Not necessarily good in the terms of news that leads to a pleasant or beneficial outcome, but more that it’s some- thing good to know. Info coming in from sources around the QZ have this trend of building enclaves increasing, but there have been a few warnings about places to avoid, and a few people have pointed out that the vari- ous enclaves aren’t communicating. Add into that data I got from Tark about some of the Catacombs entrances, and I’m seeing an interesting picture forming.
Revere, already featured in D.C.’s work with a slave camp of some kind and those wonderful dicks over at the hotel, seems to be growing and making pleasant invitations to anyone in the Boston area who wants to settle there. The only problem is that I’m pretty sure bad drek is going down over there, so anyone taking their offer is in for trouble. I’m trying to get warnings out but I’m not sure anyone will listen to me over an entire town. Chelsea has two stories. There’s some voices coming out of the area from a group of people who sound like true survivalists. Their messages are a little tinged with rhetoric, recognizable crap from the New Revolution. Whoever gathered up this cluster of survival specialists is definitely a big fan of the former U.S. of A. and looking to gather in more friends of the former nation.
The second story comes from the silence of a group living behind fortifications erected around a cemetery under the towers. Word I gathered was a group lived in- side the cemetery who weren’t running any kind of com- ms but were aggressively defending their territory. Folks I’ve talked to said the cemetery is gaining a lot of occu- pants (the traditional kind), both infected and survivors. I don’t know what it’s like in there now. Sacred ground beneath the shadows of the towers.
Malden was smack dab in the path of the dragon that most think started all this. When he flew north, rain
fell from him like a curse. It seems Malden may be a ha- ven for those who came out on the wrong side of that curse. Survivors up that way have been hard to come by, and those who have come through seem to have acquired those strange personality changes that we’ve noted throughout this report. From Kip freaking on D.C. all the way to the strangeness at Logan that Kodiak reported, life inside the zone has had some personal- ity disorder problems. Malden is reported to have an enclave, but no communication is coming from there. No invites, no messages, and rumor has it the place is growing upward. Buildings are rising even though there is a quarantine up. I’d say bullshit if it didn’t come from sources I’d really call reliable.
Dedham is like the polar opposite of Malden. They’re “calling all cleans,” as they say, and looking to build a haven near the wall that can start getting folks out of the zone. It’s drawn a lot of people out, and the roads of the Rox and the areas around Dedham are riddled with the dead who tried to get there. The concentration of sham- blers and ragers is low this far south, but it’s enough to keep people from moving safely. Careful heading to- ward Dedham. I think they’re on the level, but they aren’t helping anyone get there. You’re on your own for that.
The Shipyards, as I call them, are hot to trot. They may be the original enclave. They locked down their ter- ritory early and made sure to let everyone know they weren’t playing around. The Shipyards have tossed plen- ty of bodies into the Harbor, both survivors and infect- ed, because they don’t want trouble of any kind. They’re like a cleaner version of the Rox because they’re newer. Same “everything goes” attitude, but without the years of garbage dumped on them.
South Boston is close to the Shipyards, but they are not so cool, calm, and collected. What do you expect from Southie? The place is split three ways between gangs, locals (who are really just a gang), and the wan- dering crazies. I got a lot of info from here—Southies like to chat—and it seems like a nice microcosm of the en- tire quarantine. The gangs are on the move and causing trouble, the locals are hunkered down into small groups that fight each other in between fights with the gangs and crazies, and the crazies are out wandering around everywhere. Want an idea of what the QZ is like overall? Come here for a taste, but hope you have connections, ’cause the Southies will let you rot if you aren’t a Southie. And if you are and need to duck into the wrong hood, best be ready for a beatdown, then a drink.
Peabody is where all the sensible people up near Sa- lem seem to have taken refuge. I got word from them thanks to Tark. They’re locked down and trying to stay out of the craziness that is going on in Salem. The prob- lem is I’m not sure why they’re staying out of it. The in- fection was pretty strong up that way, D.C. saw that first- hand with the apparent emptiness of the place, but now Peabody has a solid enclave that is claiming to be neutral and outside all the action around Salem. Strangest part
is, the area they claim to hold is huge. They’d need a lot of numbers to hold it, and that’s a little unnerving.
I saved Lynn Woods Reserve until late in this write-up because, well, it’s just the most amusing to me and I need- ed as many smiles today as I could get. This place is a mas- sive tract of land that should be listed among the Wilds, but instead I’m listing it among the enclaves because an ex- tremely skilled hunter has made the place his own person- al crazy preserve. Rumors suggest that this person is Da- mon, but I’ve got good intel he’s elsewhere, and this place is still holding it down as a big patch of land where people can feel safe walking around in some fresh air. I have also heard that a number of the hunts that go on here are not conducted by two-legged predators, and that a number of hyper-intelligent four-legged infected have been stalking this area. I don’t think it’s the case, but this might have been the origin of the beast that attacked Chestnut Hill.
I’ve caught a few mentions of an all-Native enclave in the Wilds out near Lexington. The rumors say they tie non-Natives to the walls to draw critters from the Wilds and the critters keep the crazies away in protection of their easy food supply. They’ve put out a lot of job of- fers to get supplies, including trying to find hackers who have the skill to redirect drops to them. If I had to guess, at some point they’ll get some corporate support from Horizon or the PCC, but I imagine their remote location is not prime real estate for the corps to support.
Last spot I’ll mention is Stoneham. They’ve got an enclave and they accept useful additions, but they’re se- riously picky about what they consider useful. The intel I’ve seen on them mentions a serious security force with pro-level response times and tactics, but no one seems to know where they came from. Rumors abound, but none so credible that I need to include them right now.