forum “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” (O/O)

Started September 01, 2019 by @MusicElle-is-here

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He shrugged. "Fine. You?" He replied, keeping his eyes on the rabbit. "Is the fire ready?" He set the skin to the side, tossing the guts into the woods.

“Fine,” she repeated. I don’t why I thought conversation was a good idea, she sighed inwardly. Whatever. “Yes, it’s ready. Is the rabbit all skinned and stuff?”

Logan nodded, and skewered the rabbit on a sharpened stick. He created a spit, and put it on the spit to cook.

Allie wondered how long it would take for the rabbit to cook. Her stomach growled in anticipation and she blushed.

He chuckled softly. "Don't worry, it won't take long." He said, turning the spit so the rabbit would cook evenly.

Allie watched with hunger and mild fascination. The last time she had gone camping was several years ago, and even then they had only cooked hot dogs. Allie had been living primarily off of canned food since the invasion, so barbecue (or close enough) would be different.

After a bit, the rabbit finished cooking. Logan took it off the fire, and waited for it to cool down a little before cutting it in half, handing one half to Allie and keeping the other half for himself.

Allie accepted her half with a smile. "Thanks." She blew on it to cool it down a bit more, since it was still fairly hot.

Logan nodded, and blew on his, then cautiously took a bite. He winced a little as the hot meat hit his mouth, but didn't make a sound of complaint.

Allie glanced up at him, blowing on her rabbit a bit more before finally taking a small bite. It was hot, but not unbearably so. She took another.

"Could use seasoning." Logan remarked, shrugging. He took another bite, lips curling slightly at the heat.

“Yeah. But at least it’s warm,” Allie replied, taking another bite herself. She could feel the searing heat on her tongue.

Logan nodded. "Mhm." He replied with a smile. He took another bite, looking at her for a moment.

Allie took another bite, glancing at Logan as she felt him looking at her. She gave him a small smile before taking another bite.

Logan looked away again, and kept eating. He was quiet, listening for anyone else.

(Gtg good night!)

(night!)

Allie glanced around warily as she ate, imagining that some sort of creepy person would jump out with a shotgun or something. She wished she could laugh it off, but who knew what the people Logan had glimpsed were like? They would obviously kill both her and Logan, possibly at first sight.

Logan finished his half, and threw the bones away. "I wonder what's happening back at the town." He said slowly.

“I don’t know. I hope no one else has been killed,” Allie sighed. She frowned. “At least you happened to figure out what’s happening or you might have been dead too.”

Logan nodded. "Alright. And…yeah. At least." he echoed, shrugging a little. He sighed softly, raking his hand through his hair. "You remember the girl that brought your meds? They killed her."

Allie’s eyes widened. “No…” she breathed. “That’s terrible! Good thing you got out of there when you did.” Though Allie couldn’t help but wonder whether the girl was, in fact, an alien.

Logan nodded. "Yeah. Poor Hugo was…" he shook his head. "God. I feel sorry for them." Is it my fault, somehow? Did my presence somehow cause her death?

Allie bit her lip, forgetting about her rabbit for a moment. "Me too. Hopefully those people will leave soon, and no one else gets killed." It was a slim hope.

Logan nodded. "They said they would move on eventually, but…they were going to leave a few people behind to…kill any of my kind that ventured in to the town. So. I don't know if we can ever return. I'm sorry." he looked down at his hands.

"Oh," was all she said for a moment. "It's just a town. I was planning on moving houses soon anyway. But it sounds like they're going around and hurting lots of people. I'm guessing that they go from place to place killing people and instilling fear in others."

Logan nodded. "Yeah. Under the claim of killing aliens." Killing people like me… he clenched his jaw slightly. I don't understand why I'm here. Why they just dropped me here and then never gave me any orders.