I was a bit shocked that when the fog thinned MC went out looking for hats instead of using the opportunity to move buildings - while they could see everything. Just use a strip of cloth and get everyone safely moved. Fuck the baseball caps.
I think any group with military training or a well led, experienced, sports team would be able to do this, but they would have already packed everything up and been ready to move very quickly.
They would also have a designated or actual leader who was effectively an autocrat for the duration of the emergency - follow their lead and hold the questions until the emergency is over/no longer an issue.
Here, we have the MC, the leader of an ad hoc group including two office workers - one of which recently lost it and can barely be trusted - as well as the newest 'team' member - a ditsy college girl now off her meds.
He is herding cats = reading moods/managing morale/trying to integrate the newest person, Shelley, into the group while getting her buy-in to leave her sanctuary and come with the 3 of them.
This is on top of his scrounging for food and protection from the fog/exploring ways to cross the campus 'safely'/ensuring that they are as protected as he can make them and trying to manage his own physical and mental health.
The MC and the group are also 3 weeks into the disaster (first fog rolled in and shut things down on Jun 17; day after the rain is Jul 7); the MC and in fairness, the women, are not at their best due to stress and lack of balanced/adequate meals among other things.
I think at 3 weeks in, with the group the MC has, he is getting some tunnel vision - reduced to just staying focused on a few goals:
* Keep the group together and as safe as can be
* Keep pushing towards the hospital and the hope of an air evac
* Manage the groups food/water/shelter/security needs as best he can
Are there things he is missing? -- Absolutely, and I think it will get worse!
I think he is playing the hand he was dealt as best he can, but the continued lack of adequate food/rest/shelter/security is going to result in a further reduction of mental acuity and the dangers that come from that.
Cheers!!
