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[So many people keep dying. This time, he knew three of the names in the obituary, even if he'd only spoken to two of them once. This is unacceptable. They need to find a way to stop this.

[The video feed opens on Lea's face, looking sort of stern.]

So I say this is getting out of hand, who's with me? [He lifts one finger as if to call for a show of hands, then lowers it and shakes his head.] People keep getting caught outside after dark, and it's gotta stop. We need a map, even a crude one, so people have some idea how far they're gonna need to travel to find shelter and food, or this is just gonna keep happening.

[The view shifts away from him and downward, to show a page in a spiral notebook. It has some boxes and squiggly lines on it. Lea's no cartographer, but it's something.]

[The feed stays on this doodled map while Lea continues speaking.]

On the far right is what's believed to be the southeasternmost corner of this town. It's a veterinary clinic that's apparently cornered in by that huge snow wall. To the south is the wall. Everything westward of it I've mapped as I've traveled around, though I can't guarantee the scale by a long shot. I marked each house with a noteworthy feature, in case anyone happens upon it, so we can try and cobble the rest of the map together based on who's traveled from where.

This is about all I've got--nothing else I've noted has any orienting landmarks--but if anybody can expand on it, we might be able to figure out where other people are in relation.

[The feed comes back around to Lea, and he frowns darkly.]

We've got no choice but to work together, or people are just gonna keep dying. Anybody got anything?

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[Clayton's face is level but friendly on the backdrop of what appears to be a very empty house. Lea's frustrations are completely understandable--Clayton shares them, even though he's had to essentially rebuild whatever relationships he's lost in this set of obituaries. He's only just started to get to know them again. It isn't fair. But he and Lea have only just started to get to know each other, too, and it really isn't his place to open and pry about such things. He'll let Lea ease into that discussion when he's ready.]

[Better instead if he just presents what's being requested.]

I've got a couple'a maps I've drawn up. Maybe you can make 'em fit on there somehow.

[Attached are two maps; the second one cuts off at the "empty house" and doesn't go any further east, because I got too ahead of myself while drawing these. Close enough.]

I'd send 'em off to Steph--she's got a good set goin', I think. Thinkin' Clem'n I're in the southwest corner, whereabouts.

[A pause. Clayton squints and gently strokes his beard.]

If you don't mind my askin', didya take a look in that vet's place?

Oh hey, those are useful. I've been trying to place whereabout the church is in relation to other stuff.

And yeah, Steph was gonna be my next stop. I just figured maybe I finally had enough on here to be useful to somebody.

[Lea shakes his head then.]

I wasn't actually at the vet, I just got the info from ah... Tadashi. Tadashi Hamada. He said he'd been there and seen it was cornered in, but I'm not sure what he found inside.

Ah, Tadashi. [Clayton nods in recognition. That name the guy with the cat gave! Yes, he, uh. Knows him. In a sense.] Well, good ta know anyways--if Clem'n I keep headin' east, we should get there soon enough.

You plan on stickin' 'round that part a the town, or're you plannin' on mappin' more'n another direction?

Don't think I've talked to Clem yet. But yeah, I think the idea to keep heading east is a good one; we'll all eventually wind up in the same place, in theory. If this place is cornered in on all sides like I think it is, we'll hit another wall eventually.

For now I think Clarke and I are gonna go check out a big building she saw nearby, which might be the school. Beyond that I'm not sure just where I'll wind up going. I wanna explore more of the town, see if there are other clues as to what happened to the people who used to live here, or at least find someplace that has some food... I think I'm gonna try and stick with somebody else, though. Something tells me going it alone here ain't a good idea at all.

Yer travelin' with Clarke? [Another name Clayton recognizes! By proxy! Look this is starting to get a little complicated and weird.] That's good. Sure she 'preciates the help. An' the company--'cause yer right, ain't nothin' like gettin' stuck out 'n this place all on yer lonesome. The more eyes the better. 'Sides, if ya split up...who knows when y'all 'll find each other again? [He shakes his head.] Ain't worth it, I'm sayin'.

Yup, we're gonna team up at least as far as checking out that building. But yeah, being stuck all alone just sucks, so I'm hoping that whatever happens, I can at least tag along with somebody from now on.

[Clayton nods and grins.] That's the ticket. If yer real unlucky, you might jus' get stuck with me one a these days, eh?

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