Three Rocks Woods (Open)

[ObsideanWarrior]

To find the Three Rocks Woods, you have to have connections. Most maps don't even plot the Three Rocks Woods. Ask a local, and he or she would tell you the Woods stretched from State Route 23A on the east, up to near Baldy Hill in the north, and Tommy's Pile in the southeast. That last landmark, the Pile, consists of a hill of heavily weathered, crumbling shale that topped out at 2,412' above sea level. The Three Rocks Woods (referred to as "Three Rocks" by the locals) covered approximately 32 square miles. Most of the area was heavily forested, though on its southern edge the Three Rocks petered out into scattered copses and brush. There were four lakes--one covering about a square mile, the other two lesser, the third barely large enough to be called a lake.

Locals in nearby Shelbyville, a burg of some 3,012 souls, tended to avoid the Three Rocks. In fact, if you try to talk to anyone over forty or so about the Three Rocks, you'll likely get a cursory response or two--and then the subject would be changed. If the oldster was bribed with a little alcohol--a tactic used by a reporter for a daily in nearby Lancaster a few years back--you might get him to talk about the two families found dead in the Three Rocks back in 1973, the three rape victims in homes near the Three Rocks who also disappeared--some say they were "disappeared" by government agents. The tipsy codger might go on about the surveying crew that vanished without a trace in 1940, or the strange aurora that hovered over the woods for a week back in 1907, or the Indian tribe that was decimated in 1874, with the survivors speaking unbelievable tales of two-legged monsters with piggish faces and greenish skin.

"Injun fever," a local doctor called it...though fevers didn't usually leave victims with deep cuts and contusions.

Compasses are known to go screwy near the Three Rocks, which is why pilots tend to avoid the area. Radios are also unreliable. So the Three Rocks Woods are just...ignored.

But somehow, your sorority at the state college unearthed the story of the Three Rocks. The cursed woods. And what a way to initiate pledges...like the kids who dare someone to spend the night in a neighborhood's "haunted house," only this house is the size of a major city. And the things that go bump in the night are all too real...

I threw out the sorority as a plot hook, but your character does not have to be in the sorority to join the story. This will be a dark and gritty GM-directed tale, primarily intended for female characters. There will be plot and mystery as well as sex...

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

Lauren made a sour face as she unpacked the gear from her car. She still could not believe they were going through with this; it really had to be the dumbest plan in the history of the House. Jenny was certain it would be a fantastic way to initiate the new Pledges. She managed to sway enough Sisters to her side to get the idea approved but now Jenny wasn’t even going to be with them. Megan was positive Jenny has feigned her illness to avoid actually coming out here.

Lauren was an urban girl, a city socialite. Everything she had with her for this trip was new, from her clothing to her camping gear, and paid for with old money. Her shoulder shoulder-length auburn hair was pulled off her aristocratic face, her blue eyes had the direct gaze of someone accustomed to having things her way, and her slender long-limbed body moved with arrogant grace.

She looked down the old road for any sign of the others, she was certain she was in the correct spot, she had followed Jenny's directions to the letter. So, she could only wonder what was holding up the rest of them. She pulled her cell phone from her pocket, hit a few buttons, and then put it away. No signal, just great, she thought.

She waved a bug from her face and tried to remember where she had packed the insect repellent. She hated the wilderness already and she hadn’t even strayed from her car yet.

OOC - I hope this is good for a start, if you want more or had something else in mind, just let me know.

 

[ObsideanWarrior]

OOC - I hope this is good for a start, if you want more or had something else in mind, just let me know.

No, this is cool...I'll give some time for others to come on board, see how many sisters end up joining in the fun.

 

[ObsideanWarrior]

* bump *

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Aundrea meets Lauren

Aundrea walked up towards Lauren carrying two duffel bags that were stuffed to the brim after parking her car down the road a bit. Aundrea was mostly known to the sorority as Drea, the laid back girl who had it rough growing up but made something of herself. Her and Lauren were pretty close friends so of course Jenny had chosen them as well a few others from the sorority to meet the new pledges. " I think its so amazing how Jenny suddenly get larangitis about an hour before we all have to come here. Shes such a wuss." Drea grinned and laughed then dropped her bags next to Lauren. She brushed some of her black curls from her face and glanced out over the landscape with her soft blue eyes. " Its freaking hot out here. When are the pledges suppose to arrive?"

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

“Hey Drea.” Lauren says with a smile and a lazy wave. “Either we are early or they are lost. Jenny said she had it timed so they would arrive first, to wait, wonder, and worry for a while before we arrived but I haven’t seen any sign of them or anyone else. So now in stead of rescuing them with a well-timed entrance, we can ride them for being late.”

She waves a long finger in the air. “I thought of something…At first I thought it was a lie, Jenny’s laryngitis, she told because she didn’t want to be out here any more than I do. However, what if it is not a lie but a half-truth? Not laryngitis but a sore throat? That would mean Bob Campion finally got his wish and he shoved it farther down her throat than she expected, wouldn’t it?”

She frowns, “Sorry, Drea. I guess the heat is making me bitchy. How about a drink? I don’t know how long the soda will stay cold so we should enjoy it before the pledges arrive.”

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea speaks with Lauren

"You're probably right. That boys been trying to get with her forever and god only knows what shes got now." Drea laughed and shook her head then looked around a little. " Yeah that sounds good. They should have to rough it anyways. Maybe the pledges are here and wandered off already? I mean they arent the smartest group that Jenny has chosen thats for sure." Drea just grinned and kicked the dirt some. " I bet Jenny was scared to come out here. That bitch." Jenny was definitely not in Dreas top 10 friends but she couldn't complain to much. She just didnt like how Jenny help her nose up at other people.

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

Lauren hits a button on her keychain and with a ‘beep’, the car trunk pops open. Lauren opens a cooler in the trunk, “Name your poison, I have all kinds of soda, some diet but mostly not, I thought we’d be exerting ourselves enough that caffeine and sugar would be beneficial, a couple of juices and, for emergencies, two bottles of vodka. For the record, Pledges are not allowed to have emergencies.”

Lauren grabs a bottle of Sprite for herself and briefly considers having an emergency.

“I don’t think they have been here and left. I saw no signs of car tracks. Not even cigarette butts or gum wrappers, like they usually seem to leave behind.”

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea speaks with Lauren

Drea grabbed a pepsi from the cooler and popped it open then took some sips from it, " Yeah you're right. Maybe they couldn't find the place and they left. Who knows but I'm getting annoyed with sitting here." Drea wiped some sweat from her forehead and mumbled slightly. She hated waiting for people who were late. " The pledges should know better than to be late"

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

“Check your phone. I am not getting a signal and I lost the satellite GPS miles ago.” She gesture vaguely in the direction they came from. “If the same thing happened to the Pledges, and none of them were smart enough to read a map or follow the printed directions, they could be anywhere by now. That or they could have decided to just head back to the house and face Jenny instead of us.”

Lauren waved at a bug flying in her face and then adjusted her hairclip to lift the auburn mass off her neck.

“Its safe to say, the longer they make us wait, the worse it will be for them.”

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea and Lauren

Drea nodded some and pulled her cell phone from her purse then shook her head, " Nothing but what did you expect? We are in the middle of fucking nowhere." She laughed and continued to glance around the landscape with a slight mumble. " Remember Melissa and Catherine are driving the pledges out here so they dont have anyway to get back. Lets just wait here a few more minutes then I say we head to the "campsite", see if anyones been there and if not we get the hell out of here and grabbed a milkshake." Drea smiled as she leaned against Laurens car a little.

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

Lauren chuckles, “When I saw Mel this morning she was so hung-over she couldn’t sit up straight, let alone see straight. So, I don’t think she will be any help to them. And as for Cat, well, I am still surprised she didn’t come down with the same thing Jenny caught. On her best day, she couldn’t navigate her way out of a paper bag.”

"Just a few more minutes, that all. Because a milkshake sounds to good to resist."

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea

Drea laughed and nodded then sat down on the ground, glancing up at Lauren. " Yeah Cat couldn't navigate herself around her own bedroom. Why does Jenny also picked the dumbest people to do her dirty work. Well besides us." Drea laughed then checked her phone again but still no service.

 

[ObsideanWarrior]

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[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

(OOC- okie dokie, boss. )

Lauren smiles, “We actually may have to revisit the who’s dumb and who’s not issue.” She takes a sip of her soda. “After all, we are the ones in the middle of nowhere, standing outside in the sun and this miserable heat, drinking rapidly warming soda. They may be sitting someplace in air conditioned comfort drinking our milkshakes, as we speak.”

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Heather

Drea thought about what Lauren said for moment then nodded, " Yeah your probably right.......But your the dumbest of the two of us. You get here first." Drea laughed. " Maybe we should head into town, get our milkshakes then come back out here like we never left." She grinned and flicked some dirt.

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

Lauren chuckles, "What are you asking me for? I just won the 'Who's the Dumbest?' contest, without even trying."

She takes another sip and sighs, "If we leave, there is a chance they will come and go while we are gone. Or we can take one car so if they show, they'll know were are around here, someplace. And hopefully wait for us to get back"

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea gets an idea

"Hey Lauren do you have ketchup? You know for the hotdogs?" Drea looked at Lauren with a grin on her face and stood. She was the one in the sorority always playing jokes on everyone and was the master mind behind anything that pissed Jenny off. " I say we put ketchup on our hands and smear hands on our cars like its blood then smear some blood on the ground. That would be great for the pledges to first see."

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

“Wow, you are an evil little bitch, aren’t you? No wonder I like you.” She waves another bug away, “Ok, I’m game, but how about we put the ketchup on your car and take mine to get the milkshakes?”

 

[ObsideanWarrior]

As they converse, Drea and Lauren take in some of the details of the forest. The road they came in on is paved, but not very well travelled. Cracks in the road abound, and here and there Nature is clearly trying to reclaim what once belonged to it.

To the east of the road is fairly dense forest, bordering on the primeaval. To the west, the terrain becomes more scrubby. There are trees here and there, but nothing like the canopy of green tinged with the beginnings of autumn colors that abounds on the other side. There is no sign of civilization, though Drea notices a rock formation a few hundred yards to the southwest looks oddly...geometric. Perhaps it is a trick of the light.

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea puts her plan into action

Drea grinned and nodded, " Yes I am an evil bitch. Learned it from you." She grabbed the ketchup and walked over to her car then poured some ketchup on her hands and smeared some bloody hand prints along the drivers side door with a laugh. Drea smeared some ketchup on the hood like she had been thrown on the hood then she poured some on the ground around the car. " Here your turn Lauren!"

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

“Gee, thanks.”

Lauren shakes her head, finding it a little hard to believe that she is covering her hands with ketchup and smearing it on her friend’s car. She stretches out over the trunk of the car and reaches as far as she can, and puts down two perfectly neat hand prints before scrambling her hands around and leaving partial prints all over the trunk and the passenger side. She took special care to make a big mess near the handle of the door.

She stands back and admires their work, “Beautiful, a work of art, its just too bad we won’t be here to see their faces.”

 

[ChaosDAmore]

Drea

Drea smiled then grabbed her video camera out of her car, " You didnt think we were scare the shit out of the pledges and have nothing as a souvenior did you?" She smiled and set the camera up in a tree so it showed the entire, including where Laurens car was then she walked back to Lauren. " Now we have a date with some milkshakes." Drea wiped her hands off and tossed her stuff in the backseat of Laurens car.

 

[impish_pixie]

Lauren Cabot

Lauren climbs in the car and starts the engine, "How long do you think it will take us to get to town and back? Shelbyville, that was the name of the place. I stopped there for gas, frankly the place was kinda creepy."

She turns the car around and drives back in the direction she came from.

"I kept expecting, that guy, the Twilight Zone guy, to come out and give either his opening or closing monolouge. It was just that creepy."

 

[ObsideanWarrior]

As Lauren drives, after a mile or so she realizes she is, somehow, going the wrong way. The town is nowhere in sight, and she does not recognize the landmarks around, which include a rock outcropping and a lone, dead tree.