mirahound Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 It's been mentioned several times that new Epics will usually go after the people that they know first, because they're most likely to guess an Epic's weakness. So, if someone you knew were to suddenly become an Epic, and you were trapped in the same city with them with no way to get out, how would you hide from them? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 My immediate family knows me for a few traits. Being shy around strangers, and preferring to stay at home on a Saturday night. Loving dogs of all kinds. Zeroing in on any and all chocolate in the room. Gravitating toward any old books I can see. Getting irritated when other drivers go below the speed limit. (I mean, a mile or two I can get, but 35 in a 50? ) So, one of my parents or siblings became an Epic, the best way to hide from them is clearly to drive very slowly to a party of cat lovers at a no-dogs-allowed location, with a firm no-chocolate policy, where everyone reads their books on Kindle. And, as much as it pains me to say this, I would not wear a false mustache to hide my identity. It would simply be too dangerous. (Joking aside, that would be my fallback strategy. My initial strategy would be to hide in a bank vault or fallout shelter and pray they didn't see me.) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) My immediate family knows me for a few traits. Being shy around strangers, and preferring to stay at home on a Saturday night. Loving dogs of all kinds. Zeroing in on any and all chocolate in the room. Gravitating toward any old books I can see. Getting irritated when other drivers go below the speed limit. (I mean, a mile or two I can get, but 35 in a 50? ) So, one of my parents or siblings became an Epic, the best way to hide from them is clearly to drive very slowly to a party of cat lovers at a no-dogs-allowed location, with a firm no-chocolate policy, where everyone reads their books on Kindle. And, as much as it pains me to say this, I would not wear a false mustache to hide my identity. It would simply be too dangerous. (Joking aside, that would be my fallback strategy. My initial strategy would be to hide in a bank vault or fallout shelter and pray they didn't see me.) With a strategy like that, what about clicking had candy against your theeth? If someone in my famili started going on a murder spree, I'd probably just bolt town outright. Edited August 22, 2015 by Edgedancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 With a strategy like that, what about clicking had candy against your theeth? If someone in my famili started going on a murder spree, I'd probably just bolt town outright. Best not to call attention to myself. Here's hoping I never ran into a pug, because then my cover would be blown for sure. That seems like the soundest plan, in this case. I wouldn't take my own car, because everyone in my family knows what it looks like. Actually, I'd rent a U-Haul or some other kind of moving truck. They all know of my aversion to driving large vehicles (I get a little jumpy because I feel like I'm going to crash into everything) so they'd never suspect me of fleeing town in one of these: Not only that, but my brother is a bit of a doomsday prepper, and he has repeatedly told me that the best way to flee a city in an apocalyptic scenario would be in some sort of off-road vehicle, a bicycle, on horseback, or on foot. Something that offers more mobility than your average sedan. He'd never suspect me of running for my life in a U-Haul. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Welp. I don't drive and I live a couple of miles away from the nearest town. The surrounding area is an arid scrubland, so best case scenario is that I find a thorn bush to hide inside. (A technique my father, an ex survival instructor for the military, would guess immediately.) So it seems I have only one final recourse. The fact that I can run to our gun storage shed faster than they can. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Welp. I don't drive and I live a couple of miles away from the nearest town. The surrounding area is an arid scrubland, so best case scenario is that I find a thorn bush to hide inside. (A technique my father, an ex survival instructor for the military, would guess immediately.) So it seems I have only one final recourse. The fact that I can run to our gun storage shed faster than they can. Wait, slaughtering my family was an option?! Why did nobody tell me? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Star Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I'm a giant fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, so I'll move to Dallas and start rooting for the Cowboys. There's no way it can backfire! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirahound Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Personally, I'd both chop and dye my hair (probably to some crazy color my family would never expect), force myself to lose a TON of weight, and possibly buy colored contacts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Same thing I do in all of my apocalyptic survival plans, hide out at the university.Because if I'm going to die, I want to die surrounded by books and science. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Too bad all our plans hinge on knowing that our family member turned into and Epic. I know if Mum burst in here, fire gushing from her hands, I wouldn't have much time to implement any such plan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Me? Take my hardcover copy of words of radiance (signed), glue it to my hardcover copy of way of kings (also signed), and then go to a bookstore and buy a hardcover copy of steelheart and firefight. (and the rithmatist because that's the only other Sanderson book I don't have a physical copy of). Then wack them in the head. Who needs superpowers when you have overweight books? Seriously?: I walk casually down the street and rob a bank. Get arrested. Is safe in prison. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 I walk casually down the street and rob a bank. Get arrested. Is safe in prison. "You get one phone call." "Alright, I'll call my... oh." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 "What about the Reckoners?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 "Ok kid, we called your parents, so-" "you WHAT!?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 "Uh, they're saying they want to know when visitor hours are-" "I am going to kill you now. Right after they kill me." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 The image of a murderous Epic standing in the lobby of a public high school, obediently signing the visitor's log with "Lady Sonia McMurderface" is both hilarious and terrifying. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 "Um, you have to wait in line." "Yes, sir." *procceeds to write name as Lady Sonja Mcmurderface* "Um, right this way, your majesty." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 "Um, you have to wait in line." "Yes, sir." *procceeds to write name as Lady Sonja Mcmurderface* "Lady Sonja... hey, are you related to Janet McMurderface? We dated in high school!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Paranoia is a powerful tool. If I had at least a minute's warning that someone was coming for me, I could be equipped to survive comfortably in the woods for three days, climb out my window, and be hidden in the woods. After that I just hike cross country into town, then hitchhike up to Portland, where I would withdraw my savings and get on a bus to anywhere else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Paranoia is a powerful tool. If I had at least a minute's warning that someone was coming for me, I could be equipped to survive comfortably in the woods for three days, climb out my window, and be hidden in the woods. After that I just hike cross country into town, then hitchhike up to Portland, where I would withdraw my savings and get on a bus to anywhere else. You want to go to Portland in order to be safe? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I want to go to Portland to get Transportation to anywhere else in the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I want to go to Portland to get Transportation to anywhere else in the world. Like, the afterlife? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_am_NOT_fire Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 One of my friends in particular is most likely to be an epic, and knowing her she would probably focus on world domination before going after the people she knew. Sadly I would probably be one of the first people she would hunt down. Yeah, if I'm not qn epic too, then I'm pretty stuffed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I'd probably be the Epic. Unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashadar Mistborn Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Other people prepare for zombies. We prepare for epics. I'd hide out somewhere noisy, crowded, bright and full of people I don't know. I'd lay false trail to a bookstore, though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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