ICC- Zombie Apocalypse- At the Truck Stop

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OCC- Stephanie succeeded at her Sanity roll (74% roll vs. 90% stat): http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=674413

IC-
In the Comm Room-
"Okay," Stephanie told Goldberg, "you can use that fence as a barrier. If you hook up a battery or something to it, you could electrify it. Since these things seem to run on electricity, it might short them out. The farther away that village is the better. Langley just got overrun, so I don't know how much longer this system will work. Good luck. I'd better sign off now."

Stephanie wished Mr. Foo were still here, as he'd be able to understand Chinese, but he was busy outside. She just hoped the comm system would stay active long enough for him to gather the data she needed to confirm her hypothesis later. She tried to send a message to Diego Garcia, on the off chance they could collect the data: "This is Stephanie Bridges. I'm a government scientist working on ways to resolve the current crisis." She summarized her findings. "I have a working theory that EMPs may disable these walking corpses, but I need data to verify this. If you can, please find out and let me know if the EMPs that resulted from today's nuclear blasts in Asia took them down beyond the edge of the blast radii, and how long the effect lasts. Please respond by text message as soon as you can, since I don't know long this channel will remain operational. I have to get to higher ground now, but I'll be back after the immediate danger has passed if I can. Over."

Next, Stephanie sent quick text messages to Major Andrews and Omaha telling them that Langley was overrun, she didn't know how long the system would keep working, and she had to get upstairs.

Stephanie turned up the volume so they'd be able to hear any voice messages that came in while they were outside, though they'd be unable to respond. Then she grabbed the computers, one in each hand, left the room, locked the door, and headed outside.

On the motel's balcony-
"I understand," Mr. Foo told Ellen. "I wish the people from the diner could have gotten here and helped out, but those scumbags got in the way. They seem to be talking to them now, so hopefully they can resolve this peacefully. For now, though, they can't get here and we can't get there. I need to maintain my aim in case the skinheads turn violent, but you and Miss Cooper can head around to the west side of the balcony so you're out of the line of fire and you can see if any more are coming from that way. I'll send Miss Bridges to join you when she arrives. Please see if you can acquire a rope from storage or fashion one from the bedsheets and bring it up to the roof. Once we're up there, it won't matter if the horde reaches the balcony. I have enough ammo that I can pick them off without them being able to reach us, provided we pull the rope up after us." He continued to aim at the skinhead, but tried to make his stance appear casual in case they glanced in his direction. "Another thing: Warren AFB notified us that the 400th Strategic Missile in eastern Wyoming is in danger of being overrun and they may have to detonate. If they do, we'll have to get to a fallout shelter."

Stephanie emerged from the motel and gaped when she saw the mass of lumbering cadavers. "Holy Hannah!" she exclaimed, fighting back the panic that threatened to rise up within her. She reassured herself that there was a scientific explanation for this phenomenon. Her resolve strengthened, she locked the door behind her, so that now all the ground floor doors were locked. Then she carried the computers upstairs to the balcony. "Langley's overrun," she told Mr. Foo. "The comm still works, but I don't know how much longer it will stay that way. By the way, those things-" she motioned to the approaching mob, "-are already dead. I think they're animated by some electrical process. Anyone who dies could become one."

Mr. Foo nodded. "Ah, thank you. I was wondering why they weren't already dead with the wounds some of them have. Now I see that they are. They have no Chi. Quickly, lock the computers up in the room we're using for storage and join the others on the west side of the balcony so you can get up on the roof."

"Okay." Stephanie hurried off to comply.

In the garage-
Mrs. Foo got out of the Outback and slipped into the garage with the others. Unless the situation changed, they wouldn't be able to get back to the motel in time. At her age, she needed all the time she could get to reach somewhere safer. Father McCormick helped her across the garage and towards the office that connected it to the diner. "You say earlier you good with rifle?" she asked. The priest nodded, with what seemed reluctance. "I think you need to have one, to protect us. Didn't Jesus say to disciples to sell garment and buy sword if they not have one? Rifle is for today what sword was then."

Bo nodded as he slowly regained his footing. "Thanks," he said. "Gary's right. If we can't move the truck, the garage has to be held. Sally and I have to protect the doctor and get her somewhere safer." He looked at Sally. "Can you use a pistol?" When she nodded, he offered her his Beretta and his spare clips. "Everyone who's unarmed or hurt should come with us. Wish we could reach the motel, but we'll have to try either the roof or the shelter. We can decide on the way. The rest of you get started. We can bring up the rear with Dr. Hausmann once she comes around." Randall picked up Bo's shotgun for him and handed to him. He looked it over. It was no worse for the wear, but a shell had been fired. As he reloaded it, he realized he would need more if this kept up. There would probably be more in the shelter, along with medical supplies, but getting trapped down there would be bad.
 
In the basement/shelter -

"Lynne? Any clue where the weapons might be? We're running out of time here." Dave asks while rummaging.


In the Diner -

Bob hears the shouts. He gets to the meatlocker and draws his pistol.
He hits the door once and says "Step away from the door and don't try anything, unless you want to become swiss cheese."

He opens the door and overlooks the situation. Realising what happened, he tries to think of a plan.
"Play ball and we'll all live (for now), there is no need for further bloodshed. Try anything funny and you'll be the first to kick the bucket." the bodybuilder warns in his heaviest voice.
 
In the basement?

"Clue?" Asked Lynne, "You mean like something Earl told me? Cause he didn't tell me much about what he was into. I just saw some stuff, you know. For the future, because you never know."
 
In the Diner-

At Bo's urging the others begin to move out of the garage and into the Diner and then to the ladder leading up. Randall and Sally help Bo and Dr. Haussman, Father McCormick helps move Mrs. Foo along. Dr. Haussman is mummbling to herself. Jimmy goes with them, taking with them Dr. Haussman's medical kit and Kimberly's med bag. Behind them Gary and David remain behind for the moment.

Jim Kerr, Rosie and Rita watches them go by as they discuss their problem. Jim Kerr is a bit shocked to see Bo. "Where's Sean? We got a problem. They want to see the other skinhead. What do you want to do?"

Samantha also comes into the entrance. "We better move everyone fast if you're trying to evacuate. Them ugly things are real close now. Also, the office exit has a fire door that's pretty strong, but there are windows in the office that we should try to block up."

Beth, with her .38 is checking out the windows. "You better get the injured up first and fast. When they get here, it's going to get pretty ugly."

In the Kitchen-

Azadeh fires off another five shots, that finish off the one Luke wounded, and then three more.

Azadeh steps out of the kitchen. The effect is to draw the closes ghouls towards here and away from the rest of the Diner. "When I come through, lock the door behind me. We might be able to buy a bit more time to get out of the kitchen and the diner before they start coming through the windows."

But nods, "Got it. And then?"

Azadeh shrugs. "I don't know."

Bud had not been aware of Bob coming into the kitchen and moving to the meatlocker. He turns to the pilot and says, "Hey, what's going on out front? We got a lot of badness coming our way." Pointing to the horde that is rapidly approaching, he adds, "Do we have an exit or is this our last stand?"

The Comm Room-

Before she leaves, Goldberg responds- "With one arm I can't do much but I reckon I can juice my wire with the generator ok. Let me know when I need to be on line. You think maybe I should shock myself just to see if it works?"

(OCC- note Goldberg could kill himself in this process).

Andrews is still off-line.

Stephanie just steps out the door when she hears the whirl of the teletype machine. Inside the room, the sound had been loud. If she goes outside it is unlikely she will hear anything at all coming from within.

(note- the motel is built to withstand high winds and bad Nebraska weather. While Motel 8 might not be the most quiet room, it would be very lucky if Stephanie or anyone else could hear. Besides, it is Mr. Foo's comm room and built to insulate itself from outside noise and to allow little noise to leave).
 
In the Fallout shelter-

Robert and Duke continue to move down into the fallout shelter, entering the next corridor and a set of steps leading down. They descend one flight of stairs and then another. By their own estimate they have already gone down the equivalent of three stories. As they descend the hallway gets rapidly cooler.

They continue to traces of foot steps. Neither can hear the sounds that Lynne describe, at first.

But the furture they move, the more they can hear someone screaming. And behind that, they can hear low moaning as well.

The two men look at each other. Each feels their hands get a bit more wet with sweat.

"What do you think?" Asks Robert.

"Sound like hell." Replies Duke. "I don't think Hammond or Earl would have carried down crates of weapons this far do you."

"Not if they were planning to move them quickly. Besides, there was enough evidence upstairs of smuggling to get each of them arrested for quite a few years." Says Robert.

Duke nods. "So why take added precautions of hiding any guns down this far."

"Maybe to beat a longer rap. But if the police had a warrant to do a search, they wouldn't stop up there but would have come this far too."

"So what about these foot prints?" Asks Duke.

Robert shrugs. "Maybe they weren't moving just goods, but people too?"

At that moment the ground below them begins to shake and rumble. The sensation is not unlike an underground railroad passing.

Everone-

There is a sudden rumble and shaking of the ground below, as if a minor earth quake had just occurred.
 
OCC- This first part of this post took place right before Stephanie left the comm room and went upstairs.

IC-
In the Comm Room-
Right before Stephanie left the room, she quickly called Goldberg back: "Don't jolt yourself unless you think you're about to die, or it might kill you! It was just a guess, and it might kill you even if it does cure you. Set up the electric fence around your place for now. Gotta go. We'll call back if we survive. Take care." She also left a message for Major Andrews to let him know her hypothesis that the "infected" people were actually already dead, and that corpse might be reanimated. There was nothing she could do about not being able to hear incoming messages while she was outside. Maybe Mr. Foo's hearing was better than hers, but it would still be very difficult, especially if they were busy shooting at the time. Staying in the room would have meant certain death, though, so they really had no choice.

On the motel's balcony-
"That can't be good," said Stephanie when she felt the ground shake. She ducked into the motel room nearest the stairs she had just ascended, where the supplies were stored, and put the computers down on a table, As she left and locked the door, Mr. Foo said "We also have a ladder, as well as a rope. We could use that to access the roof."

"Right!" said Stephanie. She turned to Ellen and Jenny. "Let's go get them. We can set up the ladder on the balcony to get up to the roof and bring the rope by tying it around one of our waists. Then we can tie one end around the base of the dish and the other around the top rung of the ladder so we can haul it up after us."

In the diner-
"I'm sorry, Jim," said Bo as the group moved towards the ladder. "Hammond shot me and murdered Sean. Then the others gunned him down. I passed out after that. What did I miss? Did the bodies rise up again? Did anyone search Earl and Hammond? As for the skinhead, we need to go get him and make sure he knows what to say. If he tries to trick them into thinking Horst is still alive, they may help defend this place, but when they learn the truth they'll be steamed. If he tells them Horst's dead, hopefully they'll just try to get out of here before the zombies arrive. We just have to make sure he doesn't tell them how Horst really died. Make it clear to Flip that they'll kill him if they find out.

"We need someone to block the office windows, but that won't hold them for long. Whoever goes in needs to tell Gary and David that once these things get into the diner, their retreat will be cut off and they can't follow us. They may need to reconsider staying there. If they could somehow move the tanker, then they could at least seal the door."

"We go up or down?" asked Mrs. Foo. "We surrounded by missile fields. If nuke goes off nearby, we be exposed to fallout on roof. Also, aim for head when you shoot at creatures. That how to stop them."

"Thanks. Dr. Hausmann needs to go first. If we can't get her up the ladder, we'll have to bring her downstairs. It felt like whatever that tremor was came from down there, though. You'll go second, and I'll be behind you. You came from the motel - is Stephanie okay?"

Mrs. Foo nodded. "She fine. She safer now than we are."

Bo breathed a sigh of relief. Not only was her safety of importance to everyone, it was also important to him personally. Her kindness, compassion, sense of humor, and intelligence all attracted him - not to mention her good looks. It had been a long time since he had felt this strongly about a woman, and he had begun to doubt that he ever would again. If only the world weren't falling apart around them...but then they never would have met. His desire to see her again helped reinforce his will to survive. In a way, he was glad Stephanie was unaware of what had happened to her friends here. If she had known, she would have been terribly worried and upset.
 
Brownson's Abandoned Airfield

OOC : Wallace succeeds sanity roll http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=679175

I.C.

Wallace looks to the passenger's side mirror; seeing the ghouls that chased the truck.

"Company" He said, looking at the mangeled corpses that fallowed the truck.

Meat Locker

Flip stood, he felt the thickened blood on his face. As he stood, it began to run down his face. He began to wipe the gore off, with his shirt. "Yeah-Yeah. This gun shit is getting old. Play ball- don't talk. threats, 'n shit. " said flip, still looking at the corpse. "What needs to be done?" he asked with a sigh.
 
Brownson's Abandoned Airfield

As the zombie tries to reach for Michael, he pulls out his gun from his jacket and removes the safety as he points the weapon to the most obvious target at the moment, the zombies's head. A split of a second later Michael pulls the trigger and the zombie gets instantly killed by a head shot which pulls him out from the window and out of the car (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=683191).

After this michael drives quickly towards the helicopter.

Michael finally approaches and reaches the site. He walks out of the vehicle towards the people around the helicopter.

Zombies are coming near, no place seems safe. Michael quickly tries to join up and get up to date with the events wich seems to have changed quickly as he was away.

Agitated and still recovering his breath Michael talks to the people near the helicopter.

-I am Michael Walters, good to see someone that talks, what's the story here?-
 
OCC - could someone please fix the many inconsistancies that surfaced... Flip><Bob><Bud, the airfield situation,...

In the basement/shelter -

Dave sighs.

"Ledgers. Maps. Notebooks. Fire hazard signs. Explosion hazard signs. Fire fighting equipment. Green military style wooden boxes. Camo nets. Machinery to move heavier crates, as weapons and ammo are more likely to be heavier than a bunch of VCR's or fake clothes..." Dave rambles frustrated as he continues inspecting his surroundings "A person that might know something, like Flip or David. Something Earl hinted at to inflate his ego. A different exit through which it'd be easier to move heavy stuff. Any boxes that look out of place or fake. And so one and so forth..."
 
@Suaside- Regarding Bud and Bob, I think that got fixed. Bud saw Bob come in and asked a question. I assume your statement was for Flip.

If you want Stompie to respond to Bob, why not pm Stompie?
Re Airfield- Gonzales has fixed his post, so I think that's fine. The other characters have recently arrived and are being attacked by running zombies.

Brownsfield Airfield-

Joe Barring has his shotgun ready and is near Erica Spears.

Erica looks at those in the truck. "Did you bring fuel? Otherwise I can't get my rig up cause I don't even have fumes."

Baldwin says, "Yeah, I got a barrell in the back that should give you enough to get to the T-Bone."

Erica nods, "Ok let's get it done. We're going to need a couple of big guys to move the barrel and it will take some to fuel the plane. So we're going to need a few people to play shotgun for the rest of us."

OCC- note that all are armed with pistols or shotguns, no rifles- so your range is limited.

As Michael arrives, the passenger window smashed and bloody, the others quickly make introductions.

THere is little time to discuss matters. They can already see four or five of the ghouls running across the airfield in their direction.

OCC- Stompie and Gonzales, I will let you decide who does what. I would suggest that those characters best with shotguns play defense and that you use at least three guys to move the barrel of gas- otherwise you will not be able to get it close enough to the helicopter.

In the fallout shelter-

Lynne thinks about it a second. "Hammond kept a ledger about the items that were moving in and out of the T-Bone. It's a red notebook he keeps under his porn on the top shelf in the office. I got a glimpse of it but it was all in some kind of code."

"But not all of smuggled goods were for the PMS guys either. Besides, a lot of what you're talking about isn't popular with buyers. Who wants to buy military surplus stuff when its' watches and DVD players that sell? Also, the cigerrettes and booze were all meant to slip passed a lot of the taxes on smokes and booze."

"PMS mostly sent out drugs and in return got food supplies, some fuel for their generator, and for some strange reasons kitchen stuff- pots and pans and things- at least that's what it reads in the ledger. I got a glimpse once when Earl was sleeping. A lot of the regular army surplus stuff I think they got sent directly to their place or to a mailbox they kept in Kimball. I seen a FedEx truck go up there a couple of times to do a delivery. That or they bought it direct and moved it themselves. But I doubt they'd move guns through regular mail or deliver as that would wave a redflag to the feds so I always figured they might get their guns directly- in Chicago on Denver. "

"Earl did brag that he had a connection in Warren and that it was through this connection that he got military style weapons, the kinds of stuff that Horst would want. Somehow they were able to move the guns off the base using PX boxes. This way the trade goes two ways- PMS guys deliver illegal drugs and Hammond and Earl send up illegal weapons."

"One night, about a couple of months ago, I saw the PMS guys come by with a truck late at night after the Diner and the gas station was closed. I guess this was about 2 in the morning maybe, and saw them move some heavy boxes at night. Didn't see this too clearly though."

Further below-

Robert and Duke continue to follow the footprints lower, noting that there is some old wiring throughout the camp. However, at the end of the long stairs going down, they find a gate with a pad lock. The foot trails go under the gate and continue further.

At the hotel-

OCC- actually you can't use the rope or the ladder from teh balcony as the roof overhangs the balcony. You can access the roof from the ground however, and the ladder is long enough to get you to the roof from the ground level. (I actually have a map of the hotel that I need to turn into a pdf).

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Comm Room-

Teletype come in from Diego Garcia-

Base Secure and in high state of alert. US forces in region being evacuated. Numerous nuclear strikes in area. Speculation- strikes used against large numbers of infected individuals or in cities designated lost to infection. Spy planes sent to observe aftermath of strikes report- total destruction of major urban areas and high levels of radiation. Also notes low numbers of infected at ground zero but high levels of infestation within ranges were radiation levels should be lethal. Conclusion- nuclear blasts in urban areas is high cost strategy. Destruction of necessary infrastructure and less than optimal effect on infestation rates. Possible higher rates of infestation result. Unknown why infestation rates high within regions of lethal radiation. Any suggestions?"
 
In the diner,

Samantha says to the others," I'll go check on the office door but I could probably use some help. I don't think we can stop them for long."

Alice, who is now on the rooftop, pokes her head down. "Send up someone quick. I can help from up here."

Jim Kerr nods, "I'll go back to the garage and warn Gary and David, let them know what you're doing. But the thing is, if we give up the garage, then those bastards out front will come in. This close those shotguns can be devestating."

Rita looks at Bo. "What do you want to do about their demand? They want Flip."

Rosie nods. "ANd I don't think they're going to be very patient about it. You want I can help the doctor up the ladder. Mrs. Foo too."

Beth hearing the demands of Buzz, goes through the door to the kitchen and to Bob. When she's close she whispers to him. "The PMS guys outside are demanding Flip and they're not going to be patient."

On the roof, Ashey is asking the others, "How is the doctor. She still a bit shaken? Do you want me to try talking to her?"
 
OCC- Dr. Hausmann succeeded at her Dex roll (5 roll vs. 10 stat) to get up the ladder to the roof: http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=684489

IC-
In the Comm Room-
Before leaving the room, Stephanie had sent back a message to Diego Garcia: "Agree with speculation. Believe infected persons are in fact dead, repeat, dead. Killed by blasts, lethal doses of radiation, or other means and animated through unknown electrical process of extraterrestrial origin related to meteor showers. Agree with conclusion. Electromagnetic pulse may be effective near ground zero, but low altitude nuclear blasts not advised. High altitude blast would increase range of EMP, but extraterrestrials may take notice and retaliate. Non-nuclear EMP covering smaller area may disable infected persons without drawing as much attention, but will still destroy non-hardened electronics. Faraday cages can be used to shield self-contained systems such as laptops or unplugged computers. Simplest Faraday cage: wrap device entirely in aluminum foil.

"Advice: When engaging infected persons, keep maximum distance and shoot for the head to damage or destroy brain. Dead bodies should be shot in head from a safe distance to prevent reanimation, then burned if circumstances allow. Do not let infected close and under no circumstances allow them to bite you. The bite causes an illness that apparently results in death and reanimation. If hand to hand combat is unavoidable, smash or stab the head rather than sever it. Severed heads are still capable of biting. If you try using an EMP and it disables infected persons, treat them as dead bodies and shoot in head and burn if possible in case effect temporary. Please try to send precise data about range and duration of EMP effects if possible. Have to go - we've got incoming infected. I'll call back later if I can. Thanks and good luck! Bridges out."

The last thing Stephanie had done before leaving had been to call Omaha and tell them what she had learned about the effects of the nuclear blasts from Diego Garcia: "Preliminary evidence suggests EMP did have some effect at close range, though inconclusive. You could build a non-nuclear EMP generator using a large low-inductive bank of capacitors fed into a single loop antenna or microwave generator. You'll also need additional microwave generators to achieve the proper frequency and a vacuum tube to convert microwave energy. It would fry all non-hardened electronics, but it may save you as a last resort to prevent being overrun. The device should be placed on the highest available rooftop to achieve the best range. I'll try to come up with instructions for building one and call back later if I can. I have to get upstairs before the infected arrive. Bridges out."

At the motel-
"The ladder will have to be set up below," said Mr. Foo. "The roof overhangs the balcony. Make sure you go up first, Miss Bridges. We need you alive, and you can cover us with the pistol if the enemy gets too near. I'll cover you from here in case something happens and come up last." He stood near the top of the stairs so he could get back down in a hurry.

"Take care," Stephanie told him. She and Jenny followed Ellen to the utility closet, where they retrieved the ladder and the rope. They carried them around to the side of the motel and leaned the ladder against the wall. Stephanie tied one end of the rope around her waist and began to climb. "When I get up there I'll tie the rope to the dish and the ladder, then take a look to the west and see if anything's coming."

In the diner-
"Jim," called Bo as Jim Kerr left, "tell Gary and David to hold the garage at least until the skinheads are gone, and send the dogs back and help Samantha! Maybe they can sniff out where Hammond and Earl stashed the guns. Okay, let's send the doc up first. Yes, Ashley, it would help a lot if you could talk to her. Thank you, and thank you, Rosie."

While Alice and Rosie helped Dr. Hausmann up the ladder, Bo turned to Rita and listened to her explain what had happened and what they had said to the skinheads. "Okay," he said, "you need to get Flip fast and have him talk to them. Since you told them Horst was infected, the best thing is to have him say that he turned into one of those things and had to be put down. It's best if he doesn't say how Horst died originally, but if he blabs you can say I had Baldwin in custody but he escaped when Hammond shot me and we don't know where he went. Make it clear to Flip that it's best to stick with this story and leave that part out, and that if he doesn't Buzz will kill him - or worse. They should believe it if Flip tells them and hopefully clear out. If they try to force their way in or if they come afterwards, though, we may have a fight on our hands. We'll have to hold the garage and kitchen for now. Mitchell, why don't you head down and help Dave find the guns? Most of us who are armed should go last. If you have nothing else to do while waiting, you can help Samantha block the office windows."

"You can go next, Father," said Mrs. Foo. "Then you," she said to the nurse. "I go up after that. Rosie will help me."
 
Quick fix and a questions-

In the Fallout shelter-

OCC- Dave- roll idea also roll know.

At the hotel-

OCC- I assume you are climbing on the west side of the hotel as the East side could be viewed by the skinheads, yes?
 
OOC- Yes, we're setting up the ladder on the west side of the motel. Just a couple small additions below for my last post. I thought of them last night, but didn't get a chance to post until tonight. When Mitchell goes downstairs, Lynne can give him the second shotgun. Duke only has the base 30% and Mitchell has 50%, so Mitchell should get Hammond's shotgun, which is better.

IC-
At the motel-
"Maybe you two should hold the ladder steady," said Stephanie as she ascended. "When I get up there I can secure it from the top and help you up."

In the diner-
"Oh, and Jim," Bo told him, "don't forget to have someone search Earl and Hammond for ammo, keys, or anything else of value. Maybe something on them will lead us to the guns. David can call the rig using the CB in Wallace's truck, on the police frequency, and give them a heads up about what's going on here. He should disguise his words and use trucker lingo in case the PMS is monitoring on a police scanner.

"Hmm, what if the skinheads saw the Baldwin leaving? If Flip can't keep his mouth shut, they'll try to hunt him down no matter how we explain his departure. If they saw him go, we can't just say he was killed or they'll see through the lie. If that happens, David can warn him and someone on the roof with a rifle will need to try to shoot out the skinheads' tire after they get a decent distance away going north. With luck they won't realize why their tire blew." He turned to the people waiting by the ladder. "Tell the snipers up there that one of them will need to do that if we tell them 'Plan B,' but otherwise to let them leave. Our best bet is for Flip not to mention that at all. It's in his own best interests, as they'll blame him for failing if they find out."
 
Outside the diner-

The skinheads are looking restless. Those carrying shotguns have moved closer to the T-bone now, but one of them can see past the T-Bone at the horde of ghouls descending on the small restaurant. "Buzz, they're almost here." He calls out.

Buzz calls over to the T-bone. "Let's see Flip, damn it. I ain't got patience. You let me see him in 30 or I'll blow this chopper."

At the Motel- Mr. Foo continues to observe this, realizing that the skinheads are not out of effective range of his MP5.

Outside, Stephanie begins to climb up when the shadow of a thought crosses her mind.
(Roll idea pertaining to Diego Garcia's findings).

In the Diner-

(OCC- to move the snipers means to limit the number shooting at zombies- also if they shoot at the skinheads, the skinheads will probably notice it- remember, there are a few riding in the truck bed).

Jim nods. "I'll tell them, but to be honest, I don't think we got much time left." Then he turns for the garage.

As Jim enters the garage, the two big dogs nuzzle past and go to Rita. But Rita seems to have little patience with them.

With Ashley's help and Father McCormick behind her, they are able to help of Dr. Haussman to the roof. But it is a slow process as Dr. Haussman's limited use of her legs and her own mental state do not make things easy.

Rita looks at Bo. "What's taking that big fella with Flip?"

Mitchell heads down into the Fallout shelter and whistles to the dogs to follow him. Randall joins Samantha. Together they use a desk and push it on front of the windown then try to block it with a file cabinet.

"Without nails this won't hold." Says Samantha.

Jimmy offers to help Mrs. Foo climb the ladder.

Beth is looking out the windows of the T-Bone. "Not much time left."

In the kitchen-

Azadeh continues to fire the AR-15, hitting four times and dropping three .

"Hey kid, I think its time to back off." Says Bud.

"Five more and then we shut this place down."

On the roof top,

The people who have sought shelter gather round and seek cover.

Charlie continues to shoot. dropping three more

"Almost here." He mutters to no one in particular.

(Charlie gets one more round and the zombies are here. I am assuming this is also true for Azadeh).
 
OCC- Mr. Foo succeeded at his Spot Hidden roll (25% roll vs. 76% skill) to try to spot the detonator:
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=687655

Stephanie succeeded at her Idea roll to come to a conclusion about Diego Garcia's information (57% roll vs. 75% stat):
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=687657

IC-
In the diner-
Even though he was still in pain and moving slow, Bo had to move as fast as he could to keep Buzz from blowing up the chopper. With Randall's help, he moved to the kitchen door where Rita had been looking and leaned inside. Bob was standing in the entrance of the meatlocker, pointing his gun at Flip, who was drenched in blood.

"We need Flip out front now or they'll blow the chopper!" Bo said rapidly. "Remember, Flip, Horst got hurt earlier by one of those creatures. He just turned into one and attacked and you had to put him down. If Buzz thinks things happened different, he'll kill you - or worse. Hurry!" Bo motioned with his shotgun towards the door leading to the front area of the diner.

Mrs. Foo began to climb the ladder with help from Jimmy and the others. "Thank you, young man," she said. "Rita, they need nails to board up office windows! Where they kept?"

At the motel-
Mr. Foo could not allow the skinheads to destroy the helicopter, and he was sure Buzz wasn't bluffing. Even though there was another one that could get here, there was no guarantee it would make it. With Stephanie and the others on the opposite side of the motel, they were now out of the line of fire. He looked Buzz and the others over to see who was holding the detonator and what type it was. As long as it wasn't a dead man's switch, he could wait until the countdown got very low (and Buzz would probably count out loud) and then try to gun the man down before he could set off the charges under the chopper if it became necessary. He took careful aim at the skinhead with the detonator, prepared to open up at the last second or two if Buzz didn't abort the countdown. He flicked the selector to full auto. It would waste ammo, but it was better than wasting a helicopter. He had to maximize his chances of hitting.

As Stephanie started up the ladder, the gears of her mind started to click together. There was something significant that Diego Garcia had told her, something she hadn't seen before. Suddenly, it came to her.
 
On the roof of the diner:
Alice watched as Charlie fired his gun and realized that he was going to be out of bullets soon. She grabbed a nearby gun, and failing that threw a history book at the nearest zombie. If she gets a gun she takes aim and fires muttering to herself about how she had a place to hide but that what not help save the planet.

In the Office:
Jim searched the drawers for nailes or tape or anything that could help keep the boards on the windows. He also searched for a exit that would lead to safety as he did not particuly wish to die today.

On the way to the shelter:
Buddy stopped on the stairs and suddenly did a 360 running out the nearby door looking for a skinhead or a zombie to eat. He was pissed and was not going to take it anymore.
 
OCC- Welcome, Steve! As I mentioned in the rules thread, if you have any rules questions you can ask me or Welsh.

Since Jim is looking for nails, maybe it would be a good idea to roll Spot Hidden (Jim's skill is 56%). If he succeeds, Welsh will let you know if he finds anything - there might not be any nails in the office for him to find, though.

Charlie Moon did bring a second rifle up to the roof that nobody is using at the moment, so Alice should be able to use that one and start shooting zombies. Her rifle skill is 50%, but if she shoots for the head (which she already knows is how to kill zombies) that's reduced to 45%. Any rolls of 9% or less would be impales in this case and would do double damage. I'll let Welsh tell you how many shots you have time to roll.

You may want to reconsider Buddy's actions. Those skinheads can easily kill him with a single shot from a shotgun, and if he attacks or even just startles them they're liable to do something bad like, say, blow up the chopper. There's also over a hundred zombies out there, and it's unlikely Buddy could bring down even one. Dogs have good survival instincts, so I think he'd realize that he should get down to the shelter. Besides, his ability to track by smell could be useful there.

Dr. Hausmann had recovered 2 HP from the First Aid she received earlier, bringing her up to 5 out of 12: http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=688136

Bo had recovered 1 HP from the First Aid he received earlier, brining him up to 12 out of 16:
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=688175

IC-
At the motel-
As Stephanie scaled the ladder, she realized more and more that her hunch about the effects of an EMP might have been incorrect. The infected people near ground zero could have been taken out by the nuclear blast itself or from fires, and the fact that the infection rate was higher in the surrounding area where radiation levels were high seemed to indicate that the EMP was not effective. It was still possible that they had a temporary effect, or that the aliens had been able to simply reactivate the corpses. They surely would have noticed the nukes going off. She would need more data before she could draw any stronger conclusions.
 
On the roof of the diner:
Alice grabbed the other rifle and aimed for the nearest zombies head firing the gun.

In the Office:
Jim rolled spot hidden to look for nails in the office or failing that somewhere he could hide

On the way to the shelter:
Buddy stopped near the door, did another 360, and ran back down to the shelter in either fear or extreme smarts
 
In the fallout shelter -

"Pots & pans?" Dave asks "My ass..."

OCC - Dave will look around for kitchen stuff that might be hidden weapons, if he cant see anything, he'll run to the office to get the ledger. (unless the rolls tell him otherwise)

also: Idea: the fallout shelter 59 roll vs 60 stat and Know: the fallout shelter 26 roll vs 60 stat.


In the diner -

"Put yourself in my position kid. I don't especially like the thought of your friends blowing up my chopper and then proceeding into massmurdering everyone here. There is no need to blow smoke up eachothers ass with saying we can be friends and walk into the dusk together, as long as you realise no one has to get hurt here, Flip." Bob says as he guides him to the front windows of the diner after holstering his pistol "But you better realise that if this goes sour, you'll be the first to go down."

"But that doesn't mean we can't help eachother..." Bob adds as he halts Flip at the broken front window and then retreats a few steps to let Flip some talking without appearing too forced to do so.

OCC - halting Flip is an effort to make him talk from there and hence gain some time, but there is no real use in trying to keep him there if he decides to go outside anyway.


On the roof top -

"Don't waste any ammo, only shoot if your sure you got a fair chance of hitting something." Luke remarks as he sees Alice picking up Charlie's spare rifle.

He goes on to curse himself after missing a shot himself, seriously wounding three and disintegrating another.
 
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