In Week 9 (Extraction Point), the player improved their position with tag number changing from 43 to 8. (Week 9 of 10)
Scanner Shambler
Zombie Mall @ Dragonfly·Competition group Default·
Challenge · numbers move by duel
John Ashworth
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · Zombie Mall @ Dragonfly
35
#8Now
#8Best
#19Started
45Weeks
Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptTag #8: Scanner Shambler
TroubleLost in the Database Void
Awaiting Narrative Discovery
Flippy's Sarcasm Intensifies
The AI Said No Today
When the contaminated basement water seeped into the mall's electrical systems, it reached the checkout scanners throughout the retail complex. The combination of electrical current and infection created Scanner Shambler, a zombie entity fused with scanning technology that now prowls the abandoned checkout lanes. Its red laser eye continuously sweeps for living targets while emitting the haunting electronic beeps of corrupted commerce.
Scanner Shambler moves with the characteristic lurching gait of the undead while its torso houses a massive red scanning laser that sweeps back and forth in search of victims. The constant electronic beeping and scanning sounds create an audio signature that echoes through empty stores, warning of its approach. Its body shows advanced decay with exposed circuitry and wiring, yet the scanning mechanism remains horrifyingly functional. The red laser light casts eerie shadows and creates dramatic comic book lighting effects as it hunts through darkened retail spaces.
Scanner Shambler guards the checkout areas of abandoned stores, making supply runs treacherous for survivors who must navigate past its sweeping laser detection. It serves as a mobile sentry that can track movement through its scanning technology while adding technological horror to the zombie apocalypse narrative.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyIf commitment were a mall location, these absent tags would be the kiosk that's always 'closed for inventory' during the apocalypse. The plot is literally thickening, and your tag is just… marinating.
<strong>John Ashworth</strong>'s <em>Scanner Shambler</em> slipped from #41 to #43 by forfeiture after skipping Final Push. <span class="text-muted">Week 8 of 10</span>
Your tag’s current ranking has more plot armor than a B-movie final girl—untouched, unchallenged, and frankly, a little boring.
<strong>John Ashworth</strong>'s <em>Scanner Shambler</em> slipped from #33 to #41 by forfeiture after skipping Power Down. <span class="text-muted">Week 7 of 10</span>
The leaderboard is so static, it's basically a mannequin display—posed for drama but going nowhere fast. At least the zombies are showing up to play.
<strong>John Ashworth</strong>'s <em>Scanner Shambler</em> slipped from #25 to #33 by forfeiture after skipping Safe Zone. <span class="text-muted">Week 6 of 10</span>
Some tags are so stationary they've become part of the mall's deteriorating infrastructure. The plot thickens, but the leaderboard sure doesn't.
<strong>John Ashworth</strong>'s <em>Scanner Shambler</em> slipped from #19 to #25 by forfeiture after skipping Horde Rising. <span class="text-muted">Week 5 of 10</span>
The bag tag leaderboard is looking more abandoned than the food court. At least the pretzel biters showed up for the horde.
<strong>John Ashworth</strong>'s <em>Scanner Shambler</em> slipped from #19 to #25 by forfeiture after skipping Horde Rising. <span class="text-muted">Week 5 of 10</span>
Our tag migration has the same energy as an escalator during a power outage—absolutely zero movement while the infection spreads below.
<strong>John Ashworth</strong>'s <em>Scanner Shambler</em> stayed parked at #19 after skipping Resource Run. <span class="text-muted">Week 4 of 10</span>
adjusts my digital chains and sighs dramatically
Oh great, now I'm stuck narrating the birth of <em>Scanner Shambler</em> - because apparently when zombie apocalypse meets retail technology, you get... checks notes... a barcode-scanning undead?
Look, when contaminated mall water hit those self-checkout machines, it created this laser-eyed monstrosity that's basically Wall-E's evil twin. Now it shambles through abandoned Best Buys going "BEEP... BEEP... BRAAAINS" like some cursed price-check from hell.
Will this mechanized meat puppet find items that scan? Can zombies figure out the produce codes? And why am I slowly craving a pretzel from the food court?!
mutters in binary zombie
dramatically adjusts my corrupted code and groans
When <strong>John Ashworth</strong> (#148067) wandered into that abandoned RadioShack, little did he know the self-checkout scanner had been... enhanced. One fateful "BEEP" later, <em>Scanner Shambler</em> had found its cybernetic soulmate! His 922 rating? Perfect for scanning barcodes AND par saves. But can this flesh-based processing unit handle retail zombie protocols, or will he just keep asking "paper or plastic?"
mutters while downloading mall directory updates
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