Realistic or Modern Zombie Apocalypse

[Peacemaker .45]

Doc tried to comfort Jennifer after her shouting match.


"Thanks, Doc," she said, whispering as she glanced at her. "I'm going to sit down for a minute."


Once everyone stated their feelings, Jennifer sat down. The pain bothered her, but she didn't care right now. She flipped her safety on on her rifle, and placed the butt of it on the ground. She leaned her head against the warm barrel. She felt disappointed in herself for getting so angry. Whenever she lost her cool, regardless of if it was before or after the world of the undead, she always was disappointed in herself. Today's been a hell of a day so far. And it hasn't been easy. All she has done is run and run and fought her her life, other people's lives, to protect herself and the others she had met and started to like. In truth, she hasn't had anything like this. She had seen some of the worst in people in this new world. She didn't want to be with people or trust them. Yet, here she was doing just that. And furthermore, she killed people today. She never killed anyone living before. While it was self defense and survival, she couldn't help but feel terrible for ending a real, living person's life, even if it was to protect herself.


Furthermore, she thought about how this man went through some difficult things. She couldn't imagine being through what she did. But it appears that everyone has their own baggage they have to carry around with them now. She felt pity for him. That was terrible what he had experienced. But part of her wondered if they could still trust them. He killed so young, even if his father was a smear on humanity and killed his mother. He did end up killing her. And then he had to kill innocent people in war. She wants to think that the man wants to leave that life behind, and protect people, as opposed to hurt them. But as Austin said, what he did didn't earn our trust. But it may have earned him a chance. Then there was Tammy. Jennifer still was uncertain of her. She hadn't done much to earn trust, or a chance, for that matter. The verdict is still out on her.


"I'll take part in any decision made. If we do decide to let them stay, I suggest we have people watch them until they earn our complete trust," she said, getting up.


Jennifer, feeling sorrow for what she had said, walked over to One Eyed.


"I'm sorry for making things get personal. It's been a really long day. I want to apologize for saying what I did, and making this personal," she said, with an apologetic tone. "You haven't earned my trust yet. But I think Austin's right; you've earned the chance to try to earn it. I just think we still need to keep an eye on you." She paused for a moment, looking away from him, then returning her eyes to his face. "I'm sorry about your past," she said, before walking away and back to where she was sitting before.


Jennifer took a deep breath, and let her emotions sail out of her as she exhaled. She felt calmness enter her body. She was finally levelheaded again.


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[Lola Shimmer]

It all happened so fast..she saw the guy move..seen it from the corner of her eye but by the time she had put her full attention back onto Rambo he had already disarmed Austin and was pointing the man's own gun at him. Tori went stiff and her hands automatically tightened around the weapon that she held in them. It was up in an instant and pointed toward the pair. Her fingers twitched towards the trigger remembering the one and only time she had shot it earlier that day but she froze just as her finger reached that cool metal and Austin's gun was being handed back to him. She still didn't lower the gun though the woman stood there stiff as a board the shotgun seeming to be glued in her hands..she almost shot that guy..and lets face it she would have probably hit Austin it wasn't like she had good aim. Her blue eyes had went wide as she realized just how close that situation had come and then suddenly everyone was exploding.


It wasn't until Tori went to move her arms and lower the gun that she felt the ache in her muscles she had been so rigid, She still didn't move from her spot though. The blood rushing through her ears felt like she had just stuck her head under water, Her heart was beating so fast she felt like she might be sick or maybe that was the empty stomach. She let her arms fall to her sides holding the shotgun loosely in her left hand and stretching out the fingers on her right as she watched the others girls go at the guy and watched as he snapped right back. Tori looked among all of them but she shot a quick glance toward Austin to make sure he was ok..she saw a look pass over his face was that disappointment? the woman wondered. In himself maybe she decided, especially considering how guarded the guy seemed to be. Tori sighed inwardly at least he wasn't injured right? She had sort of drifted off into her own thoughts once more, she was getting bad for that she needed to eat her concentration wasn't poor which drove the danger up all the more. Considering the current scene she wasn't keen to put them at any more risk.


As the surprise and shock of what had just happened started to wear off on her Tori felt the heat of anger starting to build in her chest. was that guy fricken insane?! that seemed like a bright idea to him on gaining trust. The woman scoffed to herself at that and even let out a snarky chuckle. "You sir are a fucking idiot" she said matter of factually to captain army "And no offence to all you but i'm just gonna go right to unpopular opinion territory, But we've all been through our fair share of shit and pain over this thing Standing out here shouting about it ain't gonna help it isn't a damn competition" she snapped. Tori didn't mean to be cruel but it was true it was getting them no where fast. Her body started to shake and she didn't know if it was adrenaline, hunger, Anger, Tiredness or all of the above. Tori took in a deep and uneven breath, "I say we all sleep on different floors until we fell a bit more comfortable with each other and there is more trust, that way we aren't all together but we aren't leaving any one out here to die" she shrugged her shoulders. Heck she needed a minute, Tori decided she was due that freak out she had been putting off all day right about now, She felt bad for them of course she did she wasn't heartless but she wasn't all big at sensitivity either. "Yeah so that's my plan" She stated and turned walking out of the mill and around the side of it toward the back as she slung the shot gun over her shoulder. Upon reaching the other side of the mill Tori let herself lean up against it and slowly sink into a sitting position and shoved her head between her knees taking deep breaths, "Well shit."


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[KathleneWilliams2121]

Miyuki watches and looks over at the group and sighs. She puts her arrow back in her quiver and the bow along her back. he "Well if my word haves any merit I say we should at least let them in. There are more of us then them and they are barely armed. We all have been though hell and we all need to sit and calm down." She then turns around to the girl that Skylynn worked on to fix her wound. She seemed to be tired, then again she just went through so much pain so the fact wouldn't surprise her. She then turns her head to Austin, who was trying to protect them. He was doing the right thing, but both of them had very valid points. Everyone was tired, sore, hungry and stressed. She watches Tori state her piece and walk outside, needing a breather. She sighs once again. "I will be outside," she whispers to Tiffany as she walks out the doors and looks over and sees Tori sitting down with her head between her knees. Pulling out one of the last bottles of water she had left, she handed it over to Tori, "Feeling alright?" she asks as she gives her a small smile.


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[BloodThunder27]

Overall, Tiffany was really worried about what was going on. But once everyone calmed down, she holstered her Handgun. When Miyuki said that she'd be outside, the young mother could only sigh because the girl was just too stubborn for her own good and shouldering to much responsibility. Unwilling to let the girl go off on her own, the young mother simply followed her.


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[Lekar]

David had said what needed to be said. Some people seemed very distraught with his words, but he knew that they knew what he was saying was true. They all looked very quiet, and he knew that that little shouting match they all just had is sure to draw some attention from whatever heard it. He puts his hand up in reassurance.


"It's getting late, we're all tired. Let's just sleep on this. We can maybe sit down and have a civilized talk. We don't need to be yelling at each other anymore."


David was trying his hardest to sound calming and tranquil. He just wanted to have an actual, meaningful conversation with at least one of these people. He wanted to know how they were except for how well they can point their gun. He wanted to learn their personality, maybe even their history. It was weird, but he felt like talking to people was the only thing he needed to keep himself going.

 

[Crono]

Austin nearly groaned at Aidan abstaining, that left six people to give opinion and now it could be a tie. Both Jennifer and Tori gave their thoughts and Tori left to go outside, tension was still up there. It would take a little time for everyone to get at least a little comfortable once it had quieted down. Finally Miyuki spoke, "That's majority, guess you get to bunk up for the night." Though he didn't really want to be in here with them all, having planned to move outside himself.


Luckily nobody was on watch which gave him the opening for an excuse. "I'm going to go keep a lookout." He told them, glancing at Aidan and then Jennifer. Austin trusted they could handle Tammy or David if one of the two decided to do a 360, and if they wanted to talk then there we're four women inside to talk to. Making sure to give the both David and Tammy their space as he stepped out of the doorway around them and down the gravel path towards the vehicles. Once again he took the gun from his pants as he neared the SUV they'd driven here, one of the three vehicles parked outside.


Austin's eyes drifted along the edges of the property and area, anywhere he expected someone to be hiding. Still not convinced there weren't more people hiding out here, something told him it was unlikely, but his past experience forced him to be wary. Reaching the back end of the SUV he reached up and grabbed onto the roof racks and with a low grunt he hauled himself up so he could stand on the roof. A higher position didn't change much of what he could see, but at the very least he wouldn't have to worry about getting the chomp from any wandering dead that might sneak up on him.


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[Mica]

She definitely agreed with Jennifer in that someone should keep an eye on the newcomers. Aidan wasn't sure whether sleeping on different floors would feel safe enough. Everyone seemed more or less calmed down but Aidan couldn't unwind. She finally decided that the gun needed to be put away. Her shotgun safely on her back again, she wandered back into the building. Tori seemed to have left to deal with her own head problems. A pair of the girls they met recently seemed to wander off to comfort her or something of the sort. Aidan couldn't think of what she would say to Tori as comfort and thus felt there was little she could do.


She took her hat off, wiped her brow and messed with her hat hair. As things began to wind down, Aidan finally could remember how hungry she was. Hadn't she spent the morning trying to look for food. To be honest the morning felt so far away at this point. Regardless, she did need food soon. Looking back outside, she quickly realized that she wouldn't be able to at that moment. Perhaps she would be able to scrounge something up tomorrow. She looked at her hat and felt at the scrapes and holes in the stitching. It looked like the events of the past month were doing a number on the thing. Of all her possessions, she hoped that her hat would survive. This wasn't due to the fact that it had some sentimental value, though it had once upon a time, but it simply felt like a part of her. She sighed and put the hat back on, hiding the mess that was her hair. Looking back around at the crowd, she realized that most seemed to have contributed something of their past. People certainly were awful sentimental. She looked at the soldier man and correct herself, people simply couldn't leave their pasts behind.


Austin had excused himself out of the room to keep watch. She wondered if he needed time alone. He did seem to want to avoid the crowd previously. At least Jennifer was still around. She wouldn't have been able to stand it if she was left with what she considered to be strangers. She looked and wandered the building searching around for anything they could use to get comfortable. Not that she hadn't slept on a floor before, but if she could find some spare clothes or blankets.


Spying Aryn from the corner of her eye, she wandered over to ask, "Did you guys find any supplies here before,...Doc?" she couldn't actually remember her real name but the Jennifer's nickname had stuck, "Water, food, blankets, anything?"


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[tammynorthland]

Tammy heard the hospitality was almost false in the sentinels voice. He was hesitant to let outsiders in the fort. They had every right to tammy took it upon her self to sleep under watch or alone whatever they felt. She stood tall her hair whipped slightly through the breeze, "guess lucks on our side." Tammy said subtly toward the one eyed man. She carried her pack up to the doorway with no worries of being shot. She picked up her bloody crowbar and holstered it into her packs strap. "You guys are more than welcome to tell me where I can and cannot go and who I can and cannot stay with." She said with submission. After cooling off the next issue was sunlight was fading fast, her feet sore, probably blistered, and tired. She tracked at least 10 miles today hence seeing these people making her that excited the military man was a stirred up surprise that made her entrance much harder. At least they had a little humanity inside.


The pathway was open and tammy let herself inside. Slowly seeing the others that made it through this hellhole.

 

[KathleneWilliams2121]

She looks over at Tiffany who followed her. She knew she was just trying to be protective over her and Miyuki really did appreciate it, but she knew that she needed to rest. She walks over to tiffany and smiles, "Hey Tiff, why don't you sit down and rest?" She says as she helps the young mother sit down. "I will help look out, its better." She smiles as she starts to climb the back way of the windmill to get onto the roof, "I will be down soon so don't worry." She climbs up, even though she knew in the back of her mind that Tiffany was going to give her a lecture about it tomorrow, and sees the guy who was defending them was on the roof. Miyuki didn't know what to do or say. She didn't want to bother him but at the same time, she had a feeling he would go off in the middle of the night. Not trusting him completely, she decided to keep an eye on him, just in case. She pulls out a map out of her quiver and starts to draw on it, charting where she went that day so that way, if she needed to, she could come back easily.


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[BloodThunder27]

Tiffany found it very thoughtful when Miyuki helped her sit down. Not very many people in the world now would go out of their way to help a pregnant woman. When she sat down, Tiffany smiled at Miyuki when the girl climbed up onto the roof to keep a look out. Why was she pushing herself so hard? Tiffany felt bad for being pampered by everyone, which is why she tries not to pull the 'pregnancy card'. She didn't like feeling useless or lazy. Leaning against the wall, she started feeling light-headed. Despite her attempts to stay awake, Tiffany ended up passing out.


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[Aryn Harris]

Skylynn looked up from Josh when she heard somebody say her new nickname. "Not yet. We haven't started looking... We were trying to rest up. Well. Tiffany was. I was watching Josh and Miyuki was watching for any dangers." She said softly, holding back a yawn.


She couldn't remember the last time that she had slept and it probably wasn't going to get any better with Josh.


"I can help you guys look now if you'd like." She added, gently patting Josh's back as he began to stir.


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[Lola Shimmer]

Tori's head snapped up when she heard footsteps coming toward her and she straightened her sitting position out a bit. She glanced over from the side of her eyes to see the two women coming over. Se let out a soft sigh and was about to get up when the water was held out toward her. Tori blinked at it in surprise and she glanced up at Miyuki and raised an eyebrow and she was half tempted not to take it for the sheer fact she didn't exactly know how she would pay her back for it and she wasn't all that keen on being in someone's debt. However it had been days since she had, had a proper drink of water and she wasn't going to let her pride get in the way of her health so she reached out and took the water. "Thanks, and yeah i'm fine" she said firmly "just been a long day ya know" she smiled slightly at the girl. That was a great under statement it had been more than a long day but none of them had died yet so you had to look on the bright side right?. Tori chuckled to herself softly at that.


Opening the bottle Tori took long thirsty gulps emptying it to nearly half in no time at all and she swore water had never felt so good in her life, But the cold liquid hitting her stomach just reminded her how empty it was. Eugh no more fainting spells she decided, she needed to find some food somehow. She titled her head back when Miyuki started to climb the building and she looked over at the pregnant woman..what was it tiff? eh she was pretty sure it was something like that she heard the others calling her. Tori forced herself up to her feet and stretched out putting the lid back onto the water, she would save the rest for later god knows when they would have any more. "Uhh well i am gonna go check on jen..see how she is doing." she awkwardly to the pregnant lady..she didn't really know her all that well and she wasn't sure if she should actualyl leave her out here alone..so when she had already started walking she stopped and looked over her shoulder "ah do you need like help up o- oh shit!" Tori snapped when the woman straight up passed out. She rushed over and put two fingers to the woman's throat to make sure she still had a pulse and whens he found one Tori let out a long breath of relief. "Oh thank Zeus" She breathed. Tori bit her lip..dang was this how she looked whens he passed out? she screwed her face up..eh ell she couldn't leave preggers passed out on the cold floor could she? She sighed and grabbed one of Tiffany's arms and pulled it over her own shoulders and then hooked an arm under her and pulled them both up before walking/dragging back around the mill "Ah...little help?"


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[Peacemaker .45]

"Damn. What a day it's been," Jennifer whispered to herself.


She finally was able to let her anger out from her little shouting fit before. Now that she was calm, and everyone else out around the mill, she finally had time to sit and think about the day that she has been through. The day started off with finding out the pharmacy had collapsed due to the helicopter crashed into it and undead festering around it. Then she gets back to the house she was staying at, and these people start to assault her. She has to kill people, the first she has ever had to kill. She falls from a ceiling and get a piece of wood impaled in her side, and has to then run and jump out of the building she was in to escape the hundreds of undead flocking towards it. She gets a car, ends up at a gas station, and meets most of whom she is with now she has began to trust and grown some emotional bonds with. Then they run from undead, Echo shows up, almost gets herself killed. Then Tori saves the day and is forever known as "Sleepy" because of it. Then get away, stop at a road a bit away from the place the undead were at. They show up again, some kid saves their asses, tells them to head to a mill while he goes to draw them away from us. They make it to the mill, she gets fixed up, and then One-Eyed and Tammy show up. And then there is now.


Jennifer has so much going through her head, she has so much going on. Killing people, ending up here, everything this day has been. She feels sick with herself for killing people, even though she had to since they tried to kill her, and for reasons unknown. This was nagging away at Jennifer. Why? What was so good about me that they risked their lives to try and kill me? Jennifer couldn't stop asking herself that question. Furthermore, the prospect of killing a human was starting to set in. It weighed heavy in her head. She started to cry, but stayed quiet. She didn't want the others to hear it. She covered her head, and quietly sobbed. Undead were something different. But people were people. They were alive. And she ended their lives, even though they were piles of shit.


The more Jennifer say there and cried, the more she started to realize what she did was for her own survival. She knew that before, but the price of killing people was far too more heavy and harder to bare. But, realizing it was for her own survival, and knowing they were scums themselves made it easier.


I've got to do this in life now. Only kill if your survival depends on that sort of self defense. Let it go, Jennifer, you know you have to. They tried to kill you. You defended yourself, she thought to herself.


While she started to understand that, she got up, and looked around her. Most of the people weren't inside. Of the original people she were with earlier in the day, Aidan still remained inside. Her pain was bothering her, but she wanted to get up and speak with someone. It's been a hell of a day. Although Jennifer was in pain, tired, hungry, and thirsty, she could wait a bit longer to get those. Once she can settle down a bit, she'll be able to do so. Aidan was with Doc. Jennifer hadn't known Doc for long, but being that she essentially saved her life, she does trust her. And she has a kid. Jennifer never really had time to think about it, but a baby is something she hasn't seen in a long time. It gave her hope in this world, something she hadn't had too much of.


"Hey, Doc, thank you again for what you did. I really appreciate it. I owe you now," she said, walking towards her. "And sorry I don't call you by your name. Doc has kind of stuck with me, though I do remember your name. And I can call you that, if you want me to."


She turned to Aidan.


"It's been a hell of a day for you, Austin, Tori, and I, hasn't it," she said, trying to start a conversation, although, not too certain as to where it will go. She was really just trying to start a conversation with someone right now, even if she didn't know exactly how to at the moment, and seemed rather awkward in the process.


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[tammynorthland]

Tammy saw the group of survivors starting to scatter to do their own things. Everyone looked so drained there was an injured woman with raw fresh stitching on her side. 'Who are these people....' she thought. They had pregnant woman and ....a child..... Tammy thought about that for a moment and walked up to the woman holding the child. Tammy was dirty, tired, sore, and her adrenaline was cooled off. "My names tammy. You must have courage to bear a child in this world." Tammy said softly.


Tammy was an only child but it never bothered her she hated children and was actually kind of grossed out by them. She squatted down to eye level with the baby and smiled a bit. She sat down then and took off her pack.


Rummaging through the pack tammy found the baby formula. She pulled it out and pushed it toward the mother. "I don't think I'll want this so you'll have better use for it." Tammy wanted to trust people but her whole life she never has to begin with.


Instead she just gave something she would not really benefit from to someone who would. Trust is a foundation for relationships.

 

[KathleneWilliams2121]

Miyuki sighs as she puts her map away and pulls out her quiver. After counting she sees that she only had about 15 arrows left. Pulling out some rocks that she packed in her bag she started to grind them to make arrow heads. She inspects her rocks and found a couple that were too small and brittle so she threw them, one accidently hitting the guy on the SUV, "Oops sorry," She calls out to him as she looks around, "Um....you know you can see more from up here......just a thought." she says as she looks over at the woods, river, road, pretty much everything around the mill. She goes back to carving the rocks, positive that he wouldn't listen to her advice. She starts to think about what they went though and how strong Skylynn and Tiffany were, one just giving birth and one about too, they wouldn't be here without Holliday. 'Holliday.....he should be here.....' She looks over at the woods and then shrugs, 'Probably took the chance and left, should have saw that coming.'


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[Lola Shimmer]

When Tori finally made it to the front of the mill she dragged Tiffany inside by hooking bot her hands under the woman's arms and pulling, By the time she was inside Tori fell back onto her butt gasping for air. "who the hell knew pregnant people weighed so damn much!" she muttered to herself and stared at the unconscious woman in front of her. She should probably get the Doc and ask if the whole passing out thing was normal but she looked alright and her breathing was fine so maybe it would be best to just put her somewhere she could sleep it off and check on her. Yeah she decided that was what she was going to do. Tori took a few seconds to catch her breath before forcing to herself onto her feet once more and grasping a firm hold, Her back was starting to ache from all this damn pulling. She found a quiet corner and placed the woman in it laying down..a quick glance around didn't find her much in the way's of something to use as a pillow so she pulled off her zip up jacket and scrunched it up into a ball shoving it under Tiffany's head. She sighed and looked the woman over critically to make sure she was still ok, With a satisfied nod Tori had a curious glance around this room of the mill. There wasn't really much to the place but it was a dry and safe place to sleep even if it was only going to be for the night, she still didn't know what was going on with everyone. Who was going to stay and who would leave..she kinda hoped everyone was going to stay. Safety in numbers and all that and she had kinda got attached to the people she met this morning.


Tori pulled the water bottle she had been given earlier from her back pocket and took a quick sip from it before putting it away again. She was gonna nurse this bottle like a new born child it was kind of nice having clean and fresh water to drink. Standing up straight Tori stretched up and cracked her back with a satisfying click sound. She smiled slightly at that and proceeded to crack her neck, arms and fingers. Man that felt good she decided her grin only widening. The blonde reached up and pulled the hair tie out of her hair allowing her waist length hair to fall loose, As expected it was a tangled mess. Tori began to massage her skull and run her fingers through her hair in an attempt to tame it at least a little as she wandered though the mill to see if she could find any of the others.


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[Crono]

Austin had stood on the SUV for a few moments, spinning in a slow circle as he scanned the area before decidedly taking a seat among the bars on the roof. The man was tired, more tired than he cared to admit, but that didn't mean much these days. Either you pushed past that or you risked dying in your sleep, comfort took a back seat to safety. It was an oddity, being near living people once again, knowing that once he went back inside they'd be there. That was something he wasn't used to, and Austin wasn't entirely sure how he felt about it.


The man's thoughts we're shaken at the sudden ping of a rock hitting the SUV, a noise that startled Austin and had his head spinning in the general direction to see the girl with the bow on the roof of the mill. She'd quickly called out an apology, Jesus girl. He groaned inwardly, then she proceeded to inform him that her spot was better. "No shit..." He mumbled under his breath, having come down the gravel path and away from the building for a reason, wanting a moment to himself and away from the cluster of people. But clearly that wasn't happening as even out here someone found a way to get to him. The group of women had essentially forced themselves on him, all Austin wanted was to be left alone on that gas station rooftop and keep moving when they'd shown up and forced his hand to get involved.


There was a snort and shortly after Austin carefully climbed off the vehicle, gravel crunching under his feet as he headed back towards the mill. Slowly but surely finding the same way up as the teenager had, standing upright was a sight, and the girl was right. You could see just about everything. "That's a pretty handy skill." Austin noted quietly as he passed by, seeing her progress on carving a rock. The man passed by her and stopped not too far away, close enough to speak but far enough for each of them to have their space. Most people got jumpy when their space was intruded on and Austin didn't really want to be too close to her anyways.


There was a good long pause of silence before Austin decided to break it, unhappily. "Thanks." He said suddenly, legs hanging over the edge where he sat. He kept his eyes overlooking random space then turned to look at her, "I know you all could have turned us out instead of helping, but you didn't...so...thanks." Being decent and dragging up manners was more awkward than he thought it would be after not using them for so long. Austin scratched the back of his head, "I know it was a joint decision, I'll thank the other two later." He told her non-nonchalantly with a dismissive wave of his hand.


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[KathleneWilliams2121]

Miyuki looks over at him and smiles, "its fine. You all looked like you needed a break and that girl....Jen I heard, really needed to be patched up. I'm just glad everyone is safe or as safe as we can be at the moment. I would like to thank you for defending us back there with those two." She sighs as she looks up at the sky, "What were you doing before all hell broke out?" She asks. She figured if they are going to take watch and their groups going to join together, they might as well get to know one another. Besides, it couldn't hurt having a normal conversation.


@Crono

 

[Lekar]

David stood up and walked over to his stuff still on the ground, he slung his rifle over his shoulder and holstered his knife and pistol. He looked at the building they were all heading into save a few and groaned. He didn't like sleeping inside of buildings unless necessary. Just staying in that small house he was in earlier was hell for him. He didn't like the idea of having limited exits or a roof above him. If it rained, oh well. The roof always blocked the sky from him. He liked to look up at the stars most nights and forget that he was on Earth. That every day was a constant battle for his life. He liked to forget, but he knew that forgetting would get him killed rather quickly. He walked over to the SUV that the man was on, he decided that spending a night near him could be a positive step towards earning trust.


He couldn't believe that he had managed to win over these people, even with his insane and reckless idea. He threw his rifle into the SUV, looking over at Austin.


"You got a name, sir?"


David asked him, looking over at him. He still hadn't gotten the man's name, but did respect him.


"You really know how to hold a gun, man. Your footing was impenetrable too. If you knew any more about handling it I probably wouldn't have gotten it from you."


He sighed, he knew that this man wasn't really one for conversation and he didn't look in the mood for making any, but it was worth a try.


"I may sound stupid, or downright strange but... I see potential in you. As I said, I was a Captain of my own division; while that's not worth much anymore, I do know how to train people. If you'd like, I could teach you some worthwhile military-grade training."


He hopped on the SUV, sitting down.


"I'm staying outside, if you're on shift for look-out and you need a small break, just say something. Consider my offer."


@Crono

 

[Crono]

Austin listened to Miyuki speak nodding in response for her thanking him for defending them. Honestly it hadn't been his first thought, to defend them, it was more along the line of keeping things contained...or maybe it was a defensive measure. It was hard to tell anymore, his brain didn't work exactly the way it once had, things weren't as black and white as they used to be, the grey area grew a bit wider.


The first moment she asked what he'd done before he breathed in heavily and quietly, he expected it eventually, and the others already knew. Austin watched as David wen't towards the SUV, "I was a Firefighter." He told her simply, keeping his eyes on David as he threw his things into the SUV. Well I guess my plan to sleep in there tonight just went out the window.





David started speaking up and Austin rolled his neck to crack it, "It's Austin, and I'd love it if you cut the sir cra--" Austin stopped himself, reminding himself to use some sort of manners. "Just no more sir's for me, I get why you did it, had a friend in the military and he did it too." Watching below him as David jumped into the SUV, essentially stealing his unclaimed bed.


The man rubbed harshly at the back of his neck as David proceeded to compliment and give advice, "That your plan? Butter me up with compliments as an apology?" Though he couldn't completely tell if it was all compliments, he felt like there we're a few shots fired so to speak in David's words. Then he proceeded to offer to train him, and while Austin would admit to not being the best shot it just felt odd and out of place hearing the offer. A part of Austin wanted to tell the man to shove it, but Austin conceded defeat, "We'll see One-Eye, we'll see." He wasn't sure how David would take to the nickname, if he didn't like it well tough shit. Austin would then forever have a name to call David that would annoy him, and could use at his own discretion.


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[KathleneWilliams2121]

"Wow, a firefighter? That must have been cool, saving people and a day at work was never dull." she said as she looks over at Austin, finally learning his name. She looks down from the roof and sees the One-Eyed man, David, getting into the SUV. She looks over at Austin groaning, 'Must have planned on sleeping there.' She thinks as she watches David claim the SUV to sleep in. She was watching the two of them and saw some tension between them. "I think he is just trying to be nice," she says to Austin softly as she looks in her bag. She sighs as she looks over at Austin and then in her bag. She pulls out a granola bar and looks over at Austin. "Hey, Austin." She said as she watches him turn as she tossed the bar over, "Eat up." She said as she closes up her bag.


@Crono @Lekar

 

[Lekar]

David chuckled, this was his first real attempt at a conversation, and it was sure enough interesting. He wasn't trying to make up for his actions or apologize, but trying to show some actual humanity. He didn't know any way to verbalize it, but he sure tried his best. David crawled onto the back, letting out a huge sigh of relief. He hadn't felt this comfortable in a long time. No more dusty room air, no more looking at a ceiling, no more lights. Just nature, just fresh air and the moonlight dawning on his skin. He closed his eye for a moment.


"Well, compliments or not, I think I said all the sorry's past due after I disarmed you. I'm just saying that military-grade training can really boost a man's potential. If you want to be more powerful in this world, you don't have to just think smart, you have to act smart, you have to make choices on the fly. You have to use action, because action speaks a lot louder than words nowadays."


He threw his arms over the side of the SUV, looking up at Austin.


"Austin, eh... and a firefighter... I knew you had some service in you. You look too built to be an everyday office-clad hero."


He sat up, rubbing his hands together to clean them off. They were dusty beyond belief.


"And again, it's David. But hey, One-Eye sounds alright, certainly reminds me of my way of thinking. Call me whatever you like."


He lied back down, all tension in him loosening up as he enjoys his moment of relaxation. Of course he couldn't just go into a full night of sleep if Austin ever wanted to take a break from his night watch shift. The most David could do was drift into a light nap. Being on the force meant that David could control his sleeping to an extent, he always had to be ready to wake up and get going in a flash, and this time wasn't any different. He must have slept for a good couple of minutes, though. And experienced one of the first dreams he'd had in a long while...

He was in the air, he could hear the swiping of metal through the air, he was in a helicopter. All he could think of was his objective:

Get the carrying supplies to a small ZRS group over in Sector C, then pick up more civilians to move to clearance Sector D.

He was on the side of the helicopter, rifle in hand. His vision was different, not in a bad way, but in the way that he actually had both eyes. He looked back inside towards his crew and spoke:


"

How long until we reach the drop zone?

"


He half-yelled over the noise, he was speaking over to the pilot.


"

Eh, we're about 15 minutes, we'll be there ahead of schedule with about 5 minutes to spare

"


David laughed, he remembers that he hasn't been

ahead of schedule

in ages and knew that this would be his time to settle down and relax for a good few minutes.


Suddenly, a streak appeared from the ground, and several men scattered like spiders whose cover was just revealed. It was civilians, and they were all armed to the teeth. The streak from the ground was an explosive, and it was heading straight toward them. It crashed into the side, blowing a hole through the pilot's den and shaking the bird violently. David gripped with all of his strength as it plunged toward the ground, he could hear screaming and many words coming out, but he just couldn't understand what they were saying. They were going to crash.

David jerked up violently in a cold sweat, gasping for air. His vision was back to the one-eyed viewpoint he was now used to. He must have slept for a good 15 minutes, but it felt like he was dreaming for a century. He shook his head, rubbing his face as he leapt off the vehicle. It was quite clear he wasn't getting any sleep. He headed up to the roof to join Austin, if he was still awake.

 

[Crono]

"I suppose." Austin said in reply to Miyuki's comments on his old job, as he looked up at the sky for a moment. Afterwards she spoke on David just being nice and Austin's shoulders slumped as his eyes stayed above, Yeah, maybe. David didn't speak much longer before turning in.


Hearing his name dazed Austin momentarily but he turned to look at the girl anyways, without warning he had a granola bar headed his way and he nearly dropped it on his first attempt at a grab. The man stared at it momentarily and gave a nod of thanks with a faint smile, "How many of those you got kid?" He asked before motioning a fake toss once, then the second time tossing the food back. "Should save it, or give it to someone inside who needs it." Austin's first thoughts going to the pregnant woman, or the one who was likely breast feeding. They we're eating for two, and Austin? Austin could manage, but that didn't mean the thought didn't go unnoticed by him, the girl offering him something to eat. "I'm fine though, thanks."


A few minutes passed before he heard the door to the SUV open, looking down he spotted David exiting the vehicle and make his way around and up to where they we're. "Can't sleep?" Austin asked with an arched brow as he looked over his shoulder at the other man.


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[KathleneWilliams2121]

She takes back the bar and put it inside, "Tiffany and Skylynn are most likely asleep or busy with Jen and/or Josh." She says as she puts the quiver right next to her again and starts on making the arrowheads, "I have three of them left, I was going to give one to you, then one to Tiff and one to Skylynn." She looks down at her work as she thinks about what she just said, 'my choices will probably make me starve but with others now on the line, I can't be selfish.' She looks up and sees David on the roof, near Austin. Miyuki moves away from him a little as she was honestly a little intimidated by him. She could take on the others but someone from the military, she knew that they were trained to fight so he could probably kill her with just a good punch. She continues to sharpen the arrow head and then rolls up one of her sleeves and makes a small cut on her arm. 'Ya that's sharp enough.' She thinks to herself as she grabs some string and ties it to the stick, making it secure for when she would have to use it.


@Crono @Lekar

 

[Aryn Harris]

Skylynn smiled at Jennifer and shrugged her shoulders slightly. "Call me anything you'd like." She said, continuing to smile. "But it's no problem. Really. You don't owe me anything. Besides. This world is already shit. Why make it even more shitty with people who can't show hospitality." She added.


When she heard that new girl, Tammy, speak up about her having courage to near Josh in this world she paused. "It's not like I had much of a choice with bearing him in this world. He was coming whether I liked it or not." She responded.


When sne saw the baby formula that she was pulling out of her bag she raised an eyebrow. "That's a little convenient that you just so happened to have baby formula with you. And you don't have a baby." She said. She didn't mean to come off as rude or anything. In fact, once you got to know Skylynn she was probably the nicest person that you'll ever meet, but she was trying to protect her son from any unnecessary dangers.


(@Mica @Jennifer Shotain @tammynorthland )