Sickened

*Sickened* is the title of the second episode of the first season of Blood in the North and the second session of the entire game.

This session was played on November 3rd, 2019

## Sickened

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Frankie Ramos, Antoine SinClaire

## Synopsis

Outside in the SUV, the party is waiting for August and Scarab to return. Over the radio they hear August’s message. What’s worse is that there are more Zeds approaching. Hiro drives around to the garage to get the others indoors. August immediately feels a fever coming. He calls the SUV again, Rachel answers. She informs him that the plan failed and they are in the Garage. August lays out the options and goes radio silent. Hiro suggests they leave but Rachel wants to go retrieve the others. However, Rachel does realize the situation and asks Hiro to distract Rebecca (with nursery rhymes) while she calls August back to discuss the next move. He drops her a go bag down the elevator shaft and she tells him they’ll be at the first checkpoint. He has 48 hours until they move on. They leave the SUV and take Hiro’s car. They leave. Scarab stays with August and they agree to lock him in the office to “see what happens”. Scarab believes he will make it through this but August is a realist. Hiro and the Baileys arrive at the checkpoint, The Bailey residence. Rebecca recklessly runs into the home and straight to her room. Fortunately, it is clear and they triple check before settling in. Hiro decides to stay in the car in case it turns. Rebecca finds her stuffed cat, “Kitty”, and is incredibly happy. Two gentlemen are running down the road towards the house. Hiro spots them and observes. They run up to the door and appear to be running from something. Hiro shouts for them to get away from the house and leave. The older, biker guy begs for help but Hiro does not budge. They run, terrified of what’s coming. Heading in their direction is a dozen or so Zeds. They get pretty overwhelmed quickly and are trapped inside, Hiro separated.

August is at a point where he is beginning to hallucinate. He has a sort of flashback to right before Z day.

*Lillian, his wife, barges into his office, complaining that he missed their daughter’s birthday party. He rebuttals by claiming to rent out an entire “Dave & Cheeses” for the day. It was for the wrong date though. She leaves, little Allie in tow. The girl waves to her father as he comes back to reality.*

 Scarab warns him that some of the Zeds have made it into the building. Meanwhile, The Zeds are starting to cause a problem at the checkpoint. Rachel has Rebecca hide underneath the island in the kitchen and prepares to fight. Hiro also prepares to fight but a large Dumpster truck comes flying in. A large flamethrower is attached to the top and an old soldier mows the horde down. The two men are with the group as an elderly woman comes out from the driver seat. Rachel hesitantly thanks the new group while Hiro sneaks around the truck to see if they are any sort of threat. He doesn’t get that sense. However, the Old woman, who the group calls “Lulu”, demands that Rachel tell them how many people they have because she doesn’t want to put her people in danger. The two sides come to a compromise and agree that as long as they all make it through the night, they can trust each other. It helps that the new team is armed to the teeth. The rest of the group is introduced. The biker guy is Santos, the younger red-headed man is Connor, the teenager is Tyson, and the old soldier is Gregory. Rachel contacts August with code words about the group to keep him up to date. He is barely conscious. Scarab has to make a choice. August asks her to leave him but she remembers the promise they made each other. They will find their families, together. She gets him to his feet and attempts to get him out of there.

Scarab manages to get him down and into the SUV. She attempts to get the directions from him and they head out. Hiro believes the old soldier can help with bites so he recruits Gregory and Santos to go retrieve August and “deal with the problem”. The party discusses it and Rebecca wants to help but she’s eight so Rachel asks Connor to bring her up to her room. She begins to show the young man her toys before beating him with her stick. He plays along at first but she is relentless so he eventually pulls a gun on her and demands she stop. She isn’t scared. They form a sort of friendship after this “event” and Connor tells her about his Girlfriend and her friend that were with the group but went scouting and are lost. She keeps the info in her “to do” list and they begin to play with some of her toys. Hiro and the others head back towards the city and almost collide with the SUV heading in their direction. August is on his last legs. They get him out of the car and onto the Road. They prepare to cut his arm off but August’s fever subsides almost instantly and he gains control of his senses enough to stop them. They get back to the checkpoint and fully regroup.

August has survived, this time. Most of the party is relieved but Lulu is still skeptical. She warns him that she’s already put down her family, she won’t hesitate to put him down if it comes to it. Santos apologizes on her behalf and August goes to speak with Rachel, privately. He informs her that Lulu will be a problem but Rachel sympathizes with the woman. He thanks her for being alive and they share a small moment. Meanwhile, Rebecca is walking down the road, Connor is behind her slightly. He is nervous that they left but the little girl is confident they will find his friends and return before anyone notices. He believes her because he is not so smart. Hiro starts looking for batteries to fix the blanket he found and asks Rachel if she knows about any. She agrees to help look and asks August to go inform Rebecca that they are about to eat. He finds that she is not here and asks if Hiro noticed anything. He said the Girl was going to show Connor the “fort” in the backyard. The only problem is, that’s where Rachel and August just came from so Everything goes to shit. Rachel begins to run down the road in the direction Gregory spotted them heading with August and Hiro close behind. She gets to a small horde and spots “kitty” on the ground in the middle.

## Cast

### Main

* August Fallon-Nox
* Sabra "Scarab" Nazari
* Hiro Orias
* Rachel Bailey
* Rebecca Bailey
* Connor Mills
* Lucila "Lulu" O'Neil

### Supporting

* Robin Santos
* Tyson Greenwell
* Gregory

### Guest

* Lillian Fallon-Nox
* Allison Fallon-Nox
* Catherine

## Trivia

* Players this session: Matt Christie (Hiro), Richie Maynard (Rebecca), Frankie Ramos (Lulu), & Antoine SinClaire (August).
* Frankie Ramos joins the cast in this session.
* Richie Maynard was meant to be a part of this series for longer. However, He asked to be written out so he could focus on more personal things. He is currently still in S.H.A.D.O.W. and appears in numerous One-Shots.
* This session reveals that if you are quick and efficiant enough, you can prevent a full infection.