[Travis]
"Try smashing though the freshmen mob, or head toward Matt, I don't think we can find the diplomatic solution to the mob..."
I swear those freshmen will rue the day they decided to play stupid

[Matt]

Matt gets whiplash from being dragged around all over the place and promptly passes out. Or at least, that's what he considered doing. Decidedly conscious for the time being, Matt remembers to tell Irene to not to tell lest she spread some unfortunate information that may result in the deaths of everyone. "Psst, Irene, how about you don't make the only food repository common knowledge, and instead have them focus on sealing the breach?"

[Adam]
"I still think the shop is too good to pass up, but freshmen are hard to reason with"

[Travis]
Screw it...
"Back up a little Adam...you don't have to join in unless you think you have to."
Travis raises a 2x4 back to head level and braces to charge

[Irene]

Listening to Matt's whisper, Irene flashes a smile and says softly back, "Why would I give up food to others? But if anyone has half a brain, they'd know that the cafeteria has food."
Although..if any of my friends asked for some, I'd feed them anyhow.
She turns to face everyone else.
"We suspect there may be a breach in MST down and we'll need to patch it up or something. We have to stem the flow of zombies if we want to secure the school. Also, anyone who is hungry, the cafeteria staff have already left and we don't have the key to open the doors leading to the food. If you need food, just go buy from the vending machines. Same thing with water."

[Adam]
"your choice"

[Travis]
"Watch my back...I'm going in..."
Travis charges at the mob and smashes into 4 freshmen and proceeds to use the 2x4 to attack 3 freshmen with halberd style swings targeting their heads and necks, with round kicks at the torsos. Another dozen back off in stunned silence at the sudden ferocity of the attack.
"COME ON, YOU HAVE THE HUBRIS TO FAKE BEING A ZOMBIE ONLY TO RUN AWAY THE MONET SOMEONE CALLS YOU BLUFF."
He then proceeds to grab a freshman and throws him over the railing.
"GET BACK TO YOUR CLASSROOMS AND STAY THERE OR YOU'LL FACE WORSE."
Travis motions for Adam to follow him to the art hallway.

[Ben]

You're ready to move on now, and consider your options.
• Follow Irene.
• Hold up back in the Gym.
• Run for the band room.
• Enter the cafeteria.

Considering the situation, you might be forced to hold out for an extended period of time in the school. You opt to check out the band room hallway, then go for the cafeteria kitchen.

You don't trust how effective your weapon is yet. The door opens outward, so you push it forward, knocking the zombie to the side and run out across the hallway to the band room. You turn the corner to the band and orchestra room too fast, forgetting to check for anyone, and slam into a heavy bag. Carried by a zombie. The force of you running knocks him back against the wall, and you've distance yourself a bag length from him. His hands are fully occupied by the bag, but he bends forward with his head to bite you. You step backward and push back against him to the wall again with the shaft of your spear along his chest, jarring one of his hand from the bag. You really want that probably-from-the-gym-and-loaded-with-weapons bag. You hold onto the bag with your left and and kick him to the ground, finally freeing the bag in time to sling it around your shoulder and step away from the zombie. He was a lot stronger as a zombie than you expected him to be. You're not very... inclined to kill him. He slowly rises to his feet, and begins lumbering towards you as you back up and look back down towards the art room. The other two zombies were still up against the art room windows luckily. More zombies, likely from the breach in the music tech room come streaming down from the pe area/hallway. Three more come down towards your right. You have no choice but to try the band room or fight your way out.

You secure the heavy bag on your left shoulder, and raise your spear. You step forward and swipe at the zombie's legs. You shear through one leg and smash it to the left of the hallway, enough room for you to get into the band room. You throw the door open and slam it shut behind you. You glance around the band room. Empty. All doors shut. Relatively secure. Lockers to scavenge. You walk up to your Euphonium locker and dump the bag, and open it up. Aluminum baseball bats. Possibly a bag that Irene dropped. You leave the bag there for the time being and check out what the band room has in store for you. A 5 minute search, and you come up with a fresh bottle of water from a locker, paper towels to clean your bloody spear with, and a bag of Doritos. Not much, but it's something. The office was locked, much to your disappointment. Your options now include the Health room for medical supplies.

[Kate]

Having opened the door for Irene and Matt, she listens and nods.
"Looks like the weapon supply raid went well." She said, looking at Matt and Irene's new weapons.
"Won't there also be water at the bathrooms?

[Irene]

Irene shakes her head in response to Kate's question.
"When the power's out, there's no running water."
Addressing everyone again, "Someone should assemble a team to secure materials for blocking off breaches, another team should scout for additional breaches, and the third team should go find other students who are fighting too."

[Matt]

"I'll go look for other students that are fighting, I know Travis and Adam are out there somewhere. But before I go, I want more protection just in case..." Matt glances around at what he could use. I can't use a shield if I'm using my makeshift halberd, so I need armor, arm protection, gauntlets maybe... But the media center won't have any of that... unless... Matt takes a pair of heavy-duty scissors, a roll of tape, and grabs the hoodie out of his backpack and retreats into the corner of the library. He rips the spines off of hard cover books and cuts them into thinner strips about a third of their original size, then tapes them in horizontal rows across the back and then front of his hoodie. He does the same with the sleeves and sides, trimming and bending the covers to make them fit. Next, he moves on to his cargo pants, layering and taping the covers on to form a sort of scale armor, taking extra care to allow for full mobility. The hood of the hoodie he tucks around his neck to make room for a piece of armor that extended to cover the back of his neck.

After half and hour of careful tearing, cutting, trimming, and taping, Matt is satisfied with his makeshift suit of armor. The extra plating is heavy, but not too much heavier, since the book covers were made of paper after all. The hoodie was red with black plates, and although it would be a hassle to take off later, the added protection would probably end up saving his life.

"This is so ****ing cool haha. Alright I'm going to head toward the Health room and grab medical supplies on the way to where I last heard from Travis and Adam."
Matt empties out his backpack except for his waterbottle and puts it on, tightening the straps are far as possible. He tucks a knife into each of his side pockets jump around for a bit to check for any loose or swinging parts. "Looks like it all checks out. He says to Irene and Kate, showing off the armor.

[Irene]

"Hmm...pity I can't do that--since I have no hoodie or jacket. I prefer speed and mobility over defense anyways. I'm going to head over to the gym again to grab a helmet and see if any sporting equipment can be used as a shield."
Now that I have two weapons.. I might want to put a strap on the bat. Since I can only wield weapons with two hands if I want to kill with it.
Irene takes some more duct tape and adds a strap to the baseball bat. Irene picks up her newly modified bat and puts the lanyard full of keys around her neck. Checking to see if her spear is securely in place, Irene walks over to the set of doors leading to the ninth grade/art hall, opens it, and leaves.

[Kate]

"Oooh, shiny. I might have a hoodie in here somewhere but I'd prefer being able to move, so..." She shrugs and chuckles, twirling her microphone stand and turning to look around.
"I think I might go poke around a little. See if there's anything of use to be found in any of the classrooms." She says, taking her backpack off and setting it on the ground, unloading things like her laptop, ipod, headphones, and books, leaving her water and secret snack stash and slinging it back on her back, tightening the straps and slipping her phone in her pocket.
"We did exchange numbers at some point along the line, didn't we?"

[Matt]

"I'm pretty sure we did yeah." Matt grins and tightens the strap of his backpack.

[Kate]

She gives Matt a half smile before turning and walking toward the door, tucking the microphone stand behind her shoulder, treating it like a bo staff.
"Okay good. If all goes according to plan, I'll see you, or text, or call, in an hour or so. If not, assume I'm undead." She says wryly, opening the door and checking if the coast was clear before giving him a little wave and walking out, closing the door behind her.

[Matt]

"Haha, how is a helmet speed and mobility? I'm leaving my head free so I can see and move easier. That reminds me... I need to get this flashlight on me hands free..." Matt tapes the flashlight onto the side of his neck, the only place he could think to put it that wouldn't be awkward or pointing the wrong direction often. "Oh, you're leaving? Good luck!" Matt heads out as well, taking a lanyard of keys from a media center specialist before leaving. It would have been embarrassing to be locked out because he forgot to bring keys.

Matt heads out by the doors near SGA, switching on his flashlight, weapon in hand. Check left, check right. Clear. Now for this first hallway... Matt turns right and heads down the hall to the front lobby uneventfully. The two zombies he and Irene had killed were right where they had been left. Matt hears the zombies before he sees them. Two in the lobby, one about six feet behind the other. Matt steps forward and lunges with his spear, stabbing the zombie in the head and killing it instantly. The blades stick as the zombie falls backward, but pull free when the body hits the floor. However, this left Matt momentarily exposed to the second zombie.

The zombie lunges onto matt, stepping on top of Matt's spear in the process. Matt leans to the side just in time, saving his neck from a swift and fatal bite. Instead, the zombie's teeth scrabble uselessly on the hardcover shoulder armor. Thinking quickly, Matt grabs a knife from his side pocket and stabs it upward through the zombie's chin. He adds the force of his second hand to force the blade up and into the brain. Matt pulls the knife free and scrambles to his feet, ready for another zombie.

But he was alone, for now. He wipes the blade clean on the back of the corpse and sheathes it before picking his spear up. After another moment to collect himself, he ventures on toward the health room.

[Ben]

You do one last search throughout the band room, and acquire a pair of thin gloves, minor protection, but better than nothing. Your review your equipment and decide to store a baseball bat in your backpack as a side weapon. You gather your stuff and look out band room door's window leading out towards the Health room hallway. All clear. You push the door open, and immediately recognize that it will lock behind you. There is no going back, and you glance down both ends of the hallway for any zombies. Only one, right by the Health room in fact. You walk up to it and stab it through the neck with your spear, killing it in seconds. You stylishly kick the zombie to free your spear and wipe the blade immediately of the blood with your paper towels. You walk into the small hallway to the Health room and try the door. Locked. Time for the cafeteria you suppose. You walk back out, step over the zombie and check out both ends of the hallway. And notice a light coming from the front lobby.

"Hello? You alive there? I'm offering trades."

[Irene]

As she was making her way to the gym, Irene stops to see quite a few zombies, five to six wandering the hallway alone.
This is....going to take a while.....best to deal with them one by one.
Inching forward slowly, she caught the attention of one zombie, who began pathetically scrabbling towards her. Irene switched over to the spear and used it to pierce through the zombie's eye. The zombie fell still and Irene kicked the corpse off the weapon, disgusted by the blood. Noticing a zombie to her left and right, she slung the spear onto her back and wielded the aluminum bat with both hands. The zombie to her right lunged towards her, arms outstretched. Irene promptly dodged backward and swung the bat in a wide arc to connect it with the zombie's head. Then she retreated backwards to her right, stepping over the corpse, and watched the approaching zombie carefully. The zombie made a sudden movement and Irene instinctually dodged to her left. Irene swung the bat again and the zombie crumpled to the ground, still moving somewhat.
My left side swing is weaker than my right side...
Irene dealt another blow to the zombie's head and it stopped moving.

Looking at the hallway again, four zombies still remained--although some were located much more far back than the others. Irene took a quick breather and switched to the longer ranged spear. Walking forward somewhat nervously, she accidentally attracted the attention of two zombies and not one. She thrusted the spear at the closest zombie's eye and killed it. But the second zombie was approaching fast--Irene took the spear out of the body and hit the second zombie with the other end of the spear. While the zombie was disoriented, Irene pointed the sharp end towards the zombie and propelled it into the zombie's face. Removing the bladed end, Irene used the spear for support-- she was slowly but surely getting exhausted.

Quietly sneaking towards the first set of gym doors, Irene knocked and hoped that someone would open the door soon. But, the sound had alerted another zombie to her presence.
Fudge.
Irene charged at the zombie with her spear and it punctured the zombie through one eye. The zombie collapsed, twitching, onto the ground. Raising her spear, she plunged it downward on the zombie.

Noticing a person poke his head out of the door, Irene quickly rushed over, offered a thanks to the person, and walked inside--and promptly collapsed onto the floor, breathing heavily with exhaustion.

[Matt]

"BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Matt waves violently in his brother's direction as he runs toward him.

[Ben]

"BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

You see your brother. Swag.

"Think you can help me break into the Health room? Oh, how're you doing anyways, you need any... thing."

Wow he is just loaded with armor and weaponry.