1 Week, 6 Days BZAD (Gallion, Ohio):

Georgette:  "The other tenants have taken out the central stairs and the ones on the far end, starting to take out begin collecting up everything and anything that could be used as a weapon just in case.  Rats don't usually try to climb smooth walls like the building has-"

Jana:  "But fucking rats don't usually gang up on people in their homes either.  Right.  Glad Georgie here knows something, 'cause I know jack shit other than they're big and ugly and smelly and freaky even when alone."

Cal:  "Yeah, well, at least we can board up the stairs afterward to keep them from climbing up, right?"

Georgette:  "Well...  Rats can fit in some tight spaces and chew through concrete and even a small amount of steel..."

Alex:  "Fucking hell..."

Georgette:  "But they don't-"

Jake:  "Usually do that.  Right.  These rats aren't usual, so what do we do?  Ron, something on your mind?"

Ron:  "What about, like, a line of, like, fire or something?"

Jana:  "And burn the fucking building down with us in it?!  What are you, a moron?!"

Francine:  "Jana, calm down, we're not going to set fire to anything.  Right, Ron?  Ron!"

Ron:  "Huh?  Oh, right.  Whatever you say Francine."

Alex:  "I'd say we could setup an electric fence or something, but the power is still out and no clue when it'll come back on with the snow and wind being as bad as they are.  Thought they would have fixed it already to be honest..."

Cal:  "Enough about the power already.  I know you want to go check it out, but that place is high security and we'd get nowhere near there."

Jake:  "Not to mention that whatever happened might need the snow to be cleared to get fixed."

Alex:  "Fine, fine.  But what do we do about the rats?  Can you lower the ladder down for us now, Jake?"

Jake:  "Almost done there, then?"

Francine:  "Ron, did you remember to take your pills today?"

Jana:  "It's barely hanging on now.  It'll drop off once hit enough times."

Ron:  "N-No...  I couldn't get cap off...  Maurice wasn't there to take the cap off..."

Jana:  "Oh, crap.  I'm sorry Ron.  I...  I didn't know you were...  I mean..."

Francine:  "Differentially intelligent, Jana?  No one would expect you to know, you don't live in the building.  Still, would you mind helping me make his soup later?  His caregiver sometimes lets me help, sometimes."

Jana:  "Um.  Yeah.  Sure, I'll help."

Cal:  "If we could focus back on the rats?"

Georgette:  "Electricity and fire won't work without more danger to us than them currently...  Flooding wouldn't work either."

Alex:  "Doubt there are enough rat traps to take them all out in the building..."

Georgette:  "Right.  I'm trying to think, I'm not sure..."

Ron:  "Nn...  Francine..."

Francine:  "What is it Ron?"

Jake:  "Is that...  Do you hear gunfire?"

Ron:  "Mean...  Mice outside."

Francine:  "What?"

Jana:  "Shit... Look at the windows."

SFX:  Distant gunfire repeating.

Alex:  "Fuck...  That one was closer... They're getting in by the other two entrances.  Everybody up the fucking ladder!"