High Stakes IC

[MrEdwardNigma]

One of the cops comes over to Michael to cuff him while the rest focuses on Trent as he climbs down. The driver takes this opportunity to grab Bakios and hold him like a human shield. A shot is fired, but it hits the bottom of the bus instead of Bakios or the driver.

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It seems like the cops are regarding everyone as a threat right now. They don't know what happened except there were shots fired and the bus was swerving across the road dangerously and crashed

[ForzaFiori]

I am SO sueing the HELL out of you damned pigs if i get out of this! Michael yells as he's cuffed

[JettWilderbeast]

Trent takes this oppurtunity to help the cops and get on their side,
Officers! Officers! The driver who shot this man is unarmed! I have his gun here! I picked it up so he couldn't use it again. I'm gonna take it out slowly and put it on the floor and step away from it.
If they allow him Trent does this and moves to the left of this scene, away from the cops and away from the bus and stands at the edge of the road.

[Eldan]

Andrew decided to do this the safe way and stayed in the bus, holding his head like he was half passed out, which wasn't actually far from the truth. Still, his mind was racing.
Police... can't let them take me, would take too long. We need a story.

"Ok, people...", he whispers to those who are still in the bus.
"We are just travelers, on a bus trip to San Gregor. We don't know each other, especially not those people getting cuffed outside. The driver went crazy and started pointing guns at us. Understood?"

[El_Frenchie]

Michaël

Looking at Andrew, the french writer frowns slightly:

"But... this is the American police? We aren't going to be out of custody in ages! And we need to find our way back! How long have we been driving? Maybe we could cross-country along the highway back. Maybe even hitch a ride from someone nice or call in from the emergency phones. I mean, I'm not being racist, but I've seen quite a few news report in America itself about abusive cops, and maybe they are."

As he says so, Michaël moves towards the front of the bus.

"I think the police hasn't surrounded the vehicle yet. Maybe we can get to the back of the bus and try to get some of our luggage. I've got a bit of food and water."

He looks around out of the broken window that Michael made.

"Even if our luggage is locked in, we can still make it along the highway and find a city somewhere from where we can get directions."

He notices the police and the bus driver not putting his hands up.

"That crazed driver is making a ruckus, so it's now or never. But I'm not going alone. Who thinks leaving now is a better idea?"

[Little Toe]

Lundi who had been knocked out, seems to come to and listens as best she can to what Michaël is saying. She's grasped the idea of the bus driver having gone crazy as well as the cops being rather unfriendly. Putting a hand to her sore head she looks at the rest of the people in the bus.

"I don't know about zis, what if ze police shootz at uz? But I guess it iz better than getting locked up... thiz thing iz out of control!"

She stops a second taking a few deep breaths.

"I have knives, throwing, hunter, but not sure how diz will help... Apart from making me look like a psycho" she sniggers with a bit of trouble.

"Otherwise, these binoculars could come in handy to spot where the police is?"

[Nibleswick]

About this time Henry comes to, "Unng, what happened, where am I?
He looks around the ruins of the bus in confusion. Finding no answers he gets unsteadily to his feet, and stumbles a couple of steps before he has to sit down again.

[boomwolf]

Bakios yells "Help me! this madman kidnapped us all!", if he still has the nailgun he shoots the driver in the leg.

[MrEdwardNigma]

Day 1, Afternoon

mf11
Michael is cuffed and one of the cops stands next to him, looking at his arm.
"Help will be here soon, sir, just be patient, and don't move"

Jett
Trent puts down the gun, but as soon as he start moving the cops yell at him not to move. The place he was intending to move to was where Bakios and the driver were. A hostage situation.

Eldan & Nibleswick
You both seem to decide waiting in the bus is a better idea than running out.

El_Frenchie
You should remember that the only way to get to the luggage compartiment now is crawling on top of the bus, where the cops can see you. The two hitchhikers seem to agree with you about leaving the bus.
"Yeah, we need to get out of here, man, those cops'll have us in custody for ages! We're just long haired scum to them, and talking about the poisonous gas will seem like a trick. We'll follow you, now that we've still got a chance. You lead the way"

Little Toe
If you wish to spot where the police is, you'll have to come into their line of sight. They're pretty close to you now, only the bus is keeping them from seeing you.

boomwolf
Bakios doesn't have the nailgun, as he wasn't able to get to his luggage (the police stopped him). The driver makes his way off the road, still holding you as a human shield. You get dragged into the fields. Three cops are following, but they aren't doing much besides pointing their gun at the two of you.

Reptilius
Alan Arlen walks out of the bus, hands in the air.
"I'm giving myself up!" he yells. A cop points a gun at him and tells him not to move.

[El_Frenchie]

Michaël

Nodding towards the two hitchhikers, he looks towards the front of the bus.

'Alright, well, we'll talk on the way, can't waste too much time here. When it gets quieter, we can settle down a bit further off for what way to go.'

Getting out of the front of the bus making as less noise as possible, he attempts to remain out of view of the police and to go to the fields a bit further off the highway. Then, he will go in the opposite direction the bus was going. (Or more generally, the opposite way the highway was going.)

Whatever happened, he'd be sure to have quite a lot of material to talk about.

[boomwolf]

If he is unarmed (gun is not with him right?) then bakios takes out the sharpest key he has and goes for the neck, attempting to get the suffocation of the driver.

[JettWilderbeast]

In that case Trent tries to walk slowly away from the hostage situation to the right this time, If he is told to freeze again he will respond with;
Can I just get out of the way, I don't like all these guns!

[MrEdwardNigma]

El_Frenchie
The two hitchhikers follow you as you move along the highway. Before you head into the fields, you notice a gas station somewhat ahead along the road.

boomwolf
As soon as Bakios attacks the driver and starts struggling with him, the cops fire some shots. Due to the fact you're moving fast though, both you and the driver get hit. The driver gets hit in the leg and the three cops rush in to cuff him. You get hit in the lower left arm, but the bullet passes straight through.
The cops don't seem to be paying attention to you at all now, as the driver puts up quite the fight.

Jett
"Don't move! Sir, get down on your knees and face the bus!"

[boomwolf]

((flesh wound, or penetration?))

If flesh- bakios screams "Damn it! you shot me! I'm a damn hostage!"

If the bullet penetrated, bakios naturally falls down and yells "Somebody help me! I'm bleeding to death!"

In any case, he is being as dramatic as possible.

[deepsear]

Reldez picks himself up from the floor, holding his head.

"What... the... hell? Argh... Would someone like to explain what is happening?"

As he hears shouts outside, he drops to the floor and covers his head.

"Baddaybaddaybadday..."

He gropes for the lockblade knife clipped inside of his pants, and also checks on what condition his mp3 player and cell phone are in.

[Little Toe]

Lundi sees the two hitchikers and Michaël get out of the bus.

"Merd*.. I need to get ze hell out of ere!"

She follows after them. (Hopefully) Joining them in the fields, unspotted since the police is now pretty busy with chasing after the others.

[Nibleswick]

Dang, I think your right!
Henry follows after her, stopping only to pick up his hat from the ground.

[El_Frenchie]

Michaël

He asks for the two hitchhikers to wait for just a minute. Whether anyone has joined them during this time or spotted them, they start moving with a brisk pace towards the gas station, trying to remain concealed.

(What time is it -my character has a watch-, and when did the bus pick us up?)

[MrEdwardNigma]

boomwolf
((Penetration, I'm afraid))
You roll over the floor dramatically, writhing in pain. As soon as the driver is subdued, a cop comes over to cuff you. The two others take the driver back to the road.

deepsear
Your stuff is fine.

El_Frenchie, Little Toe, Nibleswick & two hitchhikers
You manage to make your way to the gas station. A towtruck drives by as you arrive. There is a small store, toilets at the back, but they're locked, and some gaspumps. There's a single big truck parked in the parking lot. Michaël looks at his watch. The bus picked you up at about eight in the morning. It is now half past three in the afternoon.

A helicopter with a red cross on it arrives at the crash scene. A stretcher is lowered and Michael (mf11) is put on it by the cops.

[boomwolf]

Bakios screams "What the heck? you try to kill a hostage and now you arrest him? I am soooo suing your ass when this is over!", but not resisting.

((damn, I hope these ARE cops.))

[ForzaFiori]

Finally! At least EMTs know what the hell their doing. Maybe you damn cops will get lucky and I wont die. Michael says, as he is loaded onto the stretcher.

[MrEdwardNigma]

boomwolf
Bakios is escorted to the stretcher as well, which is lowered one more time after picking up Michael. The cop puts you on it and you are hauled up.

A towtruck arrives and parks next to the bus. Trent (Jett) is escorted to the police cars, as is Alan (Reptilius).

[JettWilderbeast]

Trent
((Have I been Cuffed?))
Trent makes no resistance to the cops and is easily escorted to the police car. He winks at Alan in a way that only Alan notices.

[boomwolf]

((Can't I talk before I get to that?))

On the way to the stretcher bakios says to the cop "Let me get my bag will you?"

((Do I have handcuffs on or not anyway?))

[Eldan]

Andrew decides that this is now the time for action. He slowly crawls out of the front of the bus, trying to look as confused and disoriented as possible.
With one hand on the bus and one on his head, he turns round to the police, and then, slightly overexaggerating his english accent, he asks:
"Wh... what happened here? Were did our driver go?"

[El_Frenchie]

Michaël

"Alright, let's see if we can take a lift with one of those tow trucks that bring gas to petrol stations. This seems like a fairly busy highway, there must be one coming down here once in a while. We can still get information about St Joseph Town and how far it is, as well as take a look at a map. They probably have a map in here."

He enters the gas station and asks the clerk there whether any petrol-carrier trucks come in to refill the station. He and his friends need to get to St Joseph Town in a hurry. Anyone able to give them a lift if they go in that direction would be great. He does mention a helicopter above and something about an extreme tv reality show, but he doesn't go into details.

He then checks maps if they are in display or by flipping through pages if there are any for sale. He knows where St Joseph town is on a map, he just doesn't know where he, himself, is at the moment.

"Anyone, if you have any other ideas, time to throw it in."

((Oh wait, my bad, did you mean everything was closed? When I first read it, got the impression that only the toilets were locked. ))

----((if it is closed))----


"Alright, first things first we need to find out where we are. When we do, we can get a sense of distance. Then... I suggest we move further away before going to the other side of the road. That's where we'll get a lift... if anyone wants to give it to us. Oh, and we've been travelling for 7 hours and 30 minutes. Meaning we can probably calculate how much distance we've traveled."

He doesn't finish his sentence. Michaël goes to the back to examine the truck.

What kind of truck is it? How many people could fit in? He also looks for any windows that might be opened and tries to open the door to the driver's seat providing there's no-one in there.

He also takes a good look around. And asks everyone that came with him to find the name of the highway, maybe the region they were in, as well as the top speed limit on the highway.

"Oh, and please concentrate. When did we get on the highway? A few minutes after the ride started? Half an hour? An hour?"

[deepsear]

Revlieved that his 120$ player is not damaged, Ian follows Andrew's lead, getting out of the bus looking as though he was in as much pain as humanly possible.

"Owoo! Y-yeah, what's going on?"

[MrEdwardNigma]

Three of the cops enter the wreckage of the bus.
"Is everyone okay in here?"

Jett
The cops cuffed you, yes.
You and Alan are put into the back of a cop car at the end of the bunch of cars. The cops don't enter the car yet though, simply locking it. One of them returns to the wreck, while the other stays with the car, looking in the direction of the wreck.

boomwolf
The cops cuffed you, yes.
"We can't remove anything from the crime scene, sir. We'll have to look into things properly first"
The helicopter leaves with you and Michael. It seems to be headed for the nearby town. There's a single medic with you and a pilot.

Eldan & deepsear
The cops see you as you exit the wreckage.
"We've got another one, boys!" one yells, drawing his gun. The others don't take out their guns but walk up to you and ask you to come with them.
You can see a man hooking a towtruck up to the wreckage, and some cops entering the bus.

El_Frenchie, Little Toe, Nibleswick & two hitchhikers
As I said, there's only one truck at the gas station. The truck that passed by was heading along the highway in the wrong direction. Further traffic is blocked off by the wreckage of the bus. Oh, and only the toilets were locked.

The clerk is watching a television which hangs from the ceiling of the store. The news is on, and they're showing footage of the bus wreckage. The cops seem to be entering the wreckage, and the towtruck that drove by earlier is being hooked to the bus. The only other person in the store seems to be a fat trucker. He's leaning into the counter and watching the news as well.
"So close to my shop..." the clerk mumbles. There's plenty of maps for sale in the store, and lots of other goods. Browsing the maps makes you conclude you're near Stone Point, a town somewhere between Saint Joseph and San Gregor, but a lot nearer to Saint Joseph.

The trucker is going in the opposite direction of Saint Joseph, which makes sense because this is the lane going away from Saint Joseph, not towards it.
The truck he's driving is a big red cargotruck. the back is only covered with cloth, but the front is locked, off course.

[JettWilderbeast]

Trent
((Do you want us to spoiler things for people that arn't with us or shall we just leave it out? Everyone reads spoilers anyway!))
Trent turns to Alan, he smiles and says to him; Hey! Don't worry I've been in worse scrapes than this, the moment we can get out I'll let you know and we can get on this! Hopefully they'll takes in the right direction eh?

[deepsear]

Ian, wanting to avoid anything to do with the police, quickly attempts to make some kind of scene to escape.

"Dear lord, man! I can't wait for anything! My wife is in labor, and I owe the Saint Joseph bank several thousand dollars, so if someone could please drive me to the Saint Joseph hospital, please!"

His face grows intensely piteous, and he uses all of his acting charm on the cops. He darts his eyes from cop to cop, pleading silently.