Realistic or Modern Versipolis: Roleplay Thread

[McMajestic]

Tyson hadn't had much time to get lost in thought before someone volunteered to join him. He glanced back, noticing Foster. The guy had Tyson's paranoia on steroids and was quick to snap if something was threatening the group. Tyson didn't mind him all that much, maybe even saw a potential friendship in him, but he was always scared to have a conversation with people. Nothing was constant anymore. Hell, for as much as he respected Zach, as much as he looked up to him, even he might have not been a constant. Maybe they were all doomed from the start and their plan was nothing more than a sick game of false hope.

"Alright Frosty, glad to have some competent company." Again, those bad nicknames showed up. Tyson didn't give them out to everyone but why not Foster? He was better than Mara and Audrey and Cain at least. Those three would never get entertaining nicknames. Tyson returned to scanning the horizon, looking for any type of silhouette in the darkness. At this point he wasn't much for caring who started walking their way. As long as someone did he would aim his gun at them, maybe even shoot if he felt like it. No you won't. No, he wouldn't. He'd never shoot at anyone except a beast and he knew it, but that didn't stop his frustrated emotions from thinking ridiculous thoughts. It was the rebellious kid in him that always tended to show up.

Just as Tyson has started his third scan he heard Cain call out and turned towards him. A dog? He thought a dog was out there? Tyson could only hear rain, could only see the shadow of rainfall. How could Cain know something Tyson couldn't? "It's probably just Audrey or Mara. They both ran off." He shrugged, ignoring the severity of Cain's accusation. Tyson was the one on guard, after all, not Cain. And he would be a good guard to his team. He wouldn't abandon this group and certainly wouldn't leave them in danger. He'd made that mistake once before, and he never planned on doing it again. "Just go back to bed, Cain."

Interacts with: CrimsonEclipse FireFlare ​

 

[Human__Ramen]

Blake Patterson & Allegra Sauvagess
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Blake stayed silent after Cade expressed his thoughts after hus suggestion, attentively observing the campfire's last flames.
Damn. Not even incendiary grenades have burned him that bad.
"Right." Blake practically mumbled. "Must be the sleep deprivation talking."
Suddenly, the Texan's attention was jerked away as he heard someone warn the others of wolves. Blake shot a glance at Cade before rushing over to his duffel bag, which rested next to Allegra's bag.
"Hey Speedy, wake up, we have a situation." Blake said as he tapped the side of the girl's face. She woke up, confused and drowsy.
"Huh? What's going on?" She asked weakly.
"We've got wolves inbound, get your gun."
With that, Blake had switched the safety of his pistols off and rushed towards the front of the barn. Ally took a while to recover from her sleepy state but nonetheless grabbed her gun and followed Blake.

 

[Zer0]

- Mara Malvern -
" In the Rain "​

Mara had glanced back and raised an apologetic mechanical hand to Tyson before the darkness and curtain of rain swallowed her silhouette. They'll talk later after Audrey has had a leak. Right now she has to guard her friend.

Her hold on her shotgun slackened when she saw Audrey quicken her pace. Not a dogman then. But seriously, how far does she have to go to pee? It's not like the guys in the barn can see her from here and the grass was waist high. Maybe she wants to drop a big bomb far enough for the people in the barn not to smell it?

"Audrey!" she called, loud enough to be heard over the pouring rain. She jogged up to her from behind. "It's not safe to go far from the others. Where are you going?" she added, concerned.

As she listened, she also heard Cain's muffled voice over the downpour, which made her feel uneasy, even though he was probably just saying that so they'd come back to the barn, which she wholeheartedly supported. The darkness, not being able to hear well because of the rain, and being this far from everyone else was just a bad idea --- she inwardly chuckled, 'So says the lady who went out anyway.' thought Mara, but she couldn't let anyone come out here alone, even if it was just for a pee, or to drop a bomb.

Spoiler: Spot Dogman

Rolling the dice for Mara's perception.
1-3 = absolutely not see anything.
4-6 = spots the dogman

McMajestic StoneWolf18

 

[Raku]

Although Blake was trying not to show it, Cade could tell those words hurt. He didn't mean to be rude, it was just how he was. Cade had always been a blunt, straightforward person, always hard on the others. He wasn't one to let you down easy. If he was going to tell you you were wrong, he wasn't going to sugarcoat it. He was going to straight up tell you 'you fucked up'. His eyes stayed on Blake as he stared into the fire. He then spoke, saying it was the sleep deprivation. Everyone was tired, so that was no acceptable excuse. It was but a matter of common sense. Those things are faster, stronger, and much more numerous than them. They just needed to keep going a pray that the Northern Passage was real.

The next words to fall upon their ears were from Cain, irritable as always as he just came out of an argument with Zach and Tyson about Zach stepping on him. It was a warning. A warning about the wolves. Cain had said one was outside the barn. Cade's eyes shot from Cain to the door, and then back to Blake, who also gave him a quick glimpse before walking towards Allegra. Everyone, whoever had them, seemed to be readying weapons, heading Cain's warning. Cade too pulled out his weapon. His ice axe. One he had used for many years, and one he planned to use for many more. He started off on a rather heavy-footed march towards the door as it angered him that they now had to deal with a dogman.

As he went through the door he said, "Excuse me" to those there, not directing it at anyone in particular, but not waiting at all if anyone had something to say. He stepped into the rain and looked to where Mara had gone. He could barely make out her silhouette in the dark. She seemed to be looking for Audrey as he heard her yell her name. Once Cade had he started in her direction. As he got closer he began looking for any signs of a wolf. He scanned the hardly visible horizon, or at least where he thought it was, but didn't see anything. "Hey, Mara," he called from a few yards away so he didn't surprise her. "Cain's saying something about one of those damn wolves being here. You see anything?" he asked Mara. If Cain wasn't kidding about a dogman being around, the group would be in for on hell of a fight that Cade would personally not mind. Not because he was skilled nor because he wanted it to kill off a few irritating survivors, but because he felt it be a motivator for the group to get moving.
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Zer0

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[Cheshire Grin]

• The Dogmen Hater
• The Doggirl

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  Mood:
  Still annoyed but calm
  Location:
  Barn
  Mentions:
  The people in the barn
  Julia( Malice Queen ) and Cade
  Interactions:
  Zach( JokerValentine ) and Cain( CrimsonEclipse )
  
  Devin sighed faintly, seeing that Zach had the situation handled. He never knew why he would Julia had kicked him out yet. While he may be good a fighting, he seemed to always be in a pessimistic mood. To be honest, it was annoying to deal with. Life was already hard, so that was uncalled for. Once the situation was settled, Devin turned on his heel and went back to the window, looking over towards the stall where his sister had slept, she was going in and out of sleep, he couldn't blame her, the yelling and rain didn't help too much. He sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair. Turning his attention back to the window, Devin stared into the darkness, the flashes of light showed the world outside. At times, it showed the moving silhouettes of the people outside.
  
  Devin turned around and walked away from the window, hearing that Mara had run off to catch up with Audrey, who most likely had to go to the bathroom or something. It wouldn't be long until Cain said something that he dreaded to hear. A dogman was outside. At first, Devin wanted to tell Cain to shut up, but the possibility of a dogman being outside...anything was possible. He remained silent as he returned to Susan and their shared straw bedding. He started shuffling through his bag, making sure that he had his weapons at the ready. While he didn't believe him just yet, Devin prepared himself, he had a bone to pick with them. They were the ones who caused this hell. They had to pay, even if it was just one of them. That was one less wolf to worry about.
  
  For clarification, Cade had shouted out towards Mara and asked if she saw anything. With his make-shift morning star and shotgun at the ready, the older gentleman waited patiently. Getting himself ready for any kind of fight they would have.
  

  
  
  
  
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  Mood:
  Curious and somewhat confused
  Location:
  Yards from the barn
  Mentions:
  The people in the barn
  Mara( Zer0 ) and Cade( Raku )
  Interactions:
  Audrey( StoneWolf18 )
  
  Even with the rain pounding against the muddied path and weighing on her thick fur the large female dogman walked through the rain. Her tail slowly curling and swaying behind her as she neared the large run-down barn before her. The scent of humans and dogmen still lingered, even the figure ahead of her was still out. Gypsy Rose started walking on all fours for a moment, using her front claws to help guide her forward. She soon noticed the figure before had started walking closer to her. It was the one who smelled of dogman but also human. The large dogman narrowed her yellow hues as the person came closer and closer. as she came closer and closer, she was able to see a bit more features, she had dark colored hair that stopped at her shoulders with somewhat dark complexion. Gypsy Rose continued walking forward before stopping short, seeing another human running up.
  
  Gypsy Rose blinked once, her bright yellow just stared at the pair before letting out a low groan. She leaned her muzzle low, her breathing was loud and labored. She wandered closer. Curiosity had kicked in now since she saw two humans, did this mean there were more? Every once in a while she let her claws dig into the mud, giving her a bit of a boost through the slippery mud. As she neared, she saw the features of the other people. The female appeared to be bald and something covered the upper half of her face. Gypsy Rose tilted her head slightly. It would be long until she was a few mere yards from them. She soon stopped walking, just stared at them. Watching, listening to them. It was a bit hard to fully understand what was going on, but the bald woman looked concerned. The trees that hung over thankfully had blocked out some of the rain, clearing up Gypsy Rose's vision and the added weight lessened. Out of reflex, Gypsy Rose soon the fur off, getting the extra water off her.
  
  Moments later, she heard another voice, it wasn't as close as the others, but it was still there, it sounded male. While she could make out all the words, she knew the words 'wolves' and 'here'. Gypsy Rose started looking around, 'Wolves...where?' She asked herself in her head. After turning her head about, it took her a minute to realize what he meant, 'Oh...nevermind...' A sigh left her muzzle, but sounded more and more like a low groan. She rose a large claw to her face and placed on her face, humans were very confusing at times. 'That would have...attracted more here....if there were more...Not good a hiding...apparently.' Gypsy Rose thought to herself before wandering forward once more, moving her claw away from her face. She used the darkness and rain to keep herself hidden as best she could, of course, would only work fully if no one knew she was there.
  
  
  

 

[StoneWolf18]

Audrey

Tysh

Audrey saw the dogwoman lumber forward, towards the ban after having taken notice of her. She wasn’t sure if Mara had spotted her her as well, but the sounds and scrambling coming from rest of the group was enough to know that someone had. They didn’t stand a chance against how well armed they were, but she didn’t want to seek the killed for being curious…

Unable to tear her eyes from the dog, Audrey would shout back over the rain “I won’t be long, just wanted to check something.” Not all that worried if Mara heard her or not, she moved a bit closer towards her still.

“Hey.” She said softly, trying to make sure that the human woman behind her wouldn’t hear. “You need to leave. It isn’t safe here.” Audrey knew some of them could understand a bit of speech, so she hoped it was her lucky day and that they would be able to, least her group began to try and attack.

Cheshire Grin

Coded by || StoneWolf18

 

[JokerValentine]

Interacting with: Malice Queen ONI spectro StoneWolf18 CrimsonEclipse Zer0 Raku
Mentions: just about everyone else

It was like one of those moments where you fall asleep for only a few moments, and when you suddenly are awoken, you have forgotten about the concept of time. It had been a long shift for Zach, but not a moment to spare, as he had fallen asleep right after Cain's bellowing, that he was jostled awake by his cries. Not as soon as the word hit his ears, however, did Zach instantly jump up. Even if it had been a long time of experiencing these beasts, and therefore they hardly surprised him at all, it was never wise to take them for granted. They were animals, animals that wanted to tear them apart. It was hardly the dramatic spectacle it once was, with people running in all directions at the very sighting of a beast. Those were more chaotic times. Only the strongest survived now, or a few of the lucky ones at least. Still, everyone too rushed at the sign of a werewolf, or mostly everyone. Some people like Tyson, if anyone had heard his laments, thought to take less precaution in the face of danger.

Racing down the ladder, and being sure to not disrupt anyone else with his feet accidentally, lest they dare lose their calm, and got his weapon. His rifle was leaning against the wall directly below his loft, which surely was a terrible idea if he had been attacked. However, there were a couple of people still asleep in their beds, being of no use to the group at all. His sister and her boyfriend, Caleb, were seemingly fast asleep. Shady and Eloisa as well, or so it seemed. Everyone else was clustered around the doorway, ready to spring into action. Four of the group members were stationed by the front entrance (Tyson, Foster, Blake and Allegra). There were also a few others standing more outside, the pouring rain falling down on them.

"Get up," Zach said in turn to each of the sleeping beauties, still lying on their backs. The rain continued to pour through the cracks in the roof, lightning briefly illuminating the sky. "We've got company apparently, and company's never alone." From the doorway, Zach could hardly see anything, only the brief flash of lightning illuminating his fellow survivors. They were some distance from the barn, an unwise move. Even then, if it hadn't been for Cain, nobody would have known about the danger. Firewatch had failed too. They were supposed to not see anything, but Cain simply walks out and spots a threat. It might have been the lack of light, or their sheer ineptitude. Either way, this was not good. "Seeing as you can't spot anything, if you feel like doing your fucking jobs, let us know," Zach said with anger.

What was also as stupid was the fact that some felt it to be a good idea to go singing in the rain, or whatever. Mara, Audrey, Cade, and Cain, they were all breaking formation, and making it very easy for the dogs to divide and conquer. "Hey," Zach called out into the rain, "What are you doing? Get back in the barn, dammit! You can't see out there!"

 

[Malice Queen]

Within mere seconds of lying down, Julia would hear a commotion as Cain was being a general ass. Julia's hazel eyes would shoot open and a frown would appear on her face as she sat up and threw the makeshift covers off her body. She was about to get up and give that rowdy troublemaker a piece of her mind but it seemed that others in the group had taken care of it. She heard that several people had left the barn: Mara and Audrey left first, followed by Cade moments later. Great. One that was on guard duty and another who…had business outside in a thunderstorm? Then there’s Cade who seemed to want to ensure the safety of the first two?

The ‘leader’ of the group would rise from her ‘bed’ and take steps towards the large door of the barn, ”What’s this about a dogman?...”, the words would rumble from her lips as she walked to the center of the barn. If it wasn’t obvious by the way she spoke, then the bags under her eyes, half-lidded gaze, and deadpan expression would tell anyone that she was annoyed and that she needed sleep. She approached the angered Zach and would place a hand on his shoulder. “That’s enough Zach. The thing must have gotten close when we were getting off our shift…So if anything, WE are to blame.” she hated when he got angry, and this was one of those times that the siblings would most likely fight.

Her brother would shake off her shoulder and leave the barn, going to join the others and give them a scolding no doubt. With a frustrated sigh, Julia would approach Tyson and murmur to him. “I’m sorry about him…”, she would then turn and grab her weapon from her ‘room’ and returned to the large barn door with Tyson. If that thing was going to try and get out of the barn it’d have to go through her and Tyson. There was a horse stinking up the place and a child amongst them.


Caleb would hear the clamoring about a dog out there and his gaze would turn to Cain, a slight frown of disbelief and confusion on his face. How the hell did he know there was a mutt out there when it was raining and there was barely any light outside. Nonetheless the man would reach for his weapon, an old hunting rifle that his father had. He wasn’t the best shot but it was better than nothing especially when a dog was coming at you!

The man would sigh as Julia stirred from her rest, what little rest she got anyway; that was not going to be good later down the road. He would watch as Zach stormed out the barn to get the others and chase after but only went as far as the barn door. “Zach! H-Hey!” he would throw his arms up and turn around, “Unbelievable…” he would say with a huff.

Caleb moves to the right side of the barn door and look at the others who had yet to get up from their makeshift rooms. "This is not good..." he would say with a grumble.

McMajestic JokerValentine

 

[spectro]

Eloisa Rosales
Loisa jolted awake once more, but this time, it wasn't to the sound of thunder. It was Zach's concerned voice, waking everyone up. He spoke about company or something or other, but Loisa was still drowsy. Pressing her fingertips to her eyes, she stood up and began to re-position herself. She straightened up as she saw the worry on some of the groups faces and suddenly she was ready to go. If she had to run, she'd run. It was like a switch had been flipped. For a second she concentrated on the loud patter of the rain on the wet floor just outside, and she tried to focus on what people were saying, but it all fell into one, much like her thoughts.

Shifting around, Loisa looked for signs that they were leaving, but no one, except Zach, seemed overly active about the situation. "There's a dog out there?" Loisa's head whipped around, her voice directed at no one in particular, as she listened to mumbles and conversations. She hadn't grasped what was really happening, but she had heard the word dogman and that was never good. "What's going on?" She walked towards Tyson, who seemed to be on watch. "Are we getting out of here or?" She tightened her hands at her sides, her whole body tense with unused adrenaline. The lighting cracked again.

A small part of her hoped that they were being attacked. Maybe she could sneak out while the others were savaged, maybe she could run back to the basement. Sure, she might starve to death, but at least she'd be alone. At least she wouldn't be betrayed.

Interacted: McMajestic

 

[Zer0]

- Mara Malvern -
" In the Rain "​

"If you need to drop a big one, Audrey, you can tell me, rainbows and butterflies don't come out of my rear end e-either." chuckled Mara, her teeth starting to chatter in the cold. Oh no, he heard an angry Zach shouting in the rain, they're probably going to get a good chewing, and all for a toilet break. But good old Cade had come out under this freezing downpour in the darkness, and she felt safer after hearing his voice. They were three now out here.

"No, no wolves as far as I can see, Cade, which is just fifteen feet in front of me at best." said Mara loudly. "Audrey needs to check something, I don't know, I think she just needs to drop a big one." she waited for him to come close and stretched out a hand to touch him when she heard the squelching of boots on mud. Her metal fingers chinked on the ice axe. "That's me --- fingers. Audrey's in this direction." she moved the axe tip to where she could barely make Audrey out. I've got my shotgun out, I'll take point and, well, tell you if Audrey's about to make the drop."

She led the way, growing more and more curious and a little suspicious of her friend. If she didn't know any better, it seems Audrey really doesn't want to be followed. Which was odd, I mean, she didn't bring a weapon, why would she risk her life out here? Maybe she had spotted a friend from an old group she doesn't want Mara and the others to know about, but hey if they were friendly, there should be no problem introducing each other. The worse thought she had in her mind was a bad friend, someone they know is wanted or something like that. She didn't know much about Audrey. Mara, her niece Caroline, and Tiramisu had just joined the crew a month ago, and all she knew about her was that she was an intelligent lady she could have an interesting conversation with and the group's strategist, whose plans have kept Mara, Caroline, and Tiramisu safe when they got into fights, with only minimal or no injuries and best of all not a lot of precious ammo spent --- but this move she was doing right now was really, really not smart and just not what she expected a smart person would do.

Suddenly Mara froze in her tracks, shotgun quickly raised. "Stop." she said in a deadly voice quiet enough for only Cade to hear. "Dogman. Twenty yards away, straight ahead. Audrey is right in front of it." What in the world? Heart hammering, everything suddenly clicked. Traitor. "Engaging."

BANG

The roar of the shotgun and bright barrel flash illuminated Mara, Cade, Audrey and the dogman for only an instant before the darkness swallowed them. "ONE DOGMAN, MY POSITION!" yelled Mara's terrified voice as it was followed by another shotgun fire, this time closer to the barn. Mara's momentarily illuminated form was slowly backing up. "AUDREY POSSIBLE HOSTILE! DON'T YOU MOVE, AUDREY!"

Cade and her need light, they're likely to get torn to shreds in this darkness and loud rain.

Cheshire Grin StoneWolf18 Raku , and everybody.

 

[Raku]

As Mara said she hadn't seen any wolves yet Cade felt a weight lift off of him. It made him fell a little better, but there was still the possibility of one being out here. He just hoped Cain was just delusional. He could hear Zach calling them back to the barn. Undoubtedly, they'd get an earful when they got back, but that would be later. Mara had extended he prosthetic out to guide Cade in the direction Audrey was. What she had to say was comical. "Yeah, let's try to keep the No. 2's away from where we're sleeping" he replied quietly, but just loud enough for her to hear over the downpour. She then told him she would move up, seeing as she as the one with a gun. It made Cade feel a little more secure knowing that they at least had a firearm out there.

He let Mara get a little ways ahead before following loosely. He gripped his weapon tightly as the threat of a wolf being out here was still present. He knew it wasn't much compared to the pistols and shotguns the rest of the group possessed, but it has dealt him a great deal of good over the years. It's worked as an effective weapon in the past. As they inched closer to Audrey, Cade grew suspicious. Was she really taking a 'potty break'? If so, why way out here? They were certainly far enough about 30 feet ago. All of it was making him grow a little more wary. He snapped to a stop as Mara said to do. What she said struck him hard. There was a wolf, and it was right in front of Audrey. With hardly any warning, Mara opened fire.

The flash gave way to what she had seen. She was right, there was a wolf, but why hadn't it attacked Audrey. She was mere feet in front of it. What was going on? Was this wolf, for some reason, not hostile? All this was going through his head as Mara and him began retreating towards the barn. He couldn't see anything. It was dark again and it was immediately even more dangerous. She fired again and Cade caught site of it again. Mara begin saying that Audrey could be hostile. This all was racking his mind as well as fear gripping his heart as it began to race. What the actual fuck was going on?
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Zer0 StoneWolf18 Cheshire Grin

 

[FireFlare]

• Foster
• Damien

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  Foster Dickens​
  
  An amused smile crept onto Foster's face at the nickname. Those names, those casually entertaining names, reminded Foster of school. While he hadn't been the recipient of that particular moniker before he'd met Tyson, the familiarity of it all and the memories it brought back were welcome. Sadly, the enjoyment brought by reminiscing was short-lived. Cain had followed Audrey and Mara out of the barn and into the downfall, and within moments, the man was calling out a dogman. Tyson didn't take the warning all that seriously, and perhaps Cain was just getting his revenge after the group had ganged up on him, but Foster wasn't willing to take that chance.
  
  He readied his gun, clicking the safety off and moving his finger to rest against the trigger guard. He was primed and scanning the darkness by the time Zach was at their group. He berated the two of them quickly, but Foster didn't listen all that closely. Whatever words Zach said had already forced themselves into Foster's head tenfold. If a wolf was out there, he'd failed. Simple as that. Julia's words did nothing to lessen the blow that came with the failure.
  
  After that, he tuned out the majority of the others, only paying attention to their words in snippets. His eyes were focused outside, waiting for any sign of a dog. He didn't even try to stop Cade when the man left the barn, although he did level a pretty nasty glare on the back of his head.
  
  He waited for the inevitable snarl of a wolf and the shots that would accompany it, but it was quiet. There wasn't silence, the rain made sure of that, but there were no screams. No gunshots, no nothing. The stayed strained, his shoulders tensing more with each passing second. And then it came.
  
  A muzzle flashed and Foster could see the silhouettes of the three out there and not much more. He didn't see a wolf, but there was shouting now. It was Mara. The word 'dogman' reached his ears and he grit his teeth, finger tapping restlessly against the trigger guard. There was another blast. Mara and Cade were closer now, but not by much. They weren't running though, and Audrey hadn't even moved. Something weird was going on out there.
  
  The thought of simply firing into the darkness crossed his mind only briefly. However, the thought of not allowing any of those who had left back into the barn was very much present. They didn't seem to be in imminent danger. They'd left the safety of the group and now there was talk of a dog and it was all just messing with his head. Their reactions weren't normal, and Foster wasn't going to take chances. There were too many people inside the barn that he wanted to protect.
  
  "Unless I see a dog, I'm not letting them back in until I have some answers."
  
  
  Interacting: Whoever's in earshot​
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  Damien Shaw​
  
  Damien stood, pushing off against the corroded wall of the shed. The wood creaked behind him, a few pieces already splintered from his weight. Time was passing slower than normal and it had been earlier than he'd thought when he'd attacked. Shifting again now would be a waste, so he was stuck here until the rain cleared.
  
  He brushed the dirt off his pants and moved to the still open shed door. Damien stood in the entrance, the rain just grazing his front. Even in this form, he could detect the jumbled mess of scents around him. But while loud noises still grated against his ears and those who hadn't showered -something that was sadly commonplace in this world- wreaked havoc on his nose, the chirping of crickets and the pounding of rain, albeit still annoying, was tolerable.
  
  He breathed in the rain and tried to force his shoulders to relax. His thoughts wandered, eventually reaching the memories that mocked him in their vagueness.
  
  There was a group made up of the people he was hunting, and they were enraged, though a few had fear in their eyes. One held a poster, yelling and pointing at this image it contained. Damien's face. Then he was thrown out. Guns were pointed and his and he was forced into the world. Then his mind flashed towards an attack. He recalled a number of similar instances in which he was the perpetrator, but he wasn't winning in this memory. There was a wolf on top of him, and as its claws raked into his flesh, his mind was only filled with thoughts of that group. That this was their fault.
  
  He bore his teeth and growled into the darkness. His face contorted in anger. He wanted to shift, to run after them and chase the scent that had already left his vicinity, but he held back. He had to be smart about this. He needed information, and his other form couldn't give him that. He paced back and forth by the door, his movement mimicking that of the man he'd just killed, snarling every so often.
  
  He dug his finger into his palm, increasing the pressure without restraint. His nails pressed against the flesh until they broke through, droplets of blood slowly moving from his fist and splashing to the ground. He used the pain to center himself, as motivation to wait before moving forward.
  

 

[McMajestic]

Tyson was still attempting to squint through the blankets of rain when the panic started to set in. It dripped through the walls like leaks in the structure, until everyone was pushing themselves onto their feet, scrambling for answers, searching for a clue thanks to Cain's big mouth. He had incited panic within everyone, an involuntary adrenaline rush, and for what? A false alarm? A monster no one could see but him? He snorted, glaring at the rain now, wishing Zach wouldn't have yelled at him for only doing his job. Like he could do any better in these kinds of conditions. No one had even confirmed seeing the dogman and yet the atmosphere was beginning to feel like they all thought it was right at their doorstep.

He had been so caught up in his own invective thought process that Eloisa's question startled him. He flinched slightly, snapping his head in her direction and looking her up and down with a rush of adrenaline before finally letting out the breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding for minutes, it felt like. The noise of the barn came rushing back to him, and everything Loisa had said rushed into his ears as if time had been fast-forwarded back into the present from the moment he was stuck in. "No one sees one of those dogmen. Cain's just trying to start a fight." As if to prove his point Tyson made one more glance towards the storm before walking over to the side of the barn and shoving a stall window open. He peeked outside, just barely catching silhouettes of people. And that's all there was- until the lightning flashed. "Oh fuck," he whispered, and as if on cue Mara cried out the confirmation of the dogman. "What I just said, scratch that. Grab a weapon." Tyson turned to Eloisa, moving towards the door of the barn with his pistol in hand, his finger grazing the trigger.

He moved outside into the rain, remembering that crash course in dogmen back at the base. Pack animals. Or at least, they had been at one point. If one had been spotted there was no telling how many more were crawling around, and so his main objective was to make sure the rest of the perimeter was secured. As he peered around, squinting into flashes of lightning, he couldn't help but notice there had only been one shot and then nothing. No more sound of gun fire, no roar from the beast, no... noise. It was just the rain and the screams of panic echoing past the sheets of rain. As he finished looking over one side he came around closer to where Mara and Cain were, where Audrey and the animal were. The lightning, which acted as his only flashlight in this demonic darkness, gave him a quick hold of the situation. Mara was terrified and backing up and Audrey was too close to the dogman for comfort. "Well don't stop shooting at the damn thing!" He yelled, "not until you're sure it's dead!" rain dripping down his face and sticking his clothes to his body, his hair to his forehead. He was shivering from the cold that came with the rain, though he wasn't going to pretend like the adrenaline in his body wasn't being released at rapid rates. There one was, one of those damned creatures that had ruined all their lives, and people were backing away from it as if they could outrun a monster like that. He had a bad angle, one with Audrey in the way, and he didn't want to risk the shot, so he checked the surroundings as best he could and moved a bit closer, still farther away than Mara, but looking for a better vantage point.

spectro Zer0 And everyone​

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Cain
​

Cain is definitely grinning right now. Despite some of the survivors decided to chalk Cain's warning as just him riling up the group or just messing with them, there were still some that decided to take his warning as real. After all you can never be too careful in this world, especially in a world where ravenous dog monsters are out for your blood and flesh. Better yet, he could hear that the leaders of the groups themselves are taking him seriously, even berating the ones who were supposed to supposed to be watching out for the dogmen. So far, things are going his way. Even better, no one approached Cain to ask what the hell he was talking about or even how he managed to spot the dogman, so Cain was safe from having to explain his claims for now.

As Cain continued to look for the dogman, he suddenly heard Mara shouting about the dogman and about Aubrey being a possible hostile. The grin on Cain's face grew even wider upon hearing this. Not only does he not need to verify his claims, it seems that if he plays this correctly, he might be able to kill the two biggest problems he has right now. Not only was he killing three birds with one stone, he could also relieve the stress he's accumulated over the past few days by killing some fools.

Cain broke into a sprint towards Mara's direction. "What the fuck are you waiting for?!" Cain shouted when he saw the Mary and Cade was just standing there, not firing at Aubrey and the dogman. "Kill that thing before it calls out for more dogman!" Cain continued to shout as he wields his ax, not even thinking about going for his shotgun. "Fucking die you traitor!!!" He roared as she sprinted towards Aubrey, intent to kill the other shifter before killing the dogman since it seemed easier to kill Aubrey in her human form.

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[JokerValentine]

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Mentions: StoneWolf18 CrimsonEclipse Raku

Chaos. Chaos was like a whirlwind that appears in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but destruction in its path. Chaos is that hurricane that too many believe that they are safe from. But there is no escape, for chaos follows wherever humans went. The situation now became worse for the group, as Mara shouted wildly into the air as she let loose a bullet, a powerful blast juxtaposed with the lightning above. The wind and rain were quick to blow the smell of the farm inside, but the wind seemed at a standstill when compared with Zach.

He was angry, raving mad perhaps. How could they have been so foolish, to run out into the storm like that? And now they were understaffed, the strongest of the group for the most part out in the rain. But even in this dire circumstance, there was idiocy afoot. Without even using his brain, Tyson bolted into the rain towards the gunshot alone, as typical soldiers do. "Get your ass back inside! What the hell are you doing?" the livid Zachary shouted into the storm at the fire watch, who not a few moments earlier had ranted about others leaving their posts.

Well now it came down to Cain. "Cain!" Zach called, looking back. But he was gone too. It was a miracle that they had made it this far, it seemed. Now Zach was not the smartest in the group by any means, but it seemed that he even knew how ridiculous it was. Frantic, with Blake, Allegra, Shady, Devin, Julia, Caleb... and the girl. "Julia!" Zach said, looking at her, "go with Eloisa, make sure the kid's alright. She can't get hurt."

Any casualties were on him tonight. That included everyone outside. There were so many people out there, while their leaders hid inside. No, this wasn't alright. "The rest of you, you know what to do." The hypocrite leader now took his leave, rushing towards the sound of the gunshot, rifle in hand. They were his family, after all, and as bad of a move it was, he was going to put himself on the line. He put on his helmet, rushing the couple hundred feet up to Tyson, looking out into the scene before him. It had appeared now that he too had fallen into the pit of chaos.

 

[ONI]

Shady 'Shannon' O'Kane

Shannon tugged the makeshift poncho from its place hastily, his eyes uncovered to the world around him. Once again he was woken abruptly, his waking groans were inaudible, masked by heavy rains and barked commands. Rain droplets dissipated above him, even on him, crashing down upon a worn rooftop barely holding itself together. He came to a hunched stand, rifle gripped readily in both hands with one of the few entryways in his view as he processed everything that had been thrown at him in just a few seconds. The could feel his heart race, it always did when things were getting hairy, nobody could ever say they didn't get that pounding sensations within their chest, the shaky breaths and vice like grip. The airman embrace it all, stowed it away and locked it down, knowing full well that fear before a fight was completely normal.

In what few blurry moments he had to collect himself, his eyes, with the weapon's barrel and sights both in alignment with them, swept the room. Nothing, no visual on hostiles, the room was clear and so he took use of this time, very quickly relocating himself next to Zach, setting beside the man with a bit of a slid before getting down to a knee. He leaned towards the taller man, taking a brief rearward glance to ensure nothing had gotten inside in the short time since he checked "Gimme a run down. How many, how far-", the man took a second to do a brass check. A round in the chamber and rounds in the magazine, even a boot knew that meant you were good to go. "-Zach... Where're the others?" he questioned, his neck craning as he looked about, soon after lowering himself to slip his helmet on.

The ringing of shots caused his questions to go unanswered and instinctively he contorted towards the fire. As the man next to him gave out orders, Shannon provided them with security. As the two other women in the room were hailed he looked them, internally he kicked himself, considering the point of even sending them out to protect the kid but he very quickly vanquished those thoughts, it wasn't fair of him to dismiss a child's expectancy so quickly and with a sharp sigh, called out to Eloisa, all the while removing his pistol from its holster and detaching the lanyard from his belt. The man checked the weapon and drew another magazine for it before shouldering himself away from the battered barn wall and towards her, leaving the rifle to fall to its sling. "Don't fuckin' lose it!", he slapped the weapon into her hand, shoved the additional magazine towards her and then with an index finger, stiffly pointed at her "I want it back!" clearly unhappy about departing his precious sidearm as he hastily fell in on Zach's heels.

"On you, mate." would've been the last thing anyone inside would have heard from him over the sound of rain and wind as the pair dove into the unknown. Shannon fought into the endless sheets of rain with a curse, finger on the trigger as he swept sectors. He kept a rigidness about himself, he wasn't looking to die in the damn rain, he hated rain.​

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[Cheshire Grin]

Mood:
Curious, protective, and somewhat confused
Location:
Yards from the barn
Mentions:
Andrey( StoneWolf18 ) and Cain( CrimsonEclipse )
Interactions:
Mara( Zer0 ) and Cayde( Raku ) and later Damien( FireFlare )

Gypsy Rose stared down towards the young looking woman, the rain pouring down on them, it not letting up. Her yellow orbs scanned the area for a moment, hearing the noises of the outside world. Her claws twitched slightly as she leaned a bit closer to the woman, hearing her speak up, saying that it wasn't safe and that she had to leave. Gypsy Rose slowly looked up towards the barn, sniffing the air for a moment before turning her attention back towards the woman. Humans were known for attacking dogman, so many looking at the barn up close would be a bit too...confrontational. But she was curious, she wanted to know why she smelt these...other beings, dogmen who weren't dogmen, or at least didn't look like them.

But she understood her place, she wasn't meant to be here. However, before she could leave, she heard something go off. Something from a boomstick. She recognized that sound anywhere. Gypsy Rose's head whipped in the direction, her yellow eyes scanning the horizon as she noticed the other beings more clearly. The woman from before who was now accompanied by a man. It wouldn't be long until she felt a sharp pain in her arm. She roared loudly, growling lowly as her claws twitched slightly. Her breathing labored slightly, glaring towards woman holding the boomstick. 'I guess...I should...leave.' She thought to herself, a low grumble left her lips before she started backing away slowly. However, she had heard something that concerned her a bit, traitor. She had heard that would before. Not a lot of nice things happened after that word. 'Au...dr...ey...traitor?' She thought confused. Was this woman named Audrey? Interesting.

Gypsy Rose turned away, the blood dripping from her arm as she started moving away from the loud noises, away from the humans and away from the strange beings who smelled of dogmen. Low groans left Gypsy Rose's muzzle as she soon disappeared into the darkness and trees. The adrenaline was pumping through her, ignoring the pain in her arm so she didn't have to deal with the crazed boomstick wielders. She kept running and running until she could run no more. she shivered slightly in pain, her arm shaking. She had to be used to this, that was what always got her kind killed. boomsticks are dangerous, no matter who holds them. Gypsy Rose slouched forward, whining slightly as she walked over towards a shed. The rain weighed heavily on the black figure, her breathing labored. The damage was extensive, it didn't just get her arm, but it always got parts of her chest, none fatal thankfully.

Gypsy Rose continued walking towards the shed when she noticed another being. A person. He had the scent. Just like the crazy axeman, just like the woman named Audrey. She let out a low groan as she continued walking forward. Was he like the man or the woman? Who knows? At this point, she just needed help. Humans always had large white strings wrapped around themselves, maybe he could help her. Gypsy Rose wandered closer and stopped a few meters from him, panting heavily as she tried to calm her body.

 

[Raku]

So much was happening, yet so little at the same time. Or maybe it was just the sudden gunshot right in his ear that mentally rocked him. The ringing in his ears drowned out most other sounds. The sudden flashes of light that had come from the shotgun had hindered his eyes' attempts to adapt to the darkness, so it was a little harder to see afterwards. In the flashed of lightning he concluded that the shots had hit the wolf as it began to run away. Although Cade didn't like to use a gun, he had to admit, they got the job done. The wolves never stayed very long after a couple shots from one. Sometimes it seemed regardless of the weapon used. Whether it be a handgun or a shotgun, the beasts were gone within a few shots. They had their cons though like ammo and noise. Something that he had learned over the years is that you don't need to reload an ice axe.

As the dogman ran off and one conflict was dealt with, another made itself present in what seemed like milliseconds. Cade presumed Cain had shouted it before the wolf retreated, but he was charging Audrey like a mad man, axe in hand and accusing her of being a traitor. Cade had no doubt on the intent of that charge, it was to kill Audrey. Although Mara and Cain were hellbent on the possibility that Audrey was a traitor. Cade on the other hand, was not buying it. She was clearly petrified, scared that if she were too move it would kill her, or she was so scared she couldn't move at all. It wasn't like she was talking to it. Cade believed the beasts were intelligent, but he didn't think they could understand English. If they could, why wouldn't they speak it? Why would they just revert back to such primitive and animal-like sounds? But all this opened to another question; why didn't it attack?

Ignoring his thoughts at the moment, he had to do something about Cain. The last thing they needed was one of the group members going 'crazy axeman' on another group member. He thought of what he could do quickly. He wanted to put Cain down without doing any serious damage. His mind went to a classic move; take out the knees. He flipped around his ice axe so he'd strike with the blunt backside. He then stepped forward and swung with a decent deal of force, enough to make Cain's knees buckle. As he stepped forward though, he felt something hit his thigh. He had completely forgotten about the handgun at his side! That would have been helpful and even more of a relief before. Even though Cade knew he was intelligent, he knew he could be really fucking stupid at times.

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[StoneWolf18]

Audrey

Tysh

Everything that was happening within the short span of time was simply overwhelming. Mara was calling her out be a traitor, the dogman ran, and now the bloodthirsty shifter Cain had began to rush towards her with a clear intent to kill. Thankfully, Cade had stepped forward to take the man out, otherwise she as sure it wasn’t going to end well.

Despite the station calming down sightly, the woman was having trouble collecting herself. The gunfire, shouting, and distressed cries from fleeing beast... slowly Audrey sank to her knees, not caring she was currently getting quite a bit of mud on her pants. Eyes wide she tried to get a handle on her rapid breathing and racing pulse, not paying much attention to what was occurring around her anymore. To anyone observing her at the moment, she would appear to be having a panic attack. However she knew better than that. The sensation was all too familiar, a survival mechanism for when things got too much for her to rationalize.

Fighting off a transformation was one thing, doing it in a group of people who were now most likely already rattled and sekeptial was even worse.

 

[Zer0]

- Mara Malvern -
" In the Rain "​

Mara startled when the dogman roared, firing another shot, as glowing feral eyes glared at her through the darkness. 'It'sgoingtopounce, it'sgoingtopounce --- come and get it, you monster!' was the answer of her steely eyes, ready to take it down. But it turned away. She wasn't going to complain.

"DOGMAN MOVING AWAY TO THE EAST!" she yelled over the downpour, her eyes never leaving the hulking figure. "LOST SIGHT OF IT!" Was it going around to flank her? Is it going to come back and charge? Behind, she heard their group mobilize, and Cain's war cry. Her eyes darted to Audrey. She was on her knees. What? Was she hurt?

That's when Cade swung at a charging Cain's knees, and for a wild moment Mara thought Cade might be on Audrey's side and an enemy. She made the decision to deal with that later and put her safety first, and with that backed up quickly towards the barn, whistling for her horse.

Caroline had woken up from the gunshot. She had already quickly saddled Tiramisu; the horse was pawing the ground impatiently, wanting to go to Mara already, but he kept as still as he could until Caroline was on his back with a torch. "Out of the way!" cried the little girl, as the horse bolted from its stall and rushed out into the rain. "Auntie!"

With a well practiced movement, Mara grabbed on to the saddle and hoisted herself up; her niece took her shield and shotgun, while she switched to her bow. Feeling more confident now that she has speed to match a dogman, she left Audrey, Cain, and Cade to Zach and the rest, while she patrolled the eastern edge of the barn, vigilant for that same dogman or any more of them. She made herself look as scary and intimidating as possible.

 

[JokerValentine]

At that moment, whatever cruel god there was had decided he or she was bored of the rain. As the werewolf threat retreated, the rain suddenly stopped, and as the clouds cleared as rapid as they seemingly approached, one could begin to discern morning dew in the distance. Though, nobody was captivated by nature anymore. Before him, Zach could only see the outlines of Cain, Audrey, Mara, and Cade all about in the weather, some fighting, others in flight to the barn. Zach had no other option but to rush towards them. Tyson of course followed behind him, the scrawny soldier. He didn't look the part, no doubt. Zach had put a different face on his head than the one others seemed to see, including Tyson.

When Zach arrived, seeing that Cain was thrashing wildly as Cade restrained him, the male instantly went forth to the outnumbered aggressor, his gun not far from his shoulder. "Cain, the hell is wrong with you?" Zach angrily barked, getting in-between him and Audrey so as to separate them. "Are you out of your mind? Audrey's one of us you dumbass! Everyone get back in the barn, now. You all should know better than to run out in the middle of fucking storm, dear lord." Of course, his roaring voice was not optimal in a hot zone such as this. Yet, what was even more deadly than the creatures abroad was insubordination, was breaking from the group for personal gain. They all had done so. They risked their lives for nothing, and they would have become nothing but food if they had not been so lucky. Need he remind him of what happened recently with the losses they sustained as a group.

With the sun coming up, however, they had much more of an advantage. They ought to begin packing up, plotting the next places to seek for a supply run. Though, as people were groggy, and surely Zach needed a time to vent his frustrations to Julia on how poor of a job nearly everyone had done at being a group member and how they would handle it. Firewatch was already ineffective. Mara was at least in a rush to get back to her post. Tyson, however, was not. Though, as he saw Mara running back to the barn, he decided he should do the same, and took off back to the barn. He didn't have much to say, as since he was quite ashamed to admit it, the mention and sight of a werewolf made him freeze.

Interactions: CrimsonEclipse StoneWolf18 Raku
Mentions: Malice Queen Zer0 McMajestic ONI Cheshire Grin


***
In other realms, however, more devious plots were being hatched. The party, as has been known up to this point, was being watched. They did not escape the notice of many. Damien and Gypsy Rose were famed examples, but there was a third who took note of them. His name was lost to the records, but what he saw out of them, in their chaos, was a meal. The shifter had stumbled across what remained of a camp, suffered at the hands of Damien's drive. With their blood still cooling, alas, the shifter had an idea. This idea was one he had done before, just barely convincing his meal that he was genuine.

The blood of the fallen had become a fine paint, as the shifter adorned his clothing with splotches of blood. He had to look the part, he had to embody it. AS disgusting as a human form was, it was necessary to trick these foolish humans into thinking he was one of them. He had to pretend that his friends were killed, and that he needed refuge from the monster, when indeed he was the monster, and a monster must feed. The shifter, adorned in bloodied and tattered clothes to fit the part, made sure he had one last detail: a hat, to shield his eyes from the gaze of others. Take no chances, as they say.

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[Zer0]

- Mara Malvern -
" In the Rain "​

With the threat gone, and after a quick gallop around the field to see if the racket they made attracted any unfriendly eyes close by, Mara and Coraline dismounted in the barn and packed up immediately. The older woman passed her niece the dented cup overflowing with rain water, then gulped down the rest, as they got ready to go.

Have to change positions, all that gunfire was sure to draw dogmen or raiders. After they had changed into dry clothes, Mara hastily gave Coraline a leg up up the rafters to see if she was right about a bird's nest being up there on the roof, and sure enough her niece's hand victoriously thrust out three little sparrow eggs. "Good job, sweetie, that's your breakfast!"

"Have one."

"I'm good, I've got the rat jerky." but Coraline dropped one of the eggs down and Mara caught it. Her aunt smiled and nodded at her appreciatively, then cracked the egg and just ate it raw. "Stay up there and keep a look out for us while we talk, okay?"

"Okay!"

Now . . . what to do with Audrey . . . if Zach asked, she'd calmly tell him what she saw out there and exactly what she thought: that Mara didn't trust her anymore. Audrey went out there suddenly without a weapon, evasively answering her questions as to where she was going, then she just stood there with one of those monsters right in front of her and it didn't attack her. If Mara didn't know any better, Audrey seemed to be its friend. And she wasn't going to travel with someone on the dogman's side who could just serve them up for lunch.

"She can just leave again, Zach, saying she needs to go to the bathroom, and next thing we know we're surrounded by a pack of those monsters. I say she goes." And then quietly in a voice that only he could hear. "You know that I'm the only one who knows the way out of this nightmare inside the walls. I die, neither you nor your sister will get out." and her eyes showed all the years of experience she tried to do just that.

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[CrimsonEclipse]

Cain
​

As Cain as rushing towards Audrey, he saw the dogman turning tails and running away. He clicked his tongue at this, a bit furious and annoyed that a potential threat has escaped him. Well, no matter, the bigger threat was now in front of him with seemingly no intent to flee or defend herself. He was so close he could already envision his axe lodging itself into the bitch’s skull, blood and brain matter splattering all over his as his axe practically cleaver through her skull, and that made him happy.

Just as he was about to bring down the axe and end his problem, he felt a surge of pain on the back of his knee as he collapsed on the ground. “Motherfucker! I almost had her! Let me go you fucking thrash!” Cain roared as Cade tried to restrain him. Just before Cain could throw the stupid man off him, their brave ‘leader’ Zach arrived and started bersting him. Honestly, this has been a great stroke of luck. Had Zach not come and distracted him, he might have just went and snapped Cade’s neck in a bout of pure anger. Cain is still angry, furious even, but he managed to regain enough sense to keep himself from transforming.

“That bitch is a traitor I tell you!” Cain shouted to Zach, spittle flying out of his mouth as he started shouting. “I’ve seen her kind before! They were our skin and pretend to be one of us, but they’re beasts underneath! I’ve seen them before, they fucking killed my wife and daughter!” Cain continued raving, his eyes going red from the intensity of his emotions. “You’ve got to believe me! We’ll all die because of that bitch! I’ve seen how she looks at that horse, and it’s only a matter of time until she looks at you that way as well!” Cain shouted. Of course he knows that Audrey hungers for the horse, he did so himself. And why did he reveal the existence of shifters like himself? Simple, he didn’t want it to be used against him. By doing this, it will become less likely for Audrey to throw this accusation back at him, after all, he said it himself first. Well, that’s how it went in his head at least.

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[Malice Queen]

Julia Ferren

Julia snaps from the daze she was in, the lack of sleep hadn't helped her mood or her ability to concentrate. What was going on? Right, dumbasses went rushing off in the rain and left behind half the group. She couldn't quite understand what was going on the pouring rain and lightning made it hard to understand what the fuck was going on. Zach, being a pissed off and fearless leader rushed off into the rain to go get the others that had left. Of course, she was worried this was her only living family and hell, she would have backed him up if he hadn't told her to stay behind and watch the kid...and the others! With a heavy sigh Julia would move her hand to the grip of her pistol as she went to check on the girl Mara kept with her – Coraline? "There there sweety, everything will be alright. Zach's going to get Mara and--" That's when she heard the gunshot and a series of shouts. 'What was that?...' she would think to herself as her entire body perked up and stared towards the agape barn doors. The horse seemed to react to what was happening outside, the gunshot, the shouting. It didn't sit well with Julia but Zach told her to stay put and she would do that, for the safety of the others.

Time flew by, not much happening within the barn and that’s when everyone back to the barn, just outside the partially open doors. She was relieved to see the familiar faces just outside but there was something bothering her. Julia rose to her feet and approached the group, overhearing the shouts and curses coming from Cain – his voice and way of talking were easy to identify! Julia slides herself between the ajar barn door and looks over to Cain. “You need to watch what you say…” Julia would say in a hushed yet harsh tone. “I’ve seen the way you look at us, at ALL of us. You’re NOT a team player, that’s blatantly obvious. So why the fuck are you with us? Do you LIKE to cause trouble, cuz you’re certainly doing just that with these accusations…” She did not like him, at all and she’s talked to Zach about him a few times. Regardless of whether they were true, Julia was not about to take whatever this man said as truth. If anything she’d try to see both sides before coming to a conclusion. “Yes, she snuck out during…an odd time but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a reason for it. As far as I know, there’s no way to tell whether or not these ‘shifter’ things are real or not.” She would look to Zach and sigh, her brow furrowing from frustration and anger.

The second-in-command (of sorts anyway) would look among the group outside the barn, her eyes taking in their expressions before she would focus her gaze on Audrey. The young woman seemed concerned about Audrey, who appeared to be on her knees in some sort of shocked state. The rain still poured, the ground was getting muddier by the second and there she was on the ground in the mud. Had no one else bothered to check on her? Julia was armed, and Zach was there…Caleb was probably watching from the busted up wall of the loft probably – always a worrier that one! “Audrey…” Julia would murmur as she would kneel in the mud. One of Julia’s hands would rise to Audrey’s shoulder, softly “Audrey, are you alright?“ Julia would notice her rapid breathing and try to gain her attention. “Hey, Hey, Hey. It’s alright, you’re okay…” Julia would attempt to comfort the woman. Hyperventilation was a thing Julia had experienced a couple times in her life. “Take a breath and hold it to try and steady your breathing…” Julia would try to coach the woman in regaining control of her body’s actions.

INTERACTIONS : CrimsonEclipse StoneWolf18

 

[StoneWolf18]

Audrey

Tysh

While Audrey had blood roaring in her ears, she was still fighting off a fierce instinct that had managed to hyper focus her sense. Cain’s screaming after being knocked down by Cade, what the hell was he thinking? No one would believe that kind of ranting, right?

Well... they would if she didn’t get herself under some sort of control.

Thankfully Julia had came to her defense after what felt like an eternity, the woman scolding the insane shifter for stirring up trouble before kneeling beside her. The hand she placed on her shoulder worked to help ground the hyperventilating woman, she focusing her words and slowly gaining control once more by doing what she said.

“This is my fault...” Audrey would mumble, trying to salvage the situation. “I thought I saw something but I didn’t expect it to be a dog until it was right in front of me...” She wasn’t sure how convincing she sounded, but she was a bit too terrified at the possibly of more group members growing hostile towards her to care.

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