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WEEK 1
WEEK ONE
!the beginning of the end
That’s what’s playing on repeat on a tape recorder, when the survivors come to.
Characters will find themselves in a humble, American townhouse, which other than being a bit dusty, is still mostly clean. All characters will be sprawled out on the floor and furniture of the living room, in front of what looks to be a giant portal. Characters will also notice they have a seemingly indestructible silver wristband around their wrists, and they have nothing with them but the clothes on their back.
Take a look around, and you'll realize that everyone in the room is likely a stranger. Aside from the tape playing, there's little explanation or proof that what's being said to you is even true. For all you know, one of the people in the room could be responsible for you being suddenly taken here.
Exploring the house's many rooms will reveal that there are small stockpiles food, water, weapons (a few guns, a few bats, a few knives), and maps, along with a large, strange container of blue liquid. The maps all chart a route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, and sport detailed recommended time stamps on them. Strangely, the recommended path occasionally diverges into two separate routes.
Upon searching the house, Haru Okumura finds a set of notes, while Leontuzzo Bellone finds a separate set. They are free to keep these notes to themselves, or share them with the group.
Nothing has anyone's names on it — not the notes, and certainly not the supplies. Everyone will have to compete for the same things. Or maybe all of you can be civilized about this, before anyone goes hoarding weapons and food? Maybe you can even introduce yourselves, while you're at it. For some strange reason, every window and door in this place is locked (and impossible to break), and will be for at least 72 hours, as if someone wanted you all to be cooped up together for a time before heading out.
Most interestingly, in the deepest basement of the house, there's a room with a large, heavy dresser shoved in front of it… and a low moaning and banging emanating from the other side. The door’s slightly ajar, and a closer look reveals a zombie is the source of the sound. Context clues around the basement, like the PhD in interdimensional travel hung up on the wall (for a Dr. Bei), hint that the woman inside is whoever left you this cryptic message - the woman who brought you here, allegedly. But she's long long gone, only this monster left in her wake. It seems she was smart enough to lock herself away to prevent you from being harmed, at least... and it'll give you a preview of the threat that looms outside.
Characters will find themselves in a humble, American townhouse, which other than being a bit dusty, is still mostly clean. All characters will be sprawled out on the floor and furniture of the living room, in front of what looks to be a giant portal. Characters will also notice they have a seemingly indestructible silver wristband around their wrists, and they have nothing with them but the clothes on their back.
Take a look around, and you'll realize that everyone in the room is likely a stranger. Aside from the tape playing, there's little explanation or proof that what's being said to you is even true. For all you know, one of the people in the room could be responsible for you being suddenly taken here.
Exploring the house's many rooms will reveal that there are small stockpiles food, water, weapons (a few guns, a few bats, a few knives), and maps, along with a large, strange container of blue liquid. The maps all chart a route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, and sport detailed recommended time stamps on them. Strangely, the recommended path occasionally diverges into two separate routes.
Upon searching the house, Haru Okumura finds a set of notes, while Leontuzzo Bellone finds a separate set. They are free to keep these notes to themselves, or share them with the group.
Nothing has anyone's names on it — not the notes, and certainly not the supplies. Everyone will have to compete for the same things. Or maybe all of you can be civilized about this, before anyone goes hoarding weapons and food? Maybe you can even introduce yourselves, while you're at it. For some strange reason, every window and door in this place is locked (and impossible to break), and will be for at least 72 hours, as if someone wanted you all to be cooped up together for a time before heading out.
Most interestingly, in the deepest basement of the house, there's a room with a large, heavy dresser shoved in front of it… and a low moaning and banging emanating from the other side. The door’s slightly ajar, and a closer look reveals a zombie is the source of the sound. Context clues around the basement, like the PhD in interdimensional travel hung up on the wall (for a Dr. Bei), hint that the woman inside is whoever left you this cryptic message - the woman who brought you here, allegedly. But she's long long gone, only this monster left in her wake. It seems she was smart enough to lock herself away to prevent you from being harmed, at least... and it'll give you a preview of the threat that looms outside.
sewer diving
After 72 hours have passed, one and only one door unlocks – in the very same basement that the zombie of Dr. Bei can be found. It leads down to a dark, dingy tunnel that connects to the sewers. Not only is the smell awful, but (non-infected) rats scurry about, keeping to the shadows – but the smell of any of the food you've taken from the house will attract them. Careful!
The party will need to create some light to navigate their way out and keep the rats at bay, or they’ll be bumping around in the dark for quite a while. Now might be a good time to share if you have some matches, or a special talent for being a lantern. Mercifully, there's only one exit that actually opens down in this labyrinth, as if it's a route the Doctor designed to take all the time.
At one point, Puppy falls into the sewage, and loses something they brought from the house.
The party will need to create some light to navigate their way out and keep the rats at bay, or they’ll be bumping around in the dark for quite a while. Now might be a good time to share if you have some matches, or a special talent for being a lantern. Mercifully, there's only one exit that actually opens down in this labyrinth, as if it's a route the Doctor designed to take all the time.
At one point, Puppy falls into the sewage, and loses something they brought from the house.
oh! that's a baseball
Once characters make it out of the sewers, they’ll be a day’s travel to the first mark on the party’s map: “Dodger’s Stadium.” The road they’ll have to hike to get there is winding, curvy, and uphill, which will give the party a good overview of the now dilapidated Los Angeles, along with the many abandoned buildings and cars that litter the place. The stadium itself looks to have been cleared of threats and fashioned into a safe spot a long time ago, as all entrances but one have been completely welded shut. The high walls keep zombies out, and the winding path up here deters most of them from even approaching.
Inside the stadium, there’s some baseball merch (and equipment) to scavenge, not to mention some really old peanuts! Delicious. Maybe there are even some old fireworks laying around this place. Setting up camp here won’t be very comfortable… but at least it’s very safe. A luxury the party won’t have for much longer, if the map is anything to go by. You'll be heading through the city, next, so rest up while you can.
Inside the stadium, there’s some baseball merch (and equipment) to scavenge, not to mention some really old peanuts! Delicious. Maybe there are even some old fireworks laying around this place. Setting up camp here won’t be very comfortable… but at least it’s very safe. A luxury the party won’t have for much longer, if the map is anything to go by. You'll be heading through the city, next, so rest up while you can.
!week one objectives
➤ make acquaintances with your fellow travelers
➤ decide what to do with the zombie of dr. bei
➤ arm yourself with what you can find
➤ scavenge some portable food from the house and while traveling
➤ make camp at the stadium
➤ decide what to do with the zombie of dr. bei
➤ arm yourself with what you can find
➤ scavenge some portable food from the house and while traveling
➤ make camp at the stadium
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Nope. Melusines are pretty uncommon, actually. We used to live underground before Monsieur Neuvillette brought us out. [ Underground.....like moles? ] I'm glad he did though. I've really been able to learn a lot out here, and gotten to meet a lot of really amazing people.
[ Said with another bright smile! which you will have to imagine because i still only have five icons, help me ]
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Hehe, that's great. I'm glad you got to come out and see the sun and the stars. Not ever seeing them is no proper way to live!
[ For anything! She seems to speak from experience while saying that, and she even lifts her head to look appreciatingly at the sky. ]
You must be pretty disappointed getting dragged here, huh?
[ she probably wants to go back to where this noodlelette brought her.... ]
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Just kidding. We can save that for a later day. ]
It is pretty nice out in the sun. I really only ever get to see it when I take my vacations.
[ Her government mandated vacations because both her boss and her guardian figure (that's Noodlelette) would lose their minds if she worked straight without breaks. ]
But I don't really mind being here! I do miss my patients back home, but I used to be a traveling doctor before I settled down, so it's nice to be able to travel again and see what things are like in different places.
[ Even if……the point of their travel is depressing…………. ]
And it's important that we reach our destination, right?
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[ She does airquotes, even with one hand obscured by her foam finger. ]
I don't know if I can trust what that lady in the recording said, but we'll see. For now, what's really important is making sure we all make it.
[ Unlike her low sympathy for the scientist who died or whatever before bringing them here, Hella sees each person who's been dragged here as sharing her plight. Unfairly taken and forced to do something not all of them want to do. It's wrong. No matter how she feels personally about each member, it won't change the fact that she believes none of them deserve this. ]
We're lucky to have a doc like you around, though! I'm sure the others will need it when we run into trouble.
[ "The others," not including her, that is. ]
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The vote of confidence is appreciated, though she still chews at her lip. ]
I hope I can help... I've never seen anything like what happened to the poor woman in the basement. If that happens to one of us, it might be tough.
[ And she's not naive enough to think they'll make it though without at least a few injuries, even if it'd be nice to dream otherwise. Her hands ball into small fists and she holds them up in front of her chest. ]
But I promise to take care of each and every one of you as best I can. That's what a doctor is supposed to do, after all.
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That's the spirit. We'll be counting on you!
[ Look, she may be tiny, but she knows 8 year old Sinners that are way stronger than she is... Sigewinne might as well be one of them. She's not going to doubt her doctorly powers. ]
I've seen some things similar to the lady in the basement, but... who knows if it's all the same here. If it were up to me, I would've just gotten rid of her. [ Safer for everyone involved, puts the woman out of her misery, etc. Seemed pretty straightforward to her, so she was surprised to see so much dissent among the group. ] Do you think something like that can be reversed?
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But that doesn't mean she's willing to accept an easy death without exhausting all other options first. ]
Hmmm...
[ She mulls over the question, falling silent briefly. ]
Henry [ the smaller ] said he couldn't hear anything when he tried to read her thoughts, right? That it was just empty. [ Scary. ] If there's really nothing in there, it might not matter even if we do manage to reverse the symptoms somehow.
[ A life spent as a living husk is no life at all. ]
Still, I've never seen anything like this before. It's entirely possible that there's something else at play none of us understand yet. We should at least try to see if we can change her back.
[ And if not.......well. ]