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Derek smiled weakly at Mariam as she introduced herself and told he and the other woman about her background. He wondered how a woman who seemed so likable and soft had made it this far so long. Derek silently shrugged as he internally thought about his new comrades and nodded and smiled again when Claire introduced herself too. "Like I said before" he said breaking the brief silence after Claire finished talking, "Names Derek... And I actually lived just across the river.." He said pointing across the Styx. "But I came over here by chance and got stuck when one of the three bridges that goes back over, the one that happened to be closest to my apartment actually, collapsed..."

Derek stretched his arms and felt the autumn sun warm his face. "I'm glad we survived.." he said honestly, "But we can't really afford to stand around can we?" He looked to Mariam, "I hope you're right about the daylight we have left... I don't know how much you guys have seen, but those runners and shamblers aren't the only things kicking around this part of town in particular..." Derek's face went gaunt... "They only come out at night... but still... I think dark buildings are good enough for them during the day... have you seen any?" Derek shuddered, "count yourself lucky if you haven't... they're bloody off-putting and scary".

Derek turned on his heel and began to walk away from the river as the two followed. "I think we need to take a right next, that should be the quickest way.." As the group turned right and began to walk down another street, Derek heaved in relief as the street was empty too. "Anyway.. I was talking about these... these.. uh, screamers.." Derek put his hands up as if to show he didn't know what to call them. "They're really tall zombies... Like... unnaturally tall" he said putting his hands outstretched above his head, "And they're pretty much...well, they scream... constantly if they see you. It's like whatever is turning people into zombies, went a step further and forced their body to grow more... They looked all stretched out, really gaunt and they just.. scream." Derek shook himself off.

The group turned another corner, this time faced with a collapsed building marring their passage. "Damn it" Derek hissed, his trail of thought being cut off. "We need to go this way..." He looked to Claire, "I'm guessing you won't know much about the city since you're not from here would you?" He then looked to Mariam, "What about you Mim? Do you mind if I call you Mim?" Derek smiled, "Do you know another way into the city center?" Derek looked back behind them, then his heart sank as he saw a small horde shuffling into the street behind them. "Shit!" Derek hissed for a second time, "Quick into the building then we can talk!"

Derek and the girls shuffled into a nearby building, some sort of office tower of some description that sat close to the Styx, it can't have been particularly big, but it was a couple of stories at least. "I.. Uh.. we.." Derek couldn't think, he suddenly felt his stomach lurch and realised he hadn't eaten in a long time. "We need to uh.. get out of here, any ideas?" Derek peeked out the window of the building at the bottom floor and saw more zombies shambling into the blocked off street, luckily it seemed they hadn't seen them, but there was no way to get out onto the street.

Derek looked around them, this building was dark... "I can only think of going up and over the roof tops.. but I'm open to anything? Let's just do it fast!"