Realistic or Modern The Beginning of the End

[DrTrollinski]

Alex was happy to be sitting with her - he made faces back at her to try and make her laugh, and he also drank down his milk once he was finished with his cereal. He smiled and then picked up both of the bowls before walking over to the sink and placing them down inside; he looked back down at her and smiled. ".. I was just running a bath for you. How about we go and get that mustache washed off, eh?" He chuckled. (@DryPunishment)

 

[Aldur]

"Okay. I'll replace it with a bubble moustache!"


She got up from her seat and grabbed back the monkey. Things were so great now with Alex and Hunter. She didn't think that Matty's death was entirely a bad thing. It happened,but they shouldn't mourn him forever. After all he got to meet Cait's parents now.


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[DrTrollinski]

"Wonderful." He chuckled as he ran over to her and playfully swept her up off the floor. He shared some laughs with her and then swung her around onto his back so that he could give her a piggyback ride up the stairs. Once he reached the bathroom he placed her down on the ground again and then added a little bit of cold water to the bath to make sure it was at a comfortable temperature for her. Oh, and there was bubbles. Lots and lots of bubbles. "Okay, sweetheart... You get your PJ's off and hop into the bath. I'm just gonna' go and fetch you some clean clothes, okay?" He smiled and ruffled her hair as he walked by and out of the bathroom to go to Caitlyn's room - they'd tried to make it a little bit more girlish for her over the past month - they hadn't painted it yet, so she was stuck with the white walls, but they still got her a nice pink shag rug which seemed to blend in quite well, especially after they changed her bedding to be a lighter shade of pink and white. They'd paint it soon, but that could wait. He began going through the dresser in her room and started picking out clothes for her. (@DryPunishment)

 

[Aldur]

She got the PJs off and jumped in. More or less water spilled around the edges of the bath. She got a rubber duckie and started to play with it. The huge fogs caught up the duck, oh no! Caitlyn gasped.


Whenever she heard Alex talk about painting the walls she would think about telling him not to bother,as she didn't care much for girly stuff.


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[DrTrollinski]

Alex came back a few minutes later with some clean clothes for her - he had a nice little shirt for her and some jeans as well - they were casual, but they weren't tomboyish either. He set them down on a radiator and then walked over to the bath and kicked the bathmat closer to it to soak up the water that had flowed over the edges, he then knelt down and looked at her. ".. Any idea what you'd like to do today?" He asked her. "We've been working a lot on the gates and the fence over the month, and I think it'd be nice if we could sit down and do something fun for a while, you know, take a break." He smiled at her. (@DryPunishment)

 

[Aldur]

"We could get toghether and play games. Like hide and seek!"


She liked the clothes. Caitlyn wasn't tomboyish,but she just didn't care about the girlish things.


"Or...we could...make a rock,paper,scissors tournment."


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[DrTrollinski]

"Haha... I think the other kids would prefer the game of hide and seek once they're all away, so we'll do that, okay?" He smiled at her and then rolled his sleeves up. "Okay, let's get you all washed up." He smiled and then started washing her - he took some soap and helped her wash the primarily important parts of her body, like under her arms, and so on - then he washed behind her ears, then her face, and then finally he leaned her back on his hand while he rinsed her hair and washed it with some shampoo. Once she was all squeaky clean and clear of suds, he helped her out of the tub and wrapped a thick towel around her.


"There we go." He smiled. "And before me I see a gorgeous and sparkling girl." He chuckled gently as he went over and pulled a hairdryer from the cupboard under the sink. They'd have to plug it in in her room, but that was fine. (@DryPunishment)

 

[Aldur]

"Yay! I love the hairdryer. It's warm!"


Alas they finished. Squeaky clean felt so good. She grabbed his hand and let him go on.


(@DrTrollinski I think I'll end it here. Goodnight!)

 

[AvidElmV2]

Johnathan had nearly blown a fuse when the car broke down. Maria had calmed him down, but it was still on his mind. That day, Maria had been up before any of the others cooking breakfast. Pork N' Beans, Three and a half bagels, and some bacon she had found in the house next to theirs. When Cole woke up, she turned to pick him up but Mark got there first. She watched silently as Mark cared for the child and smiled. Once Cole had stopped crying she finally said something to them. "Good Morning sleepy heads. How's the world treating you?" She went back to cooking breakfeast and waited for Mark to respond. (@DrTrollinski)

 

[TheHarlequinnCat]

The reunion hadn't gone according to plan, hell, it had been pretty shocking to the two of them. To be real, here, both Nick and Tina had been shell-shocked and the kisses and rainbows hadn't been coming from the start. When the boys got home late, having gone out hunting, it had been dusk; or possibly dawn, to be real Nick had been in a slight delirium from the past few days. But all he knew was the sun was low and his heart was about to burst, he had seen West coming with game hanging off his shoulder; his arms bloody up to the elbow and his face full of relief. They had done the run in the sun towards each other, Nick more ready for the emotional connection; but West had picked him up and whirled him around, burying himself into such lost memories; his bloody hands leaving marks on Nick's pullover. What he said? 'Jesus Christ Ni-Nick, your hair" as he mussed up the other's hair with his cheek. They had laughed, and West held him long enough for other people to exchange confused faces; and unbeknownst to the others, a kiss had been snuck in on somebody's temple. Nick was out within the next 10 minutes, but given a month to recover; both he and Tina were ready to rumble. They were stronger, but still leaner than when this ordeal began, and they were actually prepared to leave these other people behind; if they hadn't died yet. The little girl was standing, but the older woman who had tried to henpeck her was not; needless to say, they were getting on the road starting today and there wasn't much time to stick around.


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Delaney got up slowly, her hair in wild untamed curls sticking straight up and her face drawn in weariness and sleep-deprivation. "The baby's a kicker." She amicably whispered, nodding her head as she slowly laid back down against the pillow. "Did you ever find out what that thing was?" She asked. Having mainly been on bedrest recently meant she wasn't going out and doing runs or hunting; sure, it made her anxious to know Brad may not come home, but he took Oreo so it was at least some solace in knowing he had a strong canine companion. Not for one second did she doubt he could do this, but it more fell on herself; she knew she couldn't do a lot of things, and being a new mother in this shit world was just one of the things she was unable to imagine working out.


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[DrTrollinski]

Mark sat the child on his lap and looked at his cute and slow-developing little face. He smiled and went away in a trance for a moment before looking up at Maria - she couldn't cook things from an actual stove, so the group had to refer to a little unreliable portable stove - it got the job done eventually, though. A month with Mark proved to be quite beneficial - he'd survived alone, and he knew a few tricks that a lot of other people didn't.


".. Heh... I'm fine. Little Cole here's just doing his usual stuff and getting me up early." He smiled at Maria and then down at the infant. The infant gave a little babyish giggle as he looked up at him. It was more of an extended giggle or a murmur, but it was nice to see someone who had so much happiness despite the odds. (@AvidElmV2)


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"Of course... I killed one of them." He said calmly. That was the one thing that Brad hadn't told her - he never found the time. ".. They're almost like dogs, but they look humanoid, you get me?" He explained. ".. You need to aim for the right place in the head. Straight in the center, right between the eyes... If you don't do that, you're not killing it. Ain't got no heart, either, but that's not our main concern." He said as he turned around and walked over to the bed to sit at the foot of it - Brad had lost weight, but his muscle and motivational strength was still there. ".. There's other people in the forest. I don't know how, they just--.. They came here about a month ago." He said. ".. I was thinking about going down and checkin' them out, seein' if they're friendly or not. If they look shady, I'll come straight back." He sighed and lied down on the bed, yawning. (@TheHarlequinnCat)

 

[AvidElmV2]

Maria smiles. Another hour or so later she put food on a plate for Mark and told him to dig in.Just then she had gotten that Johnathan was still asleep. A sly smile went across her face and a mischievous idea came crossed her mind. "Hey Mark. You wanna have a little fun?" Without waiting for an answer she pulled a small metal basin from under the kitchens sink and started to fill it with water. Once it was halfway full, she picked it up and walked into Johnathans room. Water could be seen sloshing across the floor and Johnathan woke up screaming.


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A couple of minutes after Maria's prank, Johnathan sat on the floor silently eating his food. His clothes were soaked and water was dripping from his hair. "That was not funny Maria." Maria turned to Mark and stifled a laugh. (@DrTrollinski)

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. Don't let it get to you, Johnathan..." Mark chuckled a little - Cole was sat on his lap and just looking between the three of them in the intrigued baby-like way. Mark was eating with one hand while holding onto Cole with his free arm. ".. If you think that was bad, you should have seen what some guys did to another guy after he was up all night drinking in my old group. When he was passed out, they tied two bungee cords to his ankles and then hung him off the roof - bear in mind this was when we were in an apartment complex that was six stories high." He laughed at the thought of it. Good times. ".. It wasn't so good for the guy when he woke up screaming and ended up shitting his pants, but--.. You know, life goes on." He chuckled again and then reached over and slapped his shoulder in a friendly sort of way. (@AvidElmV2)

 

[AvidElmV2]

Johnathan sat there and ate his bagel, trying not to get it wet. He turned to Maria with a smile on his face. "I will get you back for this... Just wait." He turned back to his food and ate in silence. Maria turned to Cole. "So, what do you guys think we should do today?"

 

[DrTrollinski]

Mark looked at her and shrugged. ".. Well--.. We're a month behind on where we wanted to be... I'd say we should look for another car. We don't have to leave straight away, but we'll want to get out of here before winter hits, trust me." He said. ".. That's a long while before now, but it's best to be prepared." He added as he finished off his food and then went to looking back down at the infant. He smiled and then propped him up against his shoulder and started patting his back. He did this after every meal that Cole had, and he'd only been thrown up on a few times. (@AvidElmV2)

 

[AvidElmV2]

Johnathan stood up and put his plate in the sink. He looked on the refrigrator to see who was on dish duty for the week. "And the lucky house member of the week is.... Maria! It's you!" Johnathan walks up to Maria and taps her shoulder. "Well then. Looks like I'm on car duty. I'll see you guys later!" With that, Johnathan walks out the door, armed with only his 44. Magnum, and Winchester. Maria looks to Mark and smiles before walking over to the sink, starting the water.


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Johnathan slowly walks through the town , looking for a hardware store. He had to find some stuff so he could jack some of the cars with all their parts for some for they're car. (@DrTrollinski)

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. Maria--.. This is gonna' sound weird, but--.. Have you been hearing those noises during the night?" He asked. He stood up and continued patting Cole's back until he heard a quiet burp - then he stopped and just held the infant up close to his shoulder while gently bobbing him up and down. ".. I've been hearing, like... The screeching of metal. Or bending of metal, I don't know." He said, shrugging. "Only really late, though." He said. He'd heard it, he was sure of it - he didn't know if the other two had heard it at all, but whatever it was sounded close. (@AvidElmV2)

 

[AvidElmV2]

Maria thinks hard on this. She had heard something once but she assumed it was her imagination. "Umm... Well, I did once. But it was really late at night and I was tired so I just thought it was my imagination, you know?"

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. I don't think it was. It started happening after the second week of us getting here. It'd give us a break for one night, then the next night it'd be there - it's turning into some sort of creepypasta shit, isn't it?" He chuckled a little to try and laugh the situation off. He'd read countless creepypastas before all of this happened, of which resulted in struggled nights of getting to sleep - those stories didn't compare to the horrors he'd seen during all of this. (@AvidElmV2)

 

[AvidElmV2]

Maria slowly stopped washing the dishes. What could have been out there.... She turned to Mark with a concerned yet scared look on her face. "Do you think we should go looking for Johnathan. I mean after that dog thing showed up, Who knows what could be out there!" She held her arm and bit her lip, walking around in circles. It was a nervous habit of hers. (@DrTrollinski )

 

[DrTrollinski]

"The hounds don't come out during the day. I know that for a fact." He said with a sigh. "Most that could have been was another person, and they would have heard Cole crying during the night - if they meant us harm, they would have come in by now, wouldn't they?" He said as he moved Cole to his arms and rocked him from side to side. (@AvidElmV2)

 

[DrCompton]

Tom smiled at Eric then kept playing his game. He was curious if Scarlet would come over here, or if he'd have to go to her. He sighed, relationships were much more complicated than he remembered, but maybe it was different since the two were already so scarred from their life. He frowned a little as Tony Romo through a pass to Dez Bryant. Plus he couldn't really go over there until Carl was awake. Tom didn't like to burden Eric with baby sitting, and he wouldn't do it today since he had the date on his mind.

 

[DrTrollinski]

".. I'm not sure if I told you, dad... But the stuff in my room works. The computer's pretty cool, too. It has a load of games installed on it - it's a Gaming PC, I think." He shrugged and smiled. ".. I've been writing something on it, though, on Microsoft Word." He said. (@DrCompton)

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Scarlet finishes eating her breakfast before heading upstairs to get dressed and shower. She brushed her hair slowly while thinking deeply about her relationship with Tom. Jenna sitting at the table, eating her yogurt, smiles a bit as Scarlet comes down. "You look fine for a casual visit." she said as Scarlet bit her lip. "Too much?" Jenna shakes head. "Your fine." Scarlet smiles a bit as she heads over to the boys house and knocks.

 

[DrTrollinski]

Carl was already waking up when he heard the knocks. He needed to use the bathroom but he didn't care - he thought one of the new friends he'd made had came knocking for him, so he shot out of bed and literally jumped down half of the stairs before sprinting to the door and throwing it open. He looked to expect his little friend, but no, it was Jenna and Scarlet. That was a pleasant surprise.


"Hi, guys!" He squeaked in excitement, grinning. (@Soul OMU)