War Ensemble

Niko shrugs. "Can't tell without field glasses," Niko mutters, blue eyes straining. "Going to have to wait for him to get closer. Or her." He pulls the safety back on his rifle and disengages it.
Or it. Samppa skis up to the cabin, looks around the place, and, assuming there are many rifles being aimed at him right now, knocks on the door, and calls out. "Hey! It's Samppa. You can put the guns down.". With a smirk.

Topi nods a little as he gets to his feet, heading over towards the direction of the door, before relaxing a bit as he hears the words from outside. "Enter…" he calls out after a few moments.

Niko engages the safety on his bolt and steps away from the window, muttering, "At last, the Good Sergeant has arrived." He moves over to the table and takes a seat in a chair, setting the rifle across his lap.

"With food and vodka. He's here to celebrate with us." Pentti starts up the rumour as quickly as he can. "And it won't be rabbit stew either. No, straight from Mannerheims table."

Samppa heads into the cabin. "Where is everybody?" he wonders, but Niko and Pentti are about at least. "Come on, time to wake up. The Soviets are trying to break out of Suomassalmi up the ice river. The Colonel isn't planning on letting them out of the trap now, and he needs every man.". He smirks at Pentti. "We got some vodka. But that'll have to wait until after we've put them back in their cage.".

Luukas stirs as he hears the sergeant's voice, rousing himself from the far cot he'd fallen asleep in. Reaching for his scoped rifle, the Ostrobothnian rubs his eyes with his free hand.

Niko grunts. "Vodka? Who needs vodka?" He gestures at his burns. "Some balm would be nice, eh?"

"So they're trying to head east and we're stopping them?" Pentti sighs oh so martyr like, "And I who thought that's where we wanted them to go, clearly we have been fighting in the wrong direction."

Samppa shakes his head. "No. They are going north over the ice, and leaving their tanks behind. They are more like a mob than a division at this point, as well, so now is the time to really squeeze them.".

Erkki wakes up. Abruptly. He sits straight up and stares a bit wildly around before he remembers where he is. He grunts and scratches his unshaven chin, glaring around, seeing that Samppa is there. "What."

Niko says to Erkki, "The Good Sergeant says the Colonel requests all able-bodied men, women, and children to kill Russians. Per usual."

"Now now" Pentti shakes his head at Niko, "Not kill them. He said squeeze them. We can't just run off and kill people, can we?"

Marja is still stretched out in her bed, asleep it seems… she's been sleeping a lot since being wounded, but then she probably needs it… the various shifting in the room, though, makes her stir and turn her head tiredly…

Emma bustles about the cabin, helping out with the various wounded. She frowns a bit at Niko's comment. "Children? Indeed," she scoffs.

Samppa shakes his head, with a frown. "You can talk about how you killed them after you done it. Lets go! We need to get out there and get digging, as soon as possible. Bring as much ammo as you can too… it's not like /we/ have much either.". Samppa wonders idly if 16 counts as a child?

Luukas grunts as he slides his feet off the cot, rising to a stand and reaching for his outer clothing to pull on. "Better to snare them in a pocket than let them head back to Raatevaara or somewhere else and rest till they're ready to come in again." He scratches his head, his hair not having been cut in months. "No" grumbled to himself as he picks out a nit.

Erkki just nods to Pentti and gets up, gets dressed and grabs the machine gun. He takes as much ammunition as he can carry too.

Pentti is all loaded up with ammo already, so he just mumbles to himself as he heads for the door, pulling on his coat at the same time. "Someone bring some firewood, and maybe a hook and a line." He opens the door and squints as the cold air hits his eyes.

Niko shrugs, standing up. He scrounges around for stripper clips, pocketing a handful.

Vesa is still on his pallet, watching the others. His gray eyes are bright with interest, but he's not going anywhere - yesterday's shot to the stomach isn't letting him move around much.

Marja is, also, mysteriously on the pallet right next to Vesa's. She moved there to sit by him last night and probably just ended up falling asleep, but that's definitely not where she was yesterday.

Emma watches the men get ready to head out. "Take care," she calls out as a general well wish for the lot of them. Then it's back to the wounded.

Pentti arrives from the East.

«Entrenchment» Pentti digs a foxhole!

River
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Coordinates : 1 18

The wind keeps the snow depth in the middle of the ice on a reasonable level,( 20-30 cm), but it is still enough to quickly drain the energy from someone without the right equipment.

It is currently dusk.

This is an arctic environment, with a temperature of -34 degrees Celsius.

Sub-Rooms :
1. Foxhole

Contents
Pentti

West <W> East <E>
South <S> North <N>

Pentti has cleared off some snow, busy pulling down some small logs to put in the way too.

Topi has arrived.
Topi arrives from the North.

Samppa prowls along the river, checking that the partisan-types know where to set up. "Alright, dig some positions here. Be prepared to fall back though, if they come in overwhelming force. There are more patrols on the ice between here and Linna, you arent the only line of defence.".

"But the first, right?" Pentti mutters, and he has already started digging and setting things up, bah.

Topi starts working on the digging as well, looking quite at ease as he works. Offering a bit of a grin at Pentti. "No better place to be."

Erkki is dragging some logs out to set up as something to hide behind. There's already a trace of ice on his bearded face, his own breath turning to ice.

Samppa shrugs. "Not sure." he tells Pentti, with a grin. "In any case, make the Soviets pay, and then get out of here. If I lose track of you I'll come back to your cabin later on."

"I can think of many places better than here." Pentti continues with his grumbling, "Like the sauna on our farm." He's keeping a bit warm still as he works, although a bit stiff already, but the wait will be hell.

Topi grins as he keeps on working, humming a bit to himself.

Samppa nods. "Yeah, wouldn't we all. I'd rather be in Oulu than out here, in the middle of nowhere.". Pot, kettle. "I'd get one of your machineguns set up on this side, anyway, and another machinegun on the other side, so they can't get around you so easily.".

Erkki grunts loudly as he hauls a log up on top of some other logs, then takes a moments of rest, leaning against them. "We'll be glad if the farm's still there." He sounds almost gleeful, cause it's not like he will inherit it anyway.

Pentti grunts at Erkki, "You'll have to help build it up if it isn't. Besides, I'm sure the old man will cut off some piece of the land for you, no matter how you mutter.""

«Entrenchment» Pentti works on improving Foxhole!
Fortification has improved to Slit Trench

Pentti as per usual do all the hard work, well, claim the glory at least.

Erkki glares at Pentti. Then he shrugs. "Maybe he will. Though he might not just to spite me and I won't care. I got other things in mind. Might move to somewhere else." He stands there contemplating life after the war but he can barely fathom it any longer, so he gets back to work.

Topi shrugs a little as he listens to the others, "Just make sure you stay alive until then."

"Maybe you should think about someone besides yourself for a change." Pentti's mood has gone down quickly enough as the cold works its way into his body. "If you don't make it out of this war, as things are now, Henrik will have even less land than what you think you'll get from the old man."

"That boy won't get any of the old man's land, cause he'll never admit that it's his grandson, even if I admit to him being my son," Erkki says, grinding his teeth a bit. "I don't need that complication, women and children… just a huge mess."

Pentti gets out a small axe, time to get some more structure to this. "Admit whatever you want, but if you marry Sonja, she'll get it, and then Henrik." He eyes the fortification, "And save your piss, we need to get all this to stick together somehow once we're done. And no drill, no water."

From River, a male voice shouts, "Hey, cannon fodder! Check they got a machinegun to the west,and if they do, get rid of that extra one here!".

"Damned mule is all I am," Niko mutters. The small man drags a machine gun behind him and sets it down, breathing heavily. "You need one of these here?"

"Yeah yeah, I'll piss on it," Erkki promises grumblingly. He looks distracted even as he's working on the entrenching, all this talk about Sonja and Henrik got him thinking. Niko's question gets a headshake from him. "No, just could use some more ammo."

"If it's loaded, leave the clip here and the MG in the forest" Pentti suggests to the mule.

"Sonofabitch," Niko mutters, as he pulls the drum magazine and realizes it's empty. He struggles to lift the machine gun and carry it back to his fortification to the east. "That's all the 9mm we have; I'll bring more 7.62 Rimmed."

From River, a male voice shouts, "Hey, cannon fodder Mannerheim! where are you? You'll never make it to colonels adjutant at this rate?".

Niko has left.
Niko heads off East.
Pentti looks after Niko as he's shouted at again. "Well, some people have to work hard at least." That he's almost managed to break a sweat on his forehead in this cold he ignores pretty much.
Erkki shifts another log up on top of the others. It's a not entirely sucky fortification now, it'll protect them somewhat.

Pentti repeats the obvious, "There should be at least one MG left at the cabin, so if we run I don't want have to push your heavy ass in front of me just because you can't leave an empty MG behind."

Erkki snorts at Pentti. "Yeah yeah, I'll just leave it behind and run. But I don't even got another rifle on me." He takes a deep breath, steeling himself for the hard task. He opens his pants. Takes out the Tool of Love. It's pissing-on-logs-time.

Luukas has arrived.
Luukas arrives from the East.

Pentti climbs up too, he's being kind enough not to piss on the inside of it at least. He starts to giggle as he glues the fortification together, waving his hips around to spread the piss out. "I wonder what the Russians will think when they run up on a our yellow nest?"

Luukas comes in from the east, examining the structure's built for cover on the ice. "Erkki", called over. "Do you know who else can work a machine gun? Samppa Claus wants us to find two machine gunners."

Erkki has to laugh, seeing his brother doing that. He goes ahead and follows suit, pissing a pattern on the fortification. But he can't piss forever, so he tucks his bodypart back into his pants, looking over at Luukas. "Markku. I think that is his name, he can use one."

"Found some more ammo," Niko says, dropping a few DP 27 drums and Suomi mags. He leaves before he can get peed on.

Luukas offers a nod back, "Not a person I remember very well." as he turns from where they've yellowed the snow, looking for Niko. As he spots him heading east, the Ostrobothnian moves to follow. "A couple Russian machine guns east if you don't have one here."
Luukas has left.
Luukas heads off East.

Pentti puts his equipment back in, jumping down in the nest once again. "Now only the wait." He leans in a bit closer towards Erkki, "I've got something cooking" he grins, "So when this is done, we'll get something to drink."

From River, a male voice shouts, "Niko!".

Erkki squints at his brother. "You do?" He sounds hopeful. "You grew up fast," he grunts, shaking his head suddenly. "Remember dad yelled at you first time you got drunk? You were fourteen or something."

"I learned something in the military", Pentti looks pleased with himself, "They said they'll make us into men, you know. I guess they did. It won't taste good, but.." He rolls his shoulders around to keep the blood flowing through his arms. "And I wish yelling was all he did. Sometimes I still think I can see the stars I saw that day."

Speaking about his father gets him in the mood to kill again. Speaking about Sonja and Henrik just makes him confused. Erkki nods at Pentti, remembering the thing discussed. "I remember thinking it was good it was someone else than me for once," he says with a snort. "But now I don't. That fucking tyrant."

Samppa has arrived.
Samppa arrives from the East.

Niko drops some more magazines into the nest and sits down. He leans back and rubs at his temples. "That's all the 9mm, Pentti," he says. "Make it count, eh? Lot of us got scorched pulling it out of Ivan's burning truck."

Pentti shrugs his shoulder, "He did the best he can. Nobody of us turned out that bad. Just don't wait with putting some land in Henrik's hands, I'm not sure if we'll make it out of all this in time." He grins at Niko, "I'm sure I'll be able to do something with it."

"Can you stop nagging about the boy. You've said it once and I heard it that time," Erkki says, immediately a bit grumpy again, where the two brothers earlier had a near friendly conversation. He shoots Niko a thankful look though, nodding respectfully at him.

Samppa heads in, and smirks a bit at the yellow nest. "Alright, in case nobody told you - the Russians are breaking out of the town to the south, and headed this way. We're here to kill as many of them as we can. If you can hold them back, great. But if it looks like they are going to overrun you, then pull out of here. There are more people to the north, in any case, and your lives are worth more than Russian lives, so theres no point holding on to be killed by overwhelming odds.". Not to mention, that ammo aint gonna last.

"Yes, sergeant," Erkki says. As a civic guard he's not loathe to call a sergeant a sergeant, almost coming to attention where he stands. "Apparently I have to get married and take care of my son according to my brother so I have to run away or he'll be upset with me."

Samppa chuckles a bit at that. "Alright. Well, you know what to do. You got that machinegun I told Niko to set up here?".

"We already had one, so he got to drag it back here and back." Pentti grins a bit, since he didn't have to do it.

Erkki nods at Samppa and drags the MG out a bit to show it. "Got one here, yeah."

Samppa nods. "Alright. Just checking.". Never know with these partisans who actually does what they are told and who does not, after all. And then Samppa heads off eastwards.

Samppa has left.
Samppa heads off East.

From River, a male voice shouts, "We got two on this side? how many on the west?".

Niko shouts, "3.".

«Game» The enemy is near… Oulu is now a war zone!

«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Pentti suffers 3 bruise damage to his right hand.
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Erkki suffers 2 bruise damage to his head.

«Game» Niko changes his style to Banzai!

«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into River.

River
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Coordinates : 1 18

The wind keeps the snow depth in the middle of the ice on a reasonable level,( 20-30 cm), but it is still enough to quickly drain the energy from someone without the right equipment.

It is currently dusk.

This is an arctic environment, with a temperature of -34 degrees Celsius.

Sub-Rooms :
1. Yellow MG Nest

===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Finland (#311) Niko (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. Pystykorva
Finland (#9786) Erkki (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. DP 27
Finland (#9783) Pentti (1) - Yellow MG Nest I.
(Item 1) Molotov Ranged Weapon / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 2) Molotov Ranged Weapon / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 3) 7.62-54R x 25 Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 4) 7.62-54R x 135 Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 5) 9mm Parabellum x 115Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
======================< River >===================
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : -1

«Ground Combat» Erkki deploys his DP 27!
«Ground Combat» You notice Bogdan arrive at River.

You say "Here they come"

Niko points south, "I see one," he says.

Erkki nods, he's seen them, but he's holding for a bit to have more targets first.

«Game» Pentti changes his style to RapidFire!

«Game» Erkki changes his style to RapidFire!

Niko looks at Erkki and then at Pentti. He shoulders his rifle and says, "Ready when you are."

«Ground Combat» You notice Anton arrive at River.
«Ground Combat» You notice Arkadiy arrive at River.
«Ground Combat» You notice Andrei arrive at River.

Niko says, "Shit, four of them."

«Ground Combat» You notice Aleksandr arrive at River.
«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan but misses!
«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Pystykorva at Bogdan but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Arkadiy but misses!

From River, a male voice shouts, "FINNS!".

«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!
«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Aleksandr but misses!

Pentti is just helping feeding the belt with the Russians still some distance away.

«Game» You must have at least 20 ticks before you can assist someone.

«Game» Niko changes his style to RapidFire!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!
«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

Erkki lets lose with the machinegun, moving the muzzle slightly so he can shoot at all of those that he can see, stressing their ass if nothing else.

Bogdan continues to move forward in a half-crouch as the warning goes up and the guns start shooting.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Anton and hits!
Anton suffers 2 wound damage to his head.

«Ground Combat» You notice Ustin arrive at River.

«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

Andrei gahs as the capitalists start firing, trying to keep getting forward. "Damn them!"

River
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Coordinates : 1 18

The wind keeps the snow depth in the middle of the ice on a reasonable level,( 20-30 cm), but it is still enough to quickly drain the energy from someone without the right equipment.

It is currently dusk.

This is an arctic environment, with a temperature of -34 degrees Celsius.

Sub-Rooms :
1. Yellow MG Nest

===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Finland (#311) Niko (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. Pystykorva
Finland (#9786) Erkki (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. DP 27 (D)
Finland (#9783) Pentti (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. Suomi M-31
(Item 1) Molotov Ranged Weapon / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 2) Molotov Ranged Weapon / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 3) 7.62-54R x 25 Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 4) 7.62-54R x 135 Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 5) 9mm Parabellum x 115Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
======================< River >===================
Soviet (#312) Bogdan I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#457) Aleksandr I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#458) Andrei I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#466) Arkadiy I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#484) Anton I. Mosin-Nagant
Soviet (#87) Ustin I. Mosin-Nagant
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : -1 Cover : 100%
Stealth : 100% Inf.Move : 110%

West <W> East <E>
South <S> North <N>

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan and hits!
Bogdan suffers 3 wound damage to his head.

«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Pystykorva at Andrei but misses!

Erkki is out of ammunition and starts reloading.

Ustin shouts, "Forward, comrades!"

«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Pystykorva at Arkadiy but misses!

Bogdan stumbles a bit as a bullet spangs off his helmet, but he's still standing! Charging into the guns.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Pystykorva at Arkadiy but misses!

«Ground Combat» Erkki reloads his DP 27!
«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

Andrei is trying to move forward! He keeps pushing on, bullets and machine gun fire whizzing past.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Aleksandr but misses!
«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (2 18)!

Niko curses under his breath, "I can't shoot worth a damn."

«Ground Combat» Bogdan moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Bogdan arrive at River.

«Game» Pentti assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Pystykorva at Bogdan and hits!
Bogdan suffers 5 wound damage to his right arm.

Anton isn't shaking just yet, running forward and keeping his head down.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Aleksandr but misses!

«Game» Niko unwields his Pystykorva!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Bogdan but misses!

«Game» Niko wields his F-1 Grenade!

«Ground Combat» Anton moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Anton arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton but misses!

His rifle out of ammunition, Niko drops it and pulls a grenade.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Arkadiy but misses!

«Ground Combat» Andrei moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Andrei arrive at River.

Pentti starts shooting now when they're closing in, but hey, he can't shoot worth a damn either.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Grenades from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his F-1 Grenade at Anton but misses!

«Game» Niko wields his Pystykorva!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton but misses!

«Ground Combat» Arkadiy moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Arkadiy arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan but misses!

«Ground Combat» Aleksandr moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Aleksandr arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Arkadiy but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Aleksandr but misses!

Erkki curses, running out of ammunition again and starting a hurried reload. "We might have to take off soon!" he warns Niko and Pentti. As if that wasn't obvious.

Niko seems to be having trouble reloading his rifle. He drops a stripper clip before fumbling around for it, pulling the bolt back and ramming the rounds home.

«Ground Combat» Niko reloads his Pystykorva!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

Bogdan grunts as another round catches him, but the big Russian just keeps running. Go, Bogdan, go!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton and hits!
Anton suffers 5 wound damage to his left hand.
Anton suffers 2 wound damage to his left chest.
Anton suffers 6 wound damage to his left hand.

«Ground Combat» Anton has been taken out!

Pentti empties the last bullets of his clips into Anton, quickly starting to reloaad.

«Ground Combat» Erkki reloads his DP 27!

«Ground Combat» Niko tries to fire his Pystykorva at Aleksandr but his weapon is jammed!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan but misses!

You say "Niko, help Erkki instead."

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» Pentti reloads his Suomi M-31!

Niko mutters, "I'm jammed!" He scoots over to where Erkki is and assists the machine gunner.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Arkadiy but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Arkadiy and hits!
Arkadiy suffers 5 wound damage to his left hand.
Arkadiy suffers 3 wound damage to his left chest.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Ustin moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Ustin arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Aleksandr but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Ustin and hits!
Ustin suffers 5 wound damage to his head.
Ustin suffers 3 wound damage to his right leg.

«Ground Combat» Ustin has been taken out!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

Pentti spreads his fire around, not aiming too much, but with enough bullets and Russians, you're bound to hit something.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei and hits!
Andrei suffers 6 wound damage to his right hand.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!
«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Aleksandr but misses!

Ustin never really had a chance. Alas, poor Ustin. He gets blasted as soon as he comes into the battle.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Aleksandr but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Aleksandr and hits!
Aleksandr suffers 1 wound damage to his left arm.
Aleksandr suffers 3 wound damage to his left leg.
Aleksandr suffers 1 wound damage to his left arm.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

Erkki starts reloading again. This thing eats ammo!

Aleksandr is looking like he might piss himself about now. He still tries to keep running north, despite looking a bit like a terrified chicken at this point.

Niko mutters, "Hurry up, they're going to be on top of us at any moment."

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Andrei but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Bogdan fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Arkadiy and hits!
Arkadiy suffers 3 wound damage to his abdomen.
Arkadiy suffers 1 wound damage to his right hand.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» Erkki reloads his DP 27!

Pentti pumps some more bullets into Arkadiy, teach him who to aim for.

Pentti then starts to reload this damn thing.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan but misses!

«Ground Combat» Pentti reloads his Suomi M-31!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Bogdan but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Aleksandr and hits!
Aleksandr suffers 1 wound damage to his right chest.
Aleksandr suffers 2 wound damage to his abdomen.
Aleksandr suffers 4 wound damage to his left hand.

Arkadiy shouts something to his comrades, taking another shot at Pentti. He's bleeding all over, staining the snow under him as he crawls on.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Arkadiy but misses!

Erkki has run out of ammunition again and this time he has to pick some off the ground to reload, with the help of Niko. THe two are a nice team though the one doing the damage here is obviously Pentti.

«Equipment» Erkki picks up 7.62-54R x 25.

Bogdan pauses to take a wild shot at the Finns, but then keeps running.

Niko tries to help Erkki out. He's no Vesa, though.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Arkadiy but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Equipment» Erkki picks up 91 x 7.62-54R .

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Andrei but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Bogdan and hits!
Bogdan suffers 1 wound damage to his left hand.
Bogdan suffers 6 wound damage to his left arm.
Bogdan suffers 2 wound damage to his right leg.
Bogdan suffers 6 wound damage to his left leg.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You notice Anton arrive at River.

Pentti aims carefully not to hurt Bogdan in any vital areas.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Aleksandr fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Erkki manages to shoot his brother a grin. "Pentti! You are on fire!" he calls, working on getting the clunky, big machine gun loaded again.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You notice Lev arrive at River.

Andrei screams. "Get the one with the submachine gun! Get him!"

«Ground Combat» Erkki reloads his DP 27!

Pentti grunts, "Here comes the second wave."

«Game» Niko unwields his Pystykorva!

Bogdan staggers as he walks right into the line of a machinegun and gets peppered in each of his limb. But the big guy's still coming! Just… uh… really slowly.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» You notice Ustin arrive at River.

«Game» Niko wields his Molotov!

«Ground Combat» You notice Vladimir arrive at River.
«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Pentti starts to scramble for more ammo on the ground.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei and hits!
Andrei suffers 7 wound damage to his left chest.
Andrei suffers 6 wound damage to his right arm.
«Ground Combat» Andrei has been taken out!

Erkki shoots the one that shouts about killing his brother!

«Equipment» Pentti picks up 100 x 9mm Parabellum .

That's brotherly love for you.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Aleksandr and hits!
Aleksandr suffers 5 wound damage to his left leg.

Niko grins, "That's the way to do it!" He ignores his jammed rifle, readying a molotov instead.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Aleksandr fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Vladimir and hits!
Vladimir suffers 4 wound damage to his right hand.
Vladimir suffers 6 wound damage to his right hand.
«Ground Combat» Vladimir has been taken out!

«Ground Combat» You notice Andrei arrive at River.

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

Pentti then starts to reload his SMG, he's fumbling abit with his eyes on the second wave, the gore from Erkki a gush of blood on the corner of his eye.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Anton but misses!

«Ground Combat» You notice Nikita arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» Lev moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Lev arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Lev but misses!

«Ground Combat» Pentti reloads his Suomi M-31!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

Lev charges north, screaming his head off. He barely even notices anybody in his path, he just keeps on going.

Out of ammo again for Erkki! Rince, repeat.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Lev but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Erkki!

«Ground Combat» You notice Vladimir arrive at River.

Aleksandr is still trying to shoot things, though his bullets are probably hitting somewhere in Africa at this point.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Aleksandr fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» Anton moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Anton arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Lev fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» Arkadiy reloads his Mosin-Nagant!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Grenades from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Molotov at Anton but misses!

«Ground Combat» Pentti tries to fire his Suomi M-31 at Lev but his weapon is jammed!

Pentti shouts, "PERKELE".

Lev takes a pop at Erkki as he goes by. Really, why not? As he sees someone there.

Pentti then starts to unjam this thing.

Erkki points at Pentti. "Give him a hand!" he calls to Niko. "For a minute at least."

«Ground Combat» Erkki reloads his DP 27!

Niko throws a molotov. He notices Pentti stop shooting and scoots over. "If you don't get that thing fixed, we're dead!"

«Game» Niko assists Pentti!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Aleksandr fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» Nikita moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Nikita arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Lev but misses!

«Game» Niko assists Pentti!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 17)!
«Ground Combat» Ustin fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti and hits!

Pentti suffers 3 wound damage to his right chest.

«Game» Niko assists Pentti!

«Game» Pentti unjams his Suomi M-31!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Nikita but misses!

«Ground Combat» Andrei moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Andrei arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» Bogdan moves into Yellow MG Nest.

«Game» Niko wields his Fuckoff Huge Knife!

Pentti gets plugged right in the chest, he shouldn't have been standing up doing this thing.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Niko mutters, "Shit! One's on top of us!"

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Nikita but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Ustin but misses!

Bogdan is bleeding and not able to get very far. So he charges into the MG nest, snarling and muttering in Russian. "Finnish PIGS!"

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Bogdan but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» Nikita fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei and hits!
Andrei suffers 7 wound damage to his right hand.
Andrei suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.
Andrei suffers 3 wound damage to his right arm.
Andrei suffers 2 wound damage to his right hand.

«Ground Combat» Aleksandr reloads his Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 17)!

«Ground Combat» Ustin fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Niko pulls his Fuckoff Huge Knife and charges at Bogdan.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Aleksandr but misses!

«Ground Combat» Niko moves to engage Bogdan in close quarters combat, and succeeds!
«Ground Combat» Anton moves into Yellow MG Nest.

Erkki points northwards. "They're moving past us!" he calls. "We have to get the hell out soon or we'll never get out of here alive."

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Nikita but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton but misses!

«Ground Combat» Vladimir moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Vladimir arrive at River.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Vladimir comes in, the latest one of the faceless red horde.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Machine Guns from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his DP 27 at Andrei but misses!

Anton goes charging at the MG nest. "DISTRACT THEM! DON'T LET THEM GUN DOWN OUR COMRADES!"

Bogdan moves in to meet Niko with his rifle as a club.

Pentti starts to scramble around, digging up the last of the ammo left there for him. "Get out" he yells at Niko.

«Ground Combat» Niko attacks Bogdan in melee combat with his Fuckoff Huge Knife and hits! Bogdan suffers 3 wound damage to his head.

«Ground Combat» Andrei reloads his Mosin-Nagant!

«Ground Combat» Bogdan has been taken out!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 17)!
«Ground Combat» Ustin fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti and hits!
Pentti suffers 5 wound damage to his left hand.

Niko stabs Bogdan in the fucking face.

«Ground Combat» Anton tries to fire his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but his weapon is jammed!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Aleksandr fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Erkki is starting to abandon his machinegun already. "Time to get the hell out," he agrees with Pentti. "Niko! Go!"

«Game» Erkki unwields his DP 27!

«Game» Erkki wields his Molotov!

Niko shouts, "What about these Russians?"

Bogdan and his rifle are no match for Niko and his huge-ass knife. He gurgles and goes down.

«Game» Pentti unwields his Suomi M-31!
«Game» Pentti wields his Molotov!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Game» Niko unwields his Fuckoff Huge Knife!
«Game» Niko wields his Molotov!

Vladimir shouts, "COMRADES, LETS GET OUT OF HERE, WHILE WE STILL CAN!".

"We've done enough", Pentti pulls out a molotov as he starts to scramble out.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti and hits!
Pentti suffers 7 wound damage to his left arm.

«Game» Pentti changes his style to Stealth!

«Game» Erkki changes his style to Stealth!

«Ground Combat» Nikita moves North <N>.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 17)!
«Ground Combat» Ustin fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

Andrei hits the damn Finn. One of them anyway. He howls.

«Game» Niko changes his style to Stealth!
«Game» Anton unjams his Mosin-Nagant!

«Ground Combat» Aleksandr tries to fire his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but his weapon is jammed!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Arkadiy fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

Pentti shouts, "WE'RE PULLING OUT".

«Ground Combat» Vladimir moves North <N>.

Aleksandr keeps shooting like a mofo.

From River, a male voice shouts, "We can make it, comrades!".

Ustin shouts, "We have them on the run! Advance, comrades!"

«Ground Combat» Erkki moves out of Yellow MG Nest.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Andrei fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!
«Ground Combat» Pentti tries to hide!

Topi frowns as he sees the enemies, and prepares to get out of there, unless some better opportunity should show itself.

«Ground Combat» Topi moves out of Yellow MG Nest.

Niko mutters to Pentti, "My damn rifle jammed." He pushes the Finn ahead of him.

«Game» Niko assists Pentti!

Pentti starts drag his bleeding ass out of here, he likes life as it is now.

«Ground Combat» Niko moves out of Yellow MG Nest.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» Erkki tries to hide!

Andrei is trying to crawl north with all his bleeding might.

Erkki is scrambling out of the nest and tries to blend into the snow, making his way northwards.

Hard to hide when you leave a nice trail of blood behind you. Pentti curses to himself.

«Ground Combat» Ustin moves North <N>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Ustin arrive at River.

Topi looks around, moving over in Pentti's direction. "Need some help," he offers, glancing around for a few moments.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Game» Erkki changes his style to Banzai!

Niko hisses at Erkki, "Let's hide where it's safe and cover your brother."

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Grenades from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Erkki fires his Molotov at Ustin and hits!
Ustin suffers 4 wound damage to his abdomen.
Ustin suffers 3 wound damage to his left leg.
Ustin suffers 2 wound damage to his left arm.
Ustin suffers 2 wound damage to his left hand.

Anton is still in this trench and isn't going to make it out. He knows that. He just keeps shooting at Pentti, determined to take this bastard out with him.

Niko shrugs, and chucks a molotov himself.

Pentti shakes his head at Topi, at least there's just one guy shooting at him now. Then he stops, watching with wide eyes the flaming Russian.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Grenades from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Niko fires his Molotov at Andrei but misses!

«Ground Combat» Pentti moves out of Yellow MG Nest.

«Game» Topi assists Pentti!
«Equipment» Erkki has dropped DP 27.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Ustin fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

«Game» Erkki changes his style to Stealth!

«Game» Erkki wields his Puukko!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki but misses!

Ustin gets off a wild shot as the molotov explodes around him, but then he's screaming. Fire! Arrgh!

Andrei dashes for the north!

«Ground Combat» Andrei moves North <N>.

«Game» Niko wields his Fuckoff Huge Knife!

Erkki watches Ustin catch on fire. "Now you're warm at least, you damn russkie!" he shouts out, then scrambles away again and tries to hide somewhere and get the hell out for real now-.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Topi fires his Pystykorva at Ustin but misses!

Topi fires off a shot at Ustin, growing tired of the wailing. Then prepares to help Pentti onwards again, if needed.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Erkki and hits!
Erkki suffers 7 wound damage to his left leg.

«Ground Combat» Erkki tries to hide!

«Ground Combat» Niko tries to hide!

The Tapper-Rautakorpi's could have used their oldest brother now, the one with all the luck.

Ustin rolls around in the snow, until the worst of the fire is out.

Erkki almost makes it into hiding but a bullet hits him square in the leg, making him fall flat onto his face into the snow and scream out. "Perkele! In the leg too! Satana! I'l… kill you, you son of a whore!" he says, then shuts the hell up and scrambles off, seething with anger and adrenaline. Now he leaves a trail of blood too.

Niko tries keeping low as he moves away from the carnage.

«Ground Combat» Arkadiy moves North <N>.

Pentti starts to follow the blood trail from his brother, it's like a crawling race over the ice.

Topi frowns as Erkki is hit as well, pausing to consider a few things. Will the Russian hounds rather fire to save their own than to get the injured ones? The Northern Wanderer seems willing to risk that, as he charges one of the enemies. "Get out," he calls off to the others.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Pentti but misses!

«Ground Combat» Aleksandr moves North <N>.

«Ground Combat» Topi moves to engage Ustin in close quarters combat, and succeeds!

Pentti starts to get ahead of his brother, he has this down pretty good.

Niko mutters, "I'll try to take care of the guy in the nest to buy you some time." He crawls back that way.

«Ground Combat» Niko moves into Yellow MG Nest.

«Ground Combat» Ustin reloads his Mosin-Nagant!

Erkki looks around himself, trying to pinpoint where his allies are. Seeing that Topi is still over there, he waves at him to get him to get the hell out. "Niko… don't!" he warns, but too late. "Damn stubborn…" he mutters, moving onwards west.

«Ground Combat» Topi attacks Ustin in melee combat with his Pystykorva and hits! Ustin suffers 3 wound damage to his head.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Topi but misses!

«Ground Combat» Niko moves to engage Anton in close quarters combat, but fails.

«Ground Combat» Pentti moves West <W>.
Swamp/Marsh
================================================================================
The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <


Coordinates : 0 18

The ground is uneven under the snow, and with some bad luck you might find some open water under thin ice in one of those holes. While there are large spaces of open ground here, trees and bushes cling to wherever the ground is dry enough to support them.

It is currently dusk.

This is an arctic environment, with a temperature of -34 degrees Celsius.

Sub-Rooms :

===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Finland (#9783) Pentti I. Molotov
======================< River >===================
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 0 Cover : 90%
Stealth : 130% Inf.Move : 140%

East <E> South <S>
North <N>
«Game» Pentti unwields his Molotov!
«Game» Pentti wields his Suomi M-31!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!

«Ground Combat» You notice Erkki arrive at Swamp/Marsh.

Pentti is hugging a tree, having put the molotov away and once again swining his SMG he looks back to from where he just came.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into River.

Swamp/Marsh
================================================================================
The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <


Coordinates : 0 18

The ground is uneven under the snow, and with some bad luck you might find some open water under thin ice in one of those holes. While there are large spaces of open ground here, trees and bushes cling to wherever the ground is dry enough to support them.

It is currently dusk.

This is an arctic environment, with a temperature of -34 degrees Celsius.

Sub-Rooms :

===============================< In Your Location >===========================
Finland (#9786) Erkki I. Puukko
Finland (#9783) Pentti I. Suomi M-31
======================< River >===================
Finland (#311) Niko (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. Fuckoff Huge Kni
Finland (#9788) Topi I. Pystykorva
Soviet (#484) Anton (1) - Yellow MG Nest I. Mosin-Nagant
(Item 1) Molotov Ranged Weapon / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 2) Molotov Ranged Weapon / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 3) 7.62-54R x 44 Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 4) 9mm Parabellum x 15 Ammo / 1. Yellow MG Nest
(Item 5) DP 27 Ranged Weapon
Room Modifiers :
Elevation : 0 Cover : 90%
Stealth : 130% Inf.Move : 140%

East <E> South <S>
North <N>

Erkki crawls after his brother and leans himself up against another tree, pulling his leg in with the help of his hands, growling out in pain. "Alright, I'll do it. I'll ask Sonja."

Niko swings ineffectually at air.

«Ground Combat» Niko attacks Anton in melee combat with his Fuckoff Huge Knife and hits! Anton suffers 2 wound damage to his head.

Pentti looks at Erkki and grins, then brings his SMG up with his wrong arm, about to lay down some cover fire for Niko.

Niko slashes at Anton's neck with his knife.

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Rifles from River (1 18)!
«Ground Combat» Anton fires his Mosin-Nagant at Topi but misses!

«Ground Combat» You hear the sound of Submachine Guns from Swamp/Marsh (0 18)!
«Ground Combat» Pentti fires his Suomi M-31 at Anton but misses!

Topi also growls as he gets shot in the arm. Letting out a string of words that shouldn't be repeated in polite company. But then he starts creeping towards that trench again.

Anton goes "Gaaarg!" as Niko knifes him, but keeps trying to shoot. For the Motherland!

Niko swings at Anton again, for FINLAND!

«Ground Combat» Niko attacks Anton in melee combat with his Fuckoff Huge Knife but misses!

Niko points south and shouts, "More coming!"

Pentti pulls the trigger to send his last two bullets in the general direction of Anton, he drops to his knees as he starts to reload.

«Ground Combat» Anton reloads his Mosin-Nagant!

«Announcement from Death!» Theres more shooting to the north of your position, by the way.

Pentti shouts, "MANNERHEIM, GET OUT OF THERE.".

«Ground Combat» Niko attacks Anton in melee combat with his Fuckoff Huge Knife and hits! Anton suffers 6 wound damage to his head.
«Ground Combat» Anton has been taken out!

Niko cuts that Russian's head right off, Mika-style.

Pentti then looks as Niko quite violently ends the life of one of the Russian soldiers. "He knows his knife."

«Ground Combat» Pentti reloads his Suomi M-31!

Erkki looks east, but he's got no weapon to help Niko with. "If that crazy Niko isn't getting out of there soon…" he mutters, getting ready to haul himself away, having managed to cut a makeshift crutch for himself. "Let's go to the skis."

Topi frowns a little, before he looks to Niko as he kills the Russian. "Great work. Now let's get out of here?" Waiting for the other man to leave the trench.

Niko points to the south. "More coming." He crawls out of the nest, but his shoelace is caught in Anton's teeth.

«Ground Combat» Niko moves out of Yellow MG Nest.

«Ground Combat» You notice Ustin arrive at River.

Topi nods a little, as he looks over at Niko. "Time to go, then. The others moved west, right?" Glancing towards that direction.

Pentti moves over to his skiis, crouching down at the same time. "More coming, they'll just have to shoot from here if they're still able to."

«Game» Pentti changes his style to Stealth!

Niko says, "I should have gotten those cocktails" as he tries scooting east. Ignoring the Russian for now.

«Ground Combat» You notice Arkadiy arrive at River.

Topi follows after Niko, glancing towards the North. "Someone's coming from there as well."

Erkki ties a scarf around his leg, wincing from the pain. Then he gets moving to his skis and manages to put them on, though how he'll ski is anyone's guess.

«Ground Combat» Niko moves West <W>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Niko arrive at Swamp/Marsh.

"Don't tie it too tight" Pentti mutters at his brother. "Remember what they said, if you cut the blood when it's this cold, it will fall off in a few minutes."

«Ground Combat» Topi moves West <W>.
«Ground Combat» You notice Topi arrive at Swamp/Marsh.

«Ground Combat» Ustin moves North <N>.

Niko crawls into the area, sheathing his knife and unslinging his rifle to see if he can try unjamming it. "There's two Russians back there," he says, shaking his head. "I can't believe they've broken through."

«Game» Niko unwields his Fuckoff Huge Knife!
«Game» Niko wields his Pystykorva!

Topi tries to move his right arm as little as possible as he reaches the others. Glancing back. "Their friends are rather headless now," he adds.

"Listen to the shooting up north" Pentti replies to Niko. "We softened them up, now they get the glory."

«Environment» It's very cold out here…
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Pentti suffers 3 bruise damage to his right leg.
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Niko suffers 1 bruise damage to his right leg.
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Erkki suffers 1 bruise damage to his left leg.

Niko mutters, "If I had known I'd be fighting them face to face, I would have brought a shield and a helmet, too."

[Lyrics] Pentti says, "Sing with me Andrei"
[Lyrics] Pentti says, "I'm a lumberjack and I'm …take it away comrade!"
[Lyrics] Andrei is okaaaaay

«Game» Niko unjams his Pystykorva!

Topi looks back to the East, frowning a little. "Where did they go?" he mutters.

Niko unjams his rifle and peers to the east, squinting, then looks around. "Well… this situation has gotten interesting," he says. The small man pats his pockets and says, "I've only got 9 stripper clips left." 45 rounds, in other words. "But it's not like we can fight the whole Red Army ourselves, anyway," he adds.

Erkki is shivering like crazy and has suffered some frostbite on his face and on his wounded leg where the bullet has ripped his clothes apart. He's moving almost painfully slow, even with assistance, his weight on his right leg though he's wearing both skis.

Topi frowns, "Even less than that here," he replies to Niko, and then looks at Erkki for a few moments, frowning. "Still able to move?" he asks, quietly.

"No?" Pentti eyes Niko with tired eyes, "What were we doing on the ice then?" He looks over to Erkki, then to Niko, "Make him some kind of sled, or we're never getting anywhere. I have a small axe if you need one."

"That Damned Sergeant's idea," Niko mutters. He walks over to Pentti and takes the man's hatchet, moving some distance in the woods where he begins chopping at a relatively straight tree.

Erkki finds a tree to lean against again, holding back the pain by sheer will. "We go south, cross the river there?" he says, looking at Pentti.

Topi frowns as he listens, nodding a little. "Get some trees, and we can make one," he offers, before he looks over at Pentti again. "How are you doing?" he asks, quietly, before he adds, "And do we have something to tie stuff together with, or otherwise fasten them?" He then nods at Erkki, "Sounds like a good plan," he offers.

Pentti starts to fumble after a cigarette, but he gives up quickly enough, too stiff to search his own pockets now. "I think I want to go home" he mutters as a reply to Topi before looking over at Erkki. "Yeah, try to make it into the denser forest on the other side."

Niko has, through some miracle of fast-forwarding time, cut a small tree down, about the thickness of his wrist. He strips the small branches off of it and cuts it in half, dragging the parts over to the group. "I don't know how we're going to put this travois or sled together. Or even how to make a travois," he says.

Chuckling a bit as he hears Pentti's words, Topi grins a little, "Well, you're not entirely crazy," he offers, rather lightly, before looking at the group as a whole. "Got any kind of cloth you don't need, any of you?" he asks.

Pentti pulls off the belt holding his coat tight around his body. "It won't be so comfortable. But it's Erkki, he doesn't need to be. We should have four, right?" he looks around the others.

Erkki gets his skis off. "Take these. And use belts, and straps and whatever the hell there is," he grunts, tugging off the belt around his pants. "Perkele," he curses. He glares at his brother, but doesn't disagree.

Niko heads deeper into the marsh to chop away at another tree.

Topi nods a little, as he removes his belt, then readies his knife, just in case. "We'll get you back," he offers to Erkki, before he moves one hand to wipe the blood away from his arm wound.

"Perkele" Pentti just agrees with his brother there, slinging the SMG over his back and spitting into the snow. Nice and red.

Niko chops a small tree down and strips the small branches off of it. He begins hacking it in half, panting from the physical exertion.

Erkki swallows hard and leans back against the tree, closing his eyes for a moment. The cold is getting to him too, and it's dangerous and he knows it but he's suddenly tired. Then he forces his eyes open again and looks at Pentti. "You going to make it back?"

Niko drags the pieces over to the group and sets them down. He sets Pentti's hatchet down and picks up his rifle, slinging it behind a shoulder. "Well, my part's through," he says. "Never was much of a handyman."

Pentti first shakes his head at Erkki, then shrugs the shoulder which still is able to do such things. "I know some cabins close, if I can't, I'll head for one of them."

Topi looks over at Niko. "Good work," he offers, before he looks at the materials, then over at Erkki, "This will probably hurt a lot," he offers, before trying to get those pieces together into some kind of thing to carry the wounded man in. And trying to figure out how to fasten the skis to the thing. Glancing at Pentti again, and looking a little worried.

Erkki gets on the sled somehow and is dragged along. He doesn't have a whip, sadly.

Niko struggles to drag Erkki. Maybe if there were another midget, he'd have an easier time.

Looking out over the lake… there are less Russians than there were earlier, but there are still a few out on the ice.

Topi looks out as he moves along, frowning a little. "Now comes the tricky part," he mutters, mostly to himself.

"There's no mosquitos at least," Erkki says fatalistically to the others, pale and feeling like crap and having lost a lot of blood but hell, so has his brother and he's moving on his own even. "No sweating either." He sits up a bit as they near the river.

Pentti eyes the ice, and the Russians on it. He leans forward and breathes deep for a couple of minutes before he has enough air to speak. "Had I known what happened to the west of here, I'd head to our own lines there instead."

Niko stops and sets Erkki down. He rubs at his neck and shoulders, wincing. "It'd be easier to carry your brother if we quartered him," he mutters to Pentti. To Erkki, he says, "I'd say keep a lookout for Russians, but we already know they're out there."

Topi is unable to hold back a half-grin at Erkki's words. "That's true, I guess," he replies, before looking out there. "Still need to keep an eye out if we want to avoid them," he offers to Niko.

Pentti puts his eyes to the south. "I can't see too well anymore. But if we see a break in the lines, we can try to make it over between them."

Niko says, "If we can get across fast enough." He shrugs, "It's worth a shot. Better than freezing to death."

Niko sets the sled down and mutters, "Now it's time for you to drag me, Erkki." He seems pleased that Mannerheim's Finest has made it safely across the river, however.

Erkki isn't really talking much, especially not when they cross the river. He knows his life is in the hands of the others. "I'll drag you next time," he promises Niko. "Let's get home already, I'm hungry."

Pentti behaves like a modern cross-country skiier after climbing the small hill up into the forest, falling over on his back once he's in somewhat saftey. His breathing is rather strained, but he at least manages to grin at Niko's words.

Topi lets out a deep breath as they get to the relative safety, siking down on his knees. "Everyone okay?" he asks, before realizing how stupid that might sound, and adds, "Given the circumstances, of course…"

"I'm more cold than hungry," Niko says, dragging Erkki in the general direction of the cabin. "I still can't believe the Stupid Sergeant ordered us to hold that position," he mutters. "We're lucky the Russians aren't better shots and none of us were killed outright."

"He told us to run away if they came over us" Pentti points out to Niko after catching his breath, he starts to climb back up again, shaking off some of the snow, "And I guess that's what we did."

«Environment» It's very cold out here…
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Pentti suffers 3 bruise damage to his left leg.
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Niko suffers 3 bruise damage to his right hand.
«Environment» It's very cold out here…

Topi just shrugs, as he starts getting back to his feet. Holding some of the cold snow over his wound for a few moments, grimacing. "Shall we head back to the Cabin?" he asks, before he adds one thing at the mention of the Sergeant. "Military people…" He even makes those two words sound bad.

"You must've not listened, he clearly told us not to hold if we were overrun, but to get the hell out," Erkki grunts at Niko. "Not his fault you two are deaf." He includes Topi in that after Topi's comment. Erkki doesn't have the hate for military as most others.

Grass
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The Grid-----> > > > > THE GREATEST GENERATION < < <


Coordinates : 9 19

The tall pine trees are mostly scattered in small clusters around the area, and while there are some open spaces, smaller trees and bushes have laid claim to most of it.

It is currently dusk.

This is an arctic environment, with a temperature of -34 degrees Celsius.

Sub-Rooms :
1. Cabin
2. Reserve Trench

Contents
Pentti
Erkki
Markku - 1. Cabin
Luukas - 1. Cabin
Vesa - 1. Cabin
Sonja - 1. Cabin
Emma - 1. Cabin
Joona - 1. Cabin
(#304) Sled
Valentin - 1. Cabin
(#1480) Deck 'o Cards
(Item 1) Medical Supplies Equipment
(Item 2) S-18 Solothurn Ranged Weapon
(Item 3) Shovel Melee Weapon / 1. Cabin
(Item 4) Tokarev TT-33 Ranged Weapon / 1. Cabin
(Item 5) Lahti-Saloranta Ranged Weapon / 1. Cabin
(Item 6) 9mm Parabellum x 86 Ammo
(Item 7) DP 27 Ranged Weapon / 1. Cabin
(Item 8) 7.62-25R x 37 Ammo / 1. Cabin

West <W> East <E>
South <S> North <N>
Pentti arrives from the West.

Niko has arrived.
Niko arrives from the West.

«Game» Niko moves into Cabin.
«Game» Erkki moves into Cabin.

Luukas turns his head as eyes catch movement outside. "I think they're coming!" sitting up straighter.

Topi has arrived.
Topi arrives from the West.

«Game» Topi moves into Cabin.
«Game» Pentti moves into Cabin.

Niko drags a sled behind him. Strapped to the sled is a wounded Erkki. The small man struggles all the way up until he reaches the door, kicking at it with a boot. "We're freezing and hungry and I think I pissed myself out of fear," he calls.

Emma straightens at the sound of more folks arriving. Niko's proclamation causes her to clear her throat awkwardly.

Topi follows a bit after the sled, glancing back once in a while. There's some blood from where a bullet hit near his right shoulder, but he seems in a rather good mood, all things considered. "And here I thought you did it for the warmth," he offers to Niko, with a bit of a grin.

THe bad thing about being dragged like that is that you're not managing to keep warm much at all, so Erkki is rather frozen when they arrive to the cabin. Had he not been helped they wouldn't be here this quick, however. "Next time we'll strap you to the sled," he suggests to Niko, letting out a sigh of relief as the cabin comes close. His left leg is tied up with his scarf, all bloodied. But compared to Pentti, he's almost fit for fight…

Sonja promptly leaves the stove and the now truly despised rabbit stew, and heads for the door, to intercept those coming in. And, despite it all, frowns at the discourteous Niko. "Henrik is in here as well, you know.".

«Medic Code» Sonja successfully performs first aid on Pentti!

Joona stirs from a cot as people start filtering into the cabin. "Sometimes I think you piss yourself just to piss yourself, Niko," the boy muses sleepily as he swings his legs off the cot, and stands. "You could've at least woken me if you were going to go get shot, Erkki…" he notes in a dead pan.

Pentti is using the tracks made by Niko and Erkki to get a bit of easier trip for himself. Mood shot to hell as he's covered in frost and blood. He shuffles in through the door and falls down on a chair. He looks over at Joona, spitting out a "Shut your mouth." at him.

Luukas looks up, watching to see who comes in the door. "Did you see the other guy that was with us? Not sure of his name, but he had the second machine gun, with Markuu manning the first."

Niko nods to Erkki, "We're lucky it isn't warmer. I can't imagine having to fend wolves off of you, given my inability to even fire a rifle properly. We would have been in trouble if I had to actually protect you." He sits down heavily on a cot, sighing.
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Erkki is brought inside and put down somewhere, helping as best as he can though he can't support on his left leg. "Sonja," he says, which is kind of rare in itself, it's not like he usually uses her name. He sounds relieved to see her, looking intently at the nurse. He glances at Joona though and nods at him, but obviously, he's more interested in Sonja at the moment. But… then his tongue gets suddenly tied and he can't say anything at all, he just stares at her.

Topi is unable to hold back a chuckle at Joona's words, shaking his head a little, as he looks between the others in the cabin. "How many Russians did we kill?" he asks, quietly.

«Medic Code» Sonja successfully performs first aid on Pentti!

Sonja is promptly made busy by Pentti, going over his many mostly serious wounds. "You've been in the war all right." she mutters to him, as she bandages and cleans. "At least you're not bleeding so much. I guess the cold isnt' all bad.". She looks over at Erkki, and blinks. "He'll be alright." she tells him, assuming he's worried about his brother.

Luukas looks over to Topi. "Glad you made it through. We were worried the Russians advancing cut you off." Frowning a bit, the man adds, "We ran out of ammo. Got a bullet in my arm, but it wasn't bad. Just too many for us."

«Game» Luukas wields his Scoped Mosin-Nagant!
«Ground Combat» Topi reloads his Pystykorva!

«Medic Code» Sonja attempts first aid on Pentti but fails.

Joona pointedly ignores Pentti's sudden snapping. "Ahhh," he chimes as he notes Erkki's silence and turns away from the injured fellow. Impetuousness of youth, one expects, but he hefts his rifle like anyone else when the time comes… like now. The strap is laid to rest on his shoulder as he checks the clip. "Russian's advancing where?" he wonders, checking his pockets for extra rounds as he speaks.

Pentti looks over at his brother while Sonja takes care of his wounds. "Oh spit it out, it's the only reason I came all the way back here." He looks back at Sonja, almost amused.

Niko yawns and lays down in the cot. Within moments, he is asleep.

«Medic Code» Sonja heals 3 wound damage on Pentti's left hand.
«Medic Code» Sonja heals 1 wound damage on Pentti's left arm.

Topi grins at Luukas, "That makes it two of us," he replies, before he nods a little. "All my shots missed, so I charged one of them," he says. And then remembers to reload his rifle.

Luukas adds for Joona, "Advancing back to where Mother Russia waits with her army. They got sick of being cut off all alone in Suomussalmi.

The usually so talkative Erkki is trule tongue-tied for once. No scathing, scolding comments. He's glaring at his brother, then turns back to Sonja, about to give her a shock perhaps. "Sonja. Will you marry me?" He was holding his breath before that and now drops back, totally exhausted as if asking that was harder than being shot.

Luukas turns his head hearing that, eyes widening in surprise as his jaw grows a bit slack. Eyes dart from Sonja to Erkki and back again, as he closes the mouth in an attempt to focus on finding out if it was a joke.

Sonja was busy dealing with Erkki's leg wound, and then suddenly coughs, shocked. And while shocked, promptly jabs into his leg painfully with the scissors she's got in one hand for cutting the bandages to length. Right into the bullethole. Ouch. Then she closes her eyes, and sways a bit, where she sits on the floor. "Don't get my hopes up like that, its not fair." she eventually says in a tremulous voice, and goes back to fixing his leg with numb hands.

Topi blinks as he hears what's being said. "Did he really say…?" he asks the others nearby, rather quietly.

"AuuuuUUUUHGGH!" Erkki moans and his whole body goes tense as Sonja jabs into his wound. He starts cold-sweating from the pain. "I asked you to marry me and you try to kill me?!" he asks, panting heavily and turning a glare at her. "I'm already starting to regret asking. But I was serious, you shrew. Henrik is my son, you're a good woman and I want you to be my wife."

Emma is a little ways away, and didn't hear Erkki's proclamation. Not until his moan gets her attention, and then she hears him say it a second time. She just… stares. What?

Pentti starts to pull off his winter clothes, tossing them on the floor along the wall to get somewhere softer to sit. He doesn't offer any more comments, instead getting out a cigarette and sitting down to enjoy the show with the stabbed brother.

Joona sputters a bit as well, dumping a handful of shells on the floor in the process. "Don't sell her short," he quips. "She wasn't trying to kill you, just to get your attention…" he notes. "Otherwise I think you'd be dead…"

Luukas grimaces slightly, turning to hide his expression as his eyes search out where little Henrik might be hiding or sleeping or playing toddler-like in his own little world. "Might not be the greatest timing" muttered back to Topi.

Topi chuckles as he hears Luukas, glancing back at Sonja and Erkki. He then looks over at Pentti. "Did he hit his head on that sled or something?" he asks, rather quietly, before offering another comment back to Luukas. "Some would say this is the kind of thing there's never any good timing for. I don't really know if that's true or not."

Sonja ohs. "Sorry." she says, a bit dazed, when Erkki makes pained noises. "Well.". She looks a bit tongue tied, really. But then she thinks of Henrik, and looks over at where he dozes, sleepy-toddler. Henrik needs a father. "I… would like that as well." she eventually says, biting down any of the many misgivings she apparently has, judging by her torn expression.

"Better now than when he's dead" Pentti mumbles to Topi, not answering the actual question. He leans back against the wall and grunts a bit in the process.

"Son…" Emma blinks, at her sister's response, staring at her as if convinced she's gone bonkers. She /accepted/? That scoundrel?

Erkki is surprised Sonja accepts, truly he is. At least right away, he thought he'd have to nag a bit first. "You do? Oh. Good," he says and this would be a good time for him to offer her a smile, but it's Erkki we're talking about here. But he's noticing her hestiation and he stares at her again, once more totally unsure of what to say. "Want to wait till I can stand up?"

Luukas wrinkles his nose, "Why didn't he ask her that before Henrik was born, if he's the father?" with a lean to mutter in a grumbling way back to Topi and perhaps Pentti after Sonja gives her response. "But if they both want to do it, bless them both as my father would say." Those words said, he still doesn't look terribly overjoyed.

"Depends on who you ask…" Joona remarks with a shrug. "If she stabs him again, I think even Erkki might argue with you on that point himself," the boy points out as he gathers up his dropped shells and sets them back into his pocket.

Sonja feels Emma's disapproving gaze upon her, and looks floorwards, blushing furiously. Its not even the sole disapproving gaze. "I just need a few moments on my own." she says in a barely audible voice, and flees for the door! It may be -30 outside, but she could use something to cool her down, and better Winter than company at the moment.

Gustaf silently watches this event, not offering any comments. He just rifles through his pockets, counting his rounds. His eyes follows Sonja as she leaves the cabin in a hurry.

Samppa has arrived.
Samppa arrives from the North.

"Now just get it done and you can die whenever you want." Pentti mutters to his brother, tossing him a cigarette at him while Sonja runs away. "And the old man can say whatever he want after that."

Pekka has arrived.
Pekka arrives from the North.

«Game» Sonja moves out of Cabin.

Jarmo has arrived.
Jarmo arrives from the North.

Sonja has left.
Sonja heads off South.

Emma watches her sister flee, her tone still more stunned than outwardly disapproving.

Samppa skis in, looking rather grim and yet elated, with two compadres with him this time. And bangs on the door. "Hey!". Now is not the time for niceties.

Gustaf 's eye catches movement from outside the cabin; and it's not Sonja. "Looks like the Sergeant is back, eh?" he mutters.

"Shut up, Pentti," Erkki grunts at his brother, but he snatches the cigarette up quickly enough. "I'm not marrying her because of that." He doesn't go into why he'd want to marry her though, that would delve into the subject of feelings and he's so not going there. The cigarette is lit up with a content sigh, then he sits up a bit and stares intently at the door. "Well, let him in then!"

"The sergeant can't open a door, but lead us into battle, that's alright." Pentti mumbles to himself, chuckling at his own joke.

Gustaf stands up and opens the door, "Why hello, Sergeant…" he says politely. But he is shoved back by an impatient man.

Luukas swallows as he watches Sonja leave, rubbing his nose on a nearby rag. That winter chill and frostbite's given him the start of a cold, it would seem. As the sergeant bangs on the wooden door, the Ostrobothnian pushes himself up to a stand, "Sounds like Samppa" commented to Topi, "Guess he wants us to fight some more." A pulling on of his coat, trying to keep his right hand wrapped inside.

Emma steps over to Erkki's cot, perhaps intending to give him a good talking-to. But whatever she was going to say is lost when Samppa starts banging on the door.

Samppa didnt want to get shot, which is what unannounced visits may lead to. Well, he's playing it safe anyway. He's already coming in after a few moments of silence from the cabin anyway, opening the door and with his minions at his back. "We need a few more men. As usual.".

"We're awfully sorry, sir" Pentti looks up at Samppa, "But we haven't had time to produce any more, even though some here soon might be doing their best to."

Gustaf sighs and rolls his eyes at the Sergeant and his coherts stomping into the cabin so rudely. He goes back next to his backpack, and crosses his arms. As the Sergeant calls for more men, he peers about the cabin. A smile curls in his lips at Pentti's response.

Vesa sits up a little bit, pushing himself up on his arm. He watches Samppa's calling but steals a glance to Emma. If he even pretended to be okay enough to stand she'd probably beat him unconscious.

Topi listens, nodding a little bit to all that's being said, before he nods at Pentti. "Maybe he thinks the door shoots better than the Russians?" he remarks, before he looks over at the Sergeant. He looks about to say something, but at Pentti's words, he just starts roaring with laughter. Taking a few moments to compose himself, he shrugs a little, "What do you need them for?" he asks.

"Goody…" Joona deadpans as he fishes out a lone cigarette of his own. Possibly too young for it, but who cares? "Sewing lessons, Topi, what else?"

Valentin, the new guy, steps into the cabin and undoes his scarf. He hisses at the cold of the wilderness, and feels his body relaxing somewhat at the relative warmth of the place. He's holding about four rabbits on one hand, and his Pystykorva on the other. "Hello, people." He simply says. It'd seem he was out hunting/reconnoitering.

Luukas draws in a deep breath. "Sergeant Samppa. We really don't have anymore men than we had before able to fight." and nods once. "Some maybe still can, but now we're out of ammo. None left for a machine gun."

"How is it going over there?" Erkki asks of the sergeant, holding back any other comments he might have right now. Most are wounded in here, after all, and he can't go anywhere at the moment.

Emma glances over at Vesa but says nothing. Just frowns, worriedly. "There are many injured here, Sergeant."

Samppa laughs himself at Pentti's words, though the laughter is a bit tight. "Theres Russians scattered all over the lake. Some of them captured our baggage train. They are so hungry they are sitting there stuffing their faces rather than getting clear, though, we have to go, now, before they get their acts together.". Samppa eyes Emma. "There are many uninjured here, too. And even more Russians. Everybody who can needs to do their bit, if we're going to get rid of them.". In a terminal fashion, of course. As for Erkki's question, he replies, "A lot of them have broken out out of the town, but what's going to happen next, only the Colonel knows, and I've heard nothing from him yet today. We're a bit busy.".

Emma looks around, wondering where these 'many' uninjured are. Of course, maybe her definition of many and the sergeants' differ a bit. She shuts up, though, after that.

In the Finnish army, 2 is many.

Luukas repeats, "Ammunition, sergeant. Ammunition. Give us that and a few of us can fight."

«Environment» It's very cold out here…
Samppa suffers 2 bruise damage to his left leg.
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
«Environment» It's very cold out here…
«Environment» It's very cold out here…

"So, we just shoot them while they're busy eating? Sounds like my kind of game," Topi offers, before he adds, "Even though I'm a little wounded in the arm, I'll come." He nods a little bit at Luukas's words. "The man has a point, I'd say."

Gustaf takes a step forward, seeing that most people here are all wounded. "I'll go. But I will need more ammunition for this Mosin if you send me. Throwing snowballs that actually kill is hardly my forte."

Emma wanders over to the chair next to Vesa's cot, previously occupied by Marja. She sits down, watching the men gather.

"Its not like we have any more ammunition than you do. Where do you think we get ammo from? America?" Samppa points out to Luukas. "No machineguns, rifles only.". He eyes the handful of stripper clips on the floor of the cabin. "Thats enough for a full magazine and a couple extra each. Lets go, or they'll be away.".

Jarmo and Pekka wait outside, lounging on their skis while their sergeant rounds up the irregulars.

Vesa eyes Emma until she turns around again, then he looks at Samppa. "If there's a machine gunner going, I could go and help feed it the ammunition or something." Still wearing bandages across the gut he of course expects that to be shot down quickly. But he's got to speak up anyway.

And then Emma's back, uh oh.

Valentin feels like he walked in at the wrong time, but apparently he doesn't care too much. "I brought some food." He says unremarkably, not trying too hard to get the others' attention, and just raises his hand, holding the four dead rabbit by their ears. He doesn't mention it, but he has some ammo, visible around his belt. It's not too much, about 20 or 30 rounds in total.

"Trick is to make the snowballs ice," Topi offers to Gustaf, before he sighs a little bit at Samppa's words. "So it has to be something like we shoot them, we loot them?" he asks, with a frown.

"Well… if we're just shooting fish in barrels," Joona mentions as he shoulders his rifle. "I figure taking pot shots from the hills is right up our alley as it is, all things considered… so long as we get some of the supplies we rescue for the regular army…"

Gustaf hmms at Topi. "Or perhaps make a bow and ice tipped arrows, eh?" he responds to Topi in a humerous tone, not meant to be hostile or sarcastic at all. He looks back at the others.

Samppa mercilessly shakes out some ammo from the irregulars. "Come on, I know there are hoarders. Lets have it.". Riches beyond comparison. "Alright! Lets go, before its too late. Raise a hand if you're good to go.".

Emma, perhaps surprisingly, says nothing in protest of Vesa's volunteering. She just looks down at her hands, frowning in worry.

Gustaf walks over to the spare ammunition and begins stuffing his pockets with cartridges, in preparation of the action that will occur in the near future.

Johan moves in from thw west. Having traded his machine gun, for which there is little ammo, and retrieved his submachine gun. The elder Finn wipes some carbon from his cheeks, murmuring to himself as he slings his PPD over one shoulder.

Luukas looks down as ammo is scrambled from hidden places. "This should be enough for rifles." and nods.

Topi raises one hand, even though the shoulder on that side doesn't seem fully well. "Ready whenever you are," he replies, looking between the others.

Pekka shuffles a bit impatiently, wondering what's taking so long inside. He frowns at the door.

Gustaf nods to the Sergeant and raises his hand.

In absence of anything better to do, Valentin raises the hand holding the four dead rabbits. He might as well do something for the country while he still can.

Luukas raises a hand, one that's frostbitten, with a bandaged arm. "My arm was hit earlier today, but I can still help out." for Samppa.

Vesa waits a little for Samppa to say yes or no about what he'd mentioned, watching the Sergeant. Though he sees no-one with an MG going.

Pentti isn't raising either of his hands, instead he starts to pull off some more layers of wet clothes to work some heat back into his body.

Samppa shakes his head at the pile of bullets. "Theres not enough here for a machinegun, and I doubt we even need it. We're going to hit them hard and fast, submachineguns with rifles covering. Ivan won't even know whats hit him if we do it right. Besides if we hang around too long we might run into more than we can handle.".

Johan takes a moment to look around, "There are some molotovs to the west, if we need them." he offers, "And more pistols and rifles.. have we checked each for extra ammunition?"

Luukas offers, "Are they fortified at that supply wagon? Tipped over trucks or anything like that?" He checks his own ammo, getting a single clip to add in his pouch.

Samppa shakes his head. "They will be if we sit here talking about it all day. Come on!". And out he goes into the icy cold.

Gustaf picks up his backpack which holds his skiis through the special slit-pocket of sorts. He pulls it on and then grasps his rifle in his right hand.

Luukas nods, sighing as he moves. There's little enthusiasm in the young man, but he's heading out to fight all the same.

Luukas slips on his skiis, readying the poles to push off west.

Valentin nods, leaves the dead rabbits on a nearby table and heads out of the cabin, skiis and rifles ready.

Topi grins, "Good to get some little warmth back in the body," he remarks, before looking over at Emma. "Make sure we got a nice hot place to come back to, please?" he asks, with a bit of a grin, before stepping through the door and getting the skis on.

Gustaf slips on his skiis as he exits the cabin, then pushes off to follow the rest.

Joona follows suit, strapping on and waiting for the regular army to lead the way to the horde.

Samppa has left.
Samppa heads off North.
Joona has left.
Joona heads off North.
Valentin has left.
Valentin heads off North.
Gustaf has left.
Gustaf heads off North.
Johan has left.
Johan heads off North.

Emma gives Topi a little nod. "Be careful," she murmurs.

Pekka has left.
Pekka heads off North.
Jarmo has left.
Jarmo heads off North.
Luukas has left.
Luukas heads off North.
Topi has left.
Topi heads off North.

Pentti gets out the hidden dried moose-heart now while everyone is away, let them eat their rabbit stew. Muahaha!

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