Realistic or Modern Dying to Live, Living to Die REBOOT (Not cliche Zombie survival) *COMPLETED*

[Agent]

3. Let's not leave this house just yet, even though it's probably already been looted. The basement serves as a good hiding place... if you're not cornered. If that's clear, then I don't think it would take too long to search upstairs. Not that I actually believe that the wife is there, anyways.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

I'm going to stay consistent to my choices throughout the RP and make finding a gun my first priority.

1. Let's just pray the RNG gods are nice today.

 

[Historical Storyteller]

1. Though I'm a gushy fun of guns, I know they won't be of much use in a confrontation against zombies. Human opponents, definitely, as they'll duck and cover just so they won't get hit. But zombies? That'll just attract a horde or two and in this case guns wouldn't be good for your health. Just look at how your neighbor was overrun, that is what usually happens to people who think that a gun or two is more important than stealth in dealing with zombies. If you wanted to fight them head-on then I suggest you find the local police force, the state militia, or damn maybe even the military can stand a chance against those zombies.

Still, if you are really going to fight against somebody, a gun is a really good idea. If I were to select a weapon of choice, I'd say that I'd pick an automatic rifle, something like the AK-47. It shoots a lot of bullets, its pretty accurate in comparison to other weapons, and you can reload fast. Other weapon types have their own advantage, but an automatic rifle seems pretty well-rounded to me, since it's good in all situations. But if you aren't trained to use a rifle, meh, just get a damn shotgun and pray you hit something.

But if you want to carry a lot of stuff, I suggest you just carry a pistol with you. It's not that good but it's better than nothing.

I suggest you find a melee weapon if you want to fight zombies. An ax would be good since it's easy to use and it's suitable for close-quarters combat. A sword? It takes some time to learn how to swing it properly, but it can kick ass. A spear is good if you want to poke zombies one by one at a fairly safe distance, but you need to swing the blade of your weapon around against multiple opponents. So an ax it is, look for an ax. And god forbid, don't get a chainsaw, not only is it loud but it is dangerous to the user as well, I mean all weapons are dangerous but I believe a chainsaw is especially dangerous. Next to an ax, I think you should just get a simple knife, when you need to get stabby like super close. Knives are useful for many things, not just for fighting but whenever you just need to cut some stuff without being all brutal about it.

Try to look for some supplies, particularly first aid kits for any disinfectants and bandages if you ever scratch yourself, burns, and shit like that. In a situation like this, there's a whole lot of ways you can get yourself hurt so you should keep an eye for one of these. Along the way, collect some medicine if you can in case you catch a common cold or something. Food and water are essential as well, maybe some good clothes but that's a little lower down the list. It's kinda unspoken but I think it needs to be mentioned, you need some toiletries too. Some tissue and carrying a few packs of soap will help you stay clean, maybe some detergent to wash your clothes. You don't want to stay dirty forever, it'll make you sick, and if you want to survive long-term you have to take this into consideration as well. Getting sick in the middle of a zombie apocalypse just plain sucks, your body slows down and then the moment you don't run away fast enough from the zombies you become a human happy meal.

Hmm, as much as I want to continue talking about what to find, you have to get out of there as quickly as possible before the zombies spot you. You can't take loot if you're dead. So try to focus on getting the most valuable materials as swiftly as possible while staying in one piece.

The most valuable materials come in this order:

a. A melee weapon - ax or knife.
b. A pistol - it's a firearm that isn't hard to carry around.
c. Food, water, and medical supplies - the essentials that let you live just a moment longer.
d. Toiletries - to keep you clean.
e. A rifle, shotgun, or other firearms - little low down the list, you'll have trouble sneaking around with it.
f. Books - Something to keep your mind preoccupied when you're doing nothing. It can also teach you some useful stuff provided you get the right book. And maybe you can trade it when you don't need it.
g. Something valuable - Gold? Silver? Electronics? A flashlight? Scavenge something with value so you can trade with other survivors. Though, problem is that it can be stolen from you as well.

Hmm, since we're just looking for weapons in his house. . . I'd say we get letter A first, a knife and an ax so we can use a weapon that won't cause much noise. Then we nab letter E, an automatic rifle then we get the hell out of there. No more fucking risks, we'll go there later when there are less undead at your neighbor's house.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

1. Though I'm a gushy fun of guns, I know they won't be of much use in a confrontation against zombies. Human opponents, definitely, as they'll duck and cover just so they won't get hit. But zombies? That'll just attract a horde or two and in this case guns wouldn't be good for your health. Just look at how your neighbor was overrun, that is what usually happens to people who think that a gun or two is more important than stealth in dealing with zombies. If you wanted to fight them head-on then I suggest you find the local police force, the state militia, or damn maybe even the military can stand a chance against those zombies.

Still, if you are really going to fight against somebody, a gun is a really good idea. If I were to select a weapon of choice, I'd say that I'd pick an automatic rifle, something like the AK-47. It shoots a lot of bullets, its pretty accurate in comparison to other weapons, and you can reload fast. Other weapon types have their own advantage, but an automatic rifle seems pretty well-rounded to me, since it's good in all situations. But if you aren't trained to use a rifle, meh, just get a damn shotgun and pray you hit something.

But if you want to carry a lot of stuff, I suggest you just carry a pistol with you. It's not that good but it's better than nothing.

I suggest you find a melee weapon if you want to fight zombies. An ax would be good since it's easy to use and it's suitable for close-quarters combat. A sword? It takes some time to learn how to swing it properly, but it can kick ass. A spear is good if you want to poke zombies one by one at a fairly safe distance, but you need to swing the blade of your weapon around against multiple opponents. So an ax it is, look for an ax. And god forbid, don't get a chainsaw, not only is it loud but it is dangerous to the user as well, I mean all weapons are dangerous but I believe a chainsaw is especially dangerous. Next to an ax, I think you should just get a simple knife, when you need to get stabby like super close. Knives are useful for many things, not just for fighting but whenever you just need to cut some stuff without being all brutal about it.

Try to look for some supplies, particularly first aid kits for any disinfectants and bandages if you ever scratch yourself, burns, and shit like that. In a situation like this, there's a whole lot of ways you can get yourself hurt so you should keep an eye for one of these. Along the way, collect some medicine if you can in case you catch a common cold or something. Food and water are essential as well, maybe some good clothes but that's a little lower down the list. It's kinda unspoken but I think it needs to be mentioned, you need some toiletries too. Some tissue and carrying a few packs of soap will help you stay clean, maybe some detergent to wash your clothes. You don't want to stay dirty forever, it'll make you sick, and if you want to survive long-term you have to take this into consideration as well. Getting sick in the middle of a zombie apocalypse just plain sucks, your body slows down and then the moment you don't run away fast enough from the zombies you become a human happy meal.

Hmm, as much as I want to continue talking about what to find, you have to get out of there as quickly as possible before the zombies spot you. You can't take loot if you're dead. So try to focus on getting the most valuable materials as swiftly as possible while staying in one piece.

The most valuable materials come in this order:

a. A melee weapon - ax or knife.
b. A pistol - it's a firearm that isn't hard to carry around.
c. Food, water, and medical supplies - the essentials that let you live just a moment longer.
d. Toiletries - to keep you clean.
e. A rifle, shotgun, or other firearms - little low down the list, you'll have trouble sneaking around with it.
f. Books - Something to keep your mind preoccupied when you're doing nothing. It can also teach you some useful stuff provided you get the right book. And maybe you can trade it when you don't need it.
g. Something valuable - Gold? Silver? Electronics? A flashlight? Scavenge something with value so you can trade with other survivors. Though, problem is that it can be stolen from you as well.

Hmm, since we're just looking for weapons in his house. . . I'd say we get letter A first, a knife and an ax so we can use a weapon that won't cause much noise. Then we nab letter E, an automatic rifle then we get the hell out of there. No more fucking risks, we'll go there later when there are less undead at your neighbor's house.

I'm pretty sure we already have a fire axe, as well as supplies we picked up along the way such as medical supplies, toiletries and a flashlight. Don't think the police force can be depended on based on what we saw at the precinct and the military seems to have gone rouge as well, based on the events at the boat club. Seems like it's everyone for themselves so let's arm ourselves well. If we find a pistol without ammo again, let's trade it ASAP as it's unlikely we will find ammo for it elsewhere(what happened last time)

 

[Historical Storyteller]

I'm pretty sure we already have a fire axe, as well as supplies we picked up along the way such as medical supplies, toiletries and a flashlight. Don't think the police force can be depended on based on what we saw at the precinct and the military seems to have gone rouge as well, based on the events at the boat club. Seems like it's everyone for themselves so let's arm ourselves well. If we find a pistol without ammo again, let's trade it ASAP as it's unlikely we will find ammo for it elsewhere(what happened last time)

So our priority now is just to find an automatic rifle.

EDIT: . . . And ammunition for that rifle! Possibly even a bandolier to carry all the ammo.

No, I don't think the military and the police have lost it. Those people are just the few crazies who lost it, I'm sure the majority of people who are still in control of the situation are keeping their heads cool. Unless we find evidence that society as a whole has collapsed we can't be sure if everybody has gone mad. In the meantime, I suggest we adopt a nomad lifestyle, traveling from place to place because staying in one area for a long time is too dangerous. Hiding behind a wall has its advantages, but the problem is that once a zombie horde or an group of hostile survivalists breaks through your defenses you'll be helpless. Hitting the road is a good option though it will be hard, I'm just afraid the boy will slow us down or get us killed, he better learn how to survive fast.

By the way, have you tried the radio yet? Or tried watching the television? I hope there's still electricity here.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

So our priority now is just to find an automatic rifle.

EDIT: . . . And ammunition for that rifle!

No, I don't think the military and the police have lost it. Those people are just the few crazies who lost it, I'm sure the majority of people who are still in control of the situation are keeping their heads cool. Unless we find evidence that society as a whole has collapsed we can't be sure if everybody has gone mad. In the meantime, I suggest we adopt a nomad lifestyle, traveling from place to place because staying in one area for a long time is too dangerous. Hiding behind a wall has its advantages, but the problem is that once a zombie horde or an group of hostile survivalists breaks through your defenses you'll be helpless. Hitting the road is a good option though it will be hard, I'm just afraid the boy will slow us down or get us killed, he better learn how to survive fast.

I think it really depends on which side of the bridge people were. Based on our experiences, society has collapsed on the other side as the people outside decided to cut any connections, hence the bombed bridges. The ones who were abandoned are now so hostile as a result. It remains to be seen how society holds up on the side we are currently on, but the phone call does not give me much hope.

My decision to stay will depend on whether our family is still alive or not: if they are alive, I don't think we can risk traveling around too much, so we should set up base somewhere close to a source of water and load up on food. If they are dead, there is nothing here to stay for, so we should adopt the nomad lifestyle, as it seems safer. We should also go looking for answers and a possible solution, our company seems to be a good start.

 

[The Omen of Death]

(So I should presume you guys are sticking with #1 and that has nothing to do with this discussion at hand?)

 

[Historical Storyteller]

I think it really depends on which side of the bridge people were. Based on our experiences, society has collapsed on the other side as the people outside decided to cut any connections, hence the bombed bridges. The ones who were abandoned are now so hostile as a result. It remains to be seen how society holds up on the side we are currently on, but the phone call does not give me much hope.

My decision to stay will depend on whether our family is still alive or not: if they are alive, I don't think we can risk traveling around too much, so we should set up base somewhere close to a source of water and load up on food. If they are dead, there is nothing here to stay for, so we should adopt the nomad lifestyle, as it seems safer. We should also go looking for answers and a possible solution, our company seems to be a good start.

Well, that sucks. The gang is stuck here, looking for a family held up by a madman, and they have to take care of the family once we do succeed in rescuing them. If we do end up saving Greg's family, that boy Jacob will end up making himself useful as he can look after the girls and make sure the family is safe while Greg goes out to scavenge supplies. Soon though, resources will run out and they will end up having to move around the city to scavenge areas that haven't been ransacked already. I suggest joining a community where the people aren't as fucked up, at least they'll provide some measure of security from attack from zombie hordes and hostile survivalists.

Hmm, what else is on your mind? I ran out of ideas to keep this discussion flowing.

(So I should presume you guys are sticking with #1 and that has nothing to do with this discussion at hand?)

Yeah, I'm sticking with #1. Don't know what the others think about though.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

Well, that sucks. The gang is stuck here, looking for a family held up by a madman, and they have to take care of the family once we do succeed in rescuing them. If we do end up saving Greg's family, that boy Jacob will end up making himself useful as he can look after the girls and make sure the family is safe while Greg goes out to scavenge supplies. Soon though, resources will run out and they will end up having to move around the city to scavenge areas that haven't been ransacked already. I suggest joining a community where the people aren't as fucked up, at least they'll provide some measure of security from attack from zombie hordes and hostile survivalists.

Hmm, what else is on your mind? I ran out of ideas to keep this discussion flowing.



Yeah, I'm sticking with #1. Don't know what the others think about though.

I agree that joining a community is our best bet, but I really do want to go looking for answers. Perhaps we could join a community for a while, for some peace and relaxation, and then assemble a team to go see if there is a cure. As an added bonus, we could leave our family at the community while we search with a team of people that will be assets rather than liabilities.

Like means I'm sticking with 1, I usually use likes as sort of a thumbs up or ok.

 

[Historical Storyteller]

I agree that joining a community is our best bet, but I really do want to go looking for answers. Perhaps we could join a community for a while, for some peace and relaxation, and then assemble a team to go see if there is a cure. As an added bonus, we could leave our family at the community while we search with a team of people that will be assets rather than liabilities.

Like means I'm sticking with 1, I usually use likes as sort of a thumbs up or ok.

We'd be the most ill-equipped to deal with a new disease, let alone one that turns one into zombies. If somebody is looking for a cure, then he'll do better in a world where he is safe from harm, but in this world he better focus his efforts on saving his own skin rather than saving the world as he doesn't have the tools and the time to search for a cure in the first place. If somebody is bit, shoot them in the head, end of discussion. But if we do find someone who is immune, or at least somebody who is resistant to the disease for a long period of time, maybe we should consider taking a look at it so we can understand the disease better.

Why do some others last longer where others succumb faster? Is it due to the strength of their immune system? Where they were bitten? It would give us an idea if some people are naturally immune after all or at least it would tell us the approximate time when people would become zombies. If you've got a survivor that's bitten, lock him up, time the estimate of his reanimation, and then shoot that person in the face.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

We'd be the most ill-equipped to deal with a new disease, let alone one that turns one into zombies. If somebody is looking for a cure, then he'll do better in a world where he is safe from harm, but in this world he better focus his efforts on saving his own skin rather than saving the world as he doesn't have the tools and the time to search for a cure in the first place. If somebody is bit, shoot them in the head, end of discussion. But if we do find someone who is immune, or at least somebody who is resistant to the disease for a long period of time, maybe we should consider taking a look at it so we can understand the disease better.

Why do some others last longer where others succumb faster? Is it due to the strength of their immune system? Where they were bitten? It would give us an idea if some people are naturally immune after all or at least it would tell us the approximate time when people would become zombies. If you've got a survivor that's bitten, lock him up, time the estimate of his reanimation, and then shoot that person in the face.

Yes, that is why we should focus on getting to a community first, where we can rest up and gather our strength before setting off with a hand-picked team that will afford us ample protection: if we have made it so far as a heavily injured office worker and with a small child, imagine how well we could do with a whole team of assets rather than liabilities.

If you are looking for experimental data, then the mad doctor at the precinct has certainly been looking down this avenue of research, but it seems a bit inhumane so we will let him do the dirty work for now. (no point researching the same aspect when there is so much else to study, except if we decided to team up...which is unlikely given our past history) What I am most interested in is the importance of our company, I'm sure the fact that the author elected to mention the company name is no mistake, there must be a purpose. He has been bringing it up constantly throughout the quest so surely there must be some answers there (or maybe this quest has no objective/end game and we must simply survive for as long/as well as possible, although that is how the last one died, so hopefully there is a point he is slowly steering us to.) It is worth noting that one of the objects we have is an elevator key that gives explicit directions to our office, so that is a starting point for sure.

 

[Historical Storyteller]

Yes, that is why we should focus on getting to a community first, where we can rest up and gather our strength before setting off with a hand-picked team that will afford us ample protection: if we have made it so far as a heavily injured office worker and with a small child, imagine how well we could do with a whole team of assets rather than liabilities.

If you are looking for experimental data, then the mad doctor at the precinct has certainly been looking down this avenue of research, but it seems a bit inhumane so we will let him do the dirty work for now. (no point researching the same aspect when there is so much else to study, except if we decided to team up...which is unlikely given our past history) What I am most interested in is the importance of our company, I'm sure the fact that the author elected to mention the company name is no mistake, there must be a purpose. He has been bringing it up constantly throughout the quest so surely there must be some answers there (or maybe this quest has no objective/end game and we must simply survive for as long/as well as possible, although that is how the last one died, so hopefully there is a point he is slowly steering us to.) It is worth noting that one of the objects we have is an elevator key that gives explicit directions to our office, so that is a starting point for sure.

Hmm, we'll see if we can build a community if we get the right people. But I say if these people are full of shit then we're better off on our own.

You're right, we should focus on studying other things, such as honing our survival skills that are much more important. Perhaps we should spend the first few days just scavenging stuff, learning how to be stealthy, exploring the ins and out of the city. That is the most basic skill all survivors must have, scavenging. Fighting is a good skill to have, but instead of using that to punch your way out of bad situations or use violence to take stuff from people, I also suggest learning how to make things, to produce. To simply scavenge things and take stuff away from people may be counterproductive in the long run, it'll be good to learn how to farm and to hunt so you could get food, and maybe to learn how to work with machines so you can fix them as well.

I have a source for information like this, you can find such things in the Survivor's Library in the internet. It's filled with old books, but some of the information there is quite useful.
http://www.survivorlibrary.com/?page_id=1014

For all we know, the office could be a dead end, we just don't what to expect. The city is overrun, so the office could be overrun as well. Maybe your co-workers managed to barricade themselves inside the office and are successfully fending off the undead. But even if that were the case they are trapped inside, and if that's true then they'll eventually starve to death, die of dehydration, sickness, you name it. The same can be said of other places, you just don't know how bad everything has gotten so far. I say we play it safe, and ask information from the other survivors on what the other parts of the city are like. If they mention someone or something worth saving then we should check it out.

 

[Historical Storyteller]

Hey, Omy, would like you give us some [write-in] choices in the future? Just curious.

And if you need to research on certain topics, just ask me, I might come up with something.

 

[The Omen of Death]

(Whoopsie! I thought I finally posted, I had the thing prepared considering it seemed like Option 1 was going to remain the one chosen, but I forgot to actually post it! Sorry for the delay folks! Anyway, Option 1 has been chosen with 2 votes!)

You decide to sneak over to your neighbor’s house in search of guns and ammo first; and while your trusty fire axe has served you well so far, you really would like to be better armed. Taking a last look out the garage window, you see that you can’t go around the front or even out the window itself, but you can go around the back of the house. Right now at least, all the zombies are concentrated out in the street and you don’t see any behind the houses.

Sneaking out of the garage and into the first floor of your own house, you creep through the kitchen, keeping low and out of sight of the zombies out on the street, and down the back hall. Arriving at the door leading out onto your deck, you see that it is wide open, but not smashed or scratched up in any way. Did your wife flee out of this very door?

Carefully making your way into the back yard, you go into the trees at the edge of your property and then move through them to the backyard of your neighbor’s house. From there, you ready your fire ax and cross a field of rotting corpses on the ground and over to your neighbor’s back door. The door itself is torn down and there is a furniture barricade in the back hall – but it has all been clawed and torn through. You note hundreds of shotgun shells and some rifle brass scattering the floor and a number of dead zombies in the hall draped one over another like a fallen trees.

Listening, you can hear the moaning din of the zombies out in the street, but don’t hear anything inside the house itself. Moving cautiously, you climb over the dead through the breached barricade and into the first floor of the house. Staying low to avoid being seen by the ravenous horde outside, you search around and find a hunting rifle with a scope just sitting on the floor of the living room. Scattered around it are a bunch of empty ammo boxes. Picking up the rifle, you check it and see that it is empty. You are not even a little bit surprised by that. In fact, it looks like the rifle was just dropped here when whoever was using it ran out of shells. Even so, you sling it on your back and continue to look around.

Checking the kitchen, you are shocked to find a store of water and canned food in it. Some of it is opened – probably by your neighbor – but the rest looks like it hasn’t been touched for days. You’ll have to come back and get it when you’re ready to leave the area with your family. For now though, you just continue through to the door leading out to the garage and take a peek through. In the garage, you see that your neighbor’s SUV is still there as well. That, and the food, leads you to believe that he never had the chance to leave, once his house was overrun.

As you head back into the main part of the house near the stairs leading down to the basement and up to the second floor, you hear a sudden thumping sound coming from above. Something or someone must be up there…

1. Go check out the sound coming from upstairs

2. Ignore it and go down to the basement

3. Head back to your own house now

 

[ViciousVip3R]

Never safe to leave a potential threat unchecked, and there is a chance your neighbor is still alive. Let's check it out.

1.

 

[The Omen of Death]

(Oh and my, oh my is my memory failing me today, I forgot to answer your question Historical Storyteller I haven't really been one to do write in answers, also we've gotten into the thick of this, and I feel like for the sake of continuity and some other stuff it'd be better without it. I do hope it's fine with you guys, that we continue the way we have been going.)

 

[Historical Storyteller]

1. I agree with the other guy here, let's go check it out. There's nothing more to say.

(Oh and my, oh my is my memory failing me today, I forgot to answer your question Historical Storyteller I haven't really been one to do write in answers, also we've gotten into the thick of this, and I feel like for the sake of continuity and some other stuff it'd be better without it. I do hope it's fine with you guys, that we continue the way we have been going.)

Yeah, it's all right. By the way, there will be certain times that I'll be busy now that school is rolling in again.

 

[Historical Storyteller]

How's everybody doing? I'm about to go to sleep in an hour, I'm just dropping by to check on things.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

How's everybody doing? I'm about to go to sleep in an hour, I'm just dropping by to check on things.

Great, just woke up. I think we have discussed enough of our future plans so just waiting on a new update. Hope everything is going well for you?

 

[Historical Storyteller]

Great, just woke up. I think we have discussed enough of our future plans so just waiting on a new update. Hope everything is going well for you?

Just got enrolled into a new semester, thinking of doing well in school this time and not screwing up. Hope all goes well, and other people don't ruin it for me.

 

[ViciousVip3R]

Just got enrolled into a new semester, thinking of doing well in school this time and not screwing up. Hope all goes well, and other people don't ruin it for me.

Nice, good luck! Speaking of school, it is actually exam period for us right now, so I may/should tone down the amount of time I spend on here, so reply times may be slower.

 

[The Omen of Death]

(Sorry for the delay guys, just prepping for the next semester of college. Anyway Option 1 has been chosen with 2 votes!)

With a firm grip on your weapon, you stealthily creep up the stairs to find your typical bedroom and bathroom layout. Sounds of movement come from the master-bedroom at the end of the hall, where the door has been broken in at some point. If there’s a zombie in there, you should be able to deal with it quickly and with little risk of alerting the noisy mob of them outside.

Looking around, you see that the carpet in the upstairs hallway is covered with bloody footprints leading away from the master-bedroom and down the stairs. Blood smeared hand prints also cover the walls and you can envision a horde of bloody zombies having come through the hallway and then down the stairs. You’re pretty sure that whatever you’re going to find in the master-bedroom will be anything but pretty.

As you arrive at the door and look in – you are surprised to see not some shambling zombie in the room, but rather a large blood-faced raccoon busily chewing on the fleshy scraps of an incredibly gruesome corpse hanging from the ceiling. In spite of all the shit you’ve seen up to this point, you double over and throw up at the sight. The raccoon meanwhile, bristles at you and growls fiercely, not wanting to back down from a free meal.

You can’t be sure, but you think the horrifying corpse might be the remains of your neighbor. It’s impossible to say however, because whoever it was, obviously hung themselves with a noose thrown over a ceiling beam – but then the zombies got through the door and torn him apart while he was hanging there. Now, nothing remains of his limbs and lower half – he’s just a flesh-stripped head, neck, and open rib cage hanging there from a rope. The floor under him is stained in dried blood with scraps of flesh and small bits of bone scattered here and there; and it is from this mess that the bloody footprints begin to lead away from the room.

You also see a pump-action shotgun and two 9mm pistols on the floor under the remains and just know that they have to be empty as well. Else, why hang yourself, if a bullet is available to do the job more quickly?

You guess your neighbor used up all his ammo and got overrun, then tried to flee. Maybe he got bit, or just saw no other way out of things, and came up to his room to hang himself. Unfortunately, the zombies ended up getting him anyway. Man you hope he was dead before they did though…

A vicious growling snaps you out of your thoughts, and you face the raccoon in an odd sort of stare-down a moment, before you hiss “get out of here!” and it backs down and scurries under the bed. With it out of the way, you pick up the three firearms to take with you.

1. Time to go check the basement

2. Head back to your own house now

 

[ViciousVip3R]

Might as well be through.

Check the basement.

 

[Historical Storyteller]

(Sorry for the delay guys, just prepping for the next semester of college. Anyway Option 1 has been chosen with 2 votes!)

With a firm grip on your weapon, you stealthily creep up the stairs to find your typical bedroom and bathroom layout. Sounds of movement come from the master-bedroom at the end of the hall, where the door has been broken in at some point. If there’s a zombie in there, you should be able to deal with it quickly and with little risk of alerting the noisy mob of them outside.

Looking around, you see that the carpet in the upstairs hallway is covered with bloody footprints leading away from the master-bedroom and down the stairs. Blood smeared hand prints also cover the walls and you can envision a horde of bloody zombies having come through the hallway and then down the stairs. You’re pretty sure that whatever you’re going to find in the master-bedroom will be anything but pretty.

As you arrive at the door and look in – you are surprised to see not some shambling zombie in the room, but rather a large blood-faced raccoon busily chewing on the fleshy scraps of an incredibly gruesome corpse hanging from the ceiling. In spite of all the shit you’ve seen up to this point, you double over and throw up at the sight. The raccoon meanwhile, bristles at you and growls fiercely, not wanting to back down from a free meal.

You can’t be sure, but you think the horrifying corpse might be the remains of your neighbor. It’s impossible to say however, because whoever it was, obviously hung themselves with a noose thrown over a ceiling beam – but then the zombies got through the door and torn him apart while he was hanging there. Now, nothing remains of his limbs and lower half – he’s just a flesh-stripped head, neck, and open rib cage hanging there from a rope. The floor under him is stained in dried blood with scraps of flesh and small bits of bone scattered here and there; and it is from this mess that the bloody footprints begin to lead away from the room.

You also see a pump-action shotgun and two 9mm pistols on the floor under the remains and just know that they have to be empty as well. Else, why hang yourself, if a bullet is available to do the job more quickly?

You guess your neighbor used up all his ammo and got overrun, then tried to flee. Maybe he got bit, or just saw no other way out of things, and came up to his room to hang himself. Unfortunately, the zombies ended up getting him anyway. Man you hope he was dead before they did though…

A vicious growling snaps you out of your thoughts, and you face the raccoon in an odd sort of stare-down a moment, before you hiss “get out of here!” and it backs down and scurries under the bed. With it out of the way, you pick up the three firearms to take with you.

1. Time to go check the basement

2. Head back to your own house now

2. Personally, I'd rather be cautious at this point. Who knows how many unholy abominations are hidden underneath the house? That is the stuff of nightmares, my friends. Now is the time to bravely run away in the face of unknown danger, pray we get to live another day and cheat death once more. Besides, we need to make sure that boy doesn't do something stupid while we're away. Gotta check up on that little runt before we regret it. Also, it would be a good idea to teach the lad a thing or two about fighting unarmed, fighting with melee weapons, and shooting guns. Kids at that age are pretty dumb, so try your best not to overload the boy with so much information. Make him learn one lesson at a time until he gets it. Right now, just show him your weapons, tell him a little about it then rest in the house for a bit before heading out to get more stuff.

We need someone else to break the tie here, hey, where are the other folks?

 

[official clown business]

I agree wholeheartedly with your reasoning, Heisenberg, and as such will proceed to investigate the basement.

I require no reason other than overwhelming curiosity.