- Part 2 And into the wilderness
- >brain.exe has unexpectedly crashed. Reboot? (Y/N)
- >Y
- >Rebooting... Would you like to run brain.exe in safe mode? (Y/N)
- >Y
- >Scanning for corrupted files
- >You wake up slowly to a beautiful landscape
- >The colors are vibrant, and almost unreal
- >Looking at the sky, the sun is at its peak, indicating noon
- >You look down, and see you're wearing your ABUs
- >A quick inspection reveals a bag next to you
- >Inside is a flight suit, survival gear, a combat knife, and an M9 along with four clips of ammo
- >>Good, I've got some gear. Now to look around a...wait, where's my name?
- >You notice your nametags are missing
- >You look at your dogtags
- >Surprised to see them, you examine them... and everything's there except your name
- >>So, what's my name?
- >.....
- >3 corrupted files found.
- >FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUu
- >Ok, you can deal with this.
- >You're in a field, with what looks to be a dirt road in front of you
- >Off in the distance, you make out the outskirts of a town
- >Pick up your bag and you're on your way.
- >Huh, didn't see that forest before
- >Fucking perfect landscape
- >The road leads you down a steep hill into the forest
- >You follow it, noting the lack of light
- >>Reminds me of Black Forest, I swear when I get out of this mess...
- >Wait, when were you in Germany?
- >10 corrupted files found.
- >FFFUUUU ok. Ok. Ok. You can handle this
- >It's just a little amnesia
- >If you're lucky, it's dissociative fugue
- >No time to worry about that, you just heard a twig behind you snap
- >Instinctively, you pull out your knife and M9
- >Gun in the right, knife in the left
- >Turning around, you see nothing
- >You keep your weapons ready
- >Procedural memory seems fine
- >You remember seeing this stance before...
- >As you walk, you try to remember
- >Minutes later, you find you find that you remember it from a video game
- >Can't remember the game
- >17 corrupted files
- >Imagine that
- >But you feel you were also trained this way
- >Duh, in combat training at the Academy
- >More questions pop into your head
- >Enough, there's more pressing matters at hand
- >You quicken your pace into the woods
- >Another snap, and you see a pair of yellow eyes this time
- >Fuck, a wolf
- >Fuck, wolves hunt in packs
- >Fuckfuckfuckfuck
- >You sprint as fast as you can
- >Fucking boots, they were made to kick ass, not to run
- >A wolf jumps from in front of you onto you
- >You knife it
- >wut
- >A wolf...made out of wood?
- >Ah, a timber wolf
- >Funny
- >Hilarious even
- >FUUCK
- >Gun pointed at its head, pull trigger
- >Splinters everywhere, and the smell of blood
- >The crimson liquid pours onto your BDUs
- >Worry about the mess later, get to your feet!
- >Push off wolf, two more chase you
- >They catch up, and one jumps onto your back
- >Pain flares on your shoulder
- >Some of the flesh from your left shoulder is in that wolf's mouth
- >Not on my watch
- >Elbow it in the face, back onto your feet
- >Shoot it instinctively
- >Hits the neck
- >CLOSE ENOUGH
- >The other wolf jumps onto you
- >They sure do like pinning you
- >Your M9 goes out of your hand
- >Scratches the fuck out of your face
- >Stab under its chin
- >You hear a whine, and as you pull your blade out, its blood pours onto your face
- >You quickly look for your gun, and you hear more growling
- >shitshitshit
- >See a glint, and you pick it up.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA_dMjRSSLk
- >RUNRUNRUNRUN
- >Blood drips from your face, and youd don't know if it's the wolf's or yours
- >Fucks given: 2
- >Normal fucks given: 2000
- >You see a clearing
- >But you also hear the wolves getting closer
- >It'll be close
- >SPRINTINGSPRINTINGSPRINTING
- >You're outside the forest
- >But the wolves are still going after you
- >Taking quick aim, you fire at one only 5 feet from you
- >Miss
- >20 feet in front of you are two small horses.
- >One is yellow with a pink mane
- >The other is lavender with an indigo mane
- >And a pink highlight?
- >And a horn?
- >Come to think of it...
- >NO TIME FOR THINKING
- >Look over your shoulder
- >Fuck, it's within biting range
- >Quick shot
- >Your shot hits its paw, and it stops chasing you
- >5 more are still on your tail
- >Perhaps those horses will slow down the wolves
- >Maybe they'll go after the horses when you pass them
- >Renegade points what?
- >Forget it time to shut up and run
- >The horses have a look of apprehension on their faces
- >Huh... not the same horses you're used to seeing
- >>Just where the fuck am I?
- >You trip just after you pass them
- >Quickly, you turn to see the yellow one standing its ground
- >The lavender pony is behind the yellow one
- >Huh, the yellow one has wings
- >And they both have tattoos on their asses?
- >You notice all this in less than 3 seconds
- >Yellow one yells
- >Holy shit it's working
- >They've stopped, and actually are running back into the forest
- >You jump up and assume a defensive stance
- >You stare at your rescuers.
- >They look at you
- >From the look on their faces, they don't know what to make of you
- >You share that feeling
- >Yellow one takes a step towards you
- >Adrenaline still coursing through your body, you get ready to fight
- >It talks to you.
- >"slfdkjoie afiu amklw al?"
- >Surprise
- >It really can talk
- >Too bad you don't speak its language
- >"kaeajls aisfe kaweial sn?"
- I'm sorry, I don't understand you.
- >"eajfal djes??"
- >Its voice is soft and soothing, feminine in nature
- >You relax a little
- My name is...
- >Empty stare
- Anyways, I'm a Captain in the United States Air Force
- >Weren't you an Airman?
- >44 corrupted files found
- >"aiowf fek Skelank.
- >Suddenly, your wounds catch up to you
- >Pain and fatigue mix as you collapse
- >You black out before you hit the ground

