fandomhigh | Day After Doomsday, Thursday, Per 2

Class began with something unexpected. Rather than an introduction from Hardison, a voice was heard from Cecil's radio.

"Hello?" It was a man's voice. He sounded tense, maybe even scared. "Hello, I don't know if anyone is still out there, if anyone's listening, if anyone's alive still to listen. This is Jeremy, at First National Bank of Fandom Town, over on Unicorn Street. We've been hiding in the vault since those--those things arrived. There are six of us. We're--we're awful hungry. It's been a few days since we've had anything to eat. If you're out there...if you can hear us...please help? Again, we're at First National Bank of Fandom Town, on Unicorn. I hope you can hear us. My name is Jeremy and there are six people here in the vault. We're weak and we're hungry and we're scared. If anyone is still alive out there, please help. Hello, my name is Jeremy, we're in--"

There was a loud squelching noise and the broadcast stopped.

"Well," Hardison said, stepping into the sudden silence. "There's that. Your radio's still working fine, so the problem's likely on their end. But there you have it. The first definitive proof that there's intelligent life still on the island. The question is, what do you make of it? More important, what are you gonna do about it? You got plenty of options, but each options is gonna have an affect on the group as a whole. This seems like the kinda thing you might wanna discuss."

"Now, as for last week, some folks realized that the noises comin' from the bathrooms was the water pipes. They were able to learn that the water's shut off to the dorms. This could be somethin' as simple as a watermain broke or somethin' or it could mean that someone's turned off water here deliberately. You don't know. Elsa's keepin' you supplied with fresh water for drinkin', bathin', an' for the garden. No one's presented me with a plan to turn the water in the pool into somethin' drinkable, but it's enough to keep the toilets flushin' manually an' to keep the dorms clean if you're so inclined. Raven found some cleanin' supplies, but..." He looked around at the dorms which were definitely a bit worse for wear, so no one had mentioned doing any actual cleaning. "Y'all might wanna start puttin' 'em to use, just sayin'. Or not! Maybe you're looking to Oregon Trail it up in here an' see who dies of dysentery first."

In which case, keep on keepin' on.

"One thing. Food's gettin' tight. Most of the scouts are on food detail, but gardens can only grow so fast an' you got some pretty heavy competition in the top predator category. You got a greenhouse goin' an' that's cool, even some seeds an' things to plant in there, an' Hanna's been able to smoke an' salt a lot of what you do catch to make it last. Congrats, the food you have right now is gonna last till Week Six if you keep tight rationing, but huntin' is pretty much gonna take up most of your time if you wanna add enough to get to Week Seven, leavin' you no time for other scoutin' pursuits. Looks like y'all have got some choices to make."

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Jasper hadn't really been helpful last week (bad weeks happened) but he was trying to be more focused this time around. He'd been doing demonstrations of weapons here and there, focusing on knives and other blunt objects, to those who wanted it.

But cleaning was one thing Jasper knew and knew well. He'd cleaned his father's crime scenes for years. Blood and other fluids that no child should have to clean so he grabbed a few of the cleaning supplies and went to work on that.

"If we're gonna stay healthy, we should clean this place up a bit," he stated, looking around. "Make this place nice and cozy."

That was a joke.

Hanna gave him a slightly amused look. "Cozy. Yes. With six floors." She tilted her head, and said, "We should, maybe, move up to a higher floor? For sleeping, just in case..." Yes, just in case monsters broke in, but they'd probably be dead if that happened. "Or not. Perhaps it is not worth it."

"That's not a bad idea," he said, rubbing his cheek. "It'd be easier to know if someone else was in the building too. Give us some advance warning."

"We need an exit plan, if they do get in." Hanna winced to realize they'd never thought that through. "And perhaps to practice it. Ropes, or something, rope ladders?" That would be better for those who didn't know much about fighting. "Something, anyway. To be trapped in here would be foolish."

Cosima huffed a laugh. "Yeah, I can't promise cozy unless one of us can work miracles, but I can clean," she said. "The plants are as planted as they're gonna get, so I may as well keep busy. How should we split up the work?"

"Anything you particularly don't wanna do when it comes to cleaning?" he asked, glancing around. "Wanna sweep?"

"Sure, I can sweep," Cosima nodded. "And not really? I mean, I'm not going to be overjoyed to clean up the bathroom or whatever but I don't think any of us are."

"I'll clean the bathrooms." He was pretty sure it wouldn't rival the other things he'd had to clean. "Probably more bacteria in there than anywhere else."

"Probably," Cosima agreed making a little grimace because ugh, bathroom germs. "There and the kitchens, and I'll do the kitchens. I think we can skip laundry since we have a whole building of clothes to borrow."

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