OPEN | CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?

[monstermasher]

▶ WHO: Everyone.
▶ DATE: July 23rd, 2015
▶ WARNINGS: Zombies and bad music.
▶ SUMMARY: Someone's rental car is having problems. Also, maybe a small zombie attack.

GOOD EVENING!

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Did you have a good afternoon? Maybe you've even gotten your "present" from above.

Your good mood is about to get spoiled like old ice cream. But fear not, new ice cream is on the way. Around 2am on the 23rd (IC), an ice cream truck will be careening toward the compound, music at maximum volume. When it gets to the gate, a man in a gas mask will be leaning out of the window to shout at anyone who can hear him.

"I CAN'T TURN THIS THING OFF, GET READY TO CLOSE THE GATE!"

While his rental does bear fresh ice cream (somebody up there doesn't like this guy) it also bears zombies—the running, angry ones, actually. The NPC will use a remote to open the gate (man, where the hell did he get that and how does it even work) and will drive through (get out of the way...), but it needs to be closed behind him within a few minutes.

However, even if the gate is closed before the zombies get there, they'll crowd around the compound until they're all dead; and needless to say, there are quite a few of them. Not only are they faster, they're stronger than your average zombie, so try not to pull any heroic stunts.

OOC NOTES.

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First off, if your character isn't in the compound and you don't want them to get attacked by zombies, that's okay! They'll just be focused on the truck. Secondly, your character can absolutely be on the outside of the compound when the truck arrives, though you should keep in mind that it'll be much more dangerous.

There will be a subthread for closing the gate and one for talking to the NPC afterward that will be open to everyone, and one that is closed to Tiny Tina and Natasha for discussed player plots! Apart from that, you can make your own top levels for killing the zombies, enjoying amazingly cheap ice cream, complaining about the new guy and/or dissecting the zombies, looking at you, science geeks.

As always, here is the turn in post in case you get some exploring done, or just plain forgot about it, etc. There's nothing major to be found in the truck, but there might be some interesting paperwork... if you like that sort of thing.

ETA: The zombie attack will be finished by the next day, so that plans aren't affected yet. If you'd like to plot a widescale attack, let me know! We can do that B-)

Comments

[monstermasher]

[ He's already deciding that she's the scariest little girl he's ever seen. ]

I would have preferred it to be a quiet trip. No comment about the vanilla.

[wyld_child]

[Be afraid.]

Quiet is booo~riiing. So whatcha lookin' at?

[monstermasher]

[ HE IS. ]

And safe. This is a blueprint for your tower. You do have one, right? I don't remember if they managed to put one up here or not.

[wyld_child]

Tower? Oh.. yeah. Sure. But we got so many towers you gotta be more specific.

[.... what tower.]

[monstermasher]

[ Oh, yeah. Earth is littered with them, he forgot. ]

The radio one. Hope they didn't crash that into a mountain too.

[wyld_child]

Does it work?

[Probably not. Nothing seems to around here. At least the whole power-grid is an issue.]

[monstermasher]

Did you get radios, or did they burn up in the train crash? [ Shaking his head. ] If you did and they work, then it should be working.

[wyld_child]

How does someone crash a tower into a mountain?

Maybe you should lay off the icecream.

[She's probably misunderstanding, but she knows how crazy an icecream headache can make a person.]

[monstermasher]

They're creative. And bad at aiming... whatever the hell it is.

[ He can't remember. ]

[wyld_child]

Riiiight.

[She's looking at you funny. Tina takes her radio out of her belt and looks at it. It's the same one she salvaged from that train crash. It already has drawings of bunnies and unicorns all over it.]

So these things get radio signals, too? I thought they were just short-band push-to-talk puppies. Some music would be sah-weet.

[monstermasher]

[ It's good to see creativity... ]

They can get a signal, it's the... idiots didn't think that far ahead. I might actually be able to help with that.

[wyld_child]

Oh yeah? How? Because I was trying to put together my own radio transmitter.

[And if he could direct her to some usable parts that sure would move the project along.]

[monstermasher]

Well, these things are from... ugh, I don't remember. Somewhere not here. So they have weird stuff in them, it doesn't really work as well as it should here. When I woke up here, I had a list of things to do; one of them was adjust the tower. It probably just needs something from there to make it compatible with these. I don't really remember, but that seems right.

[wyld_child]

[Tina gives him a weird look, since he's not making a whole lot of sense. Maybe he's been breathing in some zombie dust or something.]

What things from where in the what now?

[monstermasher]

It's like... a conductor. I guess that's the word for it. And it's from where I'm from—I just don't remember much. [ He's smiling. ] When I woke up here, my memory was pretty, uh, hole-y.

[wyld_child]

So can the radio tower work again or what? Is there anything that can make it work?

[Because if not she's going to ransack it for parts.]

[monstermasher]

Well, it should be working. Just doesn't work with a lot of your crap, that's all. At least, that's what the papers said. Might have broke since then. I'll need to take a look.

[wyld_child]

But this crap is all from this crappy place.

[Why wouldn't it work with the existing crap?]

You don't sound like you know what you're doing. I should probably look at it.

[monstermasher]

No, it's not. Like you, it's from somewhere else. That's why I need to fix it. You can come with me, if you don't believe it.

[wyld_child]

Oooh, so maybe I'll find stuff from my world!

[That could be useful.]

Sure! I love me some roadtrips.

[monstermasher]

It's possible, I think. Don't see why not. I'm just gonna take a look around, then we can go.

[ He doesn't want to waste time if he can, but he also doesn't want to walk out in case some of the horde is still kicking. ]

[wyld_child]

[Tina nods and folds her arms behind her head.]

Okey-dokey. I'll wait here.

[Then they can blow this Popsicle stand.]

[monstermasher]

[ With a short nod, he's ducking out for a bit. How rude, keeping someone waiting.

But a bit later and he's back, a bag from the truck slung over his shoulder. ]

Lead the way.

[wyld_child]

[Tina doesn't mind so much and is good at keeping herself occupied. When he returns she gives him a salute and heads out of the building.]

This is gonna be awe~soooome! Where are we goin' again?

[monstermasher]

[ ... did she forget already. ]

Radio tower?

[ Or maybe he forgot. That's been known to happen. ]

[wyld_child]

Oh, right.

[Tina begins to head in the proper direction this time.]

So if we get the radio tower working, maybe I can get something like it at my workshop and use it to transmit messages all of the place. I always wanted my own radio show.

[monstermasher]

Nice to know you're an optimist in this situation.

[ He's just idly following her with his hands in his pockets. ]