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Knee deep in it.....

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GM
GM, 232 posts
Wed 29 Jul 2020
at 03:00
  • msg #1

Knee deep in it.....

As Florence another person, a vague shape in the darkness and rain suddenly appeared just above the the other on the on ramp. And just as suddenly as it appeared a flare fired to life in the person's hand. The undead surged towards the light as if Pavlov had rung the dinner bell himself.

"Up here, stay close." It was the new arrival yelling at the other person who had been shooting the undead.

The horde moving by below responded by sweeping into the rain to head up the ramp. It was slow going for the undead on the steep wet slope.

Troy was standing with Alexi, ready to fire on the wave of undead if heed be. But it happened so easily it was almost comical. Pike literally just trotted up the side of the incline to the paved on ramp and lit a flare. As if on queue the undead began an equally comical ascent up the slope after him. In what seemed like slow motion.

It took so long that the others in the group led by Jake Dodd simply walked up to stand around Troy and Alexi and simply stared in disbelief.

Florence couldn't believe it. These men where simply walking the undead out onto the freeway above. Thousands of them. It felt like forever and her crouched posture was threatening to cause he bruises and sore muscles. Shifting to change her position she happened to glance up and saw a group of people, at least a dozen, maybe more. The rain made it hard to see clearly, to her aggravation.

They stood there watching, probably in disbelief like herself, as the mass of undead slowly shambled up the ramp and onto the highway.
Troy Roberts
player, 91 posts
Fri 31 Jul 2020
at 05:31
  • msg #2

Knee deep in it.....

"Well...looks like it's working..."

Troy stayed alert, glancing at the others as they arrived, and watched Pike's back as he had said he would.
Alexei Sidorov
player, 44 posts
Fri 31 Jul 2020
at 06:01
  • msg #3

Knee deep in it.....

"Interesting... Alexei said, watching in awe as the idiotic undead horde chased Pike, albeit slowly, up the ramp,

"This gives idea. When sheltering, regular routines to thin hordes would protect surrounding areas. Given time." his thoughts were jumbled, but he was thinking aloud, essentially.
GM
GM, 235 posts
Fri 31 Jul 2020
at 14:36
  • msg #4

Knee deep in it.....

Florence was astounded for two reasons.

The first was that she had never scene anyone lead such a horde around using flares at night. These men either knew a lot about dealing with the undead. Or they simply balls the size of grapefruit and IQ's in the single digits. Either way, it was working amazingly well.

The second was this was the first time in a few weeks that she had encountered a large group of survivors organized enough to venture out at night confidently. They seemed pretty well disciplined despite that they all stood there watching as the horde was led away. It was enough to draw stare from anyone short of God, she thought. Then he could be watching too for all Florence knew.

Troy was getting a little worried. Pike and the other person were edging out of sight. The pale red glow and the pistol shots continued, but they too were becoming less observable with the storm and size of the horde.

Alexi, thinking of how such tactics could be used to lure the undead into traps or away from settled areas, decided to see about getting the others out of the rain. Looking towards the previously mentioned Waffle House he also looked at the Citgo gas station near it. Fuel and food. More thought crossed his mind, but a movement drew his eye.

In the shattered glass of the gas station he spotted movement as lightning flashed. It wasn't much but it looked like a single person. Like they were watching the group actually.
Alexei Sidorov
player, 45 posts
Sat 1 Aug 2020
at 03:15
  • msg #5

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"Troy." he said, tapping the large man on the arm, and pointing, "We are being observed. Bad." he said, "We could use that for shelter, but with somebody watching, any plans to settle here could be problem." he said, his Russian accent screwing up his English a bit. That would be a trait Troy would slowly learn: whenever Alexei was on the spot, his English degraded a bit until it was almost unrecognizable from the extremely careful and eloquent speaker that otherwise lived.
Florence Whitley
player, 16 posts
Sat 1 Aug 2020
at 05:09
  • msg #6

Knee deep in it.....

Florence was amazed at the whole situation, not only was there a group that wasn't being eaten immediately in the face of their bravado, but from what she could tell they had it handled pretty smoothly.

Florence shifted to see the group, or the outline of one, she found herself stiff, she'd been trying to be so still because of the biters that she hadn't even realized if her legs were cramping or her mouth was dry from it being unintentionally slightly agape. She didn't know who these people were, for all she knew they were no good cannibal mofos who would just as likely eat her as help her.

But... She was almost at the end of her rope, even she hadn't admitted that to herself. She was a smart woman and surviving hadn't been the hard part, but being on your own with no outlet or someone else to talk to wore ya down* slowly but surely. She wasn't sure what the hell she was going but he'll now was as good of a time as any. She quickly dug into her saddlebag on her bike being as quiet as possible and she would flash S.O.S to either the dudes shooting the biters or the group on the bridge. If they were out of range she would follow when that the opportunity presented itself whichever path looked safest.
Troy Roberts
player, 92 posts
Sun 2 Aug 2020
at 02:18
  • msg #7

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"Damn...good spot Alexei! Whoever it is is flashing an SOS. Dead sure it's not Zeke cause he don't know Morse Code."

He looked around at the group.

"Everybody wake the f*** up and watch Pike's ass. Be ready to move fast if those things turn this way and remember this trick in the future."

"I'm gonna go check out the SOS and see if someone needs help."


He matched his actions to his words and trotted off toward the location of the watcher Alexei had seen and the flashing emergency light.
Alexei Sidorov
player, 46 posts
Sun 2 Aug 2020
at 04:25
  • msg #8

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Alexei nodded and followed Troy closely, leaving the large group of people to fend for themselves. He knew who he'd follow if shit hit the fan.
GM
GM, 236 posts
Sun 2 Aug 2020
at 07:32
  • msg #9

Knee deep in it.....

Troy, with Alexi in tow, maneuvered closer to the gas station. The rain and rolling thunder did a lot for their efforts masking their movements and noise with limited visibility, darkness, and rolling thunder. The constant lightning flashes, often strobe like, did light the night up but could leave the eyes dazzled at times. They moved quickly sing what cover there was.

At the edge of the pavement Troy knelt at the side of a long abandoned sedan and Alexi knelt near the trunk. Thinking on how to approach the side of the station without being caught out in the open while crossing the twenty odd yards of vacant parking lot, Troy was amazed when someone simply just walked out of the little station and waved.

"Troy, is that you?" It was T.J., what was that kid's last name. He lived with his uncle and granddad. Well, as best as Troy could recall. He had been one of the kids to volunteer to work outside of town. "It's T.J. I worked on the team that hunted south of Old Bend."
Troy Roberts
player, 93 posts
Tue 4 Aug 2020
at 05:54
  • msg #10

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"Shh...get over here kid!"

T.J. was a friendly face but he wasn't the person who had been flashing an SOS from somewhere nearby. The two(?) of them being in the same direction but not, apparently, together created all sorts of worrisome scenarios in Troy's head.

"There's somebody else over here. They with you?"
GM
GM, 238 posts
Wed 5 Aug 2020
at 12:39
  • msg #11

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"No, I think that signal came from the bridge, under it." TJ said. "I was looking for it when I spotted you guys moving in close to the station."

TJ looked a bit forlorn. He looked past Troy and Alexi then seemed to look at Alexi for the first time.

"Not many left." He said. "Who's this?"

Florence was sure that the others had seen her signal, and seemed to be have been moving towards her. Then they seemed to simply stumble upon someone else. Someone that they seemed very open to talking too. That boded ill. Too many people lacked trust these days. Maybe her luck was turning for the better for once this week.

And at that exact moment there was an explosion up on highway 75 just a little north of the on ramp. A ball of fire went rolling up in the night sky. The burning hulk of a car quickly began to die out in the heavy rains. People in the group shrieked, yelled, cussed, moaned, or simply began running towards the abandoned Waffle House.
Florence Whitley
player, 19 posts
Wed 5 Aug 2020
at 19:01
  • msg #12

Knee deep in it.....

Florence let her signal go and emotionally that's a big deal I'm the apocalypse, you really never know what the event did to people. She mostly wanted to get their attention but it's not like she was injured, she'd most likely meet them half way. She adjusted the light on her bike to flash the same S.O.S and got ready to move.

The explosion didn't hurt Florence's proactivity, she quickly got all her gear packed up and got ready to go towards the people she'd seen as quickly as she could. Explosions usually meant some bad business was about to go down and she'd rather not be there for it. Florence did a scan of her surroundings to find a decent path towards the humans and away from both the biters and that explosion.
Jake Dodd
NPC, 5 posts
Thu 6 Aug 2020
at 23:01
  • msg #13

Knee deep in it.....

Jake Dodd came trotting up to Troy and Alexi and then spotted TJ and smiled, "hey, kid, glad you made it. Everyone is freaking....."

Another car exploded. This one was more to the side of the mod of undead. Troy tried using his binoculars. It really didn't help with the rain and darkness, but he felt like Pike and the other person up there was up to something.

Florence was sure she nearly pissed her pants when the second explosion sounded. She slipped and ended up grabbing her motor-bike for balance leaving her to very unexpectedly have to shuffle down the steep embankment at the base of the overpass to keep from toppling over.

At the bottom of the embankment Florence stood perfectly still as the last of the undead horde made its way onto the on ramp. The noise was drawing them with renewed vigor. A thought struck her.

OOC: Need you three to make Ingenuity rolls to discern some clues about the current scene. And hopefully one of you will notice Cthuhlu hiding behind the Waffle House wearing a bib and holding a pitcher of syrup.
Alexei Sidorov
player, 47 posts
Fri 7 Aug 2020
at 02:47
  • msg #14

Knee deep in it.....

Rolled a 9
Troy Roberts
player, 96 posts
Sun 9 Aug 2020
at 02:01
  • msg #15

Knee deep in it.....

22:00, Today: Troy Roberts rolled 9 using 3d4+1.  Ingenuity.
Florence Whitley
player, 20 posts
Mon 10 Aug 2020
at 16:27
  • msg #16

Knee deep in it.....

    09:22, Today: Florence Whitley rolled 14 using 3d4+3 ((4,3,4)).

Ingenuity.

GM
GM, 247 posts
Mon 10 Aug 2020
at 23:44
  • msg #17

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OOC: Thanks for the rolls guys.

Troy noticed that the individual who wasn't pike was running along a zig-zag path shooting into the sides of cars. Then it hit him, gas tanks. They were rupturing the gas tanks and luring the undead into position so they could ignite the tanks and turn the cars into bombs.

Alexi noticed the way the undead were moving, chasing after the sound and fury that the two men were creating. That they could lead the horde so effectively was surprising so it came as no surprise to realize that they were leading the horde by simply getting the leading undead to chase them. The flares made dazzling lights in the night while the pistol fire made sudden noise that drew their attention. The men made it look easy.

Florence took two thoughts to draw one conclusion. The first thought was that those people on the interstate were blowing up cars to kill the undead while they very effectively led the horde away. The second thought was that those people on the interstate were were willing to take on insane odds to save their own. Ergo, this group of people were as crazy as they were devoted to each other. Maybe they weren't all bad. She did however realize that every undead for ten miles would be hearing those explosions.
Florence Whitley
player, 21 posts
Thu 13 Aug 2020
at 17:43
  • msg #18

Knee deep in it.....

Florence considered herself lucky to have not beefed it as she made her way down away from the overpass, last thing she needed was a twisted ankle.

As she thought about everything she did become more comfortable with the idea of riding to meet up with these new people, worst case scenario they actually were cannibals and she'd get he last laugh as they tried to get meat off her EatingEnoughToLive-ass.

But she knew she had to keep riding away from the explosions, she knew it was basically a collect call to Biters for miles. She kept an eye out and once it was safe to move she'd keep headed towards where she saw the strangers going.
Troy Roberts
player, 97 posts
Thu 13 Aug 2020
at 21:43
  • msg #19

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"Alright...that's amazing but it's time to get the hell out of Dodge. No matter how many they blow up there's too many around here to stay this close to 'em with all that fire and racket."

He moved a short distance away.

"Keep your eyes open and follow me. We'll find Pike once he get's himself clear...and don't forget there's someone else out here. They tried to signal us before all hell broke loose."

He would then lead them away from I-75 and toward the town of Dalton using the sturm and drang of the people on the highway to cover their escape.
GM
GM, 249 posts
Sat 15 Aug 2020
at 02:25
  • msg #20

Knee deep in it.....

The lightning flashed in a particularly dazzling strobe. Everyone squinted and cursed the extreme weather of the night. The rain beat down like a cold shower taken inside disco with too much bass. A boy pointed past Troy as he watched the others form up to travel. Looking over his shoulder he was astonished to see someone riding a bicycle through the storm towards them.

Then several cars exploded along the highway north bound.

A thought crossed Troy;s mind, 'and this ain't weird a'tall'.
Troy Roberts
player, 98 posts
Tue 18 Aug 2020
at 21:35
  • msg #21

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"You know", he mumbled under his breath, "a bike is a pretty good idea."

One thing is for certain, it wasn't a frikkin' zombie riding that thing.

"Y'all keep moving. I'll catch up."

Troy simply waited beside the road, pistol held politely, for the bicyclist to arrive.
Florence Whitley
player, 22 posts
Fri 21 Aug 2020
at 17:13
  • msg #22

Knee deep in it.....

Circumstances permitting , Florence kept riding her bike , sans motor because she didn't even want an extra engine putter to wake up a sleepy biter, towards people she had seen leading away from the scene. She rode until she saw someone waiting in the rain. She stopped short, doing a quick scan to make sure no stray biter got the jump on her.

It was dark but she knew a pistol when she saw one, photographic memory worked on shadows too, good and bad. She kept the light strobe on, if he was trying to shoot
Her or Merc her gear Florence certainly wouldn't give him any advantage in that. She hopped off the bike and unhitched the saddle bag for easy access to a gun if she needed one.

"Hey!" She hollered over the rain "Are you Cool?" Florence blurted, maybe not her most eloquent greeting but it was still a question that covered alot of ground. Hell half the time evil a-holes couldn't help but sound like evil a-holes when they talk to people.
Troy Roberts
player, 99 posts
Fri 21 Aug 2020
at 20:26
  • msg #23

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Troy stood in the rain a short distance from the systematically exploding interstate highway and chuckled.

He watched as the female silhouette got off her bike and started rummaging through the saddlebags.

"My name is Troy Roberts and, sure enough, I am the coolest motherf***er in the Tennessee Valley. If that's what you're looking for in this rain soaked hellhole Mysterious Rider you've come to the right rain soaked hellhole."

"Let me try to jump ahead a little so we can get out of the rain..."

"I will not try to eat you. I will not try to rob you. I will not try to rape you. I will not allow anyone else to do these things to you while you are within my sight."

"Should you try to Eat, Rob, or Rape any living human being while I can see you I will kill you deader than Lindsay Lohan's career."

"I hope that shit was as eloquent as it sounded in my head."

Alexei Sidorov
player, 48 posts
Fri 21 Aug 2020
at 23:47
  • msg #24

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Glancing sideways at Troy as he spoke, Alexei waited patiently, and then added simply,

"And I am Alexei." he offered a hand for a shake, quietly keeping to himself.

He couldn't help his mind surveying her body for injuries, though if she didn't know his profession, she might mistake his roaming eyes for something less specific. Still, he was always focused, and he didn't seem to mind,

"Are hurt?" he asked, questioning with a raised eyebrow.
Florence Whitley
player, 23 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:18
  • msg #25

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Pistol in hand she was ready to fire off a couple rounds if she needed to. Sure it might attract Biters but they could be as good as a distraction as they were a menace. She listened to Troy as he let off what seemed like a good-natured response. Certainly didn't sound like a bad dude.

She couldn't help but smirk as he continued on.

"Sounds like a deal. Honestly that covers the checklist pretty much," she shouted.

She latched her saddlebag closed again and quickly rolled her bike over towards the men standing in the rain.

"It was profoundly eloquent,But if I find out you're lying I will make a bear trap and put it right under your sleeping-mat," she said with a smirk.

Florence saw the other man giving her a once over but he didn't give off a murdery-vibe either.

"No serious injuries, thanks for asking," she said "I hope y'all don't mind me tagging along, I can be pretty handy In a pinch."
GM
GM, 253 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 13:08
  • msg #26

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As if on queue more bad news showed up in the form of a sudden hail of machine gun fire coming from further north along highway 75 as someone, man someones actually, began firing several machine guns southward into the horde of undead as it moved up the ramp, onto the highway, and northward in pursuit of the two men leading the undead away. Muzzle flashes, looking like photo strobes in the heavy downpour, from at least four machine guns spat tracers through the night into the horde.

It was loud enough to be heard despite the storm and had the unsavory benefit of reminding Troy very much of guns he had witnessed in use near Ringgold.

Alexi watched with morbid fascination. The effect was withering, but the thought that crossed his mind was how would he deal with that type of destructive force if those around him became injured.

Florence simply had one of those 'shit, really' moments. If tonight ever ended and she wasn't dead or a walking corpse it wouldn't be too soon. And what was up with all this rain?
Troy Roberts
player, 100 posts
Tue 25 Aug 2020
at 00:54
  • msg #27

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"Seems like a good night for a jog."

Troy picked up the pace to get clear of any possible fallout from the machineguns.
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