Zombie Cliche Lookout: Finding Opportunities
As we’ve discussed a time or two before, one of the biggest threats posed by zombies is their ability to continue to pursue prey indefinitely. They do not tire, nor do they get discouraged. While the vast majority of living survivors should be able to easily outpace a zombie, that survivor isn’t safe unless the zombie is completely thrown off the trail. And if a person happens to barricade themselves inside a building and at least one zombie notices them, it’s only a matter of time before a sizable horde has surrounded the place.
If a person wants to get out, they’re going to need to get creative and aggressively pursue any opportunity they happen to see. If there’s a small gap in the zombie wall, some way to draw the zeds to the opposite side of the building as they exit, anything. Finding or creating an opening and exploiting it is the only way to get through.
About this Episode:
I’m taking this episode as an opportunity for Barb to put down the shotgun for a bit. It’s a super cool gun and all, but it gets awkward for dialog after a while.
Discussion Question: Breaking the Perimeter
You wake up today, look out the window, and find a small army of the walking dead around your house/apartment. They’ve encircled the building pretty well, but luckily there aren’t enough of them to create a huge mob. In fact, the zombies are only about three or four deep around the building. Using only what would be available in your home, tell me how you would break out and make a run for it.
For the purposes of this discussion question, let’s just assume that you need to leave. No turtling (totally a real word, don’t look it up) yourself in.
Typo alert: If there’s a small gap in the zombie wall, some way to draw the zeds to the opposite side of the building as their exit, anything.
their–>they 😀
As for turtling, I actually approve of that word, it’s one I know that has several gaming related uses, although the online dictionary only lists catching turtles as it’s definition! 😀
Totally not calling that a typo! 😉
Catching turtles… Interesting. Why on Earth would we take the time to hunt turtles while trying to escape… LOL
Thanks for the update BV!
I suppose you could use the turtles you captured for companionship or food,
Fixed the first typo.
Turtling is totally a gaming related non-word, but I’m sticking with it.
Heh, its only realitively clear of shambling undead canabals. ; )
I would cheat by using an attached garrage. I would grab what I need, load up the car and drive away in the, ahem, realitive safety of my vehical.
If I was in an appartment building I would create a distraction on one end of the building and escape from tge other side, and probibly still get eaten as the distraction works too well, summoning a massive horde from all around town…
Maybe I should consider digging out from under them with a spoon..,
You made my day with your spoon escape. Thank you, Sir!
The spoon route is the patient man’s gambit. Nicely done.
Ha ha ha ha!
You are welcome :3
About turtling (which my spell-checker is telling me doesn’t exist after all), I’d love to have the time to somehow, leave the building with my bathtub on my back… Just picture the scene if you can LOL…
Now I guess this situation (without the bathtub) would be a great opportunity to check if I could ever be a great NFL running back… Find holes, bounce over zombies, avoid being tackled…
Maybe I’ll use some cupboard door as an improvised shield. Not too heavy, though. As a weapon I think I can only use a baseball bat. I won’t have time to reach my car and grab a wheel brace. Man I don’t even have a claw!
Oh yeah, running back dreams! That’s a high stakes risk though. Instead of just losing a down or having a potential turnover, if you get tackled you’ll be eaten alive by walking corpses.
If it’s a steel bathtub, I could see it lasting a while, but if it’s one of those newer fiberglass or injection molded plastic modern era types you would probably be better off just taking your chances with the zombies! 😉
The one difficulty with the bathtub approach is if you knock over a zombie you might not see it immediately and if it somehow rolls underneath your bathtub, it’ll probably eat you! 😀
Weight would definitely be a downside. Even a fiberglass tub is pretty damn heavy.
“Relatively clear back here.”
Well, now she’s gone and jinxed it.