EPONA

[soulping]

[ The Traveler appears before you as you board your train, which appears to be a team-themed, sparse, and incredibly modern, like the inside of a commuter train. ]

Today's dream is the dream of a conductor, who, despite the worst befalling his world, endeavoured to make sure his train still ran on time. Death ravaged the land, the bloodied bodies of the fallen rising to claim the living as their prey. Decisions had to be made. He had rivals.

Did he save poor lost souls that were not on his schedule? Did he utterly crush his enemies, to assure supremacy and secure his own life? It doesn't matter. He died, in the end, along with his world.

And so to, shall you. Do you wish to attempt to avert the course of history? The story of the Undead Assault Upon The Locomotive Enthusiasts of The Year Two Thousand and Twelve is now yours, and yours alone.

Buckle up.

[ ALSO THIS BULLSHIT IS NOW BLARING OVER THE INTERCOMS ]

Comments

[soulping]

The object of this game is to either keep as much of your team alive as possible or rescue the most passengers!

- Every round, you will have to make a choice or perform a task in order to save a given amount of passengers from DEADLY ZOMBIES.
- You might get infected, depending on choices! If this happens, you will die two rounds later, but may choose a team to attack when you rise from the dead, either infecting one of their members, or killing some of their passengers.
- You have one penny! You may use this at any time to derail one of the other teams trains, resulting in them gaining no passengers for the next round, and having to sacrifice either one of their teammates or give up half of their passengers.
- Most passengers and least deaths wins!

ROUND 1

[soulping]

[ chugga chugga chugga

First stop is fairly uneventful! The horde has not yet caught up to you but...it's approaching. Fast. You can save up to 20 passengers, but only if you risk the horde reaching you! Saving at least ten carries absolutely no risks, but any more than that will increase the chances you are attacked. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

[:/]

Again....

Re: DISCUSSION

[moderndaywhitemage]

Uh oh...

TURN-IN

[soulping]

[gandere]

Epona will save fifteen passengers this round.

ROUND 2

[soulping]

[ There is a family of five, a mother, father, two small children, and a baby running alongside your train, crying for help! You could break to stop for them...

But then you'd be off-schedule, and that horde is still chasing you. There's not even a gaurantee you'd be able to stop the train and get them on in time. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

F-Flame...! [Noooooooo]

[gandere]

[ Yeah, that really sucks about Flame...

but kind of busy looking out the window at that family. It isn't real, she keeps trying to tell herself, but it tugs at her heart. ]

We need to stop for them.

TURN-IN

[soulping]

DERAILED

[soulping]

[ Sorry, were you making a decision?

Because all of a sudden, your train has gone OFF THE RAILS. There's a sudden jarring as you're all slammed and thrown around, until you come to a grinding halt just shy of the tracks.

The family is crushed beneath your locomotive.

Fortunately, you feel like you can just push the train back into place! But...it'd take one of your team, or seven of your passengers. ]

[gandere]

[ Might have bumped her head into something due to just standing around, but that's not important. It hurts, but... ]

Oh no.

Re: DERAILED

[wingtamer]

[woah]

. . . I'll do it—. . .

Re: DERAILED

[acemedium]

[This is really testing my optimism]

W... What happened?!

ROUND 3

[soulping]

[ At your second stop, there are fifteen passengers! This choice is much the same as the first one, except there are two groups that demand you let them on.

One is the military, who can surely supply you with medical supplies and possibly weapons who want on because they are clearly the only ones who can fight this menace, and the other is just a group of ordinary civilians who are trying to survive. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN-IN

[soulping]

ROUND 4

[soulping]

[ You pass through a crowd of zombies. Because you were off-schedule, everyone has died, here. There's not much to do but tend to any wounded you may have and relax that at least now you don't have to make a choice.

BUT, SUDDENLY, A ZOMBIE IN A TATTERED AMALTHEA UNIFORM APPEARS FROM OUT OF NOWHERE ON YOUR TRAIN.

It kills half of your passengers.]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN-IN

[soulping]

FINAL ROUND

[soulping]

[ Your train grinds to a stop. It's the end of the line. Did you really think you could run forever?

Here's your final choice: get together all of your teammates and passengers, and decides who stays to fight and die, and who escapes this night alive. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN-IN

[soulping]