Chapter 2 - The Suburbs

After about 10 minutes of driving you manage to weave through lesser known back-streets and find yourself entering the suburban sprawl that lies outside of the city. With this route it should only be about 15-20 minutes until you are at Kel's house. So far you've seen lots of people packing up cars and trying to get out of dodge. So far the emergency radio signal has just been constantly advising people stay indoors and lock the doors, but most people would rather move as far away from a disaster area as they could.

The streets are so far clear, although in a few places you have had to hop a curb to go around an abandoned car in the road. So far you haven't seen any more of those horrible creatures, certainly a blessing. As you turn another corner, however, you are confronted with an obstacle of a different nature. A tree has fallen across much of the road and an abandoned car covers the rest of the space. Even hopping a curb isn't going to be very easy. As you turn the corner a few other cars that had been also trying to weave their way through the neighborhood filled in behind you. There is another car in front of you, seeming to now be in the same predicament. The only other way out of the neighborhood would bring you right to the highway, an option you have already judged would get you even more stuck.

The first man in the car is our new player, feel free to RP yourself in. As of now, with all the cars piled behind you it's going to be nearly impossible to just turn these cars around. Also since the new character is a stranger with no relation to our crew, feel free to RP what you have been doing since this event hit, and animals, and now it appears humans have started raising from the dead and attacking people.

Kel jumps out of the car and stays close to John. He tries to look confident but friendly towards the driver of the car ahead of them. With all that's been going on, he's starting to lose faith in humanity: Seeing how everyone has behaved when the shit hits the fan. At least the zombies are honest...and predictable. He doesn't bring out his weapon, as things look a little more safe here in the 'burbs, but he eyes the scene carefully while John's attention is on the driver.

Log [3]

[Handing a note to Kel]

As you all approach the tree and car two things becomes apparent, the tree itself is not going to be moved. It's far too large, and without a chainsaw or something there is no way you could clear a path. The second thing is that the car that is sitting at the end of it is idling. It's on. All the doors are closed, windows are up, but it is running. You don't see a driver in it, but you would have to get closer to completely inspect the car. From the distance you are at you can however see the passenger side door is half-way down. If you climbed to the other side of the car you could probably get into the car that way.

As it stands the tree and car take up this whole street and the yards to the houses on either side. As you have reached the suburbs the street the rest of the way down is lined with houses, many seem dark and abandoned at this point, maybe houses of those that have fled.

GM. I think Andrew was the one that drove stick. Hope your character has been picking it up. :)

As Kel says this you hear the shrill shriek of a woman screaming. It seems to be coming from the house on the trunk side of the road.

GM. If we think of this road going east-west, the tree was on the south side of the road, it fell across the road and near the top of it (north side) is where the idling car is blocking the rest of the way. The car Kel gestures to is near the base of the tree on the south side of the road. The south side is also the house where you heard the scream come from.

I need a quicker way to map this stuff. :)

-- At the Idling Car --

Jacob turns to see Kel and John head off towards the source of the noise. The new man who was coming to help them figure out this tree situation headed off with them, a hatchet in his hand. He looks back to Howard, gets in line behind him, and levels his gun towards the window. Howard raps the window with his police baton. As the baton connects with the glass a flurry of black erupts from the car out of the passenger window. In just a single instant it sounds as though an unholy beast from some far and dark dimension has come screaming into this world.

That second passes and the initial panic subsides. It was a large crow that had gotten into the car, scared out by the noise. Nothing else comes out of the car, but leaning in you see a person, slumped over and lying, presumably dead, across their seats. You see no external wounds immediately, and the corpse doesn't respond to the sound or movement at all.

-- At the House --

Kel is the first to arrive at the house as the the scream dulls and then begins a new, full of just as much vigor as the first screech. Kel runs up onto the porch on the front of the house and peeks into the front window.

[Handing a note to Kel]

As he reaches the porch and glances in the window a disheartening change is heard in the tone of the scream right before it stops. It's almost as if the person is trying to scream while drinking a glass of water. It comes out somehow sounding bubbly, and wet.

John and Peter are almost up to the porch now.

GM. Looks like we have another split scenario here. I kind of like these.

Kel is going to have to make a Will save here. 1 white dice and 1 black dice. You can feel free to add white dice if you think you have a feature that will let you handle what you have just seen.

Kel feels the impact of what he has just seen, but he also still remains aware that there is not much that can be done about it now.