>>5518862
Oh SHIT! You came back! Sweet!

Can we check the wallet and see what's inside?

>>5518897

The wallet is a worn, black leather affair. Flicking it open you find a photo of an Italian-looking man and his son out the front of a baseball stadium in full supporter attire. According to the driver's license, his name was Claudio.

There is also a handful of loose change and a twenty dollar bill inside.

MAN
I WAS ABOUT TO GO TO BED

>>5518952

Nothing much that is awesome.

Hmmm... feed the Anna clones I guess. We must be hungry as well. Grab whatever is in the fridge and get out there. Fuck this diner.

>>5518982

Still wary for anything movinf among the scattered pans and dishes under the counters, you take a small box of the warm cola bottles out the front, disappointed that there is no actual food. Sitting at the table with the clones, you quietly share the cola and pork rinds, and eat most of one of the bottles of ketchup when the brown-haired Anna offers.

The meal isn't much, but it will keep you going and you all feel a little better as you stand to leave.

There are still a handful of cola bottles on the table, although seeing you don't have a pack it may be a bit of a pain to carry them...

>>5518966

Say goodbye to your sleep, boyo!

>>5519026
turn our shirt into a makeshift bag

>>5519060

It's a shame to do this to the fresh Hawaiian you only just found, but you reason that you need a bag more than you need to look cool or feel comfortable.

Quickly you tie the sleeves and fold the corners upward to form a makeshift knapsack.

Time to leave.

You have explored most of the areas of this 'safe passage'. The only two ways to go are either down the staiwell which opened in the mall's wing last night, or to backtrack back to the cellblock and hope whatever ate the original Anna's corpse is gone.

>>5519099
actually, can't we do this to something from the women's clothing store instead?

put something in your name field please makes it easier to quick scan for whats happening

>>5519143

You facepalm before taking both Annas back to the clothing store. Finding a thick and long skirt, you fold it up to make the knapsack and don your Hawaiian.

You now stand in the front of the women's clothing store. The stairwell falls away into darkness to your left, and straight ahead is the employee accessway where you entered the area from. The right is blocked by the caved-in roof.

>>5519168

How's this?

>>5519188

Go back to the diner and put some bottles into the napsack, as well as any other crap we have. If it's not heavy have one of the Annas take it.

>>5519252

Hobbling once again over the foyer, you stuff whatever is left into the makeshift bag (three bottles of hot cola). It isn't a lot, but it is still sustenance of a kind.

As the blonde Anna takes the pack (the other unable to grip it too well because of her arm), you ponder your choices again: down the stairs or backtrack past your cell. Neither is terribly appealing, but so far there aren't any other paths available to you.

>>5519336
down the stairs i say, there was a fucking beast guarding our cell. whats to say he isnt guarding the other cells too?

>>5519369

Holding your pipe ready, you walk to the mouth of the stairs with the two girls in tow. It is pitch black in there, but when you kneel before the sront of the stairwell you can see the orange glow-in-the-dark paint dots continue along the wall. Sidestepping the reciept machine you threw down you walk forward into the darkness, one of the two girls holding onto your shirt.

The path underfoot echoes of a dull metal as you travel in black, turning a corner after some minutes before an amber emergency light illuminates the hall ahead. Approaching, you see a closed bulkhead door terminating the passage, a sign bolted to the wall with stenciled letters in old white.

FIRING RANGE

Listening for a moment, you can hear nothing from the other side. Now is as good a time as any, so you turn the wheel and push the door open.

Inside, the unadorned and dirty concrete room is lit up with sickly yellow neons. The floor is scuffed with black, as if hundreds of people dragged their feet in combat boots. In the far right corner of the room you see a counter marked QUARTERMASTER, bulletproof glass separating it from this room. A door marked 'RANGE' disappears rightward. The door on the left seems to have been welded shut.

>>5519511
what's on the other side of the glass? Can we get to the other side?

>>5519511
Look in through the Quartermaster window, see if there are any weapons you could use.

>>5519560

Entering the room you walk to the counter and inspect the glass. Crisscrossed with wire fillaments, it doesn't budge at all when you test it. The gap below the windows is too small for you ar the Annas to fit through, and looking through you find that nothing is within reach if you put your arm through.

Leaning against the glass, you can see a computer on the bench near you, and empty weapon racks against the far wall. Whoever owned this place, must have cleaned up shop when they left, nothing remains.

... wait, that's not true. On a workbench on the right wall of the room is a black carrycase, a little smaller than a laptop case but thicker. It is closed.

>>5519642

Open the case.

But take some distance from the Annas, we never know

>>5519680

It's on the other side of the quartermaster's office, and at this point inaccessible.

see what the targets are in the range
what are they shooting at?

>>5519697

Yops, sorry. Well then, I guess our only choise is to enter the RANGE door, enter alone too

>>5519697
is there some sort of door to the quartermaster's room? presumably not one that we can currently get through, but does it look like it connects to the firing range or the other path?

>>5519738

Leaving the glass for the time being, you look into the doorway of the range, and upon seeing that there is no-one, you walk in with your pipe at the ready. Frightened, the Annas keep close behind you.

To your left, a doorway to the Quartermaster's office sits locked. An electronic number pad sits nearby, and seeing you don't have anything suggesting the code you ignore it for now.

Turning to look down the actual range, you are about to lean upon one of the booth counters when you freeze, heart stalling. Against the back wall you can see the distant figure of a girl tied among the targets, illuminated by spotlights on the wall. Arrayed in front of her you can see some devices hooked up with pipes to a forty-gallon drum. Stabbed into the concrete of the range you can see a small sign in front of you:

THIS RANGE MONITORED BY CCTV

You can hear faint sobs from the far end of the range.

shitshit
can you see the camera?
if so, tell one of the annas to try and pull the wire out, while we shout over to the tied up girl
whats holding her? can we undo it?

>>5519861

Order the Annas to stay put no matter what and hop over carefully to the tied girl, there really nothing else we can do

>>5519884

Looking around with the Annas, you eventually spot the flickering red light of a camera halfway down the range's wall, in a patch of complete darkness. It is near the roof, and the Annas won't be able to reach it. Currently, you can see no others.

You can't see specifically how the girl is secured from where you are. To see better, you would have to jump the counter and walk down the range (seeing you have no magnifying equipment).

can we not boost an anna up with out manly strength?
can we shout out over to the girl, without waling into the line of sight? i really dont want the monster from the start coming for us again.

>>5519937


Throw our pipe to break it

>>5519900
>>5519957
>>5519961

I'll have to ask for a consensus, but in any event it requiers walking out onto the range. Steeling yourself for the worst, you hop over. The Annas watch from the light in worry.

Approaching the place you saw the camera's light, you can see the girl more clearly. She is lashed with coarse rope to a T-post, in a crucifixion pose. Both her arms and her two legs are tied.

Her head is bowed as she weeps softly, but you can see a military helmet on top of her head, strapped tight under her chin.

>>5519937
Make our way down the range to see how Anna is secured.

remove helmet
brace for SAN loss

>>5519999

Since we are close now we can inspect the device before touching anything

>>5519999
Check her over at a distance for any injuries.

SHE IS DIFFERENT SHE MUST KNOW SOMETHING
CUT HER LOOSE
CUT HER LOOSE
ALSO I TOLD YOU GUYS WE SHOULD OF GONE INTO THE FUCKING LINE OF SIGHT

>>5520015
>>5520023

As you step forward toward the light, you hear an alarm claxon sound. An automated male voice rings out over the loudspeaker.

INTRUDER DETECTED ON FIRING RANGE. ALL SECURITY TO FIRING RANGE.

>>5520030
As the alarm sounds you ear a small generator start to kick over from the equipment arrated around the girl. Looking up in terror, she screams as she tries to free herself from the ropes. As she screams again, tears streaming down her face, you realise that her face is not like an Anna.

>>5520030

The device is attached to a small generator. Pipes run from the barrel to a series of barrels, all pointing at the girl. Right now the generator is trying to kick over.

>>5520034

In the split second before everything went to Hell, you saw that she seemed to have ropeburns on her arms, but apart form that you don't know.

use razor on girl, free her, run like tatty bojagles out of there beck up the stairs

>>5520096

Smash the generator

>>5520096

Ram our pipe into the generator's commutator to prevent it from spinning up, then get about freeing the girl as fast as possible.

You can hear the Annas screaming behind you above the alarm as you fumble for a moment with what should be done. Racing to the generator, you bash it with the pipe twice before realising that there is no effect on the innards and giving up before drawing the razor in your lacerated right hand and rushing into the light, slashing at her bonds frantically. THe wound on your hand is sliced open fresh, blood dripping onto her legs but you growl in desperation and take the pain.

You are almost done when the first of the guns kicks in, spraying a gout of flame forth. The girl screams as the fire hits her helmet, but you wrench her from the wall a moment before the next kicks in. Dragging her clear from the splash you realise that she is clutching at her face, wailing in pain. She isn't on fire, but you can see blood seeping through her fingers as she cries out.

The alarm continues to scream out as the range lights up like day from the fire, the drum far from empty.

if this things just gonne burn for a bit, cover her with our body, jesus, right side to the flames.
if its gonna blow, RUN

>>5520199

Fuck... and fuck. Put razor in pocket, grab the girl and sprint the fuck away, go back to the stairs with the Annas. let loose of the pipe if need be

>>5520233
>>5520220

Even if it isn't going to blow, there is an alarm sounding. Scooping up the wailing girl (pipe clattering away in the darkness), you run as fast as your leg allows, back down the range. Dragging yourself and the girl over the counter you yell at the Annas to run ahead of you, through the door and back into the service tunnel. Stumbling once, then twice in the dark, you forge ahead until you are back at the mall's foyer at the mouth of the stairs. Holding the trembling bundle in your arms, you look back. No-one is close behind you, but if there is anyone in pursuit you are in the open.

into the wmens clothing store
hide under mounds of lingerie, everyone seperate apart from us and the new girl, ask her what the fuck is going on, in whispers.

>>5520273

Hop up the Annas, have them help you with the third girls and go last. Lets be calm gentlemen, we have many little ones to take care off

>>5520289


How the hell are you going to ask something to a child who just got shot in the head ?

Anyway, I say head to the place where we found the second Annas. Something oculd come from the cells, or from behind us

>>5520289

Breathing hard, you move on into the women's clothing store. The girl is moaning in delirium, clutching her face. THe smell of cooked meat fills your nostrils sickeningly.

As you are about to set up hiding places, one of the Annas speaks up desperately. "She won't shut up! They'll find us!"
The blonde haired Anna wails in despair. "I don't wanna die..."

>>5520313

Go to the place where we found the blond Annas. Then, inspect her wound. Its probably fatal... if it is, well, she won't die alone at least. If not, well I really doubt it

maybe we can tell the annas to hide in the shop, and we run further? was there medic supplies in the kitchen?
can we simply gag this one for now with a bra or something and hide?

Get the blonde Anna to be quiet, check on helmet Anna's injury.

>>5520343

You don't recall whether there were first-aid supplies in the kitchen, but you weren't looking. A slime tried to eat Anna, you were distracted.

Gentlemen, consensus please. The plan?

>>5520377


Hide in the tank room where we saved Blond Anna and inspect the wound of the new girl. Well that what I say

i vote we simply gag her for now.
cruel to be kind, and whatnot.

>>5520363

Motioning for her to be quiet, you tenderly lay the girl on the counter and lift her hands from her face.

The flames scorched her bad. Her flesh is ruptured and cooked, blood running into her hair. If she survives this, she will have permanent scarring.

>>5520405

Grabbing a black lacy bra, you cram it into her mouth forcefully. She almost chokes, her burnt nose obviously hurting to breathe through. But she can't be quiet, so you have no choice.

>>5520398

Getting the girls, you dash into the black room and shut the door, bumping into the discarded scuba tank on the floor as you sit against the wall. You can hear the Annas quietly trying not to cry, but snivels still escape. The girl in your arm shivers gently, cries muffled through the bra.

>>5520454

You wait in the dark, quiet. Hours pass. Well, at least you think it's hours. But in your state, without anything to tell the time by, who knows?

In that time, there is nothing. No sounds outside, no shouting. Nothing.

>>5520406
Once whatever is stalking us leaves, rip a shoulder off of our shirt and use it as a makeshift bandage. Should do for now.

>>5520470

Get the bra out of the girls mouth. Its time to head for the restaurent, alone. There one door we missed, of course First aid kit wil be a miracle but dammit, were desperate

>>5520491

Whispering for the girls to stay put, you draw the soaked bra out of the girl's mouth. Cracking the door open, you tear your Hawaiian shirt and use the light to patch her face up as best you can before moving out and across to Spider's Cavern.

The Roy Orbison song is still playing over and over from the jukebox as you walk toward the kitchen door. Against your will you draw the porcelain razor. It is the only weapon you have, and even though you hurt yourself every time you use it you don't like being unarmed.

>>5520543

We know the way : head for the kitchen, then the door. having another pipe lying around would be a god send but still, we do what we can. Lets be fast here, no time to let the paranoia set in

>>5520543

Quietly you enter the destroyed kitchen, keeping an eye out for anything green and fast before lifting the bar from the rear door and opening it inward.

Cold air assails you from inside the room, and as the light flickers on you feel sick.
In the centre of the freezer room an Anna clone hangs limply from a meat hook. Frozen blood crystals splatter the floor under her, and her mouth hangs open drunkenly. Her death wasn't fast.

The shelves are empty, aside from a heart-shaped box of chocolates, still closed. The card reads,

'To my darling, my one and only. You complete me.'

>>5520617

... Let her lie on the floor, at the very least.

Lets inspect the area.

>>5520617

Open the box

>>5520639

You unhook the meat hook from it's anchor and lower her stiff form to the ground. You would close her eyes but the flesh is frozen solid. She seems to be staring at you, as if to ask 'why?'.

Looking around the room, you are able to see that the freezer unit's case is crooked and not closed securely.

>>5520663

Opening the box, you see fifteen heart-shape chocolates. They look expensive.

>>5520696

Try to open the freezer, probably frozen solid anyway but worth a shot.

>>5520725

You try with your hands, but there is no purchase (especially with your lacerated hand). If you could find something to jimmy it with...

>>5520725

Here, I can't stay awake any longer. Was fun, hope you continue

>>5520756

Try detaching the hook that popsicle anna was hung from, and using that

Does the popsicle anna have anything on her? Item wise.

>>5520779

You banish the cold from your mind and stand over the dead girl. Closing your eyes in apology for this indignity, you try to pull it free. With a sickening crack her shoulder snaps off, the hook coming free. You retch at the sound, but barely stop yourself from actually vomiting. Taking a minute to collect yourself, you stand and wedge the hook under the freezer casing before leaning back, the case slamming open. You tumble back into the shelving, but after deciding you aren'y hure you stand again and look inside.

Wedged in the dead-space obtusely is a small wooden box. Opening it, you see a tiny ballerina pop up, music chiming delicately. You know the tune, but you can't place it...

The back of your head goes warm. You lose the thought.

>>5520835

She only has a nightgown like the other Annas wore. Hers had a tiny insignia of a steer's head on it.

>>5520838

Take it outside to the other annas and ask them if it means anything to them.

>>5520871

Pocketing the box of chocolates, the bloody meathook and the music box, you return to th clothing store quickly. The girl in the helmet is weakly sitting up, her one good eye looking out at you mournfully. Patting her on the shoulder gently for reassurance, you pull out the music box and show it to them, asking if they have ever seen it before. Puzzled, the two Annas shake their heads. Damn.

When you open it to show them, all three freeze violently as the tune starts before collapsing onto the floor heavily. Closing the box frantically, you check the three. They seem to be asleep...

>>5520852
take the badge.

>>5520926

Retconning that you cut it away using the meat hook.

take a few minutes and bandage up everything you can bandage up, you hand, your leg, using cloth torn from the lingerie, wrap the porcelain razor so it has a handle.

>>5520910

did u save the other sessions? I would most very like to read them is so very thrilling to read!

examine the music box more carfully and open the inside up. to see what caused them to sleep?

>>5520968
umm, only do that if it looks like we can do so without breaking it, which is unlikely since its probably screwed together and we don't have a tool kit handy.

>>5520952

Walking into the store, you set to work, tearing up clothing to make long strips. After twenty minutes, you have bandaged your hand, your leg and replaced the cotton in your mouth.

Lastly, you rig up a handle for the razor. It isn't pretty, but you shouldn't hurt yourself on it now.

Taking a moment, you think about your choices. With no new paths opening, you either have to return to the cellblocks and hope the beast moved off, or return to the firing range and try to avoid guards (if there ever were any).

>>5520968
It's probably conditioning, not the box itself.

We should use the time they are asleep to go through the box of chocolates to make sure they are safe to eat, break each and every one open to make sure there a no nasty surprises inside.

>>5520968
>>5520986

Opening the music box, you hear the strange tune again. It's definitely SOMETHING, but once again your mind turns warm and blanks.

The mechanism is closed in. To look upon it you would have to break it.

As you look closer you realise that the ballerina's face looks eerily like Anna. Your throat goes dry.

>>5521017

Closing the box, you open the chocolate box and inspect each little heart, snapping them open. The insides of each are filled with a different filling. A pink one smelling of strawberries, a yellow of pineapple, a green of key lime pie.

They look very expensive indeed.

Bandage up Anna's wrist while your at it.

>>5520968

Here's the link

http://4chan.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/5484341/

The few posts previous weren't saved

Anything else in the chocolate box, under the tray that the chocolates rest in?

If not, try to wake the girls up and see if we can get any information from the new girl.

Ask the helmet girl what happened to her?

>>5521106

You lift the tray, but there is nothing. Just a heart-shaped carton. For a second, you think back to the demise of the first Anna. You go cold. Her blood still stains your bellbottoms and arm.

>>5521078

As you enter the back room once more, you are shocked to see all three awake. Looking up at you, the blonde one speaks out in relief.
"Where did you go?"
Strange...

You reassure them with a smile, before bandaging the brown-haired Anna's arm gently. She yelps softly as you wrap it around, but doesn't pull her arm away until you are done.

>>5521133

The new girl weakly looks at you. "My name is Alice. I... I was asleep in my bed two days ago, and... and..." Her lip curls and she cries into her hands. "... and it took me and I couldn't do anything and then I was here and they killed another girl... I want to go home..." Her frantic voice goes quiet and she weeps, the other two girls looking down sadly.

Information, we want information! (you won't get it :P)

If we can't get anything from helmet girl, check her helmet for anything it might contain, check the lining or look for a serial number or any numbers that might activate that key pad back at the range.

head back to the firing range, peek in surreptitiously if possible, inspect room thoroughly.

>>5521159
ask her what the other girl looked like, was it another Anna?

Reassure her first before asking her what did it look like that took you. Were there others and how many? drill her for info, but stop when he doesn't want to tell u anymore if it gets to hard for her.

Ask Alice if she knew the other girls name and what she looked like. Try and comfort her and tell her it's not her fault.

Ask here what "it" is, try to get any description.

>>5521187

Wordlessly she nods, eyes shut tight. The Annas are obviously upset, but stay quiet.

>>5521176

The helmet has a small note inside:

RETURN WHEN DONE 08457392

Ok, put the note into our clean pocket that has nothing else in it. Looks like we head back to the firing range and get that door open.

But be sneaky about it, cause we don't want to get caught.

Make to have hook in hand. While sneaking.

>>5521196
>>5521200

You sit next to her and put an arm around her, Alice leaning into your chest for comfort. You can feel her breathing deeply.

She doesn't know what it was taht took her, but she calls it a monster. It came from under the bed and it dragged her here kicking and screaming. Then she was on the range.

The ones who killed the Anna were like people, with glasses which glowed red. They were army men, but their uniform was gray and red. They never talked. But they hadn't been in since they strapped her to the range yesterday. She hadn't heard anything at all.

ask the Annas about things like their room, parent's names, and such, find out if they are both clones based off the same master.

>>5521244
>>5521247

Telling the girls to stay put and that you will be back soon, you make your way quietly down the stairs and to the Firing Range door, hook in hand. Listening at the door, you hear nothing but the alarm. If someone was here, they would have turned it off, right?

Still being cautious despite that logic, you sneak into the range and enter the code into the keypad.

08457392

With a click, the door opens sideways and you step through quietly.
The Quartermaster's office is as empty as you thought, the only things of interest in the room the black hardcase, a padlocked cabinet under the workbench and the computer, as well as a ladder upward which you hadn't seen before.

Time to get that door open. Sneak back down there, hook in hand ready to bash soldiers in the face with it.

Assuming we don't run into trouble, we check the room and if we don't see anything else, check the computer and then the case.

check the breifcase first then the cabinet if theres no key smash it open.

>>5521286

(going to assume you asked before leaving)

The Annas tell you that their room was pink, and had a giant plush horse in the corner.

Alice tells you that her room was black.

As for their parents, they don't remember them clearly. It causes them distress, and you have to calm them before leaving.

Check out the case and see what's inside. If we can't break open the cabinet easily, wait till we've gone back for the girls and brought them here before we do.

>>5521343

Opening the case, you find a sleek black handgun in foam with a single clip. You don't know if you have ever fired a gun before, and seeing your right hand is mangled you don't know how good aim you would be...

>>5521387
then you can tank with the lead pipe while the undamaged Anna provides covering fire.

look up the ladder.

Take the gun and clip out of the case and then move the foam around to see if there's anything else hidden in there.

Check to see if there is anything inside the gun and see how many (if any) bullets are in the clip.

As for firing the pistol left handed, well it's better than nothing and if you're close enough, it's not going to matter much.

Assuming the gun is in working order (to the best of our limited knowledge, put the clip in the gun and make sure the safety is on. Then go get the girls.

>>5521423

The ladder terminates at a closed bulkhead hatch, but the mechanism is on your side so you can open it at will, if you like.

is the alarm still going? go smash the security camera, see if that shuts it off.

inspect the traps-of-maiming that were pointed at Helmet Girl, see if there are weapon options available there.

>>5521434

Pulling the foam out, you confirm nothing else in the case, before examining the gun and magazine.

Unfortunately, the magazine isn't full. A total of nine bullets are within, and there is none in the chamber. You load the gun and then start back to get the girls, the quiet of the tunnel deafaning after being in the alarm for so long.

Hiking back quickly, you collect the three, all very pleased to see you return. The brown-haired Anna stands and hugs into you as you stand at the door, the others standing and following as you lead the way back again.

As you walk back to the room, you learn that nothing really happened while you were gone. The blonde Anna tells you that Alice was crying, but they tried to cheer her up. Alice is quiet.

Eventually you re-enter the range cautiously. Still no-one. Punching the code in again, you stand in the Quartermaster's room again. The three girls don't look comfortable in the alarm, but they stick close and wait for you to tell them what to do.

>>5521473
Camera is up way too high, and it only sees the area where we found the girl (Right Gemini?) We should leave it alone and go get the girls and bring them back down here and into the quartermasters room.

Then check to see if we can get the computer working and/or that cabinet open.

>>5521488

Crossing out to the range, Alice whimpering, you inspect the device but soon learn that the forty-gallon drum fired until empty. Even if you could pull them off, you have no fuel for them.

>>5521508
throw the lead pipe at it.

Cabinet time smash it open with the hook if that doesn't work close range shot from the side to not dmg whats inside.