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Too OP, pls nerf. /joking
But in all seriousness, this is nice! Not applicable for multiple reasons, but nice.
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But in all seriousness, this is nice! Not applicable for multiple reasons, but nice.
Ok so he needs an major buff then. : P
Also calling it "non applicable for multiple reasons" is the understatement of the century right there.
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Kamp Krusty adventure! (Part 1)
It was sometime around noon, and while the sun shone bright in the sky, it couldn't be considered a nice day by any metric.
It had already been a good two hours since the group left for their trip to find out what's happening at Kamp Krusty, so the atmosphere in the car had been…somewhat tense.
The driver, Fat Tony, was in a foul mood after failing to find one of his lieutenants on top of learning that he might have put his son in danger.
The Finale was napping in the back seat alongside Abe's new pets Badger and Crippler. They seemed to have warmed quickly to the old sniper.
The Kaiser wasn't inside the car at all, instead riding his recently found horse who, in its zombified state, was easily capable of keeping up with the speeding car. The undead German had an untroubled look on his face, more focused on the fact he was riding his horse than the reason they were traveling.
And during all that, Abe couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by recent events; The knowledge that Bart and Lisa were prisoners of some crappy Kamp kept weighing on his mind. Not only that, the thought of his last failed attempt to reach out to Homer was constantly on the edge of his mind, refusing to leave.
And between that was the fact that as he traveled through the road, he couldn't help but feel a sense of…Nostalgia could be the word. Abe realized halfway through the trip that this had been his first time he left Springfield in over 10 months. And even if Kamp Krusty was fairly close by, seeing roads that he should know quite well feel unknown to him makes him realize how much things have changed. Not only the state of the U.S but about nowadays regarding his youth.
He really was getting too old to get into these kind of scruffles, wasn't he?
Old age aside, he really couldn't allow himself to wallow in pity like this. His family needed him, probably more than ever, so he needed his head in the game.
Just then, Abe noticed the car slow down and drive off road. Curiously, the elder checked the map they brought, which had the location of the Kamp marked with a big "X". Abe was pretty sure they still had less than an hour's travel to get there.
"Hey what gives?" Abe asked Tony, unsure of what he was doing. The mafioso had been scowling since they left the city, all while smoking through a few cigars. "We're pretty close to the place, shouldn't we just keep driving there?". He asked this as the car passed a clearing and began to park the car behind some trees.
The italian didn't answer immediately, instead taking a long puff from the last drags of his cigar, and, after making sure it's put out, chucks it out of the window and pulling another one out from his jacket, lighting it a swift motion.
Abe took a moment to wonder just how many cigars the mafioso has in his person. Has he been using all the money from his salary on them? Or does he have a stash somewhere?
…Abe realizes he really hasn't actually taken the time to get to know Fat Tony or any of his other workers. He ought to fix that soon.
Fat Tony answers back with a question after taking another puff. "I would reckon the car and our German friend would make our arrival pretty noisy, wouldn't it?", He says with a smirk. Angry he may be, Fat Tony keeps a tight grip on his emotions. "It'd be a shame if we spoiled our surprise visit beforehand. Am I right?"
Abe agreed. "Alright then. We'll need to walk through the woods to get there, but that shouldn't be hard", Abe says as he checks the map one last time.
The mafioso nods, his gaze moving to the backseat to the sniper napping with the dogs. "Hey forest geezer, get up!" He calls out as he turns off the car.
With a shake The finale wakes up, dirt and leaves breaking off his suit and dirting the car seat. Finale reaches for his rifle in the adjacent seat as he looks around quickly.
"Aaaahhh, is it time now?" He questions, looking out of the car's window and seeing the forest around them. He puts a gentle hand to Crippler's head, the old dog waking when he does.
"Almost." Abe says as he pockets the map and opens the door, Fat Tony doing the same. "We're going to walk the rest of the way, you up for that?"
The Finale gives a jovial laugh, making dirt fall off his beard. "You won't hear a protest from me, the forest and I are one." He says as he, in a motion too quick for someone of his age, almost combat rolls out of the car, rifle already primed for use.
Crippler and Badger follow soon after, wandering and sniffing around the clearing. Both hounds seem to take nicely to being in the forest. Well,mostly Badger does; after a while Crippler just sits down and begins to rest, content to leave his partner to explore the area by himself.
A few moments later the sound of hooves could be heard, Kaiser Wilhelm and his horse finally catching up to them.
"Vhats ze hold up, freunde?" The undead German asks as his horse stops alongside the car, huffing and puffing. "Something came up?" He asks as he takes a look around the place.
Fat Tony is the one that answers him. "Not quite, big fella." He says with a puff. "But we are going to walk the rest of the way." He takes a moment to inspect the zombified horse. "And we can't let them catch wind of us coming." He says as he points his cigar at them.
Abe and The Finale also look at the undead animal, probably thinking the same thing.
After a moment Kaiser Wilhem seems to realize what they are getting at.
"Abandon mein Horsey?!" He asks with a gasp. "Nein! Das werde ich niemals tun!" He says with an offended tone.
"Let me bring him!" He pleads with puppy eyes…and somehow the horse seems to be doing the same. "I assure you gentlemen, no one vill know Horsey is around, ja?" He implores, not willing to part with his horse.
Fat Tony gets an annoyed look on his face, and Abe seems to realize that this might develop in a fight, something they really couldn't afford right now. He decided to step in before things escalated.
"Fine, you can bring your horse!" Abe exclaims, deciding to humor the German. "Just…make sure to not make too much noise."
"Ja! Wunderbar!" The zombie German exclaims, as his horse starts running around in circles around the group.
The Finale doesn't seem to mind the addition, while Fat Tony just rubs his face. "Bloody wonderful." He mutters, not content at all with this outcome.
"Uhhh...fine." The mafioso says as he looks to the rest of the group. "Let's just hurry, we're burning daylight."
On that, Abe could agree heartfully. They had come this far, they weren't gonna stop now.
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The group began the trek through the forest in a determined manner. This time, The Finale took the lead after receiving the map from Abe. Now that they weren't following the road to get to their destination, they had to deal with the sea of brown and green that surrounded it.
For most people, it would have taken some time, effort and more tools than a simple map to get to their destination. Luckily, this group had someone who basically spent most of his life inhabiting places like this. With him leading the men (and hounds and a horse), it was practically impossible for them to get lost. The group didn't just walk in a straight line, the old sniper had them take twists and turns every few minutes, taking the most accessible path so the rest could keep up with him without much effort.
Abe, Fat Tony and even Wilhelm, who couldn't keep riding his horse and was forced to walk alongside him, were thankful for this. Even though one was still pissed off, and the other was too sad because he couldn't keep acting like a cowboy.
During all this time, the group was mostly in silence, aside from Grant giving out indications. Grunts of understanding and the random snort from the zombified equine in the group, where the only time sound was made.
And while the old man in a gill suit could have been fine with leaving things as they were until they found the place, someone had to go and break the silence, as always.
"I have to say, I never expected to do this kind of stuff again.." Fat Tony begins, as he pays attention to not trip with a few tree roots, and moves a branch out of the way. "Walking through a forest, rescuing some of my people…ice a few bodies." He comments with a somewhat nostalgic tone. "Man, this brings me back to my rookie days, just need a shovel now." He finishes as he shakes his head.
"Ov what? Vhen you started vorking mit zhe mob?" Kaiser Wilhelm comments, curiosity picked, as he walks too, with the reins of his horse on his hands. "Hov vas it? Is it as zhe mafia mofies that Ich vatch mit Herr Flander's kids on zhe "T.V", uh?"
Fat Tony can't help but snort at the German's question. "Please, those movies don't compare to the real stuff. Those Hollywood cretins don't have an idea what mafias are nowadays." Fat Tony hums for a moment. "Mmm…there's an idea there for a quick buck perhaps."
"Still, back to my rookie days." He continues as the rest of the group listens. "It's really not something out of the unordinary. I started from the bottom as anyone else; cleanin' the don's place, collecting the monthly protection money, teaching the pizza guy a lesson when he arrived late without orders…." He finishes with a dark tone as his eyes narrow, deep in memories.
"So you really started as a Henchman?" Abe questions as he follows the group. "I really couldn't imagine that to tell the truth." He shrugs, not sure what else to say.
"Everyone has to start from somewhere y'know?" The Italian comments as he puffs from his cigar. "Took me a while to get where I am, but I cannot say I'm proud of what I had." He sighs. "Oh man, now and then, I wish things were back to how they were, when the only thing I had to deal with was with the police, it was so easy."
"You just mean with Chief Wiggum, right?" Abe asks with curiosity. "Surely the city police wasn't always that…bad?"
"Ohhhh, you would not believe me but every police chief has been a Wiggum…in one way or another." The former mobster says with a chuckle.
"Scheisse! Has zhe polize been zhat imcompetent?" Wilhelm questions too, getting into the conversation.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Fat Tony shakes his head. "For better or for worse."
And quickly, what was before a tense moment seems to leave, giving way for a more relaxed environment. Even though they were aware how serious the situation was, Abe and the Kaiser listened with attention to some of the stories that the mobster had to tell about his first days in the mafia. On the other side, it seemed that the chance to retell some of his stories helped calm Fat Tony somewhat.
But while this nice reprieve, couldn't last. Something that The Finale had to remind the group.
"Quiet everyone." The sniper said with a low tone, but his voice carried weight on this forest, making the group stop chattering and focus on the old man with the rifle. "We are coming close to the place, best to not draw any attention." He kept moving, easily avoiding any obstacle in his path and barely making any noise.
With talking over, the whole group was once again focused. It was around 3 or 4 Pm, Abe was pretty sure, his lack of a watch made it difficult to confirm the time.
As the group finished trekking through the last set of tree lines, on orders of The Finale, they quickly duck behind some shrubbery that was nearby, as they finally had the Kamp in sight.
And what they found wasn't to their liking.
"Vell…zhat does not seem like a children's camp, is it?" Kaiser comments as he pets his horse (Who was ducking too), while observing the place.
"No. No it doesn't." Abe comments with equal worry and anger to his voice. At least he knew that Bart wasn't making things up…not that was much of a comfort.
What the group was seeing was in equal parts comforting and worrying. Comforting cause they knew that the kids were really in trouble and wasn't a prank and worrying cause…the kids were basically in trouble.
The group was still quite a ways from actually reaching the camp, several hundred meters at least, a kilometer at most, but they had a clear view of most of the site.
What seemed once like a Krusty themed Children's camp now had lost its charm. A rusty but thick metal fence covered basically the whole area. There was a main gate that seemed to be reinforced with lots of steel, but…not like actual steel doors, more like someone welded lots of metal scrap and decided to make a gate with it.
2 guards could be seen standing in front of the gate, wearing a mix between camp attendant and military clothes.
A few cabins could be seen through the fences and gate, and some watchtowers seemed to be placed all around the place.
At the back a lake could be found, but from what The Finale could tell from his scope, there didn't seem to be any boats or people around.
"Mmm…Okay then." The Finale murmured as he watched the place with the scope of his rifle. "8..9…10… Counting the guys in the gate and the towers, there's 10 people patrolling the place. At least that are outside, there could be more people inside the cabins." He informs the rest after a few minutes of checking the place. "No cabin has windows to look through." He adds.
"What about the kids?" Fat Tony snarled at the man, his anger not at the sniper, but at the sight of the place. "Didn't pick any of them?"
"Nah, only guards." The Finale responds as he keeps looking through his scope. "They should be inside one of their cabins…hopefully." He says with a serious tone.
"Grrrr…Fine then!" Fat Tony exclaims as he stands up. "Let's get this over with!" He says with a foul tone.
"Vait a minute." Kaiser Wilhelm says as he reaches out and grabs one of Fat Tony's arms. The Italian tugs as his hand, trying to get free from the grasp, but doesn't quite manage to get rid of the zombie's hand, keeping him in place. "You cannot just rush zhe place!"
"Our kids are in there and those psychos could be doing God-Knows-What to them!" Fat Tony shots back. "I'm gonna knock down their door and tell them to give Michael and the rest of the kids back…or else." He finishes, teeth bared
"Rushing out won't do those kids any good either." The Finale chimes in, still inspecting the Kamp from the scope of his gun. "Haste on our part might make the situation worse. Give me time to do more recon and once the sun sets down, we shall sneak inside." He offers to, as he turns around to address the rest of the guys.
"You want us to wait?" Fat Tony says apaulled. "We don't know what's going on with the kids! Now's not the time to wait, we need to act now and teach those dead men a lesson!!" He says, cracking his fingers. He then turns to look at Abe. "C'mon, back me up here! We can't keep dilly dallying." He says, hoping Abe would agree with him.
The Finale and Kaiser turn to look at Abe too, waiting to hear his opinion.
Becoming the center of attention out of nowhere made the old man anxious for a second. What a way to put him in the spot. Still, he realized that discussing won't get them anywhere. Abe took a deep breath and began thinking, trying to get a full grasp of the situation.
The Kamp seemed to be some sort of base apparently, with somewhat lackluster fortifications, but fortifications nonetheless. There was a fence that covered the whole area alongside some guards for some surveillance. Not only that, they haven't seen the hair of any of the kids trapped inside. Most likely they are in one of the cabins in the center of the camp.
The more he reviewed the information, he realized that on one hand, rushing in could work. If they hit them hard and fast they could overpower the guards in the gate and get access to the rest of the place, he was fairly certain that the 4 of them (alongside his hounds), could make short work of a simple dozen of guards. Though The Finale had a point of not knowing if there were more people inside the cabins, if they were unlucky and took too much time to reach the kids, a nasty surprise could be around to greet them, making the situation dicier.
On the other hand, sneaking in had merits too. Even with the fence and guards, the place was too big for them to cover all ground, there should be several blind spots from where they could infiltrate the place and look for the kids. At the very least, infiltrating from the front gate, the fence, or even from the lake seemed like viable choices.
The problem would be if they were caught off guard while sneaking, they would have to deal with the guards and whatever other surprises they had from a bad position most likely.
In the end, their priority was to get the kids out there, it doesn't matter what's inside waiting for them, they will deal with it, one way or another.
With that Abe decided to:
[ ] Full Frontal Assault towards the Kamp. (Fat Tony was right, they couldn't just sit around and wait, the group needed to confirm if the kids were safe. They would need to make their way through the security and extract the kids before the guys in charge are able to form a response, if they are able to begin with.)
[ ] Sneak in the Kamp. (The Finale and Kaiser had a point, rushing in like a fool could get you guys in bigger trouble, they had the element of surprise on their side. If they played their cards right, they could get in and out of the place with the kids none the wiser. Though waiting until the sun sets didn't sit right with Abe and Fat Tony, some sacrifices needed to be made. The question now would be from which way to sneak inside.
-[ ] Front Gate (Direct access to the rest of the Kamp, though this is where there is more security, being found out here means things will develop into a full out fight pretty fast.)
-[ ] From The Sides. (Flanking the place and entering from a weak spot in the fence could be an easier way to go, not many guards patrolling the area, but would be quite a way from the cabins, and more chances to being found out as the guys move towards there)
-[ ] From behind, through the Lake. (According to The Finale, the lake was totally empty, no guards patrolling the area or anything like that, might take the longest time to get inside, but if you do so then you could catch the guys inside with their pants down. The Kamp would be totally open to the group if they can enter from there.
…But why did Abe have a weird feeling from looking at the lake?)
-[ ] Write In.(make your own plan)
QMs Note: 12 HOUR MORATORIUM BEFORE VOTING OPENS.
It had already been a good two hours since the group left for their trip to find out what's happening at Kamp Krusty, so the atmosphere in the car had been…somewhat tense.
The driver, Fat Tony, was in a foul mood after failing to find one of his lieutenants on top of learning that he might have put his son in danger.
The Finale was napping in the back seat alongside Abe's new pets Badger and Crippler. They seemed to have warmed quickly to the old sniper.
The Kaiser wasn't inside the car at all, instead riding his recently found horse who, in its zombified state, was easily capable of keeping up with the speeding car. The undead German had an untroubled look on his face, more focused on the fact he was riding his horse than the reason they were traveling.
And during all that, Abe couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by recent events; The knowledge that Bart and Lisa were prisoners of some crappy Kamp kept weighing on his mind. Not only that, the thought of his last failed attempt to reach out to Homer was constantly on the edge of his mind, refusing to leave.
And between that was the fact that as he traveled through the road, he couldn't help but feel a sense of…Nostalgia could be the word. Abe realized halfway through the trip that this had been his first time he left Springfield in over 10 months. And even if Kamp Krusty was fairly close by, seeing roads that he should know quite well feel unknown to him makes him realize how much things have changed. Not only the state of the U.S but about nowadays regarding his youth.
He really was getting too old to get into these kind of scruffles, wasn't he?
Old age aside, he really couldn't allow himself to wallow in pity like this. His family needed him, probably more than ever, so he needed his head in the game.
Just then, Abe noticed the car slow down and drive off road. Curiously, the elder checked the map they brought, which had the location of the Kamp marked with a big "X". Abe was pretty sure they still had less than an hour's travel to get there.
"Hey what gives?" Abe asked Tony, unsure of what he was doing. The mafioso had been scowling since they left the city, all while smoking through a few cigars. "We're pretty close to the place, shouldn't we just keep driving there?". He asked this as the car passed a clearing and began to park the car behind some trees.
The italian didn't answer immediately, instead taking a long puff from the last drags of his cigar, and, after making sure it's put out, chucks it out of the window and pulling another one out from his jacket, lighting it a swift motion.
Abe took a moment to wonder just how many cigars the mafioso has in his person. Has he been using all the money from his salary on them? Or does he have a stash somewhere?
…Abe realizes he really hasn't actually taken the time to get to know Fat Tony or any of his other workers. He ought to fix that soon.
Fat Tony answers back with a question after taking another puff. "I would reckon the car and our German friend would make our arrival pretty noisy, wouldn't it?", He says with a smirk. Angry he may be, Fat Tony keeps a tight grip on his emotions. "It'd be a shame if we spoiled our surprise visit beforehand. Am I right?"
Abe agreed. "Alright then. We'll need to walk through the woods to get there, but that shouldn't be hard", Abe says as he checks the map one last time.
The mafioso nods, his gaze moving to the backseat to the sniper napping with the dogs. "Hey forest geezer, get up!" He calls out as he turns off the car.
With a shake The finale wakes up, dirt and leaves breaking off his suit and dirting the car seat. Finale reaches for his rifle in the adjacent seat as he looks around quickly.
"Aaaahhh, is it time now?" He questions, looking out of the car's window and seeing the forest around them. He puts a gentle hand to Crippler's head, the old dog waking when he does.
"Almost." Abe says as he pockets the map and opens the door, Fat Tony doing the same. "We're going to walk the rest of the way, you up for that?"
The Finale gives a jovial laugh, making dirt fall off his beard. "You won't hear a protest from me, the forest and I are one." He says as he, in a motion too quick for someone of his age, almost combat rolls out of the car, rifle already primed for use.
Crippler and Badger follow soon after, wandering and sniffing around the clearing. Both hounds seem to take nicely to being in the forest. Well,mostly Badger does; after a while Crippler just sits down and begins to rest, content to leave his partner to explore the area by himself.
A few moments later the sound of hooves could be heard, Kaiser Wilhelm and his horse finally catching up to them.
"Vhats ze hold up, freunde?" The undead German asks as his horse stops alongside the car, huffing and puffing. "Something came up?" He asks as he takes a look around the place.
Fat Tony is the one that answers him. "Not quite, big fella." He says with a puff. "But we are going to walk the rest of the way." He takes a moment to inspect the zombified horse. "And we can't let them catch wind of us coming." He says as he points his cigar at them.
Abe and The Finale also look at the undead animal, probably thinking the same thing.
After a moment Kaiser Wilhem seems to realize what they are getting at.
"Abandon mein Horsey?!" He asks with a gasp. "Nein! Das werde ich niemals tun!" He says with an offended tone.
"Let me bring him!" He pleads with puppy eyes…and somehow the horse seems to be doing the same. "I assure you gentlemen, no one vill know Horsey is around, ja?" He implores, not willing to part with his horse.
Fat Tony gets an annoyed look on his face, and Abe seems to realize that this might develop in a fight, something they really couldn't afford right now. He decided to step in before things escalated.
"Fine, you can bring your horse!" Abe exclaims, deciding to humor the German. "Just…make sure to not make too much noise."
"Ja! Wunderbar!" The zombie German exclaims, as his horse starts running around in circles around the group.
The Finale doesn't seem to mind the addition, while Fat Tony just rubs his face. "Bloody wonderful." He mutters, not content at all with this outcome.
"Uhhh...fine." The mafioso says as he looks to the rest of the group. "Let's just hurry, we're burning daylight."
On that, Abe could agree heartfully. They had come this far, they weren't gonna stop now.
________________________________________________________________________
The group began the trek through the forest in a determined manner. This time, The Finale took the lead after receiving the map from Abe. Now that they weren't following the road to get to their destination, they had to deal with the sea of brown and green that surrounded it.
For most people, it would have taken some time, effort and more tools than a simple map to get to their destination. Luckily, this group had someone who basically spent most of his life inhabiting places like this. With him leading the men (and hounds and a horse), it was practically impossible for them to get lost. The group didn't just walk in a straight line, the old sniper had them take twists and turns every few minutes, taking the most accessible path so the rest could keep up with him without much effort.
Abe, Fat Tony and even Wilhelm, who couldn't keep riding his horse and was forced to walk alongside him, were thankful for this. Even though one was still pissed off, and the other was too sad because he couldn't keep acting like a cowboy.
During all this time, the group was mostly in silence, aside from Grant giving out indications. Grunts of understanding and the random snort from the zombified equine in the group, where the only time sound was made.
And while the old man in a gill suit could have been fine with leaving things as they were until they found the place, someone had to go and break the silence, as always.
"I have to say, I never expected to do this kind of stuff again.." Fat Tony begins, as he pays attention to not trip with a few tree roots, and moves a branch out of the way. "Walking through a forest, rescuing some of my people…ice a few bodies." He comments with a somewhat nostalgic tone. "Man, this brings me back to my rookie days, just need a shovel now." He finishes as he shakes his head.
"Ov what? Vhen you started vorking mit zhe mob?" Kaiser Wilhelm comments, curiosity picked, as he walks too, with the reins of his horse on his hands. "Hov vas it? Is it as zhe mafia mofies that Ich vatch mit Herr Flander's kids on zhe "T.V", uh?"
Fat Tony can't help but snort at the German's question. "Please, those movies don't compare to the real stuff. Those Hollywood cretins don't have an idea what mafias are nowadays." Fat Tony hums for a moment. "Mmm…there's an idea there for a quick buck perhaps."
"Still, back to my rookie days." He continues as the rest of the group listens. "It's really not something out of the unordinary. I started from the bottom as anyone else; cleanin' the don's place, collecting the monthly protection money, teaching the pizza guy a lesson when he arrived late without orders…." He finishes with a dark tone as his eyes narrow, deep in memories.
"So you really started as a Henchman?" Abe questions as he follows the group. "I really couldn't imagine that to tell the truth." He shrugs, not sure what else to say.
"Everyone has to start from somewhere y'know?" The Italian comments as he puffs from his cigar. "Took me a while to get where I am, but I cannot say I'm proud of what I had." He sighs. "Oh man, now and then, I wish things were back to how they were, when the only thing I had to deal with was with the police, it was so easy."
"You just mean with Chief Wiggum, right?" Abe asks with curiosity. "Surely the city police wasn't always that…bad?"
"Ohhhh, you would not believe me but every police chief has been a Wiggum…in one way or another." The former mobster says with a chuckle.
"Scheisse! Has zhe polize been zhat imcompetent?" Wilhelm questions too, getting into the conversation.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Fat Tony shakes his head. "For better or for worse."
And quickly, what was before a tense moment seems to leave, giving way for a more relaxed environment. Even though they were aware how serious the situation was, Abe and the Kaiser listened with attention to some of the stories that the mobster had to tell about his first days in the mafia. On the other side, it seemed that the chance to retell some of his stories helped calm Fat Tony somewhat.
But while this nice reprieve, couldn't last. Something that The Finale had to remind the group.
"Quiet everyone." The sniper said with a low tone, but his voice carried weight on this forest, making the group stop chattering and focus on the old man with the rifle. "We are coming close to the place, best to not draw any attention." He kept moving, easily avoiding any obstacle in his path and barely making any noise.
With talking over, the whole group was once again focused. It was around 3 or 4 Pm, Abe was pretty sure, his lack of a watch made it difficult to confirm the time.
As the group finished trekking through the last set of tree lines, on orders of The Finale, they quickly duck behind some shrubbery that was nearby, as they finally had the Kamp in sight.
And what they found wasn't to their liking.
"Vell…zhat does not seem like a children's camp, is it?" Kaiser comments as he pets his horse (Who was ducking too), while observing the place.
"No. No it doesn't." Abe comments with equal worry and anger to his voice. At least he knew that Bart wasn't making things up…not that was much of a comfort.
What the group was seeing was in equal parts comforting and worrying. Comforting cause they knew that the kids were really in trouble and wasn't a prank and worrying cause…the kids were basically in trouble.
The group was still quite a ways from actually reaching the camp, several hundred meters at least, a kilometer at most, but they had a clear view of most of the site.
What seemed once like a Krusty themed Children's camp now had lost its charm. A rusty but thick metal fence covered basically the whole area. There was a main gate that seemed to be reinforced with lots of steel, but…not like actual steel doors, more like someone welded lots of metal scrap and decided to make a gate with it.
2 guards could be seen standing in front of the gate, wearing a mix between camp attendant and military clothes.
A few cabins could be seen through the fences and gate, and some watchtowers seemed to be placed all around the place.
At the back a lake could be found, but from what The Finale could tell from his scope, there didn't seem to be any boats or people around.
"Mmm…Okay then." The Finale murmured as he watched the place with the scope of his rifle. "8..9…10… Counting the guys in the gate and the towers, there's 10 people patrolling the place. At least that are outside, there could be more people inside the cabins." He informs the rest after a few minutes of checking the place. "No cabin has windows to look through." He adds.
"What about the kids?" Fat Tony snarled at the man, his anger not at the sniper, but at the sight of the place. "Didn't pick any of them?"
"Nah, only guards." The Finale responds as he keeps looking through his scope. "They should be inside one of their cabins…hopefully." He says with a serious tone.
"Grrrr…Fine then!" Fat Tony exclaims as he stands up. "Let's get this over with!" He says with a foul tone.
"Vait a minute." Kaiser Wilhelm says as he reaches out and grabs one of Fat Tony's arms. The Italian tugs as his hand, trying to get free from the grasp, but doesn't quite manage to get rid of the zombie's hand, keeping him in place. "You cannot just rush zhe place!"
"Our kids are in there and those psychos could be doing God-Knows-What to them!" Fat Tony shots back. "I'm gonna knock down their door and tell them to give Michael and the rest of the kids back…or else." He finishes, teeth bared
"Rushing out won't do those kids any good either." The Finale chimes in, still inspecting the Kamp from the scope of his gun. "Haste on our part might make the situation worse. Give me time to do more recon and once the sun sets down, we shall sneak inside." He offers to, as he turns around to address the rest of the guys.
"You want us to wait?" Fat Tony says apaulled. "We don't know what's going on with the kids! Now's not the time to wait, we need to act now and teach those dead men a lesson!!" He says, cracking his fingers. He then turns to look at Abe. "C'mon, back me up here! We can't keep dilly dallying." He says, hoping Abe would agree with him.
The Finale and Kaiser turn to look at Abe too, waiting to hear his opinion.
Becoming the center of attention out of nowhere made the old man anxious for a second. What a way to put him in the spot. Still, he realized that discussing won't get them anywhere. Abe took a deep breath and began thinking, trying to get a full grasp of the situation.
The Kamp seemed to be some sort of base apparently, with somewhat lackluster fortifications, but fortifications nonetheless. There was a fence that covered the whole area alongside some guards for some surveillance. Not only that, they haven't seen the hair of any of the kids trapped inside. Most likely they are in one of the cabins in the center of the camp.
The more he reviewed the information, he realized that on one hand, rushing in could work. If they hit them hard and fast they could overpower the guards in the gate and get access to the rest of the place, he was fairly certain that the 4 of them (alongside his hounds), could make short work of a simple dozen of guards. Though The Finale had a point of not knowing if there were more people inside the cabins, if they were unlucky and took too much time to reach the kids, a nasty surprise could be around to greet them, making the situation dicier.
On the other hand, sneaking in had merits too. Even with the fence and guards, the place was too big for them to cover all ground, there should be several blind spots from where they could infiltrate the place and look for the kids. At the very least, infiltrating from the front gate, the fence, or even from the lake seemed like viable choices.
The problem would be if they were caught off guard while sneaking, they would have to deal with the guards and whatever other surprises they had from a bad position most likely.
In the end, their priority was to get the kids out there, it doesn't matter what's inside waiting for them, they will deal with it, one way or another.
With that Abe decided to:
[ ] Full Frontal Assault towards the Kamp. (Fat Tony was right, they couldn't just sit around and wait, the group needed to confirm if the kids were safe. They would need to make their way through the security and extract the kids before the guys in charge are able to form a response, if they are able to begin with.)
[ ] Sneak in the Kamp. (The Finale and Kaiser had a point, rushing in like a fool could get you guys in bigger trouble, they had the element of surprise on their side. If they played their cards right, they could get in and out of the place with the kids none the wiser. Though waiting until the sun sets didn't sit right with Abe and Fat Tony, some sacrifices needed to be made. The question now would be from which way to sneak inside.
-[ ] Front Gate (Direct access to the rest of the Kamp, though this is where there is more security, being found out here means things will develop into a full out fight pretty fast.)
-[ ] From The Sides. (Flanking the place and entering from a weak spot in the fence could be an easier way to go, not many guards patrolling the area, but would be quite a way from the cabins, and more chances to being found out as the guys move towards there)
-[ ] From behind, through the Lake. (According to The Finale, the lake was totally empty, no guards patrolling the area or anything like that, might take the longest time to get inside, but if you do so then you could catch the guys inside with their pants down. The Kamp would be totally open to the group if they can enter from there.
…But why did Abe have a weird feeling from looking at the lake?)
-[ ] Write In.(make your own plan)
QMs Note: 12 HOUR MORATORIUM BEFORE VOTING OPENS.
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MrWealthman
Filthy Capitalist
- Location
- Deep in the piles of cash.
There's something in the lake but I'm not sure what it is, how many eldritch creatures sleep in lakes again?
On the one hand I greatly sympathize with Tony's desire to storm the gates and get the kids out as quick as possible, come hell or high lake water. On the other hand going quiet at least at first gives us the chance to get the drop on the guards if necessary, and the longer they don't know we're here the better imo.
As for the lake...Earlier I suggested the possibility of Gill from Kim Possible being involved here and I'm not gonna lie; seeing that there's a lake that gives a bad feeling does not make me think he's a less likely antagonist.
As for the lake...Earlier I suggested the possibility of Gill from Kim Possible being involved here and I'm not gonna lie; seeing that there's a lake that gives a bad feeling does not make me think he's a less likely antagonist.
Beating the hell out of the monster/kidnapper/whatever is the only true option, maybe sneak into the camp and go full solid snake on them, but i think we should go straight in and break some skulls, get the kids and get out as fast as possible given we don't know what we are up against is the optimal plan.
I feel like going guns blazing seems bad and might cause some problems
I personally want to sneak throught the side
I personally want to sneak throught the side
If we manage to wipe them out quickly we can take the kids and rush out, giving them no time to react, and their defences will take time to consolidate, if we fail then its the same as if we fail at the stealth roll, but less likely given our higher martial.
If we go stealthy and get uncovered they will have time to create an defence and hold the kids hostage if need be, it would mean more enemy's to deal with then if we fail the rushdown however, or you would assume so at least. if we succeed at stealth its an reasonably good option but I think hitting the guard hard and defeating them quickly will be the best choice.
If we do choose the stealth option we are definably going in through the side, given whatever monster/supervillain is in that lake and giving them the advantage and element of surprise away is an terrible idea.
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SaberFail
All Ideas. No Skills. a bit hungry
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hoo boy, we just started and tensions are rising, can't blame Tony though.
Here's the thing, if this was just a Simpsons quest, I would say screw it and rush the place, but there's no way to tell if some other King has their Hero units around, or what else might be happening that could involve another franchise's plot.
So I say we go from side at night
Here's the thing, if this was just a Simpsons quest, I would say screw it and rush the place, but there's no way to tell if some other King has their Hero units around, or what else might be happening that could involve another franchise's plot.
So I say we go from side at night
MrWealthman
Filthy Capitalist
- Location
- Deep in the piles of cash.
Now before we decide anything remember that we get a plus ten to any action due to this affecting our family, that being said we have a higher group martial although I could be swayed on sneaking.
Martial and intrigue are honestly our best stats in this adventure. Even before traits we're getting modifier bonuses in the high 40s to 50s as long as we don't split up, once traits start getting added they go even higher, which is pretty great!
All in all I think we can succeed no matter how we go about this, the question is how to minimize danger to the kids.
The lake is definitely an intriguing option. What secrets lie beneath it's brackish depths?
All in all I think we can succeed no matter how we go about this, the question is how to minimize danger to the kids.
The lake is definitely an intriguing option. What secrets lie beneath it's brackish depths?
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Either an monster (BAD) an supervillain (BAD) or some form of kidnapper (Bad) not an great option
HOWEVER zombie undead kaiser cowboy riding an undead horse raising up from the lakes screaming and charging is an brilliant idea
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Write in
I'm a bit leery of going with too complicated a write-in plan for this. An additional thing to give Finale a little time to set up a sniper nest is one thing, but some kind of elaborate plan with a lot of moving parts seems like asking for trouble.
I'm sorely tempted by the lake option, but I think if the vote were open now I'd be putting my vote towards being all sneaky like
I'm sorely tempted by the lake option, but I think if the vote were open now I'd be putting my vote towards being all sneaky like
I shall use this wisely, PLAN: Just like old times shall be created
Okay, discussion in the discord has solidified that I'm going to vote for the sneaking in option. If we go loud Tony is almost certainly going to use that gun of his to kill the guards, and at the very least while he can hide bodies it would make things a bit tougher for us to explain to the police once they inevitably show up. If nothing else corpses are not able to be questioned if we get the chance.
Or at least, not at our current level of necromancy skill...
Or at least, not at our current level of necromancy skill...
Full frontal or from the sides.
Mmmm now with write in as an options, could we split Tony and abe in one group, and the finale and willheilm in another group.
Send the second group from the sides, making willheilm and horse the tank of that group and finales as sniper.
And Tony, abe and dogs on front (idk which strategy is better here)
It's a barebones plan that i have concocted.
Mmmm also we should avoid the lake. If gill or the monster of the photo are there, they probably have better martial and intrigue score because they are like a fish in the water.
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Finally, who are these guys?
For a moment i thought this was Burns but this seems different (and he doesn't have the money for something like this)
Mmmm now with write in as an options, could we split Tony and abe in one group, and the finale and willheilm in another group.
Send the second group from the sides, making willheilm and horse the tank of that group and finales as sniper.
And Tony, abe and dogs on front (idk which strategy is better here)
It's a barebones plan that i have concocted.
Mmmm also we should avoid the lake. If gill or the monster of the photo are there, they probably have better martial and intrigue score because they are like a fish in the water.
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Finally, who are these guys?
For a moment i thought this was Burns but this seems different (and he doesn't have the money for something like this)
I'm not a fan of splitting up beyond getting Finale set up in a nest to work from. The bonuses from that are more than good enough to justify using him as overwatch however we decide to get in there.
- Location
- Germany
Better yet - *make ZK and Horsey advance from outta the lake as a surprise attack*
Zombies don´t need to breathe, remember?
Coupled with Finale dropping the goons from a safe nest and we got some nice terror tactics going for us.
...now just to curtail FTs (understandable) bloodlust which is liable to land us in hot waters with any *Actual* cops arriving at the scene...
you know, *accidents may happen*...
I have plan "Just like old times which is similar"
PLAN: Just like old times
Full Frontal Assault: Abe + dogs + Fat tony, this will be delayed until kaiser and final are in position, an decisive frontal assault to directly rescue the children. If this fails or if we obtain the children, fall back using fat tony as an rear guard and allow kaiser/final to pick them off, hopefully with the children intact.
Sneak in the Kamp From behind, through the Lake. Kaiser + Horsey, outflank them with our cavalry, and strike from behind when the enemy is distracted. causing chaos and disorder among the guards and causing them to flee, if this fails he will likely be attacked by whatever is within, allowing that thing to be distracted at least.
(Write in one) Obtain an nest: Final sets up an nest and provides cover fire from it, supporting the frontal assault. Final is at his best from an distance, use him as cover fire and to elimate leading soldiers/high ranking officials through tranquising them.
If all goes well they will be pressured on two fronts, without leadership and with their best solders fleeing, and the enemy tranqued and asleep causing the children to be rescued with minimal risk to them. as the enemy would not think to capture them before its too late. removing the risk of them being taken hostage and allowing them to escape unharmed, thus it will allow us to inflict minimal casualties, as bodies are always difficult to explain, even kidnappers.
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Lifeandlice
Practitioning side-character
- Location
- Usa
Hm, alrighty Abe we've got a camp with a dozen confirmed guards, slapdash defenses, and an unknown but high amount of vulnerable vips potentially at risk. Just like old times.
Anyway think we could intimidate the piss out of them with a flashlight, colored glass, and Kaiser? Convince them that Abe, the Springfield nuclear waste generator owner, showed up with a uranium rod to fry people to death.
Anyway think we could intimidate the piss out of them with a flashlight, colored glass, and Kaiser? Convince them that Abe, the Springfield nuclear waste generator owner, showed up with a uranium rod to fry people to death.
- Location
- Louisville, KY
So, I think the plan should be like this.
[] Plan: Stealth Takedown
-Finale sneaks in to see where the kids are, if they are safe, and if it's possible to extract them. If it's possible to extract them then he has the go ahead to do so, if not then he returns.
-Whether or not Finale extracts the kids, once he returns the group goes in from all sides and quickly and silently takes out the guards, leaving an example of why you do not mess with Springfield.
[] Plan: Stealth Takedown
-Finale sneaks in to see where the kids are, if they are safe, and if it's possible to extract them. If it's possible to extract them then he has the go ahead to do so, if not then he returns.
-Whether or not Finale extracts the kids, once he returns the group goes in from all sides and quickly and silently takes out the guards, leaving an example of why you do not mess with Springfield.
- Location
- Three feet to the left
- Pronouns
- He/They
My plan operates under the assumption that we are killing people, because they laid hands on our family.
[]Plan: I Don't Have a Cool Plan Name
-Finale takes a sniper position and starts picking off guards.
-Zombie Wilhelm assaults the front gate, causing as big a distraction as possible, covered by Finale.
-Fat Tony and Abe enter from the side and find kids.
-If Bart/Lisa have a crazy plan to help, let them.
-Once all children are extracted back the way we got in, full retreat.
[]Plan: I Don't Have a Cool Plan Name
-Finale takes a sniper position and starts picking off guards.
-Zombie Wilhelm assaults the front gate, causing as big a distraction as possible, covered by Finale.
-Fat Tony and Abe enter from the side and find kids.
-If Bart/Lisa have a crazy plan to help, let them.
-Once all children are extracted back the way we got in, full retreat.
- Location
- Louisville, KY
Ah, yeah. I left it up to interpretation, but in my plan 'leave an example' is code for kill the ones who run the camp for messing with the kids of Springfield.