The place:Somewhere on the road outside the ruins of Abilene, TX

The date: May 15, 2094

The posse: Derrick, Traveller, Travis and Tom.

 

   Our heroes run into a line of stalled cars that stretches for miles leading into the old Dallas-Ft.Worth metroplex. They are creeping through the wreckage in the Pinto and trying not to damage it, when several figures jump down, landing on and around the car. Traveller cleverly blows the windshield out trying to kill a few of the Plague Zombies(MN-He'd botched and shot Willy in the head, but Willy chipped out). Derrick fires bolts of black lightning as the Templar climbs out and unslings his claymore. The combat is going well for our heroes and then a second wave of zombies crawls out from under the vehicles. The situation looks grim, and then with a 30-yard fireball(MN-Arson), Tom makes his presence known. A few minutes later, the posse is cruising again, leaving a pile of crispy critters(and three exploded cars) in thier wake.

   That evening, the heroes are atop an old highway overpass, thier noble chariot(heh heh) having run out of gas, arguing about how to cover the 20 miles left to Near Dallas. They have just about decided to walk, when Travis points down at the old Greyhound bus that has pulled up below them. The posse proceeds down to it and for $20 in trade each, they are given a lift to the settlement by the prettiest female they've seen in 13 years.

   The "settlement" turns out to be an old IMAX theater. The guys are persuaded to watch a movie and when they come out from the old porn flick, all of them(except Derrick-see his stats for the reason) choose to go spend some time with Kaine's "escorts". Derrick wanders around and finds the wheelchair bound Kaine in a side room. Acting off a hunch, he casts "Achille's heel" and discovers that Kaine is a servitor. Before he can act though, the evil Kaine flips a switch and disappears through a secret wall panel. Derrick follows in pursuit and falls into a pit trap.

   The other posse members are busily engaging in carnal acts(MN-Want to see how gullible your posse is? Throw cheesecake at them and see if they go for it)with the escorts. Derrick finally manages to make it out of the hole and up the stairs to the projector room where he smashes it. The other posse members realize what the hell they have been screwing with(literally) and begin killing plague zombies. (MN-Yes, I laughed my ass off at this point.)The sprinkler system begins spraying blood on them in the lobby and they spend a good amount of time killing the Head Usher, a Greater Minion named "Bob"(MN-Never give the jackalope's Sixth Sense to any other abomination:See Stupid Posse Tricks for explanation:Boot O' Doom).

   Our posse, now infected, covered in blood, and royally pissed, decides to hunt Kaine down. Derrick tells them he went into a service area that leads into the Mall proper, so the heroes load up and head that way...

The place: Inside the mall that makes up the Near Dallas "settlement"

The date: May 16, 2094

The posse: Traveller, Derrick, Tom, and Travis.

 

   But, before they can deal with the wheelchair-ridin' servitor, a sedan slams into the building outside and the posse rushes to see who crashed. They discover the eleven surviving members of a Black Hat platoon, stumbling around wounded. Travis snaps(he has an intolerance -3:The Combine because they killed his wife). They deal with the wounded Combiners in short order and then the Texas Razor, that orginally attacked the Black Hats shows up.

   After a dumb moment where the Templar threw a scavenged yo-yo at the thing, Traveller MIRV's the razor wire abomination and it dies, melting into a pile of slag. Our intrepid band of heroes then head into the mall. They wander around for several hours, discovering and setting off several traps and decide to hole up in a men's restroom for the night. The next day, they finally find Kaine in the boiler room of the mall's maintinence area and after a short battle, they kill him. The heroes loot his room and find a young woman prisoner(Amanda). She is very nuts from being held prisoner by Kaine for almost a year and it takes all of the posse to control her. They loot Kaine's movie collection and in a fit of stupidity, Traveller finds the laptop Kaine used to communicate with Pestilence and starts typing smack. They also find reference to an old CDC bunker in Dallas and figure they might find a cure for the plague there(Travis made his roll, Derrick got the coup from Kaine, Tom used Purge on himself, leaving poor Traveller infected)

   The guys then proceeded to search the floors they had passed and found an underground garage with two servicable vehicles: An old Wells-Fargo armored car and a Lamborghini Diablo in good condition. The posse clears the exit ramp and drives the cars outside. They then decide to load up their gear and head out. Travis gives Amanda his .38 and tells her to watch the truck while they go inside to get thier gear. When they come out, she begins screaming wildly and shooting at them. They wrestle the gun away and then a few moments later, (in a classic Travis moment), he gives her the gun back when a black car pulls into the lot. He actually had the audacity to act surprised when a round screamed past his ear. He got the gun away, and Amanda wound up hogtied in the back of the armored car.

   The Firebird has Pika(Travis' lost squire), Pika's boyfriend(the Gunsmith) and Arthur Chase in it. After a few minutes of discussion, they agree to join the posse in heading into the Dallas Ghost Storm so that Traveller can fetch some atomic glass to make a Doom Sword and hopefully find the cure for his Plague itch(he he he).....

The place: Outside the Dallas Malestrom

The date: May 18, 2094

The posse:Tom,  Travis, Traveller, Derrick, Chase, Pika, and the Gunsmith.

 

   Before punching through the ghost wall, Traveller uses the miracle Tolerance to protect the party and in they go. Their way is almost immediately blocked by a toppled office building, so Tom turns and drives through a ruined wall. The armored car sinks dangerously into the basement of the destroyed building and is stuck. Derrick gets out and "sculpts" the tires free. They make their way towards Ground Zero. When they get there, the posse is attacked by a force of twenty-eight walking dead. Tom arsons, Traveller MIRV's, Derrick charges up black lightnin', Travis pulls his sword and goes to chopping and Chase and the Gunsmith pull thier guns and start shootin'. Less than 10 seconds later, its over. Traveller and Derrick head into the impact zone to recover the glass and R.E.M.'s "End of the World(I Feel Fine)" starts playing from busted speakers in the cars around them. At the end of the song, an extremely convincing nuclear explosion causes Travis to have a heart attack. But, Traveller gets his glass and carries it back to the armored car. The posse loads up and then Chase spots an undamaged truck down an alley and goes to check it out. The fire escape, actually a small Lurker,  jumps down off the building and Chase opens fire with his assault rifle. Traveller comes to his aid with the help of three "Nuke" miracles, and then as the damaged creature bears down on them, Chase finishes it off. The posse hastily gets back in their vehicles and heads out to find the bunker listed on the note they found in the mall. About four hours of searching and they enter a ruined parking garage, almost immediately getting attacked by a Scrawler. Traveller kills it (with an illegal use of the "Fission" miracle) and the party continues onward. They find an old pneumatic elevator shaft and another funny incident occurs. Traveller shines his flashlight on the bottom of the shaft and "Quantum Leaps", Derrick removes his gear and changes into a bird, and Chase looks at top and says" So do you levitate or fly like them?" Tom replies, deadpan "Nope. I use this" Tossing a coil of rope down. The posse makes it to the bottom of the shaft and weapons  in hand, enters an old airlock. Derrick uses Rust and Travis the Tank knocks the door down. They loot the old bunker, disturbing a few skeletal chimps which attach themselves to Travis, who immediately begins doing St. Vitus' Dance, trying to shake them off. They also kill about 6 walkin' dead(the former crew of the bunker) and find some drugs which are half of the cure. (MN-As Josh admits, they made a hobby of derailing my adventures, because I set it up where they would have to go to Boise for the other half of the cure and they never did, because Tom healed Traveller as soon as they got out of the Deadland). The group makes thier way back to thier vehicles and heads out toward New Lubbock.

The place: The Free City of New Lubbock

The date: May 22, 2094

The posse: Tom, Travis, Traveller, and Derrick.

 

   The posse heads back to New Lubbock with Chase in tow. During thier absence, Cat has organized the town and when the heroes return, they are met by her at the front gate. Derrick "rusts" her Thompson SMG, and then Traveller starts an argument and winds up going to bed with her. The next day, the heroes are eating breakfast when a force from the Combine shows up in pursuit of a bald kid. The party lets the kid inside and then proceeds to kick the crap out of the Black Hats. The battle ends with Derrick casting an 298-point black lightnin' which blows down the town's walls on three sides. The heroes stay for the next 3 days helping the townspeople rebuild and Derrick decides to settle there so he can start on the Hunter Academy. The rest of the group loads up in the armored car, the Diablo and Chase's Firebird.