Day Two

Ender arrived home with her findings of the night, which her fellow survivors were grateful for. Having spent the entire night working, Carson and Ender had a well-earned rest and Flee started to build a stove.

While Flee was cooking a group meal on the new stove, there was a knock on the door. Fedorekd answered it to find a man carrying several heavy bags. He was a trader, with some tempting items to trade, and he seemed friendly enough, but the group wasn't willing to give anything away in return, so Fedorekd had to send him away.

Soon enough, Flee had finished cooking, and the survivors shared a meal together. After that, Fedorekd went to the basement to clear more debris while Flee improved the workshop.

When the evening came, it was Fedorekd's turn to go scavenging. Tonight's target was a ruined block of flats. The place had been evacuated in a rush, and hadn't been touched since, so there was bound to be some useful stuff there.

Upon arriving, Fedorekd was immediately able to find some food and building materials in a pile outside the building. Inside, he was able to find even more food, as well as some more interesting things such as electronic and mechanical parts. He also decided to grab some cigarettes; apparently they were good for trading.

Upstairs, he had no luck. The doorway to the bathroom, and in turn to the medical supplies, was blocked off by a set of metal bars. He found himself in the same situation another floor up, and so decided to take whatever building materials remained within his reach, and returned to the house.

Day Five - Outbreak of Crime

When Flee got back, the place was a mess. Carson was bedridden; he'd sustained an injury. The place had been raided while Flee was gone. The thieves had stolen medicine, food and cigarettes, but luckily they hadn't taken any bandages, so Carson could be patched up. Thankfully, Ender had made it back in one piece, and Fedorekd was already working on fortifying the place.

Unfortunately, all of the group's food was gone, so they had to go the day without eating. After he finished patching up the building's walls, Fedorekd used his expertise in electronics to make a radio. It was important to keep in touch with what was going on. Hopefully this and the new fortifications would prevent such an incident occuring again.

Ender was the one to go out scavenging tonight. The aptly named Sniper Junction had been the location of several injuries and deaths of refugees. A lone sniper had holed up in one of the buildings in the area and spent his time shooting at anyone who dared wander into the area. Going here was risky, but these days you had to take risks. Arriving at the junction, Ender met a friendly scavenger, and the two were able to find some building materials, out of the view of the sniper. However, Ender had to go further. She crept up to the corner of a building, waiting.

The sniper fired a shot. She stayed put. Another shot. Ender sprinted as fast as she could to take cover behind a ruined vehicle. Ahead of her was a monument, and she could see a man sat up against it, clearly injured. She waited for the sniper to fire another shot, and then she ran to meet him.

The man had been shot trying to bring medicine back to his infant son. Normally, he'd take the sewers below him to get home, but someone had blocked the door up from the other side. Ender offered to help him, but it meant that she'd have to take the more dangerous route. Again, she ran, dodging sniper fire, ducking next to a bus, a van, a bench.

Finally, she reached the man's flat, and got inside just as a bullet narrowly missed the back of her head. Inside, she heard the sound of a baby crying. The door to the room with the baby in was locked, but she didn't need to get in there.

She went into the basement, entered the sewers and ran in the direction of the monument. She cleared the blockage from the door, and escorted the man back to his baby.

Thankful for Ender's help, the man let Ender take what she wanted from a box under his bed. Too her surprise, and her delight, she found several pieces of jewellery. While she hadn't found any food on this supply run, the jewellery could be used to buy some from that friendly merchant. She couldn't stay for much longer, as it was almost morning. Using the sewers to hide from the sniper, Ender made it back home in one piece.

Day Six

The place had been raided again. This time, Fedorekd was injured, but had been bandaged up and was resting. Strangely, the thieves hadn't actually stolen anything.

Carson was busy fortifying the place even more. Flee was sleeping. The group was hoping that the friendly merchant would arrive again, so they could actually buy some food.

Despite the situation, the group was still in a strangely good mood after hearing of Ender's actions at Sniper Junction, and things were made even better when the merchant, Franko, arrived. Carson was able to use the jewellery to buy some canned food as well as some extra materials. Finally, the group had something to eat.

Flee built the group a metal workshop. With a few extra materials, they would be able to build some basic weaponry to defend themselves with in the case of another attack.

It was Carson's turn to go scavenging, and tonight he chose the construction site. It had been abandoned during the war, and the upper levels were inhabited by some military snipers. The lower levels were safe, though.

As expected, the loot consisted mostly of materials. Carson carefully made his way up the building, looking out for snipers.

Soon enough, he found them, casually firing at any civilian they saw wandering the streets.

They seemed to be the only ones there, which meant the opposite side of the building was clear. Carson made his way there, and managed to find a tiny bit of food as well as some medical ingredients. Preparing to leave, Carson heard footsteps. The soldiers were above him. He quickly hid himself, as the soldiers dropped down onto his floor.

Carson was silent, not making even the slightest of movements. They seemed to stay there for eternity. Once they finally left, Carson decided to get the hell out of there. However, he had been hiding for too long. Morning was coming, and walking through the city during the daytime would be a death sentence. Carson wasn't going to make it home for a while.