▌ THE RACCOON CITY OUTBREAK.
this can be considered cindy's canon timeline for the events out outbreak - i have done my best to use the existing scenarios, timelines, events and files to create a comprehensive timeline : taking into account each scenarios "default" party list / the relevant scenarios characters ( such as flashback for alyssa ).
▌WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, APPROX 7:30PM ( SCENARIO : OUTBREAK )
jack’s bar is attacked during a broadcast on the incident at the warren stadium earlier in the day, resulting in the death of the cook, will. the patrons of the bar, begin to flee, splitting into two groups. cindy, mark wilkins ( alongside his friend bob ), kevin ryman and george hamilton escape through the staff room ( the key obtained by cindy, being the waitress ) whilst the other group consisting of alyssa ashcroft, yoko suzuki, jim chapman and david king flee into the streets towards the apple inn. with mark barricading the doors, cindy finds the key and unlocks the door to the next floor, continuing to retreat with the group, escaping through the liquor room onto the rooftop - unable to continue on, bob collapses and, unwilling to be a burden, asks to be killed whilst his conscience still remains in tact. mark is unwilling and unable to do this, refusing, and so bob commits suicide. regretfully continuing on, the rpd officers in the street begin to set up perimeter checkpoints - informing civilians that they need to proceed to these checkpoints before the area is closed off. one by one the group jump across to the next rooftop, making their way through the apartment before making it to the street. with kevin and mark assisting the police officers by moving the cars into another barricade, police offer raymond douglas leads the group towards the next checkpoint. with the situation growing worse, they manage to fight off the zombies by taking advantage of a leaking fuel tanker : creating an explosion that kills the approaching horde, but causes immense damage on the street / to the surrounding buildings. due to this, they are forced to jump into the canal and head into the sewers - officer douglas is not so fortunate, and is killed in the attack. travelling through the sewers, they climb out onto the street of the apple inn - set ablaze in the chaos - where they run into other civilians and members of the rpd who are in the process of evacuating. due to the barricades, they are forced to stop en route to the rpd, forcing them to continue on foot. with the streets filled with zombies, the majority of whom from the football match at the warren stadium, the rpd officers out on the street attempt to covermain street with explosives - two are killed in the attempt. mark and kevin assist the remaining officer whilst george and cindy stay at a safe distance. with the two successful in stopping the oncoming horde by devastating main street, they wait for more reinforcements as the rpd arrives. the survivors reunite at the rpd.
▌THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, APPROX 7PM ( SCENARIO : WILD THINGS )
with raccoon city officially under quarantine, the city is blockaded - stopping anyone from entering or exiting - in an attempt to halt the spread of infection. half the survivour's group leave the rpd, hearing that evacuation helicopters will be arriving to escort civilians out of the city via the station at the rear of the zoo. kevin stays at the station with his fellow officers, lamenting that he should have been there the whole time, suggesting that cindy ( who is a civilian ) should evacuate as soon as possible - promising to see her once the situation has been resolved.
once more, the group splits into two parties : the first consisting of cindy, george, yoko and alyssa with the second consisting of kevin, mark, jim and david.
finding that the next evacuation is at 10pm, the group manage to find their way into the zoo before they are promptly attacked by oscar, the elephant, who ( like all the animals of the zoo ) has been infected. stumbling upon surviving members of staff, they manage to avoid oscar as they attempt to restore power to the zoo in order to get from one side to another, attempting to make their way towards the service road which has been, unfortunately, blocked off by a crashed truck. eventually finding their way through the zoo, collecting the emblems needed to unlock the front gate, they are forced to sneak through the plaza to avoid the two lionesses who have escaped before finally reaching escaping the zoo and reaching the tram station where, according to the information they received, the helicopter will be landing in order to evacuate survivors. whilst waiting, they are attacked by another infected creature : max the lion. succeeding in killing the beast, they wait for the helicopter for a few hours, but it does not arrive - the prior evacuation attempt crashed before it managed to escape the city and thus, was unable to return to collect more survivors.
despite the continued efforts of the police and national guard, the chaos has yet to be brought under control. apparently, a rescue helicopter sent to western raccoon city with nearly 40 refugees on board has crashed. it is unclear if anyone survived. as of 9 o'clock, the city has been quarantined and civilian movement is limited. and entry by anyone other than authorized military personnel has been strictly forbidden. all signs point to the situation worsening before it gets better. ⸻ wild things epilogue.
early in the morning, the remaining citizens of raccoon city are condemned to their fate as the military finishes blockading the city, guarding all exits under the guise of a radioactive disaster that needs to be contained. cindy and the survivors manage to survive the day, scavenging through buildings, looking for fellow civilians, replenishing their ammo. as night falls, they make their way to another evacuation point - the rooftop of the raccoon city general hospital - an idea which is heavily debated given the hospital will, no doubt, otherwise be a deathtrap due to the amount of sick prior to the outbreak ( many of whomst were suffering from initial symptoms of infection ) to the amount of dead and, with the military pausing all evacuations and aid, may be a pointless risk. ultimately, with george and cindy arguing their case, the group decide it is worth the attempt - not only as it is one of the few remaining evacuation points, but because they are in desperate need of medical supplies.
▌SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, APPROX 1:05AM ( SCENARIO : THE HIVE )
assisted by dr hursh, one of the few remaining employees, the group make their way through this hospital with the hopes of escaping via the rooftop for the aforementioned - but uncertain - evacuation helicopter ( though the elevators are malfunctioning, and all the shutters are down, limiting the path by stairs ). making their way to the rooftop, they find the police officer who was evacuating civilians, injured and delirious from pain : he assumes cindy is someone he knows, using his dying breath to thank her for coming for him as he gives over the last of his ammo. with no other means of escape and now trapped in the hospital, they are forced through the basement tunnels that connect to the sewer, encountering the infected leeches have fester, multiplied and spread into the hospital : much like the leech-men creatures in arklay’s training facility that mimic marcus, these infected leeches have formed into almost-human appearing figures. dr hursh is absorbed into the mass of leeches, leaving the group to fend for themselves. eventually finding the underpass entrance and a small moored boat leading to the sewers, the group attempts to escape but are forced to fight off the leech queen in the sewer tunnel. whilst successful, the boat is destroyed in the process, leaving them to move slowly on foot - and exposing them further to infection - after yoko suggests that by following the sewer tunnels, they could possibly find their way to umbrella’s laboratory, and from there, find a way out the city.
▌SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, APPROX 2AM ( SCENARIO : BELOW FREEZING POINT )
making their way through the sewers, the group eventually emerge into a subterranean train tunnel. yoko leads the group towards the umbrella laboratories, knowing there will be an emergency evacuation train. before they can get further, they run into one of yoko’s colleagues, monica ( a fellow researcher who worked for doctor birkin - escaping after the uss alpha team raid ), who steals yoko's umbrella id at gunpoint : unknown to the group, monica also possesses samples of the g-virus, hoping to escape the facility and sell it off to the highest bidder. adding insult to injury, the train is not operational and so the group are now forced to move through the nest : yoko's amnesia renders this a difficult process ( so the group remain, for the moment, unaware that umbrella is both responsible for the outbreak and that this is the ground-zero for much of the virus spread ), alongside the lab being frozen in an attempt to stop many of the bioweapons which, whilst it had contained some ( mainly the hunters ), ultimately trapped many of the surviving staff within the facility.
despite finding a few other survivors, they are too injured to join the group, instead offering what little they have to aid the group instead. eventually getting the turntable working in order to board the train, the group are once again confronted by monica - who in her attempt to escape has been infected and parasitized by the g-creatures, which promptly kills her and escapes out of her body, mutating into something much larger. forced to fight the g-creature whilst cindy, george and yoko attempt to lower the barriers around the train, they manage to overcome it and kill it, using the train to ride towards the outskirts of town. unfortunately, they only make it so far into arklay forest before they are forced to disembark and travel on foot once more throughout the night. after several hours, the group find safety inside an old cabin, taking refuge their in order to recover their strength and get some much-needed sleep, though they taking turns to be on guard.
▌WEDNESDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER, DAWN ( SCENARIO : FLASHBACK )
as the sun begins to rise, their peaceful rest is interrupted by by an elderly man, entering the cabin : the owner, doctor lester, whonotes that it is unusual to get visitors, especially since the murders in the forest became a regular occurance, and that he has heard of the disaster in the city. doctor lester offers to lead them along the forest roads to the next town. having no other option, especially in a dense forest that has no doubt also been tainted with infected wildlife, they follow. as they approach the bridge over the river, the group take turns crossing, uncertain that the rickety bridge could hold their collective weight - though the strain causes the bridge to collapse before cindy can cross. promising to regroup somewhere in the forest, and with alyssa acting strange, george tells cindy that he will run ahead to catch up to doctor lester to ask him to find a way back to the bridge to get cindy. returning back to the cabin, cindy finds another woman resting inside - injured and exhausted, she tells cindy she was chased here by monsters but lost her daughter along the way. offering to look for the little girl, she is given a pendant to prove she was sent by her mother, before returning back to the forest. eventually, she finds the little girl - lucy - safe and sound at the river bank. showing the pendant as proof, cindy retraces her steps, leading lucy by the hand back up the river ( carefully avoiding the infected zombies and insects ) and back to the cabin. reunited, cindy spends a few hours with the two to look after their injuries before returning into the forests alone - though for her trouble, she is given the loaded shotgun by the mother as she has been unarmed and alone. despite being uncomfortable with the weapon, cindy graciously accepts and looks for another way across the river. after some time, she comes across another old rope bridge which manages to hold her weight as she crosses, though the path leads back into raccoon city - fortunate for her, as the rest of the group have survived their encounter with doctor lester at the hospital and were forced to turn back towards the city, reuniting.
▌WEDNESDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER, MIDDAY
assuming the police station will be the safest place to await evacuation, and wishing to reunite with the other survivors who would have no doubt been led there by kevin, the group find their way back to the police station. with no way in, they take shelter in the parking garage which is being used as a temporary shelter by surviving civilians who have gathered here. with the police station being impenetrable and the police offers - including kevin - unable to be reached they instead search the notices pinned to the walls for any information or confirmation that they are still alive, finding little other than a letter for george. with nowhere else to go, they make their way towards the university, following the instructions of the letter.
▌THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, APPROX 6:05AM ( SCENARIO : DECISIONS, DECISIONS )
despite the city being on the brink of collapse, the area surrounding the university is fairly silent - allowing the group to make their way fairly safely though they encounter discarded military supplies and evidence of recent gunfire. upon entering, they find that this silence extends to the university itself which has remained fairly in-tact and undamaged, though it is not completely free of infected. following george's lead ( and the letter posted for him ), they search through the building for doctor peter jenkins. after solving a few eccentric puzzles, they find him - though it is already too late, as the doctor is dead : unlike so many of the deaths that they have encountered so far, it was not infection or infected responsible for the death - peter has been shot. unaware that another doctor is responsible, umbrella employee greg mueller, and he is monitoring them in the hopes of taking advantage of the situation : releasing and observing the the thanatos tyrant. finding a diary describing that a successful vaccine - daylight - has been created which is capable of surpressing the t-virus, along with a series of shredded notes describing the necessary components, the group take these notes and begin hunting for the components : certain that they are all infected ( as with everything they've been through, it would be impossible not to be ) and are now running out of time as well as knowing that - due to the military blockade - bargaining with the vaccine is their only possible chance of escape. as they attempt to find each reagent, they are unaware of both the ubcs outside and ubcs monitor nikolai zinoviev who is on one of many missions on behalf of umbrella : his current task to gather samples from thanatos and assassinate doctor mueller before he can complete and escape with the daylight vaccine.
splitting further into pairs ( cindy and george, yoko and alyssa ), they gather the reagents: v-poison from the infected bees kept in the emissions tower; t-blood from thanatos after temporarily immobilising the released tyrant and finally, a chemical named p-base 1119 that is gathered from the water purifying facility. reuniting on the third floor of the university, they use the equipment there to synthesis a vaccine and, in the process, are interrupted by doctor mueller, planning to take the vaccine for himself, escape the city and then hold umbrella ransom. before he can fulfil his plans, he is assassinated by nikolai, who ( whilst the survivors have been collecting the reagents ) rigged the entire building to explode, setting off the detonators to ensure the group and, more importantly, the vaccine are stopped. with mere minutes before the university explodes, the group retrace their path through the university to escape just in time. assessing their next move and attempting to make sense of what occurred, they see a helicopter overhead belonging to the raccoon city fire department - who are announcing they are looking for survivors and will be landing at a nearby courtyard in order to make a final evacuation.
rushing to the meeting point, they are stopped by thanatos - with their group being severely outmatched in terms of power and ability ( particularly as many of their stronger, more equipped members were a part of kevin's group ) they have no choice but to use one of the daylight vaccines on thanatos which appears to kill the creature. finally able to board the helicopter without complication, the group are successfully evacuated : heading for the outskirts of the city to one of the many quarantine spots put up by the government. they are not the only survivors to escape, but it is not long after reaching the outskirts that raccoon city is destroyed completely, with the group watching the explosion from their helicopter.
the end of the world comes suddenly. the only life I knew was those quiet days in the city. now it’s all gone, i can’t stop shaking. the fear has gone but i cannot wash away this overwhelming sense of loss. ⸻ decisions, decisons epilogue.
over the next week, the survivors reunite with the other group - who have managed to escape, albeit through far more complicated means - but are kept in quarantine at the evacuation camp in the outskirts of the arklay forest to monitor them for symptoms and possible mutation : luckily, thanks to the daylight vaccine, the t-virus is rendered inert and their bodies though for some whom the virus had progressed further, they are left with slight mutations. eventually, they will all be called to testify in the trial of umbrella vs united states / oswell e. spencer vs united states - later known as the raccoon trials.
＊following this timeline ( which was made in collaboration with @greenherb ) this renders the other group ( which we'll refer to as 'kevin's group' ) as going through the scenario path in this order : outbreak > hellfire > underbelly > desperate times > end of the road. this group is responsible for fighting the tyrant-r and nyx, as well as rescuing doctor linda baldwin.
