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<blockquote data-quote="jonrog1" data-source="post: 75855" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>EXIT 23 -- PT. 3 </p><p>Down the dark corridor, a body lay half-in, half out of one of the restrooms. It was the female state trooper. </p><p>Swearing vigorously, still attached by the belt loops, the rushed to the body. </p><p></p><p>"WHOA!" Johanna slipped, almost bringing them all down. "I tripped in ... no wait, this isn't all blood..." </p><p>They noticed the floor was soaked with blood AND water. Then they saw the reason. The tall, blonde state tropper was dead -- but not of gunshot wounds. She'd been stabbed. </p><p></p><p>With icicles. </p><p></p><p>Two foot long icicles. That were still embedded in her. </p><p></p><p>The group stared at the grotesque, pincushioned corpse. The only light they had was the tiny pool from their flashlight. The wind still howled, high, whistling, outside. The trooper's body wedged the Men's room door open. </p><p></p><p>"Gun in her hand, " noticed Ross. "She must have been the one to get three shots off." </p><p></p><p>"DIBS!" Johanna lurched forward, seized the Nine mil. She now had a bottle of vodka in one hand and a loaded gun in the other.</p><p></p><p><em>(DM's NOTE: Jo was the only one with pistol proficiency. This little armament distribution was not universally beloved by the rest of the group... nothing like a drunk Southern girl with a firearm.) </em> </p><p></p><p>Andy pushed open the Men's room door, Stephen and Ross doing their light-spear trick. Jo covered them with the gun, or at least waved it at the inside of the restroom. They were all freaked to find another traveller, a young sketch-artist who'd been in the coffee shop earlier, similarly slain with the icicles. Then -- a MOAN!</p><p></p><p>They threw open the stall door, found a man in a business suit with one of the icicles embedded in his thigh -- but still alive! </p><p></p><p>Stephen tried to stabilize the man. Blood surged everywhere. Despite all Stephen could do with his first aid skills, the man convulsed once, twice ... and died in their arms. </p><p></p><p><em>("all Stephen could do with his first aid skills" was roll a spectacular series of 1's, unfortunately) </em> </p><p></p><p>"Let's get back to the others, now!" Ross started to back out, put his hand on the wall. He yanked it away. Every surface of this restroom, the walls, the stalls, all were covered with a thick layer of frost. </p><p></p><p>Andrew had other ideas. There was a wastebasket in the restroom, and just to be safe, he flipped it, checking for any clues. The clue turned out to be a large leather briefcase. </p><p>Stephen looked up from the dead man's wallet. "His name's Jonas Riley." </p><p></p><p>"Matches the monogram on the briefcase." Andrew jimmied the case open. "Papers, a bunch of memos from something called the Hoffman Institute." Andy's brow furrowed. "Some of these papers have occult notation on them." They all stared at him. "I dabbled." He then pulled a glass sphere out of the case, whistled. "A snow globe ..." He looked closer at it. "Oh $#@%#$%@$$f*cker." </p><p></p><p>As the others clambered to see, he held the show globe up to their flashlight. It looked perfectly ordinary. About the size of a softball, snow whirling around in it, with a little building ... that's when they all got it. It wasn't just any building. It was the rest stop. A perfect replica of the Exit 23 Rest Stop was inside the snow globe. </p><p></p><p>Something banged down the dark corridor. </p><p></p><p>Something was still inside with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonrog1, post: 75855, member: 189"] EXIT 23 -- PT. 3 Down the dark corridor, a body lay half-in, half out of one of the restrooms. It was the female state trooper. Swearing vigorously, still attached by the belt loops, the rushed to the body. "WHOA!" Johanna slipped, almost bringing them all down. "I tripped in ... no wait, this isn't all blood..." They noticed the floor was soaked with blood AND water. Then they saw the reason. The tall, blonde state tropper was dead -- but not of gunshot wounds. She'd been stabbed. With icicles. Two foot long icicles. That were still embedded in her. The group stared at the grotesque, pincushioned corpse. The only light they had was the tiny pool from their flashlight. The wind still howled, high, whistling, outside. The trooper's body wedged the Men's room door open. "Gun in her hand, " noticed Ross. "She must have been the one to get three shots off." "DIBS!" Johanna lurched forward, seized the Nine mil. She now had a bottle of vodka in one hand and a loaded gun in the other. [I](DM's NOTE: Jo was the only one with pistol proficiency. This little armament distribution was not universally beloved by the rest of the group... nothing like a drunk Southern girl with a firearm.) [/I] Andy pushed open the Men's room door, Stephen and Ross doing their light-spear trick. Jo covered them with the gun, or at least waved it at the inside of the restroom. They were all freaked to find another traveller, a young sketch-artist who'd been in the coffee shop earlier, similarly slain with the icicles. Then -- a MOAN! They threw open the stall door, found a man in a business suit with one of the icicles embedded in his thigh -- but still alive! Stephen tried to stabilize the man. Blood surged everywhere. Despite all Stephen could do with his first aid skills, the man convulsed once, twice ... and died in their arms. [I]("all Stephen could do with his first aid skills" was roll a spectacular series of 1's, unfortunately) [/I] "Let's get back to the others, now!" Ross started to back out, put his hand on the wall. He yanked it away. Every surface of this restroom, the walls, the stalls, all were covered with a thick layer of frost. Andrew had other ideas. There was a wastebasket in the restroom, and just to be safe, he flipped it, checking for any clues. The clue turned out to be a large leather briefcase. Stephen looked up from the dead man's wallet. "His name's Jonas Riley." "Matches the monogram on the briefcase." Andrew jimmied the case open. "Papers, a bunch of memos from something called the Hoffman Institute." Andy's brow furrowed. "Some of these papers have occult notation on them." They all stared at him. "I dabbled." He then pulled a glass sphere out of the case, whistled. "A snow globe ..." He looked closer at it. "Oh $#@%#$%@$$f*cker." As the others clambered to see, he held the show globe up to their flashlight. It looked perfectly ordinary. About the size of a softball, snow whirling around in it, with a little building ... that's when they all got it. It wasn't just any building. It was the rest stop. A perfect replica of the Exit 23 Rest Stop was inside the snow globe. Something banged down the dark corridor. Something was still inside with them. [/QUOTE]
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