WTF?
This can't be real. I'm looking over my flist though, and it's not just me seeing it. Sonofabitch.
Well, good news: the sirens stopped sometime around 1am. I figured crisis over. Man, was I wrong.
The park was the worst.
Woke up this morning, normal routine. Didn't notice a damn thing out of the ordinary. Made lunch, watered the plants and got on my bike. I wish I'd driven in today. Seriously, north of Covell seemed pretty normal. I think I saw the first one in the Nuggett parking lot. It was just kind of wandering around, bumping into cars. I only gave him/it a cursory glance though and kept on going. It glanced at me and changed direction, but it was moving slow. Biking up Covell toward the overpass, one guy in a car slowed down long enough to yell at me. I couldn't catch it entirely over my iPod, but it sounded like "get the f--- out" or something. Rude driver I figured at the time. More like good samaritan, it turns out.
I saw 3 more when I was crossing the overpass. I heard the screams first. They were down on the tracks and had grabbed some jogger or something. I was on the point of riding down the (very steep) embankment when she stopped screaming. There was blood. Lots of it. I sped away, in shock. Still numb, I continued along my route, heading through Rainbow City Park.
Avoid this at all costs. They were kids dammit. A couple dozen, maybe more. Half were on the ground and the other half were screaming as a few .... things attacked them. I ditched the bike to try to help one young kid being held by one of the things. Took out its knee with a side kick and then booted it in the head. It smelled so bad. It dropped the kid and looked toward me from its knees. I kicked it again and again. It grabbed my foot at one point and I think it meant to bite me, but palm to the face seemed to silence it. For good. The kid I'd been intent on saving looked ok. He's got some bruises and a couple cuts, but he seemed ok. He, of course, started screaming and tried to run away. I grabbed him and told him it would be all right.
Looking over his shoulder though I saw one of the "dead" kids start to twitch. She had gotten pale and well her eyes were dead. Not even animal, just dead. I tried to wrestle the kid onto my bike, but he got a lucky hit to the groin and wiggled out of my grasp. He ran toward F st as the zombie kid started to crawl toward me. I lost it again. I left the kid, whoever he was, running away. I hope he made it. I wanted to help, but it was all so weird, so fast. Shit, I ran. Got back on the bike and booked it. They don't seem to move fast. They just kind of shuffle. Lucky for me I ride every day. I was able to out pace and out maneuver the rest of teh ones I saw in the park.
The high school was pretty bad too, thought eh parking lot was more than half empty. Given that it's usually packed, I worry about where everyone is. Once I got into the residential neighborhood, things quieted down. I was on autopilot. I stopped for 15 mins and just breathed. Someone came out of their house holding a gun and I freaked again and got moving.
Campus is bad. There were a lot of them here. I don't know why. Police had a check point set up halfway up California avenue. I barely made it that far and almost got shot in the process.
Now that I'm here though, things seem a bit safer. The Silo is some kind of refugee camp. I grabbed some food and came over to the chem building. Familiar surroundings I guess. At least it's still locked. I guess the janitor never unlocked it this morning. I threw the couches up over the windows and I've got a bunch of caustic chemical bottles ready to chuck at something.
I don't know if they're zombies or what, but they seem to act that way. Shit. WHy haven't I watched more zombie movies? I don't think Sean of the dead will quite cut it and I really dislike how dawn of the dead ended.
Been reading teh flist. Sounds like people are having teh same problems. ailurodragon seems to have firepower. I ight try to hook up with im and his crew. barelyproper has a rifle too. We should try to get together. UC Davis has an armory. I think it's over in hickey gym with the military science department. I'm gonna head over there and see if I can get some weapons.
Damn, I don't even have my sword. Who else is out there? We need to get together! My cell service seems to be down. ALl lines are busy. try to get me on my lab line 530-752-3***.
Shit. Gunfire. gg.
Blog like it's the end of the world.
Well, good news: the sirens stopped sometime around 1am. I figured crisis over. Man, was I wrong.
The park was the worst.
Woke up this morning, normal routine. Didn't notice a damn thing out of the ordinary. Made lunch, watered the plants and got on my bike. I wish I'd driven in today. Seriously, north of Covell seemed pretty normal. I think I saw the first one in the Nuggett parking lot. It was just kind of wandering around, bumping into cars. I only gave him/it a cursory glance though and kept on going. It glanced at me and changed direction, but it was moving slow. Biking up Covell toward the overpass, one guy in a car slowed down long enough to yell at me. I couldn't catch it entirely over my iPod, but it sounded like "get the f--- out" or something. Rude driver I figured at the time. More like good samaritan, it turns out.
I saw 3 more when I was crossing the overpass. I heard the screams first. They were down on the tracks and had grabbed some jogger or something. I was on the point of riding down the (very steep) embankment when she stopped screaming. There was blood. Lots of it. I sped away, in shock. Still numb, I continued along my route, heading through Rainbow City Park.
Avoid this at all costs. They were kids dammit. A couple dozen, maybe more. Half were on the ground and the other half were screaming as a few .... things attacked them. I ditched the bike to try to help one young kid being held by one of the things. Took out its knee with a side kick and then booted it in the head. It smelled so bad. It dropped the kid and looked toward me from its knees. I kicked it again and again. It grabbed my foot at one point and I think it meant to bite me, but palm to the face seemed to silence it. For good. The kid I'd been intent on saving looked ok. He's got some bruises and a couple cuts, but he seemed ok. He, of course, started screaming and tried to run away. I grabbed him and told him it would be all right.
Looking over his shoulder though I saw one of the "dead" kids start to twitch. She had gotten pale and well her eyes were dead. Not even animal, just dead. I tried to wrestle the kid onto my bike, but he got a lucky hit to the groin and wiggled out of my grasp. He ran toward F st as the zombie kid started to crawl toward me. I lost it again. I left the kid, whoever he was, running away. I hope he made it. I wanted to help, but it was all so weird, so fast. Shit, I ran. Got back on the bike and booked it. They don't seem to move fast. They just kind of shuffle. Lucky for me I ride every day. I was able to out pace and out maneuver the rest of teh ones I saw in the park.
The high school was pretty bad too, thought eh parking lot was more than half empty. Given that it's usually packed, I worry about where everyone is. Once I got into the residential neighborhood, things quieted down. I was on autopilot. I stopped for 15 mins and just breathed. Someone came out of their house holding a gun and I freaked again and got moving.
Campus is bad. There were a lot of them here. I don't know why. Police had a check point set up halfway up California avenue. I barely made it that far and almost got shot in the process.
Now that I'm here though, things seem a bit safer. The Silo is some kind of refugee camp. I grabbed some food and came over to the chem building. Familiar surroundings I guess. At least it's still locked. I guess the janitor never unlocked it this morning. I threw the couches up over the windows and I've got a bunch of caustic chemical bottles ready to chuck at something.
I don't know if they're zombies or what, but they seem to act that way. Shit. WHy haven't I watched more zombie movies? I don't think Sean of the dead will quite cut it and I really dislike how dawn of the dead ended.
Been reading teh flist. Sounds like people are having teh same problems. ailurodragon seems to have firepower. I ight try to hook up with im and his crew. barelyproper has a rifle too. We should try to get together. UC Davis has an armory. I think it's over in hickey gym with the military science department. I'm gonna head over there and see if I can get some weapons.
Damn, I don't even have my sword. Who else is out there? We need to get together! My cell service seems to be down. ALl lines are busy. try to get me on my lab line 530-752-3***.
Shit. Gunfire. gg.
Blog like it's the end of the world.