» Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:41 am
OOC: I've made a small change to my character's loadout, a battered repeating rifle (think Lincoln's repeater except nowhere near as prestigous or effective) I just realised that a shotgun would be pretty pointless in this situation :rolleyes: Oh and I know they aren't ghouls.
Tribeca
Jarvis sat, contently, inside the warm confines of the small storage building. He was leaning backwards on an old wooden office chair with his feet atop a storage crate and his hat drawn over his eyes. Now Jarvis, no stranger to sleeping rough, knew the importance of a secure bed for the night. No doubt, failure to appropriate a residence of sufficient safety would often result in empy pockets at best and a slit throat at worst. The sliding door for the building had been jammed shut with part of a desk. Some people might call it squatting, Jarvis called it "Surprise Accomodation". Lining the nearby storage crates were several, empty, bottles of Bourbon, pieces of splintered wood and a crowbar.
Jarvis rose slowly and hazily, finding his balance. He grabbed his walking stick and walked slowly around the room. It turned out there was plenty more than just Whisky here. Several of the crates were marked with names, "P.Johnson, T&C Co., Ofiices of J.L , K.Parker" and several more. Must be some sorta pre-war storage place, ah heck I'm sure they won't mind me peepin around for a second. He found the crowbar he had used the night before to liberate the unwanted drink and began working on the aged wood of the crates. They came apart easily, many of the nails had rusted and the wood had already began sagging in most places. He craned his kneck over the contents of the crate and found several old books, the pages withered and the ink faded. Several photographs of the (now) deceased and some letters. Crap, just piles of good for nothing junk... he mumbled under his breath. Going through the rest of the crates in the room was, after sifting through several crates of hats, promotional gifts and cereal boxes, eventually quite profitable. Aside from the usual trinkets and objets d'arts Jarvis had managed to find a much longer metal box with the label "For the Est. of Mr G.D.Edwards: The 2rd Amendment Store". The cover had been damaged and cracked in places and rust was present on the outside so he doubted the contents would be in a pristine condition. He beat the rusted parts of the case in and reached through towards the lock and lowered the pin by hand. With a creaking sound the case opened. Inside was a rusted metal tube, some pieces of rotten wood and various mechanisms. After a short while Jarvis realised that this was, or had once been, a rifle of some kind.
Occupying the other half of the box were several large metal containers, none of which were rusted. He heaved them from their resting place and out onto the concrete floor. He beat the small padlocks off with some effort and lifted the hinge. Oh jeez... Inside each of the containers were layer upon layer of 7.62 x 63 mm rounds. Holy Jesus... Jarvis removed his hat reverently and shed a single tear.
"God bless the 2nd Amendment." He whispered.
Leaving the treasure trove below, the old man skipped over to his drink and grabbed several bottles before heading for the roof to enjoy a new day of prosperity. His luck, it would seem, had made a turn for the best. After the final flight he wrestled momentarily with the old roof door and finally lifted the heavy bolt. The blinding sun of a fresh day greeted Jarvis as his feet crunched upon the gravel of the roof. He smiled and walked over to the edge of the buiding overlooking the warehouse.
Jarvis stopped smiling and removed his hat.
He couldn't be sure, but there seemed to be a massed crowd of people walking around, along and through the street. Clearly the local form of Government had raised taxes or lowered the water rations, as all the people were shouting, no, moaning. In particular, a one armed man seemed intent on finding a way through the closed steel door of the warehouse. He stood, motionless, just watching the door. Jarvis removed his spectacles from their case and leaned on the low edge of the roof with his foot. The man appeared to be dishevelled, as was everyone else on the street, but something appeared wrong. No placards, no actual words spoken and, more importantly, the man's arm was lying on the floor next to him, the bloodied stump revealing a bone-white protrusion. A little way off to the side, it appeared that several of them were feasting on something, a body. Then it dawned on Jarvis. Ghouls.
Now some may call him bigoted, others just downright racist, but Jarvis had always had a problem with these folk. They didn't smell nice, they complained about everything and they were an eyesore to anyone who actually had the decency to still have skin. This was one step too far. Jarvis had no idea how, but these ghouls had somehow gathered together and were on a violent protest. I'll be damned if I'll let those sons of [censored]es take this country's fine land! he seethed. Red faced and furious, the old man hurried down back through the door and down the stairs towards the suddenly appropriate armoury on the first floor. Grabbing a stool in one arm, filling his pocket with rifle rounds and haphazardly carrying the majority of the ammo boxes in his other am he struggled up the stairs towards the roof. Positioning himself on the corner of the building, Jarvis sat on the wooden stool and loaded his rifle angrily, cursing at the monstrosities below. He took a generous sip from one of the many bottles, then threw it down towards the crow, striking one of the Ghouls in the head. Jarvis chuckled. "Take that ya commie bastard!" he yelled, saluting to the crowd below. Jarvis noticed that none of the other ghouls responded, odd, even for a ghoul.
He disregarded the thought with a final swig and started opening fire on the crowd, laughing and hooting as he went.