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Eric faced Adriana, frozen in place. Except for the tail, which swished nervously back and forth. His ears moved too, both entirely out of his control."Did someone let an animal in?" someone else asked. "What do we do, call animal control?"John stepped forward, lifting his safety glasses away from his eyes. "Sure is dressed like Eric. I thought I was losing my mind, watching him one line over. But I can see it. That purple thing on his face...""Help me," he pleaded, abandoning all semblance of imitating…-
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Everything hurt. Abigail struggled and groaned against the strange weight pressing on her, shifting, fighting clothes that didn't seem to fit. The pain was much worse on one side of her body, suffering that brought with it a wave of directional disorientation. She managed to open one eye. Not quite move her head yet—that would take more time. For now, she could only look forward, staring along the dark plastic carpet covered in discarded wrappers and miscellaneous stains. The legs of rows and rows of…-
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When Elliot was a small child, he once contracted the stomach flu. Nothing quite equaled the misery he experienced in those weeks, living on the bathroom floor and ejecting his stomach every few hours, while his body ached and shook with constant pain. When it finally ended, he never imagined he would experience anything so horrible again.And he was right, until that 'cold.'Elliot couldn't say exactly what happened the next few days; sometimes he was awake, other times he slept. When he did wake, it was…-
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Wait for Night for Rescue (58%)Elliot couldn't go right away, no matter how desperate his girlfriend's situation seemed. If he rushed right to campus in defiance of the order, he would only get himself caught, possibly imprisoned. He wasn't sure whether or not he would abandon the contract-tracing device. If the outbreak was related to his present experience, there wasn't a whole lot knowing where he went would benefit the CDC, or FEMA, or whoever else might be responsible for tracking such things.He had…
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Park somewhere safe and walk through the tunnel, (43%)Elliot could've barged straight through, just like Sam wanted. But whatever had torn through that police blockade could do far worse things to the two of them, half-transformed into who knew what impossible forms.He turned sharply back the way he'd come, then down an alley between a few darkened shops. The space was largely deserted, missing many of the cars he usually found parked there. "Pedestrian tunnel opens near the parking structure on 30th.…
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Flee Out the Window (50%)Whatever creature was making that noise, Elliot knew he didn't want to meet it. Those claws sounded like they were tearing through parts of the building with every step. Even the sturdy fire-doors separating each dorm would not likely survive for long under that assault."We can't stay here," Elliot whispered, as low as he could. "We have to make a break for it." He stood, leaving Ruby momentarily on the floor while he crept over to the window. These were huge, on a crank that…
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Go to the Bioinformatics Building (75%)Elliot swerved away from the edge of campus and the broken police checkpoint. It was tempting to speed away from school and not look back. Sam couldn’t know what they did; she still thought she had caught this infection at work.She didn’t know about Dr. Zalenka, she hadn’t seen the photos in his diary. But Ruby had.If we ever want to reverse this, we need to know what this disease is and how it works. That meant Dr. Zalenka’s notebook, but it also meant…
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Investigate the supercomputer lab on B3. (99%)Elliot had come this far, he wasn't going to just run away now. "Ruby thought there was something in the supercomputer lab, maybe something to do with the disease. We should check it out."Sam grunted noncommittally. "Kinda feels like we're running towards danger instead of away from it, Blue. I don't want anything to do with whatever is doing this to me."He held up one hand, flexing his stiff fingers. Elliot looked away from that too: they almost seemed…
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Get his word, then set him free 93%"Obviously we wouldn't leave you in there," Elliot approached the cage, studying its latches and locks. Getting this open wouldn't take much effort, so long as his fingers still worked. For how long that would be true... "We'd still like your word that you'll help us. If we open this, you answer our questions. You don't attack or run off. Promise?"The horse-creature stared up through the opening, huge eyes exasperated. "You shut down the Resonator and you're letting me…
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Let him join, flee into the mountains, 68%Elliot had his fair share of unpleasant drives. But few of those ever combined as many awful things together as their trip into the mountains. First, there were his fingers, getting stiffer and less useful by the minute. By the time they were winding back and forth through the mountains, he could only grip the wheel with simple pressure, and had to use the cruise control to keep his speed.But the others were in even worse shape, so he was the one at the wheel.His…
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