Tinker Tailor Stalker Spy: #981 ( Stalker ) Loner Kruglov Underneath Pripyat Outskirts
I'm not a Loner. My name is not Kruglov. My task is to infiltrate any Factions that I choose, in order to investigate and seize any of the new prototype weapons and ammunition, that have illegally entered the Zone. I have left the Mercenary Faction to join the Loner Faction. I am the Stalker.
Encrypted Diary: There was still a little light left in the day, so I went back to the Department Store to see if I could get inside. The outer doors would not cooperate, so I walked around the back. I started walking towards the Grocery Store when a strange flash of light caught my eyes. It was coming from the nearby bushes, and I found a hidden ladder covered with wooden planks.
I went below and found an underground passage going back to the Department Store. It allowed me to go back above ground inside the building I could not get in otherwise. The interior was just a maze of hallways and rooms, with nothing significant inside. At least one might be able to sleep in there, free of mutants but it still felt creepy. I returned to another area that had two levels. One with a moving fireball that flamed me and another with a large chemical anomaly field that nearly killed me, despite my maximum protection of my armor and artifacts.
By the time I emerged topside, it was really dark and I felt exposed and vulnerable. I hurried back to the Laundromat, where I was happy to see my 32 Companions.
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