teapotshark said
Plot Twist: Lloyd loves cartoons, his room at the farmhouse is plastered in posters, including but not limited to CatDog.

Man that will make for a major plot twist and affect the rest of the role play!

Rarity said Man that will make for a major plot twist and affect the rest of the role play!

How will anyone recover from such a shocking turn of events?

teapotshark said
How will anyone recover from such a shocking turn of events?

I don't think anyone could recover!

This will surely be the end of our friendly neighbourhood heroes!

Pfft you all are funny xD

Sorry didn't have much to reply :p but there you go. Sick and half asleep writing xD

Silver Fox said
Pfft you all are funny xDSorry didn't have much to reply :p but there you go. Sick and half asleep writing xD

Get better soon. I can relate with writing while sick and half asleep.

I shall try. It's almost over xD stupid sick bug took me by surprise :p

Espatier said
Sturmgewehr, Have you been to Croatia?. I was wondering because I was in Sarajevo, Slav brod and a few other places for IFOR & SFOR as a soldier.

I'm from Romania and I've never travelled outside the country...yet! But Croatia is one of the countries I like.

And Rarity...you don't have to apologise for moving my character. I don't mind. You can do that any time you think it's necesary.

I've been asked some specifics on what is on this farm. So I've made up a list to help people.

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Buildings:
Main house (see picture I posted earlier),
shed for tools,
barn (Has six stables, room for storage and animal supplies)
Large chicken coop,
grainery,
2 towers for storing corn,
two outhouses

Animals:
20 Chickens (undead have not got inside chicken coop because of the heavy duty wire mesh covering and it's locked down pretty well to protect from wolves) They breed the chickens for food and for their eggs.

2 horses inside barn (they have their own stables)
1 cow (In stable in the barn)
Several stray cats (my still be alive)
Several inside house cats (My still be alive)
Several inside house dogs (May still be alive)
Fish (inside the pond)
Other typical wildlife found near woods, ponds and farms. (Frogs, insects, snakes, rabbits, rats, and such, wolves, coyotes, owls, birds)

Behind the house is several large crops of various types, the two grain towers for storing the corn and grainery. In front of the house is the pond, well and water pump.

To the left of the house is the cornfield. To the right is the barn, chicken coop, tool shed and outhouses.

They have 2 tractors and two pick up trucks and one car on the property.

The tool shed has all their farming tools, and other various things they'd need.

(Can anyone explain to me how during a zombie outbreak that the inside plumbing would still be able to work because I know all our characters are dying for a shower! The electricity works because the farm has converted over to mostly solar power and has back up power generators.

I'm no expert on farm living or anything so don't expect it all to be 100% realistic. This is fiction, after all. *bows out* )

That's a nice farm xD

I wonder why it wouldn't. When a zombie break out happens people don't think turn off the water or say stop the plumbing, save the precious water before all the zombies get us. Does the plumbing shake in fear until it breaks? If the place was abandoned then OK but if it was being used recently why would the plumb cease. Water is no longer being used at a high rate so even if it doe stop there should be plenty of water for the next knows how long.

I guess the farm house could have its own set up, I don't remember how but I know I have seen it at least once, I think someone in my family has a farm or did. it was a long time ago. Also that was the place I ran through the cornfields in when I was a child. In the end it does not need to make sense.

:/

MistressCyanide said
I wonder why it wouldn't. When a zombie break out happens people don't think turn off the water or say stop the plumbing, save the precious water before all the zombies get us. Does the plumbing shake in fear until it breaks? If the place was abandoned then OK but if it was being used recently why would the plumb cease. Water is no longer being used at a high rate so even if it doe stop there should be plenty of water for the next knows how long. I guess the farm house could have its own set up, I don't remember how but I know I have seen it at least once, I think someone in my family has a farm or did. it was a long time ago. Also that was the place I ran through the cornfields in when I was a child. In the end it does not need to make sense.:/

I'm thinking of the water company end and how long that would take for the equipment to break down with no regular maintenance.

But I guess you are right, it does not need to make 100% sense unless someone is OCD about it. lol

Rarity said
I'm thinking of the water company end and how long that would take for the equipment to break down with no regular maintenance. But I guess you are right, it does not need to make 100% sense unless someone is OCD about it. lol

I don't really care about the specifics xD as far as I know it takes a few years before pipes break down (well unless they get nuked or blown up like some end of the world scenarios). Not sure of the plumbing company but eh xD details *shrugs*

I think I remember something being attached to the roof, a funnel I think that collected rain water which went through something before being added to whatever water they had. Of course they had normal water running as well but we could use that to make sense of it if you wanted to. When the water company stuff does go under much water would be out and about ready for use. Then we would have to use rain water like in the Walking Dead.

Silver Fox said
I don't really care about the specifics xD as far as I know it takes a few years before pipes break down (well unless they get nuked or blown up like some end of the world scenarios). Not sure of the plumbing company but eh xD details *shrugs*

My brain just thinking about these little details after coming off of a 24 hour sleep. I apparently needed to catch up on a lot of sleep after being insomnia-fied.

actually it would depend on if your on city water or well water. You can taste the difference in the lack of fluoride and lime or chlorine in the well water. waste water and drinking water come from what is called a "pump station". Back in 1980s I got qualified with a level three certifacate to operate within a class 1 station (Fairfax, Va). If you have no power, it goes to generators, once the generator stop... lack of fuel. No water, and worse of all... no toilets. Those main 8" pipes that your thinking about have different "pump stations" in the city so if a pump station goes out then (manually) it can be "covered" by another pumping station but you might get less water pressure to the area that is affected.

all states mostly allow people to drill for a well and take care of their own water system. Wells are very simple... it's just a pump that allows water to flow at a avg rate. You might have years before any maintenance would be needed because not much of a strain to the system vs thousands of people flushing toilets, using drinking water, filling pools and watering lawn all at the same time. the maintenance done to those type of systems were ABOVE ground mostly. Water lines to animals, plants, tress and were it was needed. Since this is California... we might need to worry about frostline or broken lines from animals.

City water / waste will stop in about a week.

So... the farm could have a pump house. I have a 20 acres but I don't use a pump house on my farm because I don't use alot of water.

Showers.... Showers are going to be cold after 15-20 minutes of use. With ALOT of people .... that is a big problem. The temp will be around 50 degrees so if you like cold showers then your in for a treat. As for the toilets.... one small problem I can see in the future, I hope that it's a septic tank but you have to remember that the system was built only for those occupying that dwelling. all these people could over load the system in a few days because the grey water will run into the septic tank, it needs time to "recover"...

But this is fiction

MistressCyanide said
I think I remember something being attached to the roof, a funnel I think that collected rain water which went through something before being added to whatever water they had. Of course they had normal water running as well but we could use that to make sense of it if you wanted to. When the water company stuff does go under much water would be out and about ready for use. Then we would have to use rain water like in the Walking Dead.

you can use the pond water

filter it, boil it if you need to drink it, simple

Well that's alright... CatDog hate baths anyway *murdered* :p

Use your imagination and think that this is a flat map of the area. This is fiction so everything does not need to be realistic (as posted above by various people) but here is where everything of importance is. (Gah I really suck at maps)

Espatier said
actually it would depend on if your on city water or well water. You can taste the difference in the lack of fluoride and lime or chlorine in the well water. waste water and drinking water come from what is called a "pump station". Back in 1980s I got qualified with a level three certifacate to operate within a class 1 station (Fairfax, Va). If you have no power, it goes to generators, once the generator stop... lack of fuel. No water, and worse of all... no toilets. Those main 8" pipes that your thinking about have different "pump stations" in the city so if a pump station goes out then (manually) it can be "covered" by another pumping station but you might get less water pressure to the area that is affected. all states mostly allow people to drill for a well and take care of their own water system. Wells are very simple... it's just a pump that allows water to flow at a avg rate. You might have years before any maintenance would be needed because not much of a strain to the system vs thousands of people flushing toilets, using drinking water, filling pools and watering lawn all at the same time. the maintenance done to those type of systems were ABOVE ground mostly. Water lines to animals, plants, tress and were it was needed. Since this is California... we might need to worry about frostline or broken lines from animals. City water / waste will stop in about a week. So... the farm could have a pump house. I have a 20 acres but I don't use a pump house on my farm because I don't use alot of water. Showers.... Showers are going to be cold after 15-20 minutes of use. With ALOT of people .... that is a big problem. The temp will be around 50 degrees so if you like cold showers then your in for a treat. As for the toilets.... one small problem I can see in the future, I hope that it's a septic tank but you have to remember that the system was built only for those occupying that dwelling. all these people could over load the system in a few days because the grey water will run into the septic tank, it needs time to "recover"...But this is fiction

Well that or fill a bucket full of water and use that as a flush like thing by pouring it down until all the nasty stuff is gone. I think I had to do it once or twice when something went wrong with our bathroom. We could just do all of it to make it more survivor like, if we use it is a another matter because who is to say we will be there long enough to use any of it.