The Cannibal (IC)

[Torrocca]

Ben stopped in his tracks, and turned back to face the old man. "I don't care what you want, I'm going to go save my damn sister. It doesn't matter whether or not you're with me."

Alice, meanwhile, had kept her breaths light and unnaturally calm, despite the intense situation. She knew too much noise would get attention put on her, so she tried her absolute damnedest to keep from drawing such unwanted attention. All she could do then was watch as feet approached, holding her breath and not making a single movement.

[Xanama]

Kat was now cowering in fear and covered in blood, she ran upstairs and into her room, but not before going to the kitchen and grabbing a large knife for self defence.

[The Mystery Bard]

Ben stopped in his tracks, and turned back to face the old man. "I don't care what you want, I'm going to go save my damn sister. It doesn't matter whether or not you're with me."

Alice, meanwhile, had kept her breaths light and unnaturally calm, despite the intense situation. She knew too much noise would get attention put on her, so she tried her absolute damnedest to keep from drawing such unwanted attention. All she could do then was watch as feet approached, holding her breath and not making a single movement.

The old coot sneered and jerked back the shift knob on his shotgun and menacingly and flatly said,"Open that door and your putting us all in danger.For all you know he could be standing right there leaned against it with a smoke, waiting to hear the knob turn.Now get back."

The Cannibal closed in on the car, the rusty chain was dragging the ground, he stopped, dropped the spiked end onto the floor and began slinging the chain hard and quick back and forth.
The sharp bloody spike darted back and forth beneath the car.

[ApplePieistan]

Jimmy held his breath as the man attacked underneath the car. He didn't want to try to directly try to stop him by shooting at him or throwing something, in fear he would attack the house, putting them all in danger. Trying to be a wise guy, Jimmy takes out his car keys and pushes the panic button to activate his car alarm, hoping it would either scare off the scary man or buy Alice time to escape.

[Canis Rex]

Jos approaches the mountain man slowly in order to avoid provoking him any further.
"Just lower the gun." He request in a calm voice. "This is exactly what this thing wants. For us to start panicking, scattering, and turning on one another. If we start killing each other, we're doing it's job for it. We might not should go stumbling blindly outside, but we can't just leave her to die. We need a plan."

[Slaveokia]

Jos approaches the mountain man slowly in order to avoid provoking him any further.
"Just lower the gun." He request in a calm voice. "This is exactly what this thing wants. For us to start panicking, scattering, and turning on one another. If we start killing each other, we're doing it's job for it. We might not should go stumbling blindly outside, but we can't just leave her to die. We need a plan."

Henry ran out door albeit slowly and whispered to Jos
"W-We can stay in the lodge r-right?"

[Canis Rex]

Jos approaches the mountain man slowly in order to avoid provoking him any further.
"Just lower the gun." He request in a calm voice. "This is exactly what this thing wants. For us to start panicking, scattering, and turning on one another. If we start killing each other, we're doing it's job for it. We might not should go stumbling blindly outside, but we can't just leave her to die. We need a plan."

Henry ran out door albeit slowly and whispered to Jos
"W-We can stay in the lodge r-right?"

Jos turns to one of the few people here he knows by name to try and explain his thoughts.
"Possibly, Henry. Depends on how this creature wants to play things. It may try to burst in to get us all to flee and become disorganized, then take us out one at a time. Otherwise, it may stay outside to keep us penned in, making it easier to observe us and ensure nobody gets away. We'll have to see." He pats his companion on the shoulder. "For now, just breathe. We're all still in one piece for the moment, alright?"

[New Antonalia]

Kat was now cowering in fear and covered in blood, she ran upstairs and into her room, but not before going to the kitchen and grabbing a large knife for self defence.

Charlie followed Kat, as absurd as it sounded, he was actually quite calm despite everything that was going on. "Hero Complex." He thought, remembering his psychology lecture on different mental disorders and maladies. "I have a fucking hero complex." He looked over at Kat. "Are you alright?" He asked, walking over and pulling out his survival knife. "Let's get this thing off of you."

[Xanama]

Kat was now cowering in fear and covered in blood, she ran upstairs and into her room, but not before going to the kitchen and grabbing a large knife for self defence.

Charlie followed Kat, as absurd as it sounded, he was actually quite calm despite everything that was going on. "Hero Complex." He thought, remembering his psychology lecture on different mental disorders and maladies. "I have a fucking hero complex." He looked over at Kat. "Are you alright?" He asked, walking over and pulling out his survival knife. "Let's get this thing off of you."

"I'm fine... eh thanks " She sighed, waiting for him to cut the hand off, "after this, with all respect, get out so I can change.." She smiled a little at him

[New Antonalia]

Charlie followed Kat, as absurd as it sounded, he was actually quite calm despite everything that was going on. "Hero Complex." He thought, remembering his psychology lecture on different mental disorders and maladies. "I have a fucking hero complex." He looked over at Kat. "Are you alright?" He asked, walking over and pulling out his survival knife. "Let's get this thing off of you."

"I'm fine... eh thanks " She sighed, waiting for him to cut the hand off, "after this, with all respect, get out so I can change.." She smiled a little at him

"Actually, with all that is going on, it think it would be better for both of us to stay together and don't worry, I won't look, I'm not a pervert after all." Charlie said, carefully sawing the index, middle and ring fingers off. He then slid the hand off of her arm and checked for any puncture marks from the claw like nails. "Apart from bruising your arm seems to be fine." He said turning around so she could change.

[Slaveokia]

Henry ran out door albeit slowly and whispered to Jos
"W-We can stay in the lodge r-right?"

Jos turns to one of the few people here he knows by name to try and explain his thoughts.
"Possibly, Henry. Depends on how this creature wants to play things. It may try to burst in to get us all to flee and become disorganized, then take us out one at a time. Otherwise, it may stay outside to keep us penned in, making it easier to observe us and ensure nobody gets away. We'll have to see." He pats his companion on the shoulder. "For now, just breathe. We're all still in one piece for the moment, alright?"

Henry calms down a small bit and manages to keep it together.
"Your right..." Said Henry with a calm face.

[Canis Rex]

"Good." Jos nods, glad to see his companion calming. "Now, what do you say we find something we can actually defend ourselves with?" He offers. "I doubt this stick I found is the best option for this situation."

[Xanama]

"I'm fine... eh thanks " She sighed, waiting for him to cut the hand off, "after this, with all respect, get out so I can change.." She smiled a little at him

"Actually, with all that is going on, it think it would be better for both of us to stay together and don't worry, I won't look, I'm not a pervert after all." Charlie said, carefully sawing the index, middle and ring fingers off. He then slid the hand off of her arm and checked for any puncture marks from the claw like nails. "Apart from bruising your arm seems to be fine." He said turning around so she could change.

"... ok, that seems better than everyone, or at least us, going alone." She nodded "I don't know your name do i?" Kat looked at Charlie and then at her arm, when she looked back up, he had turned away, so she changed into different clothes "I'm Kat and I'm done changing." She said

[Slaveokia]

"Good." Jos nods, glad to see his companion calming. "Now, what do you say we find something we can actually defend ourselves with?" He offers. "I doubt this stick I found is the best option for this situation."

"I bet there might be a couple of weapons in that armoury, I'll go grab them." Said Henry as he rushed back into the lodge looking for weapons and came back with a shotgun and crossbow." Here you go, hope this'll help, there wasn't a lot of ammo left." Said Henry while he handed Jos a shotgun and kept the crossbow with only 5 bolts for himself.

[Canis Rex]

"Good." Jos nods, glad to see his companion calming. "Now, what do you say we find something we can actually defend ourselves with?" He offers. "I doubt this stick I found is the best option for this situation."

"I bet there might be a couple of weapons in that armoury, I'll go grab them." Said Henry as he rushed back into the lodge looking for weapons and came back with a shotgun and crossbow." Here you go, hope this'll help, there wasn't a lot of ammo left." Said Henry while he handed Jos a shotgun and kept the crossbow with only 5 bolts for himself.

"Thank you" Jos answers, carefully accepting the gun. He had no idea how this particular type of firearm worked and thus had to examine and test it a bit. There are shells laying around his feet by the time he figures out how the action works, but he is soon pumping them back in and now has the weapon fully loaded with one in the chamber. He notices there are not many spare shells and hopes he won't have to use many shots.
"I think I know how this thing works. Now we just have to figure out what to do about this mess. Want to try to find where everyone went, maybe get us all gathered up?"

[New Antonalia]

"Actually, with all that is going on, it think it would be better for both of us to stay together and don't worry, I won't look, I'm not a pervert after all." Charlie said, carefully sawing the index, middle and ring fingers off. He then slid the hand off of her arm and checked for any puncture marks from the claw like nails. "Apart from bruising your arm seems to be fine." He said turning around so she could change.

"... ok, that seems better than everyone, or at least us, going alone." She nodded "I don't know your name do i?" Kat looked at Charlie and then at her arm, when she looked back up, he had turned away, so she changed into different clothes "I'm Kat and I'm done changing." She said

"Charlie." He said, putting the rifle down beside the bed. "And I am scared shitless." He said beginning to shake uncontrollably. "I am like a fucking rabbit being chased by foxes." He felt his legs beginning to give so the lunged to the bed before he completely collapsed. "I have no fucking clue what is going on, and I have no clue what to do to keep Mark and everyone alive." He heard of people getting the shakes their first time in combat, but this this was something else entirely. He stared at the grey hand and the fingers near it. "How the fuck are we supposed to beat something like that? How?"

[Xanama]

"... ok, that seems better than everyone, or at least us, going alone." She nodded "I don't know your name do i?" Kat looked at Charlie and then at her arm, when she looked back up, he had turned away, so she changed into different clothes "I'm Kat and I'm done changing." She said

"Charlie." He said, putting the rifle down beside the bed. "And I am scared shitless." He said beginning to shake uncontrollably. "I am like a fucking rabbit being chased by foxes." He felt his legs beginning to give so the lunged to the bed before he completely collapsed. "I have no fucking clue what is going on, and I have no clue what to do to keep Mark and everyone alive." He heard of people getting the shakes their first time in combat, but this this was something else entirely. He stared at the grey hand and the fingers near it. "How the fuck are we supposed to beat something like that? How?"

"We can't beat it, we have to leave, together it'll be safer that way, what matters is our safety.." She said "Get your shit, and anything useful..."

[Slaveokia]

"I bet there might be a couple of weapons in that armoury, I'll go grab them." Said Henry as he rushed back into the lodge looking for weapons and came back with a shotgun and crossbow." Here you go, hope this'll help, there wasn't a lot of ammo left." Said Henry while he handed Jos a shotgun and kept the crossbow with only 5 bolts for himself.

"Thank you" Jos answers, carefully accepting the gun. He had no idea how this particular type of firearm worked and thus had to examine and test it a bit. There are shells laying around his feet by the time he figures out how the action works, but he is soon pumping them back in and now has the weapon fully loaded with one in the chamber. He notices there are not many spare shells and hopes he won't have to use many shots.
"I think I know how this thing works. Now we just have to figure out what to do about this mess. Want to try to find where everyone went, maybe get us all gathered up?"

Henry paused for a moment to think."Um... I think everybody but Ben and Alice are at the lodge, we should gather everybody up and figure out a course of action. Ben and Alice are going to gets themselves killed. We don't have a lot of choices either, it's go and try to get to there nearest civilized place or hold up in here." Henry paced around for a bit. *Sigh*"Let's just try to get everybody together."

[The Mystery Bard]

11:45 P.M

The Cannibal staggered around in the front yard after hearing the noise from the vehicle.
After seeing it as a trick he turned and slowly staggered back to the house.His feet dragging through the snow and his spiked chain jingling away.

Mark peeped out the window, having discarded the stranger at the door after all of the commotion.
Nothing.
The whole front yard was totally motionless, no snow was falling and nothing could be seen or heard.
He sighed heavily and turned his back to the window and spoke to everyone else.
"Okay, we need to find a way to get outside to the vehicles so someone can go for help while the rest keep that thing occupied here."
Matty Langrid spoke from across the room,"And how do you propose that Mark?Hmm?"
Mark opened his mouth to reply, but before he could the window to his back shattered into hundreds of glass shards which all flew across the floor and through the air.
Mark stood dead motionless, after a moment he opened his mouth and blood came pouring out onto the floor and across his shirt.
A rusty spike protruded from his throat, attached to a chain that led outside.
Suddenly with a mighty jerk of the chain Mark was yanked out through the open window into the darkness.
"Damn!"Yelled the old coot and he rushed up to the open window and fired a wild blast out into the night.

Nothing could be heard but the slowly fading sound of a jingling chain.

[Slaveokia]

11:45 P.M

The Cannibal staggered around in the front yard after hearing the noise from the vehicle.
After seeing it as a trick he turned and slowly staggered back to the house.His feet dragging through the snow and his spiked chain jingling away.

Mark peeped out the window, having discarded the stranger at the door after all of the commotion.
Nothing.
The whole front yard was totally motionless, no snow was falling and nothing could be seen or heard.
He sighed heavily and turned his back to the window and spoke to everyone else.
"Okay, we need to find a way to get outside to the vehicles so someone can go for help while the rest keep that thing occupied here."
Matty Langrid spoke from across the room,"And how do you propose that Mark?Hmm?"
Mark opened his mouth to reply, but before he could the window to his back shattered into hundreds of glass shards which all flew across the floor and through the air.
Mark stood dead motionless, after a moment he opened his mouth and blood came pouring out onto the floor and across his shirt.
A rusty spike protruded from his throat, attached to a chain that led outside.
Suddenly with a mighty jerk of the chain Mark was yanked out through the open window into the darkness.
"Damn!"Yelled the old coot and he rushed up to the open window and fired a wild blast out into the night.

Nothing could be heard but the slowly fading sound of a jingling chain.

Henry gasped and took a step back. "M-Mark!? Jesus Christ... I can't do this. I just want go home." Henry only had a small cut from a piece of glass that hit his face. He felt sick but couldn't vomit, he almost passed out of shock.

[Torrocca]

Ben jumped, and rushed toward the open window as Mark's lifeless corpse was yanked through it, yelling, "Mark! No!" He came to a halt near the window, hands on his head, shouting, "what the fuck?!" as he pointed and backed away. "How the fuck are we gonna fight that?!" he continued in his panic, bringing the bottom of his fist swiftly into the nearest wall.

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Alice, who was too low to get hit by the chain earlier, just kept silent as she heard the chain-rattling creature step from the car. She listened as the crunching of snow distanced itself from her, and let out a light sigh, and slowly resumed her light, soft breaths. For the longest of time, unease washed over her, accumulating into her gasping as a distant window shattered. All she could do was think, "oh no..." as... whatever that thing was... did its devilishly demented deeds. She clenched her hands shut and listened, waiting.

[Xanama]

Kat began to walk down stars to get a weapon of her own when she saw mark get brutal murdered, she stared and threw up where she was "Fuck! Ach! Charlie! We have to go now! " She threw up again, running back to her room, where Charlie was, she was crying, she held to him as if a scared child

[Canis Rex]

Jos snaps his shotgun to the window immediately, but restrains from firing upon seeing the mountain man shooting.
"Crap!" He exclaims, lowering the shotgun. "That's it! We need everyone right here right now!" He turns to go but stops momentarily to look at Henry. "Don't let that thing in and stay away from windows. I'm getting whoever is upstairs." His stomps are heard on the steps and floor as he goes banging on the doors. "Anyone here? That thing just got Mark. We're huddling up downstairs to make a game plan. We need everyone we can get."

[Slaveokia]

Jos snaps his shotgun to the window immediately, but restrains from firing upon seeing the mountain man shooting.
"Crap!" He exclaims, lowering the shotgun. "That's it! We need everyone right here right now!" He turns to go but stops momentarily to look at Henry. "Don't let that thing in and stay away from windows. I'm getting whoever is upstairs." His stomps are heard on the steps and floor as he goes banging on the doors. "Anyone here? That thing just got Mark. We're huddling up downstairs to make a game plan. We need everyone we can get."

Henry sighed. "Yeah I got it, make it quick, we need to have a plan as quick possible." Henry sat down behind a couch facing the window and aimed his crossbow at the window. His concentration was immense.

[Slaveokia]

"If anybody has a weapon I'd appreciate some bloody help with this window!" Said Henry while holding his concentration on the window.