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Day 61

Sorry for not posting for like... ever. I left my phone somewhere and we had to go on this whole thing to get it back. It took a few weeks and a lot of barter. Somehow we got a new team member out of it too. We don't really like him but we couldn't let him fend for himself. I'll tell you more about him at some point.

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Day 44

It finally happened. The SUV ran out of gas. It was only a matter of time, really but we were all still shocked when it happened. We had to push it to the nearest gas station while Wood sat on the roof with the machine gun in case a zombie came for us. A few did. Wood was hesitant, as always, but N encouraged them and they were able to protect us.

When we got to the gas station all the pumps were empty, obviously, so we had to go inside. There was a group of people in there, guarding the gas, who wouldn’t give it to us unless we gave us something of equal or higher value. We ended up giving up one of our med kits.

After that we were back on the road! I really hope there isn't a similar group at the gas station near the junkyard. When we got to the copy store we were proud to see that the machines hadn’t been looted for parts and a lot of them still had ink. We printed out 50 of the posters Raven had made of my mom and went hanging them around town, getting rid of a few zombies along the way. By the time the last poster was hung, the sun was beginning to set so we headed back to base and had some dinner.

I’m typing this up around by the fire and we’re all telling stories about dumb stuff we did as kids. I’ll give you word if we hear anything about my mom, please tell me if you know anything.

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Day 43

Nothing. No leads. We still don't know where she is. I can’t do this. I can’t deal with this. Tomorrow we’re gonna go to the copy store and see if the copy machines still work, we’re gonna print out posters to find my mom. I really hope this works. I miss her so much.

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Day 36

We went to my parents office two days ago. The place was absolutely overrun and I feared the worst. We tried to avoid them and outrun them if we could but Nyxx had to use her M16 a few times. I didn’t use Ol’ Nancy once. I was too worried.

When we got to the top floor there were some higher ups hiding in a fully stocked panic room. I asked them about my parents but they didn't know what I was talking about. After that we tried to find the security room. It took us a few hours and we had to plow through a lot of zoms but we eventually found it. We watched the tapes from the day of the outbreak. My mom and dad were running together, hand in hand. My mom was able to survive with her pocket knife but my dad wasn't so lucky. It was so awful to watch him turn. It was even worse to see the hopelessness in my mother’s eyes as the thing that used to be my dad advanced on her. She was frozen in fear for a few moments but eventually ran out of the building. So now I have no clue where she is. I’m glad to know she might be alive. I’m going to try to find her, or atleast get some closure.

Every week or so I’ve been checking life 360 but mom’s phone has stayed in the same place, the nature museum in the park. We used to go there all the time when I was younger. I was always fascinated by all the cool animals that could be found in our little scrap of nature. Yesterday we decided to go there, it being our only lead. The drive wasn't too long but I was super anxious the whole time. When we finally got to the museum and stepped inside I opened life 360 again, trying to pinpoint her phone’s location. Eventually my location pin was overlapping exactly with hers. I looked up to see the beaver display. It was my favorite as a kid. I started to cry. Her phone wasn’t there. The beaver display must be where it died. I was bawling my eyes out at this point, blubbering like a baby. Raven started to hug me from behind, then Nyxx, then N, then wood. It took me a good few minutes to finally calm down but I made it eventually.

We started looking for other people in the museum but no dice. A small building with few resources and plenty of windows? This would be a terrible place to post up. We didn’t expect to find anyone else at the park either, at least not anyone who had made it their base. We had to turn back but I was reluctant. It took a bit of convincing but we all got back into the car and drove back to base, defeated. It was pretty late at that point so we all just had dinner and hit the hay.

Today has pretty much just been a constant loop of sobbing and googling anything I can think of to tie back to my mom. I just need one thing about her on the post zombie internet and I’ll have a lead. I can’t move on without knowing where she is. If you have any information at all please please please tell me. I just need to know what happened to her.

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Day 33

A lot has gone on in the past few days so I’m just gonna give a quick play by play to get you up to speed. We got some new jackets, drew tattoos on each other in sharpie (hooray ink poisoning), finally cleaned our filthy bodies in a gym shower, reenacted some scenes from “Heathers: the musical” because we thought it would be funny, and stayed up all night last night watching horror movies. We’re all super tired today so we’re just hanging out at base, telling stories, and boarding. We’re gonna have a dance party later too. We’ve agreed that tonight we’re gonna get an early night and then tomorrow… we’re going to my parents’ office. Wish me luck!

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Day 30

Just start expecting posts every other day at this point. Not much happened yesterday which means I can tell you all about today! Wood told us that the horde was very small today. Nyxx looked to check for herself and it turns out that zombies have really dwindled! And you know what that means… WAVE TWO HAS FINALLY DIED DOWN!!!!! I’m so so happy! We cracked open the last Pipeline Punch to celebrate. It was kinda funny to watch Wood waterfall it through their muzzle.

After that we got into the SUV and had a joy ride, hitting several zoms around the way. We knew we needed new canned goods but we all agreed Walmart was a bad idea so we went to one of those stores that you can only get into if you have a membership. None of us had memberships. It was so cool. It seemed like the kind of place the Micheals would have shopped at in the before times. The crazy thing is, no one else was there. I suppose everyone there ran as soon as the alert was issued and few people have come since because of the membership thing. The place was mostly stocked so we got tons and tons of canned goods and nonperishables, not only that but we all got heating pads and hand warmers! The plan is to visit Bats and Beauty again tomorrow to get jackets. We also got some jugs of water because we were running low. It's gonna feel so good to be clean again.

Tonight we had spaghetti with tomato sauce and spam. We were all getting really sick of beans and rice. Tomorrow Wood is gonna make breakfast for all of us. I’m pretty excited because they would make dinner whenever we hung out at their place in the before times and they are an awesome cook! It seems like things are finally looking up.

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Day 28

I promise to try to get better about posting. I just haven’t been motivated to do much of anything at all recently. The days have become so repetitive. My only real comfort has been that the horde sizes seem to be dwindling recently. It's just been food, video games, food, skateboarding, food, music, sleep. Rinse and repeat every single day.

At Least the music is good. I like our late night dance parties. Calling them that feels cringe but it also feels weird to call them mosh pits because there are only 5 of us. I guess they are sorta mosh pits? I know that three's a crowd and four’s a party so how many is a mosh pit? I’ll have to use that joke on the others later.

Maybe I should get back to posting regularly, it helps the brain juices flow! Mostly I’ve just been sleeping to pass the time recently. There’s nothing else to do. Everything has gotten boring. I just want to go to sleep and dream of the way things used to be. I wish I could dream of how things used to be. I’ve only been having nightmares recently. I have a recurring one where I wake up and all of my friends have disappeared.

I don’t wanna be alone. I don’t want to isolate myself anymore but it’s all that I’m motivated enough to do. Sometimes I worry that the second wave is never gonna die down, that the wave dying down is just a lie we tell ourselves to cope with needing to stay in this tetanus-ridden junkyard forever. I resent this place a lot right now. It’s less of a home and more of a prison. Raven and I used to have a joke where we would call base “weird kid hype house.” It doesn’t feel like that anymore. It just feels big and dangerous and so friggin cold. I’m shivering almost constantly. We’ve started to keep the fire going all day. Raven and N are by it now. I think Raven is telling a story. I should go join them.

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day 26

acvnfvsnkjfnsdfkedmjvdsfn I neeeeeeeeed to get better about posting every day. Maybe I'm just loosing interest, idk. I'm on sentry again today so I can mostly just tell you guys about yesterday. It was pretty boring but the horde was REALLY big according to Nyxx. She says this means that wave 2 is gonna start cooling down soon. I have zero idea how that makes any sense but Nyxx got better grades than me so I'm just gonna go with it. I'm really excited to be out of base again. I've gotten a little stir crazy. We have some really fun times here but the nights are getting colder, we're gonna need to do something about that soon. That's all for this week, Bye!

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Day 24

We finally asked wood what was up today. They responded by lifting their pant leg and begging us not to kill them. There was a large bite on their ankle with something that looked kinda like a green bruise surrounding it in a two inch radius. They said they had been bitten during the zombie attack after the mutation.

We were all kinda surprised that the transformation wasn't instantaneous. In all the videos of people turning into zombies (it's so gross but so hard to look away) people tend to transform fully 5 minutes after the bite at most, but Wood has been managing for 2 weeks!!

Obviously we didn't kill them. They told us the bruise has grown since they were first bitten but the change had been slow and hard do notice on a day to day basis. We were all still super nervous though, including Wood.

Raven found an old muzzle on top of the sentry heap today. They joked about Wood wearing it to keep us all safe. Nyxx said it was rude but Wood actually really liked the idea and put it on. They're wearing it now and suffice it to say, they look metal as fuck. We weren't sure how it was gonna go during dinner but Wood got the hang of passing the food through the holes in the cage pretty quick. We're gonna do some more scientific tests tomorrow but for now, it's camp fire time.

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Day 23

Today I realized I don't really have a role in the group. Nyxx is the leader, Raven is the wild card, Wood is the one we all want to protect, and N is the muscle. So that leaves me with pretty much nothing. Unless I'm the main character but that one probably goes to N too. That's all I got for today, bye.

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Day 22

Today was N’s turn to get a haircut. It’s not as fluffy as it used to be. We all expected Raven to do sentry today but Wood begged to have their turn. It was odd given how they tend to steer clear of violence. They’ve been acting super fishy recently. We NEED to talk to them about it at some point but knowing us, we’re gonna keep putting it off.

With Wood up on the heap, it was pretty cool to see how much better we’ve all gotten at interpreting N’s body language. None of us are on Wood’s level yet but we could get there with some more practice I think. In the beginning we just brought N with us because he and Wood were a package deal but now I can confidently say that N is my friend.

Today we woke up and N had made some dummies for us to use for zombie practice. It's crazy what they can do at night with all that hair over their eyes. N is already a master with its machete, Raven’s drill doesn’t need much practice, Nyxx’s gun is literally just pull the trigger and go, so it's pretty clear that the dummies are mostly just for me and Wood. As much as I love Ol’ Nancy, my aim could use some work so practice would be good. As for Wood, they’re still pretty squeamish when it comes to using their handaxe on zombies(they hate all the gore), so using it on something that can’t actually bleed makes sense. They look so sad and nervous up there on the sentry heap, even more sad and nervous than usual. It's kinda sad. I’ll definitely ask them about it later. That's gonna wrap up today’s entry. Bye!

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Day 21

Sorry for not posting again. I was kinda just taking the day for myself. Luckily not much happened with me today since I was on sentry so I can spend this post telling you about yesterday.

First off, N did tie back their bangs, turns out their eyes are hazel! Raven did cut mine and Woods’ hair. Would have done the rest of the gang too but N was on the heap and only family members and professionals are allowed to touch Nyxx’s braids. Wood’s bang seems to be a lot more manageable now, while still having one eye covered. As for me, Raven got it nice and choppy again! Obviously she wasn’t able to tease it like I would like but we’ll be able to get that done after wave two dies down.

Today, before climbing up the heap, I asked Nyxx how we would know when the wave had died down to which she replied “when the hordes go from 50 to 10.” which I guess makes sense. Still kinda weird that we’re doing it numerically but I guess it’s good to have a metric for this sorta thing.

Other than hair, skating, and a dance party around the fire, not much happened yesterday. My hands have been pretty shakey recently so I wasn't the best on sentry but I tried my hardest and managed to get a few just by rapid firing. The hordes are still huge and constantly approaching base. It's honestly really terrifying. It makes me so sad whenever I see one. These used to be full people with lives and dreams and families but now they’re nothing but shambling husks made of rot and lost potential. Part of me just wanted to keep my eyes shut and fire blindly for all of the sentry today but I knew that was dumb and unsafe.

Honestly, I’m kinda glad that I was up there for Valentines Day instead of down with my friends. Made me feel lonely because I was sitting alone on top of a pile of unwanted furniture instead of feeling lonely because I was the only person in my group without a valentine. Not that Wood or N had valentines either. Raven asked out Nyxx today. Yesterday when she was cutting our hair, she told us that she was planning it. Apparently this is a crush that everyone noticed except me. I might be a little dumb. When I got down from the pile, everyone gave me valentines. Apparently everyone had made eachother cards from Raven’s sketchbook. Even though everyone got a card, it made me feel really special. That's all for today. Bye!

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Day 19

Cw: throw up mentioned

We’ve been a lot more open since the circle yesterday. I’m really glad I can confide in my friends and not just some strangers on the internet. Today we reinforced the barbed wire fence with some scrap metal and made it taller. We were really seriously armored and I had to beat back some of the zoms at the perimeter with Ol’ Nancy. They look worse and worse every time I see them. At first they just looked like greenish humans but now these things actually look like rotting corpses. They smell awful too. It legit made me want to throw up. Raven has decided that after things settle down again we’re going to make smell masks so we don’t need to deal with the odor. At first we thought we would make them out of surgical masks given how many Nyxx has left in her car from the event in 2020 but we’ve also been tossing around the idea of those cool bandanas with toothy smiles on them.

I need to keep reminding myself that I don’t want one of those bandanas for the post apocalyptic aesthetic, I want one because they would look cool either way. I just feel so so guilty and bad that I might make this disaster seem like “so cool, alt rock aesthetic” because it really isn't. Maybe that's how some of us felt at first, but now? No. This is one of the worst things that could happen to anyone. Part of me wishes I had just locked myself in the basement at my house but another part of me is grateful that I have people to survive this with. A third part of me thinks that the zombies would just break in through the basement windows if I locked myself up down there, which is true.

I miss my parents so much. If anyone knows the location of Alice and Richardo Stevenson please please tell me. I just need to know they’re ok and if they aren’t… I don’t want to keep making up ‘what ifs’ anymore.

N thinks now that we’ve reinforced the fence we should make a sentry tower… meaning we should start sitting on top of one of the junk heaps near the fence and use it as a vantage point to gun down zombies. We’ve all agreed that this is a good idea. Getting rid of more zombies ourselves will help to make wave 2 settle down a lot faster. It's a lot easier to dehumanize them when they look like this, all mangled and disgusting and clearly beyond repair. They’re barely recognizable as something that used to be human. The guilt is still there but it's a lot lower. They’re groaning is also a lot louder than it used to be, Nyxx says this supports her theory that the zombies are in pain and what we’re doing is euthanasia. I’ve seen a lot of posts saying that people shriek in pain as they turn so I guess that supports the theory too.

Nyxx was first on sentry duty since they’re the most experienced with the M16. They said they downed 20 zoms today but I asked them not to keep count anymore. I find the gamification of it kinda disgusting. N is on sentry tomorrow since they’re the tallest. They’re probably gonna have to tie their bangs back to get a clear view of their targets so maybe I’ll be able to learn what color their eyes are!

Speaking of hair, all of our hair has grown a bit since day 1. N’s roots have grown out, it turns out that N has naturally brown hair. Wood’s hair over one eye thing has become less of a cool fashion thing and more of an annoyance they have to deal with. Nyxx’s hair hasn’t changed too much. They got some stuff for their hair at the mall. There's actually a store there that focuses on products for curly and coily hair, it's pretty cool. Raven’s straightbangs are getting less and less even. And then there's me. Not only am I out of hair spray, I didn’t bring a flat iron, and the thought of bringing a fine tooth comb just completely slipped my mind when packing, on top of everything else, my brown roots are showing. My hair has zero volume and the choppy layers just look kinda bad and unintentional. The only thing keeping the scene vision alive is my hair extensions.

Raven is gonna give all of us hair cuts tomorrow to tide us over but I’m still gonna need to get to the salon when we’re allowed out of base again. I asked N if they wanted to go with me and they nodded. I think I’m starting to get them a little bit. They seem to need the salon too. Not only are their roots showing but the pastel pink dye is fading. It must have been so hard to maintain that color in the before times. Come to think of it, I never noticed them without all of their hair perfectly pink. They clearly put a lot of work into it. It’s kinda inspirational. I gotta go now. We agreed that we would watch the sunset from the top of the sentry heap.

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Day 18

We finished the halfpipe today! We were really happy. It was good to take our minds off of things. Gave my brain a good rush of chemicals for a minute. We had lots of fun. It also just felt really good to finally experience the fruits of our labor.

After we were finished with our fun I told Nyxx how I had been feeling recently and we all had a feelings circle. It was really nice to know I'm not alone in how I'm feeling, even if I still feel pretty crappy. Wood was a lot quieter than usual during the feelings circle. They said they were feeling anxious but that's about it. We're gonna have to confront them soon but we probably won't. Dinner is starting, gotta go, bye!

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Day 17

Welp. It's official. I'm all out of antidepressants. At the start of an episode too. At least I only have episodes. Nyxx and Raven have seasons. I ran out of ADHD meds today too, and anxiety two days ago. I should ask Nyxx about going to the pharmacy after the second wave has settled down. Going to. I like saying going to instead of raiding. It sounds so much nicer. So much easier. I can't believe I used to think this was fun.

We half finished the second layer of plywood on the halfpipe today. At this point I think we're all just ready to be done. I'm so bored of lazing around base. We're having a game night tonight. Maybe that will lift my spirits.

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Day 16

It doesn’t feel like Friday. Or Saturday or Monday or any of the other days it could feel like. It's all bleeding together. I’m glad I don’t have homework anymore but I miss structure. I miss knowing what I was supposed to do at any given moment. I miss my bed and my room. I miss fresh groceries. I miss the before times. God, I hate calling it that. At first it was cool like a zombie movie but now it's just a constant reminder of how we can never go back to the way things were.

Last night I dreamt I was at school. The Micheals were being super nice to me and apologizing for being so mean. I don't miss the Micheals. I don't miss being bullied. I miss not needing to worry if they're dead. They were so significant in all of our lives. Such a constant. Now they're gone and we have no way of knowing what's happening to them. I wonder if they think about us. I should be sleeping. Everyone else is.

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Day 15

We’ve officially dubbed this the second wave. We’ve decided we’re gonna lay low and stick around at base for a while until things die down, but the half pipe is almost finished anyway so we’ll have stuff to keep us busy. We also intend to listen to music together, play video games, and tell campfire stories. This is gonna be fun, y’know, if we don't think about how at any moment the undead might be for us. N went to zombie survival camp back in middle school so he's gonna show us some of his tactics. I’m kinda nervous but I think I’m ready.

I’m writing this while sitting on some of the curved plywood while we wait for the glue to dry. Nyxx it doing target practice with thing she found lying around the junkyard, N is sharpening a stick with their machete, and Wood is either taking a nap or having a mental breakdown. N went into their tent a little bit ago and they were in there for a few minutes, maybe 10-15, so it's probably a mental break down but it would be rude to ask.

I’m writing this at noon but I probably won’t post until later. Nyxx says we only need to sit for about 20 more minutes before she and Raven can skrew it down. Tomorrow we’re all gonna work together on the second layer of ply so we can get it done fast.

I’m starting to get sick of canned breakfasts. Wood, N, and I have decided we’re gonna try and make flour from some of the rice and then we’ll try to make hard tack. Nyxx’s mom had a sour dough starter I think. Maybe we’ll go back to her place at some point and grab it. We only have one bag of jerky left and we’re trying to perserve it. We all get one little bit per day. It's tourture. Sometimes I wish things would go back to normal but I know it’s bad to dwell on the past. I’m spiraling now, I should go, bye.

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