One Family

*One Family* is the title of the seventh episode of the first season of Blood in the North and the seventh session of the entire game.

This session was played on January 26th, 2020

## One Family

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Anthony Hotchkiss, Antoine SinClaire

## Synopsis

Hiro is finally setting up his N64 in the Gorilla enclosure. He takes the Mortal Kombat Trilogy cartridge and pulls it in, ready to finally play. As he is flying through the campaign, he hears a low breath behind him. He reaches for the power and shuts down the game to see a reflection and finds that sitting behind him is a gorilla. The Party is discussing potentially going to the nearby warehouse and other scavenging locations to better stock their new home. Roger rushes up to them, out of breath and terrified. He tells them they have a serious problem. Hiro is tossed out of the pen and struggles to get to his feet. He is being chased by a Zedded Gorilla. The rest of the party sprint in his direction and they take it down before it can harm anyone. Roger is devastated and August demands to know if there are anymore. Roger can’t finish his sentences through tears so Scarab steps in and calms him down. She asks him if there are anymore infected and he nods. She asks him to lead them to the others and he does. August warns Scarab to not sympathies with this man but she promises him that he is slow, not dangerous and will handle the other infected personally. August asks Roger if there were any other Gorillas and the Keeper specifies no “sick” ones. Hiro and Santos return to the Gorilla pen to retrieve Hiro’s things and they end up sitting down and playing the game some more. They hear a whimper in the darkness and decide it’s best to just leave the area altogether. Santos radios August about it and the man takes Roger to the pen to check on the situation. Scarab and Rachel will deal with the other Zeds in the clinic. While August and Roger are on the way, Roger reveals that he’s only in Toronto because his family sent him away due to his “condition”. They arrive and discover one is dead and the other is bitten. Roger begins to break down again but promised to take care of it so he tranquilizes the last ape and leaves. August finishes the job.

He calls a meeting with his group and discusses sticking to one section of the park for now. Rachel and Hiro suggest expansion since they have two groups and that leads to another topic, combining the groups officially. They cannot survive if they remain divided. Scarab agrees but also states that it should include Roger. August is against it so she offers to keep an eye on him personally and be accountable for his actions. They agree to that. They also talk about potential leadership. August doesn’t want a dictatorship and suggests a democracy. They decide to fully discuss this with the others. Rachel pulls August aside and admits that she is against the idea of growing the group. He tells her that he understands her skepticism but he knows that numbers are essential to surviving. She goes along with it. The two parties talk. The Lulu crew are pretty much on board and Gregory actually comes up with a tier system. Three jobs. Maintaining life inside the walls, scavenging and at potentially recruiting outside the walls, and protecting and enforcing on the walls. They will form a sort of council. A leader for each and a veto if it comes to it. Gregory will run operations on the wall. Building them up and overwatch. Hiro will handle the parties that will scavenge and scouting. Rachel and Santos will deal with internal affairs and even though he doesn’t necessarily agree, August will have final say.

The meeting adjourned, they call it for the night. The next morning, Scarab goes to speak with Roger. She asks to help him with his daily routine and he lets her. While they are out, Scarab asks him why he cares so much more for the animals than people. He believes that animals treat you the way you treat them and with people, if they believe you are less than them, they will never treat you as an equal. This resonates with Scarab and she promises to never let someone treat him less than human. Meanwhile, August, Hiro, and Santos take a trip around the zoo to find anything they can salvage and quickly realize they need to leave the walls sooner than they anticipated.

They go to figure out what they’re going to do. Gregory has been hard at work planning to reinforce the walls. They just don’t have the materials to get all of the walls up to “code”. Hiro also agrees that they need to better survey the area and they just need more equipment. They agree that they should finally check out the warehouse. When Roger has to return, Hiro and Scarab will join him. While they are waiting however, August plans to check out some of the other locals nearby for potential resources. He takes Rachel and Ellie with him.

## Cast

### Main

* August Fallon-Nox
* Sabra "Scarab" Nazari
* Hiro Orias
* Rachel Bailey
* Ellie Eastwood
* Roger

### Supporting

* Robin Santos
* Tyson Greenwell
* Gregory
* Lexi Watson

### Guest

* Penny
* George
* Ursula

## Trivia

* Players this session: Matt Christie (Hiro), Anthony Hotchkiss (Roger), & Antoine SinClaire (August)
* First session without Frankie Ramos since her departure from the series.
* This session introduces a new version of infected, Beastz.