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Z-Day - 10:13 AM Mountain Daylight Time - At the T-Bone
In the kitchen-
Dave brought the end of the hose through the door and into the kitchen. Now that it was no longer propping the door open, the door slid shut. He attached the end of the hose to the kitchen sink's faucet and turned on the water full blast. It wouldn't come out of the other end that was in the liquor closet until he opened that too.

Dave checks and see if fire is getting under control.

10:14 AM
In the liquor closet-
Dave took the end of the hose into the liquor closet and looked down the stairs. The fire was just as bad as ever.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], if you want to spray the fire with the hose, please roll DEX x 5.

10:15 AM
On the stairs-
Dave descended most of the way down the flight of stairs and opened up on the fire with the hose. It writhed in his hands like a serpent, but he managed to maintain control of it and extinguish the fire on the landing below. He made his way down there and rounded the corner, where another flight of stairs descended further, engulfed completely in flames.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], please roll DEX x 5 again if you want to keep fighting the fire.

10:16 AM
On the stairs-
Dave sprayed the flames below him with the hose, soon putting out the ones on the stairs. He continued down another flight, and at the bottom, the stairs opened out into a vast chamber which was now a raging inferno.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], please roll DEX x 5 again if you want to continue fighting the fire.

Dave halts in place, but becomes nervous seeing fire ahead of him...he calls out for anyone on the other side."Anyone still down there?"

OOC,Dex Roll [dice]0[/dice]

10:17 AM
On the stairs-
There was no response to Dave's call, and it was hard to imagine that anyone could have survived the fire. He sprayed the flames, but they didn't even dissipate a little. They were more intense down here than they had been on the stairs, and there were far more of them.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], you may continue to spray if you wish by rolling against DEX x 5 again.

Dave will continue with the effort.

OOC,[dice]0[/dice]

10:18 AM
On the stairs-
It was no good. The flames weren't getting any lower no matter how much Dave sprayed them. Perhaps Hammond had been right about needing to let it burn itself out by denying it oxygen.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], you may try again if you wish.

Dave goes on spraying water onto the fire with hose one more time.

OOC,[dice]0[/dice]

10:19 AM
On the stairs-
Dave sprayed and sprayed, but the flames weren't getting any lower. He thought he might be making a little progress, but every time he did, the fire spread to retake the area he had just doused with water.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], you may try again if you wish. If you do, please roll CON x 5 as well.

Deve sprays water one last time to check for any opening to another side of that inferno wall.

OOC,[dice]0[/dice]

10:20 AM
In the warehouse-
Dave finally mastered the hose and was able to douse the flames sufficiently to enter the large chamber below. He sprayed the water in all directions, and at last the flames flickered and died. This room had apparently been a warehouse once, but its contents had been burned to a crisp. There was no sign of any human remains. He did, however, see that there was another exit from the room as he had suspected. On the far side of the warehouse, a set of stairs led further down.

Dave stops spraying water with hoes. Dave equips a wrench back in hand. looks around for any light source and weapons.

OOC,if the liquor closet hidden door can be open from the warehouse side? if yes then he will close the hidden door from warehouse side and heads further down the stairs. if no he will keep the door as is and heads further down the stairs.

Dave drops the pipe and starts walking down the stairs little hurridly but being cautious of any sudden sputter from down the stairs and also being cautious of fire embers all around the place.

10:21 AM
In the fallout shelter-
Dave went down the first flight of stairs, reaching a landing beyond which they kept going down. The fire had apparently not spread this far, as there were no burn marks. In fact, the temperature had dropped since he had started descending.

Dave goes quiet as he walks through a landing and heads towards the next flight of stairs.

10:22 AM
In the fallout shelter-
Dave continued down the second flight of stairs. It was definitely getting cooler. He reached the next landing, and there was another flight leading further below. How much further was it?

Dave continues his venture.

10:23 AM
In the fallout shelter-
Dave finally reached the bottom of the stairs. In front of him was an open metal gate, beyond which a hall turned left. There was a padlock lying on the floor in front of it that had been blown to bits.

Dave will enter the hall to left.

10:24 AM
In the corridor-
Dave rounded the corner. Near the gate was an open switch box on the wall with a lever and three signs, one above another. The top one said: 'Welcome to the Geronimo Federal Detention Center. Use of Deadly Force is Authorized.' The middle one said that the facility was built in 1953 by the Department of Defense and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The bottom one said: 'Reminder - This is a TOP SECRET facility of the U.S. Government. Failure to abide by all TOP SECRET protocols is subject to felony prosecution and imprisonment.'” The hallway was lined with tiles, and they went down at an incline toward an open door at the bottom of the low slope.

Dave takes a little rest before heading forward.

Dave tries to hear anything ahead and behind him.

10:25 AM
In the corridor-
Dave lingered in the corridor. He didn't hear anything in either direction, nor did he see anything unusual through the door.

Dave waits for some more time, scanning the area and hearing the sound of nothingness.

10:26 AM
In the corridor-
Dave continued to wait. There was still no sound and nothing to see. How much longer was he going to stand around doing nothing?

Dave enters through an open door at the bottom of the low slope

10:27 AM
In the reception area-
Dave proceeded down into the reception office. A doorway at the back of the office led down the hallway to another door, which was open. There were two other doors on each side of the hallway. The reception office contained a desk, bare bookcases, and filing cabinets. Three corpses lay on the floor: two skinheads and a priest. They had various bullet wounds, including some to the head, and the priest had bite marks as well.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], please roll Sanity for seeing the dead bodies. Sanity loss is 1/1D4+1, so you lose 1 Sanity if you succeed or 1D4+1 if you fail. If you lose 5 Sanity, you must roll Idea. If you succeed at the Idea roll, you will go temporarily insane. Otherwise, you may act freely.

10:28 AM
In the reception area-
Dave didn't know the two skinheads by name, but he'd seen some of them visiting the truck stop before on occasion, and also at the compound the time he and Mitchell had gone up to stake it out. He searched the bodies, but they'd already been picked clean of any weapons and ammo they had carried. The priest wasn't armed either. He was no forensic expert, but he could tell from the scene that these three men had all been moving toward the hallway at the back of the room and had been shot in the head from that direction. One skinhead had been shot with a small caliber rifle bullet, and the other one and the priest had been killed with what looked like a medium caliber pistol, probably a .38 or a 9mm. From the temperature of the bodies, they looked like they'd been dead for about an hour.

Dave takes note of headshots on corpses, and starts moving ahead. He wonders what Mitchell would have done in this situation.

In the reception area-
Beyond the reception area was a short hallway with two doors on the left, two on the right, and one at the back. Which door did Dave want to try first?

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], after you make your decision, please roll Listen.

Dave watches over all doors once to check which one is closed and which is opened, then head for the first door to left.

OOC,Listen Roll; [dice]0[/dice]

10:29 AM
In the short hallway-
Dave saw that the nearer doors on both sides of the hall were open, as was the door at the end of the hall, but the far left and far right doors were closed. The far right door was also made of metal, unlike the other doors, which were wooden. Dave went through the first door on the left.

In the dining hall-
Dave found himself in a large dining hall with a kitchen area. Long tables with benches on both sides filled most of the room. The kitchen area on the right side of the hall had a series of ovens and sinks, as well as a refrigerator, from which a terrible smell emanated. There were pots and pans, along with other utensils for cooking and preparing meals and steel plates for serving them. There was also a door at the back of the kitchen area.

10:30 AM
In the dining hall-
Time passed while Dave hesitated.

Dave picks something to eat and then went ahead to check on the terrible smell.

In the dining hall-
There was no food visible, so Dave opened the refrigerator to check on the terrible smell and see if any food was inside - and immediately wished he hadn't. Inside the fridge, an old Westinghouse model, was a lot of food that had been rotten over half a century ago. With the fridge open, the odor was overwhelming.

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], please roll CON x 5.

Dave tries to cover his nose to save himself from that odor.

10:31 AM
In the dining hall-
Dave managed to avoid losing his breakfast and quickly slammed the fridge door shut to reduce - but not eliminate - the horrible stench. There was clearly no edible food in this room.

Dave reaches the back of the kitchen area to check what is behind a door.

10:32 AM
In the storeroom-
The room beyond the door did contain food supplies, and lots of them, in stacks upon stacks of cans. However, they were just as old as the food in the fridge. The most recent expiration date that he could see was September 20, 1961.

Dave searches for oil cans, firestarters, cloths, cotton and weapons among storage before moving out of the storeroom and then out of the kitchen.

10:33 AM
In the storeroom-
There was no sign of any of the things Dave sought in here. It was only used to store canned food, and an awful lot of it. He left the room and returned through the kitchen to the short hall.

In the short hall-
Dave emerged from the kitchen into the hall. Through the doorway on the opposite side of the hall, he could see some military-style bunks with footlockers at their bases. There were two more doors on either side of the hall further down, and one at the end of the hall. It was through this door that he could now hear a woman's terrified screams.

Dave really wanted to check those footlockers, he thinks he will come back to it later. AS He hears screams from the end of the hall, he checks wrench in his hand and heads for door at the end of the hall, being cautious he tries to peek through the door if it is open while taking cover.

10:34 AM
In the short hall-
Dave opened the door to the guard room and saw a gorgeous young blonde woman wearing the flimsiest of lingerie running toward him through what looked like a guard room, screaming in terror. Behind her, through an open doorway, two rats pursued her...rats with red eyes!

OOC,[b]Dave[/b], please roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 1/1D6. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, please roll Idea. If you succeed at the Idea roll, you go temporarily insane. As long as you don't go temporarily insane, you may act freely. Also, please roll Spot Hidden.

10:35 AM
In the short hall-
The woman ran through the door and into the hall past Dave, who then slammed the door on the rats. They scratched at the door, but they could make no headway against it because it was made of metal. The woman kept screaming and ran into the reception area.

Dave follows the woman into the reception area to check if she is still there.

10:36 AM
In the reception area-
Dave returned to the reception area in time to see the woman keep running up the corridor that led to the gate through which he had passed earlier. She was still screaming her head off.

Dave calls out "Miss, Miss!!" loudly to check if a woman could hear him, if not Dave returns back to the short hall to check footlockers.

10:37 AM
In the reception area-
The woman kept running and rounded the corner, out of sight. Dave returned to the short hall and entered the first door on the right.

In the staff room-
There were eighteen bunks, as well as lockers and tables. To the left was an open doorway leading to a large bathroom, in which Dave could see showers and toilet stalls.

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

10:38 AM
In the staff room-
The footlockers contained military uniforms and civilian clothes, in decent shape but way out of style. They looked like they belonged in the 1960s.

Dave heard four gunshots in rapid succession coming from beyond the door he had closed at the end of the short hall, where he had trapped the rats. Then there was silence.

OOC,This concludes Chapter 1. Zombie Apocalypse will continue in Chapter 2: The Quick and the Undead.

The story continues in Chapter 2, in the following thread:

Curiosity