[quote=Sifter]The place was ransacked by the previous visitors.

The only thing worth taking Yuri found was a highly detailed map of the El Paso County.

After checking it, he spoke out:
"Maybe we should head for Fort Carson?"
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"It could be worth a look, although I'm sure the place is on high-alert and already swamped with similar-minded people since it's snug up against Colorado-Springs, [i]population of half a million people[/I]... Plus in the event of national emergency, troops would be allowed to [i]'redistribute'[/I] supplies as they see fit, which could leave us on the shorter end of the stick than we're already on. Mind if I take a look at that map?"

As he perused over it, he managed to see Serena walk over to a little girl, and overheard bits of the conversation.
[quote=Sarafene]
“My name is Serena, what’s yours,” Serena asked.

“Name’s Alysia, pleasure to meet you… Seems like everyone is busy talking about supplies, but you’re just sitting here… Shouldn’t we be moving soon though? Those stiff-jaws aren’t going to hold forever, they’ll be here soon enough in due time,” Alysia stated.

“Oh I know… I don’t plan on staying here, though I want to break into a car, seems like people abandoned their cars here…” Serena said.
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"You may not need to steal a car, if you ask nicely I'm sure someone can give you a ride if only we had a..."

[quote]"Hey..." she observed the rather... 'cosmopolitan' group, more curiosity than fear, now, "Did you guys... like... run out of gas or something?"[/quote]

"No" replied Wayne, who was just getting slightly exasperated by so many interruptions, "I seem to have hit a roadblock and don't have a destination picked-out anymore. Seems I've already talked myself out of looking for a government hand-out and Yuri here talked me out of going into town to look for survivors."