The group limps away from the carnage of the rail yard, pushing through a dense, fog-heavy treeline until the rusted tracks give way to a forgotten asphalt highway. Exhaustion clings to them like the cold rain. Ahead, a jagged silhouette of a crumbling overpass looms over a fleet of abandoned, bumper-to-bumper vehicles.
Seth
We have to keep moving. The noise from the yard will draw them for miles. If we don't find a vehicle that runs, we are dead.
Seth points toward a yellow school bus sitting at the center of the gridlocked pileup. Its engine hatch is popped, leaking dark fluid into the puddles. It looks like their best shot at temporary shelter.
John
We need to check those trunks. There might be gas in the tanks or supplies left behind.
Miller
Just watch the shadows. The fog is thick enough to hide a whole herd.
+ Scene Quest Added
Find a functional vehicle for transport
“We need to find are medic sara”
SUCCESS (Legendary Tactics, rolled +0)
Seth
We aren't just looking for gas, John. Sara is our only medic. If she didn't make it to the rally point, we are walking dead anyway. I remember her saying she was heading toward the medical supply cache near the highway exit. That bus gives us a vantage point to scan the treeline for her trail.
Miller
You think she’s still out there, Seth? The herd was swarming that whole sector.
Seth
I have to believe it. If she’s alive, she’s tracking toward the overpass. My gut says she didn't get cornered, she’s too smart for that.
Seth climbs onto the hood of a rusted sedan, his keen eyes scanning the dense brush beyond the highway. Amidst the swaying rain-slicked pines, he spots a flash of white bandage fabric snagged on a barbed wire fence near the embankment. It is a clear marker, fresh and deliberate.
Seth
I found her sign. She moved toward the bridge. We go now, before the rain washes the rest of her trail away.
+ Scene Quest Added
Locate Sarah near the bridge