>>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
File 147436048613.png - (15.07KB , 800x600 , update19_.png )

>>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
File 147509704126.png - (19.27KB , 800x600 , update20-1_.png )

>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
File 147509710729.png - (13.45KB , 800x600 , update20-2_.png )

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
File 147510339836.png - (16.70KB , 800x600 , update21_.png )

>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
File 147512707891.png - (16.56KB , 800x600 , update22.png )

>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
File 147513437822.png - (14.93KB , 800x600 , update23-1.png )

>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
File 147513443695.png - (14.36KB , 800x600 , update23-2.png )

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
File 147513827237.png - (14.52KB , 800x600 , update24.png )

"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
File 147516519853.png - (12.92KB , 800x600 , update25.png )

>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
File 147518650779.png - (12.14KB , 800x600 , update26.png )

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!