>>5726534The rain might not be doing any favors for your hair or mood, but it does have one positive side-effect: as you stop in front of the entrance to one of the island’s many forests, you can just barely make out some old tracks!
Raj, you begin, which direction are these headed in?
“Uh, <span class="mu-s">LEFT.</span>”
No, damn it, you mean <span class="mu-s">CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.</span>
“A bird’s gonna fly the same way, D.” Rodney snorts! “Doesn’t matter if it’s a cardinal, blue jay, woodpecker…”
You want to get mad. You want to lash out, scream, maybe kick one of them for their complete and utter stupidity, but then it dawns on you that <span class="mu-i">you’re</span> the one that chose the two dumbest idiots on the island to tag along with you…
Guess that makes you #3.
Using the mansion’s position as a guide, you eventually find out (and helpfully explain the concept to your two cronies) that based on where the tracks lead, Pepper headed <span class="mu-s">WEST.</span>
“Not good, bro…” Frowns Raj as he leans against a nearby tree, “There’s, like, a <span class="mu-i">bunch</span> of stuff that way…”
He’s not wrong. <span class="mu-s">THE MINES, THE VILLA, THE ANTENNA, CAMP KEYSTONE,</span> hell, even that <span class="mu-s">STORAGE WAREHOUSE</span> for the mansion is to the west from what your <span class="mu-s">MAP</span> says!
“Take a look at this ground, too!” Rodney adds as he kicks a medley of pine needles, wood chips, and more forest detritus into the air. “Goddamn <span class="mu-i">TREE SALAD</span> over here! Can barely see any tracks under this crap!”
You’re not exactly enthused about rushing into a forest in the middle of the night while it’s raining–you’re not <span class="mu-i">Pepper</span>, after all! In fact, you reason aloud, if you’re gonna be running around in the dark all night it would help to have, like, some <span class="mu-s">TRAIL MAPS</span> or something to help you on the way…
“Maybe the <span class="mu-s">GROUNDSKEEPER</span> has some?” Shrugs the skater. Exactly, you nod, and you think it’s about that time that you see what he’s been up to all night…
“Not much, seein’ how the dumbass let a bunch of monsters wander over to the mansion.” Grunts Rodney. “An’ hey, maybe we can find a weapon for me there, huh? Ooh, maybe a <span class="mu-s">GUN!</span>”
Yea, you scoff, that ain’t happenin’!
What’s the plan?
>HEAD TO THE GROUNDSKEEPER/WORKER CABINS!>TREK TO THE STORAGE WAREHOUSE!>HIKE TO THE MINE ENTRANCE!>VISIT THE ANTENNA!>MOVE IT TO THE VILLA!>MOSEY OVER TO THE CAMP!>WRITE-IN! 