Eighth session: Heck Furry

PCs:
Debbie: A young woman who works in marketing, from Arizona
Courtney: A wealthy New York business man
Lucy Newton: Little girl with a foul mouth, parents are missing
O'Neal: A ship's engineer
Tyrone: An IT professional with a startling propensity for violence
Peter: A Russian with a lot of tattoos
Buford: A shotgun toting preacher

NPCs of note:
Naomi: Hugely attractive best friend of Debbie
Henry: An old man, watches over the marina
Eleanor: Henry's wife
Dave Brewer: Leader of motorcycle gang, the Ghost Riders
Four other survivors from the Pinnacle


The group finally make landfall after 16 days at sea. They arrive in the Calm Seas Marina in North Carolina. The group splits up, searching the few remaining boats and the marina offices, all of which appear to have been previously looted. There is no mobile phone reception and no power. O'Neal discovers four zombies in the basement of the office building and quickly dispatches them. The groups gathers to discuss their options when they hear gunfire. Lucy correctly judges the direction on the gunshots and the group heads off to investigate.
About a half a kilometre away, behind some trees the group discovers a house in the middle of a clearing. A number of corpses litter the clearing and the group meets Buford, dressed for hunting and in no mood for chatter. Another shot rings out from the house and a voice asks if Buford is alright. He indicates that he is and tells the group that while he wouldn't advise it the group should probably head for town. At this point an old lady leaves the house, introduces herself as Eleanor and invites everyone inside. On their way across the lawn Peter notices that some of the corpses on the ground probably weren't zombies when they were killed.
Inside the group meets Henry, an old man with a rifle. While Eleanor and Buford cook dinner in the kitchen, Henry fills everyone in one what he knows. 
This boils down to: 
You're in Fairport, North Carolina. 50 miles east of Jacksonville.

* 16 days ago (10th January): Widespread news of SARS/Bird flu-esque outbreaks. Some commotion but no more than the last time something like this happened.
* 15 days ago (11th of January): First day of the cruise. First outbreaks. Mostly reported on the news as "panicked looting" or "urban unrest". People generally advised to stay indoors.
* 14 days ago (12th of January, most of the game so far happened on this day): Rapid societal collapse. Power starts to fluctuate. TV, net and phone access still usually available but calling emergency services got you a waiting message. Shooting and screams regularly heard in the streets. President Obama's speech.
* 13 days ago: First footage shown on CNN showing troops in New York shooting zombies who then rise up again.
* 12 days ago: Nothing on tv other than the Emergency Broadcast System telling everyone to head to their nearest Rescue Station. The main Rescue Station for North Carolina is in northern Raleigh and the nearest rescue station for Fairport is Jacksonville. Occasional radio reports, last one stating that the President and members of Congress, with their families were being flown to a secret secure location.
* 7 days ago: TV, telephone, cable and internet, sporadic at best til now, cease completely.
* 6 days ago: Electricity supply ceases in most parts of North Carolina. Due to the staggering complexity of the American power grid some areas went out earlier and some held out a little longer.

Numerous theories had been put forward as to what was going on with terrorist attack being the most creditable.

One of the last news reports that Henry and Eleanor heard on the radio spoke of the President, Congress and their families being move to a secret, high security location.

Everyone then eats dinner together. Lucy almost immediately falls asleep, Henry shows the group his Winnebago and Buford and O'Neal cart the corpses off the lawn. At this point O'Neal too notices that some of the bodies probably weren't zombies when they were killed. The group then gets some sleep.

Late at night everyone in the house is woken by the sound of numerous motorbike engines. The bikes pass the house and head to the marina. The PC's accompany Henry to the marina to see what the gang is up to. They see a large number of people milling around, checking the office building and boats in much the same way as the PC's had done earlier. When they find nothing the gangs leader instructs his people to check out the house. As the group discuss options Henry runs back to the house, the PCs soon follow.

The group is beaten back to the house by the gang. Henry convinces everyone that they must sneak across to the house, enter it through the basement and try and save those still inside. Aided by the darkness the group makes it to the house without being spotted. Eleanor lets them into the basement through a side window. Eleanor has brought everyone to the basement and they have not yet been found. As the group tries to decide what to do a biker opens the basement door and heads down the stairs. Henry and Buford both open up with shotguns, instantly killing the man. A second man tries the stairs and is also killed. Suddenly bullets rain down on the group as the bikers start shooting through the floor, Henry is wounded and Peter leaves the basement via the window. When they finish the leader of the gang announces that everyone in the basement has 10 seconds to come upstairs unarmed or the gang will set the house on fire. In response Tyrone throws a grenade up the stairs. After the explosion the gang again start shooting through the floor. After the shooting stops Eleanor surrenders and everyone follows her upstairs.

Everyone, apart from O'Neal and Peter, is stripped of their weapons. The gang leader introduces himself as Dave Brewer and informs the group of his intentions for them. They will act as decoys while he and his people loot a nearby town. Anyone not agreeing with his plan will be shot. Despite not agreeing with the plan and some mild encouragement from the PC's  Tyrone somehow ends the session unshot.