In Character - Game Thread

You are travellers on a road trip in eastern Finnish countryside in late august. The sun is setting and you are in the middle of nowhere nearby a swamp and forest when your car starts acting up. You see adds for a log cabin camping site near the road. The adds seem dated and when you pull your car over the side road and walk the rest of the way you see that the camping site is even more so. Crumbling, rusty, dated, old and probably built around the 80’s. It’s quiet but gladly you see a lantern lit up on a porch of a small barrack. On the porch there is a kiosk counter with dated ice cream adds and next to it a carved wooden bear statue that holds a sign: "Iilves Camping - Reception". 


Okay, you have pulled your rental car on the small dirtroad leading to an old log hut renting camping ground. The walk from your car was about 500 meters through the forest. You arrive at the log hut village through an old wooden gate that's open. At first glance it seems abandoned but then you see a lantern lit up on a porch of a small building. You see old ice cream adds and a carved bear holding a sign: "Iilves Camping - Reception".@Dr_B @Rabbits @Dsquid @Drakis2

You see at least 5 cabins in a circular formation. Some of them are falling a part (missing a piece of roof etc). Some seem like they are in working condition.

The weather is cloudy but otherwise okay, a bit breezy but that is to be expected as the autumn is starting. The leafs of th forest trees that surround the log cabins are yellow and orange, some trees have already dropped their leafs. Pine trees are dark green though, rising higher in the midst of the leafy ones.

It's pretty dark already and you've been sitting in the car for at least 2 - 3 hours. You have no service in your phones and are quite lost.

On the other side of the clearing theres a path that leads further to the forest. Down the path you see a lean young man (boy?) of maybe 15 - 20 years approaching. He seems to notice you and stops. He has messy tangled black bush of hair and he seems to be wearing a dark jogging jacket with white stripes and baggy jeans. In his right hand he carries something that seems to be a dead crow, hanging it from the neck. On his other hand there seems to be a knife.

The boy just freezes and takes a few steps back when you call him. The knife seems bloody but it's hard to tell from this distance.

Just as Dalvin is turning away the door opens behind him and you hear a man's voice (in Finnish):

Evening.... may I help you? Welcome.... to Iilves Camping

and then in struggling English: Me help you?

The speech is withered and creeky as if the man hasn't talked much of late. Also he reeks: you feel a penetrating body odor of sweat, piss, alcohol and something else.

He is wearing a simple gray shirt and greenish cargo pants.

The boy tosses the dead bird toward Esko, seems to be licking his fingers and then runs back to the woods laughing.

The man on the door mutters:

Boys will be boys..... cough Ermmm... yes we might have cabin.... Let me see..

He then turns back inside and slides a part of the counter open and goes to the other side. He leaves the door on the porch open.

You are pretty sure he did lick his fingers. And you are also pretty sure that there was some blood from the bird on them. Maybe you begin to think about salmonella?

The boy is nowhere to be seen. A wind from the forest make some trees sway. The smell of the air is damp and sour.

The reception room's floor creaks as you enter the room. The room is empty except for an old sofa and a coffee table at the opposite wall. On the wall behind the sofa there is an old and discoloured map of Finland. A dim light flickers above the reception on - off - on. No other lights are functioning. You see dust and dirt gathering on the corners and on the floor. On the other wall there is a window out. You see bushes and trees in shadows.

There is one door next to the reception counter that leads to a toilet ("WC") and next to it there is a door that reads "Staff". There are dried footsteps of mud leading to the Staff entrance.

The man mutters something inaudible and shuffles trough a locker and then hands out a key to the counter. The key has a fob shaped like a fish.

Ermm... well.... Cabin 3 seems to be free.

The reeking man takes a breather to think and then concludes:

"The price is 60 euros a night, cash."

Then he suddenly yells:

"Eva, Eva! Escort the guests to cabin three!

And from the staff door a girl appears. A very pale and thin young blonde haired girl about the same age as the boy you saw earlier. She is wearing mud stained jogging pants and an oversized gray hoodie with a crumbling logo that reads "Iilves Camping".

When you speak to the girl she just nods briefly but doesn't say anything. She walks past you to the door and out (if you don't stop her).

The reeking man says.

Follow her, yes.... to the cabin.

The girl doesn't seem to address anybody directly but she answers:

We're always here, our family. Mother, father, me and my brother...... cabins 4 and 5 are occupied.

As you walk through the yard you see that the cabins numbered 1 and 2 are in bad shape. The first has a caved in roof and the second doesn't have a door and you see that the floor might be collapsed. All the other cabins look old and withered, it seems it's been a long time since any renovations have been done.

Cabin 4 has a light on and there are wind chimes hanging on the porch. They make an eerie ring in the night air.

Cabin 5 hasn't got any lights on but it seems to be in better condition.

You walk past the dead bird and reach cabin 3. The girl points at the door and tells you:

Cabin 3 is here.

As she looks at you she forms a heartless smile showing her teeth. That lasts only a second or two. Then her face melts back to being blank and motionless. She quickly starts to walk back to the reception.

The girl stops and looks perplexed. She looks over her shoulder and then back at you and seems somewhat anxious.

It is night soon but yes.... maybe just for a little while.

Dalvin opens the cabin door. It's a bit rusty and swollen so it's heavy but it opens with a push.

The cabin is spartan to say the least but it looks relatively clean and dry. There is an old leather sofa on the right side wall (long enough for one person to sleep on it). In the middle of the room there is a wooden dining table for four people with two benches. On the left wall there is a bed for one person (there is a mattress but not sheets). On the left corner on the back there is a door to a bathroom and next to it a kitchenette (a hot plate, fridge and a sink with a cabinet). Over the kitchenette there is a sleeping balcony and ladder to reach it on the right corner. There are windows in all the walls but the window at the back of the kitchenette is covered with plywood. The glass seems to be broken on one corner.

Greta sits and the girl joins her looking a bit awkward. She speaks quietly:

"Me and my brother live in cabin 4. Cabin 5 is always occupied...... Mother and father live in the office building."

The man from the reception yells out:

"Eeva, get back here, there's work to be done! Don't bother our guests!"

She gets up and heads to the reception.

Mikko finds an outlet to charge the phone.

The night seems quiet, except for some rustling of the wind and the eerie chime from the porch next door. You fall to sleep after a long day.

Most of you sleep anyways.... when in the middle of the night you hear a thumping sound. It seems to be coming from the roof. Something seems to be happening.@Dr_B,@Rabbits,@Dsquid,@Drakis2

Okay.... Greta and Mikko are still asleep.

Dalvin and Esko you wake up on the dark mezzazine when you hear some thumping sounds above you. Somebody's at the roof. You also hear something from below. Outside, maybe behind the window or the kitchenette.

You hear a dripping sound - like something smallish is dropping from the ceiling on to the wooden floor. Thump thump thump thump.

What do you do?

Dalvin flips on the flashlight. You see a spill of blood dripping to the mezzazine form somewhere on the roof. You turn the flashlight to the room below and see a bigger puddle of blood dripping form the ceiling to the centre of the room. Something is moving in the midst of the blood. Crouching and trembling.

Then something drops to your arm: a giant leech. It's about 5 to 8 inches long and crawls fast.

Suddenly you both notice they seem to be everywhere.

These things are already downstairs crawling over Greta and Mikko too. When Greta turns the light on she also sees these leeches, some of them have already bitten her legs and they suck and try to crawl under the skin.

Mikko gets the things off of himself but doesn't really have a chance to help Greta as she flies past him screaming.

Esko gets the hot plate fired. It's an old thing and it'll probably take time to heat it up but at least there is power.

What about Dalvin, are you also coming down?

Greta runs to the door and finds out it is locked or blocked. It wont budge.

The things are everywhere on the floor now reaching for you again.

You find a rusty old knife, a frying pan and a spatula.

Everyone:

You hear somebody shouting or maybe arguing outside but can't make up what it is about. You see movement behind the left side window (left as left from the door, behind the couch).

Prying off the plywood is hard work, Esko doesn't seem to be progressing. But with Mikko's help he gets a sheet of plywood off the window.

But at the same time Greta throws her boot and it smashes through the window behind the couch. There's at least one way out.

Mikko leans out of the window. It is dark out and a couple of trees are really close to the back wall of your cabin.

But you do notice 2 things: there is a path that leads in to the forest behind your cabin and this path seems to be crowded by crawling leeches. Also you notice there is a wooden ladder up to the roof leaning to the cabin.

Greta stumbles out. Does Dalvin follow?

ooc]Is there anything laying around that would be flammable in the hot plate?[/ooc][/quote]

As you step outside, Dalvin and Greta, you notice two dark hooded figures running to the woods.

Dalvin kicks the ladder down and this makes a rusty bucket drop down from the roof. It is empty now but it seems like it was filled with blood. You see leeches sprawling everywhere, they were climbing the ladder, they are on the ground. They are coming from the woods. Next to their path the dark figures run.

You don't see anyone on the roof.

You also see movement in the dark between the next two cabins.

Mikko also sees the people running to the woods as you look through the kitchenette window. Leeches start climbing towards your window. Maybe a better path would be through the other windows.