IC-Breakdown(various)

[Starspawn338]

"What is it Buddy?" Mitchell says as he approaches the office. "I want to do the once over with the dogs." He says to Wallace.

[Mr. Handy]

9:30 AM
Behind the T-Bone-
Samantha tried to get up on the dumpster, but she could not find footholds.

OOC,It took the whole turn to attempt to climb up on the roof. This turn you may move back around to the outside of the garage. Please roll Listen. The base skill is 25%.

In the garage-
Wallace nodded. "Just keep the sound down," he whispered. "We don't want whoever's on the other side of that door to hear." Dave and Jimmy followed Mitchell and the dogs into the office.

In the back room-
The office was deserted, and the door at the far end, which led to the rear hallway in the diner, remained closed. The office contained the usual furnishings, a desk, a chair, a filing cabinet, and so on.

OOC,Everyone in the office may roll Listen and Spot Hidden. The base skills are 25%.

Outside the garage-
Gary and Kimberly rounded the corner from the diner's parking lot.

[Starspawn338]

OOC,Listen 25 [dice]0[/dice] Spot Hidden 85 [dice]1[/dice]

[aine]

Listen,[dice]0[/dice]

Sanantha walks around the building.

[Mr. Handy]

Behind the T-Bone-
As Samantha started to walk, a rifle shot rang out from the other side of the T-Bone.

Samantha,[b]Samantha[/b] heard voices clearly through the door. "Where the hell are [b]Charlie[/b] and [b]Thomas[/b]?" asked a man, his voice full of pain and anguish. "They probably slipped out the back while the getting was good," said [b]Rosie[/b] the waitress. "Liquor closet," said [b]Horst[/b]. "Now. I want those guns." "That way," said the first man's voice. This was followed by the sound of a door opening. The shot had come from the dirt road between the T-Bone and the motel. It was probably the sniper who was stationed there.

Outside the garage-
Gary and Kimberly heard a single shot ring out from the opposite side of the diner.

In the back room-
A single shot rang out from somewhere outside, which kept Mitchell from hearing anything else.

Mitchell,[b]Mitchell[/b] gave the office a much better inspection than [b]Wallace[/b]'s cursory glance, and he found something that the truck driver had missed. Behind the humidor on the desk, he saw a small neatly severed finger lying in a puddle of blood. The pinky ring on it was [b]Hammond[/b]'s. To his shock, the finger was flexing and twitching! [spoiler][b]Mitchell[/b], please roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 0/1D3, so you lose no Sanity if you succeed or 1D3 Sanity if you fail. Either way, you may act freely.[/spoiler]

[aine]

The last thing Samantha wants to do is tangle with the skinheads but she is also curious about what is happening out front. She trots to a garage entrance ready to duck into cover but also tries to see what's happening on the road. She also unlimbers her rifle and slips something useful into the breach.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,The garage entrance is to the east, away from the road, which is to the west. Which way do you want to go?

[Starspawn338]

OOC,Sanity 64 [dice]0[/dice] Sanity Loss [dice]1[/dice]

"HOLY SHIT. They cut off Hammond's finger and it's still twitching." Mitchell says, looking for the wastebasket. "I think I'm going to puke." And he does just that.

[aine]

A whole skin wins over curiosity. Samantha stays on the east side of the diner/garage. She will look in at the garage entrance to see if a ladder is handy whilst listening hard for developments.

[Starspawn338]

When the gunshot rings out, Gary will move to the corner of the garage where he can get a view of the gas pumps and the skinhead's vehicles.

OOC,Spot Hidden 50 [dice]0[/dice]

[Mr. Handy]

9:31 AM
Outside the garage-
A second shot rang out as Gary approached the corner. When he got there, he looked around it while Kimberly watched his back.

Samantha arrived from around the rear corner of the garage and neared the entrance.

OOC,[b]Samantha[/b], please roll Spot Hidden.

Gary,[b]Gary[/b] could see the skinheads' vehicles parked on the dirt road far to the west, halfway between the diner and the motel, both of them facing north. The panel van was in front, but the driver was very dead. What little was visible of him was a bloody mess. Another skinhead lay dead in the bed of the pickup truck, his leg neatly severed. The police cruiser pulled onto the highway and did a U-turn, but [b]Baldwin[/b]'s truck stopped and [b]Baldwin[/b] hopped out, his revolver drawn. Beyond the dirt road, [b]Gary[/b] could see that [b]Mr. Foo[/b] lay in a pool of blood halfway between the road and the motel clutching a submachine gun, unmoving. He had a hole in his chest. [b]Ms. Foo[/b], [b]Ellen Cody[/b], and [b]Cathy Lathan[/b] and her two sons ran out from the motel's front door. The smaller boy had a pistol and a baseball bat. Then the impossible happened. The dead, one-legged skinhead twitched and began to move. He climbed over the edge of the pickup truck's bed and flopped to the ground on the other side, out of sight. [spoiler][b]Gary[/b], please roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 1/1D8, so you lose 1 Sanity if you succeed but 1D8 if you fail. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, please roll Idea. If you succeed at the Idea roll, you go temporarily insane. Otherwise, you may act freely.[/spoiler]

In the back room-
A second rifle shot sounded outside, which thankfully covered the noise Mitchell was making.

"Damn," said Dave. "No wonder he screamed like a girl. But...how is it still moving? That ain't natural. It's just like the dead guy in the junkyard."

The dogs whimpered, and Jimmy shuddered.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b]'s Sanity roll (current level 49) for seeing the finger: [dice]4[/dice] [b]Max[/b]'s Sanity roll (current level 29) for seeing the finger: [dice]5[/dice] [b]Max[/b]'s Sanity loss: [dice]1[/dice] [b]Buddy[/b]'s Sanity roll (current level 30) for seeing the finger: [dice]6[/dice] [b]Buddy[/b]'s Sanity loss: [dice]2[/dice] [b]Jimmy[/b]'s Sanity roll (current level 72) for seeing the finger: [dice]7[/dice] [b]Jimmy[/b]'s Sanity loss: [dice]3[/dice]

[Starspawn338]

OOC,Sanity 59 [dice]0[/dice] Current Sanity 58

"What the hell? That's not right." Gary says as he watches the dead skinhead move. He takes aim at it with his rifle and squeezes off a shot.

OOC,Rifle 60 [dice]1[/dice] Damage 2d6 [dice]2[/dice]

[Starspawn338]

Mitchell wipes his mouth with a rag from his back pocket, smearing dirt across his face in the process. As gunshots ring out, he looks for one of Boss Earl's guns.

OOC,Spot Hidden 85 [dice]0[/dice]

[aine]

Samantha takes a good look round.

Spot Hidden,[dice]0[/dice]

[Mr. Handy]

Gary,I'd forgotten to mention your Sanity bonus, but you didn't need it this time anyway. The zombie disappeared out of sight with the pickup truck blocking your view, but I'll allow you to get off the one shot before it's out of the line of fire, seeing as you're definitely faster than it. Please roll 1D20 for the hit location.

[Starspawn338]

OOC,Hit Location [dice]0[/dice]

[Mr. Handy]

9:31:12 AM
Outside the garage-
Gary hit the skinhead in the back as he toppled over the edge of the truck's bed and disappeared from sight. A few seconds later, two more skinheads emerged from the diner's front doors. The first one had an M-16 with an underbarrel grenade launcher attached, and the other had a pump shotgun. They were looking in his direction at first, but then Baldwin strode forward and fired two shots at the first skinhead. One struck him full in the chest, but it did little more than knock him back slightly. Jim Kerr had also gotten out of the truck, which he was using for cover as he followed Baldwin. The skinhead with the M-16 fired a grenade at Baldwin, which ripped his left arm to shreds!

Samantha stepped into the garage.

OOC,[b]Gary[/b], you may fire again at one of the skinheads if you wish, just choose your target. If you hit, please roll 1D20 for a hit location and roll damage.

In the garage-
Looking around, Samantha spotted a ladder hanging sideways on one wall. Wallace was at the back of the garage, his revolver drawn as he looked through an open door. He glanced back when Samantha entered. Then they heard the grenade explode.

In the back room-
Mitchell searched the office, but he quickly saw that the gun cabinet was empty. The shotguns that they usually kept in here were gone, as was all the ammo. Then everyone heard the grenade blast.

[Starspawn338]

From as much cover as he can maintain, Gary will take aim at the first skinhead out the door as he does not want him to get off another grenade.

OOC,Rifle 60 [dice]0[/dice]

[Starspawn338]

"Aw Hell!" Mitchell says. He goes over to the door to the diner and gets ready to ambush any skinheads that might come through.

[aine]

When the noise of the exploding grenade reverberates through the garage, all thoughts of wild animals go out of Samantha's head.

"Holy crap! It's a war out there! I want to get on the roof; I think it will be safer." She says urgently to Mitchell. She goes over to the ladder on the garage wall and and unhooks it.