>>684824
Just sit it out, don't make noise.

You aren't in your own house or apartment, don't answer the door to anyone that doesn't already live there. If you must, quietly take a look through the peephole, but don't let the person on the other side know anyone is around. I wouldn't even bother looking, though, it doesn't matter who or what it is, unless they live there or have their own key to the place, then you shouldn't let them in.

Also heads up there's a /dis/ thread now http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/96122.html

Mike 2015/11/20(Fri)04:21 No. 684996 ID: 4d7486
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>>684831

Not so much a peephole as a giant window over the top of it.

>>684836

I probably shouldn't leave somebody locked on the stoop...

>>684842

I have the suspicion that Brandon has talked to him already. I can see a guy I don't recognize, but he definitely looks like he's here on purpose.

>>684868
>>684873
>>684877

Maybe I should confirm that's who it is?

>>684888
>>684889
>>684905

Maybe I should just wait it out...?

"Oh my god I know you're in there! Open the fucking door!"

More banging

"Brandon is seriously going to be pissed if he finds out you left me locked on the porch!"

More banging

>Brandon is seriously going to be pissed
Nah, he'd understand.

Ignore him. Is there anywhere to hide in Roxy's room if this goes bell-end? I doubt he'd be willing to move her shit around.

Well now it's too late. Better open that door. Just present yourself as frightened and worried, apologize for taking so long to open the door and let them say what they want to say. Hope for the best.

open the door for him and talk.

~Would~ Brandon be pissed? Moreover, confirm whoever it is that knows where Brandon lives, and if it's Nathan, ponder briefly if Brandon would just tell Nathan "Hey my boyfriend that disappeared 6 months ago is back and crashing at my apartment you should totally go over there"

Nah, I don't think you've had a day of peace yet to deal with some jealous boyfriend. If there is a way to get in touch with Brandon, call him and ask about Bangy McAngerface at the door.

>>684996
We haven't been properly introduced, and it would be rude of me to let someone in Brandon's home without knowing who they are or confirming it with him.
If you DON'T have your own copy of the key, that means I cannot allow in his home without his consent, nor may I answer the door formally for any salesmen, enemies, or friends.

House guest rules. Sorry guy. I'm a stickler for them.

Just text Brandon and ask him. Seriously, this isn't that hard. And tell Poundy Dude to hold on a second, geez.

>>685016
this, yeah.
"dude would you let some stranger banging and hollering into a friend's house? I don't even know who you are! just give me a bit to call brandon and confirm, alright?"

>call brandon and confirm

Mike 2015/11/21(Sat)04:14 No. 685107 ID: 4d7486
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>>685005
>>685031
>>685033

I give Brandon a call. It's super noisy, so he must be at the bar working.

"Hey Brandon, did you talk to Nathan? I think this is him outside banging on the door yelling to come in."

Brandon shouts back into the phone over the crowd "Dammit! I expressly told him not to do that! But I'm not surprised he did"

Meanwhile, I can faintly hear another voice

"Whadda fuck is going on in here?"

Nathan turns away from the door

"Brandon? What the fuck are you doing home?"

I think he's about to leave...

GET HIM INSIDE NOW AND TELL HIM ITS A TRAP. that thing is not Brandon,run to the door and drag the guy in while warning him Brandon is at work we just talked to him on the phone. slam the door shut, lock it and get knives from the kitchen!

TO HESITATE IS TO WATCH THAT MAN DIE!

Open the door and pull him inside, give him the phone, closing the door behind him. Say it's Brandon.

Get him inside.

What if this is a two-man con? If one or BOTH of them are from the forest they could easily trick you into letting one of you in. Among other things.

Example 1: The guy at the door is the enemy, Brandon is using the cell phone, and the guy who just drove up is Nathan.
Example 2: The guy at the door is the enemy, Brandon is using the cell phone, and the guy who just drove up is the enemy.

You can't trust them, you don't know enough about the situation to make a good estimate.

Get a weapon and unlock the door. Ask Brandon where he keeps his guns.

What should we call the enemies from your camping trip?

Shout "That's not Brandon! I called him, he's still at work!"

Continue not opening the door. You've been outside with no secure perimeter for six months, are you really ready to jump back in after less than a day?

Whoever or whatever is impersonating Brandon out there, you can spoil their A-plan without even needing to know what it is, at little or no risk to yourself. Stay safe, stay alert, see how the situation develops.

If you seriously want to risk your own life to save the romantic rival you've never met from nameless horrors of the outer darkness, well, a hero's gotta do what a hero's gotta do. At least grab a knife or a fire extinguisher or a bottle of something unpleasant from under the sink before charging into the fray.

Yo, Brandon, you got a twin brother? Nathan's reacting to another Brandon outside the door.

1/2 Mike 2015/11/21(Sat)10:34 No. 685145 ID: 4d7486
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I fling the door open and grab the collar of his jacket, dragging him in. Instantly I hear heavy, pounding footfalls and a deep, gutteral bark.

"Goddamit Roxy I'm fucking kicking your ass until you settle the fuck down."

2/2 Mike 2015/11/21(Sat)10:35 No. 685146 ID: 4d7486
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I slam the door shut and Nathan, off balance, slides down onto his knees as I click the deadbolt and press my back against the door.

It shakes when something slams into it.

"Mark, I am so sorry." whatever-it-is whines outside the door.

Before Nathan has a chance to react, I slam the cellphone against his head and babble

"I'm on the fuckingphone with Brandon! I'm on the fuckingphone with Brandon!"

His expression flashes through anger, confusion, and finally settles on confused, angry terror.

I can hear Brandon's voice on the phone asking what the hell is going on.

Nathan echoes the sentiment.

This is absolutely nothing like anything I encountered in the woods. I have no idea what the fuck is going on.

"Brandon, I just got Nathan in the house and now there's some big, pissed off monster trying to get through the door. I'm gonna need to call the cops or something."

"Freaking huge monster outside your home Brandon!"
I think should suffice...But how does it know about last night's conversation? Is Roxy like...A...Werewolf or something crazy?

The entity is obviously mimicking what Brandon said last night. Looks like something from the woods followed you home, possibly on foot.

The real question is, HOW did they figure out what Brandon said? You were in a closed room. Was the entity stalking you, or did it read your mind?

Mike, ask Brandon where Roxy keeps her weapons. Nathan, bar all doors and windows with stuff.

big scary mother fucker outside the house that was pretending to be you.

Tell Brandon that Nathan saw something that apparently looked like him, and you acted quickly to pull him inside before something bad happened, introduce yourself to Nathan, tell Brandon and Nathan you have no idea what that is but that it seems to be repeating sentences other people have said. Not in any particular order.

Also, don't call the cops, I don't think the cops will be able to help with this.

>>685150
maybe take a look at the window in the almost-rape update and you will find a land of magical adventure

>>685146
Just lie and say that this is what you encountered while missing for six months. This thing disguised as my Dad and tried to kill me several times. Because of the encounter, you can see its true form. Say it's come back to finish the job!

I KNOW you'll sound crazy, but with Brandon on the line, they BOTH might believe you, which means you can pin everything on this bastard from their perspective, at least until later Hopefully it will reveal it's true form to them in time.

Freak out and make out with Nathan!

Ask them to call Roxy and tell her what's going on, she needs to know. Keep your back to the door as if your small, weak frame will somehow help stop the monster from breaking in.

Whisper to Nathen "Nathan, what did you see walking towards us. I saw a abomination that looks like it followed me from my camping trip from the woods." After he responds try and get knives and tell Brandon over the phone there is some creature pretending to be him and to NOT come back tell you give him the all clear. He should call Roxy and give her the same warning, it looks like it could belong in the same family of the thing you saw killing you dad in the woods.


you can see the thing watching them >>684127
its in left bottom side of the window, just above Roxy's foot.Its not Roxy, but its taking / mimicking her form somewhat.

Mike 2015/11/21(Sat)16:03 No. 685200 ID: 4d7486
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Nathan calls Roxy and I take Brandon back.

I didn't actually get a good look at what it was. I just saw something big flash past the window in the dark.

"There is SOMETHING outside. I saw a dark shape but I couldn't see anything specific. It was imitating your voice from last night with your fight with Roxy. I think it was watching us then and trying to get Nathan to go off with it."

I consider our options.

"Is Roxy a werewolf?"

"no."

"Where does Roxy keep her weapons?"

It's a lot quieter on the other end. I guess he went on break or something?

"Weapons?"

"Yeah, like, where are your guns or whatever?"

"Roxy is a felon. She can't be around guns. I uh, don't have any weapons?"

There's a pause.

"Kitchen! The kitchen has glass doors to the back porch! Make sure they're locked. Knives in the kitchen! Bathroom is probably the safest."

"Don't come over!" I say. "Stay at work and call me before you come home."

He asks if Nathan is Ok and I look at him talking to Roxy. He's at least as OK as I am.

Nathan says that Roxy was really drunk and he convinced her not to come over. That's good at least.

I hang up with Brandon and ask Nathan what he saw.

He says that he heard Brandon's voice, but the side of the house was blocking his view of whatever it was, and he just caught a glimse of something large and not-Brandon-shaped he was pulled inside the house.

I wonder if I should turn on lights. It's really dark in here. I also wonder what exactly our plan of action is.

lock all doors and windows, stay together incase it does get inside so it can't trick either of you by pretending to be the other Then lock yourself in the bathroom with a phone charger so you don't have to worry about it dying and turn on all the bathroom lights. Bring the knives and sleep in shifts if you have to.

You are dealing with a fairly intelligent enemy who has high-profile detection problems and an array of abilities/weapons. You need to build a defense.

Barricade each room with whatever you can find. Take the knives and place them in each room where you can easily find and pick them up for throwing. Hold two knives in your hands and be ready to throw. Back-to-back with Nathan, be on the lookout for about an hour. Then come up with a long-term strategy.

Meanwhile, Brandon and Roxy should call the police, tell them about the stalker with claw weapons that followed Mike home. The password is "Laser Gummi Chocolate" but warn the police that you will be on edge.

First go to the back and lock that glass door, then grab knives as it might try to walk though it. Then check where it is, it might give up and walk off. After locking windows talk Nathen to the bathroom and explain what you saw. Ask him what relations he has with Brandon and Roxy.

>>685200
>I wonder if I should turn on lights. It's really dark in here.
No no no no no
Turning on the lights will make it REALLY easy to see in the house from the outside, and at the same time makes it hard to see very far outside. This is the last thing we want when there's a giant whateverthefuck lurking around, much less one that's crafty enough to try deceiving through mimicry.

Go make sure the kitchen glass doors are locked and acquire a knife and, possibly scour the area for a broom and maybe some duct tape in the drawers if you have time, then reconvene with Nathan. If you are able to procure duct tape and broom, tape knife to end of broom handle. After all, if the thing does decide to break in, I don't think a knife is going to stop it from dismembering you after you flimsily stick it once; distance is better. If the monster starts trying to break through, relocate to the bathroom and brace against it as much as possible. If not, watch and wait to see what the sinister outsider mimicbeast does. Maybe ask Nathan what he's doing here, even if you probably already know he's probably just there to be a jealous boyfriend.

Agree with the broomspear idea. Any kind of aerosol spray cleanser or a fire extinguisher would also be good to grab for long-range blinding purposes. Lock back door first, though.

This isn't the time to ask Nathan questions, this is the time to survive!

It's safe to assume the back door is locked. Even if it is, I am sure the monster has a way to uh, unlock it. I doubt there is a weapon of any sort in the place that could harm this monster. There is only one good strategy here.

Hide in Roxy's room with the door closed, maybe try the closet in her room. I'm sure that, even if the monster got inside, it would be repulsed by the mess and leave.

Check the perimeter, make sure everything is closed, locked, deadbolter, but without proper carpentry tools barricading is likely a waste of effort.

Hairspray flamethrower is worth considering as a weapon option. Does the kitchen have bleach? Caustic alkali based drain cleaner? Figure out some way to throw those in the thing's face.

Knives are probably the simplest, improvised spear... maybe not so great in a tight space.

You could put one of those cans of ravioli inside a sock, use it as a club. Less lethal than a blade but more distracting and harder to screw up.

Whatever immediate survival plan you settle on, equip phone in your off-hand with camera mode ready to go. This is all going to melt into a terrifying blur tomorrow, so let the machine remember on your behalf.

Use phone to record what's happening. Make some kind of hourly log on whats happening.
How good would you say you are at un-armed combat? Do you have sharp claws you could use to defend your self in case you can't find some kind of weapon?

1/2 Mike 2015/11/26(Thu)06:00 No. 685790 ID: 4d7486
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This thing is fast. We only have moments to act.

We dash into the kitchen and I grab the knives I can easily see while Nathan slams the deadbold on the door. I don't actually think any of the windows open. They all look like they're painted shut, so I don't worry about that.

We run, tripping and stumbling over each other, leaving the lights off and dashing into the bathroom.

2/2 Mike 2015/11/26(Thu)06:01 No. 685791 ID: 4d7486
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We lock the door to the hall and the door to Roxy's room. Nathan grabs a can of hairspray and a lighter and we huddle in the tub.

I have a knife and my phone. At the very least, I can get a picture of it.

We huddle in the tub. I don't think our chances of fighting it off are very good, to be honest.

We can only hear each other breathing until the near-silence is destroyed by shattering glass and splintering wood. It sounds like the back door. It sure didn't wait very long.

We can hear something walking slowly into the house. Heavy footsteps on tile. Heavy breathing...

There's something we're missing. Why didn't it just break out the window over the door when we were sitting right underneath it?

My ability to reason is interrupted by the gurgling half-speech of my father, before I abandoned him- "mighkh, Mighkh, khelp mhee...."

It's getting closer...

Possible reasons why it can't break windows:

1) Cannot attack any reflecting surface - something to do with its mimicry
2) Fear of pain
3) Good at mimicry, bad at tactical sense

Just get ready to throw the knives; the enemy probably does not know how to communicate, but does know how to attack you psychologically. Much like how pet owners know how to push their pets' buttons but have no clue of what their pets are really thinking.

Why haven't we called the police yet? Too late now, your voice will attract it, but still.

maybe it broke the door because it's not actually intelligent, just very very clever. So while it can come up with a 101 ways to try and trick you it's still just an animal. Oh and turn you're phone on silent just incase someone calls you. It would suck to have that thing burst through a wall or something because a telemarketer wanted to know if you'd like to change your cell phone provider or something like that.

Could be it can't climb very well. Window in the door is pretty high off the ground, no good footholds. Might also explain why it didn't go through any of the larger windows.

If it's also got audio samples from the campsite, this thing has either been following you (cross-country, at highway speeds), or can read minds well enough to extract traumatic memories.

You could mute your phone, call the police and then just leave it hanging.

Last I checked, they have to check on calls like that.

>>685791
Probably can't deal with reflective surfaces. Can you remove any of the mirrors in the bathroom? You could use them as barriers or shields.

Rip those reflective looking doors off that cabinet and use them as shields.

"mighkh, Mighkh, khelp mhee"

that thing did come from the woods, or was watching you when your dad died.

plan of attack, if it gets spray it in the face with the flame thrower. Then it will flail wildly, go in low and stab it in the knee/ cut its tendon in one of its legs. Jump back and give it another spray and try and get past it as it backs up from the fire. Run or go for a follow up stab in its back if you get out of the room.

Call the po-po
after the first couple batches get killed maybe they'll send in some pros

Cuddle up to Nathan, with your head against his. It's cold, dark and scary. You need the comforting touch of another person.

When you were in the woods being pursued by whatever, did you have periods where you had to hide from it? If so, what were your methods? Was it complete silence, or distraction? You might want to close the curtain quietly if it was silence and not being seen. If Brandon came over here in a car, and has the ability to do so, get him to press the panic button for his car, it should be loud enough to distract, hopefully, and possibly lure it away.

It looks nothing like what you encountered in the forest, so maybe it has some degree of psychic channel that is picking up frequencies of memories and mimicking them to draw victims in. The odds that this is ~related~ to your camping incident are highly likely, however.

It's psychic, it knows your brain. It's specifically trying to get into YOUR head. It didn't break through the front door because you didn't think about the fact that it could.
It can't be the reflective surfaces thing, it broke in through the GLASS back door.

>>685985
Ooh, that opens the possibility of Krell Machine hijinx!

Mike, concentrate on this. What I am about to describe is the most horrifying possibility, and therefore inevitable. Believe in it. The monster is going to kick a hole in the bathroom door, stick it's muzzle through just as Jack Nicholson did in The Shining, and shout "who's the birthday boy?" like the world's worst rent-a-clown trying to get a party started. Then, it is going to turn around, go back to the kitchen, and ransack the cabinets for material with which to bake a birthday cake.

Mike 2015/12/22(Tue)05:40 No. 689896 ID: 9bffc6
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I unscrewed the mirror doors off of the cabinets and I'm suddenly much less sure that calling the police is a good idea. There are a bunch of unlabeled pill bottles and rolls of cash shoved next to the normal sort of things you'd expect to be in a medicine cabinet.

The door rattles on its hinges.

"mighkh, Mighkh, khelp mhee"

I hear claws scraping down the wood.

>>686446

I concentrate on a particularly ridiculous scenario to see if the monster was listening to me back then or if it's taking thoughts out of my mind.

The door rattles on its hinges. I hear Nathan squeak.

"... Mike..."

The door shakes again and I hear the wood begin to split.

Down an entire bottle of pills all at once before the door opens.. then prepare for combat.

Pray Roxy returns to save the day.

well this is going to suck. Hold mirror up at the door and wait for it to brake through, once it does the only advice I actually have is if it keeps coming towards the two of you is to rush it, slam the mirror into it's face and hope you can stab something important like the throat or heart.

Get ready to show this thing just how ugly it is.

>>689896
Get ready to shove the mirror in its face, then stab it.

Mike 2015/12/23(Wed)04:17 No. 690043 ID: 34389b
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>>689897
Fuck you, buddy.

>>689909
>>689914
>>689947

We ready our mirrors as the upper part of the door shatters, the thing snarling from the darkness of the hallway.

I can't tell which of us is screaming as the gout of flame fills the room.

The creature recoils with a piercing shriek, and we hear it rapidly retreating down the hallway toward the door.

Small tongues of flame lick across the shattered wood.

>>690043
golly, it worked!

time to get futuristic reflective clothing!

>>690046
I think its more afraid of fire then mirrors, but most beasts are.

Make sure that the door does not catch fire and see if you can't get it out of the house with fire (while not setting the house on fire).

might want to invest in fire creating and holding tools like primitive torches and or flamethrowers (torches are less likely to take the house down).

The upper part of the door doesn't look shattered to me. I think your perceptions are being played with here. Did it really enter the room and then run away? Is it trying to lure you out with this illusion?

>>690043
Huh... there's two doors in the bathroom? The mirrors are reflecting the busted door. The other one (to the right) is a closet, I'm guessing.

Where did the flame come from, the creature? Or did a fucking willowisp just show up out of nowhere when it broke through? This stillframe is confusing. Oh well, I'll account for both events. If it was just the creature breathing fire or exploding into flame, put out the fire. You've got a sink right there.
If somehow a living ball of flame is now in the way, try uh... saying hi? Maybe ask it to move out of the way so you can put out the door.

After the fire's dealt with you should follow the creature, mirrors at the ready. Make sure it has left your home. Then get someone on the phone again and tell them what just happened.

>>690085
one of them made a flamer from hairspray and a lighter

>>690085
>two doors in the bathroom
One to Roxy's room, one to Brandon's

>Where did the flame come from
>Nathan grabs a can of hairspray and a lighter and we huddle in the tub.
So, hairspray flamethrower.

Move up to the door to see what it's doing. See how far it ran off, and if you need to fall back. Keep Nathan at your side, we don't want you two to end up on opposing sides of the monster.
Did you manage to get that pic with your phone or did you settle for the master sword/mirror shield combo?

Oh okay it was a hairspray flamethrower. Then the question is, was it the fire or the mirrors that drove it off? Maybe both.

Several things to deal with here: You have little bits of fire to put out that you can worry about in a second, but for now pursue the ~whatever~ and do another flameburst at it and also turn on all the lights you are near because it might just be light itself keeping it away. Even if it isn't, it can't hurt because obviously turning off the lights and being quiet didn't keep it from finding you. If you manage to chase the thing out, close the door and turn on all the lights and put out any fires however you can.

Turn on cold water in the bathroom sink, put a towel in the sink, smack any unattended flames with wet towel until they calm down and stop trying to eat the building. Maintain defensive posture.

Mike 2015/12/28(Mon)04:29 No. 690702 ID: 34389b
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>>690046
>>690051
>>690110
Whether it was the fire or the mirrors, I'm happy to see it running off screaming. The flamethrower honestly was not very effective at setting the house on fire. Just a couple of little tongues of flame on the door that look like they'll go out on their own.

>>690085
>>690077
>>690088
The door to the hall was in front of us, where the thing came from. The door to the side goes into Roxy's room.

>>690088
>>690106
Despite every single instinct telling me to do the absolute opposite, I grab Nathan by the shoulder and we run out into the hall. Nathan needs both hands to man what seems to be the only effective weapon we have, so I let go of him and the knife and grab my phone and the other mirror.

The thing is insanely fast, and we hear a high pitched groan coming from up ahead. I put my thumb on the camera button and we charge in.

We flick the lights on as fast as we can as we run into the kitchen and the thing lets out a horrifying shriek as the flash on my camera goes off.

We see it for less than a second as it dashes through the shattered door into the darkness, billowing thick, acrid smoke that makes us both gag. It smells like burning garbage and rotten meat.

The back door is completely destroyed, so there's no way to close it, and I can't hear or see anything in the blackness outside.

Adrenaline burns through my veins and my heart is pounding in my chest.

>>690702
You know what I realized would have been better than a picture?
Video.
You probably got some blurry ass mess like all bigfoot photos. At least video would have shown the animalistic blur destroying the house, capturing the audio, AND have electronic information indicating that it would have been impossible to CGI up at this level AND replicate the house damage from the video in the amount of time it would take from now to when you report this to the police.

Hindsight is 20/20, and I wasn't even here to suggest video anyway so...

Well fuck, now we bail and go to the police (after hiding the drugs and money, which I assume must be Roxy's). There's enough evidence to at least convince them a psycho on PCP attacked your house.

1. Get a sample of the mimic
2. Grab Roxy's money, leave her drugs in the open for the mimic to find and consume
3. Go to the police
4. Get guns and incendiary weapons, mirrors on sticks, and more flashlights than Alan Wake.

Ok so look at Nathan and get your stories stright, then call the cops and say it was a home invasion

>>690702
Alright call Brandon again, tell him that you chased off the monster but the back door's broken. Ask where else you can go, because you sure as hell don't want to stay here now.

Take the cash, find somewhere safe. Call the cops in the morning. Hopefully you both can calm down enough to think/talk about this.

no no no don't get the police involved DON'T call the police DON'T fuck with any of the pill bottles, DO call Brandon and update him and tell him to ALSO NOT TO CALL THE COPS and if/when he comes back to the apartment to surround himself in light as much as possible also maybe send some pictures to him of the wreckage, clean up what you can, maybe send him a picture of the beast itself if it actually appears on the camera. ALSO you should probably get Nathan to call Roxy because there is a high chance she didn't listen/care about his warning and is on her way or already here, let her know safety precautions fill her soul with light etc.

I don't think the police will help much with this and you will probably get in trouble for being two people who don't live at this apartment that is now sort of trashed.

Hold out, keep the lights on, keep the camera and baby flamethrower ready, and DON'T take the fucking cash that doesn't belong to you.

Call Roxy and tell them what happened, turn on all of the lights in the house and hide in Roxy's room. Ask her to come back home now the monster is gone.

Also cuddle Nathan and tell him about how scared you were, and that you thought you was going to die. Ask him to call Brandon whilst you call Roxy.

Upload the picture of the monster to the interwebs, on a chan or something, and ask about the beast. See if anyone might know what it is.

Mike 2015/12/29(Tue)04:52 No. 690800 ID: 34389b
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>>690706
Ok ok ok hide the drugs go to the police!

>>690723
Weapons, weapons! Steal Roxy's money and get weapons.

>>690736
Steal money now, cops later!

I take a deep breath as the waves of panic wash over me.

"Nathan we need to get our stories straight!" I shout.

Nathan shouts back at me. Just a wordless yawp.

>>690735
>>690741
I realize that before I make any drastic, possibly life-altering decisions involving police, I should probably at least consult one of the people who lives there.

Nathan and I spend a second hyperventilating before we sit down in the dining area to make phone calls. We both feel much more calm seeing as how no monster has come charging through the open doorway yet. It looks like maybe the thing doesn't like light.

First, I consider a change of venue.

"Nathan, should we get out of here?" I ask.

"I rode the fucking bus here. Feel free to go outside in the pitch fucking black, but I'm staying right here."

Well, ok then.

I inform Nathan that he is on Roxy duty, though.

As I take out my phone, I look at my picture. My shot of the thing is also pretty clear other than the obscuring smoke. I mean, you can't tell what it looks like really, other than a big guy who is trailing a huge plume of black smoke.

I dial Brandon on speaker while Nathan screams into his phone at Roxy. I fill Brandon in in the most general way, and inform him that we think light and maybe mirrors, but probably light and fire, are sources of extreme discomfort for the thing we encountered.

I ask if we should call the police.

Brandon sounds extremely pissed. "No, Mike, fucking shit! Do not call the police! I know you're not thinking clearly, but if it's some supernatural monster then what goddamn good are the police going to be anyway? They aren't gonna fix the fucking door, and I would bet money they'd arrest you and Nathan for trespassing before they so much as looked at your monster picture, assuming they don't turn the place over and arrest all of us for Roxy's 'medication.'"

I can hear the dull roar of bar patrons behind Brandon, and he calms down, telling me he's glad that Nathan and I are safe, and he doesn't care about anything else. He sounds choked up. I tell him everything seems fine now when he asks if he needs to come home, and he says he'll be back in a few hours, then.

It looks like Nathan is finishing up with Roxy.

We sit and look at one another awkwardly across the kitchen table. Nathan certainly doesn't look pissed anymore. I wonder if I should say anything to him.

first off you need to get that broken door closed up so it cant walz back in. get something to move in front of it, make improv weapons that don't rely on giving it a kiss to hit it (like spears, which is a knife heavily taped to then end of a boom stick). Ask Nathan if he has any self defence training or scout traning for things like traps, you don't want to go hand to hand but it will try to break your weapons and get in close to cut you up. trying to cripple it might be the best bet with traps.

Say something like "Hey Nate, so something like that was why I was missing for the last six months. If it wasn't so clear. Killed my dad. Shit sucks. Nice meeting you. What did you come here to talk about, now?"

>"No, Mike, fucking shit! Do not call the police! I know you're not thinking clearly, but if it's some supernatural monster then what goddamn good are the police going to be anyway? They aren't gonna fix the fucking door, and I would bet money they'd arrest you and Nathan for trespassing before they so much as looked at your monster picture, assuming they don't turn the place over and arrest all of us for Roxy's 'medication.'"

Well first off, to be arrested for Trespassing, either Brandon or Roxy would need to press charges against us. Second, the arrest charges for the drugs will be very complicated and probably not be put on Nathan or Mike since they are neither the renters or the homeowners or whatever, and if Roxy has a good hiding place in an undamaged room, they might need a warrant to tear the place up to even find it, and why would they want a warrant if they're here about an animal? Whatever, Roxy will get here soon and she can hide the damn things herself.

In regards the usefulness of the police, they have guns, so someone is defending us. And if it kills the police, then a beast hunt ensues where the city and/or state will put in a bunch of money to kill the damn thing, maybe even sending in the national guard which may even come in with a tank.

Honestly, it'd be a good thing if police got killed by the beast and there's proof of it. It escalates the situation dramatically and becomes the state's problem more than ours, and also makes shit a lot easier on us explaining to the police what the fuck was up with the last six months.

Lastly, if we are arrested for some reason, we ALL can stay alive and safe in prison. Three square meals a day.

>>690800

Strikes me that Nathan is likely the one guy in the world right now who's going to believe your story about what went on in the forest.

Maybe open up about that.

Y'know, getting arrested might not be so bad. It would give you an excuse to be inside the police station where we would be surrounded by strong trained armed individuals. Only problem is that if a monster did manage to break in, you'd be trapped in a cell until someone let you out. It would at least be a good idea to start hanging out in or around the station, police protection is easily worth possible loitering fines.

Shove all these thoughts about getting arrested on purpose and thinking cops will respond to this situation in a completely rational and reasonable way or even worse -using them as bait for proof and just getting them killed- and start instead thinking about the creature itself; talk to Nathan and get introduced to each other properly. You probably still don't feel like talking about the forest, and this beast didn't have anything to do with the forest. Ask Nathan if he knows if there's been any destruction of property + missing people around here lately. If nothing else, you can just ask Nathan what he does to pass time with conversation; meanwhile see if you can't search on the internet for paranormal monster things that might fit the description of what you encountered: mimics what it hears from other people to lure them in closer, big, likes the dark, not so much the light. Hope idle conversation doesn't drift into asking about where you've been for 6 months but prepare for that question to come up and wait until Brandon and/or Roxy get there. Ask one of them to slap you so you maintain some sense and stop having stupid thoughts about wanting to get arrested.

Is there anything you can use to barricade the house? Preferably something with spikes and mirrors and little flammable sticks.

Other than that, you need an escape route in the morning.

Look if you call the police not only is there a risk that the police will find all of Roxy's stuff, but that Roxy will come down on you. In a bad way.

Cuddle Nathan and pat his back. Reassure him that everything will be okay.

Upload the monster to the interwebs and ask them about it.

>>690840
>pic related followed me out of spooky woods
>managed to scare it off with fire
>police will never believe me
>what do?

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>>690808
>>690803

Roxy will probably do a way better job of hiding her shit than I will before we get an officer to at least take down an incident report or something.

From what I remember of Brandon's stories about his misspent youth, though, the jail isn't really somewhere that I'd like to be, like, ever. It's not exactly "clean" and is exactly "full of criminals all crammed into one tiny room with a toilet that doesn't work."

>>690846
>>690840
>>690835

I upload the picture to the Oriental cartoon enthusiast forum I was looking at earlier with a sort of short description and ask if anybody knows anything. I'll have to check it later to see if there's any useful info.

>>690801
>>690836

We decide to take the door off the laundry room and replace the back door so there isn't just a gaping hole into the outside world. It's sort of the best thing to use as a barricade that either of us can think of anyway. Furniture won't really fit into the kitchen space to even prop it up against the door-hole.

Nathan knows where a screwdriver is, which is pretty much all we need.

>>690835
>>690803
>>690805

While we clean up and work, we talk. I talk a little about how Brandon wasn't lying about me being lost in the woods until now, but that I thought it was all over at this point. I tell him that weird stuff happened, but I never encountered the thing we just chased off, and I don't really know what it is.

Nathan takes off his heavy winter stuff for the first time, and helps me out with the door, not really saying much.

I ask him if he knows anything, or if there have been like, a lot of break-ins and missing persons reports or anything.

Nathan says that honestly this is a pretty shitty neighborhood, so that kind of thing happens. He thought it was weird that all the streetlights were blown out instead of just most of them, though.

We sort of talk about this and that. Nathan does warn me that he thinks I'm ok, but I'd better not make any moves on brandon, which was obviously the reason he came over in the first place. We work and talk for a good long while, and as we're finishing up, we hear a car pull up and somebody fumble for keys before managing to unlock the door and stagger in.

The door slams behind her.

I smell blood and sweat before I see Roxy staggering over to us.

"Hey Mike. There was a fuckin'" she blinks slowly. "Mike, there was like, a fat, old Mike zombie laying on the road like, four blocks up."

I turn slowly toward her, a chill running up my spine.

"He was all, layin in the road like 'ugh help me' and his voice was all gurgly like he was all fucked up, you know?"

She wipes the blood off her nose with the blood on her hand. it doesn't help.

"He rolled off my windsheild like a CHAMP" she pumps her fist, grinning widely, then turns serious again.

"Weird, though, there wasn't any blood on my car." she shrugs. "What're you two love turds up to? Nathan, are you cucking Brandon or something? Don't cuck Brandon, Nathan."

Nathan crosses his arms firmly across his chest and doesn't say anything.

Roxy why are you bleeding then? did the windsheild get smashed in? uh also what did this mike zombie thing look like before you hit it?

Nathan don't worry about me making moves, I've kind of got a potentially supernatural creature stalking me. any conversations about getting back to any normality can wait tell that thing is dead.

Now this thing does not appear to bleed but feels pain / fears for its being, not sure how it ticks then. At least you can keep it back by hurting it with fire, unsure about how effective mirrors are. Fire seems to be the best way to keep it away, also really good to get your self burned to death in a house too.

as for cops, they should be able to help. after Roxy hides her stuff might want to try and give them a call, tell them something broke into your house and you had to spray it with fire to get it back out. Or we just say someone tried a break and enter and leave out any hint that something abnormal is going on (in cause they don't believe it).

back to the thing, it keeps trying to lay traps playing on the "help me im hurt" or pretending to be some one else. that could mean its done this kind of thing before to other people (indicating other victims) with success.

>>690864
"Roxy, what is WRONG with you. This is the first thing you think to talk about after hearing a windigo burst into your house after stalking me from all the way into the forest and RUNNING IT OVER... wait, old zombie Mike? OH MY GOD THE WINDIGO IS MY DAD. YOU RAN OVER MY CANNIBALISTIC WEREWOLF DAD."

Nathan clearly isn't thinking about the possibility of polygamy.
There's nothing wrong with it, really. It's outside the bounds of normality, and it's weird and complex and tough to handle, but it can work. You and Nathan might even spark something but I don't want to give Roxy the pleasure of that thought.

I also think Roxy may be on cocaine, judging from her attitude and bloody nose.

...ask why she's bleeding and maybe check on her car to see who bad it's banged up. Don't leave the house but if you can see it from a window using a flashlight (if you have one laying around here) see if her story checks out... Oh and ask if whatever she hit was on fire or looked burned.

You should run some experiments. If the entity can overload gadgets, this may turn out to be ten times harder.

Purchase a Thermometer, a Voltmeter, a Geiger Counter, an Airmeter - you know what. just buy the most expensive multi-purpose weather analysis tool you can find.

Ask Roxy if she's run over very many bloated zombie versions of people she recognizes, also ask what happened to her hand, see if she needs to be patched up with a fresh set of bandages or something. Also don't say anything dumb like accusing her of having run over your dad, she just said there was no blood or anything on the car (if she can be trusted about the truth). Ask if it left any dents on her car and see if you can spot her car from the safety of the inside of the lit-up apartment. Fill her in on just what the two of you "lovebirds" have been doing and possibly show Roxy the picture. Do not call the cops. Tell Nathan ~and~ Roxy to slap you because you keep on having the urge to call the police.

>>690864
It sounds like it's wounded. How about you go and finish it off? Bring that improvised flamethrower and maybe a butcher knife.

Ask Roxy if she's okay and hug her! Maybe touch inappropriately.

Look she is literally your hero now. You should get with her right now. Right in front of Nathan. It'll help with his insecurity about you and Brandon.

I vote against being nice to the lady who maaaaay have just been driving drunk.

I mean what if it wasn't the monster in the road? She could've killed someone.

Roxy, you need to find a new hiding place for your drugs. The zombie broke in here, before you ran it over, and the bathroom medicine cabinet doors got torn off.

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