text: [Themes: Zombie, Horror, horror, post-apocalyptic, nun, Christianity, dead protagonist]
  
  > look around
  Pale fluorescent lights illuminate the room. With the power back on, this walk-in freezer is getting cold quite rapidly. For a moment, it offers relief from the summer heat. Then the chill starts to seep in and you feel your body shutting down.
  
  > wait for a while
  Time passes.
  
  > Wait
  You rest for a while. It's peaceful, but you start to get restless eventually. Perhaps there's something you can do to pass the time.
  
  > Pray
  "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our
  death."
  
  Praying relaxes you, but it's over too soon.
  
  > Pray
  "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our
  death."
  
  Again the prayer is over too soon, and your peace dissolves.
  
  > Dance
  You flail around, jumping up and down like a crazy fool. It makes you a little dizzy, but your head doesn't hurt any worse for it.
  
  > examine rosary
  You're feeling contemplative.
  
  The rosary has a loop of five decades, or sets of of ten beads, with a single bead separating each decade from the next. A string of four more beads hangs from the loop, with a crucifix at the end. Every bead represents a prayer. You know how to pray the rosary, and when you were alive you used one to calm down. This one appears to be made of cavity-riddled teeth hooked together with small pieces of wire.
  
  > Pray rosary
  (first taking the rosary)
  You hold the rosary in your hands, counting off beads with your fingers. You start with the cross on the end, making the sign of the cross and praying the Apostle's Creed. At the first bead you say the Lord's Prayer, and then a Hail Mary on each of the next three.
  
  The chill of the freezer blankets you comfortably, encouraging you to continue the prayer.
  
  > Pray rosary
  You enter the loop, which contains five strings of ten beads, each with a single bead in between. Meditating on the Resurrection, you say an Our Father and ten Hail Marys.
  
  Jim's eyes flicker open and fix your gaze.
  
  "Jesus Christ! He's looking right at me! It's him, Peter! I just
  cut my friend's head of with a fucking hacksaw! What do I do now?"
  
  "Bring him along, then." Marie suggests. "We'll have good times."
  
  "No fucking way. I'm sticking him in the fridge."
  
  > Pray rosary
  You recite another decade meditating on Christ's ascent into heaven.
  
  "Look out, Jack!" Jim shoves you aside and claws swipe the air by
  your ear. Then he stumbles back as two ghouls rip into his chest.
  
  > Pray rosary
  You contemplate Pentecost, the time when The Holy Spirit descended on the apostles in tongues of fire. You say an Our Father and ten more Hail Marys.
  
  to shrivel in the heat of the bonfire.
  
  > Pray rosary
  You say another Our Father and ten Hail Marys meditating on the mystery of the Assumption, in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is taken up into heaven.
  
  It's got to be around here somewhere.
  
  chill. "You think we'll find it before it reanimates?"
  
  "Maybe not, Jack. There's a lot of places to hide. We might not
  find Marie's body at all."
  
  > Pray rosary
  You complete the last decade of the rosary. The fifth mystery is the Coronation of Mary, Queen of Heaven. At the end you pray:
  
  "Hail, Holy Queen, mother of mercy,
  our life, our sweetness and our hope.
  To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve
  To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale
  of tears.
  Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward
  us,
  and after this our exile, show us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
  O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
  Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of
  the promises of Christ."
  
  "Amen," Jim says with you. He gets up and scans the ridge ahead.
  Then he coughs. "Damn, I'd kill for a cigarette right now."
  
  You and Jim are on a high mountain trail. There's a good view of
  the desert in most directions, although you can't see the road anymore. You'd expect it to be quiet out here, even when there were cars that worked. But the quiet here is something else entirely. There's no sign of life anywhere.
  
  Jim is walking ahead of you, searching for Peter and Marie.
  
  You're thinking, "Where'd they go?"
  
  > Talk
  "Where'd they go, Jim?"
  
  Jim turns to you reassuringly. "We'll find them, Jack. Don't
  worry." Then the motherfucker starts singing.
  
  "One of these mornings, and it won't be long
  All men will rise and stand side by side
  Then hand in hand, we'll walk to glory
  And death will fall before freedom's tide.
  
  I'm going there, to see my father
  I'm going there, no more to roam
  I'm going there, just over Jordan
  I'm going there to my new home."
  
  > talk trailer
  "I got this idea. You know how bad the creatures are at opening
  doors? What if we loosen the doorknob on the trailer? We could trap them inside!"
  
  Totally ignoring what you said out loud, Jim turns to you reassuringly. "We'll find them, Jack. Don't worry." Then the motherfucker starts singing.
  
  "One of these mornings, and it won't be long
  All men will rise and stand side by side
  Then hand in hand, we'll walk to glory
  And death will fall before freedom's tide.
  
  I'm going there, to see my father
  I'm going there, no more to roam
  I'm going there, just over Jordan
  I'm going there to my new home."
  
  > talk yellow dog
  "Did you ever see that movie, "Old Yeller?""
  
  Totally ignoring what you said out loud, Jim turns to you reassuringly. "We'll find them, Jack. Don't worry." Then the motherfucker starts singing.
  
  "One of these mornings, and it won't be long
  All men will rise and stand side by side
  Then hand in hand, we'll walk to glory
  And death will fall before freedom's tide.
  
  I'm going there, to see my father
  I'm going there, no more to roam
  I'm going there, just over Jordan
  I'm going there to my new home."
  
  > talk marie
  "What's up with Marie, Jim?"
  
  Totally ignoring what you said out loud, Jim turns to you reassuringly. "We'll find them, Jack. Don't worry." Then the motherfucker starts singing.
  
  "One of these mornings, and it won't be long
  All men will rise and stand side by side
  Then hand in hand, we'll walk to glory
  And death will fall before freedom's tide.
  
  I'm going there, to see my father
  I'm going there, no more to roam
  I'm going there, just over Jordan
  I'm going there to my new home."
  
  > go south
  You wander down the trail, continuing to search for your
  friends.
  
  You and Jim are on a high mountain trail. There's a good view of
  the desert in most directions, although you can't see the road anymore. You'd expect it to be quiet out here, even when there were cars that worked. But the quiet here is something else entirely. There's no sign of life anywhere.
  
  Jim is walking ahead of you, searching for Peter and Marie.
  
  > talk the campfire
  You bring up the subject of the campfire.
  
  Totally ignoring what you said out loud, Jim turns to you reassuringly. "We'll find them, Jack. Don't worry." Then the motherfucker starts singing.
  
  "One of these mornings, and it won't be long
  All men will rise and stand side by side
  Then hand in hand, we'll walk to glory
  And death will fall before freedom's tide.
  
  I'm going there, to see my father
  I'm going there, no more to roam
  I'm going there, just over Jordan
  I'm going there to my new home."