Kow: Regular RP, with me moderating discussion. This first step was for players to understand other players a little better, and individual action will pick up shortly.
Sue has now returned on her bike (conveniently stowed underneath the seats earlier) to the group and is carrying a large brown grocery bag full of food. She explains to you that up the road a couple miles was a general goods store that she grabbed dinner from. "I'm sorry meeting up took so long, guys," she explains, "I was hoping that we'd be able to start up tonight. But its already five, it'll only get colder and darker over the next few hours. We'll stay up at my parents' cabin for the night and start out in the morning." She explains that you need to go through Eisenhower Tunnel, and then it would be about another hour drive to the cabin.
After a little while of light conversation, everyone piles in to the van with Sue driving. The drive to the Eisenhower Tunnel is at a crawl and Sue groans disapprovingly. "Its not even raining, why would the tunnel be closed?" The van comes to a complete stop, with a red light just barely visible in the distance. In front of you, people are turning around, with the rare car pulling over to the side. Finally, Sue pulls up to a state trooper, who appears to be coming around to all the vehicles stuck. "What's the problem officer?" She asks.
"There's been an accident in the tunnel. Traffic is advised to turn around," he responded. Sue frowned. "If you would like, you can wait for the tunnel to reopen," the officer added, "but we're looking at at least another hour before that would be a possibility."
"Well, let me ask my group, alright?"
"Take all the time you need, ma'am. If you do choose to turn around, go ahead and proceed to Officer Red," he said pointing at another officer helping to reroute traffic in the other lane, "if you choose to stay, we ask that you pull over out of the left or middle lane so that we can get the people that we need in and out of the tunnel."
"Alright, thank you officer," Sue says in response. The officer nods and walks off to the car behind the van. "Well guys, what do you think? Should we wait for the tunnel to open up, or do you want to try the alternative route?"
CURRENT TIME: 6:00 PM MST
CURRENT ELEVATION: APPROX. 11,000 FEET
TEMPERATURE: 52 F