory. If it's not going to even let us talk, might as well just wait until it runs out of steam; it doesn't seem immediately inclined to do us harm, anyway.

If he calms down, try to have a more civil conversation; otherwise just wait for him to storm off and then wriggle free.

Untangle yourself. While doing that, look around for ways you can go.

So we're back in plant pillar land? Or we never left? Odd.

...can you do anything besides yell incoherently? This really isn't helping.