Freshmen Quest: Building Maintenance In light of the recent surprise infected mob, Corey has created a new duty for the University Faction: Building Maintenance. The goal of this quest is to patch up holes and create traps in an effort to protect the overall group.
Quest Notes - This quest can not be completed solo. There must be two or more people in your group. - Each person must do all the steps and dice rolls. No tag teaming! - Your group is given a rather heavy bag of equipment. It's clearly all items from the maintenance shed, and includes such items as a hammer, some nails, a screwdriver set, some fishing line, a measuring tape, etc. Building maintenance supplies. These do NOT count as materials, just aids to help you ICly. - This requires some imagination - after all, there is a very real chance you might be clogging a broken window with a bucket! - No new people may join an open Building Maintenance Thread once the group moves on to step 2.
Step One - Material Gathering - Before you can begin the maintenance, you must gather some materials! - Roll a 5d12 in one post, and match your result to the materials below:
1: You break a couple desks, and now have TWO pieces of wood! (+2 Materials) 2: You find…a bucket? Well, alright. (+1 Material) 3: There are a bunch of backpacks lying around. Three of them. Might as well bring them along. (+3 Materials) 4: You lucky deviant! You found the Janitor's cart. It only has a mop, some cleaning supplies (a bottle of windex, some bleach, and 4 unused garbage bags), and precisely three towels. One of the towels is a grease rag though, at least the other two are clean. (+10 Materials) 5: WILD CARD - You can find ONE item of your choice. It can be anything you think you would find in a university setting. Keep in mind that everyone has had a month to scavenge, so the pickings are slim! (+1 Material) 6: You manage to pry down a dry erase board. It's got to be good for something. (+1 Material) 7: You find a projector. Hurray? (+1 Material) 8: WILD CARD - You can find TWO items of your choice. It can be anything you think you would find in a university setting. Keep in mind that everyone has had a month to scavenge, so the pickings are slim! (+2 Materials) 9: There are a bunch of bells in a box. Three of them. We're not sure why. But there they are. (+3 Materials) 10: You find a bottle of alka-seltzer near a bottle of coke… (+1 Material) 11: WILD CARD - You can find ONE item of your choice. It can be anything you think you would find in a university setting. Keep in mind that everyone has had a month to scavenge, so the pickings are slim! (+1 Material) 12: You find a stack of boring looking books. Three of them. Might as well put them to some use. (+3 Materials)
- Pool your resources. Make a master list of what was found, including how many of them there are. These will be the materials you get to work with as a group! - Continue on to Step Two.
Step One-Point-Five: Choose post order - This can be done however you want! You must go in post order for step two.
Step Two - Makeshift Maintenance - Hurray, you have materials! Now to put them to use. - Each person in the group rolls a 1d10 in turn, until there are no materials left to use. Pooled materials will be used on a first chosen-first used basis. - Match your rolls to the problems below, and do your best to fix them using the pooled materials your group rolled earlier! This means you get to be a little creative with how some of the items are used. - Once a material is used, it can not be used a second time. Once it's used, it's gone!
1: You find a small hole in the wall. (Requires 1 material to fix) 2: WILD CARD - You find something to fix. What it is, is your choice. (Requires 2 materials to fix) 3: There is a slightly broken window. (Requires 1 material to fix) 4: This window is very broken. (Requires 2 materials to fix) 5: WILD CARD - You find something to fix. What it is, is your choice. (Requires 1 material to fix) 6: Some of the flooring is compromised, and has a foot-shaped hole in it. (Requires 1 material to fix) 7: There is a large hole in the wall. (Requires 2 materials to fix) 8: This floor is a mess. A whole person could fit down there (Requires 4 materials to fix) 9: WILD CARD - You find something to fix. What it is, is your choice. (Requires 1 material to fix) 10: One of the vents is open. It's a large vent. Someone could fit through it, unless you fix it. (Requires 2 material to fix)
- If you don't have enough items to finish the last fix - don't worry about it. Really. As long as all your materials are gone, this quest is considered complete!
Course Credits - If you and your team mates complete this quest - meaning everyone has completed their dice rolls and has written at least 400 words - you all receive FIVE course credits. - This is all or nothing - meaning all of you have to meet the criteria to get the credits. If one person doesn't finish this quest/word count, nobody gets it! - Don't forget to link completed quests and earned credits in your journal!
Matilda's task of the day started with finding materials that could be use to fix up the building. While it didn't sound like her idea of a good time, the upkeep of their home could very well mean the difference between life and death. If they left the building to decay, the inhabitants would have nowhere to go... or hide. Repairing any damage they came across was prevention at its finest.
Striding into the closest room, Matilda spotted what looked like a burnt-out projector. "This may be a tad difficult to take with me," she commented while trying to avoid looking at the inflamed right shoulder joint. Hopefully she could find something to carry it with. For now, she'd have to leave it be.
Coincidence was a funny thing. A search through some lockers reveal three mildly worn backpacks. While they weren't big enough to fit the projector, they could definitely hold anything else she found! Hoisting all three onto her left shoulder, Matilda continued her search.
Another locker held... Alka-seltzer and coke? Was someone planning to perform a science experiment before the outbreak?
"Perfect!," the excited woman cried, her blonde hair bouncing as she happened upon a janitor's cart in a corner of the hallway. It even had supplies in it! Wheeling it back to the first room, she pushed the projector into the front area of the cart holding the flatbed. Even without the use of one arm, it was fairly easy to wheel the whole thing around.
The next area looked to be a lecture room. It made her nostalgic since it was similar in layout to her own lecture room.Seeing that the desks within were hardly considered usable anymore, Matilda attempted to use her foot to break a few down. After much effort, the teacher was able to salvage two pieces of wood from the destruction.
Placing the pieces on the cart, Matilda steered the whole thing back to the main meeting area.
"I managed to find a cart, we can wheel both our supplies around in it without having to worry about the weight," She called as she pulled up next to her blind companion.
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7: You find a projector. Hurray? (+1 Material) 3: There are a bunch of backpacks lying around. Three of them. Might as well bring them along. (+3 Materials) 10: You find a bottle of alka-seltzer near a bottle of coke… (+1 Material) 4: You lucky deviant! You found the Janitor's cart. It only has a mop, some cleaning supplies (a bottle of windex, some bleach, and 4 unused garbage bags), and precisely three towels. One of the towels is a grease rag though, at least the other two are clean. (+10 Materials) 1: You break a couple desks, and now have TWO pieces of wood! (+2 Materials)
17 Total
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[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]
Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
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[05] WILD CARD - A large piece of wood from a teacher's desk. (+1 Material) [11] WILD CARD - A long strip of duct tape. (+1 Material) [12] You find a stack of boring looking books. Three of them. Might as well put them to some use. (+3 Materials) [09] There are a bunch of bells in a box. Three of them. We're not sure why. But there they are. (+3 Materials) [09] There are a bunch of bells in a box. Three of them. We're not sure why. But there they are. (+3 Materials)
11 Total
Turns out, finding things without being able to physically look for them was a task that was near impossible to finish in a timely manner. Combing through the looted corridors and half-empty classrooms- clumsily dragging his hands along each surface in an attempt to find something he could pick up, Scott couldn't help but wonder just how much stuff he was missing out on as he picks up objects he can only think of as being useless.
Bells, books... a strip of duct tape... the only thing he could consider helpful in the job of building maintenance was a large piece of wood he'd managed to pry off a teacher's desk and even that seemed to be in a deteriorating condition. The youth sighs to himself as he makes his way back to where he and Matilda had agreed to meet with their materials. He piles his collection onto her cart and slaps his hands together to rid them of the dust.
"At least your looting proved to be a bit more useful... I have no idea how we're going to fix things with these bells..."
List of Materials
1 projector 3 backpacks 1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 1 mop 1 bottle of windex 1 bottle of bleach 4 unused trash bags 3 towels 3 pieces of wood 1 strip of duct tape 3 books 6 bells
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Status: Head trauma. Sharp blow to the head results in severe head trauma. Complete vision loss.
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5Total: 5 (1-10)
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:11 pm
As the pair searched the halls, a closed door caught Matilda's eye. A rattle of the handle revealed it to be jammed. Ramming it would probably cause them injury, so that was out "Hmm... I'm not science major, but I may have just found a use for one of my quirky items," the woman snapped her finger as inspiration hit. Digging through the cart, she pulled out the Alka-seltzer and coke.
"Step back...," she warned before dumping the entire bottle of tablet into the half-empty coke bottle. Snapping on the lid, shaking the bottle, and waiting a few seconds, Matilda brought it to the door's lock before letting the bottle go.
She grinned as the bottle flew away from the cap with enough force to ram the door open. "There, the door is fixed."
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Materials used: 1/28 1 bottle of alka-seltzer and coke… (+1 Material)
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Listening to Matilda ram open the door with a ten year old's science experiment, Scott couldn't help but feel mildly amused- and a tad bit surprised, when it actually worked. "Alright then, Miss Macgyver..." He murmurs quietly to himself, running a hand through his dark tresses in order to get the strands that were sticky with sweat off his forehead.
"Let me know when you see something else we can-" Scott curses to himself, sentence interrupted when his foot finds a hole just big enough for it to slip down into. He stumbles, wincing as his ankle twists painfully... though, thankfully, not enough for it to prove to be an actual injury. He rolls his ankle and grimaces. "Well, that's a broken ankle waiting to happen... maybe we can shove one of those books in there?" Blindly, he reaches for the janitor's cart; procuring one of the books in question and gently setting it down in the hole. He then steps on it to test it, and tosses a triumphant grin Matilda's way. "There! All fixed."
Materials Used
2/28 1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 1 book (2 left)
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Status: Head trauma. Sharp blow to the head results in severe head trauma. Complete vision loss.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:29 pm
"Hmm... I think I found just the thing for one of your boxes of bells. There's a sizable hole here to your right, so watch your step," Matilda called out as she measured the hole before her by eye and retrieved the box of bells and her projector.
Taking the head off the projector, she used it to pry the clear plastic top off, then the rest of the casing until she had six flat sheets of plastic and three pieces of the projector head bar. Then, taking the box of bells, she smiled at the ribbon used to string them together. Perfect for tying the sheets together.
Once she was finished tying the sheets together with the projector head's bars supporting the underside, the teacher slid the flat sheet over the hole. A light step on the makeshift bridge held up, so she put more weight on it. Other than some light jingling as she stepped across it, it seemed it could hold her weight.
"Good, it looks like it's going to hold. I've used projectors for god knows how many years. Who knew a projector could be so useful... the bells even make it a good alarm if we have intruders walk over it," she chuckled as she stepped off the other side.
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Materials used: 6/28 1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 1 book (2 left) 3 bells in a box 1 projector
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[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]
Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
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Another hole, this time found by his other foot. Scott winces as pain lances through his ankle, then slowly extricates his shoe from the worn out floor. "I'm going to have to find a cane around here or something. A broken ankle during a zombie apocalypse does not make for much of a happy ending..."
He grabs another book from their stockpile of materials and drops it into the hole. "If you see me headed for another one... let me know."
Materials Used
1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 2 books (1 left) 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector
7 out of 28 materials used
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Status: Head trauma. Sharp blow to the head results in severe head trauma. Complete vision loss.
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"Here, why not use the mop until we find a use for it so you can poke around ahead of you. You can also hold on to the cart if you'd prefer that," Matilda replied, easing the cart next to Scott in invitation.
Spotting a broken section of window, she pulled one of the trash bags out of the cart and began folding it to fit just larger than the hole. Once that was done, the woman hooked the ends around the jagged portions until it was reasonably taut.
Matilda stood back and inspected her handiwork, hands on her hips. "That should keep the draft out."
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Materials used: 8/28 1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 2 books (1 left) 3 bells in a box 1 projector 1 unused garbage bag (3 left)
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[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]
Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
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"Good idea. You're chock full of 'em, aren't you?" Scott takes the mop from Matilda with gratitude, using it as a blind man's walking stick while the continue their walk forward. When he feels a breeze wafting towards him from the right, Scott makes the assumption that there must be another broken window.
"Another window, right? Bigger this time, I'm guessing?" He nods to himself, moving towards the cart before Matilda has the time to answer. He grabs one of the backpacks and rips the zipper from it, tearing that into four separate pieces and grabbing one of the towels afterwards. He punctures a hole in each of the towels four corners, then weaves the piece of zippers through them like rope. With that done, he ties the towel up against the window; making sure it's taut.
"That should hold..."
Materials Used
1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 2 books (1 left) 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector 1 unused garbage bag (3 left) 1 backpack (2 left) 1 towel (2 left)
10 out of 28 materials used
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Status: Head trauma. Sharp blow to the head results in severe head trauma. Complete vision loss.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:59 pm
"It looks good," Matilda praised with a smile for the boy's own window patch. She grimaced, "I would hope my surname Baer being a rough Germanic term for 'bright' would have something to do with it, but I would stock more plausibility in the fact that I'm a teacher. It's more than just rattling off facts from textbooks, watching children, and issuing grades like most would believe. You have to be smarter than the ones you're teaching, or at least make it sound like you know what you're doing." It was a sad fact that teaching was a fairly under-appreciated and relatively thankless job considering the pay alongside the fact that no one really cared until you slipped up. If anyone did it long-term, it certainly wasn't for the money.
She wasn't allowed to dwell too long before another hole presented itself.
"Ah, I can use another trash bag on this," the woman chirped as she swept up another bag and stretched it across the window like the last one.
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Materials used: 11/28 1 bottle of alka-seltzer and coke 2 books (1 left) 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector 2 unused trash bag (2 left) 1 backpack (2 left) 1 towel (2 left)
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[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]
Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
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"I'd imagine being a teacher these days is pretty hard work. I've never considered the profession myself... I'm terrible with kids. They tend to hate me." Again, Scott feels a breeze coming from his left. He navigates towards it, using his mop as a guide, and discovers a large hole in the wall. Without speaking, he grabs the piece of wood he'd procured from a teacher's desk and began the process of nailing it up in front of the hole, utilizing the hammer and nails they'd been granted at the beginning of their task. Once it's firmly in place, Scott pushes both his hands against it, leaning his weight forward to make sure it would hold. When it does, he smirks.
"Zombie proof. Let's keep going. We should be done soon, right? I'm getting hungry." His stomach growls in agreement.
Materials Used
1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 2 books (1 left) 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector 2 unused garbage bags (1 left) 1 backpack (2 left) 1 towel (2 left) 1 piece of wood (2 left)
12 out of 28 materials used
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Status: Head trauma. Sharp blow to the head results in severe head trauma. Complete vision loss.
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6Total: 6 (1-10)
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:24 pm
"It has its ups and downs, just like any other profession," the woman shrugged, "I can hope we finish soon... and I think I just found a hole that will bring us one step closer."
Picking up the last book out of the cart, Matilda wedged it into the hole. She nodded at the snug fit, "One book down."
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Materials used: 13/28 1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 3 books (0 left) 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector 2 unused garbage bags (1 left) 1 backpack (2 left) 1 towel (2 left) 1 piece of wood (2 left)
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[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]
Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
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1Total: 1 (1-10)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:46 am
As Matilda fills the hole with the last of their books, Scott finds a small hole in the wall to their left and quickly patches it up by sticking the piece of duct tape over it and smoothing it down with his palm.
"I figure we're about halfway done..."
Materials Used
1 bottle of alkaseltzer and coke 3 books 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector 2 unused garbage bags (1 left) 1 backpack (2 left) 1 towel (2 left) 1 piece of wood (2 left) 1 piece of duct tape
14 out of 28 materials used
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Status: Head trauma. Sharp blow to the head results in severe head trauma. Complete vision loss.
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"I would say that's a fairly accurate summary," Matilda agreed as she folded up a backpack to fit into another hole in the floor. "There certainly are plenty of holes around here, aren't there?"
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Materials used: 15/28 1 bottle of alka-seltzer and coke 3 books 3 bells in a box (3 left) 1 projector 2 unused garbage bags (1 left) 2 backpack (1 left) 1 towel (2 left) 1 piece of wood (2 left) 1 piece of duct tape
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[Dislocated shoulder. Entire shoulder area is inflamed while trying to reset it. Cannot move arm.]
Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
Character's name: Matilda Baer 
