[IC] Advanced Composition Period 6: Zombie Apocalypse

[Mattie_]

[Irene, using Matt's account]

After a decent amount of time, you wake up--and reel from the sudden headache. Your circadian rhythm apparently doesn't allow for naps. Glancing around your surroundings, you notice that the blood is drying on your weapon.
I should probably clean that..
Groggily searching for some disinfectant wipes, you find one and start cleaning the weapon.
I should also make a grip for this, it's kind of awkward to wield. Not to mention get some gloves--I don't want my hands to get dirty.
Wandering around the health room, you finally find where they keep the snacks and a can of ginger ale. You quickly inhale some crackers and down the whole can.

[Mattie_]

[Matt]

You wake and sit up. It's too dark to see and your eyes are slow to adjust, so you switch on your flashlight. Which was still taped to your neck in an easy to reach position. Huh, an Irene. When did she get here? I see she finally found herself some nice armor. You rub your eyes and eat a granola bar you found in the health room, then wash it down with a swig of water. Your needs sated for now, you grab your gear and head out immediately, eager to do something, anything helpful. You felt an odd sense of responsibility toward the rest of your classmates, and you wanted to put this feeling to good use before it went away.

You say a quick farewell as you leave the health room and head down toward the art room, where you hope to find Travis and Adam. You can also hear the distant whirring whine of what might be powertools. If those are power tools, then Travis might be in the shop.

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
As you finish loading wood into the cart, you hear feet shuffling outside the door.
You turn around and raise your makeshift halberd and realize that Stephan's head wasn't as damaged as much as you thought...
"Well then, I guess this would be a good test of how well I fight the undead..."
You close the distance and swing the weapon at the zombie's neck.
The blade cuts in, but gets caught on the spine. You pull the blade in and decapitate the zombie in a bloody mess.
"Well, that worked better than expected."
You check the cart and see that nothing is out of place.
Wait, what was that noise?
You turn and look toward the door, weapon at the ready...

[IceSolstice]

[Irene]

You consider your options: Follow Matt or eat more food. You decide that food is more important and head over to the band room. Unlocking and locking the band room door, you walk inside and open the small room next to the teacher's office. You know that Mr. Fischer and Mr. Blackman store food here and proceed to eat more snacks. Rummaging around the storage for more goodies, you chance upon a box of marching band clothing and take a pair of marching band gloves. They seem to fit nicely on your hands, and it prevents your hands from getting dirty. Casually walking over to the piano in the room, you begin playing for just a bit of relaxation.

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
Was that someone trying to sneak by the door, or am I being overly paranoid again?
You keep an ear out for any other disturbances and turn back to you weapon. You decide to reinforce the blade with metal squares and attach another blade to the other side of the board and brace the space between the blades with a piece of metal lying int the Tool Closet and attach it with cord.
"Better go find Matt now and see if he needs any help."
You start pushing the cart toward the door.

[Mattie_]

[Matt]

"Hey Travis, is that you? You call out in a compromise between a hush and a yell. From the other side of the shop door you could make out footsteps and light on the other side. The sounds of hammering and drilling had drawn you to the shop in hopes of finding some of your friends. You stand before the shop door as it slowly opens, your weapon relaxed but at the ready in case a zombie was lurking behind the door.

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
"Ya, it's me. God you scared the s*** out of me."
You relax your weapon and nod toward the cart.
"Need wood for the main breach? Cause it's not like this is all of it."
You back up and let Matt into the shop.
"There should be some batteries that still have a charge in the Closet, can't say how much power they've got left though."

[Mattie_]

[Matt]

"I thought you mighta been a zombie... Good to see you're doing okay. You enter the shop and look around, noting hammers. Sweet, you wanted one of those.The cart is perfect, we can secure the entire school like this.And maybe our futures as well... You think ominously, picturing boarding up classroom doors to prevent more potential zombies from spreading. But, you'd want the best survivors in that group... Maybe if we give each class a test of sorts, have them kill each other for survival if they want to get out, and only one or two a class can be picked to leave and survive with us.

"Man there is plenty of useful stuff we can make back here... But what I have is good enough for now, I'm just going to add one thing real quick. Securing the school comes first. You sit down and take the duct tape out of your backpack and use it to tape a hammer to the end of your halberd. There, not it's evenly weighted at both ends, and I can use the other end to kill now. You stow away your supplies and grab a drill as you walk over to Travis. The drill is stored safely inside the cart with the rest of the materials. "Alright Let's leave and secure the school. Don't forget to lock the doors so we can make use of this place later." You exit the shop and enter the hallway.

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
"Alright, sounds good."
You push the cart out of the shop behind Matt.
I wonder what the long term plan is to actually survive this madness
"At least I don't have to watch High School Musical anymore."
You close the door to the shop and lock the door.

[IceSolstice]

[Irene]

You continue to play piano without a care in the world. Pretty much all the songs are either sad or gentle. You figure that it'd attract zombies to this area, but you don't care. After all, you've gotten pretty good at dealing with them and don't mind padding your kill record.

[Mattie_]

[Matt]

You and Travis head down past the drama room and turn right at the 9th grade hallway. THe both of you start down the hallway before remembering there is a mess of bodies blocking the hall that the cart would have trouble getting through. With a sigh you stop and turn around, explaining the situation and reason why a detour is necessary. Going down toward the 10th grade hallway now you stop to kill two zombies that had seemingly wandered there, possibly from up the stairs. You dispatch both with swift, brutal stabs to the head. All threats removed, you open the media center door and hold it open so Travis can bring the valuable supplies to safety. Once he is past you follow in after him.

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
You enter the media center and look over at the counter
Well there is the book I lost 2 weeks ago!!!
You get the cart to a central location and start emptying it and sorting the materials into piles.

[IceSolstice]

[Irene]

After playing for a good while, you close the piano and put the cover back on it. Walking towards the closest entrance leading to the blue room, you see that quite a few zombies have amassed outside-- around seven if you had to make an estimate. But they seem to be moving slower than usual, perhaps lulled by the music?
Once you've readied your bat, you open the door and quickly down the zombie immediately to your right with one swing to the head. Another zombie from the same direction tries to grab you. You switch weapons, duck, and propel the spear from below and pierce throw the zombie's jaw. Spying a zombie to your left approaching you, you pivot the spear a bit and the zombie gets slammed by the dead zombie. You kick the corpse off the spear and sidestep another zombie's outstretched hands reaching for you. As the zombie's inertia carries him pass you, you spear the zombie through the ear. The zombie you knocked down earlier has recovered and you stab it through the eye. Now that you have ample space to move around, you dispatch the remaining three zombies by outmaneuvering them and whacking them with the bat.

You decide to make your way back to the media center, to see if anything new has happened. Along the way, you encounter two more zombies and mechanically kill them both with the spear.

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
You finish sorting the materials and start to wonder when you used the bathroom last. You glance out the doors into the Humanities stair well and see 2 zombies between you and the bathroom. You move fast and dispatch the first with a fast cut to the torso and a struck the other across the left leg and slashed across the neck of the other and followed up on the first with a final cut through the neck. I'm gonna need another weapon soon... You get into the bathroom and relive yourself. Much better...wait, the water pressure isn't gonna hold up too long...this isn't gonna smell too good after awhile. You glance out the bathroom door and quickly make you way back to the Media Center without any trouble.

[IceSolstice]

[Irene]

In the area in front of the cafeteria, you encounter three more zombies. Inwardly groaning, you want this to be over with quick so you slam into the side of a zombie with the shield. The zombie gets knocked down and you plunge the spear into the zombie's head. Noticing the other zombie's approach, you hit it with a swing from the blunt end of the spear. Now that the zombie is dazed, you spear it through the ear. Switching over to your bat now, you smash the zombie's head with a hefty swing. You then walk over to the media center doors and unlock and then lock them as you're going inside.

((Travis, Matt and I have agreed that zombies are only killed when you either destroy the brain or sever the head. They are otherwise numb to all other pain/wounds.))

[Lone_Eagle21]

[Travis]
You find a nice area to lye down at and fall asleep for a few hours.

[Cardshot]

[Adam]
arriving at the media center,after a brief encounter with a horde, Adam notices Travis.
Travis what the hell! Why did you just leave me? I could have died!

[IceSolstice]

[Irene]

You walk inside the media center to find Matt, Adam, and Travis (who is currently sleeping on the floor). Noticing Travis's weapon, you ask Adam and Matt, "Where did he get that?"

[Lone_Eagle21]

((Post deleted))

[IceSolstice]

[Matt & Kate, using Irene to post for him]

9:30pm

"Hey Kate, I'm back!" Matt exclaims cheerfully, waving from across the room to Kate, who is sitting with her back turned and working on something unidentifiable from where Matt was standing. "Hey Matt!" Kate jumps to her feet, brandishing whatever she was working on, which turned out to be a form of armor. Using computer parts, cables, and some duct tape, she had fashioned bracers and shin guards.

"What do you think of this? I figured I needed some armor as well, and this uses less duct tape than your method." She says, pointing to Matt's armor, which used nearly a full roll of duct tape on its own.

"Yeah, I might have been a little generous with the duct tape, but this stuff ended up saving my life, so it didn't go to waste at least." Matt raps his armor affectionately. "I see you've been busy, is that metal beneath the wires?" Matt asks.

"Yup! There are strips of metal along with the layers of tape and wires in it. You know, I was just about to head out to look for you after I finished this actually... I was getting worried since you were taking a while to come back." She says, momentarily pensive.

Matt realizes she had no way of knowing if he was okay in the time he was gone. Now that he thought about it, he had also taken a nap in the health room. "Sorry to worry you, I had holed up in the health room to take a break. The cots in there are pretty comfortable. Oh! That reminds me, I grabbed most of the useful-looking medical supplies and some snacks from in there." He slips off his backpack and unzips it, pulling out his loot.

"Ooh nice..." Kate says as she examines the stuff, reading the labels of the various pill bottles and miscellaneous supplies.

"Here let's split it, that way even if one of us get's separated we'll still be able to treat ourselves." Matt separates the supplies into two piles, and each pack half into their bag.

"Thanks!" Kate says as she re-zips her bag. "Hey, can I have one of your knives? I want to upgrade your weapon, and you have knives to spare. "

"Sure thing, here." Matt hands a knife to Kate. She recoils since it was the one covered in (dried) blood.

"Oh c'mon! Give me the other knife!"

Matt laughs and givers her the other knife, which Kate attaches securely to her makeshift bo staff. She had already ripped the stand part off of the bottom of the stand, and places the hilt of the knife inside, where it fit perfectly. She then wraps wires around the base of the knife to prevent it from slipping out, and tapes the wires down.

"Now /that/ is going to last you a while." Matt notes in admiration. Kate smiles happily and gives it a whirl, her expression fierce.

The media center doors near the cafeteria open, admitting a tired-looking Irene. Matt raises his weapon in greeting. Hearing her question, Matt answers, "He made it in the drama shop--it's by the drama room."
((Added with Matt's permission))

"You have keys right? Let's go eat in the cafeteria, I'm hungry." whispers Kate as she taps Matt's shoulder.

"Yeah, got 'em here. I could go for some real food too." Matt replies. They walk out the media center doors and enter the cafeteria unhindered, noting the new bodies scattered about the area on the way. Where is she getting those??
((This happens before Travis and Adam leave for the cafeteria))
While Matt unlocks the cafeteria door, Kate watches his back for zombies. He finally finds the right key and pulls open the door. The two of them slip inside before re-locking the door. They eat and drink their fill, as well as use the bathroom in the back of the kitchen.

"Hey Kate, give me a hand in collecting up these supplies?"

"Sure."

Matt wheels over an empty janitor's cart that they fill with a little bit of everything. Essentials such as water, meat, bread, and snacks all go in, as well as bleach, paper towel, and weapons. The cart all prepped, Matt wheels it into the office, then shuts and locks the door. "This is a pretty secure place, and we now have the stuff to last us a while. We can also safely catch up on sleep in here. Do you want first watch or shall I take it?"

"I'll take it." Kate replies. Matt nods gratefully and sits down in the chair by the desk, too tired to care about how uncomfortable it was. "Wake me up in 4 hours okay?

"If I don't fall asleep by then, I will. Kate says jokingly. Matt shoots her a serious look and she laughs. "Go ahead and sleep, I'm keeping watch." She says more seriously. Matt sighs and relaxes into the chair, falling asleep in moments.