It was night, still night but night none the less, the soldiers out front had switched off the floodlights no doubt the victim of some budget cuts but alas all were asleep and still now so no one noticed that the lights were off, it was a fool proof plan except that tonight someone through the tent allowing moonlight to stream through for the first time in a month.

Obviously it wasn’t the moonlight that awoke the crowd, if I were a gambling man (and I am not, I am merely a narrator) I would put my money on it being the gunfire that awoke the shoppers, the shouting would also have drawn their attention but in my humble opinion the gunfire would have drawn them to the windows, viewing dark figures zipping through the hole in the tent, firing into the dark figures upon the ground.

Stension would one day ask himself how one group shrouded in darkness would tell their number from another group shrouded in darkness, but the way the fire remained concentrated they must have had some way, but by the time he was ready to ask such things Stension had forgotten the small details that a trained eye or a sober mind might have picked up on.

What was clear however to all in the store was that Verycleanteeth was standing towards the front doors chattering away on a radio, it turns out he was the Government Agent, a lone wolf who had been taken it upon himself to put himself in danger in order to serve the greater good, spending each night diligently checking blood samples and comparing cross matching trying to hunt down the original infection. The way he was directing troops, offering advice from the point of view on the ground, it was obvious he had found Patient0.

A volley of bullets cut through the glass shattering the door, a soldier wearing a white armband ran over the broken glass setting up behind one of the tills opening a case and withdrawing several testing units, he beckoned people over and explaining “You’ve been trapped here by a corporation building biological weapons against US law and international treaty, but we’re all here to rescue you but first we need to isolate those who have been infected, don’t go getting scared now we’ve indentified the original strain it’s only a matter of days till you’re all cured and can go home to your families..”

One by one the remaining shoppers and staff lined up, becoming more forward when the blood tests came up negative, even more so when those who returned positive where asked to merely step aside into a single group, in the end the group was smaller than everyone thought it would be, Aidentas, Brat#3 and Theolypse stood together, looking down occasionally whispering “Sorry” towards the rest of the group trying not to draw too much attention.

During the testing the gunfire died down to almost nothing, those who had not fled or died now throwing down arms and surrendering, a truck driving into the open area before the store dawn breaking over the ragged tent, the uninfected being loaded onto the truck with the promise that they would soon be home with their loved ones.

As the infected waited patiently, breathing a sigh of relief that it was almost over now, they saw cool_drool being lead out, pausing he handed Brat#3 his diary “It was for the best, I’m not a hero but I had to do something, this was the right thing... I.. I’m sorry..” they were lead out shortly after, loaded in a second van with the newly discovered origin of all their woes.

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Phew, thanks for playing guys now I feel I owe you some explanation, I know many of you felt lost because there was no straight forward source of information but this is how I planned the game, I wanted you lost and confused seeing patterns where there were none because this is a zombie movie, in a zombie movie the real threat is humanity, in-fighting and forming loose social groups, over reacting and reading more into a harmless comment than really existed and to this end you all did wonderfully, I thank you all... oh and I did almost soil myself on Day01 when cool_drool was lynch leader, then I go out and get drunk and he was forgotten.

Oh and I also apologise for my updates, many of them were written under the influence of alcohol so some parts were forgotten and I apologise for it all.

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So yes, Cool_Drool was Patient0.
Verycleanteeth was the government agent.
Foobar played our Doctor (in training).
Googirl0007 played the original Sherrif but ended up mod-killed, so Hito took over and was promptly killed, unfortunately it was forgotten that there was a mod-kill due to inactivity at night and so too much weight was put into Hito’s vote history.

Our Cult was lead by cb361 who played the game defensively, not using his night actions every night, in the end I had planned for the cult to gain a night kill once x-amount of people had been recruited but due to cb361’s defensive play I bumped the night kill ahead, he was not allowed to divulge his night kill until the cult was publically known so his recruits (Brat#3 and KingPellinore) where both innocent originally, the concept behind the cult was that in times of stress (as this was aimed to be) it is often found that people turn to a higher power in order to hold on to some peace and after a matter of days that religious presence often believes themselves to be doing gods work when their thoughts turn murderous.

Out loyal staff consisted of (including the dead)Aidentas, Brat#3, cb361, Juju, RedRiverRat, Stratafyre, Theolypse and -_-, the staff were originally envisioned to be a secret sect trying to direct votes from the shadows, unfortunately with RedRiverRat and Aids revealing so early that went to hell only to further deteriorate when RedRiverRat divulged the entire staff list, the staff did not have weapons or a night kill.

Both groups end game was right along with the town, even the zombies wanted the ordeal to be over but they all had different means to it.

There was frustration due to lack of night-kills initially, I know but I fear I can not provide a night by night list of actions, though it should be noted that night’s 1 and 2 I had decided to work out who would be the victim through a weird algorithm of my own devising, but I was not happy with the results so I quickly changed the trigger so that the infected character would be able to pick their own victim, instead of letting them choose what to do to their chosen player I worked it out simply by multiple die rolls, it was my intention at this point for the act of the infected to be kept separate from their “conscious state” so as -_- mentioned previously, he would know who he attacked (but would not be allowed to ‘remember’ it during the day), but he would not know if that player turned or if they had fought off the zombie during the attack, of course it would only be obvious if the victim died over night and I know it was not popular among you due to lack of evidence from night kills etc but I do like the way it turned out.

It should of course be noted that upon each infection each zombie was told that they were free to reveal their infection to the players and throw themselves upon their mercy, initially every one declined the reveal opting to last out till the end and try to save themselves, also on several nites the infected targeted the same victim or each other making even less night actions.

Now, there were three possible outcomes to this game, I shall list them starting with least favourable:-
#1: Cool_Drool survived till Day10, come Day10 he would have zombie out and gone on a rampage killing/turning everyone, town loses and an unchecked infection spreads out, zombie-armageddon starts here.
#2: Cool_Drool is lynched, in this event Cool_Drool would have been returned to a shadowy corporation looking to manufacture a zombiesque bio-weapon, imagine Resident Evil but without changing plot points in different mediums and a better cast. (That’s you guys.)
#3 Verycleanteeth finds Cool_Drool, calls in the government, rescues the survivors and no one else dies, it’s good if no one else dies right? Don’t worry, Aids Theo and Brat are currently awaiting the anti-virus.

Random trivia:
RedRiverRat made up all the text about the safe and the weapons, it is of general opinion that this was in order to make himself seem more important than he was to the town, although he did ask me for weapons for “staff morale” I declined.
My original draft of the game use an infection mechanic that had everyone infected by the dawn of Day09, this would have made the “Day10 freakout” useless.
RedRiverRat was killed in the crossfire of both Aids and Theo attacking Hito, at the time RRR was trying to recruit Theo, walking straight into a bad situation.
The two phrases being tracked through the clocks are as follows:
“Through your actions I fear you have doomed us all”
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”

Again thank you for playing, I hope it wasn’t too frustrating and you found some enjoyment, if there are any questions I will happily answer them but I may be out for some time tomorrow so forgive some delays.
Oh and... TOWN WINS... Flawless victory!

Final player list:-
shiney things - Day Seven, Mod-kill.
Stratafyre
Aidentas
Hito - Night Five, Death by Zombie (sherrif).
juju - Night Three, Death by Zombie (mason).
Stension
TheCooler
googirl0007 - Night Three, Mod-kill.
beerboy
foobar
-_- - Day Five Lynch, Test Positive (mason).
cb361
Todomanna - Night Five killed-cult, uninfected.
nibbon - Day Seven Lynch, Test Negative.
dead_bob - Day Seven Lynch, Test Negative.
shiftace
Bodnoirbabe Night Six, Death by Zombie.
rash1 - Day Seven Lynch, Test Negative.
LethalFlatulence - Day One Lynch, Test Negative.
RoboRonnie - Day Five, Mod-kill.
pel
balzac - Day Three Lynch, Test Negative.
verycleanteeth
Badgerbaiter
macst34
brat#3
spite48
Fwee - Day Four Lynch, Test Negative.
betty - Day Six Lynch, Test Negative.
happiest_sadist - Day Two Lynch, Test Negative.
Redriverrat - Night Five, Death by Zombe
Equinophobe
theolypse
HPew - Night Four killed-cult, uninfected.
KingPellinore
Zelgius
Cool_Drool
dekebass - Day Seven, Mod-kill.
kirsty - Day Four, requested, uninfected.
archangel_2

Day00: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/76802
Day01: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/76834
Day02: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/76874
Day03: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/76919
Day04: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/76961
Day05: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/76998
Day06: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/77031
Day07: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/77068