Chapter 1 - The City

For the first time since she has started helping you she actually makes eye contact and seems to notice your existence as a person. "Okay, thanks. Between you and me we've heard some word from the hospital. All Quicky-Meds in the city are doing their best as small triage centers. They found out it wasn't rabies, but they have also reported attacks from people in their morgue. Strangest thing I've ever heard. I would get home and stay safe. I don't know what is really going on, but something is...happening."

[ GM: Passing note to Starhelm ]

Howard:
You can see fire and smoke still further south of you, closer to downtown. It looks like maybe 10 blocks south or so. There is definitely the smell of smoke starting to blanket the inner city and some of these slightly further out places.

Kel:
You are able to find a bottle of water and a box of bars, though there is really no longer a system of cashiers, since the start of this, and with the other rampant looting already starting to take place, the staff here have mostly given up on controlling that.

Jacob:
As you are waiting in the car for your friends to get back in you see what looks like a police officer coming north up Larpenter. He walks slowly and sort of shuffles. He looks like he is slumped off to one side as he walks. After another minute you see another cop limping after the first.

Andrew sends Kelsey one more text, I know this sounds rough but you need to get out of that hospital now, and sit tight somewhere safe and away from people, especially anyone who's been bitten. I'm gonna be on my way there very soon and we'll face this thing together.
"Guys, I think we need to check that gun store and the military surplus store for some better ways to defend ourselves... Hey are those cops? Why are they asking so weird... Oh no."

Eyeing the gun shop across the street you see it is closed and locked up. The metal shutters inside the entrance section and front windows are all shut and locked up. One of the front windows is broken in, but whoever was trying to get in gave up when they saw the metal shutters. The surplus store is closed as well and doesn't have the shutters. Both front windows have been busted out of that store.

As the lights of the car are flicked on it shines on the police walking up the street towards the Quicky-Med you see that their uniforms are covered in blood. They're just soaked in blood. The leg on the trailing cop is twisted in an entirely unnatural way. As the lead one looks up his mouth is covered in blood and parts of skin are ripped away. He opens his mouth and only a light raspy sound escapes.

If anything ever screamed "zombies" more in your life, it would be this. He is maybe 40 feet off still, the other one trailing it by maybe another 10 feet. Tim is just coming out of the Quicky-Med with a newly bandaged hand. He manages to stifle a scream and runs to the rest of you at the car. "Guys, we need to go or fight, or do something. Those are fuckin' zombies. I'm looking at real god damn zombies!"

[ GM: Howard, Andrew, and Tim all need to make willpower checks of 1 positive dice and 1 negative dice for this to see if you can not temporarily lose your mind. ]

"Tim GET IN!" Andrew yells, "We're getting out of here!"

(OOC: if I fail my willpower I'm going to drive through the zombies if I make it I'm gonna navigate around them)