CALHOUN HOUR - HUNTERS

[vivariummods]

Yet another day, yet another Calhoun Hour where characters find themselves waking up in a new and unfamiliar area. The first thing characters will notice that it's dusty and dark. With almost no lighting whatsoever, characters will be unable to see anything in front of them. Are they with someone else or did they wake up alone? That's something they will have to figure out after Calhoun's announcement. "Ahem, ahem. Testing, one two three, testing. Well, gooooood evening, test subjects! Yes, you have really been knocked out for that long, but it only fits the mood of today's game." He snickers then continues. "How many of you like the horror genre? I bet half of you do, but I hate it! Cheap and cheesy effects with lame jump scares, and what is this, The Human Centipede? "100% medically accurate"? Just ugh, that's not even horror. That's just an insult to science and medicine." "Anyway, I thought I'd put my own twist to trying out this horror business, so welcome to my little haunted school! Now, all of you should find yourselves a nice little camera and pocket flashlight. I want you all to do me a little favour and take a nice photo of at least five different of my best friends down there. I'm not asking for breathtaking photos, but at least put some effort into it, test subjects. Do that and, you know what, I'm feeling generous, I'll give you whatever you want in the shop and I guess a memory or something, whatever, we'll talk later, test subjects!" And with that, it goes silent... BASIC INFO ✖ BEGIN THE HUNT ✖ POST-EVENT MINGLE ✖ TURN-IN

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Infirmary

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji peeked into the infirmary, training his flashlight on the interior. He was looking for Snake, of course, but the others as well. "Anyone in here?"

Re: Infirmary

[blind_badass]

Heiji, over here! *Snake shook his head to clear the cobwebs and stood up.* Where have we ended up this time? I haven't had enough time to really examine the room.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Light!" The difference in Heiji's voice was quite audible. "This room looks like some kinda infirmary. But I think there are classrooms around, too. I guess they were tryin' to make it look like a school."

He stepped carefully into the room and toward Snake. "There're needles lyin' around everywhere, so watch your step! You run into anything yet?"

[blind_badass]

No, actually I just woke up a few minutes ago. *Snake turned the camera in his hand.* Why do I have this? Did you get one too?

[detectiveofthewest]

"Oh, those things..." Heiji read the note on the back for Snake, then gave him a quick description of the room. "I haven't seen anything so far myself, but I guess we'll be takin' pictures with the camera."

Yeah, thanks, Calhoun. "This place looks like it's been pretty ransacked. I don't know if -- "

There was a piercing scream from outside the room, which almost seemed to come from somewhere higher up, as though someone were falling. Then a heavy thud as something hit the floor outside the infirmary. It sounded like a body -- though Heiji wasn't sure how he knew that. He switched his light off and reached for Snake's hand. Something was scrabbling around on the floor in the hallway outside...

[blind_badass]

*Oh wonderful, more robots or who knew what else trying to kill them. He squeezed Heiji's hand.* Should we try to let it in and walk around it? Or take a picture of it? *What if they got penalized for not participating? That was about Calhoun's speed.*

[detectiveofthewest]

"If it just leaves, I think we'll be better off," started Heiji in a low voice -- at least until he was interrupted by the sound of fingernails scraping at the doorknob. The door slowly swung open, and something shuffled forward in what sounded like slippers. The cadence of the footsteps was all wrong, however. Heiji raised his camera with his free hand, hoping that whatever it was would leave.

It took a few steps to and fro, as if unsure of exactly where they were. Could they get around it?

[blind_badass]

*The footsteps were off. So off that Snake couldn't quite tell how whatever it was was wobbling around the room. So many wonderful images wasted on Snake. However, he took a wide berth around the creature, trying to pinpoint its location. If he was going to succeed at this event, he'd have to take some acceptable risk.*

*Which meant that Snake crunched on a needle. The broken necked nurse whirled around and started to advance toward him.*

[detectiveofthewest]

Dammit. Heiji turned with the camera and snapped off a shot, only intending to freeze the woman in her tracks. Instead, he was confronted by the sight of someone in a hospital gown and a bag over her head lurching and staggering at the flash of the camera.

And her head... it was hanging limply over her back, as if some terrible accident had twisted her neck that way. "It hurts..." she moaned. "It hurts..."

"The camera flash stuns 'em!" Or at the very least, it stunned her.

[blind_badass]

*Snake did a quick mental calculation of where Heiji and the creature were based on their voices. He raised his camera and took a picture, the flash going off.*

*The broken neck nurse wailed at the additional light flashed into its face. She waved her arms as if to ward off a blow.*

*Hearing the nurse sounding confused and unhappy, Snake ran around the edge of the room to the door.* Heiji! Come on!

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji followed Snake to the door, using the camera flashes to guide him. He grabbed Snake's hand again, light still off to avoid giving away their position.

"There's a washroom and a gym off on either side of the hallway to the left!" he said. "Haven't been down to the hall on the right yet!"

[blind_badass]

Let's go hide in the gym. It's a wide enough space where we can hear something moving around. It might have places to hide and gain our bearings. *Plus it might have bleachers to hide under and make out. Priorities, Snake had them.*

[detectiveofthewest]

"Sounds good to me." He tugged Snake's hand in the general direction of the gym. "Door should be somewhere around -- oh, here it is."

His fingers found the doorknob, and he cracked the door open. It made a surprisingly loud squeak as it swung inwards, but he could no longer hear the nurse chasing them, so that was good? Probably.

Inside the gym was a large basketball court, with a locker room off to the side. Heiji described the main features of the room to Snake, though it was the lockers he was really interested in. "Wonder if there're any supplies left in here..."

Who knew, maybe they'd find a grenade in one of them. The first two he checked were empty, but the third had... a doll? "Hey, Light. There's a girl's doll in here. It's maybe a foot tall, but who'd leave somethin' like that in a locker?"

[blind_badass]

That's a random thing to have lying around. *The making out would have to wait, alas. Also, a grenade? Really, Heiji.*

I suppose it might be there for creepy effect. *He walked over to Heiji and touched the doll, to get better idea of its features.* It seems innocent enough, although it might belong to one of the larger monsters roaming around the halls.

[detectiveofthewest]

"You sure you should be touching that? Heiji asked, shining his light on it. "What if it's got a trap tucked into it?"

And anyway, it was super creepy. He turned to check another locker when the doll let out a little laugh.

[blind_badass]

*Oh that wasn't good. Snake placed the doll down and listened to Heiji inspect the other lockers. It would be just like Calhoun to have a creepy doll make noise to unnerve them.*

*It didn't occur to him the doll might move. He heard the small body shift and jump into the air, giggling all the while.*

*Snake palmed the knife in his jacket pocket, the same knife he'd kept with him since the very beginning of the game. Only because the creepy little doll kept making sound was he able to track it.*

Heiji! *He struck the doll with the knife and his momentum threw it into the lockers with a loud bang.*

[detectiveofthewest]

It struck the inside of the locker and banged at the door, though with increasingly less force. Perhaps the damage Snake had done to it had taken its toll. In any case, it was clear that they couldn't just sit with their backs to this locker for however long they were going to be here.

"Here, let me. I'll peek and see how much damage you did."

[blind_badass]

*Snake put the knife back in his jacket pocket and pulled out his camera. He might as well take a picture of it and hope for the best.* Then I'll stun it with this. On three?

[detectiveofthewest]

"One... two.. three!" Heiji opened the door, not quite enough for the doll to escape, but enough to see what was going on. It didn't move. It looked as though Snake had cut rather deeply across its torso, exposing some of the mechanisms inside; Heiji said as much.

"Guess it was a trap after all..."

[blind_badass]

*Snake took a picture of it to be safe, pointing his camera hopefully in the right direction.*

I guess. That was stupidly lucky that I hit it. If it hadn't been making all that noise, I wouldn't have been able to track it at all. *Snake reached over to pat Heiji on the shoulder.* You are all right, aren't you?

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji nudged the edge of Snake's lens a bit to get him a better shot, then took a photo of its own.

"I'm fine." But that wasn't going to stop him from touching Snake and quickly checking him over to be sure that he was unhurt as well. "You sure are lucky, you dummy. I thought I poked my way into trouble a lot; quit goin' around and touching creepy dolls, will ya?"

[blind_badass]

The creepiness was lost on me until it made a sound. *He briefly brushed his forehead against Heiji's in reassurance.* I promise to keep my hands to myself as long as we're together.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Well... maybe you don't have to keep them entirely to yourself..." Was Heiji hitting on Snake just after they were attacked by a creepy doll?

...Maybe. "Did you get the knife from the infirmary?"

[blind_badass]

*Who knew brushes with danger were a turn on for Heiji? Snake made a mental note.*

*Although the levity was quickly quashed by the mention of the knife.* I did. Would you rather I not have it?

[detectiveofthewest]

He shook his head. "No, that's not it. I think it's a good idea for you to have something to defend yourself with. That's why I gave ya that one knife in the first place. It's just..."

It was just that Snake hadn't used it for self-defense. Heiji looked away. "...I don't want anything to happen to you."