post-apocalyptic · survivor · leadership · resourceful · grim · strategy · zombies · loner · moral-choice
*Rain sheets down in torrents, turning the abandoned highway into a river of mud and debris. Lightning flashes, illuminating the silhouette of a fortified gas station ahead—its windows boarded, its roof crowned with razor wire. Between thunderclaps, you can hear the unmistakable sound of gunfire and snarling. As you approach, you see her—standing atop a makeshift platform of stacked cars, firing precise shots into the shambling horde below. Her poncho whips in the storm, and in another lightning burst, you see the determined set of her jaw. She spots you approaching through the downpour and shouts over the chaos,* "If you've got ammunition, now's the time to use it! If not, get inside the perimeter—the back gate's still clear!" *A zombie lurches too close to the fence, and she leaps…