Blood Sands

[canon35]

My head...guh...what happened? Where am I?

Thoughts race across your head as you groan and slowly wake up. You are caked with sand, and appear to have been laying in a sand dune in the middle of a desert. A few odd orange rocks jut out of the ground upwards towards the sky. Your memories are like a swirling mass in your head, blotting them. You can hardly remember why you are here, or where you are. You take a look at your possessions.

Wearing: sand-filled shorts.

Nothing. Nothing besides the clothing you wear. Taking a look around, you see a smokestack off to the west with crows circling it. To the north, a destroyed ancient tower. To the south, the mouth of a cave. To the east, what appears to be some sort of wreck. You wonder what to do next.

[Valkrae]

Go towards the wreck.

[canon35]

Go towards the wreck.

Taking a closer look, it appears some car with red markings, with an engine in the...back? Crashed into one of the large orange rocks jutting out of the ground. Looking inside, you find a half full canteen and some sort of gauntlet with spikes on the knuckles. You fit the gauntlet onto your right hand. You can see keys in the vechicle, however the driver is nowhere to be seen. Do you try the keys, or investigate the cave mouth, smokestack, or tower? You weigh your options.

From your movement, the sand has left your shorts.

Wearing: Shorts, a metal gauntlet with steel knuckle spikes on your right hand.

Inventory: A half full canteen.

[Mofo1995]

Pour a little bit of the canteen into a cupped hand to see what it is.

[canon35]

Pour some of the canteen into a cupped hand.

You cup your hand and slowly tilt the canteen to see the contents. A tiny drop of water comes out. Smiling at your fortune, you put the canteen back and weigh your options.

Wearing: Shorts, metal gauntlet with spiked knuckles on right hand.

Inventory: Half full canteen of water.

[halorocks22]

Remove the spikes from the gauntlet and strip the metal from the gauntlet. Using the hot sand of the desert, melt down the metal from the gauntlet to make several steel ingots. Use some of the steel ingots while they're still hot and malleable with your hand wrapped in the leather remains of the gauntlet to make a small anvil and crude hammer. Remembering your extensive gunsmithing knowledge, use the rest of the ingots to make the metal frame and clipazine of an AK variant rifle. Melt down the spikes using the hot sand to make some basic 7.62x39mm bullets. Tear out a bit of the wooden accents of the wrecked car to make the handguard, the stock and the pistol grip of the weapon and affix them to the now-complete rifle. Gather some of the marijuana you see in the car - the driver was clearly a pothead - make a blunt, and venture out towards the cave with your shiny new rifle in your hands and dank kush, already lit by the hot sun, in your mouth.

[canon35]

Try to turn the metal gauntlet into an AK-47. Search the car. Head to the cave.

Welp, you broke the gauntlet. On the brighter side, you took a more extensive look in the car and found a shiv, along with a lighter and an extremely rare cigarette. Deciding to head over to the cave, you walk into the mouth and use your lighter to find the way. You continue down the tunnel until you find a strange room carved into the rock. It contains a hammock, some cans of food, and judging by the lit firepit, someone has recently been here. You weigh your options, do you continue further down the tunnel or head back up? Do you loot the room?

Wearing: Shorts.

Inventory: Half full canteen of water, shiv, lighter, rare cigarette.

[keinto]

Cut a third of the hammock with the shiv to turn into a bag for the canned food. Fit as many cans as possible. Cut the rope from the hammock and wrap it around your shoulder. Carry rest of hammock to be used as a blanket later. Start heading out of the cave toward the destroyed ancient tower.

[canon35]

Re-purpose the hammock, head towards the destroyed tower.

You cut a portion of the hammock into the bag, and take the few cans. Taking the rest of the hammock, and the leftover rope, you head out to investigate the ancient tower. The other buildings that once existed around it are blasted to rubble, the tower itself somehow mostly survived minus some damage at the top. Entering it, you can see a spiral staircase heading up. There's a dead body with what appears to be red coloured clothing, and some sort of gun.

Wearing: Shorts, hammock bag.

Inventory: Half full canteen of water, shiv, lighter, rare cigarette, three cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, and a small length of rope.

[Mofo1995]

Examine the body for cause of death, and if there's no cause for alarm, head upstairs.

[canon35]

Examine the body.

Checking over the body, you notice several puncture marks across it. You guess the red colouring on the clothing it wears wasn't exactly dye.

Dead Body: Stitched together pants, crude leather jacket, 2 rifle bullets, one custom rifle.

You head upstairs to check the rest of the building. At the top, there is a metal grate platform. The walls to the west, east, and south are blown away, and the north wall is now just waist high. The platform itself has nothing notable besides a strange white gang marking of what appears to be a man wearing a gas mask and goggles. From the height you can see the cave you exited from, the crashed car, and the smokestack in the distance. The crows have left, and you can see that the smoke is coming from a second wreck. You see something moving around near it.

Wearing: Shorts, Hammock Bag.

Inventory: Half Full canteen of water, shiv, lighter, rare cigarette, three cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, and a small length of rope.

[Valkrae]

Grab the rifle, and check for a loaded round in the weapon. If not, chamber one and throw the leather jacket on. You can never have enough protection. Examine the movement of the second wreck.

[canon35]

Take the rifle, jacket, and examine the second wreck further.

Seizing the bullets and rifle, you take a better look at the custom weapon. The barrel seems to be a pipe, basic firing mechanism, butt of it is some sort of hallow scrap. It's bolt action, only holds on round. You check the bolt and see it's unloaded. After loading a rifle round into the custom rifle, you notice that along it's barrel there is something scratched into it. You can only make out a B, the rest of the first word is scratched out. You also take the jacket. Upon closer inspection, you see that the black leather is likely not any sort of animal. Moving any sort of morals aside, you put on the jacket for extra protection. You take a last look at the dead body.

Dead Body: Stitched together pants.

Moving out of the tower, you silently creep along to the second wreck. Hiding behind a rock 15 meters away from the wreckage, you see the moving figure. It's a woman, she wears some sort of bandoleer with a pauldron on the right shoulder. The pauldron has black feathers on it. She wears a white shirt underneath and is wearing what appears to be black leather pants crudely cut into shorts. She appears to be looking through the wreck for anything of value, and you spot a canister lying next to her. Fuel! You could use that in the other car, if it is out of gas. You ponder your next move.

Wearing: Hammock bag, shorts, leather jacket.

Inventory: Half full canteen of water, lighter, rare cigarette, three cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope, a single rifle round.

Weapons: A custom-made rifle, shiv.

[Valkrae]

Sneak up on the woman, and sink that shiv into her neck. Pull her body into the car that works, fuel it and start driving to a more secure location.

[canon35]

Stealthfully kill the woman, take the fuel, drive away in the working car.

Silently, you move up behind the scavenger and stab her in the neck without her making a noise. The shiv breaks. You quickly grab the body, and the fuel canister, and run towards the working car. After dumping the body in the backseat, you fuel it up and activate the ignition. Driving away from the area, you begin to follow some sort of path carved into the desert. Going past the orange mounds of rock. You eventually reach an old bridge over a small depression in the orange rock and sand. You drive into the depression and set up a small camp as night falls. You check the woman's body.

Dead Crow Woman: Crow Cult Bandoleer, black leather shorts, white cut-up shirt, 1 magnum round, 2 crossbow bolts.

You eat a can of dog food and drink some of the canteen before nightfall, and go to sleep under your hammock blanket. When you wake up, you hear the roar of an engine as a car comes over the bridge, continuing on west towards where you had woken up. You begin to wonder what to do today. You can see a tall structure to the west, and some sort of stronghold on a near-by mountain to the north. Perhaps they're friendly?

Wearing: Shorts, hammock bag.

Inventory: one quarter full canteen of water, lighter, rare cigarette, two cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope. Single rifle round.

Weaponns: Custom rifle.

Car: A two seater buggy of old,it has a four cylinder engine in the back, working headlights, and is half full. It is painted red and has gang markings on it.

[Mofo1995]

Sneak up on the woman, and sink that shiv into her neck. Pull her body into the car that works, fuel it and start driving to a more secure location.

Geez, talk about a murderboner.

Let's put on that bandoleer and head west to that tall structure, keeping with the theme of not trusting strangers and looting.

[canon35]

Take the bandoleer, go to the structure.

As you set off, you notice a small wreck about halfway through the journey. It's stopped burning, leaving behind only a charred car body. Noticing something glinting in the sand, you move to investigate. As you approach the object, a screaming man pops out of the sand behind you and attacks.

It's a fight!

Buzzard Skink: Bandage wrapped leggings, Bandage wrapped shirt, bandage wrapped gas mask, table leg mace.

Wearing: Shorts, hammock bag, Crow Cult bandoleer.

Inventory: 1/4 full water canteen, lighter, cigarette, 2 cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope, single rifle round.

Weapons: Custom Rifle.

You cannot access your car in foot combat.

[Hackie]

I emit a powerful warcry, and begin screaming and shouting at the man in an attempt to subdue him, or communicate with him in some primal level.

[canon35]

Attempt to communicate the buzzard.

You roar and scream at the buzzard back, attempting to scare him off. The buzzard hesitates, allowing you an open window to knock the table leg club out of his hands and aim your custom rifle at him. You are now holding the Buzzard Skink at gunpoint.

Buzzard Skink: Buzzard wrapped leggings, Buzzard wrapped shirt, Buzzard wrapped gas mask.

Wreck Site: Table leg mace.

Inventory: 1/4 full water canteen, lighter, cigarette, 2 cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope, single rifle round.

Weapons: Custom Rifle.

Car: A two seater buggy of old,it has a four cylinder engine in the back, working headlights, and is half full. It is painted red and has gang markings on it.

[Hackie]

I scream at the buzzard, gesturing to the right, in an attempt to scare him off.

[canon35]

Scream at the Buzzard to scare him off.

Taking your hint, the Buzzard Skinks run off into the wastes.

You take the table leg mace and continue to the tall structure. When you get close, you see that it is a tower with graffiti of feathers, bird beaks, and crows across it. You spot 3 people at the base of the tower, all in black feathers like the woman from the smoking wreck earlier. You wonder what to do.

Inventory: 1/4 full canteen of water, lighter, cigarette, 2 cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope, single rifle round.

Wearing: Shorts, hammock bag, Crow Cult bandoleer.

Weapons: Custom rifle (Loaded), table leg mace.

Car: A two seater buggy of old,it has a four cylinder engine in the back, working headlights, and is half full. It is painted red and has gang markings on it

[Hackie]

I pluck the feathers from my bandoleer, and examine my surroundings for any cover, or a path I can use to sneak past the three women.

[canon35]

Pluck the feathers from your bandoleer, see if you can sneak past the women.

As you remove the bandoleer, you notice a crack in the tower's walls you can slip into. Carefully sneaking inside, you see that the tower has multiple floors. Each one connected by a spiral staircase. The three outside have not noticed you. In the room, there is nothing but a small table in the centre with what appears to be a buzzard armoured helmet.

Inventory: 1/4 full canteen of water, lighter, cigarette, 2 cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope, single rifle round.

Wearing: Shorts, hammock bag, bandoleer.

Weapons: Weapons: Custom rifle (Loaded), table leg mace.

Car: A two seater buggy of old,it has a four cylinder engine in the back, working headlights, and is half full. It is painted red and has gang markings on it. It is left back at the wreck, out of sight.

[Hackie]

I creep up the spiral stairs, leaving the helmet behind as I don't want no clanky ass helmet that's covering my vision in a moment like this,

[canon35]

Creep up the spiral stairs.

The next floor has a mottled blanket on the floor. A young child, a girl, is sleeping on the blanket. She's wearing as small dress made from crude cloth. In the corner you spy a shotgun round, a teddy bear in bad condition, and what appears to be a wrist mounted crossbow without a string. The spiral staircase continues up from the room.

Inventory: 1/4 full canteen of water, lighter, cigarette, 2 cans of dog food, a hammock blanket, a small length of rope, single rifle round.

Wearing: Shorts, hammock bag, bandoleer.

Weapons: Custom rifle (Loaded), table leg mace.

Car: A two seater buggy of old,it has a four cylinder engine in the back, working headlights, and is half full. It is painted red and has gang markings on it. It is left back at the wreck, out of sight.