Season Two

## Events

### The Machine Explodes

Zombie had made up his mind. Determined to finally use his machine, he beings prepping. Settling his belongings in the Village and saying goodbye to those that he could find. Before long, Cursive shows up with a group of Villagers he's gathered to try and stop Zombie from using the machine. Having heard of it's potential right from the sources (Ruby) mouth, Cursive was willing to go to extreme lengths to prevent Zombie from continuing. However, nothing he or the others could say or do would be enough, as Zombie had decided. He flipped the switch and quickly came a loud explosion, felt across the village.
Zombie had been powerful enough to survive the blast, but landed in a nearby tree where he wouldn't wake up from till days later. Cursive would lose a canon life, and wouldn't return for weeks. The villagers that attended (Suni, Vi, Ash, Sam, Harry) would all survive, but would be extremely battered and bruised.
This explosion resulted in Zombie abandoning the Village after direct orders were given during a visit from Liz. Zombie would settle at a camp on the outskirts of the Cedar Forest.

### Ghost Goes Missing

Liz noticed that Ghost, who lives with her, was missing. She put up posters around Cedar Village and organized multiple search parties. After two weeks, Ghost was found but as a literally ghost. They were presumably murdered but the cause of death unknown.

### The First Cabinet Meeting

The Cedar cabinet held their first meeting on the 31st of August 2022. Cabinet members present included Liz, Suni, Vi, Dylan, Larrikin, Sprocket, and Neptune. It was announced that Zombie has been fired from his role as Attorney General and Cedar has taken his place. Sprocket has also been brought on as Security Director.
The Cabinet also outlined some basic laws for Cedar Village, criminalizing the acts of murder, stealing/theft, violence not done in self defense, vandalism inclusive of explosions and arson, and kidnapping. It was decided that the maximum sentence of committing crimes in Cedar Village is 3 life sentences of 10 years each. The Village Watch has been delegated the responsibility of law enforcement, in charge of apprehending criminals. They also decided to set up a way for villagers to give the Village Watch anonymous tips regarding crimes but this system is yet to be put in place. Additionally, the cabinet agreed upon the rights of an offender as follows:
* The right to a lawyer - if they cannot provide their own lawyer then a lawyer will be provided for them by the government.
* The right to remain silent
* The right to call witnesses The Cabinet also discussed taxes which will be used to pay the Cedar Cabinet employees. Tax will be collected monthly and is applied per household.

### Zombie in the Woods

Zombie, distraught but angry over the Machine failing, begins building a new home at the camp in the Forest. Quickly into his stay, he is visit by Sprocket who begins tormenting Zombie and playing tricks on him. Over time, this grates on Zombie until he makes the decision to turn back to the Village. He feels unsafe and fears for the others that had just banished him.
Upon his return, he is greeted by worried Villagers. Not because of what he is saying about "being tormented by a Sprocket, a monster of a villager" - but because Zombie was clearly unwell and needed assistance. Zombie is escorted home where he is kept to recover. He never truly does, though.