Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Day 1, 6:02 p.m.

Signing on again to report an event of immense human heroism. Actually, a few different events.

Shortly after my last entry, I had to go over to Camden to talk to a professor. 3 fellow humans escorted me; Ben, Kelsie, and Chris. While we were waiting for the professor to finish with another student, we watched through the glass doors of the building as 2 zombies terrorized humans on the mall. One poor human was chased all around the perimeter. As soon as we saw him, we flung open the doors of Camden and held them, yelling for him to get inside quickly. As soon as he was in we closed the doors, watching the zombies slink away. He was really grateful, and I have to say it felt good to help another human. It's sort of every man for himself in this game, but there is also a sense of camaraderie among humans (and I suppose among zombies as well).

The second big event occurred en route to Food Service at around 5:00 p.m. We set out with a group of 5 humans. By this time King and Maddie had been turned into zombies, and they had already each made a kill in Pine. We didn't tell them we were going, simply because we didn't want them to go for us next.
No sooner had we gone past the HFA when a huge horde of about 15 zombies came running at us full speed. They surrounded us, but we managed to hold them off with sockballs.
Jennifer, Ally and I were backed into a corner, but somehow we got away and ran all the way around the back of campus and into Food Service.

Getting out of Food Service was tricky as well; though it is neutral ground, it was simply crawling with zombies scoping out the remaining humans. They guarded the main entrance well, but we managed to slip out the back and take the long way to Pine.

Despite all the blood, gore, and ambushes, however, perhaps the biggest casualty of all is the friendships of those involved. This 'game' has the potential to hurt feelings, and I think in a lot of cases it already has. A lot is at stake on both sides, and it doesn't all have to do with where you're wearing your bandana.

Count:
195 Humans
124 Zombies

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