Chapter 1 - The City

Kel:
You see a missed call from about an hour ago and a voice mail from your wife. There are also a few texts that all sort of read along the lines of, "Are you okay? Please text me back. I'm worried. I love you". There are about 7 of these from before the call. You haven't heard anything back after the call and voicemail.

[ Handing Dextolen a note. ]
[ GM: Just posting that sentence because if I make a post with just a note it just looks like a blank post for now. ]

Andrew nervously laughs as well.
"Yeah, I could really go for some potions. Or an ale at the tavern!"
Andrew pulls out his phone to call his fiance, Kelsey. Aside from the first panicked thoughts, he hasn't been too worried about her as she was visiting her family in Upstate New York this week. But with the increasing stress of situation, he's starting to feel worry and fear build up in the pit of his stomach.

Andrew:
After enough rings to put a slight panic in you you hear your fiancé pick up. "Oh my god, Andrew, baby, are you safe? Have you seen this stuff about the meteors? How far were they from you? They're getting weird reports of rabid animals. It's the starangest thing. Dad got bitten by some crazy dog out there earlier. I don't know if it's the same thing but we are going to the hospital when the advisory clears that the shower is over."

As you get to the security office you find John, he has already been playing with the radio and is fiddling with a dial on it still. He waves you over and you hear voices coming through. It's a bit garbled and hard to hear. Police seem to be spouting out radio codes.

"It's been like this since I turned it on. Just constant talk. I'm a bit rusty with my police codes but it sounds like there have been a lot of reports of animal attacks. A couple of reports of house collapses and fires. Sounds like a ton of activity going on down town where the meteors hit", he keeps fiddling with the dial to try another band. More voices and calls, then suddenly one comes in more panicked than the rest.

"Car 15 to station."

"Car 15 you are go for station. What's the situation down there?"

"I have an officer down, repeat, officer down. Erratically behaving individual attacked officer Davis."

"Sending an ambulance car 15. What is the status of the suspect."

"After attack I fired on suspect 10 times. He didn't go down. We had to fall back. Taser seemed ineffective. We are currently on the corner of Monroe and 6th Street."

"Say again car 15. Taser was ineffective? How many shots fired?"

"Station 10 shots fired. Taser was ineffective. He continued to charge and tried to bite at both of us. Davis is unconscious and losing lots of blood."

"Ambulance is in route car 15. Stand by."

The transmission cuts out a bit from the radio and other voices come through. More police codes. John looks at everyone, "What the hell is going on out there? What is with these animals?"

John looks at Kel, trying to work something out in his mind. After a minute of hemming and hawing he grabs a key off his key ring and goes to a small metal cabinet on the back wall of the security room. Upon opening that there is a small case. He looks over his shoulder for a second and then moves in front of the case, trying to block the combination portion. "This is supposed to only be used in very specific emergency situations. This technically isn't on the list, but I don't think they worried about meteor strikes when they wrote those rules."

He turns and you see a small silver pistol in his hand and a single ammunition clip. "We agree attacking animals and apparently people is a reasonable emergency, right?", he clicks the clip into place, chambers a round, and checks the safety is on. He clips the holster for it to his belt and holsters the weapon, "I've never actually fired this outside the firing range, but I'm a pretty good shot there at least. What is our plan of action?"

In this security office is a large wall of various monitors with cameras watching over various locations. Some are skewed and pointing at walls or the ground, but a few still work and one is showing the lobby to the building. The windows appear to have shattered in as well and two dogs are seen on the monitor slowly walking around in the lobby.

You also find a small first-aid kit and an emergency defibrillator unit. There is another mag-light flashlight, as well as some trail-mix and snacks that one of the security guys kept in a bottom desk drawer. You also find a few sharpie markers.