To Sandra - Let's be somewhere else. As for the man, he's already half-dead; let's not finish the job by giving him no means of escape. And traumatize our character further

Guys wait shouldn't we move the body to somewhere less incriminating? Hell even the hallway would be fine...

I was typing a longer post out but it got deleted, so here's a short version.
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You cuff the guy to the bedpost and prop him up. He is starting to bleed from the mouth, but you take out the filthy piece of bread and wave it around under his nose, hoping that it will act like smelling salts. You are disappointed however, as he is unresponsive. You photograph the scene with your camera, hoping that it doesn't look too incriminating for you. You take some comfort from telling yourself that you were only acting in self-defence.

Sandra calls to you
"Hey, are you going to untie me or not? These ties are cutting into my wrists!"
"No. What happened."
Sandra looks slightly hurt.
"Erm, well after I left your room and went back in the tunnels I checked out the other room you told me about. You shouldn't have worried - I'm a med student. I've seen some pretty bad stuff before. I believe you now though - we need to get out of here."
"You shouldn't have gone. What happened when you got to your room?"
"That man was waiting for me - he put his hand over my mouth as I came up through the trapdoor, then he tied me to the bed and told me that he was going to punish me for snooping. He said he was going to rape me and then eat my heart."
You laugh derisively.
"Eat your heart? What nonsense."
"Don't be a dick, Tom. You saw the guy in the other room."
"Fine. I'll look for a way to get you out of those ties. Any ideas?"

Sandra thinks for a second.

"The man had a knife when he came in. You could use that."
"He didn't have it on him when I searched him."
"Well maybe he dropped it when he hid in the wardrobe when he heard you coming."
"Ok, maybe I'll take a look in there. Oh - hang on a sec."

You take out the mask and go to put it on Sandra's face.

"Tom, what the hell are you doing?"
"I don't know. Sorry."

Focus: 5/12

Trait gained:
Bit of a Jerk - Tom has engaged in some mild acts of douchebaggery, like trying to attach a mask to the face of a tied up love interest. It could just be his sense of humour, but people are starting to think that Tom is a bit of a jerk. It now takes Tom longer to recharge his focus ability.

UNTIE Sandra. APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY to Sandra for acting like a JERK.

You apologise to Sandra for being a jerk. She seems to accept your apology, but insists that you help her escape. You take a closer look at the cable ties - you try to pull them apart with your bare hands but only succeed in giving yourself a friction burn. You need something sharp to cut through them.

TELL Sandra that you don't know how to untie her. ASK Sandra if she knows where you can find SOMETHING SHARP to cut the ties with.

You ask Sandra if she knows where you can find something sharp to cut the ties with.

"Tom, are you ok? I just told you the guy had a knife but he might have dropped it in the wardrobe."

You're not quite sure how that piece of information managed to slip your mind so quickly.

LOOK in the wardrobe for the KNIFE. If it isn't there, LOOK elsewhere in the room. FACEPALM for FORGETTING to READ previous POSTS.

I propose a new rule: Posts containing pointless capitalizations are to be ignored.

Use the knife to cut her loose. Then make your way to the exit of the house and try to find a way to leave the compound without being noticed.

love the traits!

EDIT: on top of that, why are you guys all trolling this thread? It actually has substance. At the very least read the posts ahead of you. Maybe this counts as nerd rage but I'm kinda getting into the story and I want to know what happens without one of you ruining it again!

You throw open the wardrobe and sure enough, lying on the floor is a small knife. You wedge the knife into gap where the cable ties lock into one another and saw at them, trying not to cut Sandra. You are not entirely successful, perhaps owing to the fact you don't care that much, and you nick her slightly. Luckily, it's only a scratch.

Sandra, now free, sits up on the bed. She gets a hairband out of her pocket and uses it to hold her blonde hair back, which had become messy and got in her face during her time tied to the bed.

"Right, what should we do now?" she asks.
"I think we should try and get out of here, maybe find the police. I've got evidence on my camera and the address on my letter from... shit!"
"What's the matter?"
"Sean has my letter with the address on it."
"I don't see a problem - we can find out the address when we get outside."
"Right. Let's go."

You exit the room, leaving the man cuffed to the bed, unconscious. As you reach the second floor, you see George.

"What's going on?" he says. He looks suspicious. "I heard banging from upstairs."

Focus: 7/12

Tell him you guys were having ROUGH, HARDCOR-

Tell him the wardrobe fell over but you set it back up.

Tell him the truth and convince him to escape with you, and apologize again for being a jerk to Sandra

Nooooo do not do! You're better off pretending to have sex...if the dude didn't help you before why would he now?!

Because we can throw him to the fiends as an alternate escape option. we can run while they are eating his heart.

Nuuuuu~!! To be honest, you are all way too violent...instead of bludgeoning the guy to death, couldn't you have at least tried to interrogate him first?

Hey bludgeoning the dude wasn't my idea. However, I definitely would use George as bait if it means Sandra and I escape safely.

You decide that you don't trust George and that you should lie.

"Sandra knocked her wardrobe over and I went to help her stand it back up."
"That sounded like more than a wardrobe falling over. Anyway, Sandra's door was closed so there's no way you could have got in."
"You know what, George? It's none of your damned business." You push him aside and start down the stairs.

"Jess is dead."
You stop and turn around.
"What are you talking about?"
"I went to check on her because she'd been in the bathroom a long time. I... I found her lying on the floor by the sink."
"Are you sure she's dead?"
"I don't know - I don't think she's breathing. I was going to go and tell the guy at reception."

Focus: 8/12

On hearing about Jess you change your mind and let George know what you plan to do.

"George, I'm sorry. Sandra and I are going to try and escape from here. You're welcome to join us."
"But why? Our return flights don't leave for another month! I don't like this place much either - it's like being at school - but I'd rather have a bed than sleep on the streets."

You exchange glances with Sandra
"You explain to him."

While Sandra lets George know about the events of the day, you check the time. It is 10pm. The house is quiet - you can hear the television faintly downstairs but all else is silent. You wonder about Ryan; if, as you suspect, the wine at the dinner table was laced with something, you surmise he has suffered the same fate as Jess. If Jess is even dead, that is.

George agrees to join you in escaping.
"Are we just going to leave Jess lying in the bathroom? What if she's alive?"

Focus: 9/12