Realistic or Modern The Beginning of the End

[DrCompton]

Tom woke up in his own bed, which was a king sized mattress made for two. He got up slowly and yawned, using the restroom and turning on the shower. Tom always kept his door open, and had a trail of night lights for Carl leading from room to room in case Carl ever needed him in the night. He shaved and dressed before going down stairs. He yawned and grabbed yogurt and started to snack

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. Okay..." He saw Hunter dash into the en suite bathroom, and then he heard her throwing up. He sighed in worry and then looked at Caitlyn before gently lifting her off of the ground and into the bed beside him. He kissed the top of her head and then slowly stood up after putting the blanket over her legs. ".. I'll come back and look at your drawing in a minute, okay, sweetheart? I'm just going to check on Hunter - You stay here and keep nice and snug, and when I get back we'll go and eat breakfast." He smiled at her and stood up before wandering off to the bathroom door - he creaked it open a little and stepped in through the gap so that Caitlyn couldn't see Hunter. He closed the door over after and looked at her - Oh, dear. What had gone on - all the condoms he'd used in this town while they were here had been in date, so it must have been a stomach bug. "You okay, Hunter...?" He asked quietly. (@DryPunishment, @Soul OMU)


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(Yeah, that's absolutely fine. I was planning on saying the same about Kendrick. He's not a bow man xD @The J)


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".. Morning, dad." Eric gave a warm smile to him as he sat down at the table with his yogurt. Chef made the yogurt himself, and it was all very good indeed. Carl loved it in particular, and he'd eat that with some muesli every morning. "How did you sleep?" He asked. He was aware that Carl got up a lot on some nights to go in and sleep with Tom, but it was evident that that hadn't happened last night seeing as Eric saw Carl in his own bed. (@DrCompton)

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Hunter throwing up her dinner from last night, eventually he stopped and flushed the toilet before wiping her mouth with toilet paper. "I-I'm fine..." She said while trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong with her since there were multiple possibilities... Even the one Riley had been but that was the last resort, the final possibility that she didn't want to think about. (@DrTrollinski)

 

[Aldur]

She looked around and waddled her feet for a while.


Hunter must've had a tummy ache. No way was it Alex's overappreciation for pretty girls with great personalities.


Caitlyn hummed a little bit and then remembered she didn't have her monkey.


"Hmm....got you!"


She got up and got the monkey from the chair it was sitting on.


@Soul OMU

 

[DrCompton]

"Morning Eric. How'd you sleep?" Tom yawned as he stirred the yogurt with his spoon. He wasn't all that hungry, but Tom would never pass up eating a light snack. He was always prepared to have to get up and go. He made Carl and Eric have a bag filled with supplies that they could take at any moment and go. Tom also had taken a large SUV and parked it in the garage, keeping it stocked as well. It had room for Scarlet, Jenna, Eric, Carl, and Himself. He had told the others to keep similar cars in their garages, just in case.

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. It must be a stomach bug, honey... Eric had that a while back, remember? You've probably caught that." He sighed and went up and gently hugged her, holding her close. ".. You want me to bring you some muesli with milk? You can lie in bed and eat, if you want... I'll take care of Caitlyn this morning." He smiled as he took her to the sink to get her a glass of water and then walked her out of the bathroom. (@Soul OMU, @DryPunishment)


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"I slept alright." He grinned. ".. It's my big day today, dad... My date's tonight." He smiled in excitement like a young child at Christmas. He couldn't wait. (@DrCompton)

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Hunter nods a bit as she slowly pulls herself up with his help and let him help her out of the bathroom. "Y-yeah... Your probably right..." She said softly while leaning against him. But you might be wrong... She thought as she bit her lip a bit.

 

[DrCompton]

"Oh yeah?" Tom laughed a little, "Say, you never toldme what your plan was, come on, spill the beans, your secret is safe with me, I promise." Tom smiled and ate his yogurt slowly

 

[Aldur]

"Alex! You're gonna be late for tea! You don't want to make the bunny angry do you?"


She thought that would be a witty thing to say. She imagined this present days as a weird wonderland scenario.


Caitlyn came a little closer to the bathroom door and said.


"Hunter...are you okay?"


@Soul OMU

 

[The J]

Breathe in.


Breathe out.


Hold it.


Aim.


Take the trigger's slack.


Steady...


Fire.


The rabbit didn't see it coming, thanks to the silencer It was thrown a foot away from where it had been sitting, eating grass, just a moment beforehand.


James had found himself a good rifle - .22 calibre, with a telescopic sight. He'd also managed to find some special ammo for it - ballistic tip. the rounds didn't pierce even through a leaf without getting thrown way off, but when they hit they did a lot more damage, the plastic tip exploding inside.


Walking over, James found the rabbit in the undergrowth. He'd successfully hit the head, and it was stone cold dead. It was fully grown, lending it plenty of meat.


The only problem with eating rabbit was it didn't have enough fat, it was far too lean for proper nutrition. You had to eat something else fattier with it, like baked beans. Luckily, James still had yet to tire of baked beans, and they were in good supply, so he was happy enough for eating.


James walked back to camp, where the others would probably be still getting up. The best time to shoot rabbits was dawn or dusk - they tended to be braver, moving away from cover more, meaning they were easier to see.


Sitting down on a favoured stump of his, James began paunching and skinning the rabbit.

 

[DrTrollinski]

Alex and Hunter left the bathroom right after. ".. She's fine, sweetheart... She's just a little sick, that's all." He smiled down at her and then walked Hunter over to the bed where he helped her lie down again and then made sure she was comfy. ".. Caitlyn." He swept over and picked her up off the ground. ".. Me and you are gonna' go and prepare Hunter some breakfast she can eat in bed, and then you and I will get something to eat ourselves, okay?" He smiled at her and began walking towards the door. (@Soul OMU, @DryPunishment)


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"Well. I planned to go and take her to a movie, but we haven't got the theater working just yet - It's something I'm going to do. Eventually." He shrugged but then continued after eating some of his cereal. "There's this really nice place not too far from the park - it's got a pond, some benches, and the flowers there have started to grow. I was going to walk around there with her for a while and then sit down to hang out for a bit, then I asked Chef to do something for us - there's a little restaurant just into town that's a bit more classy than the diner. He's been clearing it out and he's going to cook us a meal for two." He smiled at Tom and rubbed his hands together in anticipation. "After that, I was thinking of running by the music store with her - I'll play a song, and we'll hang out for a while longer before coming back here." He smiled simply. "Does that sound good enough? Do you think she'll enjoy it? Any tips?" He urged. (@DrCompton)


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Kendrick crawled out of the tent they shared and went over to a tree to relieve his bladder. James was in sight on the camp while he was doing this, and he saw that he had a rabbit on him. He looked over his shoulder at him and raised an eyebrow.


"Yo, James. When'd you get that?" He asked. (@The J)

 

[Aldur]

"Mhm...Look! It's me,you and Hunter."


Surprisingly they were. Some scribblings, exactly the same as Matty's sketches from his journal. Minor disproportions and colored between the linework.


@DrTrollinski

 

[DrCompton]

"Sounds like you'll win her over and make her swoon pal." Tom smiled at Eric, it was nice to see the young boy this excited. "Just take a condom okay? And a pistol." Tom winked and stood, throwing away his empty yogurt container. Tom rotated his right arm, it was healed now after he had been shot, but he was pretty sure he still had some loose bone fragments. It hurt to move, and he couldn't lift his arm all the way up. He sighed and rotated his neck as he sat down infront of the TV, turning the xbox on to play videogames,

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Hunter smiles a bit tiredly as she lays back down and curls up. "Yeah... I'm fine..." She said while closing her eyes. "I-I'll be okay..."

 

[DrTrollinski]

"Aww... That's really good, Cait." He looked down at it while he carried her down the stairs and then planted a gentle kiss on her cheek. He'd spent a lot of time with Caitlyn over the past month, and he liked to view himself and Hunter as her full-time carers. He didn't want to push the parenting side of things onto her - If Caitlyn wanted to accept that, she'd do it at her own speed. Alex walked her into the kitchen and then sat her down at her spot at the table. ".. You're becoming a good artist. One day you'll paint the pictures that'll hang in the halls of everyone's houses, you know that?" He smiled at her as he pulled three bowls from the kitchen counter, followed by taking the muesli from another cupboard and the milk from the fridge. (@DryPunishment)


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Eric followed him into the living room. ".. I'm glad you like the plan." He smiled and sat down beside him. He watched to see what game he'd play - Probably Dead Rising 3, or something - that would be so unrealistically inappropriate, but pretty damn awesome as well. ".. I mean--.. I doubt we'll... Y'know... 'do it'..." He said, blushing a little. ".. Maybe a kiss at most - We've hung out a lot since we got here. I don't really care too much about gettin' laid, in all honesty... She's just a nice person to be with." He smiled. Eric still had his morals. (@DrCompton)

 

[DrCompton]

Tom put in madden, that was something he missed quite a bit. "I know, I know, just... If she wants to, you shouldn't pass it up, and you should just be safe... Sex is pretty awesome pal, so if it comes up... let it happen... As long as you have a condom, because if you get her pregnant, so help me god Eric, I will be extremely disappointed."

 

[The J]

"I got up early to shoot it. Dusk and dawn are usually the best times to find rabbits, though it was only the one I could get today. Have we got some beans or something to mix this with? We need some fat in our diets, and this has none."


With the fur off, James got out a clean tray, and used a sharp knife to butcher the carcass, the meat making a slapping sound as it slapped onto the metal.


With that done, he moved over to the small fire pit they'd built. James had set up a sturdy tripod above the ring of stones, and there he had hung a circular grill. With a jet lighter, some paper, sticks, and building up to small logs, James got the fire going beneath the grill, and there he placed the rabbit there to cook.


"You may as well wake up the others. Tell them breakfast's coming soon."

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. I won't, don't worry... I'm not ready to be a dad just yet. Hell. No one here's ready for a baby to be born... We might be safe here, but having a baby's a real bad idea right now. Plus, with all the new families that have been arriving, plus Carl and Caitlyn... I'd say we have enough, wouldn't you?" He chuckled and shuffled up closer to him to watch him play. "But seriously, I'll take a condom with me, just in case. I mean, all condoms last for about two years, right? So I don't have anything to worry about if it does happen, because all the condoms in the pharmacy will be in-date." He said with a nod. ".. It'll be a nice night, I'm sure." He looked at Tom and smiled before looking back to the TV. ".. I see the little nightlight thing you've got going along the wall. That's really thoughtful." He smiled. (@DrCompton)


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Kendrick zipped up his pants and turned away from the tree to look at James, nodding. "Yeah, we've got beans. The Doc don't eat breakfast, though. I don't know why. He's just not a breakfast guy - it's been a busy month. We'll let 'em sleep in a while longer. It's still pretty early anyway, and Conner and the kid will eat just about anything, hot or cold." He said as he walked over and sat down by the fire, looking around. ".. Hell, we ain't seen one of the undead for most the month now, ain't that crazy? It's just like an extended camping trip." He chuckled a little. (@The J)

 

[Aldur]

"The best there ever was."


She giggled and hugged Alex. She'd already planned to do some more drawing later today.


"What's mooslee milk,Alex? Is it different than normal milk?"


@DrTrollinski

 

[DrTrollinski]

Alex laughed. ".. No, no. You mean muesli, right? This stuff?" He picked up the bag of dried fruit and cereal and shook it around. "That's not milk., sweetheart. You have milk with it, though - I'm pretty sure we have this stuff most mornings." He chuckled and poured her a bowl and then topped it up with some cold milk, followed by putting it down in front of her. He gently ruffled her hair and smiled. "Eat up, I'll run a bowl up to Hunter then I'll be back, okay?" He said, he then went and prepared another bowl and went upstairs with it.


He pushed through the bedroom door and went to Hunter's side and sat down on the bed beside her. He placed the bowl gently down in her lap and smiled at her. ".. Here you go, honey... If you're feeling up to it, you can come downstairs with me and Cailtlyn whenever you want." He smiled and kissed her forehead. He was going to avoid exchanging saliva with her until they knew what was wrong - he didn't want to get sick as well, because then Caitlyn would end up catching it, and that was the last thing he wanted. (@DryPunishment, @Soul OMU)

 

[Aldur]

"You make Hunter feel good again,okay?"


She started to munch on the cerals with a big spoon fit for a big girl. Cailtyn wondered how the day will be,also what the other kids were doing. She just ate away surrounded by happy thoughts.

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Hunter closes her eyes and nodded slghtly and took the bowl gently in her hands and started to eat slowly. (@DrTrollinski)

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. Holler if you need anything, honey. I'll be downstairs." He smiled and kissed her forehead before turning and going to the bathroom - he started running a hot bath for Caitlyn and then went downstairs to get himself some cereal - he sat down at the table with Caitlyn and smiled at her again. ".. Hunter's not feeling too good, but she's going to stay in bed for a while and eat, okay? It'll just be me and you down here for a while." He said to her. (@Soul OMU, @DryPunishment)

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Hunter nodded as she slowly started eating, moving slowly and carefully so she doesn't spill.

 

[Aldur]

She stared at him and smiled while crunching on some cereal.


Caitlyn started making funny faces at Alex. Crafty ones too.


When she was done with the cereal,Caitlyn brought the bowl to her mouth and drank down the milk,resulting in a milk moustache (just like Braum's)


@DrTrollinski