History in Living Colour - Friday, Period 3 (Week 5)

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

"The events of the past don't always match up with what's written in history books. Someone I once knew said 'history is written by the victors' but that's not always true. Sometimes it's written by the people who couldn't comprehend what really happened, so they made it up or tried to reconcile what really happened with what makes sense in their head. Sometimes it's written by people who weren't there, so they made a good guess. This ties back to good old Arthur, but I'm afraid today won't be as simple as playing with swords and answering a question.

Welcome to the Roanoke Colony, 1588. This was the first serious attempt by England to establish a permanent settlement in the Virginia Colony, but the colonists who came here disappeared. Guesses were made about their untimely demise or abandonment of the colony, but they were largely wrong.

The historians of the time didn't say it was zombies, although that word, really, could have come up with something better, because they couldn't comprehend what a 'zombie' was. The reanimated dead aren't new, they just weren't embraced until around the time of Mary Shelley. There's a perfectly logical, scientific explanation for the living dead, a couple in fact, but I won't get into details. Why pass up a chance to explain it? Because we're in the middle of the colony and the undead colonists, ravaged by their condition and trying to survive by feeding and making more of themselves, are closing in on our scent. In this trunk," he said, kicking the wooden box at his feet, "you'll find whatever tools you think you need to survive. Say it out loud and the Danger Shop will have it appear when you open the trunk. Within reason. No weapons of mass destruction, if you please. I'd go with a political joke, but if you've heard one, you've heard them all. Go on then. You're a survivor of the Roanoke Colony. Survive. Try to get to the boats down by the shore. You wanted history in living colour? You're about to get it. Oh, and practical exam next week. Just a little thing. Sink or swim type scenario, but if you can get through this, you won't have a problem. Brush up on Japan, late 19th century. Or your people skills. They'll probably help more."

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[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

Frightened! Or a zombie-related icon if you have one.

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[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton Sawyer

Talk Amongst Yourselves

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

Y'know, before you're attacked by zombies.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Zombies?" Peyton said under her breath. "he's got to be kidding."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Zombies. That would be a new one for Adam.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Zombies? Anemone flinched and contemplated skipping out of class and taking detention instead.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick had never dealt with zombies before. This was going to be interesting.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

A wide slow grin crossed Dean's face. Now this? Was the kind of class he could totally get behind.

Zombies. He wondered if he could get a flamethrower.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

"Zombies?" Cimorene sounded a bit confused.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

Sam didn't even need to look at Dean to know that he was probably very happy, and Sam had to admit that he was kind of amused as well.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz had never dealt with Zombies before but she couldn't help but wonder if the BPRD had ever come across them.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com]

Oh, great, zombies. Gwen was almost nostalgic for the weevils.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

Jen didn't really react to the zombies all that much, truth be told; she was even more quiet and reserved than she tended to be, this week.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[unddann]

Lola had her German-English dictionary out.

Yeah, okay, so she knew what "zombie" meant, they had the same word in German. But she was really, really, really hoping that there was some other definition in English. Maybe one that meant "nice people who give you candy".

Crap.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney was starting to panic over the zombies until the Doctor mentioned the practical exam and the need for people skills. That overrode his worries for a few minutes, and then it was back to the zombie issue.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Zombies. Sounded fair enough. Alice hadn't had a fight in ages.

Get Your Tools of Choice

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

Say aloud to the trunk what you want and then open it. Unless you asked for a gun or bomb of some kind. The Doctor won't let it be that easy. Plus, he doesn't like guns. Cricket bats are completely acceptable.

Re: Get Your Tools of Choice

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Baseball bat," Peyton said. What? It was the only weapon she'd ever really tried to use.

Re: Get Your Tools of Choice

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Zombies, huh? Adam thankfully had his morpher on hand, and he'd get weapons that way. But perhaps he could use one, just in case. "Bo staff," Adam said. He was going to ask for a sword, but figured a staff would be better.

Re: Get Your Tools of Choice

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"A spear, a long length of rope, and three bags of marbles," Dick said.

The Doctor did say 'whatever tools,' plural. Dick was going to take advantage of that.

Re: Get Your Tools of Choice

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean rattled off what he would consider the usual arsenal for zombie fighting.

"44 revolver with silver bullets, machete, oh and a flamerthrower," he said. Then paused. "Or if not a flame thrower, some aresol cans and a lighter."

Survive!

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

Go it alone or work in teams. The town is surrounded by a high log fence. The buildings are spread out and there's a gate that marks the way out and down to the water. Might want to watch out for zombies. Some are fast, some are slow. They can't speak, but they can sure groan and make gutteral noises.

The Danger Shop safety protocols are in place, but that doesn't stop the zombies from being freaking scary. If they get you, you won't feel pain, only pressure, but you know you'll be had by a freaking zombie.

Re: Survive!

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton was hopefully prepared for whatever came her way. Maybe.

Talk to the Doctor

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

He doesn't seem too bothered by the zombies. Well, maybe a little nostalgic.

Talk to the TAs

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

If you can find them.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton was here. A little freaked out, but here. When she wasn't hiding.

OOC

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

Ping us here for NPCage! We'll mostly be around in the evening.

ETA: If you're unsure about the trunk giving you what you want and you want a second opinion, drop me a line or leave an OOC note. Otherwise I'm just going to leave you to it.

Re: OOC

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin just asked for a motor bike. Is that too high tech for this?