This morning's light blessed us with a beautiful sight. Remember a couple weeks ago when I posted about veterans appreciation week, well the Psychs began their attack before they could pick up the helicopter from campus. Now it sits in front of me as I type this. When I said Zoey could fix one of these the other day I was serious. Her father was in Vietnam and was a mechanic on these bad boys. She used to study the schematics for them. So, Zoey, Brian, and I have been working hard to get it working were having to improvise a bit. The helicopter had been decommissioned, so we have to rebuild most of the engine from part around the warehouse. Luckily all the wiring is still good. Today I downloaded Helicopter Simulator from Steam, they were having an apocalypse sale. Raito and I will be practicing as much as we can hopefully it's accurate enough to get us ready to fly a real one.
So, Every once in a while I wanna post about the people in our group. This way, you can get to know us all better. Today I'll talk about Brian and Nicky. Brian and Nicky are an odd couple. They are so different, but somehow it seems perfect. Brian is a very vocal person. He shares his opinions and doesn't care who's listening. It makes for very interesting conversations. Especially because when he says somethin offensive it roll offf everyones back, but Anne get's so mad at him. As for Nicky she's really sweet I've never seen her be mean to anyone. Although, she's no pushover. If you were to get her mad she will not hold back, or so we've all been told. None of us have actually seen her mad not even Brian. It's a good thing both of her parents were in the medical field. That will come in handy. She was very knowledgable about medicine before college, but there's a difference between knowledge and experience. we'll see how she does in real life situations.
I bet it's nice to have someone like that at a time like this. I know it sucks to be alone. Ever since this whole thing started whatever might have been going on between Zoey has come to an abrupt halt. Hopefully we can pick things back up soon. Plagues really through wrenchs into the works don't they?
Friday, December 7, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
NOT DEAD!!
We made it out, and it was a miracle from God. So much happened yesterday I had no time to post. I was spending time with those infected. I had to abandon my lab, but I was able to take some basic equipment. enough to use the blood of those bitten to discover the reason the virus adapts so quickly is because it bonds to the bodies genetic code, and it speeds up the bodies adaptive qualities and uses the bodies own antibodies to fight the anti-virals. this is a huge step towards a cure.
While spending time with the three victims, teacher spoke to me. The teachers name is Joe Palladino he's the adviser for the film department. I met him at orientation I got lost and ran in to him he was carrying a poster for "Revenge of the Jedi" (this was the title of Star Wars 6 until it was changed to "Return of the Jedi"). Being a huge Star Wars fan I thought this was really cool, and we've talked many times since then. Anyway, he told me yesterday about a rumored secret tunnel system that connects every building together. It even leads to an exit on the beach. I spent the rest of the day searching for the secret passage, my search turned out to be fruitless.
Later that night while everyone slept, I awoke to a disconcerting silence. There was the usual snoring and breathing of hundreds of people sleeping but something was missing. Coughing! The jock who had been bitten developed a horrible cough while being sick. I rushed over to see if he had expired, but I found a figure standing over the three bitten victims the jock and glee club kid a bloody holes where their temples once were, and the killer stood over Palladino ready to strike again. I tackled them, but they ran off before i could see their. Although I had an idea of who it was, and it terrified me because that means the line for this had gone from blurred to gone.
The next day we wrapped the two murdered people up in curtains and had a wake for them. Palladino asked why I saved him. He was good as dead anyway. I told him, "All human life is important, and as long as someones heart beats they are alive in my book." I also told him, that when he turns I will the one to do the hard thing, and take him out. definitely the most bizarre conversation I've ever had. They started questioning student about the murders, but I knew exactly who to go to.
After the wake I hunted down Quentin. I found him ripping the wings of a fly. He looked up at me and said, "What do you want lardo? " I didn't say a word just grabbed him by his collar and slammed him up against. "What the f..." i punched him in the gut before he could finish his sentence, and told him, " Shut Up! You don't say anything unless you're answering my question. Got it, you sadistic inbred goon !?" He just nodded. "which one of your nut jobs killed those two people?" he said, "people? you mean the Psychs?", "No, I mean the to living human being murder last night. I know for a fact they hadn't turned yet. You guys crossed the line, and you will pay." I responded. He just shrugged and said " It's a new world Humans are done> we might as well enjoy the ride out as a new top of the food chain rises. You should let go man, we're done and the Psychs will rule this world soon. Your a religious man, well where's your pathetic God now!?"
I must admit I lost my temper I threw his into this old large painting that was on the adjacent wall. But rather than hit the wall behind the painting Quentin went through it. Bu were in the basement and the walls are cement. When I rushed over I found that he had fallen into hole in the wall, and in the hole was a door I opened the door to find a tunnel. It was the one Palladino talked about. I looked at him while he rubbed the back of his head in pain. I looked at him and said "Where's my God now? he's right beside me. Now get up and go run back to your freaks" He ran off and I just stayed looking at this miracle.
In the tunnel there were colored lines on the floor and a guide to say what lines led where. Red went to the beach, Blue to Stork tower, and green to the warehouse. I'm assuming the warehouse is the big red storehouse at near the Film department. I brought this info back to the small council of teachers in charge, and they told me the military has plans to evac at the beach, but we had no way of getting there. they will be shipping people out to oil riggers off the coast those are the safest places. We began filling people into the tunnel. Me and the gang volunteered as wranglers. Although, we thought it would be a simple task it got complicated when a group of about ten psychs busted in and all hell broke lose every one rushed the tunnel.
Me, the gang and a few others were fighting of the Psychs some people got bit, and when that happened there were two reactions. Either they gave up and collapsed in tears or, the turned into war machines. They knew a bite was death so it came down to whether they had nothing to live for any more or they had nothing to lose. Of course Quentin and his sadist were long gone. The one time they could be useful they're gone. they left very soon after a confronted Quentin. The last couple stragglers got in the tunnel, and we started backing up ourselves to the tunnel but we where surrounded while we fought more Psychs came. there were two blocking the exit. It was just me and the gang. Out numbered we all backed up together prepare for the fight of our lives.
When suddenly out of nowhere comes Palladino. he was swinging one of those things banks use to make line queues. he took out the two blocking the tunnel with one mighty swing. He yelled, " Go I'll hold them off, I'm repaying a debt." He looked me right in the eyes when he said that. "Thank you", I said. He swung the post again knocking a Psych's head clean off " you're welcome. Now go!", and with that he flung himself into the hoard swinging the post like grand slam batter. The door closed behind us and that was the last we ever saw of Joe Palladino.
We sealed the door behind us, and ran to catch up with rest of the group but we heard helicopter above ground. We then heard explosions and the ground shook. The military must have been trying to keeps the Psychs from the beach. However, as we ran down the tunnel we could hear voices, but just as we were about 50 feet from everyone else there was another series of explosions, and the tunnel collapsed between us and the other students. There was no way of getting to them. Anne freaked out and started yelling expletives. Brian asked, "well Jake, what now? It took me a second to think but then I answered, "We already passed several other corridors including the two big ones for Stork tower and the warehouse. So we have a choice. Where do we go"? We decided we would go to the warehouse because it was passed the line of fire so there should be less Psychs. By the time we reached the warehouse we were so tired. So we found a small room on the second floor that we could lock and get some rest. It was so dark we could barely see luckily I had internet to post this. So, I"ll be back tomorrow, thanks to God and Joe Palladino.
While spending time with the three victims, teacher spoke to me. The teachers name is Joe Palladino he's the adviser for the film department. I met him at orientation I got lost and ran in to him he was carrying a poster for "Revenge of the Jedi" (this was the title of Star Wars 6 until it was changed to "Return of the Jedi"). Being a huge Star Wars fan I thought this was really cool, and we've talked many times since then. Anyway, he told me yesterday about a rumored secret tunnel system that connects every building together. It even leads to an exit on the beach. I spent the rest of the day searching for the secret passage, my search turned out to be fruitless.
Later that night while everyone slept, I awoke to a disconcerting silence. There was the usual snoring and breathing of hundreds of people sleeping but something was missing. Coughing! The jock who had been bitten developed a horrible cough while being sick. I rushed over to see if he had expired, but I found a figure standing over the three bitten victims the jock and glee club kid a bloody holes where their temples once were, and the killer stood over Palladino ready to strike again. I tackled them, but they ran off before i could see their. Although I had an idea of who it was, and it terrified me because that means the line for this had gone from blurred to gone.
The next day we wrapped the two murdered people up in curtains and had a wake for them. Palladino asked why I saved him. He was good as dead anyway. I told him, "All human life is important, and as long as someones heart beats they are alive in my book." I also told him, that when he turns I will the one to do the hard thing, and take him out. definitely the most bizarre conversation I've ever had. They started questioning student about the murders, but I knew exactly who to go to.
After the wake I hunted down Quentin. I found him ripping the wings of a fly. He looked up at me and said, "What do you want lardo? " I didn't say a word just grabbed him by his collar and slammed him up against. "What the f..." i punched him in the gut before he could finish his sentence, and told him, " Shut Up! You don't say anything unless you're answering my question. Got it, you sadistic inbred goon !?" He just nodded. "which one of your nut jobs killed those two people?" he said, "people? you mean the Psychs?", "No, I mean the to living human being murder last night. I know for a fact they hadn't turned yet. You guys crossed the line, and you will pay." I responded. He just shrugged and said " It's a new world Humans are done> we might as well enjoy the ride out as a new top of the food chain rises. You should let go man, we're done and the Psychs will rule this world soon. Your a religious man, well where's your pathetic God now!?"
I must admit I lost my temper I threw his into this old large painting that was on the adjacent wall. But rather than hit the wall behind the painting Quentin went through it. Bu were in the basement and the walls are cement. When I rushed over I found that he had fallen into hole in the wall, and in the hole was a door I opened the door to find a tunnel. It was the one Palladino talked about. I looked at him while he rubbed the back of his head in pain. I looked at him and said "Where's my God now? he's right beside me. Now get up and go run back to your freaks" He ran off and I just stayed looking at this miracle.
In the tunnel there were colored lines on the floor and a guide to say what lines led where. Red went to the beach, Blue to Stork tower, and green to the warehouse. I'm assuming the warehouse is the big red storehouse at near the Film department. I brought this info back to the small council of teachers in charge, and they told me the military has plans to evac at the beach, but we had no way of getting there. they will be shipping people out to oil riggers off the coast those are the safest places. We began filling people into the tunnel. Me and the gang volunteered as wranglers. Although, we thought it would be a simple task it got complicated when a group of about ten psychs busted in and all hell broke lose every one rushed the tunnel.
Me, the gang and a few others were fighting of the Psychs some people got bit, and when that happened there were two reactions. Either they gave up and collapsed in tears or, the turned into war machines. They knew a bite was death so it came down to whether they had nothing to live for any more or they had nothing to lose. Of course Quentin and his sadist were long gone. The one time they could be useful they're gone. they left very soon after a confronted Quentin. The last couple stragglers got in the tunnel, and we started backing up ourselves to the tunnel but we where surrounded while we fought more Psychs came. there were two blocking the exit. It was just me and the gang. Out numbered we all backed up together prepare for the fight of our lives.
When suddenly out of nowhere comes Palladino. he was swinging one of those things banks use to make line queues. he took out the two blocking the tunnel with one mighty swing. He yelled, " Go I'll hold them off, I'm repaying a debt." He looked me right in the eyes when he said that. "Thank you", I said. He swung the post again knocking a Psych's head clean off " you're welcome. Now go!", and with that he flung himself into the hoard swinging the post like grand slam batter. The door closed behind us and that was the last we ever saw of Joe Palladino.
We sealed the door behind us, and ran to catch up with rest of the group but we heard helicopter above ground. We then heard explosions and the ground shook. The military must have been trying to keeps the Psychs from the beach. However, as we ran down the tunnel we could hear voices, but just as we were about 50 feet from everyone else there was another series of explosions, and the tunnel collapsed between us and the other students. There was no way of getting to them. Anne freaked out and started yelling expletives. Brian asked, "well Jake, what now? It took me a second to think but then I answered, "We already passed several other corridors including the two big ones for Stork tower and the warehouse. So we have a choice. Where do we go"? We decided we would go to the warehouse because it was passed the line of fire so there should be less Psychs. By the time we reached the warehouse we were so tired. So we found a small room on the second floor that we could lock and get some rest. It was so dark we could barely see luckily I had internet to post this. So, I"ll be back tomorrow, thanks to God and Joe Palladino.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
This Might be the End.
So the inevitable happened. A girl from the glee club used some goth guys nail polish, and a yelling fight started, and it escalated when the girls boyfriend came over and shoved the goth guy over a tables into one of the artists while he was drawing a really nice picture in pen ruining that. During the hug screaming match that followed Quentin and his Psycho saw there opportunity to get their daily quota a sadism in. Grace and Oliver went over and began beating the glee girl and her boyfriend, and this started an all out brawl me and my group just hung back trying to pull people out of the fight.
Thanks to Quintin and his freaks three people are badly hurt and everyone hates each other. That's not even close to the worst part of the day. Around 6:30 at night a couple of the jock thought they'd go up stairs in search of food. They snuck past the teachers guarding the door and went upstairs. what they didn't realize was that the upstairs was not secured from Psychs. They got sighted by one and then led about 20 of them down stairs. So now we're trapped in a tiny food court with even less space. The Psychs are banging on the doors and we can't brace them for long. and we have nowhere to go. In the panic of the rush here, fifteen people got killed and now we have three bitten people. one of the glee club guys, one of the jocks that started this mess, and the teacher that runs the film department here.
I wanted to be a beacon of light in this dark time, but it looks like this might be the end. If this is my last post I want to just say one thing. Stay unified find the things that make you the same, not the things that separate us. Don't let violence consume you. Be led by mercy, and love, not hate and selfishness. Hopefully I'll post tomorrow, but if I don't Goodbye.
Thanks to Quintin and his freaks three people are badly hurt and everyone hates each other. That's not even close to the worst part of the day. Around 6:30 at night a couple of the jock thought they'd go up stairs in search of food. They snuck past the teachers guarding the door and went upstairs. what they didn't realize was that the upstairs was not secured from Psychs. They got sighted by one and then led about 20 of them down stairs. So now we're trapped in a tiny food court with even less space. The Psychs are banging on the doors and we can't brace them for long. and we have nowhere to go. In the panic of the rush here, fifteen people got killed and now we have three bitten people. one of the glee club guys, one of the jocks that started this mess, and the teacher that runs the film department here.
I wanted to be a beacon of light in this dark time, but it looks like this might be the end. If this is my last post I want to just say one thing. Stay unified find the things that make you the same, not the things that separate us. Don't let violence consume you. Be led by mercy, and love, not hate and selfishness. Hopefully I'll post tomorrow, but if I don't Goodbye.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Official Count
Today we got an official count of the people in the Ucen there are about 750 student and staff. Before the Psych rush there were two thousand people on campus. That means over a thousand people have either been killed or escaped by other means. This is horrible I looked out a window today, and saw my history teacher shambling around in a bath robe. So many people I knew and cared about are gone now. Although, things are much better for the survivors.
The food here in the Ucen is getting scarce, and help is still three to five days away. The groups that began forming have begun to make boundaries with chairs and other furniture. It's amazing how fast we've adapted to this kind of living. a bartering system has even started. It began when the artist ran out of paper, and the nerds had excess so the bartered paper for commission drawing of them as different sci-fi character. From something so simple came a whole economy, but that economy is t risk. with food scares the goth kids won't be able to barter food they refuse to eat, for help from the jocks, and if the goths can't get the jocks help to finish their borders then there will be fight about the boundaries between goths and the glee club. I'm sure it'll all be OK... ah who am I kidding? We're all screwed.
The food here in the Ucen is getting scarce, and help is still three to five days away. The groups that began forming have begun to make boundaries with chairs and other furniture. It's amazing how fast we've adapted to this kind of living. a bartering system has even started. It began when the artist ran out of paper, and the nerds had excess so the bartered paper for commission drawing of them as different sci-fi character. From something so simple came a whole economy, but that economy is t risk. with food scares the goth kids won't be able to barter food they refuse to eat, for help from the jocks, and if the goths can't get the jocks help to finish their borders then there will be fight about the boundaries between goths and the glee club. I'm sure it'll all be OK... ah who am I kidding? We're all screwed.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Looney Luna
Today I've been talking with Brian about our emergency escape plans, but we can't figure out a solution to the hordes of Psychs out side. We don't have any weaponry, there are baseball bats in the school store but that won't be enough. there are at leas 3 hundred Psychs now. We were hoping for a quick evacuation, but homeland security is a little busy right now. Santa Barbara is a low density Psych population. I also got in a fight with Quentin today.
We were all having lunch today and Quentin and his Psych hunters came by, and asked why were we hanging out with this loser. He was pointing at Luna. He started calling her Looney Luna. He kicked over her plate and said "Oops sorry Luna don't go loony on me, HAHA!". I could tell Luna was hold back tear, bot well, but she was being strong. I stood up and told Quentin to back off and apologies. I knew kind delegation was fruitless, but if I resorted straight to violence I'd be no better than him, and I was always raised to never throw the first punch. There are, however, certain exception, lines he could cross. So he pushed me aside and told me to go jump of a cliff. Continued taunting Luna again this time poking at her to try to get her to cry more (line crossed). This time a grabbed him by the popped collar of his polo and clocked him across the face. It barely phased him. He responded in turn with a punch to the gut. We continued to fight, until we had to be pulled off each other. I have a black eye, bruised rib, and a fat lip, but you should see the other guy.
I've been continuing work on a cure. Me and my professor have been joined by every biologist in the school, and the surrounding area. Luckily we were able to set up a fairly decent lab in the basement of the Ucen.. The disease is becoming more and more terrifying the more we learn. The virus can adapt incredibly fast, faster than any anti-viral can be effective. What we need is something that can speed up the effect of anti-virals. We even experimented with homeopathic methods in hopes that something old and lost could help us. If ancient people could stop this then why can't we. Unless this is something so old man hadn't been inhabited Canada yet, which would mean it would need a different host to sustain itself. We should start experimenting with animals if we can. Maybe there's an animal that has the natural ability to to heal itself from the disease.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Clans
It's amazing how fast little clans begin to form. students are already separating into little communities. It's like high school all over again. All the jocks are hanging out together, as are the nerds, and pot heads. Although something else bothers me. I saw the tattoo from the Psych hunting videos. There is a group of students that are intimidating the other student. I notice they all have markings on they're arms. I think they're Trophies of the Psychs they've killed. each student has at the thirty each. I know some of them the alpha dog is a guy name Quentin. He's the one with the tattoo. There is a duo of twin brother and sister. They're names are Grace and Oliver. And finally there's Dolph and his skin head cronies.
Today we added a couple people to our group. The first is my roommate he's a Japanese exchange student. His name is Raito Coli. He's a philosophy major,and he is a wiz at the computer. He can hack anything. He's also a major prankster. Once he hacked my bank account and bought a giant box of pink tutus. His pranks tend to get out of hand. I made him pay me every penny back, and he had to wear one of the tutus for a week. Anyway, the other person we picked up was a girl that none of us really know, she didn't want to be left alone and no one else would take her so we brought her in. I've seen her a couple times before. She's undeclared as of now, and very shy all we know so far is that her name is Luna.
Today we added a couple people to our group. The first is my roommate he's a Japanese exchange student. His name is Raito Coli. He's a philosophy major,and he is a wiz at the computer. He can hack anything. He's also a major prankster. Once he hacked my bank account and bought a giant box of pink tutus. His pranks tend to get out of hand. I made him pay me every penny back, and he had to wear one of the tutus for a week. Anyway, the other person we picked up was a girl that none of us really know, she didn't want to be left alone and no one else would take her so we brought her in. I've seen her a couple times before. She's undeclared as of now, and very shy all we know so far is that her name is Luna.
Friday, November 30, 2012
The Gang
The plague is picking up speed. A horde of a hundred Psychs rushed the campus. They tore down the chain link fences like paper I'm guessing they ran out of food in IV with people leaving town it was only a matter of time. Right now the cops are hunting them down and student are being brought to the Ucen A couple weeks ago I mentioned it was a cold war bunker. there is enough food to take care of the couple thousand student left on campus for a week or so. My friends and are sticking together, except Allen he was the only one who could leave campus. He didn't even say goodby. Brian woke up this morning and Allen was gone he left a lot of his stuff, but most of his cloths, his computer, and survival kit were gone.
The rest of us are planning on leaving soon, but we don't know how. We were thinking about hot-wiring a car, Zoey can do it. I know my classmate had a car before he was turned if we could find it, we would use that. However he lives deep in IV, and travel even on campus now is dangerous. Our best bet is to stay put until help arrives. We've made a promise no matter what happens we stick together.
Right now it's me, Brian, Nicky, Anne and Zoey. We're rather ragtag. None of us could survive alone, but together we have all the skill to survive. I can lead I've had a lot of training. I'm also very good wit tools, and building. Brian is smart he's quite the strategist he'll be my right hand man. We are both good with firearms(if we had any). Nicky's mother and father were both doctors, and she was studying to be a surgeon, and Zoey can fix anything mechanical she could fix a helicopter if she needed to. To bad we don't have Allen though he was a sharpshooter. That could've really com in handy.
The rest of us are planning on leaving soon, but we don't know how. We were thinking about hot-wiring a car, Zoey can do it. I know my classmate had a car before he was turned if we could find it, we would use that. However he lives deep in IV, and travel even on campus now is dangerous. Our best bet is to stay put until help arrives. We've made a promise no matter what happens we stick together.
Right now it's me, Brian, Nicky, Anne and Zoey. We're rather ragtag. None of us could survive alone, but together we have all the skill to survive. I can lead I've had a lot of training. I'm also very good wit tools, and building. Brian is smart he's quite the strategist he'll be my right hand man. We are both good with firearms(if we had any). Nicky's mother and father were both doctors, and she was studying to be a surgeon, and Zoey can fix anything mechanical she could fix a helicopter if she needed to. To bad we don't have Allen though he was a sharpshooter. That could've really com in handy.
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