Timothy Raddington
Timothy heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the stairs were barricaded... and then he felt his heart crack upon hearing the next few words he said because Timothy understood what he was trying to imply; abandon the building.
He wanted to burst out and explain how illogical of a decision that was but he stopped himself. Firstly, getting into a rage didn't help with anything. He learned that the hard way dealing with petty city customers. Secondly, he didn't really want to be the one shouting at the person with a gun.
"Umm, Mister... whoever you are," said Timothy. He hadn't lived at the apartment for long and this was the face of a person not familiar to him. "Can I explain to you why there are many better alternatives to abandoning ship?"
Part of it was that Timothy didn't embrace the idea of running out into the open but there were logical fallacies to the idea of finding a new location to set up base. "First of all, we're not going to realistically be able to relocate anywhere far away. What point is there shifting two blocks down?" That was one of the many reasons. "Second, heard what the guy at the top said? The streets are bustling with 'em. We attempt to run out in a group this big, someone dies. For sure." Timothy swallowed his saliva as his throat started drying up. "Most important of all, whose to say the ideal location we find isn't already inhabited by people? You'd think they'd haven't already barricaded
their place and would accept a group as big as us? Hell, we might even draw them all to new place like that police sergeant did to ours."
"The best thing to do, is to fortify those barricades -use wardrobes or whatever and make literal temporary wall- and wait it out. No more guns, no more screaming... no more attracting them. Hear all the screaming on the streets, let the infected go to them. We have food in our kitchens. We know the streets around this area. This apartment is the best place we'll ever find."
Timothy gulped. Talking to an armed and dangerous man in a zombie apocalypse did wonders to his nerves.