Did you miss the first (virtual) event of the season? Want a refresher because you can’t possibly keep track of everything between events? Never fear! Our event recaps are back! Read on to learn about some of the hijinks you may have missed out on, or relive the hijinks you did get up to!
Friday night
Some of our survivors explored the trails and discovered the main road, DJ Road ii9, had been taken out by a rockslide. It’s still traversable by the West but there’s a massive and dangerous drop-off. Other important areas of note that they uncovered included the southern hunting trails being clear enough to travel on foot and that most of the Diesel Jock roads were also relatively clear… except for the one into town which was overrun by Overgrowth (think, the post-apocalyptic equivalent of an off-ramp from a DJ road to town). Our survivors investigated the town and noticed the old Blue Sun lab was overrun by Scourge and the Saloon… well, what was once there is there no longer.
Meanwhile…
A couple of our town’s doctors were working on an experimental surgery. Surely everything is Fine and Normal.
And if that wasn’t curious enough…
A former-almost-Scourge (yes, those exist) named Yancy crawled out of the grave after basically ditching his induction ritual at the very last second. He collided with a few locals and travelers, including Pollo and Juice, along with a member of the 7x7s, and begged for mercy. Yancy gave them some information, bringing them to the cabin of the Nawleys — a local family — walking them through what happened there with him and the Scourge. He also gave some information that could potentially lead to the 2x2’s lair. Runaan still tried to kill Yancy, with Cascade intervening. Yancy is currently locked up under the 7x7’s surveillance.
Later that night
Immediately following their scuffle over Yancy, Cascade and Runaan found a Natural One named Brynn in a Scourge trap, being attacked and eaten by Zed. They intervened, fighting by the zombies while also being attacked by Scourge that had been hiding and watching the ritual take place. Near death, they managed to draw the Zed’s attention onto the Scourge and escape with Brynn (who will need long-term medical care).
At the same time…
A group of locals assembled to infiltrate some Blue Sun labs and with one of them successfully becoming 2x2’s new lab assistant… at a gruesome cost. Yikes.
SATURDAY MORNING
You may have heard about a traveler named Alicent talking about how they fought God. Don’t… worry about that.
Meanwhile…
Someone let not only Bug, but Pollo and Vanya as well, have access to flammable materials. They, along with their group, did a good job clearing some of the Overgrowth for the Firewatch and managed to even help someone out in the process.
saturday night
A small group fought their way through trapped tunnels that began in an old cell way, way down to a large ritual room. (Spooky.) After they battled waves of cultists, they faced off against 2x2 and… you guessed it, “God.” Didn’t I tell you not worry about this? That’s because they defeated them (narrowly) and saved Alan Hershel in the process from… whatever messed up ritual that was planned.
While that was going on…
A smaller group descended upon the old Barker Bank entrance to the lair, managing to get in and unlocked the vault ever-so-quietly. There was, however, a gnarly fight that happened after and poor Elmore perished. The group had to soldier on, however, and eventually a slightly bewildered Elmore emerged from the Mortis and rejoined Natalie, Coven, and Amaris; and they all stumbled upon 2x2’s SAW trap designing room. (Yikes!) 8 Strains were locked up in murder contraptions… and tick tock, tick tock went the clock.
Under the time constraints and extremely high pressure, they split up the tasks at hand and managed to disarm all the traps, rescuing the would-be victims. Towards the end, however, a Myers entered and tried to intervene. Thanks to some quick thinking, the group overwhelmed and Amaris removed his head privileges.
And there you have it folks — that’s what you missed last month!
Looking to get in on some (more) hijinks at Dystopia Rising Colorado? We have another virtual event coming up March 6-8 before we return to in-person events in April.