Hiding from Epics

[mirahound she/her]

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?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

My immediate family knows me for a few traits. 

 

1. Being shy around strangers, and preferring to stay at home on a Saturday night. 
2. Loving dogs of all kinds.
3. Zeroing in on any and all chocolate in the room.
4. Gravitating toward any old books I can see. 
5. 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.) 

[Edgedancer he/him]

My immediate family knows me for a few traits. 

 

1. Being shy around strangers, and preferring to stay at home on a Saturday night. 
2. Loving dogs of all kinds.
3. Zeroing in on any and all chocolate in the room.
4. Gravitating toward any old books I can see. 
5. 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

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

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.  

[Kobold King he/him]

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.

 

[Edgedancer he/him]

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?

 

[Patrick Star]

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!

[mirahound she/her]

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.

[Voidus]

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.

[Blackhoof]

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

[Kobold King he/him]

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."

[Blackhoof]

"Ok kid, we called your parents, so-"

"you WHAT!?"

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

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.  

[Kobold King he/him]

"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!"

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

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.

[Voidus]

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? 

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

I want to go to Portland to get Transportation to anywhere else in the world.

[I_am_NOT_fire]

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.

[Mashadar Mistborn he/him]

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.

[Voidus]

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.

My plan for both is actually pretty similar. And there's only one person who knows most of it so as long as they're not an Epic then I'll be good. And if they are then I guess I'm dead. Ideally though I'd be the one who's an Epic because I already have a plan for how to get myself trapped if I'm either an Epic or zombie so hopefully someone will trap me long enough for my Rending to end and then I can work on becoming Redeemed.

And in the meantime I will channel my Epic selfishness into amassing the best library ever.

[Blackhoof]

Yes. Library of fantasticness or death. 

 

[king of nowhere]

ever since i moved for my PhD, all my loved ones are in another country. So, unless their specific power was teleportation, I'd just remain where I am and call it a day.

[Aon tEhe]

Even if i was caught off-guard, all one has to do against an average epic is throw crap in their way and run. If i did know, though, I would likely take out the stairs with an axe after getting a crapload of food supplies from downstairs to upstairs and wait out the days. Let the reckoners do the dirty work.

[Thermophile he/him]

My sister would probably become the epic, and she'd probably hunt me down pretty quick, considering I have a good guess at her weakness.

 

Honestly, my survival would likely depend on what powers she had. There's a place about a quarter mile from my house, but that would only be a short term solution.

 

Yeah, I'd probably die. Horribly.

Edited November 26, 2015 by Thermophile

[Young Bard he/him]

What would you do if one of their Epic powers was being able to locate anything. So... Voidus is 500km that way. Then all your plans would be worth basically zilch.

 

What would I do? Assuming they don't have the above mentioned power, I'd probably go to the Airport. They've tightened security there ever since Islamic State has supposedly become a threat.

 

Depending on how much money I had, I might then board another flight and move as far away as possible.

Edited November 26, 2015 by Ookla the Incalculable