The Walking Dead (FATE Core)

[zanarkand]

Luisa stood up and moved around the counter toward the strangers. She stepped over Lee and pulled the door completely open.


"Come in. Hurry up." She motioned for Keith and the women to come inside "Hurry up, we can block the door."

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@solvernia

 

[solvernia]

Jon watched Luisa for a moment and stood up, too. He slid across the counter to help her rather than going around and started trying to move a heavy shelf nearby. Even if the other survivors didn't join them, Jon wasn't about to get eaten. He figured they couldn't bust the windows but they could definitely move the door if the started clustering.


"Help me move this!" He grunted as he struggled to move the shelf. He looked at the new people still trying to get inside.


"Hurry it up, would you?" He said.


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[Enigmatic Cat]

Little to no rest for the weary apparently as a new group of walkers was more or less forcing the outside group into their safe haven. The newcomers were momentarily stuck in the doorway, obviously not expecting to find another group so close to them, while everyone inside was running around trying to set up for the coming attack. Cam watched as Luisa jumped up and ran over to the door, jumping right over lee who was scrambling as far in the other direction as possible, before holding the door open wider for the other group. Jon was the next to go, going straight over the counter-top and moved to some of the shelving, asking for the newcomers to help him blockade the door. Cameron sighed slightly as he too got up and jumped up onto the counter, but instead of going completely over he stopped. While the other two tried to corral the others inside and block off the door he decided he would survey the building and look for anything that might help them in their next step. he was looking for anything that would be useful, aid items were the most likely, maybe on the off chance someone left a weapon that was more useful than what they had already in their possession.. but most importantly he was looking for another door, one that would either be their escape route, or another danger that needed to be watched/blocked.

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@Jaye / @Ceros


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[Ceros]

Nora glanced behind the group as soon as the growling started. There were only three walkers advancing towards them, but they were three walkers that she didn't want to become food for. A woman held the door open wide for their group to get in. She nodded at her and quickly made her way into the building, glancing around the pharmacy as her eyes adjusted to the darker interior. There were more people in the pharmacy than she would have expected. When heard one of them ask for help moving a shelf to barricade the door, she made her way near him and started to help him move it once she was sure her two original companions had made it inside.


@Rissa


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[RZA]

Mel

Mel made her way into the pharmacy with walkers getting ever closer. It was dark and it took her eyes a moment to adjust. She was torn between wanting to help the ones by the door and questioning the new people. Mel turned and made her way back to the entrance. Though she thought they might as well kill the walkers with so many humans around, she kept her mouth shut and an eye behind her back in case they tried anything.


@Scarab

 

[Scarab]

Even though Keith was the one to open the door, he was the last one to enter the shop. AS he entered he saw that there were more of the living. He immediately lowered the knife he was holding to look less threatening. But he then heard the cry of the walkers and involuntarily raised the knife again. He gave a quick glance back wards and saw that the group outside had begun to move toward them. He began to freak out but then noticed that they were trying to barricade the door with a shelf. He immediately went over to help them.

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@Jaye

 

[Jaye]

Inside the Pharmacy (All)

At the shout of walkers, everyone sprung into action. Luisa kindly ushered the outsiders inside and the three gratfully entered the safe haven (Keith holding the door open like there was time for gentlemanly manners).


Jon took charge of making a barricade to try help reinforce the broken door and two of the newcomers came over to help him shift the shelving unit. With the three of them, they managed to push the shelf and lay it down so that it lay on it's side and blocked the doorway.


Well Mel was left standing near the door on the safe side of the barricade, indecisive and thus having defaulted to watching the walkers, Cam was up on the front counter and surveying the area.


Perhaps heightened by the danger, Cam found his senses sharpened. He already had a general lay-out of the shop they were in. There was the front area with a checkout counter at the side and a small upturned table in the middle. The middle section of the shop was a few rows of shelves (still partially stocked). At the back was a counter that reached from wall to wall and behind that was a series of cabinets. You weren't sure why there were these seperate cabinents, but Amy & Luisa had seemed to give them knowing looks so they probably know.


And most comfortingly of all, right out the back, was a small restroom and a backdoor out of the pharmacy. Unfortunately, pharmacy's didn't stock many things that Cam could imagine being used as a weapon of sorts. There were the walking sticks, but they weren't much better than the rolling pins everyone was already equipped with - though the newcomers had much sharper weapons. There were razor blades, but they were much too small.


Then Cam's eyes fell on the fire extinguisher behind the counter. That... had potential.


With the doorway blocked, the walkers advanced but didn't manage to push passed the door. An arm or two tried to reach inside through the gap that the broken door made. Amy marched passed the rest and bashed her rolling pin against the offending arms and the doorframe until they became limp. Still reaching, but a lot less solid-looking.


She took a few steps back from the door and then turned to look suspiciously at all the newcomers, her glare seeming to increase as she looked at Keith.


"Who are all you? What do you want?"


Lee was nowhere to be seen, having likely scampered between the pharmacy aisles maybe all the way to the back of the store.

DM's Notes

FATE Points


Nora: :3/5:


Luisa: :3/5:


Keith: :3/5:


Mel: :4/5:


Jon: :3/5:


Cam: :3/5:

You're welcome to persue the walkers, but you can comfortably consider them a non-threat for now. Unless you do something really loud and attention getting ( )


Everyone in one section now, oh boy. Should be interesting. Gosh six is a lot of people, especially when not in person. Also no offense, Scarab, I literally rolled to see which newcomer Amy would pick on (':3) Anyway;


Rolls: More talking time, I presume? You can roll to add weight to your words or roll to search the place or etc. You seem to know the drill by now?

@zanarkand , @solvernia , @Enigmatic Cat , @Ceros , @Rissa & @Scarab

 

[zanarkand]

"With dead people walking around outside what could they possibly want, Amy?" She eyed the strangers, "You just want somewhere safe, right?"


In truth she knew that they could want any number of things. They could try to rob them blind. Even with these suspicions on her mind, she didn't put any distance between herself and these potentially dangerous strangers.

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@solvernia

 

[Enigmatic Cat]

Cam surveyed the room thoroughly from atop the counter, it wasn't much, but there were still supplies in the middle section of the pharmacy and maybe even something inside the cabinets behind the counter... Both Amy and Luisa eyed them when they had come in initially, He'd be sure to ask one of them about it soon. Cameron's eyes fell behind the counter and he raised an eyebrow before dropping back down. The man placed his rolling pin on the counter and bent over to pick up a dusty fire extinguisher, the extra weight compared to the small kitchen utensil was a welcomed change and cam gave himself an approving nod at his newly acquired weapon.


The sounds of bones breaking and wood against flesh drew Cameron's attention to the newly blocked doorway, Amy was making short work of the few intruding arms from the walkers outside trying to get at them. Besides her was Luisa and Jon from their group, as well as all of the members of the group from outside that had walked in on them... Cam jumped over the counter and worked his way over to Luisa, giving the other group an inquisitive look as he passed them, stopping so that he was standing next to the woman with his back turned to the others.


"Hey, I'm bringing this to you since Amy seems to be a little worked up at the moment..." He started, "There is an exit and a restroom we never checked in the back... I'm going to go check both of them and make sure the coast is clear so we can get out of here if we need to... There's also those cabinets back there behind the counter... I noticed both you and Amy giving them the once over when we got here earlier... if you guys think there is anything of value in there and we have the time, we should try and get our hands on it, Also..." Cam leaned closer to Luisa and whispered so no one else could hear over the shuffling from outside. " We need to figure out how we're going to divide up what's left in here if it comes down to it... I doubt the other group is going to want to leave empty handed if we decide to go our separate ways after this..."


And with that Cam turned back around and started heading for the back of the store with extinguisher in hand, maybe he'd get lucky and find where Lee had run off to... Cam hoped he was doing alright.


Cameron reached the back of the store and checked both doors, first the bathroom, and then he checked outside of the back exit. The man was on guard and he held his blunt weapon at the ready if something were to go awry...

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@Jaye


@Ceros


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sorry for the delay.

 

[Ceros]

Nora breathed out deeply as the shelf slid over the entrance to the pharmacy, the walkers banging on the now-barricaded door. "This isn't going to hold them forever." Nora said as she examined the shelf, and noticed the apparent strength of the walkers outside. "We need to come up with a way to lose their attention or get the hell out of here soon." She bit her lip as she realized that the noise of the walkers banging on the door would likely draw more of them.


@Rissa

 

[Jaye]

@Scarab instead, actually. (See OOC).

 

[Scarab]

Keith was surprised by the tone of the woman glaring at him. Why him out of everyone did she have issue with? Luckily for him one of the others holed up in the shop stuck up for him. He was going to say something to her but decided against it. Instead he looked to see if anyone needed his help. Fortunately no one looked injured which was good. He then decided to try socializing.


“I never caught anyone’s names,” he said, “Mine’s Keith.”


It would do good for everyone to calm down during the seemingly end times. Or at least Keith thought so.

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I’m going to do an empathy roll to try to get people to open up.


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@Jaye

 

[Jaye]

Pharmacy Storefront (Luisa, Nora & Keith)

With the zombie arms now hanging limp at the door, the group turned to each other. The newcomers where mostly welcomed in, though tension still hung in the air.


Cam left the group after talking with Luisa, heading to the back of the store.


Keith was the first to try at introductions. His tone was kind, but only kind enough to win over those who where on the fence. Amy, still stern looking, glanced between Luisa and Keith.


"Amy." after a beat she added, "The boy is Lee. Don't touch him."


She narrowed her eyes, glancing at Keith and Mel and then turning he heat of her glare fully on Nora instead. She backed away from the door and leaned back against the front counter. She seemed to be leaving it up to Luisa to introduce Cameron in his absence.


Mel, for her part, remained near the door, looking at it. Almost absently she said; "Doesn't matter - I'm gonna bounce. Soon as these walkers get clear." she turned to give the group a determined look over her shoulder, "Don't waste your energy trying to convince me otherwise." before returning to keeping watch on the door.


The sound of the walkers outside the door faded somewhat, the groans becoming less pronounced and some sounding like they were trailing away.

Back of the Pharmacy (Cam)

With the zombie arms now hanging limp at the door, the group turned to each other. The newcomers where mostly welcomed in, though tension still hung in the air.


After talking with Luisa, you head to the back of the store. Around the back of the store, passed the bench and the cabinets, are a restroom and the backdoor. A quick twist of the handle shows that the restroom was locked, but you know you can make short work of that. Unfortunately, the door is a solid panel and you can't peek inside.


Checking the back door, you find it closed but it's handle is unlocked. From the look of the doorframe and the feel of the air, you're pretty sure it was opened recently.


You haven't come across Lee.

DM's Notes

FATE Points


Nora: :3/5:


Luisa: :3/5:


Keith: :4/5:


Cam: :3/5:

Scarab, you got a FATE Point for rolling for Empathy, even if it didn't work spectacularly. It was a nice addition and it was cool to see you gamble on the effect like that.


Amy is angry at everyone and Lee is still missing. On the plus side Cam now has a fire extinguisher?


Um, until I hear from them, I'm just assuming solvernia is no longer participating. Just kinda assume that Jon was never there? If that works. I included Mel, but she'll too be gone (or dead) soon.

@zanarkand , @Enigmatic Cat , @Ceros & @Scarab