Roy, write your action at the end of your posts please. First warning! I'll explain the pertinent subjects raised from this reaction post in the Saferoom.

STARS 1

Vanessa and Jeremy partner off to the left side of the Hall. The door lies underneath the balcony on the first floor, just past where the large staircase begins. The wallpaper covering the walls is luridly patterned like a throwback to the sixties, and the door has four long panels and an ornate, round doorknob. Vanessa reaches out and tries the doorknob cautiously. It gives beneath her hand, turning smoothly, and the door swings out and away from her as she lets go of the knob. It's unlocked!

What will you do?


STARS 2

David and Evan turn away from the other members of their team, focusing their attentions upon the staircase. It is wide, the centre is carpeted with a threadbare, red-patterned material, and the edges are exposed wood, slightly splintered in appearance. A cautious foot on the first stair reveals that they are structurally sound, and David and Evan take this as a good sign. Halfway up the stairs, they emerge from the cover of the balcony going across the centre of the Hall, and a sudden scuffling noise comes from above. Evan's head cranes around to see what the noise was when, suddenly, a prone body plunges from the balcony and hits the pair in their legs, and they both stumble backwards as the body comes to a halt, sprawled diagonally across three of the stairs. The body does not move.

What do you do?


Survivors 1

Jason looks around the corridor, certain that there must be something of help somewhere. He is not wrong – propped up in the right corner, next to the office, is a long rectangular box. There is also a smaller square one nestled underneath this, with the number “22” written on the top in black marker.

What will you do?


Survivors 2

Marcus takes a few steps backwards, gauging the distance to the door with a keen eye. He tilts himself so that his shoulder will take the brunt of the impact, and charges directly at the door. He reckons without, however, the door itself, which is made of reinforced steel, especially good for keeping out the screams of Project Dunlake Participants. He smacks into the steel, hard, the impact making a painful sound. He bit back a yelp as he ricocheted away from the door, clutching his shoulder. There's not going to be any luck opening that door with brute force, that's for sure.

Marcus Venton Status: -5 health

What will you do?