A Survivor's Journal...

Unread post by **NMI** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:45 pm

Just emailing wayne isnt going to do a lick of good.
you need to follow the rifter submission rules and the unsolicited manuscript form

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:00 am

We'll enjoy it here. I'm sure you can keep it up for us for now. You could always PM Kevin. He'll answer your email as time allows.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:42 am

See?! The sarge should have been put out to pasture with a bullet! Now you got an infected that could at any time break out of there. :frust:

Glad the other survivors decided not to lynch McAuliffe as he did keep vital info from them, though i can honestly say i might not have been as forgiving though, especially with the fact that the sarge is now a danger to them all.

Unread post by **NMI** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:40 pm

I'd start trying to barricade that door now!!!

Smlawrence8 · Unread post by **Smlawrence8** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:17 pm

I love this new mutation....you have a very sick twisted mind..I love it

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:32 am

An excellent addition! Please keep them coming!

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:58 am

He's out. And on the loose. I went to check on Sgt. Miller again this morning to make sure that he was still locked up, and he's gone. The door to the security room was completely destroyed, and a slight trail of watery slime led away from the baggage area towards the front of the terminal.

I told you so, just doesn't quite say how i feel right now...... :badbad:

At this point i think i would have or be plotting to dispose of McAuliffe as the sarge being loose is HIS FAULT!!!!

Unread post by **NMI** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:28 am

I am thoroughly enjoying this story as it unravels.
I would like to see longer posts/entries.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:52 pm

Leon Kennedy wrote:
Nightbreed wrote:I told you so, just doesn't quite say how i feel right now......

At this point i think i would have or be plotting to dispose of McAuliffe as the sarge being loose is HIS FAULT!!!!

If I don't leave some loose ends, then I've got nowhere to go with the story.

Understandable, though i feel there are other things that could have happened, but it's your story (which is still good btw :ok:

) I just disagree with McAuliffe's recent decisions.

Looking forward to how he deals with his current situation. :mrgreen:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:33 am

Excellent additions! I'm looking forward to seeing longer entries when you have a chance. Please keep them coming!

Unread post by **NMI** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:57 am

Nightbreed wrote:Looking forward to how he deals with his current situation.

If I was in his shoes, I would see if the ceiling is one of those drop ceilings and go through there.

Smlawrence8 · Unread post by **Smlawrence8** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:43 pm

well its interesting to note that he still has some sort or "memory" from his life...

I love this new mutation BTW

Ranger · Unread post by **Ranger** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:28 pm

Sticky???

Smlawrence8 · Unread post by **Smlawrence8** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:58 pm

Ranger wrote:Sticky???

Seconded

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:37 am

Thirded! Excellent addition! I think that everything Miller was isn't gone yet. And he remember he fellow soldier. I hope they can get out of there.

Unread post by **NMI** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:48 am

*tosses glue on thread*

cornholioprime · Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:11 pm

Leon Kennedy wrote:I must apologize, but I don't have an update to our story today. Things were pretty hectic at home last night, and I just didn't have any time to do anything to...erm, I mean with...our heroes last night. So, unfortunately, you're going to have to wait until Monday to find out what happens. I can tell you this much:

1. Our remaining survivors ARE going to make for the boat; and
2. ?????

Stay tuned, faithful readers!

Folks......

Going off what he said, we for our part really need to REFRAIN from always asking him to crank out product, especially if him hurrying either hurts his home life or causes him to put out a bad story.

We need quality, not quantity (although, of course, we'll take both if we can get them!

)

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:23 am

You are right Cornholioprime! Please take care of your home and post when it is convienent. We can be patient to read more when you have the time! Real life should take precedence.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:19 am

We'll be happy to see it when you have a chance. Real life should always be more important then other stuff.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:22 am

Excellent additions. Just one thing they might know is that both Racine and Kenosha, WI both have sheltered harbors. I know because I live right here in the area. And I know there are a lot of boats in either one. Although Racine has a Drawbridge on Main Street and one on State street which might have to be raised to get the boats out. Racine and Kenosha are both fairly close to MIlwaukee via the lake. Please keep them coming!

cornholioprime · Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:18 am

Leon Kennedy wrote:Well, I dropped my potential rifter submission in the mail this morning. I took the first few days worth of Corey's posts and sent them in. Filled out the submission form and printed it all and mailed it. Now we'll just have to wait and see what happens with that. I will definitely keep you all posted.

If, perchance, Kevin takes in your stuff and decides to give you pointers, make changes or even add to/delete from what you have written, by all means take his advice and direction.

Even after nearly 20 years of trying, the man can't draw very well IMO (sorry Kevin!), but damn can he write!!

If anyone can take your story to even higher levels of awesomesauce (and who knows, maybe even make it OFFICIAL material for the Module), it's Kevin!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:27 am

Excellent addition from yet someone news prespective.

Actually I live in WI, but I'm from IA.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:03 am

Another excellent addition! I hope she doesn't get killed! I hope the others spend time learn sign language.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:02 am

Those were cool additions! Please keep them coming! I'm looking forward to seeing the next chapter.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:44 am

Another very cool addition! Keep them coming Leon! I'm looking forward to finding out what the newest sea version is. Maybe a swimmer.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:52 pm

This is very eerie. I am having a bad feeling that this creature is biding its time and waiting for the right moment to strike. Hopefully it will snack on Marcus and put the poor guy out of his misery.

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:24 pm

gmapprentice wrote:eh. boring.

Care to elaborate?

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:57 am

Another excellent addition. Please keep them coming. I agree about wanting to know why that one person thought today's entry was broing.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:39 am

Excellent addition. There are a whole lot of things they could do, That whole thing up in Duluth could be a trap. But unless they go that way we'll never know. I'm looking forward to reading more!

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:26 am

And that's just the beginning of our problems. America wasn't the only country to have military facilities doing the type of testing that was done at Cartouche...

Of course, why should America be the only ones with mad scientists trying to create monsters for the purpose of military use...... :roll:

Still liking the story Leon! :ok:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:47 am

Excellent addition Leon. Please keep them coming!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:06 am

Another excellent addition! Looking forward to seeing the next one.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:05 pm

Wow, definitely worth the wait for this installment! :eek:

Hopefully he can console himself with the fact that the ones in Duluth are already dead. (most likely in any case)

cornholioprime · Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:06 pm

Leon Kennedy wrote:I am torn on how to post today's entry. Our group of heroes (if you can really call them that) don't really have access to the internet or a radio anymore, but I hate to not be able to post through the eyes of any of our characters. But, to keep the story moving along...

Journal Entry - Peter McAuliffe

Our trip to Duluth has met with a little....complication. And that's putting it lightly. We set off east, sailing towards St. Ignace/Mackinaw City, and things were going fine. The weather was good, we were in good spirits, and it seemed like we were making good time. The only thing I was afraid of was sailing underneath the bridge that connects Upper and Lower Michigan, and man do I hate being right.

We got a few hundred feet from the bridge, and at first we didn't see anything. We all decided to stay "indoors" in the cabin so as not to attract the attention of any potential zombies that may be on the bridge, but that didn't work. As soon as we got within 50 feet of the bridge we heard the unmistakable moaning of zombies who had been alerted to our presence. How could they even see us in the boat? We weren't walking around, and we weren't making a whole lot of noise. Some days I wonder just how "intelligent" these things are. How could they have known that a boat floating in the water could hold some people in it?

Anyhow, we had no choice but to try to speed through under the bridge. It was either that or turn around. Rock/paper/scissors between me and David (2 out of 3) showed us that we were going under the bridge. Bad idea. As soon as we got under the bridge, the zombies decided to see if they could fly. Out of seemingly nowhere, 5 or 6 zombies decided to launch themselves off the bridge at our boat. 3 of them completely missed, and are now fish food. 1 of them hit the side of the boat on its way down, and did some serious damage to not only himself but to the boat as well. 1 of them hit the back of the boat square, and went straight through it. The last one landed almost on top of the cabin, and went almost through the whole boat.

We realized that we were going to have to make our way to shore. The boat was sinking - fast - and we had no idea how many other zombies were going to try diving at us. We had a small life raft on the boat, and it was one of those instant-inflatable ones where you pull the string and it inflates. We inflated the thing and jumped in it, paddling feverishly towards shore. Thankfully, when we got to shore on the other side of the bridge, there were no more zombies waiting for us. However, we weren't going to wait around for the welcoming committee to show up and invite us to dinner.

We made our way through what I am guessing is a campground/park area, and are now holed up in a house a few hundred yards from the Lake Michigan shoreline. We have barricaded the entire house - boarded up windows and doors, sealed all entrances as best as we could. We've got food and water in the house, but we're pretty trapped. We're going to have to find a way to get out of here, and try to make it somewhere safer.

As you can probably guess, the rest of the survivors are a little irritated with me. It was my idea to make for Duluth to help the other survivors (if there are any), so it's naturally my fault that this happened. It's not my fault, but I'll take the heat for it. I am only trying to do what I think is right not for myself but for the sake of the human race. We might become extinct thanks to the outbreak, but I'll be damned if I let that happen while I can still try to help others.

There is a truck in the garage of this house, and it just so happens that it's one of the original H-1 Hummers. Oh yeah. If we can find the keys, I'll try to talk the others into making a break for it in the thing to safer grounds. Which, I'm guessing, means heading farther north. I'm thinking that the harsh winter somewhere around the arctic circle might kill off any zombies that are alive up there, and might give us a safe area with which to try and rebuild. We won't be able to help anyone in Duluth (if anyone is still there). I'm so sorry that I cannot help you...

If by some strange, magical happenstance the PCs of this world EVER make here to the Real World and find out that you've been putting them through hell all because of some rolls of the dice, they're gonna have a nice long talk with you in a basement somewhere with a baseball bat, some wire pliers, and liberal quantities of Battery acid...... :demon:

Unread post by **NMI** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:43 am

Yeah, the way things keep turning out for these characters, a little "GM Fiat" might be in order!

Smlawrence8 · Unread post by **Smlawrence8** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:09 pm

I am enjoying this terribly. I had a class that took me away for 2 weeks and I am glad I came back just for this. (It has to be for this cause being back at my reg job aint a good thang....lol)

Unread post by **NMI** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:20 am

Given enough time and the right opportunities, I am sure Leon's dice could kill off the remaining population of humanity!

In the mean time, I will continue to enjoy these stories!

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:58 pm

Oh boy, they were better off going cross country westward. I see them running into severe resistance at the highway. Hopefully, Marcus will get taken out, then it'll be just the sarge and Rebecca.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:31 am

A series of excellent additions. Please keep them coming!

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:32 am

Had to learn the hard way about the highway.... :roll:

At least they didn't get stuck in the traffic with a horde of zombies all around them. :lol:

Unread post by **NMI** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:19 pm

No gas station in the town? No cars to siphon gas from? Damn, sucks to be them!

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:07 pm

Leon Kennedy wrote:
Mr. Deific NMI wrote:No gas station in the town? No cars to siphon gas from? Damn, sucks to be them!

I'm pretty sure there are. They just haven't thought about that since finding the train. And assuming they can get it fired up and moving, they probably won't. We'll see what the dice say tonight. About the train, the hummer, and.... ooops! Almost let it spill!

As he sets us up for yet ANOTHER Friday cliffhanger!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:18 am

Another excellent addition! I can't wait to see the next entry of this story.

Smlawrence8 · Unread post by **Smlawrence8** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:24 am

Sorry I just like these smileys.....

Loving the story BTW

Have you read anything about WWZ. I have started listening to the audio book(this is my first audio book and I have to say its kind of a nice experience) and I am loving it... If you have dont spoil it for me...but does it stay this interesting the whole way through??

Unread post by **NMI** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:32 am

Poor Pete... all by his lonesome

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:10 pm

KNEW that Marcus would screw things up SOMEHOW!!!!! :nh:

Now once again the sarge is all by his lonesome, no female companionship AGAIN! :frust:

At this rate i think he's just going to go nuts due to survivor's guilt as everyone keeps dying all around him. :-x

Smlawrence8 · Unread post by **Smlawrence8** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:50 pm

I love this..... and the fact that he is being chased is awesome..I wonder if Miller's intentions are good or bad???? :twisted:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:49 am

Nice addition! Too bad about Rebecca! I didn't really care for Marcus. Hopefully Pete will be able to link up with more survivors. Please keep it coming!

Unread post by **NMI** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:08 pm

Leon Kennedy wrote:.....and I'm hoping that I don't have to clear the tracks when I get there...

According to Leon's dice, I would be willing to bet that dear old Pete will have to stop!

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:32 pm

Leon Kennedy wrote:
Mr. Deific NMI wrote:
Leon Kennedy wrote:.....and I'm hoping that I don't have to clear the tracks when I get there...
According to Leon's dice, I would be willing to bet that dear old Pete will have to stop!

What? Would my dice really do that? No, that's not possible!

Your, dice could make the moon fall out of orbit. :lol: