GATHERING NECESSITIES A group of survivors this size needs a lot of food and supplies to... survive. There are any number of places you can scavenge for necessities around the apartment complex during daylight hours if you're by yourself, but to find supplies at night, you're going to need a group. No matter what time you head out, be careful, and remember your umbrella.
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During the day, your character may search any apartments in the Clearview complex that have been abandoned, nearby bodegas and houses, cars, supermarkets, et cetera, by themselves. At night, they must search in a group, unless they are deliberately disobeying the apartment rules. If they are, they might very well get away with it. Or there might be consequences.
Step One - Grab a Bag
Zelda and October have amassed a decent supply of cloth bags, perfect for holding on to the things you find around the city when being quiet is a priority. Some of them are kind of small, but all of them are more convenient than making do with your arms.
To grab a bag, roll 1d4 and RP stopping by the main office to take one. If you want to skip this step, you will only be able to carry 1 item.
Your bag carries 2 items! Your bag carries 4 items! Your bag carries 2 items! Your bag carries 3 items!
Step Two - Fill That Bag
If you are completing this quest by yourself, you may roll multiple 10-sided dice in each of your posts until you have filled your current bag. If you are completing it with others, roll 1d10 per post.
Please note that you may not ICly keep these items! Whether your character gives them up because they're nice or the security team beats them up daily and takes the items, they will not be translated into personal loot and are only for RP flavor.
You find a dented tin of sardines submerged in a shallow puddle. Mmm. You find an unopened bottle of water. ZELDA APPROVES Upon your return to Clearview, you will be awarded one cocktail umbrella! Please claim it in this thread using the faction quest point claim form locatedhere. You find some new, drab clothing, perfect for camouflaging against the horde. ZELDA APPROVES Upon your return to Clearview, you will be awarded one cocktail umbrella! Please claim it in this thread using the faction quest point claim form locatedhere. You find a very small bottle of water, probably one of those ones they give people on planes. You find a hefty stick. Maybe someone can use it to hold open a door or something. You find a can of Beefaroni. ZELDA APPROVES Upon your return to Clearview, you will be awarded one cocktail umbrella! Please claim it in this thread using the faction quest point claim form locatedhere. You find a bikini. You find a couple of fruit punch juice boxes. They're nearly mangled, but they are drinkable. You find five Aero bars! ZELDA APPROVES Upon your return to Clearview, you will be awarded one cocktail umbrella! Please claim it in this thread using the faction quest point claim form locatedhere. You find a half used package of batteries. ZELDA APPROVES Upon your return to Clearview, you will be awarded one cocktail umbrella! Please claim it in this thread using the faction quest point claim form locatedhere.
itspao_ rolled 1 4-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-4)
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:00 am
Scavenging was probably the most productive exercise she really got, whether it was for items or umbrellas. The treadmills didn't work (no power) and she wasn't interested in using weights and bulking up, so her workouts had always primarily been cardio. She tried yoga once and discovered she didn't have much of a knack for it, so she wasn't too keen on trying those risky stretches by herself. She'd probably pull some important muscle or something, so.
That was out, scavenging was in.
She ducked into the office and picked up a random bag, only noticing its size once she was outside Clearview. "Great..." she muttered, wondering what she would find that would actually fit in said bag before she headed off toward a nearby building.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Petit, 5'5" and 114lbs. She is rather fair skinned with relatively soft facial features (compared to her parents) and curiously blue-green eyes. Her hair is a light shade of caramel brown and is naturally wavy, an asset she's rather proud of. [ ref ]
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itspao_ rolled 1 10-sided dice:
9Total: 9 (1-10)
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:01 am
She came up to a small house soon enough. It was one that'd been cleared before but she hardly saw anyone ever come out this way; at least not while she was out and scurrying about looking for things, too. Most of the groups gravitated toward the bigger buildings since they had more ground to cover. But right then she was on her own and with a smaller bag than usual, so.
This house would do her just fine.
With a huff she jogged down the short path from the gate to the front door, which hung open by the top hinge. The bottom one had been knocked clear out; there was a gaping hole where it should have been, sort of like a bowling ball was thrown right in the exact spot. Mel snuck sidestepped the hazard, though, and peered inside.
It was no surprise that everything was covered in a thick layer of dust and grime. She almost didn't want to start her search, but as she made her way into the kitchen she noticed that some of the cabinets had been left unopened, some cupboards left unexplored. So she jumped right in and got her hands dirty. Clearview had running water, anyway, so there was nothing wrong with getting her hands more than a little dirty.
The girl rifled through everything, both previously explored and those places that had yet to be opened. She stumbled upon a small goldmine in a far cupboard, beside a window that he been smashed open from the inside. There wasn't any glass debris where she was standing, so she made the assumption with a good level of confidence. Someone trying to escape, maybe? Or intruders trying to make a quick getaway. Whatever did happen, though, the last tenants forgot about these Aero Bars, so she swiped them and tossed them into her bag without feeling a sense of guilt. Finder's, keeper's was the current reality's policy!
With a huge smile on her face, Mel moved on from the kitchen to explore the rest of the house.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Petit, 5'5" and 114lbs. She is rather fair skinned with relatively soft facial features (compared to her parents) and curiously blue-green eyes. Her hair is a light shade of caramel brown and is naturally wavy, an asset she's rather proud of. [ ref ]
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:02 am
The downstairs didn't prove to be that lucrative, so she moved one level up. The stairs were a bit...sketchy...but if she managed to find something good upstairs that it would have been worth the risk!
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Petit, 5'5" and 114lbs. She is rather fair skinned with relatively soft facial features (compared to her parents) and curiously blue-green eyes. Her hair is a light shade of caramel brown and is naturally wavy, an asset she's rather proud of. [ ref ]
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5Total: 5 (1-10)
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:04 am
Another hour of searching the upstairs yielded nothing, and as she made her way down the creaky steps she decided that it hadn't been worth the risk. Not at all. All she managed to get away with was a nice, hefty stick, which would probably only be good for hiking. But she didn't have time to go hiking anymore, nor did she even really want to with the current condition of the world. Who knows how meany dead and undying were out there in the mountains?
Today's was a small haul as she left the house and headed back home, but she knew that even just one useful find would help the lot of them. So she went away not at all feeling like she completely wasted her time, though she did wish she found more.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Petit, 5'5" and 114lbs. She is rather fair skinned with relatively soft facial features (compared to her parents) and curiously blue-green eyes. Her hair is a light shade of caramel brown and is naturally wavy, an asset she's rather proud of. [ ref ]
