The New
Breed are still congregating. I haven’t
really mentioned them because they’ve not done much. Occasionally they attack, but only to test
the defenses. As many as they send,
there are more just hanging back, watching.
Josh described this kind of behavior in the past. The New Breed will hang out, just beyond
arrow range and cycle their numbers from being in sight to out of sight in
forests or what have you. So the truth
is that we don’t know exactly how many are out there. I don’t know if they’re planning, or if they
just don’t know what to do. It’s like
trying to get the last cookie from the bottom of a giant barrel of
cookies. You want it, you’re hungry for
it, but you can’t reach it. So instead
of trying to find another barrel of cookies in this world where such wonderful
barrels exist, you just keep trying to reach that one. Over and over again. So that could be why they’re just standing
and watching and making these half-strength attacks. The New Breed are smart, but we may have
reached the limit of their problem-solving abilities.
Though I can’t
shake the thought that they’re planning something. Also, now I’m hungry for cookies. Oh, by the way, there no longer seem to be
any Old School Zombies among the New Breed.
Well, except for one. Remember
the betting pool regarding the last OSZ standing? That little girl zombie is still out
there. And that means I won the pot and
all my winnings are now for sale or trade in the store. See, I knew she would be the last
standing. The New Breed use the OSZs for
food, so it seemed natural that the smallest, most emaciated zombie wouldn’t be
eaten. That’s zombie psychology, right
there! The downside to this is that with
no other visible OSZs out there, the New Breed are running low on food. That could lead to a full-force attack in
upcoming days or weeks.
So let’s
talk about Kingsley Pappington, the UAS guy who was always starting
fights. He’s gone. After he walked out on his punishment, those
mutilated UAS soldiers were found and Kingsley snapped. I always assumed his extreme pro-UAS jingoism
was just a way for him to pick fights, but it seems like part of him was
actually counting on the UAS army rising again and crushing Haven. When he saw those splinter soldiers, utterly
mutilated, but also clearly unshaven, unwashed, and underfed prior to their
demise, something inside him just broke.
He said he didn’t want to be here anymore and insisted on leaving Haven
immediately. So he’s gone.
And when I
say he’s gone, I mean he’s dead now. He
left Haven and a few days ago our scouts found his body, mutilated just like
the others. This mutilation was
different, though. The last bodies were
impaled after whatever sadist it was finished with them. Kingsley was found hung and disemboweled. Still clearly the work of a sadist, but a
different motif. I mentioned marauders
when the first UAS bodies came in and scouts have confirmed that there do seem
to be marauders out there. It’s clear to
me that these bodies are their ways of marking their new territory. That, and it’s a warning to everyone as to
what will happen when they finally come our way.
These
marauders started out as bands of sociopaths who finally had free reign when
all laws and social consequences to their actions vanished. The problem with sociopaths is that they’re
impulsive and they don’t plan for the future.
So those marauder groups, while dangerous, basically used up all their
resources. Just like those punk Richmond
soldiers did, leading to them taking Haven and consuming all over again. These marauders are locusts. They consume and destroy, then they move on
to the next fertile area. That’s what
they’ve done here. I don’t think they’ll
come for Haven right now because they’re cowards and prey on the weak. But when they use up all their resources in
their new territory?
Well, I have
faith in the people that run this place that they won’t let Haven fall. Still, I don’t like having these guys
anywhere in the same state as us. I
really hate marauders. Maybe one day I’ll
explain why, but I’d rather leave my past where nobody can see it. Anyway, I’ll keep everyone updated as things
come up.