Zompocalypse IC

[josh13905]

Parkland

"I doon't think food is neccessary but if you wannagrab it before we go then go ahead, get your group together and make sure they all have rides, we need to move fast to make it before dark tommorow."

Frank looks around for a place to sleep and spends the night there making sure hes secluded from the kids and carefully checks his guns and armament.

[Odin the Ignoble]

County Market

The group grabs abandoned shopping carts and begins raiding methodically. They find large amounts of kerosene and several propane tanks, and whole aisles of motor oil. Most of the first aid supplies have been taken already, but there are plenty of prescription drugs, and there are plenty of clothes and fabric to make bandages from. The craft section also has plenty of needles and thread that could be used for stitches.

There are plenty of rope, garbage bags, paper and other items. There are also a large number of automotive tools, but any tool large enough to be used as an effective bludgeon has already been pilfered.

The group seems to be less than willing to investigate the stores food supplies. The smell of rotting meat is issuing form the back of the Deli section of the grocery. One of Padre's men swears that he can hear growling and eating sounds from the back.

When the lights are on, the going is easy, but when they flicker out, the half dozen sources of light do little to illuminate the pitch black store.

Muddy Rivers

Marie lies down on the water bed, and falls quickly asleep. Her dreams are full of the dead, and the lone man crawling slowly towards the elevator only to have it close in front of him.

In the middle of the night the phone in the Warden's Office rings.

Parkland

Spencer nods and the group disperses. "We'll meet you down in the cafeteria at sunrise."

Sally wanders off not much later with a promise that she'll be back.

Frank finds a quiet spot on the second floor of the library, and falls asleep.

[Highwarlord]

County Market

Delbert nods at the refusal to head towards the food section. "It's definitely scary sounding and there's no shame in being cautious, but we're going to need to bring food back eventually too - let's load up the cars with what we have here, and then see if we can take down whatever's making that growling. Odds are it's just some stray dogs that might need putting down."

[An Enemy Spy]

Marie wakes up, sweating. It takes her a few seconds to remember where she was. Looking around at the tiger striped sheets and disco ball on the cieling, she realizes with a heavy heart that the previous day was in fact, not a horrible nightmare. She brushes her auburn hair out of her eyes and stumbles into the office towards the phone, wearing only her underwear and a tank top. She picks up the phone. "Dad? Is that you?" She mumbles sleepily.

[josh13905]

Frank

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[Odin the Ignoble]

Parkland

Mike wakes to find Professor Brown shaking him. "Wake up sleeping beauty. Why aren't you with the others at the AG Building? Never mind, get over there now. I want you to start confiscating their guns, tell them they can have them back when they leave. And tell them to get busy on this." Brown hands Mike a piece of paper with a list of some sort on it.

Elsewhere, Frank has a pre-dawn visitors. Spencer along with some of the other disaffected Parklanders find him. "We want to get packed and gone before dawn. We don't want to make a scene." Sally is no where to be seen.

County Market

The cars are loaded quickly and with out fuss. A few of people stay out in the parking lot to kill any dead that happen to stumble by.

Inside the building the group gathers with weapons and flash lights, ready to push in to the food section. As they get closer the smell gets worse. Most of the food has already been picked bare. Most of the desirable food has already been taken, but dozens of cans of tomato sauce, jars or olives and pickles, and containers of margarine and backing soda are left.

As the group reaches the butchers section they grow visibly more nervous. But their fears prove to be unfounded. Almost exactly as Delbert predicted they encounter a pack of dogs, tearing into packages of unrefrigerated meat. As the group approaches most of them run off, one small dog, a terrier, stands his ground and protects the sausage links he has found. The dogs backs echo loudly in the empty building.

Muddy Rivers

From the other side of phone issues Marie's father's voice, noticeably more tiered and worried than before. "Yeah it's me sweety. Listen, I've got good news and bad news."

Outside Parkland

Padre and his small group arrive to find that they are not alone. Almost another hundred people are gathered outside. They seem tired terrified and deeply confused. Just with in the barricade are a dozen men, some of them with guns, and they don't seem keen to let the people through.

Shout come up from the crowd. "But the radio said this was a safe place!"

A male student with massive locks of curly red hair stands on top of an over turned truck that makes up the majority of the barricade. "Well, then the radio lied didn't it? Now leave, before you attract some of the biters."

[BizzaroStormy]

Mike grunts a bit as he gets up and takes the list. Right right...*yawn* He taks a look at the list as he wipes the dry blood off his chin and leaves the room.

[An Enemy Spy]

"What is it? Are things gonna be all right?"

[josh13905]

Frank gets up grabs his stuff, and then asks around to see if anyone knows where sally is, he tries to find her, but still leaves at the correct time if he can't find here.

[Highwarlord]

County Market

Delbert laughs at their discovery. "Looks like we've found ourselves a real terror." He wrinkles his nose at the smell and gestures towards the dog. "It doesn't look like we'll find anything here, other than our courageous little friend."
As they turn back to leave he says softly "Good luck little guy . . ."

Once the cars are loaded up, he opens one of the jars of pickles. "Not the perfect victory toast, but it will have to do." He hands out a pickle to everyone who came, and says "To those with the balls to make sure we can live another day." After taking a bite he adds with a grin, "It looks like I won't be able to give the guy with the most biters killed a steak dinner - but at least you can get the juice. Loads of electrolyes in there!"