Its the perfect night. The moon hangs low and forboding, strangled by thick clouds that occassionally leave the island in pitch black. The wind whips through the trees and sends chills deep into your bones.

The water is unusually cold and swimming to shore ywould mean sure death due to numbness and hypothermia; Nevermind the treacherous currents.

The Game begins for Andy as he coughs awake, head throbbing. One of his wrists is bound with a manacle and a chain. The chains is attached to a heavy stone and there are trees all around him.

Written on the stone is a cryptic message: The earth you saught to save shall hinder you this night.

The Game begins for Hannah as she wakes up in a thin puddle of her own vomit. Withdrawals claw at her gut and she feels like she has been kicked in the head.

She is cold, very cold, laying on the metal scaffolding that rims the very top of the wind whipped lighthouse.

The game begins for Jose as he wakes up to feel the rocking of waves underneathe him. He is in a rowboat, its bottom slowly filling up with water and its oars missing. The boat bounces against the rocks that rim the island, far above him, against the backdrop of the moon he can see the lighthouse rising like a spire in the night sky...

The game begins for James as he awakens on a cold stone floor. All around him is pitch black and smells of stone and moisture. There is no light any way he looks, only the sound of dripping water and a far off creaking....

The game begins for william as he wakes top the sound of an explosion. He jumps, adrenaline pumping as he realizes its not an explosion... but a wave. His hearing muffles it, shellshocked he is dizzy.

Pitch black surrounds him almost completely, there is one slit of light, large enough to crawl through, like a tear in space. He can see the glittering of far off lights and the gentle spray of water through the slit.

The game begins for John as he awakens to a sea of red. Red waves flow overhead and on his sides, as his vision focuses he will realize its not waves, but flapping fabric in a triangle above him.

He lays on a filthy mat inside a red tent he cant see through. Its vinyl shell flapping in the wind.

The game begins for Andrea as she awakens to the embrace of cold concrete. She is covered in itchy dust, maybe even a few crawling spiders. Thin slits of light come through cracks in the cieling and fall onto her. Lots of strange shaped objects hang in the air above her head, some looking rather sharp...

The game begins for Donald as he wakes up realizing his head is throbbing and he is upsidown. As his sight clears he sees stairs in a spiral going up, as if he were suspended inside a giant cone.

The rope around his ankles digs into his flesh and when he looks down he realizes freedom comes with the price of a seven foot drop to hard concrete.

Donald awakes with a start... a shake of his head and a groan at the throbbing pain.. he closes his eyes a moment, then opens them, looking around.. his eyes widen and he mutters...

"What.. the....fuck......"

A glance to the rope.. then a look down at the 7 ft drop...

He's like a caged animal.. he calls out at first..

"Hey! Anybody out there? Help, please!"

Though he knows its futile.. obviously, if someone took the time to string him up like this, they're not gonna let him down...

He swings there for a moment, debating what to do....

Though the price of survival may be a dangerous one.. he glances to the floor below him.... it far outweighs the risk of remaining here..

He reaches up, struggling to untie his bonds.. he's a pretty strong guy, but this takes a lot of effort... he swings himself back and forth to gain the momentum to even reach the bonds... heaven only knows how long he's been here...

And the ache in his head makes it even worse... but he isn't one to give up.

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2008-09-27 12:00:24 DonalD Miller rolls 5 dice to str+athl to untie self (Diff 7) 6,7,7,4,4 (2 successes)

And Rob, need me to shorten my post? I didn't read your post in the mortal storyline thread until after i Posted, but can shorten it if need be.  

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John rubs his eyes and focuses his vision on the red before him.
"So, this is what hell is like?"
He sits up, looking around the tent, investigating his surroundings. He looks the tent over for a way out of it...hell has to be on the otherside of this tent and he wonders if the devil is indeed red and cloven hooved.

Hannah wakes up, clawing futilely at her head, before dragging herself up...

Only to grab at the scaffolding she's on, screaming in fear at the sharp drop.

*Andy groans as he wakes* Got too close..aaah *He winces and as he tries to get up, feeling his hand bound to the rock, he tugs on the chain and looks around, seeing the message he pales* The hell? HEEEEY! ANYONE OUT THERE!!! *He takes a look around as he sits there, dazed and confused*

*The throbbing pain trickling though his body is what jerks him awake. The last thing he remembered was driving...then the rain, oh man was it raining! Then he remembered loosing control of the big rig and spinning...spinning and spinning like he was in some blender.

His eyes snap open and his heart lurches into his chest. Darkness and cold! The palms of his hands feel the stone benieth him and the first thing he thinks is that he's fallen out of the truck and is laying in some ditch...but since when do ditches smell damp, earthy? His nose twitches, the scent of muggyness collides with the dripping sound. Cave!

What the Sam Hill is he doing in a cave? He quickly dips his hand into the pocket of his flannel shirt and takes out an old-school digital watch, one of those with the button on the side that produces a small light when pressed.* C'mon..*he grunts and presses the tiny button, producing a small sliver of illumination, it's not much but its better than nothing.*  

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*As her eyes flutter open she freezes and assesses her situation quietly. She knows she is closed in, knows she couldn't have slipped off the roof into a chamber like this since she always studies her jobs. Slow shallow breaths as she listens and tries to adjust her eyes to what is around her. The light, the sharp objects... the concrete.

Her skin itches but she dare not scratch it, she concentrates on her body, mentally checking herself for wounds and anything else that may be out of place. She also checks for any of her tools though she doubts they are with her, her pack? Keychain with small flashlight and pocket knife? Anything?

Once completed she focuses on everything around her, knowing something is just not right. She moves minimally as she studies things, just in case there is someone or something present.*

2008-09-28 17:43:46 Andrea Lynn rolls 6 dice to View surroundings 8,6,5,4,9, 1 (2 successes)

((is he wearing any clothing?))

Jose looks around rapidly, as if awaking from a daze.  he checks over himself looking for scrathes or scars, after all he died.  Or he thinks he did.  Not immediately spoting anything he examines the boat for the source of the leak.

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Alert+Precept, D7 due to at night with full moon.

2008-09-29 13:16:45 Jose Delgado rolls 3 dice to search boat for hole (Diff 7) 9,1,1 (failure)
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RadiationJunkie wrote : The game begins for william as he wakes top the sound of an explosion. He jumps, adrenaline pumping as he realizes its not an explosion... but a wave. His hearing muffles it, shellshocked he is dizzy. Pitch black surrounds him almost completely, there is one slit of light, large enough to crawl through, like a tear in space. He can see the glittering of far off lights and the gentle spray of water through the slit.

James stands up, shivering, eyes flitting about furtively.  His heart is slamming his chest, and he has to consciously force himself to calm...the fuck...down.  

But fuckin' hell where is he?  What is this place?  He takes a few tentative steps forward towards the light.  "Hello?"  He calls out in the pitch blackness, arms out to feel around him for any space...walls...ceiling...whatever.  "Hello?  Is anyone there?"

Im going to break down this post as a paragraph for each character so youll all have to read carefully to know whats happening with you specifically.
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Donalds voice echoes up through the lighthouse coming back at him a hundred different ways. Donald reaches the ropes and manages to pry his foot loose. The drop is less than pleasant and he lands with a lound thud on the hard floor.

2008-10-11 09:01:36 Radiation rolls 2 dice to Fall damage 5,6 (1 success) 1 bashing damage please roll stamina to soak.

From his back, looking up he will see red letters painted in an impossible spot on the cieling above him.

'You will fall again.' It reads.

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Hannahs world will spin around her. She knows what withdrawals feel like and knows its only going to get worse... Her only distraction will be the sudden cries for help coming from the main tube of hte lighthouse behind her. Cries of help coming from her only way down from this perilous, freezing balcony.

Please roll perception and alertness diff 9 to hear Andys yells.
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John will easily find the zipper as the corner of the flap flips in the wind like some devils tail. When he peels back the fabric barrier he will see the island before him. The lighthouse stretches for the sky and there is a small woman clinging to the balcony ontop of it. Beyond the lighthouse he can see a large shed, and next to his tent are two more tents wit their flaps zippered shut.

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Andy finds himself terribly alone. There is nothing he can see in the woods beyond the usual crackling and rustling of small creatures. As he tugs at the chain he will discover the rock can move. Its heavy, about fifty pounds of dead weight but he could pick it up and walk with it. In the distance, towering over the trees Andy can see what looks like a lighthouse...

Please roll Perception and alertness Diff 9 to hear Donalds yells.
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James tiny light will serve him well. He has to crawl through a slippry cave mouth and will find himself faced with a twenty foot drop to sharp rocks. Looking up he will see teh cliff face only climbs about ten feet higher so he could make it onto the island if he can avoid slipping and falling to his death... Somewhere behind him in the darkness of the cave he will hear a low growl and the distinctive sound of a chain being pulled tight...

Please roll Strength and Athletics diff 7 due to slippery slope to climb to safety.
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Andrea will find herself wearing an unfamiliar jumpsuit. There is what feels like a piece of folded paper in her pocket but she has no other items on her. As her eyes adjust she will see the implements above her are all tools for digging and maintaining buildings.

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Jose is wearing an unfamiliar rust colored jumpsuit. The boat, filling with water only sinks a foot before it hits the rocky bottom of the lake next to the island. Beside Jose is a hill that leads onto the island. Halfway up there is a square wooden crate that looks far too new to have washed up here...

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William, lost in the blackness and heading for the dripping sounds will walk for what feels like forever. Before he finds a wall he will trip over something solid. Feeling around he will find a warm, unmoving body....

William please roll perception and alertness diff 7 to hear Donalds yelling and falling above you.  

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2008-10-11 09:37:46 Hannah rolls 7 dice to to hear yells (Diff 9) 9,10,3,2,7, 10,5 (3 successes

The faint screaming will, slowly, wend its way into her distraught conciousness.  Sniffling, she'll actually listen, not really able to hear well over the pounding of her heart, and icipient panic.  

At the same time, she will start to slowly crawl around the scaffolding, trying to feel around her, to find out how to get down.

2008-10-11 10:44:39 Donald Miller rolls 3 dice to soak 1,5,6 (failure)

Ouch... that hurts... and he sees the words above him, frowning... After a moment to recover his senses, the wind having been knocked out of him, he tries to get a feel around him... searching for windows or anything, but careful of his step, dreading the inevitable second fall...

He's frusterated...shaking his head... And then the memory hits him.. the car wreck... is he in hell? Is this what hell is?

"Fuckin' bull shit."

He half growls out.