Leg 1

At first light, the crew rallies at Ham-Bone's van. They walk to the main gate in the walls of New Graceland. The walls had been built piecemeal over time. It was originally just the metal fence that surrounded the car dealership with some barbed wire along the top. Sheet metal, scrap car panels, and plywood have been used to reinforce the walls. Ramparts have been built all around to allow sentries and fence men to have a better vantage point.

As the crew approaches, the gates are opened for them. A few freshly killed casualties lie near the gate and a clean up crew follows you out to take care of the mess. For now the coast is clear and you head west towards Bacon's Scrap Sanctuary.

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For nearly two hours, the crew walks through the abandoned remains of downtown West Memphis. You pass store fronts, supermarkets, and gas stations that were picked dry long ago. Once past the downtown area, the route takes them down some more residential areas and eventually the road they're on opens out on to a large, open grassy field. There is no overt signs of danger, but you've been doing this long enough to trust your instincts and your instincts give you pause.

With his rifle slung over one shoulder and binoculars resting in their case against his chest, Ham walks through the ruins of Memphis with an easy gate. He has been at this long enough that he is no longer terrified, but he is cautious. His head swings back and forth looking for Casualties and interesting finds. Occasionally, he points to a storefront or an abandoned car and whispers to others about some interesting thing he found there once. On the outskirts of the city he raises his head and sniffs the air. He stops. Something isn’t right. Reaching for his binoculars he scans the horizon for signs of activity.

Run is ever ready, bat over his shoulder looking in every direction as he would survey the field.

Claire and Teddy followed behind letting Ham do most of the chatting. She was a scavenger as well, however didn't often talk about her finds. Her backpack was littered with patches and memories from the past. Claire took out her binoculars to aid the scanning, she had a keen eye for danger..... Though Theodore wanted attention and was a slight distraction.

So I take it because the grass is not burned, the fire happened a while ago and the grass has grown up since.

Hang on a mo. shark pulls out his surface. Lets see if I can find a recent satellite image of this location... Shit nothing new.

As Loan Shark fires up the surface and navigates to his trusty satellite image site, the screen refreshes awkwardly and freezes. It appears that Shark left the surface on in his bag and it has overheated.

Claire watches as the equipment malfunctions. She felt like it wouldn't be too hard to fix, though the time to do so is another story. The scanvenger placed a hand on Shark's back, "Guess we are going in blind, or around?". She gestured the question with her other hand.

Shark is clearly upset by the failure of his treasured laptab, Eithet way we're fuck, we'll be sprung the longway or the short way!

Run is on alert, looking in all directions and watching everyone's back particularly Claire's.