I’d think a team in full P4 containment suits, loading all biological matter into a refrigerated semi, a quick and dirty media blackout, a full sterilization of the area, and a quarantine of any survivors, and an instant cover story. Driscoll could even tell Shanna that she needs to be vaccinated against measles, as this was simply a measles outbreak and nothing more, against Shanna’s protestations.
If Driscoll knows about draculas, she’d know the danger of even leaving a cell of infected tissue on the scene, and flamethrowers don’t destroy teeth or bones.
Or not. Knowing our government, they might do a half-assed job cleaning this up. Then we could have some coyotes picking through the scraps, eating some infected flesh, and going werewolf Cujo on Durango…
Joe
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This afternoon I added DRACULAS 2.10, which adds a few Randall paragraphs, and JEFF 9.0, the first “JEFF” scene described below.
Jeff
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Fixed some typos. New version is 3.0.
I’m also doing an intervention for Jeff, to teach him how to count. Jeff is turning thirty-ten this month.
Joe
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I didn’t think my changes warranted moving on to a new whole number, even though I added Paul’s requested fart joke.
And you got my birthday wrong, punk!
Jeff
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You’re turning thirty-eleven?
Joe
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Don’t feel bad. Blake is still in his mid teens.
Joe
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Hey, I bought beer tonight and didn’t even get carded!
Blake
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My birthday isn’t until December. So you’re all welcome to send me “It’s for your birthday AND Christmas!” presents.
Jeff
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How about just some good wishes?
Blake
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Just FYI, I have Adam emerging onto the pad and seeing Randall, Jenny, and the kids at the other end, standing at the edge and waving down toward a sea of flashing lights, yelling and trying to get someone’s attention. Since we’re all writing scenes that occur in the same place and time, we should probably keep apprised of what everyone else is doing.
Blake
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How do we barricade the door to the helipad…any ideas? Big metal dumpster by the door? Some large piece of equipment they can use to briefly block the door?
Blake
September 18, 2010
With some swift kicks, the chainsaw, and some pushing and pulling, they could detach a few of the air conditioning units on the roof and stack those against the doors.
Joe
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I’m adding to the end of this Clay section to make it consistent with the opening of Blake’s Adam 8.0 (to which I added one word from Clay: “Incoming!”)
Paul
September 19, 2010
Here’s how I see Clay’s roof scene. He’s got the kids and the baby. The TV copter is landing. The pilot sees a couple of draculas (attacking Adam maybe?) and suddenly decides landing is not such a good idea but Clay is there with the MM-1 and makes it very clear that the copter either lands or it flies off with a dead pilot at the stick. He puts the kids on board and Adam comes up to say good-bye to his daughter. We can switch to Adam’s POV here.
As for destroying the hospital, the army could drop a huge shaped charge onto the roof that will blast a plasma jet down through the floors (just like an antitank missile goes through layers of steel), frying everything within. Obviously, Clay won’t survive that.
Paul
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Paul, this sounds great, and as always, your knowledge of ordnance, firearms, etc. is terrifying. Check out my Adam and Stacie scene first though, just to get a sense of what’s happening on the roof. The way it’s worked out, Adam will have his daughter in his arms when the draculas break through, get bitten, but then Randall saves him. At that point, Adam will walk over to Clayton and hand his baby over, knowing he’s been infected. It made sense for Adam, Stacie (and baby) to be together when she dies.
Blake
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Adam and Stacie final scenes are up…Please check them out before you write your final scenes…I think it’ll make it easier to keep the timeline straight.
Blake
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I’m putting Draculas 4.0 together…Joe thought it would help with figuring out where new scenes go, so I’m putting my new ones in, along with Paul’s and Jeff’s setting up what happens on the roof. We are super close, guys.
Blake
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Hey, I see that you’ve got “The Sound of Blunder” listed as a bonus DRACULAS story. Make sure you double- check your contract—I think you’re a year away from being able to reprint it!
Jeff
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Reprint? It’s an ebook. We’re not printing anything.
Joe
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You’re gonna get in troooooooouble…
Jeff
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Also, as one of the bonus extras, we’re including forty-six Harlan Ellison stories.
Joe
September 20, 2010
