Part one (from earlier today, I hit the 20,000 character limit finally) for those who missed it. In the Maze of the Games: Sometimes it was difficult, being alone. But being alone was nothing compared to being alone, with others. At least, that's how Danny looked at it after being stuck with two people, two people he'd thought were really good friends of his, for the past twelve hours. Twelve hours hiding in a very cramped set of trees while robots lurked outside, looking for you. Twelve hours being packed together so closely you could smell each other's BO, hear their breathing, even smell the fish on their breath, which was the worst part. Twelve hours where you couldn't talk for fear of being heard. And now that they were finally out, Danny wanted a lot of distance from the others. "Are you saying you don't want to be near us any more?" "Sorry Jacob, but that was far closer to anyone then I've ever wanted to get and really ever plan on getting." "Are you serious Danny?" Danny nodded. "It's just that, well, you've not showered in three days. Four now, actually. And Thad, you really need to shower more often than that." Thad shrugged. "In case you've not noticed, there are no showers left here any more, we've got one building still standing, and no running water. You could use the river, but the people downstream count on that water for drinking as well." Danny added, "Assuming there are still people downstream." Jacob said, "Don't talk like that Jacob, of course there are. There have to be. Danny replied, "Someone has to, and if you won't I will." Jacob sighed. "I know, I guess. I wish someone else were here to do it though, I like you better when you're not like this." Danny smiled, "So do I. So let's get to work finding out how to get us back to normal." Jacob nodded, and the three of them headed back to the remains of their once secluded, secret village.
In the ruins of Not Completely Drained: Dodge woke up to a land he'd never seen before, but that seemed totally familiar to him. Rubble lay everywhere, in or near the spaces where houses that once stood stood no longer. He'd known them, in a few cases even helped to build them, now they lay in shambles. It had seemed like such a grand venture at the time, a group from Feline Basin, led by Dodge, planned to head out with him to build a new town near the end of the river, where it dipped underground before exiting through a waterfall in a cliff that hung over the ocean. They ended up building their town actually around that hole; it eventually reached a dozen houses, mostly of single people. It never got any families in, the fear of a young child falling into the water and getting swept away was one Dodge had not thought of, but more responsible parents did. In all likelihood this place would have died within the next decade or so anyway. But until then he'd loved it, a town he'd built with his own hands, and others'. And now it lay in ruins. Destroyed. With no one in sight. He should have been able to see if someone else were out there; the town wasn't all that big. But no one was left, they'd all run off when whatever disaster there was here had hit. And he was all alo- "LET ME OUT!" Lousy Boomer, didn't he realize he was interrupting a perfect good bout of self-pity? Dodge got up off the ground he'd been sitting on and looked about. There didn't appear to be anyone about, except one of the rubble piles was moving! He rushed over there and saw a hand sticking out. Moving a few boards aside he saw the currently very grubby face of young Bert, AKA Boomer, lover of things that went (what else?) boom. "I said LET ME OUT! Oh, hi Dodge. Are they gone now?" Dodge shrugged. "If I knew who 'they' were I might be able to answer you better." "I don't know either really. But I do know that they were tough, they captured people, and that when you blew them up they exploded with lots of robot parts. All gone though, they took them." Dodge blinked. "Blew them up? Where in the world did you get a bomb?" Boomer laughed. "Gunpowder of course. But it brought my house down on me and several other ones nearby as well. How you slept through it I'll never know. But they ignored me for some reason and just left. I guess the rest of us were enough to satisfy them." Dodge answered, "The rest of us? They have the other people?" Boomer nodded as best he could while trapped. "Yep. And if they come back, I'll have a lot better chance of escaping if I'm not trapped under here." Dodge got back to work trying to move debris aside, Boomer helping with his free hand. His other one was stuck under a heavy board, and even after he finally freed the rest of his friend, Dodge could not budge that stubborn board. "Can you move that arm?" Boomer nodded. "Yep, I guess so. It's weak though. Will I have to cut it off?" Dodge shook his head. "No, of course not." He didn't know really, but that knowledge wouldn't help Boomer right now. He was about to turn around and look for a better board to use as a level when a voice spoke up. "All right, that's enough. Hands in the air." Reflexively Dodge stuck his hands in the air, than turned around to see just what had snuck up on him.
Eleven new people, and with 70/75 in odds are you're in by now, even if you've only been mentioned off-hand. It won't be too long before everyone's in, than it's just getting parts to mentioned characters and then fully expanding stories while still not going beyond six or seven pieces a day. Anyway, it's time for another question: Did you like the map? A: Yes, it was helpful, though not very nice looking. B: I actually thought it looked nice. C: It sucks. D: Your art skills are pathetic, I could do way better. Warning: D is a rigged answer. :P New characters: Grant, Miyoshi, Brandon, Bob, Elmer (Mentioned previously), Dave (Mentioned previously), Chad, Lauren, Nathan, Donna, Danny, Jacob, Thad, Dodge (Previously mentioned), Boomer, mysterious man (This is really getting cliche, I should stop pointing out the unknown figures. :P). Mentioned Characters: Flore, the Mastermind, no one else (I think). Recurring Characters: Remo, Nick, Shawn, Kratos, Emmi, Alexia, Mike, Elaine, Shad, Jonathon. Not a lot really, this was more about being the last time to introduce a ton of new people. Past Characters: Marcus, Drake, Lore, Isaac (mentioned), Damien (mentioned), Timmy, Jack, Kara, Jake, Marty, Doc Appleby, Kathryn, Ellen (mentioned), Thern (mentioned), Carla (mentioned), Roberto, Wayne (mentioned), Bill (mentioned), Dean, Will, Demi, Link (mentioned), Lucas (mentioned), Blaze (mentioned), Orion, Jimmy, RP, Zack, Preston, Andrew, Leonard, Kevin, Martin, Brock, Ed, Earnhardt, Odin, Cathi, Green, Orland, Kyle, Justin, Devin, Kira. Not GS members: Elaine, Anna, Anne, Mastermind's Servant, Mech 1, Don (Dead), the two children. GS members in: 70/75
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