Comments on: Something weird is going on…

By: James

James — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:12:33 +0000

Neosporin?

Wouldn’t want to get an infection….

By: Slow Moe

Slow Moe — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:36:30 +0000

Yup, so did I.
Neat idea indeed.
I felt the presence of Welles looming over our shoulders, saying it was all done wrong and his version would have been much better…
But it was great anyway.

By: evan

evan — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:18:23 +0000

I enjoyed this, neat idea. kind of like a war of the worlds type thing on a blog instead of the radio, and on a better subject too, zombies! :)

By: Slow Moe

Slow Moe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:02:52 +0000

Even though I’m worried, I can’t help but hope that this is just a minor scratch. I can’t leave my little girl, I can’t imagine what would happen to her. I can’t talk about this with her either.

Just one day before the infection takes hold of me?

Shit, it’s so frustratingly confused in my head right now. So fucking ironic it’s my wedding ring finger that got… You know. I’m divorced.

I try to recall what happened…

That damn dog woke me up again, and shortly afterwards, while I was brewing coffee and maudlin about that damn electricity playing with my nerves (just let me have my damn coffee then you can go down for good!), I heard some shuffling/scratching at the front door.

Again, the neighbors left their scrawny dog alone and unleashed so it wants in. That pooch is clueless. Can’t ever tell the difference between my house and its own. Malnutrition must have fried its poor brains. Or maybe it just knows my daughter’s back from her mom’s house.

My daughter (Virginia, 11 years old) feeds the dog breakfast scraps whenever he stops by. She’s so caring towards animals.
So I opened the door as usual.
Yeah you guessed it, it wasn’t Barky.
…
I don’t remember all of what happened but V tells me a grinning man bleeding profusely was standing on our doorstep, almost motionless (she used “profusely” and she’s eleven. I wish I was half as smart as her). She says I stared at him for a second, as still as he was. Suddenly, his arms jerked up in an erratic mechanical motion and I immediately slammed the door on one of his wrists. I pushed on the door like a madman. V tells me the man wasn’t screaming but moaning incessantly, frenetically and uselessly clawing at the air near my face. Anyway, it’s all a blur. I miraculously managed to close the door and that’s all that matters right now.

I remember a few things actually: the color of the oozing fluids covering the man’s torn clothes. Too dark to be blood.
…
Also while I was gasping for air, leaning against the recently closed door, V said something with all the seriousness of the world in her young innocent face.

Zombie.

They don’t even use the word on TV.
Kids say the darndest things.
…
He wasn’t grinning.
The man had no cheeks to cover his bare teeth.
…
It only takes one day.
I don’t feel so good.

By: Jimzarro

Jimzarro — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:59:45 +0000

Sounds a lot like my commute this morning. Was this the D train by any chance, because that line is always fucked?!

By: Manic_Rage

Manic_Rage — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:05:11 +0000

Have you ever considered chain-mail?

It’s bulky, but before the transformation is complete you would have a better chance to slay the undead for a while.

Their dead fleshy teeth/gums should not be able to penetrate.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:13:29 +0000

I’ll be out playing in traffic shortly. I hope I don’t get the opportunity to find out first hand how this pandemic spreads. Best of luck to everyone still breathing!

By: Ahren

Ahren — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:59:16 +0000

Glad to see you’re okay! Thanks for the words of encouragement. I know how you feel though. Up here on the roof seemed like a great idea, but now I’m hot, bored and getting really hungry. The stuff in the staff refrigerator was pretty nasty.

Most of all I wish I had some booze.

By: evan

evan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:41:39 +0000

according to the precationary guide called World War Z, infections general produce a fever, coma, then reanimation with a day, but there have be reports of so called “slow burn” cases that had taken up to a week. Granted thats when a very tiny amount of the virus was taken into the body and wasnt passed into the bloodstream. it took time for it to work into the blood stream, and then the typical results happened.

By: Slow Moe

Slow Moe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:33:05 +0000

How much time does it take for fever to set in after such a small cut? Any idea? I mean, I feel feverish, but who doesn’t right now?

Typing with half an inch thick of band-aids on your finger makes the whole process awkward. I know it’s absurd given the situation, but it still bothers me.
…
If I’m… You know, “infected”… I’ll know what to do. But what about my daughter? She’s a clever, tough cookie but she’s still just a kid.
…
She says “aim for the head”. What do they teach kids at school nowadays, Romero Class 101?
…
Fuck.
I cry when I laugh now.

By: Obvious Zombie

Obvious Zombie — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:20:51 +0000

Thanks for the update! I sure hope it doesn’t come to that, I’ve grown attached to the non-nuclear holocaustic world we live in now. But, I’ve gotta get something to eat… I’ll be back… shit, I shouldn’t have said that.

By: SM

SM — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:05:26 +0000

The people calling for use of nukes was just some guy who called in on the radio….
no real worries about that

yet…

By: evan

evan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:23:54 +0000

man that cuts not good, if previous report cases, as far as we can tell, there appears to be no infection when someone is bite. im sorry man, but if this was caused by an attack, it might be too late for you slow moe. if you start to run a fever, for your daughters sake, it may be best for you to swallow a bullet. good luck, hopefully its just a cut from something else…

By: Arti

Arti — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:11:40 +0000

Spooky!

By: Slow Moe

Slow Moe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:03:11 +0000

Duck and cover.
…
Man, I don’t know why I think it’s so funny. Can’t stop laughing.
…
My finger doesn’t bleed anymore and it doesn’t look infected. A good sign, right? I don’t even remember how I nicked the tip of that useless wedding-ring holder, and now that tiny cut is scaring me shitless.
What if?
…
How long before power goes down again? I’ve had an on-&-off situation going on for the last three hours. I need more information on the situation and nothing helps except for a few bloggers like you guys. I don’t know how much time is left for me to gather as much intel as possible.
…
I filled my bathtub and every possible container with water. I stored loads of canned goods. I have a .22 rifle, fifty-something dusty bullets. A meat cleaver. Baseball bat. A rusty lead pipe I kept for some obscure reason. I’ve got plenty of band-aids for my stupid finger. I’ve got an old oak desk under which I can duck and cover in case of a nuclear disaster. Plenty of room underneath it, even for my daughter and my illusions of safety.
…
I still can’t stop laughing. My daughter’s not finding any humor in this. I think she doubts my sanity and she’s preparing for the worst.
…
Good girl.
…
The neighbors’ dog isn’t barking anymore.

By: gzabaro

gzabaro — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:58:13 +0000

World War Z is here!

By: Obvious Zombie

Obvious Zombie — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:00:11 +0000

Thanks Evan! I think I’m gonna go up on the roof of my complex to get a better look.

By: evan

evan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:29:52 +0000

continue to gather supplies, baracade the place up, search for other people?

refresher read of THE guide
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62988/Zombie-Surviva l-Guide
u can download the PDF on the right side…

good luck man.

By: Obvious Zombie

Obvious Zombie — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:17:31 +0000

From what I’ve seen, they’re pretty slow moving. After I kicked that dude off me, I was able to get back to my house without any real problem.

The question now is, what the fuck do I do now that I’m home?

By: evan

evan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:29:21 +0000

Finally, now my arsenal of weapons can be used for more than just target practice, bring on the zombies!

are they classical slow dumb zombies or the fast crazed virus infected 28 days later kind?