The chemical stink of the second decontamination room - finally, out of that idyllic hellhole! - stung in Ash's nose until Sloth and those stupid poppies. The trek through there had been uneventful aside from the downpour, which was when Ash discovered he gets unusually angry when he's rained on. Still, he and Sam made it through ( Read more... )

Grif and his group have finally escaped zombies and rust monsters and whatever else, and made provisions for rest and food. (PINpointing back to the forest, clearing out some traps and killing some bears for fresh meat may or may not have been involved.) Ordinarily, that would mean that, it being the next day, they would move on to get through the ( Read more... )

It was probably a bad idea, but Sam grabbed some more ammo before they left the town, making certain that he was as stocked up as he could be. Who the hell knew what was coming up in the next place, after all ( Read more... )

Ash had slipped through the banquet hall on the heels of Grif and Caleb’s group. He knew better than to eat the food, but he’d pilfered knives, spoons, and shrimp forks before leaving - it’s always good to have more sharp, pointy objects available in case of attack, by something native or by someone who’d been dragged here like him. Either way, he ( Read more... )

Caleb'd lost track of Selene and Grif somewhere in the middle of the party, and when he heard and saw exactly what was going on, he made a break for it. His first priorities weren't staying with a group; his first priorities were to find his girlfriend (Selene) and the person who probably had the most guns (Grif). (Not that these really needed ( Read more... )

It's getting chilly.
And there are bears. Sure, one of those bears is lying busted and beheaded on the ground over there, but that's an awfully huge corpse and it doubtless had relatives ( Read more... )

There isn't really a sun in the Nexus, so we can't say it's nearing sunset when things start to happen. But it's around the time sunset would be, when the music starts to fade, all the musicians beginning to pack up except for a swing band on the stage near the center of the party.

Then, even they fall silent after one last song, and a sign ( Read more... )