>>459481
Huh, I think there's still something odd about your eyes. Consider wearing the sunglasses next time you talk to someone.

Go somewhere very close by. You should avoid the hallway until you have protection. Is the science club nearby?

Find sheep. Lets see whats in the back of the pool where those guys came from?

>>459489
Let's not troll him too much.

Ask if he knows where to find a weapon, then go in the direction he indicates.

Pull out your MAP and see what rooms are nearby

Huh. Is there something going on with that guy's eyes? Maybe that's just me.

And sheeps are all demon mutant things. Figures. Spotter sounds like a general sheep designation. Might want to call him Pool Spotter, in case you get to meet more.

Anyway! You're in a pool area. Know any kind of weapons you could find in a pool area? I do.

Cleaning equipment! Like mops. Mops are great. There's range on them. Good for battering something at a distance. Like, something coming at you from above, from the roof of a hallway.

Usually not -too- sturdy, though, but hey, it could do for keeping lesser beasties away. Greater beasties you usually wanna run from anyway, get a door between you and it.

Search the pool area for a mop, or at least some kind of weapon.

1/2 Lonnie 2012/10/10(Wed)11:23 No. 461665 ID: fadcec
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>kiss him
Not a good idea. He looks agitated enough as-is. Unless he shows spontaneous trust and interest in me, I'm sticking to my 'leave him alone' plan.

>pool equipment
Agh, shit, I don't think he'll let me back in, now.

>call him pool spotter
I'm guessing Spotter is just his name. Freaky Trenchcoat wasn't using it like a title.

>what's wrong with your eyes
Bright eye colour, big eyeballs, dark eyebags. I suppose it's striking if I keep them somewhat lidded, but the wider they go, the more I look like a demented lemur. That makes people nervous.

That's not good for coaxing out sheep, obviously. Good thing I left my shades on my head!

2/2 (had to repost) Lonnie 2012/10/10(Wed)11:28 No. 461668 ID: fadcec
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>What rooms are nearby?

>MAP

The setup of the school is painfully simple, though tiresome to navigate.

The only probably locked anyway rooms close by is the Gymnasium and two clubrooms; the Art room and and an abandoned clubroom. It looked abandoned when I peeked, anyway. Lots of dust, no footprints.

In the central wing is the Student Council Room, central staircase, multiple classrooms, and an elevator. The Science room and the Nurse's Office are in the back hall of the central wing.

The east wing is really stupidly far away, and has the Cafeteria and Kitchen, Archery Club, Music Club, and second staircase from what I vaguely remember.

Most other classes and clubrooms are upstairs. There are three floors in this school.

I guess the west wing doesn't have a staircase because they put the swimming pool in.

[marker guide:
Green: current location
Red: homebase
Blue: safe space
Cyan: Medical assistance]

>>461668
Oh jeez, we're at a dead end? Book it!

Try for the Gym.

See if you can go in the gym. Even if no one is there you can probably find a weapon/lever of some kind in the equipment storage

there is no way you won't find anything weaponizable in a gym.

Head for the gym. If the door's locked, try doors until you hit an intersection or one's unlocked.

1/4 Lonnie 2012/10/14(Sun)11:57 No. 462827 ID: fadcec
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>enter gym, recieve weapons
It's locked. This comes as a surprise to no one.

It makes me wonder though, are the classrooms open? There was a lot of focus on getting out of the halls.

2/4 Lonnie 2012/10/14(Sun)11:57 No. 462828 ID: fadcec
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>check doors until something opens

Locked, locked, lo--YO.

3/4 Lonnie 2012/10/14(Sun)11:58 No. 462829 ID: fadcec
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"Oh, sorry...hey. You're that first-year, right? Are you adapting alright?"

It takes me a moment to recognize him; he's the knives kid from before. I don't see the crying or baseball kids anywhere.

"Uh, yeah. Monroy made me the treasurer. I was going to bring the pool sheep, but there's just some guy there. All I got out of it was a description of what sheep are."

"The pool sheep takes a while before it'll start stalking you, so..." Knives scratches behind his ear, deep in thought. "...Too early. It's going to be in a big room, though. The only open activity room is the cafeteria, but a lot of other hunters tend to collect there...And it's a fish, so it'll look kinda...aquatic."

"Er...So how do I get keys? Do I track down each individual teacher?"

4/4 Lonnie 2012/10/14(Sun)11:59 No. 462832 ID: fadcec
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"Hah, god no. If you want to hunt for sheep, you should probably look for the janitor. He'll never be in a locked room, and he gives out keys to students. You can ask him for a set for the activity rooms. There'll be students in some of them, though, so I wouldn't worry about tracking him. I'm guessing the guy you saw in the pool was one of them."

"The...Actually, I don't think he was even a student."

Knives looks clearly confused at this. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I mean, he didn't puke demon when Black Week started. That seems very...not-student-y."

"...Well if an outsider could be hiding out before Black Week even started, it's likely that either the gym teacher or the janitor is still on the first floor."

"Oh, good, I've been wanting to get into the gym. Thanks, erm..."

"Li Hyung. Second year."

"Thanks Li!"

Alright, now I have a firmer goal! And more notes! All I need is a general place to start.

Well, let's hunt for that janitor. Dedicated search time is go! Ignore anything else that isn't a threat until you find him. Open doors and run.

You might as well go looking for the janitor. You ain't gonna find anything with all the rooms locked up.

>>462832
That's weird. If he was an outsider, why did he know about Sheep? Let's label that guy as Suspicious. Ask everyone about him from here on.

I want to say... check doors on the way to the science room.

>>462873
He might have been a psychic, since he could see us. I still don't know why he's here though, he might be an investigative reporter looking for evidence or something.

But yeah, step one is go to the first floor.

Hmm, perhaps this explains why he was so nervous? Anyway, look for the janitor but be careful. You could still really use a weapon... Maybe ask Li if he could spare one? Or even if he wanted to join you? Never hurts to ask.

1/4 Lonnie 2012/10/17(Wed)02:22 No. 463968 ID: fadcec
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>he's totally suspicious

I dunno, he mostly looked kind of spooked. Like, more social anxiety than hiding something. But if you say so!

2/4 Lonnie 2012/10/17(Wed)02:22 No. 463969 ID: fadcec
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>Start checking those doors for the Janitor
Woo.

Looks like there isn't any janitor around here. Lots of students just kinda hanging out. I shoot out quick 'have you seen the janitor' to all of them, but I'm not getting much beyond a 'he's still on the first foor, maybe'. Wow. So helpful.

Most of them are pretty gung-ho about this. I have to admit, it's pretty comforting.

I'll hit the science lab on my way, so I might as well check in on the scie

Gross. Ask them, and I quote, "what the hell is going on here."

Holy shit.

Ask them WHAT.

what

Nah, this is pretty obvious.
A kid got a chunk taken out of his head by a demon and they're moving his body, because it's a health and safety hazard.
Introduce yourself and ask who they are and if they need any assistance. Then ask about the Janitor.
Also, it's not polite to stare, so do the polite thing and lower your shades.

"Newbie walking around without a sheep? As treasurer of the student council, I demand to be allowed to come with you and introduce him to the realities of this school. We really should tell the students to take Black Week seriously..."

1/2 Lonnie 2012/10/20(Sat)11:08 No. 464734 ID: fadcec
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>what

"WH"
"IS THAT A FUCKING HUMAN CORPSE??"
"YEAH, THAT?"

"I'm just as surprised. I never expected to see a second body as a student here."
"We found him by the basement, sir. Looks like the principal drew out Sentinel again."
"The school really is going to close down at this rate. Absolute reckless endangerment. Morgan, tell a teacher and find Isda before Niel does. Zeke, hand me my scalpel."

"The sound of 'fucking' makes me want to start with the reproduction organs, this time."

2/2 Lonnie 2012/10/20(Sat)11:08 No. 464735 ID: fadcec
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FUCK THIS I'M GONE

>>464735
Lonnie: conveniently run into the janitor now.

Note to self: NEVER GO NEAR THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AGAIN

if you leave the school with your demon around here, bad shit might happen. otherwise everybody would evacuate right after the exorcism.

>>464746
Man reading this just makes me think that they just get kill/dispose of anybody who tries to leave the school. That or if you leave the school the demons will just kill you in the open. There has to be something keeping the students here.

Just run to the 1st floor if you aren't already there. Reason number one is to put as much distance between you and the science department. The second reason is we still need those keys from the janitor.

East wing is next, I'm thinking.

1/2 Lonnie 2012/10/20(Sat)16:34 No. 464793 ID: fadcec
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>kill you if you leave the school
>science club terrible run
>everything is terrible

Wait slow down, I'm having a hard time parsing the situation as it is.

Well, the principal and the science club being a bunch of complete psychopaths is easy enough to understand, I guess.

Alright, let's do a chart. Charts are cool.

2/2 Lonnie 2012/10/20(Sat)16:35 No. 464796 ID: fadcec
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>Why can't anyone leave the school

...Can't they? I don't remember any issue with leaving the school. No warnings or anything. I can probably just go if I really wanted to. I just wanted to score some points with the students.

Actually, that brings up a second question. Why do all the students get to just...leave? There's ample warning Black Week is going to be a thing. Guessing from the way it was paced and everyone's reaction to it, the first years usually get a few days of school to be filled in. Maybe even an assembly.

But like, 80% of the student body is outside of the building anyway. Black Week started at least two hours after classes ended. Most people should be either in their dorms or in town.

Yeah, but no, I'm fucking leaving. Right now. I'll pin this garbage on a postboard as a warning for some poor first-year.

"Are you alright?"

>>464796
Jesus christ, MORE BLOOD. Ask this guy if demons bleed. While backing away.

no. the dead guy was too freaky. and the blood all over you is not helping.

>"Are you ok?"
"Only physically."

Creepy bloody guy with knife standing over you

back up back up back up

ANIMATED Lonnie 2012/10/21(Sun)16:59 No. 465033 ID: fadcec
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>BACK THE FUCK UP

"Oh, I'm fiWOAH."
"Don't worry! Most of it's mine and Grinder's!" The baseball kid pops up. There is some sort of toothy bug-lizard clinging to him. "We got into a little trouble, is all. We're just going to get patched up at the nurse's office."
"Is he...?"
"What, Jamie? Hell no, he's totally out of it. I kinda wanted to drop him off, too. He's probably gonna get himself killed just standing there staring off into space or like, crying a lot."

Oh, that's the crying kid, isn't it...?

"Uhm...Can't we leave?"
"Yeah, you can go to town and buy a book, something to eat, some weapons, call your mom. You won't be staying out there though. You can only leave in the morning, but you'll snap right back into the school. All the students not here? Gonna be in by tomorrow afternoon. Every single one."
"Well that answers a lot."
"Yeah. If you""'re not planning to do anything, we're about to head to the second floor. Major sheep potential. Wanna come? I got a knife if you don't want to just tail us."

Oh dammit, my head is pounding.

>Head for the east wing
>Follow them upstairs
>Forget Monroy, occupy yourself instead

Gratefully accept that knife, and the offer to go sheep-hunting. You're the treasurer, this is your job, and you don't seem like you're going to be able to run away from this so easily.

>>465035
This, but also ask if he has any painkillers or something, your head hurts a lot. If he's going to the nurse's office anyway, you might be able to pick some up there.

thank him and accompany him.

It looks like you were right about being able to leave kinda... since you're just gonna be teleported back to school in the end anyways. You might as well get a head start on that sheep hunting.

Follow along. We've been wandering without anyone at all to assist us before, completely vulnerable. This is a good opportunity to tool up by nabbing a fighty-sheep before we go looking for the janitor.

Also, that's some weirdness. The blood and his torn clothing is phasing in and out of existence... maybe you could ask about that?

>>465048
Yeah, when reality shifts like that, it typically means that the very fabric of the universe is becoming unstable, and that's the sort of thing you'd like to be privy to.

Ough. Knife against horrible things from beyond this reality? That's way too close combat for comfort. Still better than nothing, I guess, but man.

>>465106

Ask if the thing clinging to him is a sheep, or if it's part of the 'trouble' he ran into. It... would kind of make sense if it's a sheep? I mean, if they sometimes lash out at, but still protect students, that would explain why the casualty rate is so high, but mortality relatively low.

'Major Sheep Potential' probably means major trouble potential as well. You'd probably be better off just exploring the current level for now, by heading to the east wing and checking doors as you go, as you did earlier. Pick up sheep stragglers, get familiarized, see what people are around, find the janitor or the gym teacher and ask for keys, those sort of things.

Also, general hypothesis: Some students get -really- traumatized, desensitized or changed by Black Week, and those who are here for longer, like, say, the teachers, nurse and janitor, are either liable to be nutjobs or special, special people in some ways. Or both.

Seriously, that Science Club dude, being all 'welp, we got us a corpse-- again -- time to get dissecting' in deadpan monotone? I figure he's either so jaded he's effectively crazy from a 'normal' standpoint, or there's something gone wrong with him.