Drake scanned the room that Elise had brought him to. She had ran off before he even got a chance to reply to her earlier statements. His voice came out smoothly as he heard the sounds of corpses crushing corpses. “Well, if what you mean by me not playing well with others is that I typically try to avoid other people as nine times out of ten they happen to be idiots, then yes, I don’t play well with others.” Flashing the shorter woman a white-toothed smile, Drake stepped through the balcony doors. The sounds from the original horde had already attracted a few more, their bodies stumbling underneath streetlights in the distance. Drake covered his nose as their rank stench drifted up to the fourth story balcony.

“While I thank you for the offer of sleep, I have three problems with that.” Looking back at Elise, Drake’s electric blue eyes peered out from unruly black hair. “First, I don’t know you from Adam. As such, I do not trust you at all.” Taking a second look at the undead horde, he continued, “Secondly, we don’t have the time to sleep.” Walking back inside, Drake quickly found an empty notebook. Opening it up and placing it on the kitchen counter, Drake beckoned Elise over. The man began to sketch out the building’s layout as he spoke.

“Your sister must have been rather well-to-do. The building has a three-story closed garage round back.” Smiling to himself, Drake continued to talk, “As for why we don’t have time, those shutters were not designed to hold back fifty undead bodies. They were designed to deter crime. As such, we have, at best, five hours before those shutters give in.” Finishing his sketching, what resulted was a rough outline of the building’s first floor. “There are three emergency staircases. One in the back, and one on either side of the lobby. We’re going to have to lock them up. However, if you’re alright with it, we should try to loot as much as possible from the first floor before doing so.” Standing up straight, the man looked down at Elise, “Our best bet would be to lock down the two connected to the lobby. Loot the first floor, storing it all in the staircase at the back of the building, and then lock down that staircase as well. Lastly, we would need to do this within three hours.”

Drake’s completely serious tone reverberated throughout the room as he stood there, giving Elise time to swallow and digest what he had said.