Afrika Korps - A community roleplaying adventure in 1942

[miguel]

...The only things apparently visible are...

...

>search better under the table

> examine book (on table)

     

+1

> get reasonable amount of canned food

[NightHawk]

> search the mess tent for knives and a can opener.

[Crimson Wizard]

> Deconstruct tables and crates. Use the resulting raw materials and wooden cross to build a church. Start training clerics.

E: Disregard this. Remembered we need gold for that.

[selmiak]

a cross might be usefull for whatever might be haunting the digsite...

[NightHawk]

we're carrying crucifix pendant

[Baron]

+1 examining bible (it might have a pick in it for digging out of prison).

....but first, can we dip our finger tips into the tops of the candles?  It's not just for fun (although that'd surely be reason enough) - if the wax is still warm we'll have an idea of how long ago all this paranormal supernatural omniweirdness went down.

[miguel]

While we wait we could:

>tap dance because nobody's watching!
>glaze in wonder at the structure of the tent;
>sit and meditate;

[WHAM]

> Examine book

You take a look at the well-worn bible on the table. The book's cover is frayed and the corners have been rounded by the constant wear of reading.
You open the bible and flick through some pages to see if anything catches your attention. One of the pages appears crumpled in an odd fashion, so you decided to examine it closer.

You realize that some words on the page have been partially blotted out by bloody smears and fingerprints. You try to discern what the page reads:

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my
flesh- -l, but I could not discern
the form ther- -image was before mine eyes, there
was silence, and- -hall
mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more
pure than his maker?

[Crimson Wizard]

Unsmeared version , I chose "World English Bible variant", because there seem to be many translations, all slightly different by wording.

Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

[Baron]

Close, but it's actually from the King James version (slight variations might be important):

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
                                        Job 4:15-17

Interesting that it's the book of Job.  Wasn't god testing Job?  Are we to be tested?  Of further interest are the lines immediately preceding these verses:

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake
                     Job 4:12-14

Veeeery interesting, given that we slept through the experience.  I think we need to light the candles and meditate for a while with the goal of remembering our dreams from the previous night.

Of further interest is the slash pattern in Tent IV: only a single slice in the middle of the tent, not the shredding we saw back in III.  It's like a bayonette blade more than the frantic clawing we saw before.  It suggests a more precise strike.  The only thing different I can see in this tent is the religious nature of its usage, so we might tentatively conclude that whatever we're dealing with here reacts in a more reserved manner to holy space/symbols/people. 

Plus we now have evidence that someone survived the attack long enough to fondle a bible in a serendipitously apt passage -almost certainly the chaplain.  Since there was no evidence of struggle anywhere else in the camp, I take this to mean that either "holiness" slowed "it" down, or that it can not take or touch certain holy objects (in this case the bible).

In conclusion, I think there's only one rational course of action here:

>>use ashes from fireplace as warpaint on face

[miguel]

>>use ashes from fireplace as warpaint on face

+1

While this is getting pretty interesting, I still believe we could grab some canned food and search better under the table.

> get canned food (enough not to overburden)
> search the tent better

[Fred7162]

> get canned food (enough not to overburden)
> search the tent better

+1

[WHAM]

> Use ashes from fireplace as warpaint on face

You open the field stove and grab some ashes from its fireplace, which you then smear onto your face to create a nigh-camouflage.
The stove contains nothing, save for a few unburnt lumps of black coal.

[Tabata]

Since there are a lot of candles there might be some matches around, too.
We need it for sure later on to lit "something" (no - I don't name this "scary thing in his hand")

> search for matches (and take them)
> also pick up a candle

       

[selmiak]

the warpaint makes it look like the guy has a really really big nose and an evil grin.

>remember own name

[miguel]

Hans is the name.
Hans...Solo?

[Baron]

>>OK, now do a Hitler moustache on the lamp

EDIT: Oh fine.... +1 Tabatha's ideas.

[Fred7162]

> search for matches (and take them)
> also pick up a candle

+1

[WHAM]

> Search for matches

You EXAMINE your immediate surroundings for matches or other firemaking tools. However, you cannot find any firemaking tools or matches anywhere around you.
Perhaps you should be more specific?

> Also pick up candle

You pick one of the less used candles and stuff it down your pocket.

[miguel]

Is that a table covered with a cloth on the left? It also looks like crates, but I can see a pattern. I mean the one with the big crucifix on top. If so:

>lift table cloth

also:

>search better under the table where the bible is