While I was casually exploring the area with my npc martial artist friend Gattsu, I had to suddenly stop our RV because the road was blocked by a bunch of zombies and a Skeletal Juggernaut. I gleefully told my friend to stay in the car, took few Molotov cocktails and I went to face the danger. Unfortunately, I managed to land ONLY ONE cocktail, and it wasn’t enough. I drew my handgun from the ankle holster and shot it a couple of times. Alas, all bullets ricocheted off its bones! The monster was getting really close, so I had to resort to my last tactic - luring the beast and the horde behind it into the forest, while setting every tree, bush and twig on fire. After some time, I couldn’t see them anymore, but I kept going, just to be sure they all burned to their second death.
When I finally emerged out of the forest, I couldn’t believe my eyes! Next to our vehicle, Gattsu was fighting the Skeletal Juggernaut with her bare hands, and they were both near their death! I was absolutely shocked, but I knew I couldn’t waste any second, so I immediately started running as fast as possible! I couldn’t let her die! But I was too slow. As soon as the monster was in range of my pipe spear, it landed the final blow on Gattsu. I cried, ‘Noooo! Gattsu!’ and proceeded to violently batter the beast with my weapon, forgetting about the rules of shojutsu. The fight was close, but I was victorious.
After bandaging my wounds and defeating few stray zombies, I decided that Gattsu deserves a proper burial. I chopped down a pine tree and constructed a coffin. I dug a pit. I carefully placed Gattsu’s remains inside, sealed the coffin and lastly, I took a sip of whisky from my canteen. This was the moment when I realised that it’s not possible to put coffins into deep pits.
