User:ZombGG/The Great Scourgin Part IV

INTRO

The following is the fourth part of a personal account by Roftwood local ZombGG [1] about the second week of The Great Scourgin' of Roftwood, February 2018. Catch Part I, II & III here!

PART FOUR

February 10, 2018

Today I repair and barricade the Dempsey Grove Police Department. We survivors are struggling to recapture buildings because of a severe ammo shortage. Dempsey G PD strikes me as a great place to bring back online!

Its location is slightly outside the immediate Hildebrand Mall area of The Herbert Building, Eligius General Hospital, and Rawlins Row Police Department.

For over a week now, this immediate area has been a war zone between zombies (most entirely from The Scourge) and local Roftwood survivors. These buildings are constantly being conquered and recaptured in a cat-and-mouse-like fashion.

Unfortunately, I conclude that we survivors are losing this game because our supplies are suffering massive attrition. I organize a plan at the Roftwood Coordination Center to make a grand stand at Dempsey G.

I reason it should be easy to defend because it’s outside The Scourge’s operational range / the immediate Hildebrand Mall zone. The end goal is to stock up ammo and liberate the Eligius General Hospital next door.

I would feel a great deal more hopeful about our situation against the Scourge with ammo and FAKs back in our supply line.

February 11, 2018

I awake dead. I rise as a zombie and the first thing I see is my entire operation murdered in its infancy. Dempsey G is ruined, the barricades shattered and a mob of five zombies are presently stuffing their faces with the flesh and bra!nz of the brave volunteers who enlisted in my operation.

I am thoroughly demoralized. My military record has a black mark this day as I fail myself in front of the entire RCC. The blood of ENVY’s heroic doctor necrotic[2] and the Malton Medical Staff’s Alicia Huberman[3] is on my hands T_T

“Heavy lies the crown” is an expression that resonates dearly during my shameful shamble to the Swansborough Park revive point.

I have felt in full the cold weight that comes packaged with a leadership position. My words and ideas have lead to the deaths of my friends and allies. My heart is as dark and ruined as Eligius General Hospital. I continue forth my shamble, head hung low.

Rawlins Row Police Department is too ruined. Hildebrand Mall’s gun store is the last location for bullets in Roftwood.

The NW corner of the mall is under siege by a horde of 11 zombies, probably The Scourge. My spirit is too crushed to care. I shamble onward.

Swansborough Park is Roftwood’s most popular revive point because of its close proximity to the mall and The Herbert Building. We locals take great pride in our quick revive times. I have never seen the park clogged this bad!

There are literally eleven bodies on the ground, many I recognize as my close Roftwood friends. The Scourge killed everyone indiscriminately. I see a terrifying seventeen zombies around me! There are survivors from ENVY, the Malton Medical Staff, Quartly Study Group, and The Rawlins Row Corps.

Roftwood is a fat Mrh? farm right now. To make matters worse, The Scourge are clogging the Swansborough Park RP with a few of their ranks –

Elaine Summers[4]

Zombie Rolo Tony[5]

The result of this tactic is that our very precious NecroTech Revivification Syringes are being spent erroneously on fiends like The Scourge’s HoboZ[6]

In short while, Roftwood local NPCUSER[7] revives me! I waste no time evacuating the burb.

February 12, 2018

Word at the Roftwood Coordination Center is that old psychiatric ward, Denis General Hospital, next door in Edgecombe is fully functional and serving as the refugee camp for us moonstruck Roftwood survivors.

With a single AP remaining, I make it to the camp at Denis G! I thought unlit NecroTech buildings were creepy, this place is paralyzing.

Everything is too perfect, how has nothing been tarnished? It’s like this building froze in time somewhere in the 1950’s and this damn apocalypse never happened…

Am I dreaming? No! It’s a nightmare! Inside I find a monster demon nurse from “Silent Hill”[8]!!!

My spirit rapidly restores upon realizing that this terror is actually my good friend Alicia Huberman[9] of the MMS. She is in horrid shape :C

My nerves calm. I relish in the warmth of the powered generator.

I see my brother in arms leafpine[10] of the Roftwood Elite!

He and JonathanTyler[11] of ENVY stand boldly at barricades.

I spend my final Action Point and go blind performing surgery on Alicia Huberman.

February 13, 2018

There is no more plan. The Scourge really whooped us good, right out of our home. Every attempt to reclaim anything within the immediate Hildebrand Mall area has been crushed with swift force.

I cannot devise another plan. My military record is freshly stained with my failed operation at Dempsey G. My confidence has turned to shyness and uncertainty.

Nor can I stand by idly while there are still fellow survivors bravely battling for Roftwood. I do what I can for the good cause and I scout the suburb. I may not have supplies to fight, but I have eyes and legs and life! Knowledge is power right? Here is intel!

I did not stick around long in this spooky powered-down NecroTech building, but I did note the barricades leveled at quite strongly. Better than nothing I suppose!

There were rumors in the RCC of a new pro-survivor group that had claimed Rawlins Row Police Department as their HQ. I scouted the area and graffiti inside confirmed the rumors, but no survivors stood and the building was ruined.

I did not recognize the zombies. Using my DNA Extractor resulted in no luck. These zombies have brain rot. I continue my tour.

Hildebrand Mall is still under zombie control. The north west corner is ruined and occupied by 3 zeds.

Finally, at the end of my tour, with very limited AP (and hope) left, I come across a most magnificent vision! Is this a mirage?

Immediately I investigate everyone inside for a hint as to who may be responsible for this piece of heaven in Roftwood! A powered NecroTech building AND a powered Police Department!! What a wonderful early Valentine’s Day present! <3

Graffiti suggests the Malton Forensics Unit is maintaining this area under the leadership of Andy Bauer[12] of the Malton Civil Defense Unit -

I share this discovered sanctuary with my fellows at the RCC and we begin devising fresh battle plans as hope renews!!! ... For now ^_^

SUMMARY

In this installment, Roftwood locals attempt to reclaim the Dempsey Grove Police Department in an effort to get bullets back into survivor hands so we can better battle The Scourge. In charge of the operation is myself, ZombGG[13], and it fails terribly, quickly. The Scourge burst in and ruined the building, my plan, and made tasty snacks of everyone involved. The Roftwood Coordination Center points to a refugee camp inside an old psychiatric ward in Edgecombe where us Roftwood locals rally and recover. The Scourge are caught clogging the Swansborough Park revive point with their ranks, leading the RCC to compile a mega list of all noteworthy zombies in our area. Finally, I find new hope in western Roftwood upon discovering the area's healthy status under the command of Andy Bauer and the MCDU.

Thanks for reading and be sure to catch my other installments at ZombGG's Journal!!