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Theatre is : S-1 Railway Station
Coordinates : 1 0
One of the main yards where tracks lead into the station proper. This is a long but narrow stretch of unprotected outdoors, open to the elements and air bombardments. The trains that were sitting here are left in ruin from the fierce assaults — heaps of twisted, deformed metal strewn between the platform and the main concourse.
It is currently night time.
Sub-Rooms :
1. Front car
2. Boxcar
Yevgenich nods, "I could hit your imagination from fifty yards." He rebuts, "Though bullets don't seem to hurt that." A flickering frown, "There's some bullets near the bunker." He tells her, "Best go and pick them up." He looks over at the big gun, though it still looks the same.
Tikhon returns from a short lookout trip, his gaze on the others "This place will be a double edged sword." he says lowly as he sighs and leans back relaxing for a moment since there hasnt been much time for such things.
Tikhon returns from a short lookout trip, his gaze on the others "This place will be a double edged sword." he says lowly as he sighs and leans back relaxing for a moment since there hasnt been much time for such things.
Yevgenich runs a thumb over the map, smudging it. He shakes his head, "I'm fine." A look up at Tikhon, "Bullets bite." He shrugs, "They always do." He cranse his head over to look at the building, "We may not have surprise on our side, but there's always old rat tail."
Novikova grins at Yev. "Of course not. I will go get some. Do you need any?" Novikova grunts and pushes herself up.
Novikova arrives from the East.
Vladmir arrives from the North.
Vladmir heads off East.
Elise climbs into the front car, having gone to the east to restock her medical supply bag with what they could spare - which wasn't much, really. "Comrades," she gives as a general greeting to the folks.
Tikhon nods "Yes they do." the young man says knowing that well after all this mess, and if it's only to get worse. "No other words since I left I guess?" he turns as another arrives nodding in greeting.
Gregor looks up from his weapon and nods, "Comerade." He says in reply, rising, ready for the upcoming action.
Novikova clinks softly. Novi's got a 'nade, novi's got a 'nade, the whole world's- ahem. She trundles back looking a little restocked. She smiles seeing her cousin and moves over.
Liadov arrives from the East.
Yevgenich raises a hand to Elise, "Comrade, Elise, Comrade." A nod to Gregor, he pats his own satchel, water. Check, book. Check, Molotovs. Smile. He stands up and looks around, giving himself a grim nod, here comes Sarge.
Elise moves over by the gun, checking it over to make sure everything's in place. Hopefully they bolted it all together right, otherwise this is going to be interesting. "Zoyushka," she greets her cousin softly when she walks up. "Be careful today, da?" Her voice is somber, a quiet acknowledgment of the peril before them.
It's not quite dawn. The sky is still black, but the stars are just barely beginning to fade. It's cold out here, not quite enough for fogged breath but cold enough to know those days are right around the corner. A hand wraps around the side of the boxcar door and Liadov hauls himself up into their little engineer batcave. "Morning, comrades."
Vladmir is nearby, trying to help where he can with the building of the Universal gun. He's not a engineer, but he does know how to shoot the thing. He looks over it, nodding as he looks at it. He stands back, looking at the gun overall. "Comrades, The hopes and dreams of our Soviet Comrades everywhere will be with us today. Comrade Stalin is with us in Spirit, while his loyal and resourceful Generals and officers will lead us to victory, with us the main force behind the soon Win of Stalingrad." Of course, he doesn't know if any of this is true; he just heard a Commissar spouting that a few days ago. He watches Liadov move into the Boxcar, and offers a nod. "Hello Comrade."
Mikhail has gotten himself up into the boxcar as well, not long after Liadov's appearance. "Comrades…" he offers, rather quietly. Looking towards the big gun for a few moments, then to the others present now.
Gregor looks like he's ready for this silliness, and is prepped, nodding, "Comerade." He says in reply.
Yevgenich nods quietly along to Vladmir, then raises a hand in greeting to Liadov, "Comrade Sergeant." He mutters, getting out of the way so the man can take a look a the gun. A anxious glance at the rubble wall and a quick nod to Mikhail. He tries a quick headcount, there's still engineers around so that's a bit of a failure.
Elise nods slightly to Vladmir's pep talk, though she's not looking very peppy. Nervous would be a better word. "Comrade Sergeant," she greets quietly.
"Always," Promises Novikova. She has reloaded and cleaned her Mosin. "I saw a gun that looks useful I might learn about later," She comments. She looks up though, and smiles. It's Liadov. Wait, why is she smiling. She slaps herself and looks around. She nods and takes a deep breath. A polite nod here annd there.
The engineers in the boxcar know Liadov well. They grunt and 'morning' and all that without much pomp or circumstance. Liadov nods to his men and then to the group of helpful elves. "Alright, soldiers. We have about 45 minutes until dawn." He nods to that wall to the west, heavily shadowed and looming. "Soon as we can see it to hit it, we'll give the order for the gunner to blast away at it. Probably only have time to get off two or three shells, so make them count. You." He points at Elise. "Will be on the Universal."
Gregor nods, listening to the briefing, thoughtfully looking west.
Elise nods to Novi, quirking a nervous little half-smile on seeing her try to look serious. She nods to the sergeant, then, as well. "Da, Sergeant." No pressure, right? "When it's down, we charge through?"
Yevgenich nods along, thats the easy bit done with. A look to Elise, and a soft sigh as she mentions charging. His hands run over his rifle again, making sure the bolt goes and the safety's turned off. The bayonet in his belt gets a good luck rub to.
Mikhail listens quietly now, checking his rifle rather carefully for the moment. Pausing after a little while, to glance around at the others, very briefly, then back to the rifle.
Liadov nods to Elise. "Soon as you can fit your asses in, they go in. You do well and that gun'll pave the way with Fascist bodies our boys won't have to shoot. Soon as you're off that gun you go in with them." He looks at the rest. "Now. When you're on the concourse, clear it. It's a big place, watch your heads. Then head north. The ticket lobby's not likely to have too many of them; we trashed it with shelling overnight and it looks like most pulled back further north to the luggage dock."
Novikova does look pretty goofy when serious. She listens. A nod. But at least she's listening even if she looks like she might BURST from making a lost luggage joke.
Vladmir steps forward, sniper rifle slung over his shoulder. The new rifle's already scored one kill and severely wounded another. "Comrade Sergeant, are there any special orders for the snipers?"
Gregor nods, looking west. clear and kill. and kill some more. Retake the area.
Yevgenich gets the map out. Squinting at it as the Sergeant speaks, "And the tunnel? Does it runs into the luggage dock?" Damn his vague memory. He tries to think like a soldier and imagine the lie of the land, where would a whole lot of machine guns go?
Tikhon listens to the plan nodding in understanding. "So we are the spearpoint." he says just making it simple perhaps. He looks to the others most of those whom he has fought along side for some time.
Mikhail still listens quietly, nodding a bit at Yevgenich's words.
Liadov shakes his head at Vladmir. "Today you're a rifleman along with the rest. The Fascists have artillery out on the west side. Count on them to be shelling the shit out of the place — but they won't shell their own men. This is important, do /not/ get far from clusters of their soldiers. 50 meters at most, same room. Or else those shells will rip you apart." He takes a breath. "Our boys got to their entry point in the north. They'll be trying to clear that way while you work you way up with the rest of the battalion here." To Yevgenich, a nod. "Yes. You'll see it in the luggage dock, in the north corner. You can take it underground to the admin office. Just remember you're not going to be able to see shit till you pop up right in the middle of them, so you may want someone to spot first."
Elise nods to Liadov. She tries not to gulp too obviously when the sergeant starts talking about artillery. Right. This is going to be interesting. A look is shared with Novikova. A luggage joke might not go amiss.
Novikova winces. Oooh, artillery. There's an unpleasant thing Novi is familiar with. She is staying near Elise. She looks back to Elise, then with a soft whisper, "Well, no wonder our clothes always got lost. The Fascists got an honest job at luggage handling and look at how bad they are at it." And there it goes. At least she won't explode. But it's hard not to keep looking to Liadov. She shifts her weight and considers that. Popping up amidst Nazis is bad…
Gregor thinks for a moment, "do we have any supplies for this? Molotovs, Ammo?" He asks, thinking.
Liadov nods to Gregor. "Ammo over at the bunker, with petrol bombs. SVT-40 too, if any of your boys know how to use one."
Liliya arrives from the East.
Elise presses her lips together tightly at the joke, trying not to smile. She covers it up by grabbing one of the shells from a crate nearby and loading it into the breech. At least the gun will be ready.
Yevgenich grimices, all that and they get shelled if they're not quick enough. The station is begining to look quite long from this angle. The luggage joke gets a short lived smile, turned away from Liadov. Always when there's a figure of authority. "Right, we know we're done when we run into our Comrades, show them how to fight eh?" It's a race to the middle, with mortars and Fascists, like one of those reality tv programs. That attempt to be cheery apparently makes him even less cheery, such a long list of things to do wrong.
Liadov gives Yevgenich a toothy grin. He didn't hear the luggage thing, but the teaching how to fight line apparently amused him. "Don't put me out of a job now, son." Son. He's barely 25 himself, if that. "Now watch the damn petrol bombs, comrades. They're small rooms. You throw one in there with a comrade, that comrade's getting hit too. And we got enough fuckers trying to kill us without our own men helpin em. Now, any questions?"
Tikhon decides to take the extra time to check everything out making sure all is in working order after all no time to jam or reload when he needs it. He reloads and checks everything out. "Ready as we'll be, drinks afterward right?" he chuckles trying to lighten things.
Liadov smirks at Tikhon. "You come back alive, I'll give the commissar a blowjob myself to get some bottles of the good shit for you."
Mikhail shakes his head to the part about questions. He hears Liadov's response to Tikhon, and headshakes a little lightly. "That a promise, Comrade Sergeant?" he asks, after a few moments.
Gregor scratches the back of his head, thinking. "Alright, sounds good to me." The booze that is.
Novikova smiles at Yev and Liadov. She blinks at Liadov. And he makes jokes too? Oh man, she's going to need to fan herself. She tilts her head, "I like him already." She blushes. Eh heh. "Right. I'm good." She nodsnods. "I may request to look at the SVT later." but for now, she is intent on helping her cousin.
Liadov sucks his teeth. "Don't make me regret it," he tells Mikhail. Turning away, he hops out of the boxcar. "I'm going back with the battalion. We'll be right there with you, comrades. Victory for us, victory for Mother Russia."
Elise shakes her head. No questions here. The blowjob comment causes an embarrassed blush. She ducks her head and makes sure the gun is ready. For the millionth time now.
Gregor starts moving to the ammo to look at what they've got to work with.
Gregor heads off East.
Yevgenich wishes Liadov hadn't found that amusing, and that other thing. Such high hopes the Sargeant has for them. "No fear, Comrade." He assures, he doesn't want to liase with the Commissar. "Victory, he repeats." A look around, as the battalion backs away, "Looks like it's up to us." A half grin, and a look to the Universal gun.
Mikhail moves over in the direction of the supplies, hurrying to get himself some extra ammo now.
Mikhail heads off East.
Liliya watches Liadov leave before snorting at his back. "Drinks for everyone, Comrades. All we have to do is survive." Her mouth twists into a tight, crooked line as she looks over her rifle again.
Mikhail arrives from the East.
Gregor arrives from the East.
Gregor returns with a Molotov. heh.
Dawn is breaking over Stalingrad, the sky lightening fast. Behind every ruined train car and bit of rubble in this yard are Soviet soldiers, armed to the teeth and waiting. Hundreds of men, ready to rush into a Fascist stronghold of guns, grenades, and artillery. Victory for the Mother Land.
The engineers used the last bit of darkness of the fading light to turn the Universal Gun inside, so its long barrel faces the closed side doors. And now it's time to see if their plan will work. Liadov is crouching just outside the front car, watching the rubble wall to the west where Fascists wait. One of the engineers crawls around the side and nods to him. Here we go.
Gregor is hiding, rifle ready, molotov tucked away, tense, ready to charge. Grr.
Mikhail gets into position, waiting for the charge to start. Looking rather lost in thought, as he glances over at the other assembled soldiers.
Tikhon watches as the sky lightens not that any of them got any sleep or anything. He waits out of plain sight for things to begin he knows this is a make or break moment looking to those around him a firm nod given his rifle held in ready.
Yevgenich licks his lips, he's wating just behind one of the carraiges, wating for the gun to boom and things to get horrible. Another quick look around, at least Novi and Elise will be a bit slower getting started.
Novikova fidgetfidgetfidget. Novikova feels a bit lost amidst these bodies and guns. She sneaks a look to Liadov. Ahem. Back to her cousin. Faithfully, she clings to help load when that time comes. Keeping Novikova still is like putting bees in a jar and shaking.
Liliya is crouched and waiting as well, restlessly scanning the yard for the Next Best Spot To Move To, fingers white-knuckled on her rifle.
Elise waits nervously, hand resting on the gun near the trigger. Not ON it, because that might be bad given how her hand is trembling. She clenches and unclenches it to keep it from being so obvious. Novi gets a little nod. "Not long now," she whispers.
Vladmir nods to himself, waiting for the moment. "May God bless and keep you always.." He mutters, surprising himself with the begining of the old psalm. He learned it long ago, but thought he forgot it. He licks his lips, "and your wishes always come true.."He mutters. He checks his rifle, grunting as he looks around, "May you always do for others, and let others do for you.." He finishes the first refrain of the psalm with a sigh.
Liadov breathes slowly. In, out. His eyes turn around the yard, catching a few looks from his men. A few nods. Then he looks up at Elise on the gun. His hand lifts slowly, two fingers upwards, and eyes shift to that wall. Then…his elbow straighten, pointing at it. Big Gun, Go.
«Ground Vehicles» You fire at (#15173) Kammerling with your 76.2mm L51 obr 36! Your accuracy is 10.2375%!
(#15173) Kammerling is missed by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Stromm is HIT by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 (Elise) mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Stromm suffers 5 wound damage to his left arm.
Stromm suffers 4 wound damage to his head.
Stromm suffers 7 wound damage to his left arm.
Stromm suffers 2 wound damage to his right chest.
Gietl is HIT by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 (Elise) mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Gietl suffers 6 wound damage to his right arm.
Gietl suffers 2 wound damage to his right leg.
«Ground Vehicles» You hear the sound of Tank Guns from Station Yard South! (1 0)
«Ground Combat» Stromm has been mortally wounded!
«Ground Vehicles» You hear the sound of Tank Guns from Station Yard South! (1 0)
Yevgenich see's Liadov and braces for the sound of the gun, it seems unaturally quiet despite the multitude of men then, explosions. His eyes flutter closed as he steps out.
«Ground Vehicles» Novikova works on reloading 76.2mm L51 obr 36 with 76.2mm HE!
Ready to fire!
From Concourse, a male voice shouts, "Commies! Commies in the yard!".
Elise takes a breath when the sergeant gestures her way, then triggers the gun. KABOOM! The report is deafening within the boxcar, and she flinches a little, ears ringing. Did they hit? With the smoke she can't quite see, but she's already helping Novi load another shell.
«Ground Vehicles» You fire at (#15173) Kammerling with your 76.2mm L51 obr 36! Your accuracy is 10.2375%!
(#15173) Kammerling is missed by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Stromm is HIT by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 (Elise) mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Stromm suffers 3 wound damage to his right hand.
Stromm suffers 5 wound damage to his left arm.
Stromm suffers 2 wound damage to his left leg.
Stromm suffers 3 wound damage to his right chest.
(#707) Gietl is missed by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
«Ground Vehicles» You hear the sound of Tank Guns from Station Yard South! (1 0)
«Ground Combat» Stromm has been taken out!
«Ground Vehicles» You hear the sound of Tank Guns from Station Yard South! (1 0)
«Ground Vehicles» Elise works on reloading 76.2mm L51 obr 36 with 76.2mm HE!
Not yet reloaded!
Novikova takes a deep breath. There's the go signal. A nod at her cousin. Good luck cuz. Novikova winces at the noise and yelling. She doesn't even steal a gaze at Liadov this time. Ahem. War is on now.
«Ground Vehicles» Novikova works on reloading 76.2mm L51 obr 36 with 76.2mm HE!
Not yet reloaded!
«Ground Vehicles» Elise works on reloading 76.2mm L51 obr 36 with 76.2mm HE!
Not yet reloaded!
«Ground Vehicles» Elise works on reloading 76.2mm L51 obr 36 with 76.2mm HE!
Not yet reloaded!
«Ground Vehicles» Novikova works on reloading 76.2mm L51 obr 36 with 76.2mm HE!
Ready to fire!
Tikhon holds his place as the guns begin their initial fire. He looks that direction keeping an eye out of the german line. He takes in a calming breath but there's nothing for it now but to be ready.
Liadov stands as the third shot's readied. The rubble's a mess of smoke and fire, and Fascists inside are screaming.
Elise works quickly, knowing their time is limited. She slams another round home and fires it. Another KABOOM. The muffled screams tell her that the round has gotten through and done some damage, but she tries not to think about that. Load and fire, one more time.
(#15173) Kammerling is missed by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
(#2534) Stromm is missed by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Gietl is HIT by the 76.2mm L51 obr 36 (Elise) mounted on (#19598) 76mm Universal Gun!
Gietl suffers 3 wound damage to his right arm.
Gietl suffers 5 wound damage to his left leg.
Gietl suffers 5 wound damage to his right hand.
«Ground Vehicles» You hear the sound of Tank Guns from Station Yard South! (1 0)
Liadov shouts back at the men. "They'll be shelling! FORWARD! GO GO!" Footsteps begin pounding as those hundreds of Soviets start forward at a run, charging the newly opened holes in the Stalingrad-1 station. And the sounds of rifles begin.
Yevgenich looks for a breach in the gap, crouching to get a running start. "Good luck comrades." He mutters under his breath, and he waits for the smoke to clear a little. And then he's scuttling along at the signal.
Vladmir stands up as the gun fires, almost deafened by the roar of it. "Comrades! For Stalingrad! For the Motherland! For Comrade Stalin! For our Comrades in Kiev! Leningrad! Minsk! Death to the Fascists! Uraa!!" He shouts after the last explosion. He stands, moving to finish off what Elise started. "Uraaa!!!" Vladimir is really good at this Junior Commissar stuff.
«Ground Combat» Elise moves out of Front car.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
Gregor jumps up and charges, feet pelting toward the line, RAWR
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves out of Front car.
From Concourse, a male voice shouts, "BREACH!".
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
Elise's ears are still ringing, but she can see the rush forward at least. No battle cry from the young woman, though, as she jumps down out of the car, readying her rifle.
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
Novikova looks to Liadov. Sigh. Ahem. WAR. Rawr! Er, Uraa! Novikova starts moving with the others. She hefts her rifles and moves with her cousins. Her ears ring too, but it's hard to tell what she hears.
Tikhon gives a shout and comes out fighting as rushes forward towards the enemy
From Concourse, a male voice shouts, "WALL BREACH!".
«Ground Combat» Tikhon moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
«Ground Combat» Liliya moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
Elise glances back to make sure her cousin is with her, and then follows her comrades through the breached wall.
«Ground Combat» Elise moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
«Ground Combat» Logdummy moves Rubble Blockade West <W>.
Concourse
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The largest single area of the Stalingrad-1 station. Also one of the simplest, being little more than a broad, sheltered walkway leading to the dual boarding platforms to the east.
The connection from the concourse over to the platforms has collapsed into a huge obstacle of rubble — reinforced diligently by the Germans to block off entrance from the station yard, shells littering the ground.
It is currently dawn.
Sub-Rooms :
1. Foxhole
2. German blockade wall
===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Soviet (#1751) Wounded Logdummy I.
Soviet (#19508) Wounded Elise I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#19057) Wounded Liliya I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Soviet (#19480) Wounded Tikhon I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#19050) Wounded Gregor I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#19043) Wounded Vladmir I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Soviet (#19046) Yevgenich — (2) German blockade wal I. Molotov
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 1 Cover : 100%
Stealth : 100% Inf.Move : 100%
East <E> North <N>
«Game» Gregor changes his style to Uraa!
«Ground Combat» Gietl fires his Kar98k at Liliya but misses!
«Ground Combat» You notice Novikova arrive at Concourse.
Yevgenich gets to the barracade stops to light his bottle and flings, hoping the glass and boiling petrol will hurt.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich fires his Molotov at Kammerling but misses!
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich fires his Molotov at Gietl and hits!
Gietl suffers 4 wound damage to his right arm.
Gietl suffers 2 wound damage to his left hand.
Gietl suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.
«Game» Vladmir changes his style to Uraa!
«Ground Combat» Gietl has been mortally wounded!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves into German blockade wall.
Gregor charges in firing, moving into the open, rawr. FWOOSH nice one.
Tikhon finds another place to crouch for a moment simply getting a shot lined up as a bullet flies by well it wont be the last time as he aims and fires
«Ground Combat» Tikhon fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
Vladmir rushes into the Blockade wall as the explosion goes off. "Join us Comrades!" HE laughs and charges.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
Kammerling starts firing madly on the rush of Soviets. Around them, the concourse is turning into a blood bath as Russians swarm into the breach and are gunned down by a hail of Fascist fire, but many make it through and seek cover in the rubble, returning the favor of death all around.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling and hits!
Kammerling suffers 2 wound damage to its left leg.
«Ground Combat» Kammerling fires its Kar98k at Yevgenich but misses!
Yevgenich shouts, "Uraa." And raiss his rifle at the close German.
«Game» Yevgenich wields his Mosin-Nagant!
Elise charges through, pausing to lift her rifle. She fires and much to her surprise actually hits!
«AngelOfDeath» Gietl breathes his last…
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves to engage Kammerling in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling and hits!
Kammerling suffers 4 wound damage to its right hand.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
Kammerling keeps getting hit in the legs. This is a massacre, no doubt.
«Ground Combat» Kammerling fires its Kar98k at Tikhon but misses!
Tikhon misses but this is no time to worry bout that popping back up and fires
«Ground Combat» Tikhon fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
«Ground Combat» Liliya fires her Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Vladmir shouts, "COMRADES! JOIN US!".
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves into German blockade wall.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
Kammerling starts trying to get to Yevgenich with the bayonet end of his gun. The battle continues to rage for the concourse around them, some Soviets breaking through to the ticket lobby…where they're met with artillery. Ouch.
Yevgenich just sits and shoots Kammerling from point blank range. "Comrades, someone keep an eye north." He shouts over hsi shoulder, now save the guy attacking someone without a bayonet.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling and hits!
Kammerling suffers 3 wound damage to its left arm.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Liliya tries to fire as she charges in, attempting to bolster the attack. It's pointless, as far as she can tell, but it's done all the same. "URAAA-!" she screams, as if it's what's powering her forward toward the wall.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling and hits!
Kammerling suffers 4 wound damage to its abdomen.
Vladmir uses his sniper like a club, swinging viciously at the German with his rifle. "Uraaa!" He shouts as he hits him.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
Gregor moves to one side, fires and hits! He closes to the wall.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Kammerling blocks it!
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
Elise takes a couple shots at the fellow in the trench, but seeing a bunch of people swarming the poor fellow she turns her attention northward. "Shelling to the north - is that us or them?" she asks, of no one in particular.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
Not that it matters, really. A shell will kill you either way.
«Ground Combat» Elise reloads her Mosin-Nagant!
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
Kammerling grits his teeth. He can hear artillery, he can hear the screaming of his countrymen fighting. That's enough.
«Ground Combat» Kammerling moves to engage Yevgenich in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
Yevgenich goes for the gut, hopefully that will stop the man come for him, he takes a glance north, artillery. Wince. He leaps out of the barricade. "Whoever it is, we will have to go through it." He shouts back.
"Doesn't really matter, best not to run out into it," Novikova replies quietly taking a potshot at poor Kammerling. She slides into the trench and blinks at Vlad. Oh dear.
«Ground Combat» Liliya moves into German blockade wall.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir tries to fire his Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but his weapon is jammed!
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Ground Combat» Kammerling attacks Yevgenich in melee combat with its Kar98k but misses!
Yevgenich gives up trying to bail and lashes out, using his bayonet as a knife. He's not too good at this.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling and hits!
Kammerling suffers 4 wound damage to its right chest.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant and hits! Kammerling suffers 3 wound damage to its left leg.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Kammerling blocks it!
Kammerling looks like a pincushion.
Tikhon the battle continues on artillery nearby and the battle at hand the young man pops back up and fires again.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon fires his Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
Elise keeps an eye north, pausing to reload her rifle.
Yevgenich bends down the stab the Fascist's leg while he's distracted, heroic.
«Ground Combat» Kammerling attacks Yevgenich in melee combat with its Kar98k but Yevgenich blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
Gregor fires into the Germans chest and closes more.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Kammerling swings wildly at Yevgenich while the others try and shoot him. Owwowow.
Yevgenich flails, he's using the rifle to ward off blows and his bayonet to try and stab, why wont this lunatic die already?
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves into German blockade wall.
«Ground Combat» Kammerling attacks Yevgenich in melee combat with its Kar98k but Yevgenich blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but Kammerling blocks it!
«Game» Vladmir unjams his Scoped Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves to engage Kammerling in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
Vladmir moves away from the beating of the German. He peeks north, trying to see.
Gregor gets in close with his shiny bayonet
«Ground Combat» Kammerling attacks Yevgenich in melee combat with its Kar98k but misses!
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Elise glances over at the trench. ~Surrender, you fool!~ she yells at him in German. Though what they'd actually do with a prisoner in the middle of a battle is not something Elise stops to think about.
Kammerling spits in Elise's direction.
Tikhon moves closer to the wall from his spot now staying close to the others as possible.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Kammerling but misses!
«Ground Combat» Gregor attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but Kammerling blocks it!
Kammerling shouts, "GERMAN HERE! GERMAN TRAITOR HERE!".
«Ground Combat» Tikhon moves into German blockade wall.
«Ground Combat» Liliya tries to hide!
Yevgenich is so not used to knife fights, it's a wander he hasn't injured himself yet, tries to take advantage of the slight distraction.
«Ground Combat» Kammerling attacks Yevgenich in melee combat with its Kar98k but misses!
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich attacks Kammerling in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant and hits! Kammerling suffers 5 wound damage to its head.
«Ground Combat» *boom* Headshot!!!
Kammerling yells that before he's decapitated. Yum.
Gregor stabbities, oops, well, he dead.
Elise frowns, expression hardening. She lifts her rifle and shoots at him once more, but misses. She looks to Yev when he blows the guy's head off, a slight nod.
All around them, the concourse is slowly being cleared. It's not easy, Fascist fire pouring in from the north, both the Germans are slowly beating feet back across the artillery playground of the ticket lobby. Bullets whiz and ping around them, and Liadov's voice shouts from the stairs. "COMRADES! ONWARDS!"
Yevgenich goes for the ear. Ugh, blood. "Learn you to keep your mouth shut." He mutters looking sick. A look around, "Best get on." He murmurs, scrambling to get out of the barricade. Brains on his nice cordite stained coat.
«Ground Combat» Gregor reloads his Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich moves out of German blockade wall.
Gregor reloads, as he's dry. Better okay.
Elise looks away from the corpse, checking north again. "North looks clear."
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves out of German blockade wall.
«Game» Yevgenich changes his style to Stealth!
Vladmir doesn't see anything, and moves to get out of here and continue with the killing. "Comrades! To the Death of the Fascists! Uraaa!" He runs to the wall, climbing atop of it to run north.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves out of German blockade wall.
«Ground Combat» Logdummy moves North <N>.
Ticket Lobby
The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <
Coordinates : 0 1
This destroyed lobby is relatively small, housing a single row of flimsy ticketing windows and what used to be a row or two of seating.
Artillery bombardments have left this place barely standing. The ceiling's partly collapsed onto the middle two ticket booths, leaving the two on the far ends for ducking. What's left of the chairs have been upended and braced on rubble piles for cover. Bulletholes pepper the crumbling walls, and the remains of Nazi and Soviet soldiers alike still lie everywhere.
It is currently dawn.
Sub-Rooms :
1. Ticket booth
2. Ticket booth
3. Overturned benches
4. Rubble pile
===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Soviet (#1751) Wounded Logdummy I.
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 1 Cover : 100%
Stealth : 100% Inf.Move : 100%
Windows East <E> South <S>
North <N>
«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into Concourse.
Yevgenich slinks in the shadows of the building, letting some guys go past him, then he follows on, quietly. Not that that will help with the shelling.
«Ground Combat» Elise moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Elise arrive at Ticket Lobby.
Tikhon roars again as they take this land moving to leave the wall and head towards the north with the others.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon moves out of German blockade wall.
«Ground Combat» Liliya moves out of German blockade wall.
From Checked Luggage Dock, a male voice shouts, "(Russian) Run, comrades! Before they shell again!".
Liliya joins in the shout. It's the most reassuring thing about this nightmare they're all trapped in. "URAAA-!" she screams again, scrambling northward with the others.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Yevgenich arrive at Ticket Lobby.
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Gregor arrive at Ticket Lobby.
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves out of German blockade wall.
«Ground Combat» Daschke fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
Elise glances back, fighting down a moment's panic when she doesn't see any of her friends behind her. She's relieved when Gregor and Yev come through, and then ducks slightly as the firing resumes.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Vladmir arrive at Ticket Lobby.
«Ground Combat» Muire fires his Gewehr 41 at Vladmir but misses!
Gregor runs in and bullets come to meet him. He zigzags serpentine SERPENTINE!
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves into Overturned benches.
Elise calls back, "Keep going, Comrades! Get close so they can't shell us!" At least she hopes she understood the sergeant's advice correctly.
Gregor dives behind a bench and pops up, rifle ready, wherethehell?
«Ground Combat» Tikhon moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Tikhon arrive at Ticket Lobby.
Just outside the ticket lobby, the sound of shelling moving forward is getting louder…
«Ground Combat» Roderick fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
Yevgenich looks, up they're close. "Wait a moment, a few petrol bombs before we go into the room." Or not, he'll stop anyway, hoping no one gets to far ahead.
«Game» Yevgenich unwields his Mosin-Nagant!
Vladmir continues to run forward, even though he's being shot at. "Comrades! Onwards! Uraaa!" He stops do duck behind a bench, then off again. "Don't Stop! Charge! URAA!"
«Game» Yevgenich wields his Molotov!
No seriously, that's artillery. Getting VERY CLOSE.
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Novikova arrive at Ticket Lobby.
Gregor looks to Yev and Vlad moving out and going.
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves out of Overturned benches.
Elise shakes her head to Yev. "No time! Keep going!"
Yevgenich changes his mind. Runs!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves North <N>.
«Game» Yevgenich unwields his Molotov!
Novikova uraas! And moves along!
«Game» Yevgenich wields his Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Liliya moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Liliya arrive at Ticket Lobby.
«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into Checked Luggage Dock.
«Ground Combat» Muire fires his Gewehr 41 at Vladmir but misses!
Vladmir runs into the Room, only to find himself alone with Germans. "Oh Shit." He mutters before charging at a German.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir moves to engage Roderick in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
"Move move!" the young Tikhon calls to the others as they rush not to get pinned down here by the enemy artillery.
From Checked Luggage Dock, a male voice shouts, "URAAA COMRADES! FORWARD!".
Yevgenich doesn't seem to have drawn fire with the molotv, so he just sneaks along, hoping no one sees him.
«Game» Novikova changes her style to Uraa!
Roderick gets up as Soviets start bumrushing them. RAAAR>
Elise looks around for her cousin. "Hurry, Zoyuschka!" She waves her along, moving forward herself. "Keep going, Comrades!"
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Daschke fires his Kar98k at Vladmir but misses!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
Novikova nods at Elise and scoots along. "Da cousin!"
«Ground Combat» Logdummy moves North <N>.
Checked Luggage Dock
The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <
Coordinates : 0 2
Once a storage and sorting area for luggage, this large dock is now nothing more than a charred and pockmarked shell.
Under the piles of broken concrete and snapped wooden beams are reminders of the terrible toll on Stalingrad's civilians. Bits and corners of carpet bags and suitcases poke up from under the rubble; small tatters of clothing are dirty and wrinkled underfoot. Who knows what else has been buried under here, the belongings of the station's last passengers.
And no doubt many of the passengers themselves.
It is currently dawn.
Sub-Rooms :
1. Conveyor belt
2. Broken crane
3. Damaged forklift
===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Soviet (#1751) Wounded Logdummy I.
Soviet (#19043) Wounded Vladmir I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Fascist (#8862) Roderick I. Kar98k
Fascist (#379) Muire I. Gewehr 41
Fascist (#203) Adler I. Kar98k
Fascist (#367) Fedor — (3) Damaged forklift I. Kar98k
Fascist (#2389) Daschke — (3) Damaged forklift I. Kar98k
======================< Checked Luggage Dock (0 2) >===================
Soviet (#1751) Wounded Logdummy I.
Soviet (#19043) Wounded Vladmir I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Fascist (#203) Adler I. Kar98k
Fascist (#2389) Daschke — (3) Damaged forklift I. Kar98k
Fascist (#367) Fedor — (3) Damaged forklift I. Kar98k
Fascist (#379) Muire I. Gewehr 41
Fascist (#8862) Roderick I. Kar98k
Fascist (#203) Adler I. Kar98k
Fascist (#2389) Daschke — (3) Damaged forklift I. Kar98k
Fascist (#367) Fedor — (3) Damaged forklift I. Kar98k
Fascist (#379) Muire I. Gewehr 41
Fascist (#8862) Roderick I. Kar98k
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 1 Cover : 100%
Stealth : 100% Inf.Move : 100%
East <E> South <S>
«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into Ticket Lobby.
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Gregor arrive at Checked Luggage Dock.
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Novikova arrive at Checked Luggage Dock.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Tikhon arrive at Checked Luggage Dock.
«Ground Combat» Elise moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Elise arrive at Checked Luggage Dock.
«Game» Novikova unwields her Mosin-Nagant!
«Game» Novikova wields her Molotov!
Vladmir grins as the Calvary appears. "Death to the Fascists! Uraaa!" He shouts.
«Ground Combat» Fedor fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
Muire starts firing wildly.
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Yevgenich arrive at Checked Luggage Dock.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir fires his Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Concourse (0 0).
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Muire tries to fire his Gewehr 41 at Novikova but his weapon is jammed!
«Game» Vladmir unwields his Scoped Mosin-Nagant!
Muire dammits.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Concourse (0 0).
«Game» Yevgenich changes his style to Uraa!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Yevgenich and hits!
Yevgenich suffers 4 wound damage to his left chest.
Yevgenich suffers 3 wound damage to his right leg.
Yevgenich suffers 3 wound damage to his left hand.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Vengeance and hits!
Vengeance suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.
Vengeance suffers 1 wound damage to his left chest.
Vengeance suffers 2 wound damage to his left hand.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Elise and hits!
Elise suffers 3 wound damage to her left hand.
Elise suffers 3 wound damage to her right arm.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Tikhon and hits!
Tikhon suffers 4 wound damage to his right chest.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Novikova but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Gregor and hits!
Gregor suffers 1 wound damage to his abdomen.
Gregor suffers 4 wound damage to his left hand.
Gregor suffers 4 wound damage to his right arm.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Logdummy but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Vladmir and hits!
Vladmir suffers 2 wound damage to his head.
Vladmir suffers 3 wound damage to his left arm.
Vladmir suffers 4 wound damage to his right hand.
Vladmir suffers 3 wound damage to his left chest.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Roderick and hits!
Roderick suffers 1 wound damage to his abdomen.
Roderick suffers 2 wound damage to his head.
Roderick suffers 3 wound damage to his right chest.
Roderick suffers 3 wound damage to his right leg.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Muire but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Fedor and hits!
Fedor suffers 1 wound damage to his left hand.
Fedor suffers 3 wound damage to his left hand.
Fedor suffers 1 wound damage to his left leg.
Fedor suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Leitner and hits!
Leitner suffers 3 wound damage to his head.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Wollheim and hits!
Wollheim suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.
Wollheim suffers 2 wound damage to his left hand.
Wollheim suffers 3 wound damage to his head.
Wollheim suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Traultmann and hits!
Traultmann suffers 2 wound damage to his right chest.
Traultmann suffers 3 wound damage to his right leg.
Traultmann suffers 1 wound damage to his left arm.
Traultmann suffers 3 wound damage to his left arm.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Daschke and hits!
Daschke suffers 3 wound damage to his left arm.
Daschke suffers 2 wound damage to his left hand.
Daschke suffers 4 wound damage to his left leg.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Molotov at Ludeker but misses!
«Ground Combat» Yevgenich has been mortally wounded!
«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Ticket Lobby ineffectually.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Concourse (0 0).
«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Ticket Lobby to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!
Liliya suffers 2 wound damage to her left arm.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Medic Code» Elise attempts to stabilise Yevgenich but fails and Yevgenich expires…
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Concourse (0 0).
«Ground Combat» Liliya moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Liliya arrive at Checked Luggage Dock.
«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Ticket Lobby ineffectually.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
Gregor fires and FIRE! Argh fire everywhere! He rolls on the ground and tries to recover.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Concourse (0 0).
Vladmir throws down his rifle and goes to tackle a German…only to ge thrown against a wall by an explosion. "Josef Stalin.." He grunts and picks himself back up. He turns around to punch a german. Go Reincarnation of Pete!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick with his bare hands! Roderick suffers 1 bruise damage to his right arm.
Roderick is totally stunned by the PETROL BOMB that goes off in here. HOLY SHIT SOVIETS ARE HARDCORE.
«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Ticket Lobby to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Concourse (0 0).
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
Yevgenich gets hit by a ball of flame and glass. Ow, goodbye railway station.Elise can't help
«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Ticket Lobby ineffectually.
Muire retreats towards the admin offices. Fuck these crazy Russians, man.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Game» Vladmir wields his Scoped Mosin-Nagant!
Novikova has a dumb player. Whoops. But uh. It scares the Germans good.
«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Ticket Lobby ineffectually.
«Artillery» Artillery barrage at Ticket Lobby has lifted!
Tikhon moves forward as they come upon more germans his rifle is raised except the fire springing up around them. He winces but still fires.
«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Ticket Lobby (0 1).
«Ground Combat» Muire moves East <E>.
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
Gregor crawls up shooting at something, smoke coming off him. Grr CRAZY BURNING RUSSIAN! Go home, there's thousands of us here!
«Ground Combat» Tikhon fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir fires his Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
Adler looks a little pissed as Muire runs. Dammit.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Game» Novikova wields her Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Adler fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
Adler shouts, "SOVIETS IN THE DOCK!".
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 1 bruise damage to his head.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
Announcement: Afterlife shouts, "Yevgenich has been revived!"
Elise blinks at the fire that whooshes through the station. "Mein Gott," she whispers, batting at some flames on her jacket. She stops to try and help Yevgenich, doing what she can before looking around once more for targets. That was chaotic.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Roderick fires his Kar98k at Tikhon but misses!
«Ground Combat» Adler fires his Kar98k at Novikova but misses!
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
Tikhon growls at another miss moving forward and raising his gun again to fire.
Roderick is burned and IN PAIN.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Tikhon fires his Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Adler fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
Vladmir will now brusie Roderick to death. Vladimir briefly considers stealing his bayonet when he dies, but swings his rifle at Roderick again.
«Ground Combat» Roderick fires his Kar98k at Elise but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 6 bruise damage to his left leg.
«Ground Combat» Gregor reloads his Mosin-Nagant!
Roderick is getting bruised to death. Annoying.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Adler but misses!
«Ground Combat» Adler fires his Kar98k at Vladmir but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Adler and hits!
Adler suffers 7 wound damage to his right chest.
«Ground Combat» Adler has been mortally wounded!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but Vladmir blocks it!
Elise is taking potshots at Adler but her aim is off. Smouldering arm might have something to do with that. Fortunately Novi doesn't have that problem. She looks at her cousin with a touch of awe.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Novikova and hits!
Novikova suffers 7 wound damage to her right leg.
«Ground Combat» Novikova reloads her Mosin-Nagant!
Gregor sees one German getting shot and changes targets
Vladmir is tired of the mother-fuhrer germans in this mother-fuhrer room. He swings at Roderick. Again.
Roderick is losing strength fast, getting bashed as he is with rifle butts. Ow.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 8 bruise damage to his abdomen.
Novikova blinks, but looks and smiles to Elise. She's trying to be reassuring, after THE DAMN FIREBOMB. Oh well. She gets paid in turn and buckles. "Ow ow ow ow. that smarts."
Tikhon knows he's out of rounds now and ducks back down to reload his weapon. He takes the time to notice where everyone else is right know too.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon reloads his Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova tries to fire her Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but her weapon is jammed!
«Ground Combat» Liliya fires her Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
Elise yells, "Zoyuschka!" She goes immediately to her cousin's side, making sure she's all right. She looks around for the gunman.
Elise points east. "Three more that way."
Roderick shouts, "HERE! CORPORALS! HERE".
Novikova really hates Reizenstein. If he's not shooting her in the face… Either way, she scowls as her weapon jams. "I think he came from the building." A nod at her cousin.
Vladmir hits Roderick in the stomach. He scowls, and sings again. I'm Vladimir llyich Appo Bitches!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 6 bruise damage to his right arm.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Game» Novikova unjams her Mosin-Nagant!
Tikhon looks back up the german still alive. He moves forward and aims to fire again.
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
Vengeance struggles away from Vladmir, trying to brace his rifle for a shot.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon fires his Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
Elise nods to Novi. "Into the tunnel. We'll see if we can surprise them." And they'll be in cover for a moment at least. She helps her cousin along.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
Gregor shoots. Aim's a little off, but he's pumped.
«Game» Elise assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Roderick fires his Kar98k at Vladmir but misses!
Novikova fires off a potshot and ods. She moves with her cousin then.
«Game» Elise assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Gregor reloads his Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Tikhon but misses!
«Ground Combat» Roderick fires his Kar98k at Elise but misses!
Novikova grunts, "I am almost there. Get ready yourself," She nods.
Elise nods to Novi, ducking as a rifle shot pings off the concrete nearby.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann fires his Kar98k at Gregor and hits!
Gregor suffers 7 wound damage to his left hand.
«Ground Combat» Liliya moves into Damaged forklift.
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves Tunnel to Admin Office <T>.
«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into Ticket Lobby.
Checked Luggage Dock
The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <
Coordinates : 0 2
Once a storage and sorting area for luggage, this large dock is now nothing more than a charred and pockmarked shell.
Under the piles of broken concrete and snapped wooden beams are reminders of the terrible toll on Stalingrad's civilians. Bits and corners of carpet bags and suitcases poke up from under the rubble; small tatters of clothing are dirty and wrinkled underfoot. Who knows what else has been buried under here, the belongings of the station's last passengers.
And no doubt many of the passengers themselves.
It is currently dawn.
Sub-Rooms :
1. Conveyor belt
2. Broken crane
3. Damaged forklift
===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Soviet (#19057) Wounded Liliya — (3) Damaged forkli I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Soviet (#19508) Wounded Elise I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#19480) Wounded Tikhon I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#19050) Wounded Gregor I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#1751) Wounded Logdummy I.
Soviet (#19043) Wounded Vladmir I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Fascist (#8862) Wounded Roderick I. Kar98k
======================< Ticket Lobby (0 1) >===================
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 1 Cover : 100%
Stealth : 100% Inf.Move : 100%
East <E> South <S>
Gregor gets shot again! Gah! He stumbles and moves after someone
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves Tunnel to Admin Office <T>.
Roderick flails uselessly.
Liliya abruptly decides This Isn't Where She Wants To Be, and dashes for fresh cover in the form of the damaged forklift.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann fires his Kar98k at Liliya but misses!
«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into Administrative Building.
«Ground Combat» Elise moves Tunnel to Admin Office <T>.
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Vladmir and hits!
Vladmir suffers 2 wound damage to his left leg.
Reizenstein just keeps takin shots. WOO.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick with his bare hands! Vladmir misses!
«Ground Combat» Liliya tries to hide!
Faustmann loses sight of one. Can still…see…kinda. So much smoke.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
«Game» Liliya changes her style to Stealth!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
Faustmann peers. Where'd everyone go?
Checked Luggage Dock
The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <
Coordinates : 0 2
Once a storage and sorting area for luggage, this large dock is now nothing more than a charred and pockmarked shell.
Under the piles of broken concrete and snapped wooden beams are reminders of the terrible toll on Stalingrad's civilians. Bits and corners of carpet bags and suitcases poke up from under the rubble; small tatters of clothing are dirty and wrinkled underfoot. Who knows what else has been buried under here, the belongings of the station's last passengers.
And no doubt many of the passengers themselves.
It is currently dawn.
Sub-Rooms :
1. Conveyor belt
2. Broken crane
3. Damaged forklift
===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Soviet (#19057) Wounded Liliya — (3) Damaged forkli I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Soviet (#19480) Wounded Tikhon I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#1751) Wounded Logdummy I.
Soviet (#19043) Wounded Vladmir I. Scoped Mosin-Nag
Fascist (#8862) Wounded Roderick I. Kar98k
======================< Administrative Building (1 2) >===================
Fascist (#14554) Faustmann I. Kar98k
Fascist (#370) Reizenstein — (1) Broken desk I. Kar98k
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 1 Cover : 100%
Stealth : 100% Inf.Move : 100%
East <E> South <S>
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 5 bruise damage to his left arm.
Roderick arghs.
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 4 bruise damage to his left chest.
«Ground Combat» Liliya snipes Roderick with her Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Reizenstein squints through the smoke and all the bodies of Soviets and Germans running everywhere. He sees…Vladmir. Ooh, and now Liliya.
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Liliya but misses!
Roderick has a hard head.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
Tikhon moves forward now with the others the german still alive he rushes forward stealth put aside for the moment.
Faustmann can't see shit now.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Vladmir but misses!
Roderick flails.
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but Vladmir blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Tikhon moves to engage Roderick in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
«Ground Combat» Liliya tries to hide!
Faustmann wonders what the hell Reizenstein's shooting at, cause he don't see crap.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein reloads his Kar98k!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k and hits! Vladmir suffers 3 wound damage to his right hand.
Vladmir is slowing down. His wounds from the friendly fire incident sting as he beats the hell out of the german. "Just give up!" He shouts in exasperation. He gasps as his hand is sliced. "Bastard!" He roars with an almost renewed strength.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 5 bruise damage to his left leg.
Tikhon rushes forward his rifle held ready for close combat this time. He moves to attack the target to aid the first.
Meanwhile in the tunnel….
Elise slips into the tunnel with Novi, nodding when she sees Gregor there as well. She points to the hole that seems to be leading up to the admin office - "I think that's it there," she says, breathlessly.
Gregor nods, looking up, "Plan for this, or just up and shooting?" He asks, smouldering.
«Ground Combat» Elise moves into Tunnel exit to luggage dock.
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves into Tunnel exit to luggage dock.
Novikova is hobbling along steadily. She considers it Karmic Payback for being a putz.
«Ground Combat» Novikova moves into Tunnel exit to luggage dock.
Elise shakes her head, "I think just come up shooting? It sounds like our Comrades are in trouble." Judging by the amount of fire.
Gregor nods, "Alright then." He says, "Let's be to it then.
Elise nods slightly, getting into position. "We'll go together. On three…"
Novikova nods and moves up. She looks really guilty though. She hups along regardless.
Elise finishes on "THREE!" and then charges up the tunnel.
«Ground Combat» You notice Elise arrive at Administrative Building.
«Ground Combat» You notice Novikova arrive at Administrative Building.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Roderick manages to stab the bastard in the hand. He bares his bloody teeth, laughing.
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Tikhon in melee combat with his Kar98k and hits! Tikhon suffers 1 wound damage to his left hand.
Roderick stabs the OTHER bastard in the hand!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
Tikhon misses and is hit with a snarl he tries to counter the attack.
Liliya narrows her eyes as Tikhon moves in to flail at the apparently-indestructible Fascist. No clean shot, there. She turns a bit, trying to line something up further down the way.
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Tikhon in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
«Ground Combat» You notice Gregor arrive at Administrative Building.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 5 wound damage to his left hand.
Faustmann is still watching west, trying to figure out what the fuck is going on in all this chaos.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Tikhon and hits!
Tikhon suffers 5 wound damage to his right leg.
Vladmir shouts, "WILL ONE OF YOU BASTARDS SHOOT THAT DAMN FASCIST?!".
«Ground Combat» Gregor fires his Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
Elise crawls up the tunnel and fires at the German who's out in the open. She curses as the bullet goes wide. "Damn, there goes surprise."
Reizenstein smirks, lining up another shot. Right when…HOSHIT COMMIES.
From Administrative Building, a male voice shouts, "What the fuck?!".
Tikhon stabs him a german, but pays for it with another wound to his leg snarling as he counters.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir fires his Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
«Ground Combat» Tikhon attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 2 wound damage to his left chest.
Roderick gets stabbed and stabbed again.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
Faustmann wheels backwards as commies come out of nowhere.
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann and hits!
Faustmann suffers 1 wound damage to his left chest.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann fires his Kar98k at Novikova but misses!
Novikova pops out like a demented weasel. Rawr!
Reizenstein scrambles back too, trying to get into cover under a desk. He pops up and tries to shoot.
Elise and the tunnel team unleash a hail of bullets that do very little. Crack commandos that they are.
«Ground Combat» Elise reloads her Mosin-Nagant!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Tikhon in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 5 bruise damage to his right arm.
Vengeance is very tenderized by now.
Roderick is very tenderized by now.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
Tikhon stabs at the german again but still he wont go down, prepared he moves to the side of the next attack following with one of his own.
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Tikhon attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Liliya tries to fire her Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Reizenstein but her weapon is jammed!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
Roderick shouts, "HAAAALP".
From Administrative Building, a male voice shouts, "Oh shut up, coward!".
Vladmir shouts, "I'LL STICK MY RIFLE UP YOUR FASCIST ASS!".
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann and hits!
Faustmann suffers 8 wound damage to his left hand.
Faustmann OW
«Ground Combat» Faustmann fires his Kar98k at Elise but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Novikova but misses!
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
Vladmir engages in a shouting contest with people he can't see while trying to brusie Roderick to death. "Just Give up you damn Fascist." He tries to reason with the man.
Novikova blinks at the shouting match. She meeps having rather thoroughly annoyed the Nazis.
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 4 bruise damage to his left hand.
«Ground Combat» Novikova tries to fire her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but her weapon is jammed!
Elise misses again. "Damn it, I can't hit these guys. Good shooting, Cousin!"
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Vladmir in melee combat with his Kar98k but misses!
«Game» Elise assists Novikova!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
Tikhon is wounded but has little choice but to contine he breaths hard missing this time. He attacks again trying to finish this.
Liliya lets out a venomous curse as her shot results in nothing but the krr-scritch of a jammed rifle. Ducking back into cover as best she can, she tries to clear the firing mechanism.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
«Game» Liliya unjams her Scoped Mosin-Nagant!
Elise is queen miss-a-lot so she helps her cousin clear the jam.
Reizenstein is hiding behind a desk. It's not such good cover, but it's better than nothing. Wood splinters as bullets ping it.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann reloads his Kar98k!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
«Ground Combat» Roderick attacks Tikhon in melee combat with his Kar98k but Tikhon blocks it!
Elise nods to Gregor. "All right, Comrade."
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Game» Novikova unjams her Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant and hits! Roderick suffers 1 bruise damage to his left leg.
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
Faustmann is dripping blood from his hand. And that was his shooting hand. He staggers back against the wall, trying desperately to hold this place.
Tikhon strikes and misses his eyes burn with fire as he raises his rifle ready for the next blow it's blocked. He strikes down at the german again.
«Ground Combat» Tikhon attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
«Ground Combat» Novikova tries to fire her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but her weapon is jammed!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
Roderick is on the floor in a heap. Not unconscious but not fighting back anymore.
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
Vladmir plans on killing Roderick. Sorry. Vladimir isn't above beating up a almost dead guy.
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
Reizenstein glance towards the luggage room, then back to the communists intent on killing him.
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
To the north of this room is a cacophony of rifle fire, artillery shell pounding, and yelling. As the time passes, the bitter fight's tide is turning, slowly, more Russian to be heard coming from the station's inner halls than German.
«Game» Novikova unjams her Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Faustmann fires his Kar98k at Novikova but misses!
«Ground Combat» Elise reloads her Mosin-Nagant!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Gregor but misses!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
Elise sighs as she misses again. Her bolt clicks back, rifle empty, and she hurries to reload. "Sounds like the northern guys are getting closer."
«Ground Combat» Vladmir attacks Roderick in melee combat with his Scoped Mosin-Nagant but Roderick blocks it!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Reizenstein but misses!
«Ground Combat» Grigory fires his Civilian Shotgun at Reizenstein but misses!
Reizenstein leers at Elise as he shoots and ducks again. "(Russian) Your comrades have left you alone, girls?"
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Reizenstein but misses!
«Ground Combat» Vladmir fires his Scoped Mosin-Nagant at Roderick but misses!
"Come on, our help is needed else where yes?" the young man Tikhon looks towards the admin building as the sounds of rifles, and artillery is still heard though the shouts are coming in though it's russian more now.
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Novikova reloads her Mosin-Nagant!
«Game» Gregor assists Elise!
Novikova smiles and nods at Reizenstein, "Oh da, da, they said there weren't any men here. Perfectly safe you know?" Her tone is jovial.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann moves into Foxhole.
«Ground Combat» Grigory fires his Civilian Shotgun at Reizenstein and hits!
Reizenstein suffers 1 wound damage to his right arm.
Elise shifts targets. "Yours as well, (Bastard, in German)."
«Game» Gregor assists Novikova!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Reizenstein and hits!
Reizenstein suffers 1 wound damage to his right arm.
«Ground Combat» Elise fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
Novikova is destined to get her face slapped off one of these days, alas.
Faustmann scrambles into the pit WITH the commies. Ho ho ho.
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein fires his Kar98k at Grigory but misses!
«Ground Combat» Grigory fires his Civilian Shotgun at Faustmann but misses!
«Ground Combat» Liliya snipes Reizenstein and hits!
Reizenstein suffers 8 wound damage to his right arm.
«Ground Combat» Reizenstein has been mortally wounded!
«Ground Combat» Faustmann moves to engage Elise in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Ground Combat» Gregor moves to engage Faustmann in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
«Ground Combat» Elise attacks Faustmann in melee combat with her Mosin-Nagant but Faustmann blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Grigory fires his Civilian Shotgun at Faustmann but misses!
Reizenstein gets shot in the arm, which opens an artery. Blood sprays over the wall as he collapses over the desk.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann attacks Elise in melee combat with his Kar98k but Elise blocks it!
Faustmann gets all up in Elise's grill.
Elise is unfortunately distracted from Reizenstein when Faustmann hops in. She doesn't even see him go down, more's the pity. She takes a shot at Faustmann but then is forced into close combat when he charges in.
«Ground Combat» Gregor attacks Faustmann in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
«Ground Combat» Elise attacks Faustmann in melee combat with her Mosin-Nagant but Faustmann blocks it!
«Ground Combat» Novikova fires her Mosin-Nagant at Faustmann but misses!
«Ground Combat» Grigory fires his Civilian Shotgun at Faustmann and hits!
Faustmann suffers 2 wound damage to his right chest.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann attacks Elise in melee combat with his Kar98k and hits! Elise suffers 1 wound damage to her abdomen.
«Ground Combat» Gregor attacks Faustmann in melee combat with his Mosin-Nagant but misses!
Faustmann stabs her too. For his dead brethren.
«Ground Combat» Elise attacks Faustmann in melee combat with her Mosin-Nagant and hits! Faustmann suffers 3 wound damage to his right chest.
«Ground Combat» Faustmann has been mortally wounded!
Faustmann then dies.
«Ground Combat» Grigory fires his Civilian Shotgun at Faustmann but misses!
Liliya rears back slightly from her scope to give a single peal of black laughter. "Eat THAT, Fascist," she mutters, hunkering back down to sweep for a fresh target.
Novikova winces as Elise is stabbed and turns her gun on Faustmann. Mercifully the man is downed and she hurries to her cousinn. Which - is like - two feet. "Cousin!"
«AngelOfDeath» Reizenstein breathes his last…
Elise gets in a flurry of bayonet fighting with Faustmann. She yelps as his bayonet creases her side, then stabs him through the heart. She blinks, pulling the bloody bayonet back, then eyes narrow. "Bastard." She spits on the corpse.
«Announcement from Vengeance!» From day-break the Germans bombed and shelled Stalingrad-1 railway station. 20 tanks of 24th Panzer Division forced the 13th Guards Rifle Division out but Rodimtsev's men counter-attacked with the 1st Battalion and retook the station in a bitter battle, only to lose it, then retake it a second time before dusk that day. "One-man fortresses" is the term Chuikov later used to describe the defensive strategy of the men of 13th Guards Rifle Division (Rodimtsev) in Stalingrad-1 railway station.
From day-break the Germans bombed and shelled Stalingrad-1 railway station. 20 tanks of 24th Panzer Division forced the 13th Guards Rifle Division out but Rodimtsev's men counter-attacked with the 1st Battalion and retook the station in a bitter battle, only to lose it, then retake it a second time before dusk that day. "One-man fortresses" is the term Chuikov later used to describe the defensive strategy of the men of 13th Guards Rifle Division (Rodimtsev) in Stalingrad-1 railway station.
The station is a chaotic, bloody storm of shouting and rifle fire all the way into the dusk hours. But the final cries are unmistakeably Russian. "FOR THE MOTHER LAND! VICTORY!"
Elise assures her cousin. "I'm all right. It's not deep." She looks down at the tear in her jacket. She looks around for more targets, sees none. "Is that it?" She shoulders her rifle and starts doling out bandages. "Here, let me see that hand, Comrade," she says to Gregor, who seems worse off. A quiet gasp when she does see it, and a wince of sympathy. Ouch!
Novikova winces too. Poor Gregor. At all the shouts, she smiles. "We won!" Beam. Even in light of Novi's … mixup.
Grigory arrives from the South.
Grigory heads off East.
«Game» Liliya moves out of Damaged forklift.
Liliya heads off East.
Tikhon heads off Tunnel to Admin Office.
Maschenko arrives from the South.
Maschenko heads off East.
Gregor looks to Elise, and swallows, "We can go back now, yes? I think the doctor is going to want to see this." He looks at himself.
«Medic Code» Elise successfully performs first aid on Gregor!
Elise glances up at Novi, "We did?" Amazed, and relieved all at once. She wraps a bandage around Gregor's hand, nodding. "Da, there's not much I can do, I'm afraid." His arm is a little easier, at least. "Let me finish binding the rest and we'll go back together."
Gregor nods to Elise, "Alright. Let me know when."
Grigory arrives from the West.
Liliya arrives from the West.
Novikova leans on her good leg a bit. She nods. "We did. I feel really bad though." Whoops. Cough. She smiles, "I'm glad you're alright though, both of you. Mostly. Glad you're here?"
Grigory sprints in from the west and stops just short of the group, where he hunches over panting heavily, "I..I need more exercise." He sets the shotgun down and says, "Anyone need my help?
Elise is tending to Gregor's rather bad wounds in the trench, though she's pretty battered herself. She doesn't look at the skewered German corpse that's in the foxhole with them. "I am as well. What happened?" she asks Novi. Looking up when Grigory arrives, she says, "Comrade Gregor will probably need a hand back."
«Medic Code» Elise successfully performs first aid on Gregor!
Tikhon arrives from the Tunnel to Luggage Dock.
Liliya slings her rifle over her back as she steps into the Administrative Building. She pauses to look around at the others, briefly, before moving toward Reizenstein's corpse to stare down at it. It's given a light kick with one booted toe. Just checking.
Reizenstein is most assuredly dead.
Gregor is lying in the foxhole getting his toasted, injured self first aided.
Novikova is near Elise and Grigory. She looks over, "I hear they took this. That's what I get from the yells anyway." She takes a deep breath. "You did really well," Smile. She believes in an Elise! She looks to Liliya. "And apparently that fellow got sniped, because I did not shot him and none of you did and…"
There are dead /everywhere/, honestly. This was a brutal affair, the bodies of communist and fascist alike strewing the rooms and hallways. The entire place smells of blood and smoke. And it's loud, Russian voices ringing in the air.
Grigory gives Reizenstein a quick bootheel to the temple just to make sure and looks over at Faustmann. The soldier's buckshot-laidened chest brings a smile to Grigory's face. He kneels down by Gregor and says, "You going to be all right to move with me, comrade?"
Gregor looks to Grigory, "Ask the Medic, Comerade."
Maschenko arrives from the West.
Kick. Kick-kick. Liliya toes the corpse over, head canted down at it. She crouches down and reaches forward briskly — almost like a mother preparing her children for school. Collar tucked. Sleeves aligned. Instead, though, she's removing his insignia pins. "I'll take those," she tells the body, voice light.
Elise shakes her head to Novi, noticing Reizen's corpse for the first time. "No, was not me," she confirms. "I couldn't hit either of them with my rifle. You were the marksman, as always." Fortunately she fared better with the bayonet. That draws her eyes back to the dead Faustmann and she quickly looks away again. "You're ready to travel, Comrade," she tells Gregor, turning her attention to her cousin. "Let me see that leg now, Zoyuschka."
Tikhon moves into the offices well the best he can he is wounded multiple times but seeing those who made it through the fight he cant help but half smile as he looks to the group leaning against one of the walls.Maschenko crawls over some of the rubble leading into the admin building. He's a mess himself, having been sent to the north assault squad to come in that way. Lugging along a captured piece of German equipment, which he shoves onto part of the broken desk with a clang. "Comrades!"
«Equipment» Maschenko has dropped MP40.
«Medic Code» Elise successfully performs first aid on Novikova!
Gregor nods to elise, and rises, slowly, "Alright." He says, looking to Maschenko. "Nice." He croaks and starts hobbling off.
«Game» Gregor moves out of Foxhole.
Gregor heads off West.
"Comrade!" Maschenkoooooooooo! Novi's favorite doctor. "Ah, it's fine really. I feel awful though," She admits quietly. She smiles at Maschenko and Tikhon. "Comrade Tikhon. I'm glad to see you," She admits. We like the Tikhon!
Liliya stays in her crouch after removing Reizenstein's pins, rolling them around in her hand. They're still warm, and a little sticky — that artery sprayed around pretty impressively as it emptied him out. "Yes, this one's mine," she says, very belatedly, looking back at Novikova. Straightening up, the pins are slipped down into one of her pockets.
Elise looks up from her bandaging when she hears Maschenko's voice. "Comrade Doctor, we certainly could use your help. Comrade Gregor's hand is…" Gone, apparently. Elise looks confused when she turns to point him out and he's not there any more. She finishes tying off the bandage around Novi's leg. "That'll keep for now."
Maschenko has no real desire to touch that submachine gun. Once he pus it down it's there for the taking. He has other worries, like all the blood up here. He's almost litereally drenched in other people's, spatter from the fight itself and smears from taking care of wounded afterwards. Glancing where Elise pointed, he frowns. "Well, if he can walk I'll catch up to him downstairs."
Grigory walks over to Reizenstein and kneels down to rifle through his pockets. After digging for a moment he produces a pack of cigarette which he opens and sniffs at. A smile creases his lips and he slips them into his bag. "These German's always have the best equipment. Think I'd get in trouble for taking his boots?
Novikova's eyebrows lift, "I don't know. I'm not sure it's a good idea to do that. Grandma always sa—" A shrug and a headshake. "Thank you cousin." Smile. "I appreciate it." She nods.
"Might as well. He won't need them," Elise concludes. She sits down heavily on the lip of the foxhole, breathing slowly returning to normal. Only now does she seem to register the fresh injuries, as the adrenaline fades. Ow. She looks a little paler.
"It's good to see you all as well." the young man says allowing himself to be worked on at least so he can help others. "Guess it's drinks for us all than as promised eh?" Tikhon chuckles the german and the gun are ignored for now as well.
Maschenko gives Elise a thin smile. He pulls some fresh gauze from his bag, unwrapping it. "Here, Elise. Let me see to these." And somewhere Liadov is crying as he goes into the commissar's office.
«Game» Maschenko moves into Foxhole.
«Medic Code» Maschenko successfully performs first aid on Elise!
"Hope the Sergeant knows how to pucker." Liliya's dark eyes flash with darker humour for a moment, as she says it. Moving off to a spot of wall free of bodies, she sinks down and gives her rifle some post-chaos care, trying to figure out what caused the earlier jam.
«Medic Code» Maschenko successfully performs first aid on Elise!
"Thank you, Doctor. Hurts like hell," Elise confesses, biting back a wince when he starts to attend her burns. At least that means they're not third degree, since that would be bad. Her own eyes are a bit damp, from pain and the stress of carnage, but she drags a dirty sleeve across them before the tears can fall and betray her.
Dang. The cute ones always are… Poor Novikova winces at the promise. Aw. She smiles and will sit near Tikhon out of the way. She looks to her cousin. Worry crosses her face. "When you're done, I've that book. It's safe."
«Medic Code» Maschenko successfully performs first aid on Elise!
Grigory shrugs as nobody answers him and slips the German soldier's boots off before examining them and knocking the mud off with his hand. He tucks them into his already stuffed bag, "I need to clean this thing out." He eyes the German's feet, "Who needs socks?"
Maschenko nods to Elise, wrapping the last bit of needed bandaging around her hand. "It'll keep for tonight. We'll have to see how everyone looks in the morning when there's enough light to stitch." So many injures. SO MANY. He glances up at Grigory and then at Liliya, turning to haul back out of the pile of rubble. "Liliya Ivanova, let me see that arm. It's still bleeding."
Liliya looks up from fiddling with her rifle when Maschenko addresses her. "Luka Maschenko, it's only a scratch," she replies, trying to match his tone. She's already pushing herself upright, though, trudging over with heavy steps.
Tikhon chuckles shaking his head at the responses. "They'll be cowering in there boots after that beating." he says watching as the healing begins winceing at a few of the more severe wounds. He looks to his leg removing his jacket to at least wrap it around the wound for now.
«Game» Maschenko moves out of Foxhole.
"Thank you, Zoyuschka," Elise says at the mention of the book. Still favoring her hurt hand, she nonetheless goes over to Tikhon, "Let me see to that, Comrade?" she offers.
«Game» Elise moves out of Foxhole.
«Medic Code» Elise successfully performs first aid on Tikhon!
"Luka Andriyevich," Maschenko absently corrects her. "Maschenko's my surname." Russians, they always confuse things with Ukrainians. Or so Ukrainians believe, anyway. "Scratch or not, it'll heal better under gauze." Which it now gets, the dirt brushed off and wound carefully bandaged. "Was anyone else from this group hurt? Where's Comrade Vladmir?" His eyes turn, looking around. Possible he's just lost in the smoke and piles of corpses.
«Medic Code» Elise successfully performs first aid on Tikhon!
Grigory laughs at Tikhon, "Boots which I will take and divie amongst my comrades." He stands up and walks over to Maschenko, "Doesn't feel right does it? Y'know, not wrapping me up after a battle." He chuckles.
Novikova looks to Tikhon and nods, "I hope so. You got hurt too?" A frown noticing Tikhon's wounds. Poor Tikhon. She nods at her cousin, "Da. We can get to the billet later and see."
"Luka Andriyevich, it's only a scratch," Liliya replies, then, mouth pursing up at one corner. It's meant to be teasing, but with all things considered, it falls rather flat. "Thanks," she adds, patting the uniform back into place once the bandaging is done.
Tikhon winces but tries to stay as still as he can despite the pain. "Thank you." he says to the healer as he is being worked on he looks around to the others before back at the question. "Yeah, knife fight with that german back there." he looks to the other "Yourself?"
"Where are we going back to?" Elise asks Novi, feeling rather lost as she tries to focus on bandaging Tikhon's injuries. Grigory's joke about the boots gets wry pursed lips that would've been a smirk on a better day. "Feels lucky," she says to Grigory.
Maschenko smiles a little at Liliya. It's pursed too, slightly forced. But he's trying. "You're welcome." He rubs bloody, dirty fingers across his forehead, turning around to look at the stairs as soldiers clomp up and down, stepping over the bodies of the dead. "Alright…if you're wounded, stay in the bunker overnight. So I can check you in the morning if you need stitching."
"I'm going to the bunker, then," announces Liliya. She's moving progressively more stiffly, as the adrenaline ebbs away. "But I'll be watching for the Sergeant. We'll have our drinks yet, Comrades." There's a brief, but genuine grin, there, before she makes her exit.
Liliya heads off West.
Elise finishes bandaging Tikhon. "There you are, Comrade." She looks to her cousin, a weary expression taking hold. "To the bunker then?" she says, hearing Maschenko's instructions. "I'll help you along." Elise is not in great shape to be helping but Novi's leg is far worse.
A little of novi's dreams die with that promise. Or something. Either way, she nods. "Sure thing," A smile to Tikhon and Elise. "Me? Are you sure? I'm fine," She shakes her head. "Slow but fine." She doesn't seem eager to sap Elise by needing help. Tikhon gets another smile, "We'll have to talk sometime." Nodnod.
Maschenko purses his lips, frowning. "I need to find Comrade Vladmir…" In these hundreds of wounded soldiers. "I'll meet you at the bunker?" His eyes jump from Tikhon to Novikova to Elise, making sure they can all at least move.
Grigory stands up and peers at the window that he was firing from and then to the dead German soldier that he sort of helped dispatch. He scratches at his head and says, "How in the hell did I hit him from there." He chuckles, trying to wrap his head around it.
"If you're sure?" Elise doesn't protest hard. She can move, at least, stiff and painful but moving. "It wasn't /that/ far," she points out to Grigory, hearing his question to himself. "Shall we head back?"
Maschenko heads off West.
A shrug and a smile. "I may look at that SVT. I don't know the differences really," She notes. Novikova grunts and pushes herself up. "Sure, it's not too far and I crawled through here earlier," Novikova notes.
Maschenko arrives from the West.
Grigory nods to Elise, "I suppose you're right. I just thought that I was magic with a shotgun, guess anyone could've made those shots." He grins and sits down on the ground next to a German's corpse.
Elise shrugs a little to Grigory. "I couldn't have - I've never fired a shotgun in my life." She eyes the corpse once more, lips tightening, and then nods to Novi. "Let's go then. What's a SVT?" A glance to Grigory and Tikhon. "Are you fellows coming?"
Nods, "That strange gun they left in the rail cars," Novikova offers. "I'll see. And me either. They sound loud though," She admits. She prefers not to talk about the shotgunned fellow. She looks to Tikhon and offers a hand. "Yeah, we can help if you like."
Maschenko heads off West.
Maschenko arrives from the West.
Maschenko heads off West.
Novikova heads off West.
Novikova arrives from the West.
Grigory shakes his head at Novi, "Don't think so. I'm still a bit tired from all that shooting and such. I need to continue sitting right here." He nods and does just that.
«Game» It is now daytime.
Elise nods to Grigory. "All right then. We'll see you later." She walks along with Novi back toward the bunker. "You'll have to show me this gun you're talking about."
Elise trudges through the carnage back to the bunker. "Mein Gott, what a mess," she murmurs to Novi as they step over so many bodies.
Maschenko is here already, having found Vladmir and dumped him among the other bodies. It's a row of wounded lying on the cot and on pieces of wood leading all the way up to the bunker and inside. And this isn't even to mention the wounded that are fine for duty; they're still inside the station standing guard. The doctor's moving around from person to person in the dusk light, doing what he can before the sun leaves them in candlelit-darkness again.
One might've prayed that this victory would leave them in some silence for even a /little/ while. But no, the sounds of shelling are still there, coming from the battle still raging on the Mamayev Kurgan not a mile away. They're close and that rifle fire is even closer, maybe even just up the street. There is no rest.
Gregor is in a cot, bandaged to high heaven, looking at the celing. Just laying there, waiting for sleep.
Second longest slapfight ever. Novikova walks through with elise. For once even she looks troubled. "And no maids in sight," A pause. Sigh even at herself. "Well. It's the ugliest, strangest thing I've ever seen," She admits, considering everything. "At least the bunker is still here," She offers. And her precious books. For how long that lasts is anyone's guess. She's walking slowly though. And a frown. The shells.
Tikhon arrives from the West.
Elise blanches a little when they pass through the place where the universal gun smashed through the wall, and the pieces of poor Stromm strewn about. Ew. "Strange is a good word for it." A frown at the sounds of fighting. "And it sounds like there won't be much rest." She ducks into the bunker. "Comrade Doctor," she greets.
«Game» Elise moves into Makeshift bunker.
«Game» Maschenko moves into Makeshift bunker.
«Game» Novikova moves into Makeshift bunker.
«Game» Tikhon moves into Makeshift bunker.
"Comrades." Maschenko looks rather glad to see them. Not that he didn't just see them about thirty minutes ago, but these days that can be the interval between life and an artillery-riddled death. "Come, drink some water." He stands up from the piece of brick he was using to sit on as he stitched up some poor soldier's arm, turning around to grab a jug off what passes for a planning table. Really a slat of wood jammed on some collapsed brick bits.
Oh ew. Poor Stromm. Novikova doesn't look that way long. She nods at Elise and sighs softly. "Here I was hoping for a nap." Frown. She does smile at seeing Maschenko. He even has water for them. Daw. She nods. "Thank you. It's good to see you too," She admits. And Novi's not the fastest mover now anyway. She looks around. "And my book is still here." She hobbles towards it.
Gregor closes his eyes, trying to follow orders and relax. Just don't think about the pain.
"Thank you, Doctor," Elise says, gratitude apparent. "Is there more than this?" she asks, before guzzling too much. Her mouth is as dry as parchment. A nod to Novi. "That would be nice, though I don't think I could sleep now even if we had the chance." Still keyed up and hurting. "So many wounded," she notices, a bit shocked. She watches Novi move off to the book. "How is Comrade Gregor?"
"To victory in our home?" a small voice that's Tikhon says he's laying on a bunk keeping his leg where's it's been propped for the moment. "Each wound though is a strike to the invaders." he chuckles before quieting once more.
"They have a thing for his hand," Maschenko replies as to Gregor, looking down at the man with a small measure of sympathy. "Which is better, I guess, than a thing for his head." He motions at Elise, palm up and fingers whiffing towards the ceiling. "Drink it. Liadov said they don't have much of anything else, but there's plenty of water. So, drink. And sit." He nods once to Tikhon, firmly. "Yeah, it is. That was good work."
Gregor grumbles, "I believe Comrade Liadov has an appointment to keep to get us a few bottles of proper alcohol." Oh yes, that's going to be expected now.
"Poor fellow," Novikova looks sympathetic. She smiles at Elise, letting her cousin drink first. She sighs softly and nods. Her leg, the explosion. Yeah. She'll fetch that Egypt book for Elise. She smiles at Tikhon. "Hey there. You beat us over." Grin. Oh Tikhon. She looks to Maschenko. "It was good work," She agrees softly and looks to Gregor. "Hopefully…" Although she's secretly hopeful the first part of the deal was a joke. AHEM. "Where should we sit cousin?"
Elise looks to Tikhon. "I'll drink to that." Too bad it's only water. She guzzles, then hands the jug over to her cousin next. Wiping off her mouth, she nods to the doctor. "Good that it was only his hand. It'll heal?" She sounds uncertain, given how bad it looked. Oh, wait, there's Gregor right there. She didn't notice him until he spoke. Maybe she shouldn't have asked that just now. "How about just there?" she suggests to Novi.
Tikhon chuckles shaking his head a bad deal indeed. "A group effort." he stretches a bit wincing but settles back in he leans back into the makeshift cot quiet perhaps trying to rest or sleep to ignore some of the pain.
"Did he?" Maschenko wasn't there for that promise. Probably for the best, poor Sergeant. He smirks a little, picking up a damp rag and starting to clean off his filthy hands. Crusty blood, dirt, bits of hair. It's best just not to think about it. "It'll heal." He looks back down at Gregor's hand. "Slowly, but we'll do what we can. If it's better in the morning I'll try and suture it better." He looks back up, and over at Novikova. "Zoyenka, that leg's going to keep you down for a couple days. Are all your things here?"
"Sleep well," Novikova offers to Tikhon. She looks to Maschenko, "Really?" A deep frown. It IS worse than she'd like to admit. She looks pained. She will sip after Elise. Cousin cooties! She nods. Poor Gregor. "Sounds good. I'm eager to let it rest," She admits. She will check for her things. "Da. Now I feel really bad."
Gregor nods slightly. "I'm going to try to sleep now, see how I feel in the morning." He sighs, "Wake me when the vodka gets here."
"We will, Comrade," Elise promises Gregor. "Rest well." Seeing the rag she waits until Maschenko is done cleaning his hands and then asks, "May I?" Her own are rather icky as well. She can't hide a frown of concern when the doc points out how bad Novi's injury is. "Why do you feel bad?"
Maschenko balls up the rag and tosses it to Elise. "Bad about what?" He grunts at Novi. "Plenty of men going to be down a day or two. Body's not made of steel, you know."
Novikova pauses at Maschenko, "It isn't? Well, that's a new one on me." She winks. She will sit and wait for her cousin. "I don't know, I just dislike being injured. It hurts and I get wiggly," She dislikes being idle it seems. Wriggly git. She smiles at Elise. "It's bad I know."
Elise washes off her hands as best she can, then as an afterthought wipes the blood from her bayonet as well. Eew. Her face twists a bit at that. She hands the rag back with murmured thanks, nodding to Maschenko's words. "At least we took the station." For awhile anyway. She'll go over to sit by Novi, gingerly, nodding. "It's awful just sitting around. Being in pain all the time." Le sigh. She props up her throbbing hand.
For a while. "Wonder if they've still got the institute," Maschenko mutters, shaking his head. "Mira Street. Anything we had two days ago." His eyes turn to the window as a particularly loud storm of shelling starts pounding Mamayev Kurgan nearby, then he leans over and grabs his satchel. "I'm going to have to go catch up to the ones inside. Leave you some of this painkiller?" He withdraws a tiny syrette between his fingers, looking at both women questioningly.
"Hopefully not," Novikova murmurs to Maschenko and smiles at Elise. Cousin! SHe seems relieved at least, they are injured together or she has an excuse to linger. "Da." A nod. "And it is. I want to walk around, but my leg says 'oh no you don't' and I think it's winning the argument," She admits and looks down. She smiles at Maschenko then winces at the storm. "Sure. Just a little," She offers. "So I can shut up if she starts getting sleepy," Novikova jokes lightly. "But -" She fishes that precious history book from her civilian jacket, "I promised." Elise can read about King Tut!
"Da, I wish we knew more of what was going on in the city." Elise agrees. Then again maybe they're better off not knowing just how grim things are. A smirk to Novi, "My ribs have been saying that for days but I try to ignore them. Of course, they also say 'Oh could you please stop breathing for a little while' but I ignore that too." The offer of painkiller gets a hopeful look. "If you can spare some." She knows there are many others who probably need it more, but still - ow. She glances curiously at the book that Novi pulls out. "Is that Egypt?"
"About half the normal dose," Maschenko tells Elise, as he uncaps the syrette. "At least until Chuikov decides to sweep a pharmaceutical plant." Novikova gets the little needle first…and they're stuck with the medical nightmare of having to use one syrette on two people. "Should at least let you doze off without the pain keeping you up /all/ night." Maybe. Hopefully.
"Yup," Novi hands the book over. "And they are stubborn, your bones," Novikova notes quietly. A nod. "Thank you," She murmurs. Novikova is grateful. She smiles even. She doesn't comment on sharing a syringe. Perhaps cousin cooties aren't as bad? Who knows. "Appreciate it. Please be safe out there," She adds.
"Half is better than none," Elise says readily. "Thank you." Her relief is apparent, and fortunately they don't have quite the same horrors of needle-sharing in the modern era. And besides, they're cousins. "Be well," she offers to him. "Does your leg hurt very much?" she asks in concern, flipping through the book with her unbandaged hand.
"That's true," Novikova agrees. And relief is relief. What worry of infection is there if a shell might well take your head in the next few moments anyway? Novikova smiles to Elise and shakes her head. "Well. It hurts a lot. But it gets angry and hurts so much it gets tired." The sort of hurt that's just enough to wear itself out. "I really can't complain, it's just a leg." Compared to say, busted ribs. "You're not hurting too much are you?" Novikova returns the concern, peering.
Sokolof arrives from the West.
Anya arrives from the West.
«Game» Sokolof moves into Makeshift bunker.
Sokolof is sitting in the bunker, taking his rifle apart and cleaning it. He seems to find some measure of peace in the task. Gives him something to do with his hands. He's not precisely relaxed but he doesn't have that air of jumpiness about him just now. The Soviets have gained nominal control of the train station after a series of skirmishes. So, if nothing else, the area around them is in Russian hands. For now.
«Game» Anya moves into Makeshift bunker.
Elise shrugs a little to Novi's question. "It's not so bad compared to some of the others." Or compared to having someone dig a bullet out of your chest with only a little vodka for anesthetic. "The only bad part is it hurts all the time." She fights off a frown, shrugging once more. "At least we're alive. It's a good reminder." The cousins Novikova and Elise are sitting in the bunker with a whole slew of wounded folks from the recent battle. The sound of shelling and rifle fire can still be heard from the mountain nearby and who knows where else. They're both freshly bandaged. Elise has a book open on her lap and is flipping through it. "It's strange - I thought I would feel something more, having killed someone." A couple someones, if you count the gun. "But I don't. Do you think that's bad?"
Anya slips quietly up, one of the recruits from Moscow as is the rumor, but she hasn't really gotten to know much of anyone. The little spitfire of a girl ducks down into the bunker from inside, a cigarette already between her lips and most of her blonde hair tied up under her regulation hat. She doesn't really fit in her uniform, the thing clearly made for someone bigger than her, but she's tied the tunic off at her waist tightly and rolled up the slacks before tucking them into her boots. In short — she's made it work. She's got a rifle professionally, strangely comfortably, slung across her back. She nods to the small group.
«Game» It is now night time.
Novikova nods. She winces. "I hope to avoid that fate," She admits quietly. She's talking with Elise. She seems to be in a better mood with Elise around. "No, not really. I think you have to go numb or make jokes to deal with it," She admits softly, keeping her leg straight. "At first, it made me a bit ill. I threw up even. But now, psh. I know they want to take my head off. And that fellow leered at us." Well, probably more her adorabler cousin Novi might suspect. She looks up hearing someone come in. "Comrade." She nods slowly. She makes sure.
Sokolof's uniform was likely made for a man slightly shorter and broader, for his part. He looks poorly tailored for this sort of work as well. Fingers work over the small pieces of his rifle, all of it properly disassembled, so he starts the cleaning with a rag. Not a particularly /clean/ rag itself, but it does the job. A look toward Elise and Novikova. His expression somber, but he's not near enough to have caught much of their conversation. Anya's arrival, however, does bring his gaze up. She's given a nod and another polite, "Comrade."
"I hope you do, too," Elise offers. She doesn't wish this on anyone, particularly her dear cousin. A slight nod. "All those bodies out there make me queasy, but I don't feel ill for him." It troubles her a little. The remark about leering Germans causes her to smirk wryly. "At you, I think. I doubt anyone would be leering with this." She touches the scar on her cheek, the smirk turning into more of a frown. It still rankles. Inconsiderate Fascists. She lowers her voice very quiet, intending only Novi to hear. "That other one, he said I was a traitor. I suppose it's true, but still.." That rankles too. She sighs, and only then notices Anya. "Comrade," she greets wearily.
A slow,, sad smile. "Cousin, just because a pot has a dent in it doesn't make it ugly." She shakes her head. Novikova considers Elise. "Yeah. But you're pretty, and um, you're always nice. Any guy who ignores that is pretty dumb anyway." Pout. Says the girl fangirling. At the lowered voice, Novi's face looks a bit pained. She returns softly, "Hardly. Where you're born doesn't decide what you should believe." A headshake. "You can't pick if you are German or Russian. It matters what you believe, that you can pick." She doesn't think of Elise as a traitor at all. "He was just being insulting." And promptly dealt with for it. Still, Novi is sad when Elise is and looks to Sokolof and Anya. A smile at Sokolof. "Comrade!" She's glad he made it too. "Welcome to our humble abode."
Anya nods curtly to all of them, her mannerisms utterly professional as she greets. "Comrades!" Almost a bit too passionately. She's got that gung-ho militantness to her that just doesn't really seem to fit with the whole picture of her form, but it might be a refreshing bit of energy compared to the wounded and dying all around them. She settles in and looks over Sokolof's gun, his cleaning, nodding in approval. "I should be doing that too… I do not suppose I can borrow your cloth once it's done? Haven't seen mine since moscow."
Sokolof is the very opposite of gung-ho. The man's manner seems perpetually half-dour. Though, surrounded by wounded comrades in the bombed out city, it at least sort of suits him. A nod to Anya as she sits. "Certainly. I am nearly finished." Share and share alike and all that. He gives the bits a last go-over with the cloth. "I am sorry, Comrade, but I do no believe I have gotten your name. How are you called?"
Elise manages a little smile at Novi's reassurance. "You really think so?" The fangirl peptalk is certainly welcomed, seeming to take a weight off of her. Elise is not as concerned with her appearance as most 18 year old girls, but there's still that back of her mind thing. "Thanks, Zoyuschka." The half-smile is turned toward Sokolof and Anya as well, before she notes to her cousin. "You look tired. Should get some rest while you can. Before the painkillers wear off."
"Da, why not?" A headtilt. "I mean, you have nice eyes and a soft face." Novi shakes her head. She thinks Elise is pretty at any rate. She smiles. "No problem." Beam. Novikova nods. "It's true…" She is sleepy. "I will see you all soon then," She smiles sleepily. "Pleased to meet you," She nods at Anya and settles in to doze.
Anya looks over to the two women, something in her mind catching on about the fact that they might be talking about… Beauty? Or beauty rest? She just blinks at them rather perplexed, trying not to look off put, but there is certainly a moment of More Important Things on her mind. "Rest well, comrade." She murmurs to the bedding down woman, before giving Elise a bit of an awkward smile and then looking back to Sokolof. Ahh, guns. Far more comfortable an issue. "Thank you, comrade. And I am Anya Issakovna Vasiliev… but… when we are not in a fight, Anya is just fine." She offers her hand should he have one slightly free.
Sokolof hands the rag to Anya as he finishes with it. He then begins the task of putting his rifle back together. He's getting far less clumsy with the technical aspects of the weapon. Maybe someday he'll passably shoot the thing. "Efim Sokolof," he introduces himself, for his part. He sets his work down for a moment, taking her hand and shaking it briskly. "Well met. It is good to see any more for our side here."
"That's nice of you, Zoya," Elise says. She catches the perplexed look from Anya and falls quiet, a guilty look shining through there for a moment. More Important Things indeed. "Rest well, cousin." she says quietly, and settles in to read her book. But then something nags at her mind, and she looks back up at Anya. Her head tilts curiously. "Vasiliev, like the dancer?"
And evidently, Novikova does doze.
Anya accepts the cloth and then the hand, giving a small, tough little shake before she goes about expertly beginning to dissemble her weapon. She has every little piece memorized. Every dent and knick. She knows the exact way to twist and turn and is quite anal about putting her legs out infront of her exactly straight and pressed together so she can use her pants as a decent surface to lay all the parts down intricately. She's fast, but she's overly perfective about fixing her weapon. She then sets about the cleaning. "A pleasure, Comrade Sokolof. And yes, it is good to have more. not to just win, but to destroy the intruders on our homes." She then looks back up to the other girl, brows lofting. A hint of an amused smile crosses her face. "…Actually, Vasiliev — the dancer. Did you see my work?"
"Da," Sokolof agrees, softly but with a rare note of iron in his voice when Anya speaks of destroying the intruders of their home. He gets through the task of putting his rifle back together in respectable time. No sign of recognition at Anya's name, for his part, though he does look curious when Elise seems to. "You were a dancer, Comrade?" Were. Past tense with all things from ordinary life nowadays.
Elise blinks for a moment at Anya's response, then she recovers and shakes her head. "No, no, not myself. I only read about it. In the Pravda. You're a long way from Moscow, Comrade." She looks a little awed.
Anya nods curtly, "I was. The national ballet, actually. Ten years. But only enough to be known for the last two." There is a bit of pride there, though if it is about the fact that she used to dance, or that she left to fight, it's not entirely clear. Very possibly both. "But the war has happened. The mother land needs me here and I am happy to serve. It is just serving the country in another form, yes? I am glad I made it to the front. I am tired of shooting at trees. I am ready to shoot men."
A look of sadness passes over Sokolof's expression as Anya talks of trading shooting trees for men. And the stage for…a rubble-strewn train yard filled with wounded comrades. But all he says quietly is, "The Motherland needs all hands. War came over this city it seems so quickly. I was drafted into infantry not a month ago. Feels longer."
"Comrade Vasiliev is quite talented. Outstanding reviews," Elise explains to Sokolof. "It's an honor to meet you." Though she picks up on Sokolof's sadness and does look a bit sad herself. The thought of such talent being lost to a careless artillery shell… She tries not to think about it. "You'll certainly have opportunity enough for that here. I am Elise. This is my cousin Zoya." A headnod indicates the sleeping Novikova.
Anya
Anya cleans her gun with the precision of someone who has been trained with the best, sharpest of muscle memory. She's probably deadly accurate with it too. She's the master of her body and that comes down to using it as a weapon also. She flickers pale blue eyes up towards the pair on occasion, studying their faces with a bit of a frown before she looks back down to her gun. "Do not look so saddened. The motherland does need us. And if we fight hard, it will not be much longer before they are gone and you can go back to your lives and I back to mine. But right now, this is our life. And it's one I am proud to live. For Russia." She then looks up to the other girl as the names are mentioned. Her smile softens a bit. "Elise. A very pretty name… and Zoya. I will introduce myself when she wakes."
"Yes. If we fight hard," Sokolof repeats. And it is more repeating than said with real conviction, but he sounds as if he's trying to make himself believe it. "Not one step back. Well. I can manage that for this city. Stalingrad has been my home for many years now. I shall not leave it so easily as the Fascists would like."
"Thank you," Elise says, looking a bit awkward when her name is appreciated. "Da, I think the Fascists will find a much stiffer fight than they bargained for. Today is just the beginning of that," Elise says, sounding more confident than Sokolof. She leans her head back against the bunker wall, the painkillers beginning to give her a slightly glassy-eyed stare. But she hasn't dozed off just yet. "Did you see what happened with that Molotov, Comrade Sokolof?" she wonders grimly.
Anya finishes cleaning her weapon and she reassembles it just as smoothly as she took it apart. Not until she's certain every last piece is in place does she hand back the cloth in Sokolof's direction, "Thank you, Comrade Sokolof." She states warmly, as if he'd given her a lovely flower or something else rather sweet. She then looks back over Elise again, a hint of a protective frown crossing her lips…"Comrade Elise, you are looking tired. Perhaps you should join your cousin? We should probably all rest soon. But what happened with the Molotov?" She's curious to hear.
"The molotov?" Sokolof looks up, expression going a touch grimmer, "Nyet. In all the madness of the fighting I found myself far from the rest of you. Of what are you speaking?" Whatever it is, he naturally assumes it isn't good. The handy part about being a pessimist is that all surprises are pleasant. A nod to Anya and soft "You are most welcome" as he takes the cloth back, Folding it carefully into his uniform pocket.
Elise nods to Anya, "I will try. Didn't think I could sleep but I think the medicine will help." She shakes her head a little, "I'm not sure exactly what happened." Partly why she was asking. "We were charging the luggage dock and a molotov exploded nearby. Burned a bunch of us." She holds up her bandaged hand for emphasis. Her opposite sleeve is rather charred as well. "I guess probably someone got hit as they were trying to throw it at the Fascists. Though it got some of them as well."
Anya frowns quietly, that cross of worry settling over her features again. "Well…rest will help. We must all fight again tomorrow. If you both do not mind, I might try myself." It is as if the ritual of cleaning her gun has settled her heart and mind down enough that she can tuck into bed again. She shifts, turning onto her side and curling one arm protectively around her rifle — like a mother with a suckling babe — and she settles down into the dirt.
Sokolof shudders when Elise describes the molotov explosion. "I did not see. Were you badly hurt by it, Comrade?" A nod to Anya. "Rest well, Comrade Vasiliev. And welcome, such as it is."
"Da, rest well," Elise echoes Sokolof's well-wishes to Anya, then shakes her head to his question. "Not nearly as bad as it could have been, so I'm grateful." Still, the pinched lines around her eyes, despite the painkiller, show that the burns were bad enough to be troublesome. "I may think twice about using those things myself, though. How easily they can turn on us ourselves." She purses her lips. "And such an awful way to die, bathed in fire. Though I suppose there's no good way, truly."
Sokolof leaves Anya to her rest, leaning his head back against the wall as Elise speaks of death. "There's no good way," he affirms softly. "Bottles and petrol…so crude. I've not had to use the things yet. It is a frightening thought, being too close or fumbling with it…well. If I could choose my end that would not be it."
"Nor I," Elise agrees. "Though I suppose none of us have that luxury." She lets out a sigh. "It is something to watch out for, at the least. I think Comrade Yevgenich got the worst of it, from what I saw." She frowns a little. "I should check on him later." Right now she's too drained, and as comfy as one can expect to be under the circumstances. "Did you come in with the north group, with the Doctor?"
"With Luka Andriyevich, da," Sokolof replies an affirmative to the last question. "No close calls with any of our molotovs, thankfully. And at least we seem to have control of the station for now." For now. "It is a pity about Comrade Yevgenich. I hope he was not hurt too badly. He seems a solid man and I would not want to lose him. Anyhow. I should leave you to your rest, Comrade. And try to get some myself."
Elise nods, her energy rapidly leaving her, despite the fact that her brain is still fretting over the recent battle. "Da, rest well, Comrade." She'll close her eyes and try to doze off.
Sokolof fades quietly into the railwork, closing his eyes. How well he'll sleep is an open question, but he tries.
