"Aside from climbing up the building, I don't think there's any other way but the stairs," Erica said, taking a moment to just look down. "You guys don't think they gave people, like, Spider-Man powers or anything right?" It felt weird, but there was a portal gun. There could be ...

Heartbeat slowing, Erica went back to being relaxed when she recognized a familiar face. She never much interacted with Nicholas, but he was a nice kid. Does that mean anything here, anymore? She allowed mostly Zane to take the lead, but when Nicholas jumped in with a question, Erica's old instincts...

Erica was on guard, of course. She had to be, but for some reason, she also felt a bit of... empathy? That's normal, of course. She hadn't yet registered the kill-or-be-killed nature of this game, and part of her hoped she didn't have to. Out in that stairwell was a kid her age or so, just trying to...

Nicholas. Not really a threatening name, though names can deceive. But the way he said it made him sound... confused? Erica decided to at least help out in the negotiations, if only to get more information, and to relieve the bits of stress she had. The only thing keeping her going is her own instin...

"Hey, is someone up there?" Almost instinctively, Erica twirled around, lugging her big large flamethrower at the direction of the voice. She was admittedly, a bit spooked and tired, but she at least had enough self-control to not shoot anything. Luckily, there was no person there, or Eri...

((Erica Stohl continued from Speedy Thing In, Speedy Thing Out )) Wandering around the school was great and all, but all Erica could think about was getting that clear vantage point. Not because she was any good at tactical wartime strategy or anything like that, but because despite all of the prote...

"The cafeteria! That's a great idea! We can use the tables and chairs as barricades," said Erica, almost just as quickly dashing out of the room before dashing back inside, having forgotten her stuff. A slightly embarrassed look on her face told Zane everything he needed to know about how ...

"Oh..." Erica hadn't noticed, on account of her running around and being more focused on the fact that she had a gigantic weapon she was lugging around. In fact, she didn't even check her daypack either. She was realizing how much she had been missing. Realizing just how lucky she was that...

Erica thought for only a moment. She had never been the strategizing type. Neither in games nor in real life, so she relied on her movie knowledge and pop culture osmosis, and in most movies, the high ground was always the best place, right? "How 'bout the roof? We'll be able to get a good look...

"Um..." She never actually... checked. "Listen, when you log in with a big gun near you, you generally don't wanna let it go, right?" She does, though, for now, put it down and open her contents to find an instruction manual for, and that's when it hit her, an actual... "......

"Oh. Alright, cool." She was glad nobody was killing anyone, at least. That she knew of. "Uh, we should check the other rooms, then. Maybe the roof? Get a good vantage point for our gu--" She only just realized that her weapon probably wouldn't do so well as a sniper. "...Um...

"Listen, Zane. You're cool, so I was thinking if this place is empty, we build a fortress while we figure out how to--" She pauses for a moment. "...Wait, you saw someone here? Were they fighting you?" They wouldn't right? Would people really go into the whole killing your friend...

Erica glanced at the portals, her brain trying to figure out... something. It gave up halfway, unfortunately. She wasn't quite good at those puzzle games as she would've hoped. "How long have you been here? You didn't see anyone? Like, did some bozo make these portals? Are we like, alone in thi...

"...Hey Zane. I'm uh... not... dead?" He wasn't about to kill her, right? That would be nice. That would be great. She should probably point this thing somewhere else. The way she carried the weapon was like a minigun, but it definitely wasn't that. The fact that it had a tank suggested it...

ERICA STOHL - GAME START Erica didn't really know what was worse, running away in some silent hallways hoping nobody with a video game was going to shoot her, or running with a very blatantly obvious weapon in her hands and being mistaken as the bad guy immediately. She didn't really have any exper...