Curtains#2 - It Came From Below!

[Rybaer]

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:28

Granite reaches the side of the car and finds that the doors are mangled shut. With all the effort of opening a can of soda, he peels off most of the entire side of the train car.

One zombie is right in Fate's face, clawing and scratching. The other spins around to face Granite, only to get a blast of lightning in his face from Jorgi. It crashes into a seat, smouldering and motionless. Fate gets off a bolt of flame, igniting the clothing on remaining zombie and sending it toppling into the aisle where it thrashes wildly. Granite reaches into the car and pounds the zombie clean through the floor.

There are no remaining animate zombies within sight, just a number of haggard looking passengers.

*****

ooc- still waiting on Tarentula's actions from previous post. I apologize for my slow posting rate lately. Been very busy. I will try to get back to posting at least twice a week soon.

 

[Velmont]

Which door... before I get lost in this maze, I should inform the others. Let's find a way they could use up to here.

Lawrence move back on his step, but climb up the ladder instead of going back into the hole from where he was coming from.

 

[Keia]

Professor Fate - HPs: 2/5

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:28

"Thanks for the assistance," Fate said gratefully to Grantire and Jorgi.

Professor Fate was breathing heavy, the smell of burning and charred dead flesh and something else was in the air. He turned and scanned for any other passengers while asking, "Are there any others still on board? OR anyone else that is hurt?" He will heal anyone that is hurt.

After ensuring that they've gotten to all that they could, Professor Fate said, "Our first order of business is to get these people to safety, then we can explore the tunnel further."

 

[Rybaer]

Lawrence backs out of the old pumping station and into the dimly lit hallway. He tests the rusty rungs of the ladder at the end of the hall and finds that they're still strong enough to hold his weight. He climbs up into a dark, claustrophobic shaft. Some twenty feet up, it ends in a manhole cover. There is no sound coming from above. Testing the cover, Lawrence finds that he is unable to force it open.

*****

The people from the subway car are quickly escorted out. After removing some twisted metal that blocked off the rest of the cars, the group finds another dozen people waiting further down the tunnel. They had heard the screams and several had tried to get up to the front car to help...but had apparently backed off at the sound of a gunshot.

About twenty frightened people in total are quickly escorted past the damaged car and a number of fallen zombies. Once in the station, they hurry up the stairs with a number of "thanks" offered to the heroes. Police escort them away once they reach street level.

Almost five minutes have passed since Lawrence went exploring down the other direction of the tunnel.

 

[Radiant]

*****



About twenty frightened people in total are quickly escorted past the damaged car and a number of fallen zombies. Once in the station, they hurry up the stairs with a number of "thanks" offered to the heroes. Police escort them away once they reach street level.

"Yeahyourwelcome.Yeswerule.Thanksyoutoo.Heydoyouhappentohaveyoungersister?Heyman,keepitslow,Illhelpyourout.Wowyourhot,wanagiveElectroboyyourphonenumber?"
...five seconds of silence...
...Jorgi bangs his head against the walll.
"CrapIsaidit.GraniteI'msogonakillya!"
...looks upwards on granite and ralizes it takes an awfully long time before he mumbles:
"Ok,soI'dkillyaifyouwouldn'thappentobetheinvulnerablestoneguywho'sfreakin'scary'n'strong."

 

[Mimic]

Granite chuckles to himself at Jorgi's outburst. "You are pretty funny kid, I like that. Glad to see you like the new name, maybe if you play your cards right you can be my sidekick." He tells him with a cocky smile.

"I wonder what is taking Lawrence so long, think we should go look for him?" He says looking over to where Dr. Fate is standing

 

[Keia]

Professor Fate - HPs: 2/5

"I wonder what is taking Lawrence so long, think we should go look for him?" He says looking over to where Dr. Fate is standing.

Fate glanced around, including looking on the ceiling, only then realizing that Tarantula wasn't with them. "Last I saw him, he was fighting zombies with you and," with a wink to Granite, "Electoboy, here."

"I think the fine officers here have the passengers safely away, we should head back and find him. So much for getting to the pumping station with all haste," Fate said with a smile, knowing that finding and making certain Tarantula was well superceded any other plans.

 

[Velmont]

While climbing down the ladder.

Ratz... no way to open it, and looks like sealed, I won't be able to see what is up there. So, the only way out is from where I came from. No one else will be able to come up here... maybe Fate, he can pass throught wall. Well, let's finish explore that place before I go back report... would have been nice to have some walkie-talkie. I should tell it to Fate. Maybe he could provide some to everyone.

He walk back to the pumping room. He starts to examine the large pipes.

Even Granite could go into these. Maybe I can find another way out using those pipes... let's find out. Well, I should make sure I won't be pumped by that machine if I risk myself...

Lawrence will look at the pipes to see if he can find a way ion, even if it is a small hole were he can slip throught. He will next look at the machine that looks like a pumping station to see how it works and if it still works.

 

[Radiant]

Granite chuckles to himself at Jorgi's outburst. "You are pretty funny kid, I like that. Glad to see you like the new name, maybe if you play your cards right you can be my sidekick." He tells him with a cocky smile.

"I wonder what is taking Lawrence so long, think we should go look for him?" He says looking over to where Dr. Fate is standing

"Sidekickareyoukiddingme.I'vegotsomuchjuiceIshouldhaveawholecomicbookindustryjustformyself.Bythewayyouthinkthey'llgiveusourowncomicbooksifwe'replayingtheheroieshere?ImeanthisisAmericaisitnot."
With renewed motivation Jorgi charges himself up and flies through the tunnel at top speed to catch up with lawrence.
Oh crap what if I hit a wall? Crap, at least I hope some of the chics see this.

 

[Rybaer]

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:34

Jorgi and Fate start to fly down the opposite tunnel from the station with Granite hurrying along noisily on foot. The tunnel is very poorly lit and there is no immediately obvious sign of Lawrence. Not too far from the station, however, is a clump of the over-sized fungus tendrils that have pushed through a grating in the side of the tunnel. The tendrils only extend a few feet into the subway tunnel and do not appear to be animate at the moment. The shaft that the tendrils have come through is less than a yard square and has little free space left over once the fungus is accounted for.

*****

Lawrence returns to the pumping station and climbs down the stairway. He picks his way carefully over and around the inanimate fungal tendrils that spread across the floor until he reaches the larger tubes. In spite of the grime and corrosion, the tubes appear to be structurally sound with no cracks or holes. On top of them (about ten feet up), there appear to be small access hatches that resemble airlocks.

"Welcome," a deep voice rumbles through the room. "I wasn't expecting visitors, or I'd have cleaned up the place a bit."

All of the tendrils throughout the room start to quiver to life, though none make any immediately threatening move toward Lawrence. He cannot see the speaker, nor can he discern quite which direction the voice is coming from.