8 Works by Pangolin_404 in Look Outside (Video Game)
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There was a pest in the garden.
Hellen, for the life of her, could not pin down what it was.
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(Submission in the Homebodies Zine!)
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He peered through the door's eye hole. A powerfully built individual stood there, with piercing grey-blue eyes. He hesitated, but spoke. He always answered and he wasn’t about to stop now, even if this person had a very intimidating frame. He couldn’t be one to judge. Not now. “Hello?”
Her voice was husky and lacking intonation. “Open up. I… need help.”
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Over a year after the world ended, life continued to move on. Plenty of people still lived in the apartment and needed supplies. Sam's group spends the night in a store while out scavenging.
When he can't sleep, he sits with Hellen.
It's a comfortable routine.
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Her breathing was always a bit rough, like she’d been running, and foamy blood-spit frothed between her oversized teeth when she spoke. “Fight me for it! You’re not avoiding it a second day in a row!”
Hellen began to stand. Her weary body creaked. “Alright.”
Leigh gawked at her. She backed up when Hellen stood to her full height. She pulled her knife out just the same way she did yesterday. Some part of her expected the woman to retreat once again. To her disappointment, her eyes went huge and her impossible grin widened. She giggled between words, euphoric. “R-really? So you’re not a coward after all!”
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Hellen and a child she picked up, Sophie, head to the third floor while scavenging for supplies. They have an interesting encounter in apartment 33.
(Or: What if Sam listened to Sybil when first waking up?)
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The ritual was flawed. Sam looked outside. The people he leaves behind struggle to adapt to a changed world.
Joel, Sophie, and their rat-sibling attempt to adjust to their new lives and to reconcile themselves with new facts of life. The passage of time promises a strain on supplies that weighs upon people never meant to look after so many others.
Sam, detached from himself, bears witness.
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Lyle blinked. Terror rushed through him, even if he had excuses primed and ready. His mouth opened, half-shocked and half-prepared, but nothing came out.
The door just… opened when his hand hit it. Nobody answered. Cautiously, Lyle pushed the door further open and peered into Sam’s apartment.
Dark. Quiet. Lyle let himself in. He unwound his key from around his wrist and tucked it further into his robes, safely out of sight. He felt too loud for the space. He clicked and didn’t stop, though now more out of unease than eagerness. Why would Sam leave his door unlocked? He’d never done that before. It was extremely unlike him. Which meant something was wrong. Sam wasn’t great with routines, but he’d never once left his door unlocked, let alone not even fully shut.
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Hellen goes out to get Sam some medical supplies for his arm, and her day gets worse when Joel and Sophie sneak out to follow her, rat-baby in tow.
Hellen meets Lyle, and her day get a bit better.
Hellen really meets Lyle, and her day gets much, much worse.