Chapter 423 - Plans for Tomorrow - Yesterday? (1/2)

”Hey, these spent casings go to the workshop, correct? And the guns in your room?” Tatiana pointed at the boxes and military crates being unloaded inside the compound.

”Yeah, but tell Oscar he could have the shotguns, the 1911s, and the machineguns in his armory. Wait- just tell him we'd need to clean them all first before we start distributing them around our people that have safes in their houses. We're keeping the majority of it but it's safe to have a few stored around we could have access to.” I replied.

”Didn't we already give a few guns in each household?” Kaley asked.

”Yeah, we did but that's for them. It took a chunk of our ammo when we started basic training for each of them but it's better for our people to know how to use them instead of winging it when the time comes. Granted we don't teach all of them every single day but it's better than nothing. Anyway, back to storing guns at other people's places, it's only for emergencies and so that we could have a few guns at the ready outside if there's a chance we weren't able to go back to our house. Same reason we made each household have a vehicle ready just in case.” I explained.

”Oh, so that's why mom said that dad started having his own collection. Maybe he got most of them from Oscar.” Kaley commented.

”Hmm, I guess we'll leave a few more in your dad's house, Johnny's house, and a few places where we could find a good hiding spot like the house in Woodlands that had a safe. We never head out without our daily carry but better safe than sorry, right?” I replied then Kaley nodded.

”Hmm, now this is a face I wanted to see every time!” Tatiana nodded as well but she smiled when she saw Aya approaching us.

”Hello~ Mom said the food will be ready in a few minutes~ Oh! Oh! Thank you for the coloring books! Sis Rin said she'd make a few copies first so everyone could have the same thing! Thank you!” Aya smiled brightly.

”No problem, just make sure to color them like your mom taught you, okay?” I smiled back.

”Yes! Keep it inside the lines! They look different though, you made new ones?” Aya asked.

”New ones?” Kaley and Tatiana looked at me.

”Oh, I never told you guys. I used to draw a few ones for them just to get them hooked on the anime I'm always watching. Let's just say I went early before MelonCoco reached them. Oh, Aya, yes, they're the ones we found from a library, there's a lot too!” I chuckled.

”...” Kaley was speechless because of the lengths I go just to spread the word.

”...” Tatiana was speechless because she didn't understand a thing that I said.

”Oh! Okay~ Thanks!” Aya made a small bow before she ran back to their house.

”Oh yeah, I need to start Tatiana's 'training' on anime as well...” I started a few plans inside my head as Tatiana shuddered when we met eyes. Kaley was chuckling when she saw that happen but one thing she was forgetting was that we still had a game we promised we'd play together but still haven't had the chance to.

After a quick shower and a change of clothes, we discovered that the guys placed all of the crates just outside my room so I could arrange it inside my armory later. Rin and Cynthia walked out of the door after a few moments and Cynthia seemed to have cheered up.

”That's good.” I thought to myself.

Tatiana followed a few moments after but she was dragged back inside because she was wearing a tank top without anything underneath. The five of us soon came down and a few of my people have just started eating.

Tonight, we were served a bowl of freshly cooked lentil soup with green salad and cornbread. Aunt Sharon just finished another batch and a few soldiers from the DDR Camp happily took them to their base. They were carrying two huge pots but the look on their faces made me think they were ready to wharf on it the moment they reached their dining area.

After eating, our meeting started with everybody present.

We first talked about the daily upkeep along with the reports from Woodlands, the DDR Camp, and the two other outposts. There were a few requests and suggestions but it wasn't much to worry about. Some of the requests were transfers but it needed approval from the place the person was coming from and going to before it was accepted.

However, since the outpost where Lawrence was needed a bit more people, they were accepting anyone that applied. A supervisor was recently transferred to his outpost for a trial run for admin work and she seemed to be doing a good job for now.

The outpost in Meycauayan seemed to be doing well and they would soon expand a little bit, heading towards the square near the expressway. For now, they were sending more people to clear that area each day to lessen the zombie presence. They would soon start erecting barricades the moment the surrounding area starts getting somewhat peaceful to fully reclaim the area.

The square wasn't a sustainable piece of land where you could grow crops but they were thinking of growing a mushroom farm inside the storage areas where the numerous shops inside store their goods. It was the same thing that Amanda and Charlotte were doing with the white mushrooms we regularly harvest. The other advantage of reclaiming that area was the vantage point it could give and it had a huge automotive shop where they could store and repair vehicles which their place clearly needed help with.

”Old man, did Mauricio say anything else aside from hosting a meeting?” I looked at Oscar.

”Not much. He just said he had a business proposition we might be interested in and he was thinking about long-term solutions.” Oscar replied.