“I like this one,” Ed Solomon refills his glass from a bottle with a label that reads ‘Farmer Johns Favorite Grove’. It has a picture of a cow and a goat.
“Are you kidding me?” Delta roars. “That’s practically cooking wine.”
“I like it. It’s the one I like. Tastes like cherries.”
“I don’t even think it’s wine. It’s not fit for the dogs.”
Nixxter throws a tennis ball. Rowlf and Scamp dash after it.
“I like it,” Ed steadies himself on Tim’s shoulder. “Tim found it and Tim gave it to me and I like it.”
“Here, try this one.” Kyrios pours from another bottle into Ed’s glass.
“Oh god, you’re mixing wines,” Delta says. “I can’t look.”
“Shieldwolf?” Kyrios holds out the bottle to pour into his glass.
“I’m good.”
“Which one are you drinking? The Merlot?”
“No, this is just water. I’ve got to get up early to finish up the North Mall.”
“Come on, live a little. I think some of these bottles are actually good.”
“I actually don’t drink. I’ll be ten years sober this September.”
“Oh. They still have that? Well, in that case, shouldn’t the last year should count double or something?”
“You’re not drinking either,” Shieldwolf notes.
“We’re going out tonight to clear the other hospital. I’m saving a bottle for when we get back.”
“Okay, everyone, it’s time to cut the ribbon,” Ed staggers up onto a table, waving a pair of shears. “Turn down the music. Nixxter, come over here.”
A strip of faded red cloth hangs across the hospital doorway. A sagging bow has been tied into the center of the strip. The entrance was formerly an automatic glass door, but in the absence of electricity, it is now a sliding corrugated metal panel with a latch on the inside. Just in case.
“Ladies and gennlemen, I present the Quartertown Memorial Hospital. Nixxter, if you would kindly cut the ribbon.”
“This is your baby, Ed. You do the honors.”
Ed snips the cloth and everyone cheers. “Okay, let’s take a tour. Wait till you see the MRI thing! Who wants a free CAT scan? Who wants a X-ray? Have your insurance cards ready!”
“I need those back.” Jarrod takes the shears, which he’ll later take apart and re-attach to broomsticks for tonight’s sortie. Quartertown is now a little bigger, and the surrounding zombies are starting to press in a little harder.
Day 14 missions:
Tim James put to work on the farm to minimize food consumption by one point
Jarrod, Kyrios, and Jeansberg begin zombie killing mission in the hospital to the west