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Just a med supplies run... or is it? (Spoilers: Zombies, Run mission 12)
Between recovering from my cold, a week of truly horrible weather, and a very full social schedule, I haven't been able to run away from zombies in nearly two weeks. Which is a shame, because today the plot thickened... a very small amount.
Today's mission continued the plot that's been running through the last two missions, in which we found out that Dr. Myers' presumed-dead girlfriend had been right at the center of the outbreak. Yet again, Dr. Myers snuck into the comms hut when no one else was there to direct me, Runner 5, on what was ostensibly a "regular meds run." She told everyone that I'd be going to the Pulse Hotel, whose pharmacy might still have some prescription meds lying around.
In fact, I was going past the Pulse Hotel to Paula Cohen's old lab, in an attempt to get the patient records from the VS72 trials, one of whom we're pretty sure was Patient 0 in the zombies outbreak. While I was going, Dr. Myers filled me in on a little more backstory: it turns out that VS72 was a joint effort between Paula's company, Pandora Haze (because anything with "Pandora" in the title has gotta be harmless and innocent, right?), and the British government. The purpose? To obtain eternal life. (Because that's always worked so well in the past, right?)
In any event, the building was breached by zombies and I had to high-tail it out of there, but I managed to pick up a box of medical records for VS72, which contained (among other things) pictures of each patient and notes on how they were responding to the treatment. Given that Mission 13 is titled "Patient 29," I expect my next run will further this plotline.
In other news, I think I officially reached the end of Part 1 of the Jack & Eugene show. Thankfully, because I've been so slow about getting to my missions, Part 2 has apparently already been released. Jack and Eugene finally got the last of the parts they needed (from, unsurprisingly, Sam Yao, everyone's favorite operator) and upgraded their kit to have all-new functionality, like being able to take their recordings out into the field and replay them later. This has led to a new segment on the show in which the hosts go out to seek expert advice from residents of Abel Township. Up first: Janine De Luca, owner of the farmstead on which Abel is built, talking about home security. Which, as you can imagine, is a pretty big concern in a zombie post-apocalypse.
Anyway, that was today. In other exciting news, the makers of Zombies, Run! (Six to Start) have put a call out to players to call in to Radio Abel (more tips here). People whose segments they like will be featured as part of the Jack & Eugene show. How cool is that! Naturally, I called in, so maybe one day I'll hear my own voice coming through the headphones. Awesome.
Back in the real world, today's walk took me along The Boulevard to my friend Eric's place, almost exactly 5 km. The only tricky bit is at the beginning, in the first km, in which there's a very steep uphill climb. I injured my foot a bit last summer taking it too fast, so I'm very careful to take it slow now. I don't want a flare-up. This is not helped by the fact that my music is chosen in such a way to set the beat for some rather quick walking, but those are the first-world trials I face.
Very much looking forward to the next mission. It's supposed to be much warmer this week, back up into the mid-to-high teens Celsius (as opposed to the low single-digits we had this past week), so I'm hoping to get in at least one or two walks during the workweek. Will I succeed? Only time will tell!
Today's mission continued the plot that's been running through the last two missions, in which we found out that Dr. Myers' presumed-dead girlfriend had been right at the center of the outbreak. Yet again, Dr. Myers snuck into the comms hut when no one else was there to direct me, Runner 5, on what was ostensibly a "regular meds run." She told everyone that I'd be going to the Pulse Hotel, whose pharmacy might still have some prescription meds lying around.
In fact, I was going past the Pulse Hotel to Paula Cohen's old lab, in an attempt to get the patient records from the VS72 trials, one of whom we're pretty sure was Patient 0 in the zombies outbreak. While I was going, Dr. Myers filled me in on a little more backstory: it turns out that VS72 was a joint effort between Paula's company, Pandora Haze (because anything with "Pandora" in the title has gotta be harmless and innocent, right?), and the British government. The purpose? To obtain eternal life. (Because that's always worked so well in the past, right?)
In any event, the building was breached by zombies and I had to high-tail it out of there, but I managed to pick up a box of medical records for VS72, which contained (among other things) pictures of each patient and notes on how they were responding to the treatment. Given that Mission 13 is titled "Patient 29," I expect my next run will further this plotline.
In other news, I think I officially reached the end of Part 1 of the Jack & Eugene show. Thankfully, because I've been so slow about getting to my missions, Part 2 has apparently already been released. Jack and Eugene finally got the last of the parts they needed (from, unsurprisingly, Sam Yao, everyone's favorite operator) and upgraded their kit to have all-new functionality, like being able to take their recordings out into the field and replay them later. This has led to a new segment on the show in which the hosts go out to seek expert advice from residents of Abel Township. Up first: Janine De Luca, owner of the farmstead on which Abel is built, talking about home security. Which, as you can imagine, is a pretty big concern in a zombie post-apocalypse.
Anyway, that was today. In other exciting news, the makers of Zombies, Run! (Six to Start) have put a call out to players to call in to Radio Abel (more tips here). People whose segments they like will be featured as part of the Jack & Eugene show. How cool is that! Naturally, I called in, so maybe one day I'll hear my own voice coming through the headphones. Awesome.
Back in the real world, today's walk took me along The Boulevard to my friend Eric's place, almost exactly 5 km. The only tricky bit is at the beginning, in the first km, in which there's a very steep uphill climb. I injured my foot a bit last summer taking it too fast, so I'm very careful to take it slow now. I don't want a flare-up. This is not helped by the fact that my music is chosen in such a way to set the beat for some rather quick walking, but those are the first-world trials I face.
Very much looking forward to the next mission. It's supposed to be much warmer this week, back up into the mid-to-high teens Celsius (as opposed to the low single-digits we had this past week), so I'm hoping to get in at least one or two walks during the workweek. Will I succeed? Only time will tell!