Welcome to Reality
| Stats | |
| Characters | Leah, Tallulah, Esme, Eikre |
| Duration | 1 day |
| Quotes | Lots See Below |
Esme, Leah and Tallulah were confined in VR having somehow been trapped within. Escaping from the mutant world into a new reality where they are humans untouched by the nuclear disaster on earth they believe themselves safe.
Unbeknownst to them Eikre has found where their unconcious bodies lie. Strapped into chairs with wires extended from their heads he can't tell whether they are alive or dead. Determined to see if he could revive them he studies the console that seems to control the room. unable to decipher the text on the buttons he starts to press them at random.
Despite a lack of skill and some resulting feedback for the people in VR Eikre finally managed to hit a button that let them know what he was up to. Esme watched horrified as he continued to fiddle with the controls and did all she could to open a coms channel to him. Once this was established she lead him through the procedure of logging her out of VR.
Waking up in a chair Esme had to face the fact that she had been in another VR scenario and reality wasn't quite as she thought it. Remembering nothing of how she entered the VR machine she set her task to getting Leah and Tallulah out as well. Leah did not take the transition to reality at all well doubting that she had in fact real until Tallulah snapped her out of it (see quotes).
Keeping tabs on Eikre the group moved from the VR room and found a small study. On one of the tables they find a small cylinder that is obviously still functional though what it actually does they can't work out.
Taking it with them they head to the surface. Emerging amongst some ruins they choose to investigate some of the other buildings. Approaching a small ruin that has a spindly tree within they see three large hounds lying underneath it. Tallulah considers what he knows of zone ecology and states calmly that they are Varhunds.
They apporach carefully as the dogs suddenly spot them and move towards them. Identifying the leader the group are hastily surrounded. A brief discussion starts them moving back into the ruined building to use the wals as cover.
Eikre tries to fire a potshot at one of the dogs but his gun misfires causing it to break. Now weaponless he resorts to his other skills causing the leader to selfcombust. However the dog is robust and continues forward.
Taking shots at the pack Esme and Leah are the first to notice that the tree is not as innocent as it seems. Large tentacles start to try to hit them. The dogs maul Eikre and Esme suddenly has her hands full looking after him. Taking a tentacle in the side it takes her a few moments to realise that she has poison coursing through her veins. Loading her autoinjector with antivenom after one false start she successfully treats herself before aiding Eikre to his feet as his leg is in tatters.
Making a hasty retreat both Eikre and Leah are poisoned as Tallullah does his best to keep the dogs at bay. Finally one goes down and then the leader until the group are free and manage to keep their distance. Outnumbered the final dog heads back to the tree.
Esme who has only one antivenom capsule left shares the dose between Eikre and Leah hoping to at least keep them mobile until she can find more. Eikre has no movement in his leg and is helped to a comfortable position as they now try to work out how to get to the nearest town for aid.
Quotes
"First you were real but somewhere not real, then you weren't real in someplace not real, now you're in somewhere real and you're really real." Tallulah comforting Leah who is utterly confused
"I find a knife in my handbag and a pistol in my garter - just how it should be!" Tallulah realising he is back in reality.
"Leah is feeling a little decidedly not so manoeuvrable." DM explaining effects of Toxin.
