A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

*A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*  is the title of the sixth episode of the first season of Blood in the North and the sixth session of the entire game.

This session was played on December 29th, 2019

## A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Anthony Hotchkiss, Frankie Ramos, Antoine SinClaire

## Synopsis

August, Hiro, and Rachel leave a message for Rebecca at the Supermarket and depart to meet up with the rest of the group. They arrive and the group discusses the walls in front of them. Gregory and Ellie have surveyed the area and determined that it’ll take some clearing out but it is manageable. Most of the party believes this could be excellent protection. The only skeptical one is August but he goes along with it anyway. Hiro takes point on the plan to clear it out. He, Santos, and Scarab will sneak in and get to the security room to have a better understanding of the entire area. Gregory and Ellie will remain above the entrance to provide cover fire and keep an eye on any other threats. August and Lexi will lead the horde out of the walls and to a fire trap. Rachel and Tyson will clear the stragglers.

The next morning, the plan begins. Hiro, Santos, and Scarab get into the Security room and Hiro gets the cameras working. Santos spots a person in the Clinic, performing surgery on a Penguin. They can’t worry about that now though and get the gate open. August and Lexi drive in, beginning the distraction. They get up and around then back out. Rachel and Tyson take out the few distracted by the gate closing and Rachel is almost bit but luckily Ellie catches it and takes the Zed out before it can. They wait until the horde is far enough away before moving their convoy into the walls. August and Lexi get the herd deeper into the city and set the trap, successfully.

They return to the Zoo and the party meets up back by the security office. A few split off to clear out the remaining inside while August, Rachel, and Santos go to confront the mystery man in the clinic. Hiro watches on from Security and attempts to contact the man from the comms. The man answers and Hiro convinces him they are the military, looking for survivors. The Man is pretty gullible and informs them of the 70+ “survivors” in the zoo. Scarab returns from the sweep and catches the conversation. She deciphers he is referring to the animals. The man also informs them of the Warehouse a ways out of the walls. August takes this opportunity to break in and confront the man, The others behind. He is hospitable and offers them refuge. He introduces himself as Roger and as long as they don’t harm the animals, they are welcome to stay. Rachel spots a side door in the med bay and demands to know what’s behind it but Santos calms her, they will find out later. August agrees to leave Roger to his business and takes the group to set up shop in the Amusement area.

The party has a meeting about their new neighbor. Scarab brings up that none of the animals have been seen since they got there, even on the cameras. Hiro deep dives into the enclosures and they start finding the beasts. It’s actually quite nice but Hiro spots a Television in the Gorilla enclosure. He steps aside and radios Roger about power. He confirms that the zoo has its own power supply so Hiro takes his car to the empty gorilla pen. The others decide it’s best to stay in the Game area and stay away from any animals. Scarab doesn’t believe he is a threat but August is still concerned. Meanwhile, Roger enters the back room in the Clinic and a tiny chuckle is heard from within.

## Cast

### Main

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

### Supporting

* Robin Santos
* Tyson Greenwell
* Gregory
* Lexi Watson
* Mr. Hopper

## Trivia

* Players this session: Matt Christie (Hiro), Anthony Hotchkiss (Roger), Frankie Ramos (Ellie), & Antoine SinClaire (August)
* Anthony Hotchkiss joins the cast this session.
* This is the last session to feature Frankie Ramos due to unforeseen circumstances. However Ellie remains in the game as an NPC.
* This session starts the "Gate Trouble" arc.