GM: Evil Mike McNeal
Ben (Hernandez. No Dependents.)
Owen (Zach Turner. Has sister-in-law as dependents.)
Mike (Mark Kale. Has one son as a dependent.)
Steve (Shane Hensley. No dependents.)
Alex (Joe Reynolds. His brother is his dependent.)
We make it to Dallas. We find a shopping mall that we think would be a great place to hole up. The door’s locked, so we go next door to the theater instead. I think “Dawn of the Dead†is playing on the marquee. (What really happened: I was supposed to bring a shopping mall map, but couldn’t fine it. We already have a great theater map, so we used it instead.)
The theater was already home to a group of rather tense survivors. Some were even in tattered Banal corporation clothing. We offered them some ammo to let us in. They let us in and we find about 12 guns pointing at us. I try to calm the situation with some witty banter. It goes poorly and opposing group looks ready to mow us down. Then Ben tries to rescue us with some rhetoric in his poor, heavily accented, broken English. The opposing group takes aim…<BLAM> The doors behind us burst open as a vexation of walkers rush into the room. The opposing group opens fires, but on the walkers, not on us. These new walkers are different. Faster. Edgier. We eventually take them all down, but not before Ben and Mike are wounded. (I’m keeping a close eye on Mike.)
Since we fought so well against the walkers, the group of survivors offer us their own version of a cure developed by Dr. Quinn, an older, but attractive scientist. Their solution either cures you or kills you. We have Ben try it. He survives. Unfortunately that’s the only one they had. When we mention we’re going to the Banal Corporation, Dr. Quinn wants to come along to get more supplies to make more serum.
While a plan is being created for getting inside the Banal building, a few of us take to the sewers and travel to the mall. We scavenge, fight walkers, and find a bedroll and some ammo. Not a stellar day at the mall.
After some preparation we bluff our way into the banal corp. Once inside we realize we need to get a key card for the lab. I critically fail my roll to persuade a pretty technician to help get inside the lab. Things go to crap after that, although we do get inside the lab. Dr. Quinn points out needed supplies while others of us work at the computer stations. Then the alarms start blaring. The monitors inside the lab show us that the building is being evacuated and large looming shapes are prowling the hallways. Could it get any worse? Evil Mike is the GM. It’ll get worse.
Chaos Steve