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Try to Salvage the Relationship (71%)Elliot hadn't gone out to rescue this girl, risking arrest and worse, only to give up on what they had together after the first sign of trouble. We're going to fix this. We just have to last until then.Things would get worse before they got better, but that was a problem for the future.Elliot lingered outside the shower for a few seconds, either talking himself into something very stupid, or psyching himself up to do something daring. Not that it would've been difficult…-
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Weave Through Backroads (87%)Elliot wasn't exactly excited to give up the wheel. But considering their last few experiences with law enforcement, there was only one choice that made sense. They could never pass for uninfected, not looking like they did. And if they actually ran into any healthy people, they might spread the disease!They had Zalenka's journals, and whatever data the supercomputer had calculated. Maybe they had the key to a vaccine, or even a cure. But they couldn't discover that information…
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Let him join, flee into the mountains, 68%Elliot had his fair share of unpleasant drives. But few of those ever combined as many awful things together as their trip into the mountains. First, there were his fingers, getting stiffer and less useful by the minute. By the time they were winding back and forth through the mountains, he could only grip the wheel with simple pressure, and had to use the cruise control to keep his speed.But the others were in even worse shape, so he was the one at the wheel.His…
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Get his word, then set him free 93%"Obviously we wouldn't leave you in there," Elliot approached the cage, studying its latches and locks. Getting this open wouldn't take much effort, so long as his fingers still worked. For how long that would be true... "We'd still like your word that you'll help us. If we open this, you answer our questions. You don't attack or run off. Promise?"The horse-creature stared up through the opening, huge eyes exasperated. "You shut down the Resonator and you're letting me…
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Investigate the supercomputer lab on B3. (99%)Elliot had come this far, he wasn't going to just run away now. "Ruby thought there was something in the supercomputer lab, maybe something to do with the disease. We should check it out."Sam grunted noncommittally. "Kinda feels like we're running towards danger instead of away from it, Blue. I don't want anything to do with whatever is doing this to me."He held up one hand, flexing his stiff fingers. Elliot looked away from that too: they almost seemed…
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Go to the Bioinformatics Building (75%)Elliot swerved away from the edge of campus and the broken police checkpoint. It was tempting to speed away from school and not look back. Sam couldn’t know what they did; she still thought she had caught this infection at work.She didn’t know about Dr. Zalenka, she hadn’t seen the photos in his diary. But Ruby had.If we ever want to reverse this, we need to know what this disease is and how it works. That meant Dr. Zalenka’s notebook, but it also meant…
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Flee Out the Window (50%)Whatever creature was making that noise, Elliot knew he didn't want to meet it. Those claws sounded like they were tearing through parts of the building with every step. Even the sturdy fire-doors separating each dorm would not likely survive for long under that assault."We can't stay here," Elliot whispered, as low as he could. "We have to make a break for it." He stood, leaving Ruby momentarily on the floor while he crept over to the window. These were huge, on a crank that…
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Park somewhere safe and walk through the tunnel, (43%)Elliot could've barged straight through, just like Sam wanted. But whatever had torn through that police blockade could do far worse things to the two of them, half-transformed into who knew what impossible forms.He turned sharply back the way he'd come, then down an alley between a few darkened shops. The space was largely deserted, missing many of the cars he usually found parked there. "Pedestrian tunnel opens near the parking structure on 30th.…
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Wait for Night for Rescue (58%)Elliot couldn't go right away, no matter how desperate his girlfriend's situation seemed. If he rushed right to campus in defiance of the order, he would only get himself caught, possibly imprisoned. He wasn't sure whether or not he would abandon the contract-tracing device. If the outbreak was related to his present experience, there wasn't a whole lot knowing where he went would benefit the CDC, or FEMA, or whoever else might be responsible for tracking such things.He had…
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When Elliot was a small child, he once contracted the stomach flu. Nothing quite equaled the misery he experienced in those weeks, living on the bathroom floor and ejecting his stomach every few hours, while his body ached and shook with constant pain. When it finally ended, he never imagined he would experience anything so horrible again.And he was right, until that 'cold.'Elliot couldn't say exactly what happened the next few days; sometimes he was awake, other times he slept. When he did wake, it was…
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