Episode Two - Part 2 - The Hard Row
The Black Dog roared down the cracked old highway. The sun was already setting when they had taken the Weirdo scouts. With the interrogation and all that came after, night had truly fallen now. The Dog's brilliant array of lights lit up the blacktop and the forest to either side. Occasional breaks in the scrubby tree line show momentary glimpses of the shadowy ruins of old homes and rural businesses or overgrown, forgotten fields.
It was at one such break next to a field striving hard to return to wild forest that McKellar indicated they should stop. Once stopped, a couple of the riflemen jumped off the trailer and moved off to shift away bundles of camouflaging wild grasses and fallen branches between the old field and the trees. They were quickly able to reveal a hidden dirt road that ran off into the seeming wilds. It wouldn't be impossible for determined folk to find it, but was hidden enough that any passersby without some knowledge would likely pass it by. As the Dog passed through, the riflemen hopped back aboard.
It was slow going down the hidden farm track. It may not have been originally designed for something quite like the Dog, but McKellar assured Harry that they could make it. There were a few more stops to clear another hidden passage or go around some hidden obstruction. Thus far the old overgrown fields and wild forest didn't seem to indicate that there was anything like a farm back here.
Again, without any obvious sign for the non-locals, McKellar decided this patch of scrubby woods (which looked no different from the rest) would be the drop-off point. He gave Harry clear instructions for the rest of the road and what to avoid in the short distance to the Harrison farmstead. As he stepped down, he added, "My people are expecting you. Don't let them down. We'll be there when it will count." With that, he went to join the rifles. As it had been pre-determined who should stay and go, Prudence and Martin joined in with the Lockesburg brigade. Which left the .50 unmanned. Crowboy understood that he was supposed to as well, but he was the last to jump down. He cast a look back up at Kelly; half hoping she'd rethink it and let him come along.
Alright! The NPCs are offloaded!
Kelly and Dean have Geiger Vision Goggles (-1 to everything, but no worries for any other lighting or cover penalties)
Kelly, Delilah, Fletcher, and Harry have Environmental Protection....err.... Invisibility packs.
Dean is naturally invisible to the Goggled
Everyone have their gear and gun choices set? Anyone want to man the .50? Any other last minute preps or anything? Last words ICly...etc... I mean....words. Just words...surely....
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