Travis managed to find us some back alleys to shorten our way and keep us away from the living dead. Our car journey was - thankfully - uneventful. Eventhough the number of Zombies seems to grow, it's still somewhat manageable. Or so we thought...
Arriving at Sakura's home, we knew there would be no easy way in. The streets were crawling with Zombies - dozens of shambling undead were blocking our way. Curiously they did not really react to our car.
We stopped, got out our weapons and carefully approached. The Zombies were busy clawing at the walls, heaven knows why, and most did not spot us at all. The few that came close were mainly dispatched by Travis though I , too, got one.

I unlocked the house door with my key, ushered Travis in and locked behind me. Slowly creeping up the stairs we covered each other, and lo and behold - some of Sakura's neighbours seem to have turned. We took the two horrors down and I unlocked Sakura's flat door.
The door was badly damaged, but manageable. For now we three are securely indoors... we'll grab Sakura's gear now and head over to Clansman. Once we're all ready, we'll decide what to do next.

just make sure to keep ur fuel tank full and dont miss an opportunity to refuel if one presents itself

Remember to siphon gas from any abandoned cars you find, or even better stop at a gas station and fill up with some fuel. You do not want to run out unexpectedly.

Voted Travis - he will be the most useful early on when you have to collect the other 2 friends.
Items:
Glasses - I assume you need them to see well.
Army knife - many uses e.g. cutting zombies.
Phone - coordinate with your friends, hopefully you will collect them all before the telecom buildings are overrun.
Keys - one of them might be for a car, useful even if Travis is good at urban navigation.
Tape - MacGyver.
Good luck!

EDIT: Crap, I was too late. Should have read the comments before posting. While you get ready you should bring a Zombie carcass for Sakura to study.

Voted - travis

Fending off zombies for the next 16 or so hours.

This sucks. The one day I try to get in some quiet reading, and we get a zombie outbreak. Thought at first it where the neighbors kids again, screeching like banshees, but as I looked out the window I saw the gardens swarming with zombies. They must have come quite suddenly since they took my neighbors by surprise and where happily munching away on them. I never much liked them anyway.
I raced down the stairs and managed to lock the front door securely, but I could already hear sounds from the basement, the zombies apparently had found the back door. So I just locked the cellar door and ran back to my flat. I locked and barricaded that door too, and hoped for the best.
As I was searching around my flat for anything useful and categorized my food supplies, I found some leftover meat, that wouldn't stay fresh for a siege anyway. I decided to try some experiments. I soaked it in the most vile chemicals and cleaners I had around and threw it down to the zombies. None of it seems to be able to kill them, but it worked as a distraction, and some of it might have made them less coordinated. Or perhaps it's just the normal zombie decay. I'd need more time to test it thoroughly. At least they were mostly running against walls, and didn't seem to possess enough motor skills to break down my door.

Then OGrady showed up. I nearly bashed his head in with a stepladder as he unlocked my door. While I'm glad he's all right and unharmed, it would have served him right, scaring me like that. Travis was with him, and injured, too. I collected my stuff in a hurry. I got a small med kit with bandages, medical tape, painkillers and gauze, sharp scissors, a lighter, some rope and a bottle of vodka, as a disinfectant or crude narcotic.
I also had a cooling pack for Travis' knee and gave him some of the painkillers to keep him effective.
Now we are on our way to Clansmans house. I hope he's alright and well.

Having called Clansman before we went I knew what was waiting for us. It still did not really prepare us.
We were cautioned not to step on the wire mesh Clansman had put on the ground. We didn't. However, we did not expect the Zombies to look like... this. Burned beyond recognition, smoldering heaps of rotting flesh... my stomach turned, and Travis and Sakura didn't look happy, either.
Anyway, we sidestepped Clansman's deathtrap and knocked on the door. There was a loud rumble, then a shudder, then footsteps. When the door finally opened we looked upon an array of deathtraps, too many to count, too creative to describe. With a grin he welcomed us in.

We should be safe here as long as we have electricity. We'll use the rest of the day for gear maintenance, to plan tomorrow and to take a deep breath or two. We'll spend the night here and in the morning we'll decide what we do next.

Considering that we're not even sure what we're up against, we have several options tomorrow.

1. We could just stay put and see what happens. Of course sooner or later we'll need to get supplies and I don't think the Zombies will move away on their own. On the other hand that would give us time to tinker with our gear - we have access to a a lot of comfortable stuff right now, including a welding station.
2. We could try catching a, um, "live" Zombie for study purposes. This is as foolish as it is dangerous and therefor tickles the mad scientist in all of us. It could help us understand the threat better. Or maybe kill us all. One of those.
3. Study a "dead" Zombie. Probably safe, unless we find out about some Zombie virus that can infect you even if the Zombie host is dead in which case we're probably boned.
4. Ignore the Zombies for now (yeah, right) and raid the area for more supplies. We may find better weapons, more provisions and other useful stuff! Or Zombie related agonizing death! But hopefully the first one.

You guys decide while we go to sleep. Good night.

Definitely number 2. It may be stupidly dangerous, but you could experiment (relatively) safely on ways to get past them. Do they hunt by sight, smell, sound, all of these, or something else? If you find the soft tissue has all decayed, you can devise new ways to appear invisible to them since all three senses depend on soft tissue. Plus, it would be awesome to read.
You might want to keep him away from where you stay though, in case he attracts more zombies.

Off topic, what keyboard do you have?

Raid for more supplies!! Get them before other survivors do!

i think nubmer 3, it is safe and you can success with it.

Take Travis. With him, you can kick a lot of zombie ass and fuck them up. Also, you two seem like a awesome combination. Clansmen can upgrade your weapon, so what? Your good with small weapons. Sakura can only make sandwiches and heal you but can't fight, so she'll hold you back.
As for the five weapons, pick the fucking computer. You can fuck lots of zombies with it, just chuck it at their face and scream 'COME AT ME BRAH.'

QUICK!
Grab the keyboard!
That would be a decent weapon for the start!

Keyboard
Repair- 100%
Damage- 15%
Type- Lightweight
Durability- 10%
"Smashing trolls since 1969"

It's durability isnt that strong so use it wisely. It has a decent range and it's easy to carry!

As for ally, i would suggest Travis, his skill in geology and urban navigation will give you a good ground. With his skill chances of finding zombies will be limited. As well as his ability to use larger weapons to aid in your lack of ability in them. On your journey you will find some survivors no doubt! Medical and technological equipment will be provided by the things around you as well as survivors you may encounter! Hold out at Mercy Hospital, we are on our way! It doesn't look too good here in America but the more people we gather up, the better!

Stay strong Brother!

OK.... we've had a more or less quiet night, but I have to admit that the constant moaning is starting to take it's toll on us all. Since the overwhelming majority wants us all to go foraging that's what we'll do. I suppose I'll open a new thread for day 2 later today... provided we all survive, of course.

Whoo, contact! I managed to get a message to one of you just now. I'm not entirely sure who received it, but I sent part of the giveaway url. Keep us alive and I'll try to send more when there's time (meaning one each day).

Clansman, upgrades are handy :P