1 Week, 1 Day BZAD (Gallion, Ohio):

Georgette:  "Now, Doctor Killian is maybe still at the hospital if she got snowed in like we did, but if she isn't then one of the other doctors might still know what they have available.  I don't have the proper equipment to test Jana's blood, but due to a slight nosebleed at least we have a sample.  If the hospital's generator is working they might be able to verify Francine's suspicions or find out what else it might be infecting Jana.  If it is the bubonic plague, we're all going to need some type of doxycycline.  If the hospital is out, you're going to need to make a run to the pharmacies around town, and the hospital can make you a list of what ones will work.  Either way, you're also going to need to stop by the pharmacies to get some flea killer treatments.  Please stay safe out there and if you see any of the rats use whatever you can to keep them from biting.  I don't know what else they might be infected with, but they're not acting normal."

Cal:  "Right.  Got it."

Alex:  "Plenty cans of deodorant and my lighter, so I'll torch the bastards if they follow."

Jake:  "Now, you're sure you've got things handled here?  That you're not infected yourself from being so close treating Jana?"

Georgette:  "I'm fine.  As soon as we saw the fleas I started keeping some of your cedar grilling chips in my pockets."

Cal:  "Wondered what the hell that smell was..."

Alex:  "Why?"

Georgette:  "Fleas hate the smell, so they don't try to jump toward me.  Grab some more of that too while you're out if you can.  Oh, and some food.  We're running low.  Now, this is all the cash I've got on me and if power is still down throughout downtown and not just this neighborhood, then credit cards won't work."

Jake:  "Gotcha.  Time to test out the snow I guess.  Hopefully the temperature has made it thick enough to stand on without being ice..."

SFX:  Crunch!

Cal:  "It's good!  Let's go before any rats come out!"

1 Week, 2 Days BZAD (Gallion, Ohio):

Ron:  "Angry girl not look good."

Francine:  "No, she's not."

Ron:  "Did the mean mouse hurt her?"

Francine:  "I'm...  I'm not sure Ron.  I didn't quite understand what Georgette was saying before."

Ron:  "Something about fleas?"

Francine:  "Yes, well, I got that much, but...  Something the fleas are carrying?  They're annoying, but mostly just stinging bites and crawling around I thought."

Ron:  "Oh oh!  What about that thing with the castles and shiny knights?"

Francine:  "What?"

Ron:  "It was on tv in the summer.  Very sad times.  People locked in houses and people wearing bird masks and things."

Francine:  "What?  Ron, what are you-Oh my.  Oh dear oh dear.  Ron, Ron, I need you to stay in here, okay?  I...  I need to talk to Georgette, alright?"

Ron:  "Francine...  You're scaring me."

Francine:  "I know...  I know Ron.  Just, trust me."

Ron:  "Okay Francine."

SFX:  CLICK

Francine:  "Georgette...  We need to talk."

Georgette:  "Fran, unless it's telling me where there's ice to compress these lumps, I don't want to hear it."

Francine:  "No, it's...  I think I know what's wrong with your friend there.  Ron helped me-"

Georgette:  "RON?!  Ron can barely even-"

Francine:  "Please!  Please just...  Be quieter.  I don't want to scare him.  He doesn't realize what...  What it means by what he said.  Where are the others?"

Georgette:  "Sleeping, and they need it.  We all do, and I'm not waking them up until you explain what the hell you're going on about.  What did Ron say?  What do you think Jana has?"

Francine:  "The rats had fleas on them and whatever the rats were infected with could be on them, or a separate infection from the-"

Georgette:  "FRANCINE!  Spit it out already!"

Francine:  "I....  Georgette, you have to understand, I'm just guessing...  But...  It might make sense."

Georgette:  "Grrrr....  Tell me already."

Francine:  "Let go, you're hurting me...  I'll tell you, I'll tell you.  Georgette, I think Jana has the bubonic plague."

1 Week, 3 Days BZAD (Gallion, Ohio):

Georgette:  "Look at the pickle jar...  Wow.  Nasty fleas on that rat...  Good thing I decided to sterilize it.  The vinegar and alcohol made them just drop off of it."

Jake:  "They just keep...  Moving.  I mean, we didn't know there were any on them, but aren't they supposed to drown?"

Cal:  "Doesn't work like that.  Bathed my dog once and those bastards kept moving in the tub until I let them down the drain."

Georgette:  "A lot of insects can survive for days, even weeks underwater, and some spend most of their life in it.  Fleas are less tolerant than that, but yeah, they'll probably be in that jar for weeks before they stop twitching.  I'd normally say we should just flush them, but we blocked the drains to keep more rats from coming up them."

Jana:  "Well, we could flush them the next time one of us needs to use the toilet."

Alex:  "Tell me you're kidding."

Jada:  "Huh?  No...  What do you mean?"

Alex:  "None of us have used it since we sealed it up."

Cal:  "Francine even got Ron to understand that.  I thought you did to.  Have you been...  Opening and resealing it?"

Jana:  "Well..."

Georgette:  "Jana, just...  give me a moment guys, I'm going to have a talk with my friend, we're going on the balcony for a bit."

1 Week, 4 Days BZAD (Gallion, Ohio):

Ron: "Sing another song with me Jana."

Jana:  "No Ron, I'm tired of singing, everyone's tired of singing right now."

Cal:  "Yeah, please, I know you like it and shit, but my ears still hurt from the last time you joined the chorus instead of humming along."

Jake:  "Cal...  Just..."

Ron:  "Ooooh!  You...  You said a bad word.  Francine!  Cal said a bad word!"

Francine:  "I heard Ron, I'm sure he's sorry, why don't we go sing in the bathroom, hmm?  You like how it echos, right?"

Cal:  "What?  Just because he-"

Alex:  "He doesn't know any better man.  But you and Jana are right, it gets stale after a while."

Georgette:  "This would be so much easier with the power on..."

Jana:  "You've said it a hundred times, but we've just got the sunlight and candles.  Since it's just windy and not snowing today, better save the candles."

Ron (Distant):  "You-You ain't never caught a rabbit!"

Francine (Distant):  "Shh shhh...  That's right Ron.  What's the next line?"

Georgette:  "I know, I know...  Still, I could find information with the internet to verify what I'm looking at...  These were the best sketches you could do Cal?"

Cal:  "Yeah, you got a problem with them?  Something to say?"

Alex:  "Dude, settle down, seriously, she's trying to figure out how we can deal with the damn rats."

Cal:  "Right.  Because a pre-med student is going to know what to do to make the psycho rats chill the fuck out."

Jake:  "Uncalled for."

Jana:  "Cal you little piece of-"

Georgette:  "All of you shut up!  I can defend myself.  Cal, I'm no artist, but I can't tell if this is a scar or part of the discoloration Jana mentioned.  Since I lost my glasses getting back up from the ground floor I can't take a look myself.  That's why I asked you to use the binoculars and draw what you saw."

Cal:  "Oh.  They keep moving around too much for me to be able to tell for sure.  I think it's a scar, but there's no way I'm getting closer to find out.  Don't think anyone else is going to either any time soon."

Ron:  "When they said, you was high-Ahhhh!"

Francine:  "Oh my lord!"

Jake:  "What the hell?"

Ron:  "Mean mouse!  Mean mouse!"

Alex:  "The fuck?!"

Jana:  "Holy crap, it's squeezing out the drainpipe!"

Cal:  "Out of the way!"

Jake:  "Francine, get Ron out of the way, it's almost out of the-"

SFX:  WHAM!  WHAM!  SQLUIK!

Cal:  "Hfff...  You white boys got any rubber gloves in here?  We probably  need to seal that off now, but once it's pulled out, Georgette, I think you've got your specimen.  ...  Georgette?"

Jana:  "Oof!  Careful there Georgie.  A little help?  For such a scrawny girl she's heavy as fuck."

Alex:  "What?  Again?!  How the hell is she planning on being a doctor if she faints at the sight of blood?"