Monsters Outside

>Give Malia a sword. She doesn't have to fight if she doesn't want to, its not her responsibility to protect you. But it wouldn't hurt to arm her anyway.

You give her the sword. She seems to enjoy swinging it around, though both you and Alyssa remind her to only use it when necessary. She complies.

>If you haven't handled a weapon in you life, the handgun is the more realistic option. nless you've got some god upr arm strangth ad cordination at whic point yu mght be decent with a sword.

The handgun feels comfortable in your hands. Though the bullets are tiny, you reckon anything that can make a monster bleed from a distance is better than any melee weapon. Aiming it is easy and the recoil's not too bad. The shotgun made you feel like you were trying to stop a wild horse. As for the sword, it's light enough, but you don't feel confident using it for a long period of time. You never had much of a stamina.

So, since you have two of everything, you should be able to allocate a bunch of things to everyone. Give Malia a sword, give yourself a handgun and a sword, and give a shotgun and handgun to Allysa. You should probably carry the other shotgun too in case of a bad monster getting too close for comfort.

You do just that, so you and Alyssa have backup weapons. If you run out of ammo and you're still in danger at least you can still defend yourself.

9 PM arrives, and the night is quiet. The military must have run out of targets to bomb.

Then you smell something. Smoke.

You get a call. From Hades himself. His voice sounds like gravel, if gravel could talk.

COMMSOUND AUDIOTALK
Ver. 1.1.4
(all conversations monitored by Government under Emergency Act)
(You are speaking with ERROR CODE 910)

TrollmasterH: You are going to die tonight, buddy boy.

You: Shut up, you horrible sentient hunk of mold.

TrollmasterH: Hey hey hey I know a lot about you. Check it. I hacked your files the government's got on ya. I know your parents are living in another city.

You: Wow, amazing. Clearly not something you can get from just reading my old blogs.

TrollmasterH: Wait you have a blog?

You: I'm hanging up.

TrollmasterH: NO WAIT

(Audiotalk ended)

Ugh. If that asshat calls you again you're just going to ignore it.

Your phone buzzes. Yeah. He's calling again. Not gonna answer it.

As you ignore his call, you can hear explosions coming from downstairs. Alyssa gets up, checks her weapons and talks to you.

“Hey Costovo. We better just wait here. We got guns. We can just shoot at them if they try to open the door.”

Malia suggests an idea.

“What if I just... cover the wall with slime? I can completely block it off.”

Neither you nor Alyssa could find a reason to disagree, and you let her do her thing.

Malia looks a little shriveled. You ask her.

“Hey, are you okay?”

She responds.

“Yeah. Just need to rest for a bit.”

She crawls over near your bathroom, forming a circle with her body. You and Alyssa wait for Hades to come.

You hear the monsters walking up the stairs. They sound heavy. Your hands grip your handgun, and you double-check your shotgun and sword. You're as ready as you'll ever be.

You can hear them breathing now. They sound like they're having trouble taking in air.

Suddenly, your phone buzzes. It's Doctor Cobra.



This is really bad timing.

If you answer the phone, you risk getting too distracted when the monsters finally reach you.

Then again, it could be important. Maybe she's sending you backup and is trying to send instructions. You remember an army airstrike on Rebels where a few civilians got killed because they didn't follow the army's instructions to stay away from the bridge. The missiles were already on the way. The poor people thought they were far enough away so they just stood there and watched with their phones out, hoping to record the missile strike.

Yeah, this could be important.

But the monsters outside? They're pretty important too, and they're right in front of your door. Yes, Malia's slime is definitely helping, but again, you never know what's going to happen. Maybe you should keep your eyes and gun pointed at the door. You heard the explosion downstairs. They might be able to just blast through the gunk.

Pick up the phone? Or remain focused on the door?

>_