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Your head throbs, so you crack open a beer and drink it fast. The cool liquid feels smooth going down, though the accompanying belch tastes terrible.

As you look around the living room, you realize your supplies and gear are scattered around the house. It's time to gather everything up and inventory your resources. Searching through the entire house, you gather a variety of useful things: a backpack, a knife, toiletries (two bars of soap, half a bottle of shampoo, half a tube of toothpaste), extra blankets, a bottle with some whiskey in it, a hammer, nails, and some wood, along with a half-full bottle of pain-killers. Being out in the country, you have the advantage of well water on your property, so you're not too worried about running out. In a closet in the living room, you find a GPS and flashlight with a pack of batteries. You create a pile on the first floor so everything is accessible when needed.

After the initial search, you move through the house more carefully and collect anything else that might be of use.

From storage, you take a shovel.

You were hoping to practice with your close-combat weapon while on vacation, so you take out your…