BEYOND THE BARRICADES At Clearview it is customary to keep the doors and windows of unused apartments barricaded against outside threats. Sometimes these barricades fall, sometimes they just get... moved. Either way, they need to be checked on and strengthened regularly.
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Step One - Choose a Material
There are all sorts of scavenged bits of metal and wood strewn around the complex. Your first job is to gather them up and bring them where they need to be.
Roll 1d8 to see which material you will be using.
sheet metal bed frames random wood mysterious chests full of documents plastic laundry bins desks chairs bookcases If completing this quest in a group, each person should roll for their own material.
Step Two - Barricade!
Once you have chosen a material, it's time to get barricading! Roll 1d20 per post until you have rolled a cumulative 30 in Barricade Effectiveness Points(tm).
If you are completing this quest in a group, you may add all of your rolls together for Step Two.
If you complete this quest and write over 200 words, Zelda will reward you with two cocktail umbrellas the next time she sees you! Please claim them in this thread using the faction quest point claim form locatedhere.
Alex was just heading down to the area to set up barricades when he noticed a Brie. His little Brie. French a** name.
On the other hand, Brie was joined by Durza and Micah and Alex was hardcore staring at the guys.
"SO...I CHOOSE THIS." He yelled......holding up his barricade material.
Material: mysterious chests full of documents
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Character's name: Alex 'Danny' Monroe Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:[HERE] Character's survival stats: HERE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Former police officer. Kind of shaggy blonde, just a little under 6'0
Alex and the others received a small wave in greeting. She had already done most of her duties for the day, so she was mostly here in moral support or to chat as they worked, but would still help out where needed.
"Let me know if you guys need help moving anything." In the meantime, Brie started dragging over some of the smaller objects, which were more size appropriate to move by herself.
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Character's name: Brie Hudson Character's faction: Faction 3 / Apartments Character's journal link: Here Character's survival stats: View BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: Reference
prolixity rolled 1 8-sided dice:
5Total: 5 (1-8)
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:18 pm
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5. plastic laundry bins
Micah had a stack of laundry bins; they would be good to fill with debris, he figured. "Those'll work for plastering up cracks," he said, and jerked his chin at the documents Alex held.
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Character's name: Micah Lambert Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:Journal Character's survival stats: Micah BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Squarish, short, and irritable. He has short, sandy brown hair in a slightly spiky style, brown eyes, and glasses with a coppery wire frame. Wears practical, tough clothes, jeans or work pants with steel-toed or hiking boots, and a flannel or jacket over a t-shirt. He has a small gold wire earring in his left ear and a star tattooed on the back of his right wrist.
Sho knocked on the door frame to let the people inside know of his entrance, having meant to join the group earlier. He was only slightly late though, right? "Sorry about that." He apologized, while waving the dust in the air away in front of him that had been stirred up by his footsteps. Some apartments were in worse shape than others, giving way to their troubled surroundings. Surveying his fellow comrades, he gave them a wave.
"Alex, Brie, Durza, and Micah... was it?" For those whom he didn't know as well as others, he heard their names being referenced before. So he knew of them, while not having personally interacted with them. That fact would change soon though, as they would have to work together to fix the barricades.
Taking off his glasses, just so it wouldn't be smudged or broken while they gathered supplies, a puff of dust rose up as Sho began to start in his own corner. He quickly took the bandanna off his head, and instead tied it around the lower half of his face so it would prevent the male from breathing in too much dust. That way, it was good for his respiratory system and he wouldn't become thirsty, right? Anyways, the supplies he stumbled upon weren't that useful. But he could deal with it. A stack of papers, just like Alex's find.
Micah searched his memory for the other guy's name. "Micah, yeah. You're ... Sho? That right?"
A broken window wasn't going to do any good in terms of defense. Micah wedged one of the bins firmly into the hole, duct taping it in place and making sure the window frame was solid enough to keep it from being easily pulled out.
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Character's name: Micah Lambert Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:Journal Character's survival stats: Micah BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Squarish, short, and irritable. He has short, sandy brown hair in a slightly spiky style, brown eyes, and glasses with a coppery wire frame. Wears practical, tough clothes, jeans or work pants with steel-toed or hiking boots, and a flannel or jacket over a t-shirt. He has a small gold wire earring in his left ear and a star tattooed on the back of his right wrist.
"Here I am to plaster your windows with Papers!" he turned over the box and then used the chest as a barrier. In the meanwhile, he picked up some of the documents and started to read them aloud.
Specifically, he focused his eyesight on Sho but Micah and Brie were around to hear his more dramatic readings.
"Dear Jane,
Your hair is like the fire I stare into tonight, I miss it's warmth and touch-" He grinned, "These are old love letters and stuff..." He picked up another one, "Oh hey! A pawnshop bill from 2004. I wonder if we can reclaim it?" Snicker snicker.
Barricade: 17/30
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:49 pm
Brie was causally sifting through some of the documents that Alex found, before turning to properly greet the others when hearing her name called. "Hey." She had seen them about, but being the antisocial butterfly she was, she rarely spoke to others unless spoken to. However, things had improved slightly with Alex intervening as often as he did.
At Micha's suggestion on using the papers for filling in cracks, she grabbed at a pile of the documents, lugging them over to some of the cracks before stuffing them in. Her head slowly turned to look at Alex when he began reading aloud, before quietly going back to work.
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1Total: 1 (1-8)
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:50 pm
Now, he hadn't minded leaving his dear companion back at his apartment. It wasn't like the little creature would be much help in lifting materials. Durza gave a nod in greeting to the others. He hadn't been late at all, just choosing to let them get their materials first before he decided to pick up his own. His hand met sheet metal and he picked it up, this he could make do with. It was sturdy and looked like it would hold well against attacks.
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Character's name: Durza Morann Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link: gaia_kittenstar Character's survival stats:gaia_kittenstar BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER:gaia_kittenstar
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12Total: 12 (1-20)
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:01 pm
As Micah responded, Sho gave a nod. "While I do have a longer name, Sho seems to be the easiest way." Short and simple with no mistakes.
It was difficult to see Sho's face or specifically his expression at Alex's antics. But there was a pause.. and then responding with a non-committal tone to Alex, "You don't have to hide the fact if it's your apartment. Though I have to say that you should probably change the way you write to modern women- I'm pretty sure they prefer a little less poetry."
Sho was skimming his own papers, but with a much more quiet appeal, and then plastering them onto the windows.
Micah grunted at the reading of the letters, giving Alex a side-eye. "Don't think anyone's collecting on either of those."
The damage in this area was relatively minor, and they quickly had the various weak spots in the barricade shored up. "This looks pretty good," Micah offered, stepping back to eye the repairs critically.
He nodded to Sho. "Got it."
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Character's name: Micah Lambert Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:Journal Character's survival stats: Micah BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Squarish, short, and irritable. He has short, sandy brown hair in a slightly spiky style, brown eyes, and glasses with a coppery wire frame. Wears practical, tough clothes, jeans or work pants with steel-toed or hiking boots, and a flannel or jacket over a t-shirt. He has a small gold wire earring in his left ear and a star tattooed on the back of his right wrist.
Barricade Effectiveness Points (TM): 42
Riffler rolled 1 20-sided dice:
8Total: 8 (1-20)
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:19 pm
He watched the others work, grabbing one of those sheet metal pieces and working it into the strange, dangerous sculpture they were all building. It was hideously magnificent, but what could one expect with their limited resources? The red head cleared his throat, "Poetry huh? Anything you could tease him about in there?" he asked, looking over at Sho. Hopefully this work could be made an amusing one, and it would pass some time, certainly. He reached for a page and held it up to read the words over a few times.
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Character's name: Durza Morann Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link: gaia_kittenstar Character's survival stats:gaia_kittenstar BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER:gaia_kittenstar
"It's too bad, Looks like it could be grandma's jewels!" Alex waved the bill around and then shoved it into the crack.
To Sho's comment, he made a gruff sound and then grinned.
"But my way works right-" he went over to Brie and nudged her a little. "Why you so quiet, do you need letters to read?"
Barricade: TOO MUCH/30
Xaki
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:57 pm
"I dunno, maybe she's not into poetry," Micah suggested. He picked up a handful of papers out of one of the remaining boxes. "Bill, bill, bill, receipt, bill, man, whoever lived here sure wasn't good with finances." He sounded like he didn't approve of the possibly-deceased occupant's financial acumen.
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Character's name: Micah Lambert Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:Journal Character's survival stats: Micah BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Squarish, short, and irritable. He has short, sandy brown hair in a slightly spiky style, brown eyes, and glasses with a coppery wire frame. Wears practical, tough clothes, jeans or work pants with steel-toed or hiking boots, and a flannel or jacket over a t-shirt. He has a small gold wire earring in his left ear and a star tattooed on the back of his right wrist.
Character's name: Brie Hudson
