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Warm Up 9/18

Apparently she had ended up pushing herself too hard yesterday. It was expected though with all the battling done with the soap monster and the undying in the yard throwing her into a panic. Her stretches to warm her up only made her more sore, and the lack of water throughout was really making it hard to do much without getting dehydrated. All in all her warm up was awful, and not relaxing like she had hoped it would be. She just couldn't catch a break, or so it seemed. Another stretch forward and she almost toppled over from it. She wasn't really in her best state today. Maybe working out wasn't such a grand idea after all. If her stretching continued on like this her actual work out was bound to be fairly awful. She didn't want to give up so easily, but with how things were going. No. She couldn't let a little bad stretching stop her entire work out. It was one of the only things to do around here and it helped to kill her boredom. Now was not the time for her to give up. She'd already pushed herself this much, she might as well go all the way now.

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Mental Assessment:

The prisons are one of the safest places to live in during the event; but those in charge want to keep it that way. This means making sure anyone who's lucky enough to be staying in a cell should be mentally equipped to handle what's in store for them. The first test any prison faction member has to go through is psychological testing; we're already filled with former criminals, it's too dangerous to ignore. The world outside is life-threatening enough; the last thing we need is insanity killing us from the inside, too.

These tests can be taken once daily while still in civvie stage of membership. This consists of one Rorschach test, and one simple ethics question. You can only do this test 10 times total, and you cannot pick the same Rorschach twice - nor can you pick the same ethics question twice. You're allowed to choose which ones you do, or if you'd rather roll for them, they are numbered from 1-10, simply roll 2d10. Just make sure you pick different ones each time.

You can do both in one post, or use separate posts for each - but you must have a word count of at least 100 words for each part, either way. Your internal dialogue can be as crazy or murderous as is canon for the character, but it would probably be best not to say you see yourself killing someone in the Rorschach test, if you want to move on to the next stage. (AKA, lying is OOCly totally allowed/encouraged).

What if my character sees nothing?
-This is a perfectly valid response, and yet will obviously give you issues when getting to 100 words. Thankfully, the psychologist who is administering these tests is very insistent. You are allowed to roleplay having an argument with the psychologist, whose only response to your problem is to try harder. He tells you to twist it. Turn it. Let your eyes unfocus. He will give your character every possible generic advice on how to see something, and they may still not see anything - but at least this will give you enough fodder to use for the roleplay.

Is there a right answer to the ethics questions?
-There is never a right answer for ethics questions such as these. You are an individual, and will react in different ways to different things. We will not judge or expel you for being scared. We're all scared. We will not judge or expel you for your answers if they reflect that fear. There are no right answers, but there are wrong answers. Those are the only ones we will be looking for. Answer carefully, and remember that our faction rewards respect and safety.

Rorschach Tests Choose a different one each time.

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Ethics Questions Answer a different one each time.

9. Your past records have been washed away. This is a brand new start for everyone here. How does this make you feel?

Rewards
You may claim 2 bars for the first time you take this test. You may claim 1 bar for any other day you do it afterward. (Limit 1 time per day)

Paintball:


Among all of the equipment and sports gear that lie around ready for common use on the playing field, there is a section squared off for another test that the faction has created for new members. It's simple enough - you're given a paintball gun with a silencer on it - this is important, because guns are too noisy to be fired out in the open field, even if it's still protected by the electrified fence. It might attracted too much unwanted attention.

A crudely made mechanical device pops up cardboard cut outs of what looks like were once poster advertisements of various people. There's a busty woman smoking a cigarette and leaning on something that might have been a car. There's a young man in jeans that hang too low, trying to look like James Dean in a black and white photo. There are several of these cardboard people, most of which are only from the midsection up, that pop up at random times like Whack a Moles. Interspersed between them are similar cutouts - except these have been altered. The skin has been colored to green, eyes have been blackened or reddened, and blood seems to have been drawn everywhere. These are the infected. It's your job to shoot them. And only them.

The test isn't necessarily a chance to practice your shooting skills - it's meant to test your ability to make quick decisions, and a crude attempt to lesson friendly fire casualties. The cutouts pop up fast, and at random, making for a hectic challenge; so it's also a stress test.

Step One:
Roll 6d6 in one NON-RP post. Each dice is considered one cutout, in the exact order they are rolled. Even means it was a human, odd means it was a zombie.

Step Two:
In your next post, roll 6d6 again. Each dice is considered the shot for the cutouts in your first roll. The first dice tells you whether you hit the first cutout, and so on. Even means you shot it, odd means you did not shoot.
-You must roleplay each cutout individually, although you may do them all in this one post. Just describing what you hit is enough.
-This post in total must be a minimum of 300 words.

Example:
-I roll 6d6 and get 5, 6, 3, 1, 5. This means I have a zombie, a human, a zombie, a zombie, and a zombie, in that order.
-I roll 6d6 again, and get 6, 3, 5, 1, 2. This means I hit a zombie, I did not fire at a human, I did not fire at a zombie, I did not fire at a zombie, I hit a zombie.

IC Modifiers:
-Your character might be wary about shooting anything (This is your roleplay choice based on your character). If so, you are allowed to choose to change one of your six shots to a no-shot, each time you do this exercise.
-Your character might be trigger happy (This is your roleplay choice based on your character). If so, you are allowed to choose to change one of your six shots to a hit, each time you do this exercise.
-You may not do BOTH of these each time. Just one.
-You may choose to do neither.
-The choices you make do affect your end score.

Rewards:
For every zombie you hit, you get 1 bar. For every human you did not shoot, you get 1 bar. For every human you hit, you lose 1 bar. You cannot get negative numbers, so if your third shot hits a human and you are at 0, you remain at zero. If you get a -1, then a 1, however, you end up with 0. You may do this once a day.

Paintball 9/20



Though her arm was still screaming at her from her injuries caused by the grenade, she refused to let it stop her from practicing her skills. The undying waited for no one, so she couldn't just sit around and not get better when their lives were at stake. She would simply have to figure out how to shoot one armed or something. It was the only option she had, especially since she wasn't sure how long it would take for her arm to heal up. Struggling a bit to hold up her paintball gun, Diana waited for the first little cardboard cutout to pop out. The gun was much larger than she remembered, and with her left arm being pretty much useless she had to get a grip and focus. She could do this, somehow or another. The first popped out and she instinctively shot, pleaed with herself when she realized it was an undying. Her aim was a bit scewed from trying to pull the trigger with one arm and keep it steady at the same time, but she had at least hit the blasted thing. In her attempt to hold it better, she didn't realize the next cutout had popped out until it was too late. She had to get faster at this if she planned on fighting the undying soon. There'd be no waiting time to reload when she was actually out in the field. Another zombie up and another hit! She was slowly getting better at this shooting thing, even with her bum arm at the moment. She was pretty pleased to have shot it after the last miss, but it seemed she was still struggling to reload when she missed another zombie. Where were all the humans today? Prepared for the next zombie to show up, she panicked and faltered when a different cutout popped up instead.

"Boy was that close for you little cardboard human! You were nearly ended my good friend," she chuckled, glad she had hesitated for that shot. Her arm was starting to ache even more from the paintball gun impacting her arm with every shot, but she had to endure just a little longer at least. There was no medication around and they still had to go out and explore to gain the bandits' trust. She couldn't just stop because of the pain she was in. Next cardboard undying and she barely grazed its shoulder with how unstable she was with the gun. Hey, at least she'd hit something though.

Bars: 4

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Supply Run 9/20 - Step 1



It was Diana's time to prove she was worth something. She was going on her first big run, and she was ready to get what they needed. Water had been in short supply, so now she was going out to obtain all that was needed. First stop was the hardware store. Hopefully they had water, but she wasn't really too sure about it. There was really no harm in checking though, she just hoped there were no undying around. Sneaking in through a side door, she quickly looked through the building for any signs of water. Hell, even half a bottle would do. Unfortunately there was nothing useful, and it looked like the entire place had been picked clean. It was frustrating, but she would just have to continue on. Next stop, the toy store! The toy store was the same as the hardware store in terms of how likely it was to have water, but hey she could always check. She thought she had heard a rustling sound earlier on, but she still figured she was safe for now. The front of the store had toys scattered and broken all around it, a sad sight to say the least. Making her way to the back of the store where she assumed the staff room was she was pleased to find one lone bottle of water in the fridge. One down and still more to go.

Supply Run 9/20 - Step 1



She'd worked in a restaurant before, so locating the stockroom of whatever it used to be had been easy enough. She hoped there was no evil undying chef hiding out in the kitchen of the restaurant, and pushed onward to the stock area. Boxes were toppled over and broken, and the ingredients were all ruined from everything around it, but off to the side she was lucky enough to find another lone bottle. Slowly she was getting the supplies she needed. Now on to the computer store. There was obviously nothing there and she had no earthly idea why she would even assume there would be. What a waste of time it was.

Supply Run 9/20 - Step 3



By this point she could hear something coming after her and was running as fast as she could with the bottles in hand. Her left arm useless, it was awful trying to keep a hold on the bottles and she eventually had to drop half of them in order to run back safely. She'd done her part though and that was what she was excited about. They had water and were safe.