The celebration for our new hardhold kicks off, after debating what to do with the two pigoons the poachers had caught, with a pigooBQ. Roasted pigoon, broiled pigoon, pigoon stew, pigoon kabobs… these were but a sample of what we may have been able to consume with more resources. But the pigoon was delectable and, being a well-known post-apocalyptic aphrodisiac, giving folks the vapors. So much so that even Maple unwound a bit and found herself under Cornflake’s sheets for the night.
The morning after was less delightful however as, with all three gang leaders failing to provide proper instructions to their crews, everyone awoke to a field of excrement. This earns poor Scrote a BJ (barrel jaunt) with a side of doody down a long hill from Piss after his Maniacs are reluctant to lift a finger, let alone a piece of excrement. Lithium also chastises his Harlots for the same negligence while Want puts his followers to work cleaning up. Everyone has ample reason to awake shamefully.
But sometimes this is how lessons are learned. And Maple, looking to capitalize on this embarrassing, poop-covered opportunity, thought it’d be a good idea to approach Lithium and Want and Piss about fortifying the new surroundings and making the hardhold secure. Want agrees and offers up Lumpy to train with Maple each morning and learn about self-defense, firearms, and being totally radical. Piss also agrees and anoints (after her self-anointment) Maple as Head of Security. They also concur on a drawbridge (NOT to be made of shit, to be clear) be constructed over the newly suggested shit moat, or shoat, though the matters on Cornflake’s emotional instability are quickly swept under the rug for the time being. Lithium is similarly in agreement and offers to let Maple help train some of the harlots for defensive purposes as well.
While Maple is performing her fortification due diligence, Want, Duke, and Carlos begin searching through the buildings of the refinery to see what sort of items we can take stock of. Want finds themself a pallet of oil barrels that happen to be near a pair of dudes who have clearly not yet learned that we claimed this territory a mere few hours ago. The audacity is too much for Want and he begins to tell them to beat it when the bigger of the two gents comes at him mid-conversation. But Want counters and gets his knife to the guys throat. This frightens the skinny dude who is then frightened further when Duke and Carlos hear the commotion and appear. Skinny dude wants none of it but Duke wants even less and wastes the waif. Big guy attempts to flee but Want juliennes his hand and they capture and drag him back to the main part of camp.
Upon returning, Lithium wanted some intel. She got the guy to squeal alright: he said Winky’s Riders told him about the oil derrick. They were heading west as of a few weeks ago after Ratbutter found some weird talking sword. Turns out these are the deposed former Maniacs that high-tailed it after Piss took over. That was all the guy knew and so Want took possession of the soon to be vegetablized fella as he’ll be brainer kid puppet string practice.
Maple, Carlos, Lithium, and Duke headed to The Railyard with a barrel of oil to exchange for some fortification goods, stocking up on corrugated aluminum and lumber and tools and the like. Only Mitsubishi carried concrete though. But that’s essentially where we left off I believe: Run MCLD at The Railyard and Want and Piss holding things down at the Piss Pot.
To be continued...
[Maple]
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