You are now stuck in a hole
Quite a deep hole. The walls are slippery, it's damp and dirty. There's a manhole at the top but you have no way of reaching it, and it's closed as well (it can't be opened from the inside). The only thing you have with you is a phone, but it has only enough credit for a 1 minute call, has only 5% battery life, does not have any means of obtaining an internet connection and does not have any apps at all. You vaguely know the location of where the hole you're stuck in is, but it's miles from any nearby town and is not near any main road.
EDIT: The hole is about 2.5x your height, and about 2/3 of your armspan. If you have someone else with you, the hole is 2.5x your height + 2.5x their height.
Using your phone's light, you can make out the entrance to a tunnel in the side of the wall. Looking into that it you can see that it is dark, and the walls of the tunnel leading on are slimy and filthy, most likely there other things in there too. There's no light coming through from the tunnel, so you know that if the tunnel has a way out, it'll be a long time before you reach the exit. Also, the tunnel entrance is quite steep so if you go down the tunnel, you won't be able to come back up. One other thing is the fact that if you go into that tunnel, there will be no phone reception.
What do you do? Phone for help and wait in the hole hoping that someone will come rescue you, or take your chances in the tunnel?
EDIT: As for any human company, you can have one other person, but they'd have NOTHING at all. (nothing that would help you get out of the hole anyway).
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@Skyenets: You must have high logical reasoning than.
[quote=3moRaccoon]My god, you are amazing.
Have you ever been in a situation like this?[/quote]
Nope. Never been in any situation even closely comparable.
Well, if it's only 2/3 of my armspan, I can call then scale the walls, I have actually trained myself for climbing slippery walls.
[quote=Skyenets]> Check my situation.
> Figure out what number to call.
> Decide on the police.
> Think up what I will say before hand.
> "Ma'm/Sir, I have 1 minute before my battery dies out. So make sure you get this down properly for I cannot repeat myself. I'm currently stuck in a hole around XXX location without any options of getting out by myself. I need assistance as soon as possible."
> Wait for an answer. If questions asked, answer quickly. Do not waste time on the phone. Assuming no questions are asked the call would last 30 seconds.
> Afterwards I ring my mother, and tell her this "Call me back instantly, this is an emergency."
> Seeing as she calls me back, it won't go off my minutes. I explain it to her and ask her to make sure the police department I called is taking action. I also tell her that if more than 10 hours go by, I will attempt the tunnel.
> Hang up and save the rest of the battery.
> Go to sleep to make the time go faster, but first check the time.
> Wake up and check time. If too much time has passed, I will attempt the tunnel.[/quote]
My god, you are amazing.
Have you ever been in a situation like this?
I would call for help, if I wait too long for help, I will go for the tunnel. I know it will, be dark without light but if I just sit there, i'm dead anyway.
Punch out a few bits if dirt in the wall, jump and place them down at the same time to get out.
Do I win?
I'd become queen of the mold... And then I'd die from starvation.
> Check my situation.
> Figure out what number to call.
> Decide on the police.
> Think up what I will say before hand.
> "Ma'm/Sir, I have 1 minute before my battery dies out. So make sure you get this down properly for I cannot repeat myself. I'm currently stuck in a hole around XXX location without any options of getting out by myself. I need assistance as soon as possible."
> Wait for an answer. If questions asked, answer quickly. Do not waste time on the phone. Assuming no questions are asked the call would last 30 seconds.
> Afterwards I ring my mother, and tell her this "Call me back instantly, this is an emergency."
> Seeing as she calls me back, it won't go off my minutes. I explain it to her and ask her to make sure the police department I called is taking action. I also tell her that if more than 10 hours go by, I will attempt the tunnel.
> Hang up and save the rest of the battery.
> Go to sleep to make the time go faster, but first check the time.
> Wake up and check time. If too much time has passed, I will attempt the tunnel.
Call for the police. They would EVENTUALLY find me. However it may take a whole day or two.
Call the police and say[b]'I found a dead body'[/b]. They'll track the phone and I free.
I would probably be traumatized by bats and return to the earth as a crime fighting vigilante.
Wait am i allowed to bring a naked girl int he hole with me
[quote=DarkFairy18]From what I've heard, if no one else is expected to come rescue you then you have to go into the tunnels. Staying at the current location with an unreachable manhole which nobody is coming for you is not any help. The best solution is to find a signal and call for help.[/quote]
You can't know that for sure. But if someone is able to find you, although you'll be waiting a long while, they'll be able to bring ladders and stuff that will help you get out. There's just no guarantee that they will find you.
I suppose I'd make the call and stay still. If I at least know what city I'm in, the police/search and rescue should find me before tomorrow. But I know I'm gonna have this as a nightmare tonight ;_;
Take a chance in the tunnel. I'm a risk taker
Hm. On the one hand, survival. On the other, exploration. But with both, possible death. We're not completely sure there won't be reception in this tunnel, are we?
I might call for help and then explore? Idunno.
That was what I was thinking. I'd have no chance and die.
Don't manholes lead to cylindrical openings with (or without) stepladders? So I could shuffle my way up the pipe-like entrance.
Be Bear Grylls and drink my own pee.
I would most likely die. So with that in mind I'll do some exploring in a tunnel.