User:Fae Sidhe

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MAY 2011

WYKE HILLS: 19:01, 6 May 2011 (BST) - I'm getting very tired of being soaked in my own blood. Once the shock wore off, I found out I was in worse straights than I thought when I had to be revivified... again -- infected. Everything was ruined on this side of Wyke Hills and on the other side of Buttonville.. to the north in Kempsterbank... West Grayside... Gulsonside..Can't catch a break.

Ducked in and out until I found a small nest of survivors. One, William Turpin, was nice enough to rid me of the infection, but supplies are so scarce right now with so much of the buildings completely ransacked.. ruined. I was lucky he could spare even that much of his supplies. Mine ran out in Gulsonside. Every other place from here north to Shackleville is ruined... And there's no Necrotech standing in the vicinity to touch base with Echo... and staying here much longer than necessary is suicide.. but where else is there to go?

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NECROTECH LOG: Zach Echo, Dr. - 14:03, 6 May 2011 (BST) - Subject 135713 began to move about 22 minutes ago. At the rate of movement, we're estimating she's alive, but the signal is degrading rapidly.. also another sign of the revivification syrum bonding with the extraction tag molecules and nullifying them.

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NECROTECH LOG: Zach Echo, Dr. - 8:58, 6 May 2011 (BST) - She appeared on the map an hour ago, but she hasn't moved since.. and she's not covered. Is she dead.. is she undead?

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NECROTECH LOG: Zach Echo, Dr. - 03:38, 5 May 2011 (BST) - Still nothing. There are specimens -- the living dead -- every where all over Shackleville and Tollyton. How many of them are sympathetic survivors? Not every survivor, once dead, wants to return to life..

Past studies have shown that there is a 1 in 10 chance that if the subject -- the living -- is killed and not returned to their living state within a few days, they do not return at all. The number drops to 1 in 5 after a week. The numbers aren't looking good if Subject 35713 was killed in that horde...

Please, Sidhe. Don't make that scared smile the last memory I have of you.

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WYKE HILLS: 18:32, 4 May 2011 (BST) - I can't.. I can't.. I can't.. I can't.. I woke up in Swaffield plaza.. I had nothing to help the others. I had nothing to help myself. The revival never sits well with my stomach..

It's so cold... the blood is everywhere. Zeds are everywhere.. All the buildings are in ruin for miles on miles... There's bodies everywhere in Shackleville and Tollyton. I ran until I could find a place that was safer within a couple blocks.. It took forever. I'm so tired of running.

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NECROTECH LOG: Zach Echo, Dr. - 03:51, 4 May 2011 (BST) - I have not heard from Subject 35713 in about 8 days. She said it was probably a false alarm that a horde was moving into the suburb; just like it had been a few weeks ago with the Tollyton scare.

"Don't worry so much," she said with a smile. I should have known better than to take that at face value. Satellite and some Necrowatch showed a large concentration of the living dead as survivors began to tag them, little glowing pinpricks the day after she said that.

At least she has not popped up in the NecroWatch system yet. That is the best condolences I can give myself at the moment. I gave the technician her name to keep watch and inform me if it pops up any where on the grid.

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SHACKLEVILLE: 21:17, 2 May 2011 (BST) - Dried blood smears the middle of the page, an awkward, jagged "E" formed by a finger.

APRIL 2011

CROWBANK: 21:46, 30 April 2011 (BST) - A bloody hand print smears the page, dragging downward until the page ends.

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GULSONSIDE - Zeds with a sense of humor. I could of sworn that fucker was laughing. I barely made it out alive. How far do I have to go to find relief long enough to rest and find supplies? --- Fae Sidhe 19:51, 28 April 2011 (BST)

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TOLLYTON - I woke up in a bloody mess. Same reaction as before. The revivification process doesn't sit well with me. That's really the only way to describe it without graphic detail. Of two syringes for revivification I collected before Raymond Building fell.. have only one left. The needle was shattered on the other.

I used it on someone else in the square. I hope they appreciate the effort because I ran like hell after that. Dizzy, stumbling, I ran like hell. There's nobody left alive here, and I can't take 50+ zed on my own without much ammo. The radios are quiet. They're everywhere for miles.... If I thought the nightmares from The Village haunted me, this might make those seems like pale shades of a memory I can't quite recall.. Or hell, maybe I will.

So much for finding The Fortress or any other organized group of survivors. --- Fae Sidhe 15:32, 28 April 2011 (BST)

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SHACKLEVILLE - It's a slaughter.. they're every where. Shackleville is not a survivor haven now.. It is a grave. Echo... It's a living nightmare, pun intended. I won't tell you that to your face. Don't worry so much.

Everything I own is covered in blood. Whatever happened to the survivor militias entrusted with Shackleville? --- Fae Sidhe 00:22, 26 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Ridleybank Resistance Front. They finally moved into Shackleville.. I assume from Tollyton based on a previous report I somehow forgot about -- but Tollyton seems safe enough for the moment. Will have to investigate more with the development...

Raymond Building is without power.. As for the condition of the building, I'm not sure.. the barricades are lower and there's not a ton circling it. I managed to revivify a survivor taken down by the horde, but they're everywhere. They even hit the museum... This is a replay of The Village all over again.. --- Fae Sidhe 20:05, 25 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Knew it was too good to be true.. Swithun General Hospital is in ruins, a horde of almost 30 zeds ..slaughtering the many, many survivors and demolishing the building. I still don't know who they're with, but they aren't feral. Not in these numbers.

I was in the Raymond Building talking to Echo when the report came in. His brow furrowed. I smiled and assured him it was probably a false alarm, knowing full well it was the first big movement in the suburb in some time by zed. It was probably just ferals. Yes.. just ferals. I don't think he believed me. He told me to be careful.

I ducked in and played triage, but I'm no doctor. Shot a few, but the numbers were just overwhelming... By the time I got there, most were dead. What would be the next stop? Raymond Building, I imagine.. so I swooped back in and picked up a few reviv syringes and ducked over into a non-tactical building. I watched the lights go out on Raymond Building soon after. My link to Echo is severed here I realized as the windows suddenly went dark. The 'cades are still high, but for how long? --- Fae Sidhe 22:25, 24 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - It's been relatively quiet 'cept for the zed suiciders. By that, I mean the dead zed that don't mind dying over and over to try and take a building full of survivors. Ferals with death wishes -- well, if they weren't already dead, right? What is a zed with a death wish called, I wonder?

Got some idiots cading over the Barricade policy for Shackleville. I took down the 'cade at Clarkson Lane to it's actual barricade level which allows access to Swithun General Hospital and the Raymond Building. Fear makes people stupid. Cut off your entry points.. you cut off a lot of your exit points too. Make it hard for them to enter, but not impossible for you to leave.

Speaking of Raymond Building, I stopped off in there and had a talk with Echo. First time I have managed a smile since I found a group of The Fortress. They didn't actually belong to one of the four teams, but they were a commune group which is still just as good for me.

Swaffield Plaza, where I revivified for my first time after being infected, is where I now keep watch. Apparently it is a revive point officially.. With the help of Echo, I revived my first and second Zed today. It is not easy, especially alone. Even though this is regarded as a safety zone, I still don't know what zed will turn around and try and bite my arm off. Tricky business, but all has gone well so far... I think I might have found a purpose.

A wild idea also hit me just now.. but if we can revive the people that want to be revived.. would not reviving the leaders of the zed forces, at least for a while, throw their ranks slightly into disorganization? A reverse assassination? --- Fae Sidhe 19:24, 23 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Success. I located a commune group of The Fortress assigned to Shackleville on the far east end, near Tollyton. It only took a little over a month, but it's nice to see representation of organized groups. Knowing they are in Shackleville now, I think I will begin the process of applying.

I've been listening to broadcasts out of Kempsterbank -- Kbank as they've been calling it. The fan fare at the closing makes me smile. Jilliard rose and fell and rose again.. but that's common for a Necrotech in an area like Kempsterbank. I'm surprised the Raymond Building isn't attacked more often in Shackleville. Probably location has something to do with it. --- Fae Sidhe 00:23, 22 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Got a bit zed shooting happy. I finished one off that was already way past gone when I crossed the border into Shackleville. Is it a mercy killing? Continuing to Tollyton... Plan to stop over in the Raymond Building before hand to check in with Echo. It's been.. three or four days. I begin to lose track of days when I'm out.. --- Fae Sidhe 15:43, 20 April 2011 (BST)

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MOCKRIDGE HEIGHTS - I am learning quickly how to survive on my own here. Now, I have familiarity with three suburbs and half of Mockridge Heights. There seems to be a corridor of safety between between the suburb buffer for Ridleybank aka The Village and Kempsterbank in the form of Shackleville and Mockridge Heights.

Had an idiot ask me to violate Sacred Ground Policy today. Only thing I could do was stare at him, recite Sacred Ground Policy synopsis and then ask if the zed he was requesting the death of ever attacked him at all.

There is no Necrotech in Galbraith Hills or Mockridge Heights.. which makes both suburbs inadequate for a long term hold over. I do not wish to travel out of the suburb to correspond with Echo... The only reasonable location so far is Shackleville.. though I hear Tollyton has four hospitals, a Necrotech, two police stations, a few fire stations... and, to boot, a mall. A mall that isn't Pole Mall! Can you believe it? With Shackleville its direct neighbor to the west and the Raymond Building on the eastern end... A good cross suburb pass...

Next stop, Tollyton. --- Fae Sidhe 04:29, 20 April 2011 (BST)

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GALBRAITH HILLS - I took up residence across the street from Mockridge Heights' Wheaton Avenue Police Department in the Deed Library right on the border -- hugging it. This morning, there were quite a few zed in the streets, but they were scattered. I'm guessing ferals without any organization. I took one out that was looking too closely at the police station. Didn't want to really risk it. Not here. Not now.

I also saw a zed I tagged in central Mockridge Heights yesterday... I don't think it actually followed me, but I let it be for the time being with another good tagging just in case to keep its tracer strong. --- Fae Sidhe 21:36, 18 April 2011 (BST)

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MOCKRIDGE HEIGHTS & GALBRAITH HILLS - I delved into Mockridge Heights and a block or two into Galbraith Hills after I rested up. The Mockridge Heights suburb itself and the southern part of Galbraith Hills is pretty safe. I didn't run into much there, though.. not even survivors until I hit The Hills. Some idiot keeps talking about "the mall" on 27.55 MHz. Idiot, there are at least four malls in the Greater Ridleybank area and the suburbs on that border. Be. More. Specific.

I also tagged another zed for Necrotech. I am beginning to see the usefulness of this for both those of us locked in this hell of a quarantine experiment and for data for Echo outside, and the usefulness of the Necrotech revivification (obviously). There were rumors that Necrotech was responsible for this, and this is their experiment.. but it is also their technology that is keeping us from being completely zed food. The technology assists us in keeping their numbers down.

I stood on top of a building today, watching four zeds circling around in a local cemetery.. I left them to be revivified as per the Sacred Ground Policy. I could not help them, but maybe once I am more familiar with Necrotech technology...

It will be a future discussion with Echo, I'm sure. I have to locate a NecroTech facility here and see if I can touch base... I checked in briefly in Shackleville, but I was only able to hold my stomach steady for so long so it was a short conversation.. but it was nice to see his relief in his features even as I lied to him about being attacked. I made sure the bandage hid the extent of the bite. I did manage to find a pretty new red dress in a hotel.. At least if I get blood on it, the stain won't be as noticeable. --- Fae Sidhe 04:39, 18 April 2011 (BST)

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SHACKLEVILLE - If the process of dying is a frightening one, the process of revivification is a disgusting one. I do not think I ate anyone while I was dead so at least when I try and eat non-human foods and cannot hold it down, I'm not looking at another chunk of human.

They patched me up nicely at Swithun, and I found a new shirt left over from the graveyard sleep area in a locker. I think in a day or so, I'll be ready to head back out, but first I have to get back to the Raymond Building and check in with Echo. Just a few days I've known him, but I already feel it's my duty to not completely let him wonder if a zed ate me alive.

Then again, I am assuming he cares whether I check back in or not. What am I but someone whose survival rate is so low they left us for dead in quarantine? Oh my government that hath abandoned us --- Fuck you. At least they haven't decided to incinerate the area via aircraft. Perhaps this really is one huge experiment on a regional level. --- Fae Sidhe 22:20, 16 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - I wretched when I came to in Swaffield Plaza just south of the Raymond Building. I took a moment to gain my bearings. I was covered in blood on my torso, and I still had a few nasty bite marks on my upper arm. Burn and puss -- infected. My blood still covered my hands and upper arm --- a little on the torso, but rain was beginning to fall. It caused me to seek shelter. I don't do drowned rat, blood covered zed well.

Everything is still fuzzy, flashes in the haze. I wish I had time to clean myself up further -- safely -- before going to Swithun General Hospital. I need new clothes. For some reason, modesty is still ingrained in the back of my mind -- but I don't have the time. --- Fae Sidhe 16:50, 16 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - It stopped beating on me. I was wandering the northern edge of Shackleville, Lorenzo's broken silhouette looming dark to the north in The Village. I took a chance to try and face my fears... and check out the mansion near Lorenzo General Hospital. Rich fuckers. Really, I should have known better.

Wish I hadn't.. I stumbled in on two zeds rending a survivor -- I tried to help. Didn't realize I was too late by the time I got there... Infection was the least of my worries.. I ran. I got hit again circling back to get into Shackleville. I made it, but not far enough. I don't think it was the same zed, just dumb fucked luck. There's blood everywhere. Mine.. I think I'm going to die.

This is what facing your fears gets you in quarantine. I just hope I'm not beyond repair and enough of me survives to locate a revivification center.. At least now, I have hope that death really is not the end for the infected or those with a cortex intact. The Raymond Building seems so far away right now.. Echo, I'm so afraid. --- Fae Sidhe 15:19, 15 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Whatever the rumor was that the RRF were progressing into Shackleville turned out to either be delayed or misinformed. Whatever zeds massing out front looked like ferals. An organized front would not have been dispatched so easily.. judging by the two accounted for body count. The others must have dispersed.

The suburb is quiet... for now. It is the first time in a while I have not had to worry about waking up to some rancid zed trying to chew my face off so I can sleep my hour or two in peace. It's also the first night I could sleep, have my nightmares of The Village and wake up not in an almost as bad situation. I suppose there are perks to having a large amount of survivors, even if searches prove less fruitful due to everything useful being close to picked over.

I spent an hour talking to Echo again via the video system in the NecroTech.. It's extremely lonely in the land of survivors. I cannot seem to connect. We are all so worried about surviving or slaughtering, we forget we can't stay in this high alert forever. The body will give eventually if not the mind first. When I speak, I am not responded to by most. Do they speak English?

Echo did teach me what the DNA Extractor did and how to use it. I tagged my first zed tonight. It registered as a science officer.. I guess it makes sense the science-y types would hang close to the NecroTech they spent their lives working in. --- Fae Sidhe 01:32, 15 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Overheard talk at Raymond Building while I was camping down for the night. Rumors that the Ridleybank Resistance Front is moving this direction via Rotwood which they have subsequently demolished the resource buildings. They are a little far away from home, but it makes sense because The Village belongs to them and is part of Greater Ridleybank.. as is Rotwood. It was used as a buffer suburb, I think.

They also mentioned a group of zed are now converging outside and into the block. Fuck. The two survivors speaking seem gave one of the zeds a name -- Heg.

His name -- the doctor -- is Zach Echo, by the way. He has one of the most gorgeous laughs, even though I can tell he's strained. He's located outside of quarantine. Maybe if I make it out alive... If this NecroTech goes down, I need to find another or I will not be able to see Echo. Hell, I need to just make it out alive. I debate if there is enough of us to defend against an organized attack, much less one from Ridleybank Resistance Front. I am hoping it is just a group of ferals.. --- Fae Sidhe 05:47, 14 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Slept in the Swithun General Hospital. Lots of people so no agent movements that I know of.. no zeds breaching. Was the first good sleep in a while. Still had nightmares from The Village though. Will I ever escape that first siege experience?

Helped heal up a survivor that got busted up a little bit by the zeds and then grabbed some FAKs I found in a back closet storage room. Managed to locate two pistol clips at the police station too. So much better than a shotgun, in my opinion..

Heh. The funny thing is, though.. I stumbled into the local NecroTech and came upon two syringes. I found two extractors close by as well. When I tried to access their computer system, all I got was an error message about clearance. Hell, I'm in the military.. or was.. so I can understand that. An attempt to hack the grid only got me a video of a doctor...... He was an attractive doctor so I probably stared longer than I should have before I realized the video was live, and he was talking to me. Heh. Silly me. --- Fae Sidhe 01:46, 14 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Woke up in The Village with a zed on top of me. Could smell his rancid breath -- granted, zeds don't actually breathe but the stench is there regardless.. He got me on the upper arm, and I'm pretty sure it's infected judging by the puss and the burning sensation. Starting to think the insomnia is becoming beneficial. If they do manage to eat me alive, I'll be too delusional to care. This is the second time I stopped to catch an hour or two. Note to self, do not sleep in The Village.

Shoved the corpse off and bucked it straight west. Buildings became unfamiliar and realized I managed to get into the western suburb Mockridge Heights. I withdrew back to Swithun General Hospital in Shackleville to clear the infection and heal.

It seems Shackleville is starting to feel like home. Perhaps I can navigate through Mockridge Heights to Galbraith Hills to investigate The Village's north western corner for the The Fortress. I have not seen any signs of the the Department of Emergency Management lately here. Does the proximity to The Village, Kempsterbank, and, more importantly, Ridleybank deter organized groups from keeping stable posts? Rotter's Relief tried and while I still don't know exactly whose side they're on, most of the ones in The Village are probably zed food. All that remains is their blood smeared graffiti and ruins. --- Fae Sidhe 02:13, 13 April 2011 (BST)

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Stanbury Village - Decided to investigate The Village again and make my way to the northwest quadrant. Found more ammunition for my shotgun at Daynes Alley Police Department. I hate shotguns, but pistol clips are rarer. I found a pistol with 4 left in the clip and scavenged it just before a zed broke a weak spot in the barrier. I should've known better, I guess. I didn't hear it so it must have been pretty damn weak spot to begin with. I got a few shots off it -- the pistol clip gone now as well as a shot off the shotgun. Helped a survivor get back on his feet and then kicked it out of there. St. Maria's Church is under attack... St. Augustine's Church is ruined.

Shouldn't be surprised here. Unlike Kempsterbank, I have a sort of nostalgia for The Village.... and the nightmares it gives me when I get an hour or two of sleep between bouts of insomnia. --- Fae Sidhe 03:18, 12 April 2011 (BST)

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SHACKLEVILLE - Found ammunition in a police station. Was walking among buildings and slipped. Ran into a lone zed, but I saw him first because he didn't react. Not a revivification point.. Unloaded the newly supplied ammunition from my pistol clip into his head. Dead zed.

Ran into rumors of a group called The Fortress that did a few operations in the northern part of The Village and into Ridleybank. If I remember right, though, Ridleybank is a stronghold for a rather aggressive zed group. Do I risk it to search for an organized group of survivors? --- Fae Sidhe 02:59, 11 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Got a transmission on 27.55 that Dobbs is under attack and falling. I was just at that Nectrotech about two days ago on my way OUT of Kempsterbank. Seems I chose a prime time to clear out. Pole Mall is also under attack again. Not quite sure where that is though, by assumptions I think it's south of Kempsterbank in West Grayside if I remember the map of the area correctly. --- Fae Sidhe 22:32, 9 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Finally reached Shackleville's outer edges again. Can't say it was a pleasant time in Kempsterbank. It's gotten crowded with survivors here again though. Safety in numbers but also less supplies and more likely to draw zed attention. Gonna spend another day or two, stock up on ammo now that I'm restocked on FAK after a pause at St. Mateos' on the edge of Kempsterbank and Shackleville.

Perhaps I should try some target practice on the Shackleville / Village border. After that freakish zed and his skin, I think I need to get more familiar with the gun. It's not exactly military standard issue.. --- Fae Sidhe 05:35, 9 April 2011 (BST)

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KEMPSTERBANK - I think I was tracked by the same zed I unloaded on yesterday. These things are supposed to be stupid, but I guess that's a lie with organized units spreading. Thankfully, just made it with some scrapes. An axe to the head by another survivor finished the job I did on it yesterday.

I'm not extremely religious, but I read this zed fiction book before all this shit went down about smart zeds that were actually demons inhabiting the bodies of the dead in the first stage of the apocalypse. Maybe they're demons. Wouldn't that be funny if this was truly the path to judgment?... I'm starting to sound like a death cultist. I need to get the hell out of Kempsterbank. --- Fae Sidhe 15:15, 8 April 2011 (BST)

KEMPSTERBANK - Made the mistake of pausing for a rest and FAK resupply so close to St. Ferrerol in Titus. The barricades came down, and the zed came in. Blew my rest of my ammo, but not before infection set in for three of us from bites. Managed to clear all three of us of infection, but there's nothing else that could be done -- whatever was on that Zed's skin, and I'm guessing the bloated flesh -- made fighting with anything except a gun worthless.

Need to get the hell out of Kempsterbank. --- Fae Sidhe 21:00, 7 April 2011 (BST)

KEMPSTERBANK - Traveled down south into Kempsterbank to check out the last call from a few days ago. That and, I hate to say this, when a zed force moves through, they have no use for supplies. More than anything, I just wanted to check for survivors.

Wish I hadn't. For supposedly being extremely friendly for survivors, that's no longer the case. It's quite the opposite of Shackleville. St. Ferrerol hospital was in ruins. I stopped by to bandage up a few infected in southern portion.. The puss was spreading fast, but I managed. One was beyond saving, but I couldn't take his life. Just couldn't do it. Even as a zed, he has a chance of revivification. Course, that's assuming he would want to come back...

Going back to Shackleville. Despite a large number of hospitals, most are down here. They need all the supplies they can get. --- Fae Sidhe 14:55, 7 April 2011 (BST)

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SHACKLEVILLE - Woke up with a start and a pain in the calf. I checked myself over to see if I was bit -- just as a precaution. Maybe I didn't realize it in the adrenaline the last day or two. Nothing. Turned out to be a muscle cramp. I think they call them charlie horses or something. Another night successfully survived... for what that's worth.

Lots of chatter over the radio to the south. From what I can tell, a survivor base fell in the next suburb down. It's very quiet here. I've managed to restock pretty nicely. I found two fuel cans even and, because I appreciate the constant human presence, I filled up a few generators to keep the lights on and the radio transmitter running.

I can't stay here forever though. I might head south to scout the issue. I think there's a mall there. Maybe I'll find a pair of heels for kicks. Be a nice change with warmer weather approaching if impractical.. but this suburb, at least for the moment, has been pretty safe. I'd estimate maybe 50 different people occupying the heart. Nice to see living faces after what happened in The Village even if, at least for the moment, I keep my distance. I still find it difficult to penetrate cliques.. and, quite frankly, I fear agents after the incident in The Village too.

I have not seen any more sign of the MES... I am beginning to wonder just how far away they actually are in their next base. --- Fae Sidhe 01:20, 6 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - Saw the lights go out at Doig Fire Station. Thought maybe the generator went out --- there's not a lot of zeds in this area. It's why I chose to rebuild supplies and rest..

Instead, there's a zed standing over a dead body. He's wearing a flak, but I get off some shots.. finish him off with an axe. Don't know who his victim was but really sucks to be him. Put the bodies outside. I don't have the supplies to rebuild that building. --- Fae Sidhe 00:57, 5 April 2011 (BST)

SHACKLEVILLE - I located a portable radio earlier today on the 27.55 MHz. The juice left in it was pretty good, and it's helping to keep me informed. A police station in another suburb fell. I don't know where that was, but it wasn't here. Recommend retreat and regroup. I guess it's going pretty badly.

I did manage to take out a zed outside the revive points. Truth be told, all trained for human-to-human combat but never tested in a zed situation. I wasn't really meant to be used for that, but I guess desperate times call for desperate measures. I am not sure how I feel about it. That used to be someone's family. --- Fae Sidhe 22:02, 4 April 2011 (BST)

March 2011: Summary, Back Information

SHACKLEVILLE & Stanbury Village: The first couple days at the new base Op were promising. However, the slaughter was bad. The encampment was surrounded. An agent blew our cover. Ever since they discovered a higher organizational pattern in the brain of some zeds, people have been kinda scared. Well, more scared. I mean, seriously. Dead people coming back to life. Even those of us with training to handle it... Well, shit, man. They didn't train us to handle this.

Somehow ended up in the Malton suburb of Shackleville. It was pretty quiet except for the occasionally groaning. Saw a flare up to the north and followed it, hoping to find someone alive and friendly.

I should have known better. Followed it right to a zed horde surrounding the Lorenzo Hospital just inside The Village. Was a nightmare siege, and I watched them ruin the building and listened to the screams of the defenders from the roof of the Kersley Mansion. Fuck.

Two survivor were with me, but I was uneasy. There was something odd about them, especially when one pulled a gun on me. Had a flashback of that mother fuckin' agent. Here I was, without a gun, and so I managed to just barely escape. Kid wasn't that good at building hopping, I guess. I guess it pays to be a forward scout sometimes -- you learn how to move.

Two agents in two weeks, and still recovering from that first fuck over. Low on FAKs, and I wasn't going to get any thing from Lorenzo.

Catherine Hospital faired little better at first look. A local group, Rotter's Relief, moved into Mosley, and that helped keep it mostly in survivor hands though the swarm grew bigger and bigger every day outside both resources. I can't tell if Rotter's Relief is a bunch of zed sympathizers with some agents mixed in or just legitimately caring about bringing people back to life and respecting people who wish to remain dead. Either way, some zeds don't respect what they're doing judging by the swarm growing outside looking for dinner.

Catherine fell first. That, too, was just a replay of Lorenzo Hospital. Fuck, man. Mosley fell next as did the base op for Rotter's Relief at the moment. Still not sure about them.

Got fucked up at Catherine's fight. I got out of there alive though -- which is a hell of a lot more than I can say for some others. Ran into a guy from the Malton Emergency Services (MES). That group definitely warrants more investigation, especially the firefighters... but there is no fire station in The Village.

After watching Catherine over run and Mosley's lights go out, I headed back south and into Shackleville. Maybe I'd have better luck there for supplies and finding a member of MES's Firefighters. Fae Sidhe 19:45, 2 April 2011 (BST)