CH2: The Survivalists

Tatiana and I exchange a few words, mainly about our group. “Well, I just came here. Maybe you should ask your friends about a name.” I try to reason with her but she seems determined and points behind her towards the pantry: “Those two? I think not. Guess what name Sofie will come up with? Yeah, something that has to do with cock and balls maybe.”

I smile and think about it. Our little group is separate from the rest, we are playing for survival and against Calliope and her group of bullies. “How about… Retributionists?” I suggest and Tatiana thinks about it tapping her chin: “Well, that’s at least keeping with the theme. I was thinking something less of a mouthful. What would you say to Survivalists? Because that’s what we are, right?” I am probably too stuck up on ****, so hearing another opinion like this makes me think. I nod and we make it official.

Not much later I tell her I have to continue my game. She tells me to come back before the end of the day and I promise to bring them better gear. I can’t believe I came on Tatiana’s back like that. I feel horrible. I should’ve just been up front with her. Maybe even admitted to seeing her and her girlfriend earlier. But you never know where comments like that lead. Some people take that as something so disrespectful that they don’t want to talk with you anymore. Some are just embarrassed about getting caught.

I decide to try to go back up to the third floor. I am afraid to walk around the first or second one as they are so congested with teamed players, especially the Recreationsts. I go up two flights of stairs, avoiding patrolling Recreationists like the plague and make it. There were some tight situations where I had to hope they turn the other way. But I make it and go towards the part of the floor I didn’t yet explore. If it wasn’t for Tatiana, I would’ve probably tried fighting them head-on, but now I have something to survive for, so I won’t.

When it comes to the player with the highest level right now, I am not sure. If killing a player counts for anything, then me, Calliope and Erika would probably have the highest scores. I think I’ve also been doing a good job opening chests, so if there’s not some unknown way to get EXP I don’t know of, I might actually be the only level 4 player right now, and I can unlock those yellow chests. Although, I have not yet seen any of them.

I walk around and come across more good loot. It seems that Erika and that blue haired girl went by here and took all the green and blue chests but left a purple behind. Inside I finally find it. An **** rifle. I take it excitedly and test the sights. The gun is kind of heavy, and my arms get tired holding it after some time – they knew it would be girls playing the game, at least they could’ve made the guns less bulky. I shoot at a target and it’s practically perfect accuracy. I am finally geared enough to take on Calliope I think. But I have an issue. I can’t carry two two-handed weapons at once. The **** rifle is two handed just as the shotgun. I can’t help it, I have to leave my trusty shotgun behind. It helped me defeat Samantha, but now I have something that lets me do more. So I take the night vision scope off the shotgun and put it on the **** rifle instead and place the shotgun in the chest and lock it. I noticed you can lock these chest as I accidentally did it earlier. I got the shotgun from Grace in the cafeteria. It doesn’t feel good to leave it, but I have to carry on.

I check the other rooms, but sadly there’s not much else of note until I come to what looks like the administrative zone. I see the secretary’s room and the headmaster’s office just beyond it. If there’s going to be a yellow chest somewhere, it’s going to be there. I sneak closer and hear a noise. There’s someone inside. I’m sure of it. I sneak to the door and take deep breath and wait. Someone is walking inside. I do have the powerful **** rifle on me, so surely nobody could outgun me, right? So, taking them by surprise would be pretty low-risk, right? That’s what I think.