Electric Blues

So I'm resting at one of the stops I was asked to make. Like Josh, I can't really give specifics as to where I'm at due to the fact that I've been asked not to say. Granted I don't have a whole bunch of people reading my stuff like he does, but there's that off-chance ya know. The trip up here wasn't terribly eventful. Being only one person I was able to avoid most the big clomps of zombies and the smaller ones I was able to deal with (either by avoiding or removing).  It being so cold out has helped a great deal too.  The zombies in this area don't seem quite as active nor do they seem to have caught up to the one's in the rest of the country. Mostly shamblers with the odd smarties and the occassional toughy (not sure what name Josh gave them).

So yes, about the place I'm staying at. It's not terribly large, maybe a hundred people or so. But they have a rather valuable resource. Coal, and a good amount of it. Before the fall, this place was one of the many coal mining villages that dotted landscape in these parts. These places for the most part were completely self-sufficient before the fall. So, it's made them ideal for being after. Most the people here were here before the fall with only the odd straggler coming in afterwards. They've told me they don't really have to deal with zombies terribly often due to the remote nature of their location. When they've had to deal with them, they've been fairly efficient about it. After my second day here I watched about ten or fifteen zombies approach the metal fence they use to protect themselves. The cool thing about that fence is that it''s electrified. So for the most part the zombies fried themselves on it. The couple that didn't were put down by a couple of shots from the guards in their towers.

I haven't really approached them about making any sort of trade arrangements with New Haven yet, though I plan to soon. They know that's more or less why I'm here, but I figured I could use a few days out of the cold to relax and enjoy their hospitality. That, and I like to get to know people before bargaining with them. Helps me understand them better, know what they want, so I can make the transaction as beneficial as possible for both sides. I'll talk to them in the next couple of days about the whole ordeal. See what can be worked out.