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  1. - Top - End - #241
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    As Carine tests her head on his shoulder, he spares a quick glance at her. She'd been through a lot, not that he hadn't, but she'd fought so hard and given how late it was, she was no doubt running on fumes. With some care he slides the handle of the knife between their two hands. With a note few hand he softly rests it on her cheek then curls his fingers slightly to stroke, "If we can get into that ATV and away from from here...Let's just grab all of the keys. I think it's one of these few, but...if we have them, no need to go back."

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    Item(s): multitool with torch, bloody cabin kitchen knife, couple of alcoholic wipes, Carine's hand, small axe
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    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid but (probably overly) optimistic, more pain, did I mention pain,

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    Carine's surprised at first to get a share of the knife's hilt; what comes after, however, more than makes up for the weirdness. Closing her eyes for a moment, she lets that smile slip back on her face. Sounds good. she murmurs. Let's do that.

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    Item: a hatchet (equipped); a hatchet (not equipped); half a bloody knife (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a misplaced premolar, Jim's hand, Jim's shoulder, Jim's other hand, a serene urge to just drift off

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    Even while Chelsea is having her minimal conversation with Shia, she hears the ringing of metal slamming onto metal. She knew two things:

    1) It wasn't Shia causing that racket.

    2) Since it had to have been the other people she heard before.. they had to have some kind of tools with them.

    Momentarily, her gaze hardens at the cannibal and she threatens, "Follow me, and you won't be having any more fun."

    Chelsea makes her way to the storage area not far off, where the din of jingling keys and voices could be heard. She.. sadly had no time for modestly. Pretty sure Shia was down to six by now as she flung herself into the storage room.

    With an arm still covering her chest, she looks at the two others bashfully. One man who she vaguely recognized as the one she briefly spoke with at the lake. And the other woman.. she wasn't sure.

    She just murmured, "He's coming," as she looked around for and went for the most convenient weapon. A shovel.

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    items: half a bikini, shovel
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    All keys accounted for between them, he looks at the ATV, then Chelsea walks in causing Jim to nearly drop them in shock. He's quick to realise it isn't Shia, but nor can he quite believe who it is. The red hair, the wet look, plus mud for some reason... And oh! Err, should she be... Why is she. He turns to face Carine, cheeks going flushed. Then her words permeate his tired mind. 'He is coming'. He lets out a little squeak of horror and tries to drag Carine to the vehicle without looking at the new woman. "In. Quick."

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    Item(s): multitool with torch, bloody cabin kitchen knife (co owned), couple of alcoholic wipes, Carine's hand, small axe (stowed)
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    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid but (probably overly) optimistic, more pain, did I mention pain, confusion!

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    Carine meets Jim's gaze and her eyebrows rise ever so slightly in confusion before she'd slowly turn her head around to see what's going on at the door. And then she sees the newcomer as well. Could that be the Lady of the Lake? Didn't she get eaten or something? And is she… Basically naked? Carine squints and tries to concentrate for a second to make sure she's not hallucinating (improper blood supply to the brain can get messy, after all), but the redhead doesn't quite disappear. What happened to your clothes? she mumbles in a somewhat inane display of surprise at that, barely able to focus on not falling flat on her face again as she lets Jim drag her steggering along towards the vehicle.

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    Item: a hatchet (equipped); half a bloody knife (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, Jim's hand, less blood than she'd like, a nagging suspicion that she's seeing underdressed ghosts

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    As the focus on fighting against Shia slowly turned to Chelsea's state of undress, she began flushing, with one hand gripping her improvised weapon, and the other arm still trying to cover herself.

    "The bastard must have taken my stuff while I was swimming, ok?"

    "D-don't you need to open the garage door? I'm not sure if it will.. there might not be time."
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    Dropping the keys on the seat, he'll then start going through them to find the right one to the ignition. For a brief moment he relaxes the grip on Carine's hand, not so much it let's go or drops the knife, but in a state that Carine can pull away if she wished without effort. "Feel free to get it open, just sorting out the key first just in case..." he says to the new arrival without looking up. Having did this plants doubt in his mind. Great! What if the key wasn't here. What if the vehicle doesn't start. What if the door won't open. What if... Enough! Focus man, focus!

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    Item(s): multitool with torch, bloody cabin kitchen knife (co owned), couple of alcoholic wipes, Carine's hand, small axe (stowed), keys keys keys
    Dressed: Comfy walking boots, loose cargo trousers, loose t-shirt (2 tears near shoulder) and lightweight waterproof coat
    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid but (probably overly) optimistic, more pain, did I mention pain, confusion and concentration

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    "Eight," says Shia in response to Chelsea's threat.
    "Seven," she hears as she rushes out of the room.
    He is undoubtedly past 'six' by the time she grabs the shovel, a longer one with a stout wooden shaft and a lightly rusted square head.
    Keeping his gaze averted from the immodest view, Jim spills the keys over the seat and begins shuffling through them and setting aside all the keys that clearly would not fit the ignition switch while Carine tries her best to clear her clouded mind.
    After their brief conversation, all three hear sounds of destruction coming from back in the direction of the employee lounge, followed by metal clattering. There is a moment of silence before Chelsea hears something metal scraping against the concrete floor of the hallway, gradually making its way in their direction, and it doesn't take long before Carine and Jim can make out the noise as well.
    In the moment before the three can act, a small cylindrical object flies against the doorframe and bounces against it before coming to rest harmlessly near Chelsea's feet. She can identify it as one of the oat containers from her hiding place, now the proud bearer of a significant dent from its impact. However, Jim and Carine have no clear view of the object from their position near the vehicle.

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    "F**k!" Chelsea swears, almost a mumble except for her fright. She decides to take cover behind something. A shelf, the ATV, whatever was big and sturdy. Didn't seem like they were leaving any time soon, so she only hoped the others still firmly had their axes or whatever firmly in their possession.

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    With the slam of a metal object, Jim fears for the time they have left. The need to find the right key grows, 'Where is it! It must be here! It has to be here!', then it occurs to him, the woman was right and there was no time, nor much to worry about him being stood on the other side of the main overhead door... "THE DOOR! GET THE DOOR OPEN!", he calls, if nothing else, at least they can try and run through an open door. "Carine, watch my back. I need to find the key" he says, still scrambling through the keys trying any that hold promise.

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    Item(s): multitool with torch, bloody cabin kitchen knife (co owned), couple of alcoholic wipes, Carine's hand, small axe (stowed), keys keys keys
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    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid and no longer optimistic, more pain, did I mention pain, frantic concentration

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    Jim only gets a blank stare out of Carine at first. She doesn't mind watching any part of him all that much, but she's not sure how that's supposed to… Oh. she says at (thankfully, none too long) last with a few quick blinks. It looks like her brain is going asleep at a pace that even she can't not find alarming. (Case in point: she' basically forgotten the Lady in the Lake's actually there in the few seconds tha elapsed since her entrée.) Yessir. Can do. I guess. she adds with a pained grimace, giving Jim's hand a last squeeze before, scary as it may be, letting go of it (she's slowed him down enough as it is) – combined with an attempt to take his knife along for the ride. It's a really unlucky knife anyhow. Last thing you need now's un-luck. she mutters apologetically in lieu of an actual explanation, even as she wobbles forward half a pace to stare at the door, all armed and not quite ready.

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    Item: a hatchet (equipped); a bloody knife (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, a lot less blood than she'd like, a sleepy head, Jim's back (because she's got his back, got it?)
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    Chelsea scans for the nearest piece of cover and notices a trio of metal storage drums stowed below the shelf on the wall opposite the overhead door. She also sees that there is enough space behind the barrels that she can duck down and keep her eyes on the entrance to the hall. Chelsea makes her way behind the impromptu barrier with whatever haste she can muster at the moment. Situated, she looks just in time to see Shia step into the doorway with a container of oats in his right hand and the entire sink from the break room held, dragging behind, in the other. He raises his arm and hurls the oats in the direction of Jim.
    As Carine steps forward to enact as much defense as her battered body can, Jim shuffles through the keys and narrows his selection down to three that look like they could fit the ignition. However, before he can try any of them, he is startled by the blue cylinder of a container of oats thudding dully against the rear of the ATV and tumbling to the ground nearby. Carine noticed the object fly past her, but it took a moment for her sluggish mind to actually process the information.
    In the doorway to the hall, Shia lowers his throwing arm and steps forward, the kitchen sink grating on the concrete behind him. He stops when he enters the room and gazes about, taking in the space as if for the first time.

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    Labels, why didn't anyone here label the keys. OK, these three. With surprise, the sudden blue cylinders down appearance, he takes a small repositioning of his feet. Oh sod, he's here already. Giving only a fleeting glance at Shia, to see the next thing would be a kitchen sink?! He attempts to put the first key in the ignition.
    "C'mon baby. Daddy needs a new set of wheels! "


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    Item(s): multitool with torch, couple of alcoholic wipes, Carine's hand, small axe (stowed), key A (attempting use), key B, key C
    Dressed: Comfy walking boots, loose cargo trousers, loose t-shirt (2 tears near shoulder) and lightweight waterproof coat
    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid and no longer optimistic, more pain, did I mention pain, frantic concentration

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    Carine suddenly realizes she feels really cold as Shia enters the stage with a kitchen sink in tow. The moment the (hopefully) improvised projectile whooshes past her, she also begins to break sweat, and it's not a pleasant combination, even if she's vaguely aware that some of the other stock reactions her weird human body could produce, such as screaming her lungs out, curling up into a foetal position or simply peeing herself (she never knew not drinking enough on a warm day would ever work out in her favour), would probably strike her as even less appealing.

    Hard as it seems to focus on anything, she perseveres all the same. She has a Jim to protect, after all. Shifting to the side with a grunt so that she'll be better able to intercept further flying things Shia may or may not have on his body (for all they've seen so far, he may easily be a Highlander villain!) and through clattering teeth, she makes a comically unconvincing attempt to dissuade the slasher from closing. **** off! she squeals. Nobody ****ing wants you here! You're not famous anymore!

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    Blood tokens: 3/5
    Item: a hatchet (equipped); a bloody knife (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, a lot less blood than she'd like, a sleepy head, a Jim to protect

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    What the hell? The psycho actually tore out and drug a kitchen sink with him?

    While Carine makes a convincing distraction, and Jim keep screwing around (in Chelsea's opinion) with the ATV, Chelsea lies in wait behind the barrels for hopefully, a perfect opportunity to swing her shovel and slice into the mad man's neck. Of course, there probably was no such thing as a perfect opportunity, but she does think Shia brought that sink for a reason.. maybe to try to bludgeon someone to death with for all she knew.

    It was still a pretty large and unwieldy object, so she figured that after he did whatever with the sink and was off balance, then it would be a good time to strike.

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    items: half a bikini, shovel
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    -fairly dirty
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    The moment the last word drops from Carine's mouth, she sees Shia's gaze lock onto her, and an expression of abject rage cloaks his face. Without ceremony, he walks directly toward her with absolute purpose and unreasonable speed, sink still dragging behind him. It takes him only a few seconds to close the few yards between the two and casually kick aside the several boxes blocking his path, all producing the sounds of shattering glass as they collapse to the floor. As soon as the cannibal is within range, he swings his arm around, bringing the metal washbasin around in a wide arc aimed at Carine's chest.
    Chelsea watches this transpire from her place of cover, and as Shia begins to swing his improvised weapon, she realizes that she has a clear path between herself and the madman.
    Jim, however, is preoccupied with the vehicle ignition and finds that the sounds of shouted insults and shattering glass are easily drowned out by the noise of an engine turning over twice and finally rumbling to life as a part of the instrument panel comes to rest at just over 1,000 rpm, and another reads just under three-quarters of a tank of fuel.

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    Now was her chance! Trying to approach the insulted and irrelevant, cannibalistic Hollywood actor from behind with stealth but urgency, the soft padding of her bare feet was further drowned out by the motor which just started revving.

    Hefting the square shovel behind her like she was about to swing for a grand slam, all she really had to do was aim for somewhere around his neck, make sure she didn't swing into any other objects, and preferably, hit Shia with the metal end.

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    Unfortunately, Chelsea was so focused on trying to murder Shia, that she wasn't really paying attention to the fate of poor Carine.
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    Carine should have expected this much, but she really didn't. The room starts spinning again as Shia makes a dash for her and her muscles refuse to move as they should. She can feel the strength (meager as it may have been to start with) leave her legs and she feels her body do what it's been doing best for some time now: simply fall over as a sack of potatoes.

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    Blood tokens: 3/5
    Item: a hatchet (equipped); a bloody knife (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, a lot less blood than she'd like, a curious lack of muscle tone

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    His efforts paid fruition, the engine stuttered to life and his heart lifted. This hope was soon she'd as he sees Carine fall to the ground and feared the worst. "CARINE!". Suddenly taking note that Shia was a close as he was, Jim dropped a hand to the axe ready to defend the fallen Carine from any ideas the brute had but then he noticed she hadn't taken a hit but merely dodged...a sink!!? What! In confusion and fear, he stays in his seat ready to react in any way he needs.

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    Blood tokens: 2
    Item(s): multitool with torch, couple of alcoholic wipes, Carine's hand, small axe (stowed), key A (in use), key B, key C
    Dressed: Comfy walking boots, loose cargo trousers, loose t-shirt (2 tears near shoulder) and lightweight waterproof coat
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    Carine drops to the ground, feeling the rush of air as Shia's improvised bludgeon passes harmlessly over her. Her head is swimming, and the room seems to be moving more than it ever had before. The tail end of the failed attack leaves the basin scraping across the ground and twisting his torso in a way that leaves him perfectly open to Chelsea's attack.

    The blow from the shovel impacts squarely with the back of the madman's head, sending a shock wave through his skull that causes him to stagger forward and lose grip on the sink, allowing it to clatter uselessly to the floor next to him. His stumbling steps lead him directly into Carine's crumpled form, which sends him toppling forward. Rather than collapsing to the ground, Shia manages two more staggering steps before tucking his torso into a roll that brings him up in a crouch facing Jim. He doesn't even seem winded by the maneuver.

    Shia regards Jim for a moment as if trying to discern how the man will act. Jim's eyes fix on the maniacal smile on the madman's face, and the hand on the axe trembles slightly. With no apparent effort, Shia pushes off the ground in what can best be described as a pounce and propels himself toward Jim, arms outstretched, reaching for the man's throat.

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    The time of relief at seeing Carine be unhurt from the latest attack by Shia and the joy at seeing take another spade to the head is short lived when the villain comes to a stop looking at him. In fact, it turns into fear, his shaking hand on the axe more than proof.

    That smile, he always had wanted people to smile. Now, that philosophy was being turned against him. Why? Why did this have to happen. As if that wasn't bad enough, his attention held solely on Shia as he crouches and lunges.

    With the limited movement of his location, he knows that he has no chance to act as a wall against which Shia will break, he falls back away from the inbound man. His hands naturally coming up before him just before his chest, his left hand taking hold of the axe head to keep it sharp side up and away from himself.

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    Dressed: Comfy walking boots, loose cargo trousers, loose t-shirt (2 tears near shoulder) and lightweight waterproof coat
    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid, more pain, did I mention pain,

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    Carine's head slowly turns towards the sound of Jim's voice, but before she could pinpoint his position, Shia stumbles all over her… And towards where Jim should be. Carine doesn't have the vaguest idea what's really happening, but at the mere suspicion that the creep is going for Jim (she's just fixed that Jim!) makes the menacingly fluffy clouds between her brain and the rest of the world go all red. No. she mutters, rolling onto her side and propelling herself forward through little more than the sheer power of her resolve, she reaches out for Shia's closer leg, intent on putting Jim's knife through – a calf for a calf – and her other arm around it.

    This creep? He's going down.

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    Blood tokens: 2/5
    Item: a hatchet (equipped); a bloody knife (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, a lot less blood than she'd like, a rage that burns

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    It takes a while for Chelsea to process what happened. She did hit Shia on the back of the head. She could feel it. Carine fell over, but apparently the whole sink missed her. But despite being nailed in the head with a shovel, the cannibal was still moving quickly and within the next few seconds, he had already leaped into the ATV and atop the other man.

    There probably wasn't any chance of hitting Shia as he was inside the vehicle, though the other woman had gotten up and lunged after the mad man, trying to arrest his movement.

    Chelsea wasn't too sure what to do, but she moves over to he other side of the ATV near where Carine is, seeing if her efforts of pulling Shia back would make him an exposed target. She raises her shovel again, as if waiting to whack a mole about to pop up from the ground.

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    Carine scrambles toward the cannibal with purpose born of anger and, just before the madman completes his leap, she sinks the blade of the knife deep into Shia's left calf and wraps her other arm around the leg. Shia's movement suddenly interrupted, he topples forward and catches himself on the edge of the vehicle. He twists his torso to glare at the source of his impedance and begins tugging against the arm holding him back, doing little more than allowing the blade to cut a longer wound into his leg.

    Shia's attempts at breaking Carine's grasp are, while effective, not entirely without cost. Carine feels a great strain in the bicep of the arm holding Shia back and, all in one moment, that strain becomes a great burning pain as the muscle in her arm tears, forcing her arm to open just enough for Shia to slip out, lengthening the gash in his leg even further. He uses this brief window of freedom to shove himself upright. He spins in place toward the still prone Carine and lifts his newly injured leg, angling it toward her uninjured arm.

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    Just as Jim was falling back in preempt of Shia, he sees the monster stumble and fall. Righting himself, he sees Carine being torn by Shia. Oh Carine, we agreed no more selfless acts! Still, he wouldn't say thanks later and with shia's back turned to him, he tries to return the favour. Pulling himself forward with his left hand proves to remind him of the injuries suffered to his left, but does help give him enough impetus to have a step out of the vehicle and swing his axe down with as much force as he can with his right.

    With any luck the other woman will keep Shia occupied enough that he can get to the door opening mechanism. He trusted in Carine, she was smart, and strong with a resolve he envied.

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    Item(s): multitool with torch, couple of alcoholic wipes, small axe, key B, key C
    Dressed: Comfy walking boots, loose cargo trousers, loose t-shirt (2 tears near shoulder) and lightweight waterproof coat
    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid, more pain, thankful yet aggressively defensive, did I mention pain,

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    With Carine and Shia struggling, it seemed a good idea to whack him again while he was distracted. Carine was on the floor, Shia had spun around and stood up, about to give her a kick. Chelsea attempts to bludgeon him with her shovel first!

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    Carine's eyes tear up and she slumps back down on the floor wholesale again as Shia almost pulls out her left arm, but she barely has enough strength left to properly shriek in pain. Unable to see much, down to an arm and a leg, on the brink of a pain-induced delirium and with the tune of The Ants Go Marching blaring aggressively in her head for some reason she can't quite put any of her still functional fingers on, the most comforting thought she can muster is that at least it wasn't her holding-onto-Jim arm. Or Jim himself.

    And yet, all trembling and with little more than Jim's cursed knife of unluck to aid her onwards, she makes a feeble attempt at rising, at least on all fours (or two and two halves as the case may be) between heavy breaths. Her entire cold, aching body knows. It's not over. It's still not over.

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    Item: Jim's bloody cursed knife of unluck (now with more blood) (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, a lot less blood than she'd like, an arm and a leg

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    Given Shia's transfer of attention, Jim takes the opportunity to slip past the cannibal toward the button to presumably raise the overhead door. As he maneuvers, he raises the axe in his right hand and swings it down toward Shia's left shoulder. Simultaneously, Chelsea swings her shovel at Shia's head.

    The axe strikes true with enough force that Jim feels the blade embed into bone. It is clearly a significant wound but doesn't appear to have done much but turn Shia's attention away from Carine's trembling body and toward him instead, both his feet now back on the ground. As Shia's head swivels around, teeth bared, Chelsea's blow lands not quite as she expected. The flat edge of the shovel scrapes across the side of the cannibal's head rather than striking the skull. The strike's momentum causes it to gouge through the layer of flesh around the cranium, partially scalping their assailant as bloody clumps of hair and meat are thrown toward the ATV. Chelsea is reasonably sure she caught a glimpse of bone before Shia whips around toward his second attacker, the move splattering fresh blood across Chelsea's arms, torso, and likely most of what is behind her.

    With his focus shifted now to the uninjured Chelsea, he lunges toward her with one fist balled and ready to strike.

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    Truly glad the red haired lady took the attention of Shia and Carine away from the line of fire, he quickly moves to the button besides the large door and presses. Unsure if it needs constant pressing he tentatively lifts his finger away to see if it stops, ready to replace the pressure back on. Fortunately, it's noisy enough that he can spare the bed to look at it and turns to the fight.

    Come on Carine, get up. You can do this, one final push. I believe in you.

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    Item(s): multitool with torch, couple of alcoholic wipes, small axe (? Equipped), key B, key C
    Dressed: Comfy walking boots, loose cargo trousers, loose t-shirt (2 tears near shoulder) and lightweight waterproof coat
    Emotional/mental state: pain, afraid, more pain, concerned, did I mention pain,

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    With the obnoxious earworm still very much on, Carine, fresh out of being all plastered to the ground, crawls forward and with much huffing (but no puffing) she manages to use her knife hand, her trusty left leg and the near side of the ATV to pull herself up into something more like an erect position. Not quite feeling like looking back at Shia, fighting the Lady of the Lake somewhere behind her by the sound of it, her eyes begin searching for Jim instead. Upon spotting the man securing their avenue of escape, a shroud of strange, dreamy comfort envelops her, and she flashes a dizzy, tired smile at him. He really did mean it. They are getting out of this, together.

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    Blood tokens: 2/5
    Item: Jim's bloody cursed knife of unluck (now with more blood) (equipped)
    Other belongings: white one-shoulder T-shirt, light gray high ankle skinny jeans (now slightly redesigned), flat thong sandals, a dishtowel and half a roll of gauze, pain, a half-digested premolar, a lot less blood than she'd like, an arm and a leg, a sudden bout of optimism

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