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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 10, 2012 19:04:57 GMT -8
Behind the 403 building is a narrow alley, a large office building behind it blocks the view of it from the street. This is where one can now enter the 403 building, now that the front entrance has been blocked.
The back door is down a few steps and shielded from the road by a concrete slab. It's a single door which used to take a keycard, now it's held shut by a thick piece of wood through the handle on the inside. It can only be opened if someone inside removes this wood. There is a bottle neck here due to the concrete slab and the steps, so only one person can enter at a time.
Also visible is a rolldown to the garage, which is metal mesh and partially see through at the very bottom. It is closed and locked to the ground, useless without electricity.
From here you can go to: Surrounding streets, the parking garage
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 2:49:05 GMT -8
Seth, Derek, Thierry, Davin, Alex and Jackson went outside for the dumpster duty. The alley was thin and narrow, and completely deserted. Jackson - (in a near whisper) "Damn... where'd they all go?"
He was keenly aware of odd movements down the alley, but nothing seemed to be taking note of them.
Seth- (Quiet, but not as quiet) "Yeah, those things are too stupid to come down here other than sheer accident or if they notice something. They forget what they're doing and wander off."
Jackson- "Huh. I guess we haven't had much time to figure out much about them. Too busy running."
Seth- "The ones that talk are the biggest problem. These guys are just like flood waters we gotta sandbag out." They approached a very large green dumpster, and Seth and Jackson fiddled with the wheels. Indeed, zombies passed the alley uninterestedly as long as everyone held relatively still as they passed. Seth- "They're gonna like this though. Whoever wants to go to the end of the alley, get ready to smack 'em back. I'm less buff than you fine specimens, so I'll go that way. Heave-ho'ers, heave ho!" Derek, Jackson and Alex (?) pushed the huge dumpster with a depressingly loud squawk. Davin, Thierry and Seth ran to the end of the alley, waiting with their weapons. Seth used a chipped golf club, Thierry had some comically exotic looking pole-arm that apparently was actually useful.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Oct 15, 2012 2:55:04 GMT -8
Davin- "I don't know about this plan." He was barely audible above the roar of the dumpster over the concrete. "I have my reservations." Zombies began to come into the alley, disturbing mockeries of the humans they once were, bodies jerking as if in the grip of a bad drug. Thierry- "Use all of your strength. When they attack, strike to crush the skull and any limb they put in the way."
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 2:58:03 GMT -8
On the other side, the pushers saw an amusing/disturbing sight. The zombies approached the dumpster from the other side, but then backed from it slowly, apparently not wanting to get crushed as it came towards them. They stood watching, with their blank, unfocused eyes.
Derek- "Haha! Crushy death coming for you, you fucking pricks!" He sounded oddly desperate, like this type of activity was really beginning to wear on him, but he didn't want to admit it.
Jackson- "Wow! This is crazy! Look at 'em go!"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 3:03:37 GMT -8
A shockingly skeletonized zombie was the first to appear in line of sight, its upper body somehow devoid of most of its flesh, its face looked like it wore a red ski mask. The lower half was wearing a black skirt and torn pantyhose. Seth made horrified expression, but stepped right ahead, and struck it with a powerful swing. Its head stretched at the neck muscles and came part way loose, as it continued staggering forward for just a moment, and fell with a wet slap to the concrete. "GAWD! GROSS!"
Davin- "Jesus fucking christ!" He was more shocked by Seth's zombie than anything coming his direction. He kicked a short, broad lady zombie back a few paces while he gathered his wits, then crushed it down with an overhand blow as it came back.
Thierry- "Try not to think about it - just do it."
Davin- "HOW?!" Now five zombies came at the three men. They staggered, slow and cumbersome. Davin quickly began to realize the average zombie was no threat to a human with a stick that could see it coming. "I'd like to imagine it was just a video game, but it would help if they didn't LOOK at you. Ugh."
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Post by DKender on Oct 15, 2012 10:38:03 GMT -8
Alex threw his weight behind the garbage bin. He tried to ignore the undead until they became an active threat, but this proved to be difficult, at best. "Do you think they have anything left?" he asked Jackson. "I mean, anything left of the person? Like, uh, like personality or thoughts or ..." He trailed off. What if they met zombie Emiliano? "Oh, God, don't kill anyone who looks like Mexican Nat. Y-you know Nat, right? Just don’t, please!"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 12:47:55 GMT -8
Jackson- "Man... you poor kid. I dunno man, I really don't think they have anything left." Jackson spoke with a slight labor as they pushed the bin until it was scraping against the concrete walls. "I think their spirit goes somewhere else. I think this is just the body, being used by something evil. Like how Mary was. I bet Mary used to be a normal woman, but her spirit is gone somewhere else."
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 12:57:55 GMT -8
Somewhere behind Alex and the other pushers, someone wolf-whistled. Anna- "Hey tough dudes! Nice view I got here... if ya know what I mean! Haha..." She casually walked over to the other side of the alley and watched Seth, Davin and Thierry beating back zombies.
Seth hooked a business casual zombie by the back of his polo shirt, and tossed it to Thierry, who jousted it through the neck with the point of his fancy looking pole-arm. Davin just brutally crushed in the head of a middle-aged woman zombie, and it fell face first to the asphalt. Anna- "Nice chops guys, mind if I join in?" Seth glanced back for just a second and smiled. Seth- "Sure, come on in, Anna."
Anna- "Don't go thinking we're best friends..."
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Post by DKender on Oct 15, 2012 14:51:27 GMT -8
When Anna whistled, Alex snorted with amusement and grinned stupidly. Though she was probably complimenting Jackson (they made a cute pair), pretending that she thought he was hot stuff, too, lifted Alex's mood. He was just glad the Anna and the other guys were handling the fighting. Alex hadn't fought before the dead started rising. Well, that wasn’t entirely true. He roughed a kid up in fifth grade, since the little snot kept calling him a "Lamanite." Alex won their scrap, but he didn't escape unscathed. His dad took out the belt for that indiscretion and tanned Alex's hide until he learned to turn the other cheek. Que sera, sera. "Anna's pretty cool," Alex idly commented.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 15:16:06 GMT -8
Jackson- "Wow, I guess she patched things up with the president. Wonder what that was all about in the first place..."
The noise of the dumpster was loud enough that Derek couldn't hear what Jackson was saying on the other side of Alex. They jammed it at the end of the alley, until it wouldn't budge as it hit a concrete angle. A very thin, veined zombie arm swiped at them from behind, but it was hopeless to get anywhere near them. If they pulled their bodies up over the edge a bit, they could look over the top at dumbfounded and agitated zombies on the other side that made strange gasping noises.
Jackson- "Oh that's good enough for me." Derek leapt up part way and flipped the bird to the zombies. Derek- "Fuck youuu and goodbye!"
Jackson- "I'm sure they're terribly offended." They turned around, watching Seth, Davin, Thierry and Anna wailing on zombies, a small pile of corpses surrounding them. There was a small crowd of oncoming zombies in the distance.
Jackson, Alex, and Derek started jogging toward the other group.
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Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Oct 15, 2012 16:35:10 GMT -8
Alex scooped up his metal pipe, which was spattered with dried blood and who knew what else, as he jogged toward the fighters. The president had an impressive swing. Now that Jackson mentioned it, he was curious to know what set Anna off. Seth didn't seem like an offensive guy. Quite the contrary, actually. Maybe polite people upset her? Nah, that couldn't be it. Alex wanted to ask, but he didn't think Anna would appreciate the gesture. Well, he could always approach her with a general, "How are you?" If she felt like talking, fine. "Anna, doing all right?" he called out. If there's another dumpster that needs moving, Alex will help with that, rather than fight. Anna- "Fine thanks." She did an overhand swing with her rubber mallet, it collided with a thin woman zombie's face with a loud "TOK" and the zombie spun end over end to the cement.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 18:28:42 GMT -8
Seth glanced back to see the other men were done with their work. Seth- "Great job guys. Maybe let's go back inside for a bit and let this cool off. Then we can move the trucks." The fighters fell back slowly, Anna almost seemed like she wasn't going to fall back at all. Anna- "Dudes! Get the door!" Jackson reached the door first, and knocked. It opened, and he stood to the side, holding it open for the oncoming warriors. Derek was in first, disappearing around the concrete slab and down the steps.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 18:29:50 GMT -8
By the way, I'm going to expand the description of this area, the back door and the garage because I think I wasn't clear enough about how it's set up.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Oct 15, 2012 19:50:37 GMT -8
Alex, come inside to the parking garage. Everyone's getting chatty, but go ahead and post what you'd tell Seth when you come inside, and I can edit that post to include it at the beginning, if you like.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Oct 16, 2012 11:39:14 GMT -8
Later in the alley...Eddy- (to Patti)"Hell yeah, I'll take that. Where did you get those? Find a redneck's SUV? Were y' at a pawn shop when the shit went down?"
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