Alright, as far as I can tell the winning vote is food mission first, "Supplies" mission second, survivors last if we have time. And Algernon is set to be group nurse, Arthur is set to work on barricades, and Portia will go with Ben on missions. I also take the shitty revolver back from the old dudes and give it to Portia. Since she doesn't have much skill with her fireaxe, she may as well be unskilled with a revolver instead. Especially with so much ammo for it.
Mission begins with a shambler attacking, but revolver and crowbar take care of it. Our objective is to the north.
Hmm. Need to head in that direction anyway, and this may have loot. Some slight barricades, a jeep, some tents. Could be weapons/ammo/medicine in here. Looks like a fireman zombie and possible a shambler inside. They're killed with ease, but despite many promising looking chests, vehicles, and tables, nothing lootable is found. I hear some gunfire nearby which is likely a zombie. Unfortunately this was a wasted diversion, as the north exit of the park is heavily barricaded. I might be able to jump and wiggle my way past, but I don't think Portia's pathfinding could handle it. Time to look for another way north.
This was bordering the park. It might not have a back door, but how can I pass up searching it?
Doctor zombie! Doctor and nurse zombies are a real pain in the ass. If they're near the corpse of a dead zombie, they'll reattach all the missing limbs and the zombie will get back up. Of course, on their own they're no more dangerous than a shambler. While searching the building, a nurse zombie gets the drop on Ben and gets a good hit on him. Having a dedicated nurse at the fort will definitely help.
Loot: 4 cans of Citrol soda, 6 boxes of nails, and a walking cane. A pretty big waste considering Ben got hurt, but the building does have a back door so we can continue to the north.
2 shufflers and 2 joggers are outside, but Portia and Ben are an excellent team. Depending on who the zombie goes for either Ben can run around while Portia shoots, or Ben can beat the holy hell out of the zombie with the crowbar while Portia somehow avoids being hit. TEAMWORK!
While heading north, we encounter this strange overgrown movie theater. We've seen burnt buildings which is understandable, but what's all this plant growth? Last two times I went exploring things didn't go well, but third time's a charm, right?
I see damage popups of zombies attacking the front door to the building, so I prepare for a fight. If things go pear shaped I'm going to be more willing to use the Beretta to try to avoid damage. Football zombie was the one attacking the front door, but he didn't put up much of a fight
Trail of blood on the ground, empty coffins, "We are coming", "Painless", and "One of us" written in blood, severed hands on the shelf at the concession stand, ok, this seems like any normal movie theater.
Alright that's a little odd. However a search of the corpse pile turns up a box of shotgun shells, hurray!
Hmm. Ok.
JESUS CHRIST. Look at the size of the projection room! This place is nuts! Searching all the corpse piles up here only turns up a single box of 7.62 ammo.
Ok, well, you know how I said zombies with guns are dangerous? They are. While fighting a group of shamblers behind the theater, a soldier zombie pops out of a nearby building. I make a frantic dash behind a wall, and as Portia is running after me she gets shot and killed, 100% to 0% health. If this was a video LP I would be forced, FORCED, to have her body fall in slow motion as dramatic music plays. Either that or have the Myth guy say "Casualty".
Still, I really want to loot her body. Shitty it may be, but that revolver is the only gun of that ammo type we've got, and we've got a ton of ammo for it. A second soldier zombie exits the building as well though, so it's time for me to get the hell out of here. I keep my distance and watch and wait until the zombies leave the immediate area, then I quickly loot Portia's body and sprint away. Rest in piece, Big Rizzle.
Oh Jesus. A third soldier zombie. It appears the mission objective is in a Willy the Fox, but there are soldier zombies all around it. A bunch of sprinting from cover to cover ensues, and hiding behind an army truck with a container in it. A search turns up a box of 9mm, 303, and an MRE! This clearly is worth losing Portia. CLEARLY.
Ok, that was dangerous. I tried to make a run toward the fast food store, thinking to sprint past the zombies and into cover. Didn't work that way, group of 4 zombies right here my cover was going to be. Killed two of them before I ran to cover on the other side of the building. The other side of the building put me in LOS for soldier zombies who started lurching closer. Had to sprint past more ravenous undead and behind the relative safety of this firetruck to catch my breath. Building looked to have 3-6 zombies inside of it, too. I could try to head to the exit in defeat and run back to the fort, but damned if I'm going to lose Portia and not get the food.
Time to engage in that Fort Zombie standby, luring zombies onesies twosies to your hiding place and murdering them.
3 down! Should be able to run near the building fairly safe. I'm able to peek inside and look around with more detail than glancing as I run past, looks like 6 confirmed zombies in the building. These chest-high windows are convenient though, I can stand in front of the window and lure zombies over, then pop them in the head with the revolver with impunity.
Great, gigantic sausages and salted bacon. A MRE is 10 food units, one of those giant bacons is 10, and a sausage is 12. We also find some coffee, sugar, pickles, lamburger, and salad. I drop the nails picked up earlier to make room for more food. This would be less of a disappointment if Portia was still alive so she could help carry things. Inventory fully loaded, it's time to get out of here.
To top it all off, while making our way to the exit, Ben gets hit in another sudden zombie attack and is knocked down to 34% health.
Our food went from 52 points available to 134. Would've been pushing 160-180 with more carrying capacity, but that's a pretty comfortable stash.
Since things went so poorly I'll ask you guys what you want to do now. Go on the supplies mission? Go on a survivor mission? End turn and hope rest and nursing will heal Ben up? And if we do go on a second mission this day, should I try to take Algernon or Arthur with me?