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===History===
===History===


The Coy Museum was the brainchild of the infamous neo-realist architect, sociologist and lavatory designer'Testla Coy'.   
The Coy Museum was the brainchild of the infamous and eccentric Malton neo-realist architect, sociologist and lavatory designer, Mr. Testla Coy.   


The Museum was meant as a social experiment, its existence simply to document nothing but its own history. By the time of the zombie outbreak the museum had only been open for 6months. With very little history to document only a small section of the first downstairs exhibition hall was filled.
The museum Coy spent years designing in fact was intended only as a social experiment, its existence simply to document nothing but its own history. By the time of the Zombie outbreak, the museum had only been open for six months. As there was not even enough time for a single exhibit to be completed, much of the museum itself remained vacant.  


Oddly the only completed section of the building was the fully stocked gift shop.
Oddly enough, the only completed section of the building was a fully stocked gift shop which sold trinkets, stationary, and cheap postcards which could be purchased only at outrageous prices. Once Zombie hordes began to overrun Malton, the museum staff defied Coy's orders to stay and quickly fled. However Coy himself chose to stay and defend what he saw as an essential addition to Malton's culture. He managed to live off sweets from the gift shop over the next week, keeping a series of logs about his final days and watching the chaos engulfing his city outside.


Once the outbreak had begun, the employed curators quickly fled. However Coy decided to remain and complete what he saw as an essential addition to Malton culture. Most of what happened next is known from a found diary Mr Coy kept, documenting the final doomed days of the museum. Quickly running out of 'conventional' stationary, and unable to use a computer due to the power shortage Coy began to write descriptions of the museums artefact's in blood. Eventually, unable to balance the upkeep of the museum and maintenance of barricades,  Coy soon became exhausted and entered a gruesome downward spiral of madness leading to an eventual disregard for his personal safety all together. As the barricades fell and zombies finally invaded all Mr Coy could do was try and distract them with merchandise in the gift shop. Alas even the most mindless of zombies was unwilling to take any notice of the overpriced tat Coy was flogging.
Coy apparently began a gruesome spiral into madness by the second week. He obsessively wandered the dark labyrinthe of unfinished exhibit halls, scrawling crude inscriptions onto the floor in blood. When Zombies finally battered down the sturdy oak doors of the Coy Museum, the only trace left of Testla Coy himself was a circular series of jumbled writings left in fresh blood on the tiled ceiling near the entrance.  


 
Mr. Coy's eccentric behaviour has led to several running jokes and rumors about his possible demise, the most popular one among residents of the surrounding subhurbs being that in Coy's final hour, he attempted to stop the attacking Zombies from destroying his beloved museum by distracting them with merchandise from his gift shop. Another interesting story told suggests that Coy, himself now a Zombie, will sometimes appear in the building's lavatories to frighten away those attempting to use them.
Rumour has it that Mr Coy (now in zombified form) can still be found stumbling around the second floor gents toilets, laden with branded erasers and rulers from the gift shop.


===Barricade Policy===
===Barricade Policy===

Revision as of 02:24, 29 May 2011

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The Coy Museum
Last Update August 2020
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The Coy Museum

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Basic Info:

  • Museums have a wide range of different collections and exhibitions, although previously they were not lootable. Nowadays, different decorative items may be found there.
  • Generally, the descriptions found in Museums fall along the lines of "…currently displaying a(n) exhibition/installation/collection of _____________"
  • Museums can be barricaded normally.

The Coy Museum

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Photo Taken: 22 April 2011

Description

History

The Coy Museum was the brainchild of the infamous and eccentric Malton neo-realist architect, sociologist and lavatory designer, Mr. Testla Coy.

The museum Coy spent years designing in fact was intended only as a social experiment, its existence simply to document nothing but its own history. By the time of the Zombie outbreak, the museum had only been open for six months. As there was not even enough time for a single exhibit to be completed, much of the museum itself remained vacant.

Oddly enough, the only completed section of the building was a fully stocked gift shop which sold trinkets, stationary, and cheap postcards which could be purchased only at outrageous prices. Once Zombie hordes began to overrun Malton, the museum staff defied Coy's orders to stay and quickly fled. However Coy himself chose to stay and defend what he saw as an essential addition to Malton's culture. He managed to live off sweets from the gift shop over the next week, keeping a series of logs about his final days and watching the chaos engulfing his city outside.

Coy apparently began a gruesome spiral into madness by the second week. He obsessively wandered the dark labyrinthe of unfinished exhibit halls, scrawling crude inscriptions onto the floor in blood. When Zombies finally battered down the sturdy oak doors of the Coy Museum, the only trace left of Testla Coy himself was a circular series of jumbled writings left in fresh blood on the tiled ceiling near the entrance.

Mr. Coy's eccentric behaviour has led to several running jokes and rumors about his possible demise, the most popular one among residents of the surrounding subhurbs being that in Coy's final hour, he attempted to stop the attacking Zombies from destroying his beloved museum by distracting them with merchandise from his gift shop. Another interesting story told suggests that Coy, himself now a Zombie, will sometimes appear in the building's lavatories to frighten away those attempting to use them.

Barricade Policy

According to the Provisional Danversbank Barricade Plan, this building should be kept at Extremely Heavily Barricaded (EHB) at all times.


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