>>5196909>>5196930>>5197356You take the brief moment of opportunity to start rifling through the trash and garbage for things of value. Can't waste your chances, given how low on resources you currently are.
>Gained 4 Scrap>Gained 2 FoodApart from that haul, you also acquire another rusted piece of metal, this time a pipe, which you choose to keep on-hand as a precautionary measure.
>Gained Rusted PipeBehind you, the Orphan gurgles something that you don't catch nor do you bother to wait and listen for it to repeat itself. It doesn't seem to have noticed you, but a good chunk of its blobby eye-covered body seems to have seeped back into the street. It's not COMPLETELY taking up the street in front of you, but it will make escape more difficult if it spots you before you can make good distance.
>Book it and hope it isn't fast enough to keep up.>Use your rusted pipe and try to cut your way through.>Try to quietly sneak by it.>Write-In. 