>>746968
A then B.

What's wrong with the ones in quarantine?

B and C.

My god if this whole thing ends up being zombies, I'm gonna love it.

Joshua 2016/09/10(Sat)12:43 No. 747322 ID: af6e04
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>By the way i'm really digging the artstyle
<3 <3


>What's wrong with the ones in quarantine?
Some kind of parasite. Causes strange flesh growths. It's very contagious so I keep the infected cattle locked away.

I figure I should fill up all the feed troughs first. I'll check on the quarantine barn later. Not sure if I want to track down whatever's eating the livestock in this weather. On days like this, I'd rather just finish what needs done and get inside where it's safe. I can decide later.

I grab the wheelbarrow from the shed. I keep all my tools in this shed, so it might be a good idea to come back if I ever need anything.

This is always the most tedious chore of the day. Best to just let my mind wander and burn through it...

...

This is bad. These steers are infected. They must have escaped the barn.

A) Herd them back to the barn
B) Shoot them
C) Shoot them and any other nearby cattle to prevent an outbreak
D) >_

Will four shells be enough for B, much less C? I say A, while locked and loaded just in case. Harder to move a dead animal anyway.

>>747324
This.

>This is bad. These steers are infected. They must have escaped the barn.
You sure? Have you done a headcount of you infected and clean animals? They might be escapees, or they might be a sign it's spreading.

>>747324
Makes sense.

If there's something else out there, you don't wanna use all your shells on cattle.

You can herd, but count while you herd.

Not enough ammo.

Set up the barn, get to a safe position and shoot a few steer to intimidate the rest into running for the pens.

Joshua 2016/09/10(Sat)16:32 No. 747356 ID: af6e04
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I should probably save my ammo in case I need it. The herd is too big to get an accurate count without dedicating a task to it, but I try to keep a mental note of all the healthy cattle as I take a wheelbarrow full of feed and use it to coax the three infected steers to the barn.

If I'm going to be doing any slaughtering, I should probably get the Bolt Gun from the shed as well as Gloves and some other form of protection. This parasite's not supposed to be contagious to humans, but I ain't taking any chances.

...

The barn doors are ripped off their hinges.

A) Check inside to see how many got out
B) Go get tools to fix the doors
C) Track down escaped livestock
D) Look for clues on what could have done this
E) >_

>>747356
D. Gotta know what we're dealing with before we take any action. If it's real bad you might want to execute the three infected (with the bolt gun) and hole up in your house until the fog passes.

D.
This is weird and worrying.

Joshua 2016/09/10(Sat)18:24 No. 747373 ID: af6e04
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The doors are in splinters. Looks like one of the windows was smashed too. All that's left in the barn is a few steers that seem to be on their last legs. Looks like whatever did this took a few bites out of one of them and then gave up. Probably not a very appetizing meal.
>hole up in your house until the fog passes.
I'd rather avoid this unless it's absolutely necessary. I can afford to lose a few steers, but if this thing spreads to the whole herd we'll be ruined.

It's possible something broke in through the window and spooked the livestock enough to stampede right out through the door. Don't see any real tracks to follow.

Another strange thing - the hay bales are stacked up neatly against the side of the barn. That was on my chore list yesterday, but I never got around to it. Maybe Anna took care of it last night?

A) Comb the ranch for the predator.
B) Fix the door
C) Track down infected livestock
D) >_

B- no sense in C if you can't keep 'em in. A predator will get what it can eat, a plague will get everything, so that remains the priority.

>>747374
This.
Gotta keep these sick ones separated from the herd.
Don't bother trying to hunt down this predator thing.
Fog's too thick.

D, check the hay bales. Anything hidden behind them?

Joshua 2016/09/10(Sat)21:44 No. 747395 ID: af6e04
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>>747380

On a strange whim, I push over a few hay bales and check behind them. There's a hole dug out under the barn. A horrible stench is coming from inside. I can't see into it, it's too dark.

A) Go inside
B) Forget it

B: Nope. Maybe come back later with a light, and more ammo.

Joshua 2016/09/10(Sat)22:19 No. 747397 ID: af6e04
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> Maybe come back later with a light, and more ammo.

No way I'm going down there, especially blind. I move on for now.

...

There's something wandering around outside the shed. It hasn't noticed me yet.

A) Shoot it
B) Approach it
C) Leave, come back when it's gone
D) >_

Lock, load & approach, if only close enough to find out what it is.

>>747397
If it's not one of your stock just shoot it. If you can't tell from this distance, get closer so you can make it out.

Approach so you can see, then shoot if need be.

You'd want to get reasonably close to shoot it, anyway.

You'd want to get reasonably close to shoot it, anyway.

Something for later:
stuff needs to breathe. Light up some hay and toss it in the hole. Blast anything that comes crawling out.

Sneak up and hold them at gunpoint. Buckshot won't be effective from a distance and you do not want to shoot a civilian. Or your wife.

Joshua 2016/09/11(Sun)03:05 No. 747421 ID: af6e04
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>Light up some hay and toss it in the hole. Blast anything that comes crawling out.
Noted.

This thing is no civilian. It makes a hissing noise that seems to be aggressive.

Aim for the head.

Usually, the head is a small target and is hard to hit. However, this enemy's body is right behind its head in your line of fire.

Hopefully, it's not your wife. Or son. Oh well WIPE THE @#$%ER

Joshua 2016/09/11(Sun)04:21 No. 747425 ID: af6e04
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>WIPE THE @#$%ER

I might have solved my predator problem. Don't know though, this thing doesn't look like it could climb up the side of a barn. I make a mental note that I only have three shells left.

I enter the shed.

My toolbox contains...

Hammer
Pliers
Hand Drill
Work Gloves
Face Mask
Nails
Rivets
Match box
.22 blanks (for the bolt gun)
Fresh celery sticks

Hanging on the wall...

Bolt Gun
Arm length glove
Lantern
Bull semen PH test kit
Crowbar
My hatchet is missing. Worth noting.

On the workbench...

Vice
Hack Saw
Human teeth. That's unusual.

Set the predator on fire, just in case.

... Why the hell do you have human teeth on your workbench. Needs investigation.

After that, use your tools to create traps at the workbench. Stock up on weapons, ammo, rations, and bandages. Bring the lantern and a face mask for protection.

test your bull's semen for abnormalities
test your semen to see if you are secretly a bull

Of what's there, the matches, vice grips and face mask are what you'll need with any urgency.

Did you leave the celery there yesterday, or has the wife been in your tool box?

Joshua 2016/09/11(Sun)07:04 No. 747434 ID: af6e04
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>Why the hell do you have human teeth on your workbench
I have no idea. Where could they have possibly come from? Looking closer, I don't find anymore teeth but I do find the hatchet underneath the workbench with the handle broken into splinters.

>Did you leave the celery there yesterday, or has the wife been in your tool box?
Anna likes to leave vegetables in my tool box. I don't know why. I think she's trying to be thoughtful though, so I haven't had the heart to ask her about it.

>After that, use your tools to create traps at the workbench.
Unfortunately I've never made any traps before. And I'm in a hurry.

>Stock up on weapons, ammo, rations, and bandages.
All I have is the shotgun. The rest of that stuff is in the house.

>Of what's there, the matches, vice grips and face mask are what you'll need with any urgency.
>Bring the lantern and a face mask for protection.
I hook the vice grips onto my belt and store the matches in my pocket. I put on the face mask and carry the lantern.

>Set the predator on fire, just in case.
I take the time to pile hay around the creature and light it on fire. The smell it produces is unbearable, so I move on quickly.

A) Immediately repair the door
B) Check out the hole again
C) >_

nifty graphix

You might as well eat the celery. Get the lantern lit, so you don't have to start fires with all the matches. And so you'll be lit.

No use fixing the door until you've solved your barn problem.
Maybe grab the bolt gun, I don't think your infected cattle are going to improve.

>>747434
A.
Best to get to it.

Quickly B, then A.

Loooooooooooving the 2d/3d mix here and the style and atmosphere at large

A first, then B. Gotta get that door fixed before anything else happens.

And aw, that's sweet of your wife.

Repair the door for now. Not sure exactly how they broke- I reckon that the predator scared your steers and they busted the door down so it's probably not too much of a problem, but if we're wrong and they get out again the whole heard is in danger. Don't take any precautions. Remember, they were already out and may have infect others. You know how to run your ranch. Don't take any chances. Can't afford to loose your whole heard to an infection now can you.

Isn't it strange how all of your belongings are floating in the air and spinning in place?

Joshua 2016/09/15(Thu)23:49 No. 748133 ID: af6e04
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>Maybe grab the bolt gun
Bolt Gun obtained
I also grab a box of blanks. I now have fifteen. This is getting to be too much to carry in my hands.

>Isn't it strange how all of your belongings are floating in the air and spinning in place?
Don't see how that's strange.

A)==>
B)>_

> Don't see how that's strange.
IT @#$%ING IS STRANGE.

Into the warzone and through the oceans of blood!

Joshua 2016/09/16(Fri)01:04 No. 748144 ID: af6e04
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I take the celery out of the toolbox and eat it on my way back to the barn. Tastes like celery and metal.

I quickly try to piece the door back together with the vice grips. It's...something. Doesn't look like it'll hold up too well, but the doors are back up at least.

The three sick steers are still standing around the barn. Sometimes the infection can be reversed if it's caught quick, but these three seem too far gone.

I circle back around the barn to where the hay bales were stacked. The hole is still here, just where I left it. Can't get a very good view of what's inside from where I'm standing. Looks like it's dug down and almost horizontal underneath the barn floor. I see gouge marks in the dirt. Look too deep to be from an animal's paws.

A) Crawl down inside
B) Throw something down
C) Forget it

Please do not go down the scary dark hole with the family of predators. Board up the hole for now. Find something to pump water or cement into the hole; either they leave or you drown them, problem solved.

>>748145
Smoking them out may also work, and would require less work on our part. Just find something that'll burn and smoke for a while, light it, and drop it down. Comparatively, filling it up with cement would take, well... quite a lot of cement.

>>748147
Yep. Light up some clumps of hay, toss them in, and wait outside with shotgun. Load other shell first.

This won't work If whatever's in there can breathe smoke, but knowing that escalates your problem

Don't get ahead of yourself, round up the sick animals first.

Joshua 2016/09/19(Mon)21:37 No. 748685 ID: af6e04
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>Light up some clumps of hay, toss them in, and wait outside with shotgun.

After making sure my shotgun's loaded, I take apart a hay bale and start lighting clumps with my lantern. Hopefully this won't burn the barn down.

A thick smoke starts to pour out of the hole as I toss burning hay inside. After several minutes, something emerges.

Smoke it.

>>748685
The fuck is that? Shoot it. Unless it's something you recognize and is benevolent.

Is that... a spider?

Don't shoot your wife, dude!

Not gonna lie, that looks like trouble.

Unless it starts acting real friendly, time to light it up.

Joshua 2016/09/19(Mon)23:06 No. 748698 ID: af6e04
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>Don't shoot your wife, dude!

I freeze up for a minute. Anna is asleep in the house. And also not a spider.

It starts to move while I hesitate, and I panic giving it both barrels. Probably unnecessary, but it's dead for sure now. I have one shell left.

The fire doesn't seem to be spreading, thank God. The creature is ugly. Its leathery skin hangs off its long thin limbs. I don't want to look at it anymore so I move on.

A) Round up the sick cattle
B) Wait for smoke to die down, check the hole for any other creatures
C) >_

Set the creature on FIRE

Then stuff it back into the hole as a blocker and board up the hole. Then you've got infected cattle to deal with.

Also why have you not called the police. You need more ammo, they have ammo. And guns. And hands to shoot them. Seriously.

>>748698
A. If there's more you're screwed pretty much no matter what so we kindof need to just hope there's no more in there.

Take your lantern and gun back to the house. You need more shells.

You got a phone, mister? Might be time to call the sheriff, or a friendly neighbor, and tell them about these things.

Joshua 2016/09/20(Tue)01:34 No. 748714 ID: af6e04
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>>748701
>>748704
>>748711

>Set the creature on FIRE
My ranch is quickly becoming a wildlife pyre, as I've burned two bodies today. Don't think I'll ever get used to that smell.

I hurry up and coral the three infected steers into the barn. I consider running back to the house to get more shotgun shells, but the sun's already starting to get low in the sky and I absolutely can't stay out after dark. There were seven cattle in the barn. Two were so sick they couldn't move. I've already found three. So that leaves two more to track down. I just want to get this over with so I can get inside and wait out this fog.

>call the police
>time to call the sheriff, or a friendly neighbor
Nobody close enough to get out here in time to make a difference. Besides, every rancher has to deal with predators. This is nothing new.

After running through the herd for a while I find an infected steer. Looks like its time is short. Its flesh is bloated and swollen. I put on the face mask.

A) Try to get it up and moving
B) Bolt it
C) Shoot it
D) >_

>>748714
You have to get it away from the herd before bolting it!

...or will its death stop the infection's growth? Would it be easier to move then?

Bolt it.

Don't waste a bullet. Fry it with fire, steer the uninfected cows away and towards something less bloated.

Bolt and go. If the Fog's coming back, you got bigger problems.

Mostly you just want to prevent other cows from getting infected. Either get it away from the others before killing it (bolt), or
>>748731
kill it (bolt) and burn the corpse. Whichever is faster, I guess.

1/2 strngy 2016/09/28(Wed)14:10 No. 750223 ID: af6e04
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>You have to get it away from the herd before bolting it!
>Mostly you just want to prevent other cows from getting infected.

I try to coax the steer to stand up, but it won't budge. It rows weakly. The sound is thicker and higher pitched than usual.

>Bolt it.
>Bolt and go.
>kill it (bolt) and burn the corpse.
>Fry it with fire

I need to put this thing out of its misery. I press the bolt gun up against the steer's bloated forehead and pull the trigger.

2/2 Joshua 2016/09/28(Wed)14:11 No. 750224 ID: af6e04
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AAAUUUGGH!

A) Throw up
B) Deep breathes
C) >_

I don't quite get what happened

>>750224
A is probably correct since I'm guessing you got a bunch of gunk all over you.

You need to clean yourself up.

>>750225
I think the cow's swollen head burst when it was bolted.

If you got splattered wish puss, you better wash it off right away.

What the fuck made you think it was a good idea to stand next to it when you did that?! You should've bolted it from a distance so that when you popped it like a balloon none of that stuff would've gotten on you!

>>750228
boltguns are melee range dude, it's just a nail with pressure acting as the hammer

>>750224
A.
Don't throw up in your mask, you fool.
Get the gunk off right now, deep breaths.

>>750228
Boltguns aren't projectile weapons.
Think of it like a single use jackhammer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_bolt_pistol

Joshua 2016/09/28(Wed)15:56 No. 750241 ID: af6e04
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>You need to clean yourself up.

The shock from the steer bursting open makes me kick the lantern, and the light flashes out in an instant. I stumble away, half blind, and try to wipe the pus off my face with my sleeve, which is also covered in pus. They've never popped like this before.

The smell is horrible. I need to get this stuff off me. My stomach is tying itself in knots.

A) Go back to the house to wash up
B) Use water from the cattle troughs
C) I hear something behind me
D) Where's my shotgun?
E) Run
F) >_

E

C, D, E
Seems like a natural thought process.

You already know what to do. E.

C, D, E, does indeed like the correct choice.

Don't abandon your shotgun if possible, but mostly don't die.

The answer to D is "by the corpse".

Joshua 2016/09/28(Wed)22:31 No. 750267 ID: af6e04
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>C, D, E
>Don't abandon your shotgun if possible
>don't die.
>The answer to D is "by the corpse".

I get up and run, stumbling and slipping. I can barely see the remains of the infected steer through my burning eyes. The creature is too fast. It catches up and knocks me down.

It stomps savagely on my knee and I feel a sickening burst of pain. The bolt gun is still in my hand, but not loaded. The shotgun is loaded but it's lying on the ground ten feet away.

I can see another figure approaching. Anna?

Anna, get the gun!

Bludgeon the thing with whatever you've got.

Punch it in the eye with bolt gun. If it recoils, see if you can reload.

More immediately, get whoever's standing there to plug it.

1/2 Joshua 2016/09/29(Thu)00:33 No. 750274 ID: af6e04
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>Anna, get the gun!
>Bludgeon the thing with whatever you've got.
>Punch it in the eye with bolt gun.

The creature rears back to strike me again, and I jab the bolt gun into one of the many giant black orbs on its face. It recoils in pain, and I take the opportunity to reach into my pocket and take out a blank. My hands shaking, I fumble with the bolt gun. I yell to the approaching figure. "Get the gun, Anna! Anna no!"

She ignores me and hits it with the shovel, completely knocking it off its feet. While it's scrambling on the ground, she thrusts the spade through its face. The handle breaks into splinters in her hands.

The creature starts to twitch as a puddle of blood forms beneath it.

2/2 Joshua 2016/09/29(Thu)00:33 No. 750275 ID: af6e04
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She walks up and looms over me.

"Honey." She chitters. "I'm sorry I broke the shovel."

I stare at her, speechless.

"...and the axe."

>>750275
It's... it's fine. They can be repaired. Was she always that strong?

But uh, right now you need to get cleaned up. Ask her to fetch a pail of water and just dump it on you. Retrieve shotgun, then work on getting the healthy cattle isolated again.

Joshua 2016/09/29(Thu)01:37 No. 750278 ID: af6e04
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"It's...it's fine." I say. "They can be repaired."

>Was she always that strong?

It's hard to say, but I think so. Sometimes she does things that just don't seem possible.

Though, I swear she was shorter when we first met.

"My leg's hurt, Anna. Can you go get me a pail of water?" She looks at my leg and falls to her knees, making a scratchy squeaking noise. She gently touches my shoe.

I think she doesn't want to leave me alone.

Okay how about she just helps you walk?

You almost died, and she wants to be with you. Fair enough.

I'm guessing the axe met the same fate. What about the teeth?

Unless she knows a healing spell, keep your meaty leg away from her jaws. Lean on her and get back to the house, call the police.

Ask her to help you back to the house.
You need to take care of your leg.
You might want to call for an ambulance or the police.

Joshua 2016/09/29(Thu)09:06 No. 750301 ID: af6e04
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>keep your meaty leg away from her jaws.
I try my best to do this.

"Let's just get back to the house, Anna. If you could help me...Aah!" She scoops me up like a paperweight in her arms.

>What about the teeth?
"I found teeth on my workbench. Do you know anything about that?"

"...no." She finally replies.

A) "Alrighty then."
B) "Don't lie to me."
C) "You're not human, are you?"
D) "Put me down."
E) >_

>>750301
A. Leg broken. Focus on pain in broken leg.

Don't forget your shotgun, it's been kinda important so far.

and I somehow doubt 8 more pounds will slow her down much.

>>750301
Ask what she broke your axe doing.

C.
E. "It's okay if you're not. I just want to know what I'm dealing with."

A

>C
Why would that matter? She's your wife!

THE END Joshua 2016/09/29(Thu)15:01 No. 750321 ID: af6e04
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My leg is still in a lot of pain, and I still reek of death. But as the sun begins to set and the last rays of light start to disappear, I calm myself. It doesn't matter if she's human. She's my wife, and I'll love her no matter what.

"Don't forget the shotgun," I say. She turns around and fetches it, with me still in her arms.

We walk in silence for a while until we reach the house.

"Anna...what are we going to do? There's still an infected steer out there. We might lose half the herd. And I won't even be able to work until this leg heals. I hate to say it, but things don't look good."

"What do you say?" She ponders for a moment and then continues, "We'll muddle through."

She's right. I did what I could with what I had, and the day is over. Whatever happens, we'll figure it out. She carries me inside.

>>750321
GOOD END!

Aw, I wanted to find out what was going on with her and the teeth and the axe and the pajamas.

I'm guessing she went out at night and murdered some poor fool in her pajamas with the axe, and either ate them or used them for materials to maintain her human disguise.

Horrorwife acceptance end. Second best ending, behind full on monstergirl wife ending where she drops the masquerade.

>>750324
>>750328
>>750333
I will be fairly amused if this isn't an ending.

>>750351
"THE END" in the subject makes that a bit unlikely, to be fair.

>>750356
Someday I will learn to read subject lines like a big boy.
but not this day

Thanks for participating everyone. Now back to your (kinda) regularly scheduled Hammer Imp

>>750321
Awwwww, I was hoping to see what she looked like.

Hooray!