Petra: A Russian athlete with a secret
Saul: An old guy who "works for the government"
Derek: An ex-army medic from New Zealand
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
NPCs of note:
Mr Forthington: Owner of the Pinnacle
Tyrone: An IT professional with a startling propensity for violence
NPCs of note:
Jason Kirkman: Head of security aboard the Pinnacle
Clem: An electrician
The group attempt to get some rest in the ballroom along with all those they have helped to rescue. O'Neal notices that a man has died in his sleep and manages to dispatch him before he causes any alarm. Lucy has built a fort that is perilously close to Miss Hartten's growing congregation, there is much talk of sacrifice and blood. Debbie finds a man close to the edge and stays with him to stop him hurting himself. Courtney discovers a female crew member who has been bitten, he attempts to convince her to go to the infirmary but she refuses and when he tries to force her she runs. Courtney follows her into the congregation but Miss Hartten refuses to give her up. Courtney gets backup and tries again. A standoff ensues which is broken only by the arrival of one of Hartten's supporters with Forthington. Forthington confesses to trying to sink the ship and indicates that Brackenridge and his men were the ones paid to do it. Hartten is enraged and demands that Forthington be sacrificed. Kirkman and Brackenridge intercede and the situation swiftly devolves into shooting. Even though Kirkman and the mercenaries are armed they are swarmed by the congregation, beaten, disarmed and tied up. Courtney is caught up in the melee and also tied up. Forthington is taken by the mob and thrown into the corridor where he is soon devoured by zombies.
Courtney is freed by Hartten and he joins the rest of the group. They begin to discuss their options when O'Neal, Debbie and Lucy realize the dangers inherent in the pile of corpses in the middle of the room. Saul runs to try to reason with Hartten but finds her unresponsive. O'Neal and Petra start dealing with the corpses and Derek moves into a position where he can fire safely into the corpses should they rise.
The zombies do rise up and all hell breaks lose. O'Neal, Petra and Derek attempt to fight them, Saul starts trying to free Kirkman and the mercenaries as all the survivors in the room run for exits. Zombies from the rear of the ballroom break out and attack. Hartten and her inner circle break for a side door and are overcome. Once he is freed Kirkman tells Saul that the ballroom is lost and they should run for the bridge. The group gathers and runs up to the mezzanine, gathering a small group of survivors as they go.
When they arrive at the bridge the lookout tells them he has seen a boat approaching. Brackenridge at this point tells the rest of the group that he and his men are going to complete their mission by sinking the boat. They have their own boat en route and are about to leave. Saul tries to convince them to stay to help with the evacuation but Brackenridge refuses. The approaching boat is revealed to be a coast guard vessel on a collision course with the Pinnacle. The two ships collide and the explosives rigged by the mercenaries explode. Both the Pinnacle and the coast guard ship rapidly begin sinking. The group make for the life boats. They find Brackenridge, dying and he tells them that his boat will be aft of the Pinnacle. The group make their way aft and leap down to the mercenary ship with only Derek sustaining any major injuries. One mercenary is found on board but he has been devoured by zombies. The group dispatch the zombies, O'Neal repairs damage done to the controls of the boat and slams in into reverse. The mercenary boat pulls out just as the two larger boats sink.
The group has survived the Pinnacle, along with six other survivors.
The time is 6pm, Thursday 12th of January.
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