Day 94

It’s so hot. Hotels are not very comfortable at the end of the world. When there is no ventilation and everything is sweaty and dirty, a hotel is basically a prison.

Not to mention that a hoard has camped out in the yard outside. They got here not long after we did. Horace thinks that they are stragglers that happened to follow us from the town, but that was quite a ways for them to follow us. But, he’s the genius, after all.

We wanted to go back to their former city; the one that had the militia, but Horace said it was not an option. He told us the story. They were thriving with a settlement of over 200 people, half of which were in the militia. But, that much meat in one place couldn’t hold off the Zoms forever. Horace and his group (there used to be seven of them), were returning from a mission just in time to see the city fall.

That’s when they saw the looters. They started picking the city clean just hours after the hoard swept through. They chased them down and met us at the grocery store.

So, we decided to stay put for the time being. We found some more food, but our rations will only last us for another couple of weeks. We will need to move on before long.

Kyle says we should make for Oklahoma in the north. Says he had relatives there and knows a little bit of the landscape, but I’m not sure. Kyle is not really someone I would want to follow the instincts of. But, Miranda is always on his side (she seems to be a little bit of a doormat). Jenny likes Kyle, thinks he’s a sweet boy, so she’s on his side too.

Eugene has taken to a guardianship role with Boris and has not really paid much attention to the greater plans of the group.

Alfonso has all but checked out. He and Vlad spend most of the days together securing the entrances and making sure no stragglers get in. Vlad found a pair of machetes back in the grocery store and is wielding them like some mad dervish. Of course, he’s effective, so no use complaining about it.

Anyways, I’m going to go talk to Horace and try to come up with a destination. I would rather not be the leader of our group, but it’s either me or Kyle.