Utterly Mad

You're alone in a small camp that rests on a stubby outcropping that over looks an ominous pine forest of undetermined size. The tent is very conspicuous with it's bright red and golden hammer and sickle on the side sticking out against the green earth and tan boulders, but you didn't pick the colors. Inside, there's enough room to fit one person, that being yourself. Your bedding is simply a rollmat and a thin emergency blanket that looks like tinfoil.

You sit on a log that had fallen there some time ago, and in front of you is a simple fire with a small pot boiling over it hanging on a contraption that came with your survival kit. Next to you is small radio that chimes in every so often with news about the current objectives and with status updates for all the operatives. It's been a while since you've heard anything; the last thing being that a bomber had unfortunately been brought down. At least you weren't on it. You're just a simple scout.

To your right is a small notepad with all of your current objectives, and all of your completed ones.

Your large backpack, which is off to the side by the tent, has many pockets, edges, and ledges, you carry all sorts of things.

BACKPACK INVENTORY
[Description: This is what you have kept in that pile you call a "storage" closet]

Weapons
1x 7.63×25mm Mauser C96 [12/12 Rounds] [Semi-Automatic] [Reload Type: Clip]
1x Box of 7.63×25mm [24 bullets in one box]
1x Hunting Knife [Great for skinning] [Great for cutting]

Gear
1x Candle Lantern [Has about 32 turns of light in it]
1x Spare Candle [Possible eye gouging agent]
1x Small Flashlight [30 Turns of light] [Okay for bashing]
1x Rolls of Rough Toilet Paper [4 Uses per roll] [Great Fuel for Fire]
1x Rope [Lots of Rope]
1x Wonky Compass [Tends to get north and south mixed up]
1x Cumbersome Cargo Backpack [Big and bulky]
1x The Communist Guide To Surviving The Filthy Capitalistic Wilds [A great read]
1x One Cooking Pot [Bashing improvisation]


Food
3x MREs [Taste like crap] [Sodium: Causes thirst to go down by two parts] [Filling: 2 Full Bars added!]
3x Bottles of Clean Water [Tastes like Water] [Satiating: 2 Full Bars Added!]
1x Experimental Adrenaline Shot [High Energy: Refill two bars of Sleep and Fatigue] [WARNING: Possibly side effects]
1x Empty Canteen [Units: 0][Capacity: 6]

However, you've got all that stowed away. So what you've got on you is something like the following.

Your Inventory [Using: Cumbersome Cargo Backpack]

Weapons
Weapon: []
Melee/Tool: []
Ammo: [] (Can only take 2x Boxes of something)

Gear (You can only take 1x of something, so if you're taking multiple items of the same type, you'd have to fill up multiple slots)
Items:
1. []
2. []
3. []
4. []
5. []
6. []
7. []
8. []
9. []
10. []

Food (Same as gear)

1. []
2. []
3. []
4. []
5. []
6. []
7. []
8. []
9. []
10. []

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Your eyes glaze the woods as the fire crackles and the water in the pot bubbles. Deeper in the forest, you can feel that what you're looking for is there. You know it's there. You eyes wander as you wonder if they're looking right back at you.


Information:

First of all, this ain't an RP. So don't get too excited and started coming up with crazy character arcs, which you people love to do!

You may be wondering why. That's because it fits with the current WIP theme which is: You're nothing but a nameless pawn stuck somewhere in the western wilderness or some popular national forest (you can't really remember where at this point), your job is to find the Capitalists and report them and steal/find their evil plans and report back to the Soviets. What are you looking for exactly? Anything that could bring you, the Communist, victory and bring the fall of the American scum lords! Now the catch is this: You're playing as a Communist, and we all know that Communists don't have much in supplies. So you'll have to be careful and raid camps, find supplies, fight for supply drops meant for the Capitalists. It's going to get brutal.

So think of Papers, Please meets The Long Dark. I'm sorry if this set up wasn't that good, but it'll come naturally with time.

So in order to start just post a command and I'll write a description.

Examples of Orders:

You can look, read, pick up, use, etc... the basic Text-Based Adventure game stuff.





Needs Tutorial: Your basic human functions and you (Title will be changed to just "Needs" once you leave the Camp)

DISCLAIMER: You don't actually need to read the tutorial, it mainly shows what "math" I'll be using to count how far the bars will deteriorate. And the description of what each bar does will still be there after the "tutorial".

Spoiler: Needs Tutorial (hover to show)

"The Bars" and you: [(When a bar is "full" it will look like a straight line: | ) (When a bar is "halfway" it will look slanted like this: / ) (And finally when a bar is empty it will look like this: - )

"What's a turn?" Its a post by a player, it doesn't matter how much you do or how little you do, if you posted an action it will count to the turn counter.

These are the bars you want to keep full at all times!
Hunger: |.|.|.|.| <---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Deterioration Rate: (Normal: Every 10 turns) (When Active (AKA: Running, Climbing, etc...): Every 5 Turns)] [Description: You want these bars to be full, when the bars are full that means you're full, when only two bars are left, that means your starving. When you're starving you start to lose energy and go into survival mode, eventually you weaken enough over time and die shortly after)

Thirst: |.|.|.|.| <---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Deterioration Rate: (Normal: Every 8 turns) (When Active (AKA: Running, Climbing, etc...): Every 5 Turns)] [Description: When full these bars mean you're hydrated, when they reach 3 bars you'll dehydrate and slowly start to wear out, overheat, and become prone to sickness before dying.)

Sleep: |.|.|.|.|<---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Deterioration Rate: (Normal: Every 25 turns) (When Active (AKA: Running, Climbing, etc...): Every 10 Turns)] [Description: When full it means you're fully rested, when fully rested you can preform more 'active' feats with a bonus roll to it. But once you reach 3 bars or lower you'll start to tire before eventually blacking out when you hit zero bars.)

Hygiene: |.|.|.|.|<---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Deterioration Rate: (When Outside: Every 25 turns) (When Indoors (AKA: Running, Climbing, etc...): Every 45 Turns)] [Description: When full it means you're clean as a whistle, when at 3 bars it means you could do with a quick shower, and when its empty it means you need a good scrubbing) [Special Rules: Soiling/Wetting yourself automatically puts your Hygiene to "zero" for obvious reasons. When your Hygiene gets near 3 bars I start rolling secretly (with a negative multiplier to the roll) to see if you catch a disease; however when your hygiene is at zero I double the roll that determines if you get sick or not. So try to stay clean!]

The bars you want to keep empty!

Bladder: -.-.-.-.- <---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Increase Rate: (Normal: Every 15 turns) (When Drinking: Adds 1 part of the bar)] [Description: When empty that means you don't have to relieve yourself, when halfway you'll need to relieve yourself, when full you'll just go on the spot no matter if the pants are on or not.)

Bowels: -.-.-.-.- <---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Increase Rate: (Normal: Every 35 turns) (When Eating: Adds 1 part of the bar)] [Description: When empty that means you don't have to relieve yourself, when halfway you'll need to relieve yourself, when full you'll just go on the spot no matter if the pants are on or not.) [Special Rules: Since I'm a bastard GM you'll need toilet paper to keep yourself clean, if you run out of rolls you'll use leaves... but if you're in a cave, I guess you could say you're "sh!t out of luck". This ties into the Hygiene Bar]

Fatigue: -.-.-.-.- <---- [Max: 5 Bars] [Description: This basically shows your stamina, when climbing, running, sprinting, or anything else that requires your body to work overtime it will fill up the Fatigue bar by 1 point. When you reach max fatigue your Hunger, Sleep, and Thirst meters will start decreasing by their "active" numbers (AKA: Hunger&Thirst decrease every 5, Sleep decreases every 10.

Spoiler: The New Needs System (hover to show)

Hunger, Sleep, and Thirst: Each "piece" of the bar is an hour, so when an hour passes the Bar will go through its stages. You don't start starving, become severely dehydrated, etc... until 1AM the next day if you go without anything for a full day. Once you reach 'Zero' on the Hunger bar, you get a two day grace period in a weakened state to find something to eat, you move slower and people could easily overpower you. Same goes with Thirst, only instead you have one more day to find a source of water. And finally for sleep you black out when you reach 1AM of the next day or earlier depending on what you've been doing and your current fatigue; if you go without sleep for a day your fatigue meter is "cut in half" so you tire out a lot easier.

Bathroom and Hygiene: Bladder goes up every 15 mins and if you keep your hydration up (AKA: drinking tons of water) it'll increase every 10 mins for a limited time [meaning the maximum is 4 hours 15 mins which seems reasonable]; you'll have a 30 minute grace period once the bar reaches maximum before the inevitable strikes. Bowels go up every 25 mins [Maximum is 6 hours 25 mins], eating filling foods will drop that to 15 minutes depending on how big the meal; you get an hour grace period before the inevitable hits. And Hygiene decreases every hour you're out in the wilderness, so you'll effectively become a mess by the time half the day is over.

I eat the blank pages of the book. Yum, knowledge. After eating the book's pages I take the Mauser, the ammo, the MRE's, the water, the hunting knife, the book, a flashlight, and the compass.

After praying to Lenin, Stalin, and The Holy Cabbage by my bedroll's side, I approach the notepad cautiously and look over today's events. For Mother-Russia must be awaiting for me to do something today.

THE GODS ARE NOT PLEASED WITH YOUR SIMPLE PRAYER. MORE MUST BE GIVEN TO APPEASE THEM LEST THEY STRIKE HARD LIKE HAMMER AND SCYTHE.: 1d20 1

AS FOR THE BOOK, YOU FLIP THROUGH THE THICK, PROUD, COMMUNIST PAGES AND RE-READ YOUR OBJECTIVE: "SPY AND PERFORM RECON ON A NEARBY POWER STATION 50 CLICKS NORTH. GOOD LUCK COMRADE. IF YOU COMPLETE THIS MISSION, ANOTHER WILL BE FLOWN TO YOU VIA PIGEON."

I eat the blank pages of the book. Yum, knowledge. After eating the book's pages I take the Mauser, the ammo, the MRE's, the water, the hunting knife, the book, a flashlight, and the compass.

THE PAGES FIT HAPPILY INTO YOUR MOUTH, AND BY YOUR POWERFUL COMMUNIST SALIVA, YOU DISSOLVE THEM AND SWALLOW THEM INTO YOUR HAPPY BELLY.

Needs

Hunger: |.|.|.|.|

Thirst: |.|.|.|.-

Sleep: |.|.|.|.|

Hygiene: |.|.|.|.|

Bladder: -.-.-.-.-

Bowels: |.-.-.-.-

Fatigue: -.-.-.-.-

THE MAUSER, OH YES, THE PERFECT DESTRUCTION TOOL. YOU WILL VERY MUCH ENJOY DELIVERING SOME SWEET SOCIALISM WITH IT.

Your Inventory [Using: Cumbersome Cargo Backpack]

Weapons
Weapon: 7.63×25mm Mauser C96 [12/12 Rounds] [Semi-Automatic] [Reload Type: Clip]
Melee/Tool: 1x Hunting Knife [Great for skinning] [Great for cutting]
Ammo: 1x Box of 7.63×25mm [24 bullets in one box]

Gear (You can only take 1x of something, so if you're taking multiple items of the same type, you'd have to fill up multiple slots)
Items:
1. BOOK
2. FLASHLIGHT
3. COMPASS
4. []
5. []
6. []
7. []
8. []
9. []
10. []

Food (Same as gear)

1. []
2. []
3. []
4. []
5. []
6. []
7. []
8. []
9. []
10. []

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YES. YOU ARE FEELING CONFIDENT IN YOUR GEAR.

Using the Hunting Knife I cut along the lines of the Chaos Star of Khorne that I have upon my thigh, knowing that this will please The Blood God as I steel myself for the glorious slaughter of American scum, Khorne will grant me the power of Marx himself in this most wonderful task.

[[What happens if this character dies?]]

NOW YOU'RE REALLY FEELING IT!!!!!!!!!!

YOU CUT ACROSS THE ANGLES, THE LINES, AND THE BLOOD FUSES WITH DRY AIR BY THE POWER OF YOUR KNIFE. OH IT'S HAPPENING. YOU CAN FEEL MARX BESTOWING SOMETHING UPON YOU. YOUR HEART HURT, YOUR EARS RING, AND THEN IT ALL STOPS AS YOU FINISH CUTTING OUT THE CHAOS STAR. YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'VE GAINED, BUT YOU FEEL VERY EQUAL.: 1d20+10 25

Mr Super Communist Man wishes that the birds would share their secret of flight with him, for hoarding such a gift is CAPITALIST
He decides that birds must all be CAPITALIST PIG DOGS and he should exterminate them.

However discovering this American Power Station is of utmost importance as The Most Wonderful Yet Equal Russian Government has instructed him to do so. He consults his compass for the direction and sprints North, thoughts of slaughter smeared across his thoughts, almost foaming at the mouth.

[totally forgot about food and water, yeah he should grab that before he wildly sprints off to MURDER AMERICAN PIG DOGS]

Mr. Super Communist Man takes the toilet paper, rope, all the MREs and water bottles, as well as the empty canteen, and sings the song below this while he waits for inevitable important stuff to happen.

YOU PACK UP YOUR FIRM-AS-BARK TOILET PAPER, ROBE MADE OF CAPITALIST PIG SINEW, AND DELECTABLE MRE'S WITH WATERBOTTLES. YOU DECIDE THAT A CANTEEN WOULD HELP AS WELL. AS YOU STUFF THESE THINGS IN YOUR BAG, A SONG TAKES OVER YOU. A MESSAGE FROM MARX VOCALIZING IN YOUR LARYNX? POSSIBLE.

Weapons
Weapon: 7.63×25mm Mauser C96 [12/12 Rounds] [Semi-Automatic] [Reload Type: Clip]
Melee/Tool: 1x Hunting Knife [Great for skinning] [Great for cutting]
Ammo: 1x Box of 7.63×25mm [24 bullets in one box]

Gear (You can only take 1x of something, so if you're taking multiple items of the same type, you'd have to fill up multiple slots)
Items:
1. BOOK
2. FLASHLIGHT
3. COMPASS
4. TOILET PAPER
5. ROPE
6. EMPTY CANTEEN
7. []
8. []
9. []
10. []

Food (Same as gear)

1. MRE
2. MRE
3. MRE
4. WATER BOTTLE
5. WATER BOTTLE
6. []
7. []
8. []
9. []
10. []

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Mr Super Communist Man wishes that the birds would share their secret of flight with him, for hoarding such a gift is CAPITALIST
He decides that birds must all be CAPITALIST PIG DOGS and he should exterminate them.

However discovering this American Power Station is of utmost importance as The Most Wonderful Yet Equal Russian Government has instructed him to do so. He consults his compass for the direction and sprints North, thoughts of slaughter smeared across his thoughts, almost foaming at the mouth.

BY THE POWER VESTED IN YOU, BIRDS WILL PAY FOR THEIR BETRAYAL. NO FORGIVENESS TO ALL MUTINY.
YOU TOUCH THE COMPASS, AND YOU SEE IT GLOW WITH COMMUNIST ACCURACY. NORTH. IT'S THAT WAY. NORTH, FROM WHAT YOUR COMPASS TELLS YOU IS NORTH. YES. PERFECT.

Mr. Super Communism CoMANnder follows his gut and grabs 2 MREs and 2 Bottles of Water in order not to pass out from exhaustion and hunger; then he follows his gut and sprints north.

AFTER GRABBING PETTY FOOD, GLORIOUS COMMUNIST BEGINS GLORIOUS JOURNEY TO DEFEAT THE CAPITALIST PIGS HIDING NEARBY. THE COMMUNIST BEGINS THEIR COMMUNIST HIKE TO THE AMERICAN STATION.

YOU RUN THROUGH THE WOODS FEELING CONFIDENT AND SAFE. THERE ARE NO WORRIES. YOU'RE REALLY FEELING IT RIGHT NOW.

[Goddamnit Rhodri]