Collins Does Solo RPG 'The Wretched'
Day 9 since the incident.
Music (Malfunction – Chris Bissette)
Day 9, salvage ship The Wretched, Flight Engineer Collins Reporting.
My god what a close one. I woke up with a bit of a headache and throughout the day it got worse. I was working in the cargo hold, moving a few bits around and looking for bits to fix the fridge. I realised I was getting really breathless quickly.
I went to check the atmospheric regulator and through the haze my jaw dropped. There was a malfunction with the AREC. There’s a lot of science blah blah that I can’t be bothered to go into but essentially the atmospheric regulator has a section of it that runs externally to the ship so the cold of space can rapidly cool the air to make the separation of molecules easier and save energy. That external component appears to have a jam or be broken or damaged in some way. The computer picked up the problem and stopped air going into the AREC, which is good because that would have been a very quick way for the ship to depressurise. The air however wasn’t diverted to the other systems. Don’t know why. So basically over time I’ve used up all the oxygen and raised to carbon dioxide levels slightly leading to the sickness. Thankfully I figured it out before they got to dangerous levels.
How did the AREC fail. My best bet is the creature smashed it by accident when he has been skulking around out there. If he’s done it deliberately then it is much more concerning. God help me if he has done it deliberately, can’t get in to kill me but will still find a way to kill me from outside. I really need to come up with a fast way to kill him before he kills me.
The race is on and right now I am 9 laps behind the pole position.
Hi Collins, just a quick note to say that I’m really liking what you’re doing here. You’re doing a great job of keeping up the tension and I’ve been enjoying your regular updates. I hope you’re having as much fun playing the game as I am reading about it. I’m really hoping you manage to toast that thing somehow!
Thanks! It’s the first time I’ve ever tried anything like this (or even any story writing) and the method the book gets you to build up over time is really interesting. Draw cards, read 2 sentences per card as a prompt and off you go to write about your day! Day 9 entry came from a single card. Some of the others split in two entries are 5 or 6 cards. I think the odds are stacked against me here! The behind the scenes mechanics are all becoming very very tight and although Flight Engineer Collins doesn’t know it I… Read more »