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<blockquote data-quote="Rookseye" data-source="post: 2838557" data-attributes="member: 18211">&quot;SYKES!!!, Help me lad! HELP ME, I BEG YE!!!&quot;The courageous but foolhardy dragoon's plaintive screaming still fills Syke's ears, the words lost in agonizing, blubbering screams that sound too much like a gurgling recrimination of his friends before they are snuffed out. The ghastly image of the pallid walking corpses pulling his friend limb from limb is worsened by Thomas' inability to do anything save think of his own well-being when faced with the onslaught of the shambling townsfolk and Indians. He is bolting the heavy wooden door of the cramped farmhouse before he even realizes that Abcott and the madman Speid have managed to follow him to safety. Relief fills him when he realizes he is not alone, and it is enough to push his mortal fear to the wayside for a moment. As Abcott shouts incoherently about Pitcairne, it occurs to Sykes that the older scholar's own cries were but stinging echoes compared to the impossibly loud agony of James, receding further and further behind them as they fled. Still, for all that, they were no less horrific.&quot;Abcott, ABCOTT!, help me barricade the bloody door, damn it! Or you will full well know what has become of Pitcairne!!!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; [sblock] Sykes becomes even more unhinged. It hurts him all the worse, as he owes his own life to Gregory and could do nothing for the man. KL, do we need any SAN checks for this, or is it just considered a narrative progression? Sykes is at this point primarily concerned (in this order) with the number of windows in the farmhouse, the stoutness of the door, the availability of furniture to barricade said door, and how one gains access to the loft. Ladder or stair? [/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rookseye, post: 2838557, member: 18211"] [COLOR=Red][I][COLOR=Olive]"SYKES!!!, Help me lad! HELP ME, I BEG YE!!!"[/COLOR][/I][/COLOR] The courageous but foolhardy dragoon's plaintive screaming still fills Syke's ears, the words lost in agonizing, blubbering screams that sound too much like a gurgling recrimination of his friends before they are snuffed out. The ghastly image of the pallid walking corpses pulling his friend limb from limb is worsened by Thomas' inability to do anything save think of his own well-being when faced with the onslaught of the shambling townsfolk and Indians. He is bolting the heavy wooden door of the cramped farmhouse before he even realizes that Abcott and the madman Speid have managed to follow him to safety. Relief fills him when he realizes he is not alone, and it is enough to push his mortal fear to the wayside for a moment. As Abcott shouts incoherently about Pitcairne, it occurs to Sykes that the older scholar's own cries were but stinging echoes compared to the impossibly loud agony of James, receding further and further behind them as they fled. Still, for all that, they were no less horrific. [COLOR=SlateGray]"Abcott, [I]ABCOTT[/I]!, help me barricade the bloody door, damn it! Or you will full well know what has become of Pitcairne!!!" [/COLOR] [sblock] Sykes becomes even more unhinged. It hurts him all the worse, as he owes his own life to Gregory and could do nothing for the man. KL, do we need any SAN checks for this, or is it just considered a narrative progression? Sykes is at this point primarily concerned (in this order) with the number of windows in the farmhouse, the stoutness of the door, the availability of furniture to barricade said door, and how one gains access to the loft. Ladder or stair? [/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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