forum There are Eyes Everywhere //Large apocalyptic group roleplay //OPEN//

Started December 12, 2023 by @Celeste_X0X0_ group

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yeah its still on sorry guys im in the middle of moving so its been wild. You can jump in wherever @Phrog-King

Jake's eyes widened as soon as he felt someone behind him. Maybe it was the fact that he wasn't all there that had brought his guard down, but it seemed to snap him back to reality, if only for a split second as he jolted when he felt the presence, now moving to jerk away from the individual who had snuck up on him.
It made Jake lose balance momentarily, completely stepping out of his hiding place and crashing into the wall significantly closer to Min-Hyuk. His eyes had a wild panic in them as he was caught between both men, there was no way out and now Jake had to make a decision.

"I got into a fight, alright? Three against one and I really overshot my ability to take them all on." He paused. "Well, not that I had a choice." He spoke, his voice becoming even more strained as he kept a wary eye on both guys, not trusting either.
"The real question should be why the hell are you in cuffs? Either you're a real piece of work the cops are after or a kinky bastard with no shame" Jake mused, the edges of his lips twitching into a near-nervous smile as he kept pressure on his wound, his hand covered in blood.
Jake's eyes flickered over to the light switch that was beside him, hitting the lights. There was no use, they all might as well see who they were talking to.

"And you…" Jake gave Evan a look of disbelief. "Do you always sneak up on others? I could be anyone you know, hurt or not- for example, I could have a knife? Or a gun?" Jake said, gesturing dramatically with his hand despite the vertigo he was currently experiencing from stumbling out into the open, now having nothing to lean on as he tried to maintain a somewhat "healthy" look. He refused to let the parties involved know how bad it really was, opting to not use the wall beside him as support and keep himself upright. It took a lot of effort but Jake pulled it off.
Kind of.
There wasn't a whole lot he could do in this situation and if either guy decided to stick him with something sharp or fill him with bullets, so be it. He wouldn't lay down and take it, but if he died here in the back of a shitty gas station, that was just bad luck and meant the universe had a twisted sense of humor.

He shrugged, "Uh- no I didn't mean to sneak up on you, I swear! I was just coming from behind you because there wasn't any other way to enter the room and one of you called me back here." He rubbed the back of his neck, letting out a nervous chuckle. "I wouldn't have cared about if you had a knife or a gun…I just noticed that you needed help and I wanted to help you. I still do…you don't look like you're doing good." He spoke, a look of concern as he stared at Jake.

He sighed softly, looking over at Min Hyuk, "Do you need some sort of help…? I can see your movement…but I don't quite understand what you're doing." He didn't know the story of either of these two…but he still wanted to help as best he could.

He didn't have anything on him to defend himself, even if he wanted too. So if anyone tried to attack him, all he would have is his fists.

Jake stared suspiciously back at Evan, the distrust clearly written all over his face in that moment.
"Yeah… alright.." Jake muttered back, shifting to position himself in a more comfortable position, however, seeming to stagger as he did.

"I really have no business being here and should really leave" Jake suddenly spoke up again, most of it was him covering for the fact that he had a few seconds before his body decided to give up on him. He absolutely did not want these strangers around him should he pass out, there was too much uncertainty and if he could help it, he'd pass out somewhere on the streets where it was empty.
He paused for a moment, taking in a deep breath before he decided to risk it and move, and as soon as he did, everything spun. He hadn't even taken the first step towards leaving but his body was burnt out, most of his energy gone.
"Fuck…" Jake breathed as he slid down the wall and sat himself down on the floor in hopes that maybe he could recompose himself. Maybe Jake didn't trust these guys but there was some sort of level being put into them not doing anything as he tried not to nod off. He was exhausted and falling into unconsciousness was very tempting- not just now, it was always tempting, but especially now that he felt like he had reached the end of the line.

if anyones up to picking this back up id love to get us all back together! i know life gets a bit hectic so its understandable if not but id love to start this up again!
(edit ill post my reply just in case we do want to get it up and back bc i do know i played a part in this dying :,)

well well well, look who it is >:((( /j XDD
i jest i jessttt, i missed ya man!!!! :')) <3 <3 but i would for sure love to jump back in hell yeah!!

hehe yay!! sorry ive been workin like a dog but my schedule finally died down and im in a better state mentally
i appreciate your patience though!! im working on my reply rn!! <3

nahhh you're okay man!! don't worry about itttt, adulting is roughhh- just glad you're doing better mentally!! <3
and okeyyy!! of course!! i'll look forward to it >:))

Min-Hyuk stands back, still fidgeting with the small paperclip he had wedged into the keyhole of the handcuffs. His mind racing with his eyes as they dart from one to the other of the boys as they speak to eachother. Offering a stranger help was crazy enough to him in the situation Min-Hyuk-unlike the others- was well aware they were in, but MIn-Hyuk forced himself to take into account that neither of them knew to the full extent what was actually happening outside of the gas station walls they had encased themselves in. His only hope was that he could get out of these cuffs quick enough to either barricade the doors to buy himself time from the inevitable or to run, leaving these two behind.
His eyes narrow as the injured man stumbles to the wall and then to the floor, almost thankful he was weaker than he let on even if now the man was significantly closer to him now.
Focusing on the cuffs the paperclip clicks into place in the back of the keyhole before the latch releases itself from his left hand. Min-Hyuk lets out a heavy sigh before deciding to keep his hands behind his back for a moment as the man helps the other out. Taking yet another step back towards the shelf he previously kicked the gun under, his attention is stolen once more.
“Oh no im good i think i can handle myself so you can focus on Mr. Tough Guy over there” Min-Hyuk replies to Evan, holding his hand up as the silver cuff dangles from his wrist. He stoops down to the floor and sweeps the gun out of from underneath the shelf. Standing back up he makes the decision to put the gun in his back pocket for now as he didnt see either of these men much of a threat.
“Look, its not safe out there anymore,” he starts, taking a deep breath. “There are….i dont even know what to call them…sick-people out there. They’re cannibalizing people in the streets left and right with no care in the world. I just got attacked by one of these freaks while getting arrested, and im telling you theyre no joke. You can break in their kneecaps, rip open their stomach, nothing affects them. Tore off the face of the pig trying to take me to jail too so i guess theyre not all that bad” he says with a shrug, trying his best to find the humor in everything.
“I dont know what happened to you,” Min gestures to Jack on the ground “but id whip yourself back into shape ASAP because as soon as you step out of this gas station youll have to be able to defend yourself and im not planning on sticking around to see you guys get mauled so im out” he finishes, now trying to wedge the paperclip into the other handcuff on his hand.

(Jesse's part coming in a sec)

Jesse lets out a sigh and biting the inside of her lip as she thinks about her next move. The child very obviously thought she was trying to take her. Take her where though? Where had they been keeping her and why is she out now?
She slowly holsters the gun to her side and puts her hands up, “i am not them” she says calmly, wincing in pain from her multiple injuries but the most concerning one being her leg. The tight bandana had hopefully stopped the bleeding but that didnt stop her from feeling lightheaded and weak, though she tries to push past it.
This kid needed help both physically and mentally it was obvious, but how was Jesse expected to do so? Theres nobody else around and from what she had just witnessed not long beforehand she couldnt just leave her. She wouldn't stand a chance out there.
“I can help you but you have to listen,” she says taking a slow step towards the girl, her eyes darting back from the blade in her white knuckles up to her fear-filled face. She felt a pit in her stomach as she looked at the girl, reminding her of herself when she was younger. Scared and lost, covered in blood and ready to claw anyone to death if need be. Nothing a child should have to feel that way, let alone in the circumstances the world appears to be in.
“Are you hungry? I have food in my RV” she offers as a last ditch effort to get her out of her and fast enough to tend to her wounds before anyone else could show up. She didnt think she could take on any more men before regaining her strength first.

Jasper didn't move from her position until she saw Jesse putting the loud thing away, noticing that her hands were empty. She swallowed, her throat dry from lack of water recently. She felt the itch in her throat and fought to ignore it as her eyes trained on Jesse as she spoke.

She …she wasn't with them? Could that really be true? She hadn't seen any others with them besides men in all the time she had been there…and she didn't freak out when she saw that Jasper had killed one of the bad men….maybe it was the truth? Though, she wasn't sure how much she could trust this women…she was seemingly like her only chance to get free from this place.

She noticed a wince in pain from the other girl Infront of her, and her eyes drifted down to how the girl was standing, and the strange cloth wrapped around her leg. Was the lady hurt? How did she get hurt? That's when it hit her …the other men weren't coming to investigate. Normally they would have all come here by now, did she get rid of all them? Is that why she's hurt?

"…did you…did you kill the bad men?" She lowered her blade as she asked her, she didn't drop it completely, but she did lower it enough to be less of a threat to Jesse. Though, when Jesse mention food, her stomach started grumbling loud enough for the other girl to hear. She was really hungry….and thirsty. She waited to hear a response though. She took a step back from Jesse when she took a step forward towards her, she didn't like being approached.

Jesse’s eyes focus on the girls hand, the knife now lowering but not granting her any relief nonetheless. She nods, “ja but ve need to go” she explains, her accent thick, “there are more” She says, half lying. Jesse didn’t know if there were any more of the men that she assumed kept her here but she did know there were more of those things from earlier and they weren’t about to wait for for the two girls to get themselves gathered out of the kindness of their hearts. She knew they had to get out of here and fast so she’d tell the girl anything she needed to hear.
“You are hungry, come, eat” she waves her hand to the girl gesturing for her to follow her out to the RV before taking a few steps back out of the kitchen and into the entryway of the house, holding the door open as she scans her surroundings. Her pulse pounding in her ears and her raspy, heavy breath didn't help with the fact that she was trying to focus on hearing whether or not someone was coming so the longer she waited the more anxious she grew.

(omg im so sorry this is so short)

Jake blinked up tiredly at Min-Hyuk as the other man spoke, a bit of his sass lost to the pain and wounds.
He didn't quite understand what the other was saying - sick people? On the streets? Did a hospital get raided or something? He didn't know, and he wasn't willing to think about it for any more than three seconds.

However, when the word "cannibalize" hit him, he started at it, eyes now suspiciously on Min-Hyuk. Was this guy crazy?

"That's fine-" Jake strained as he put pressure on the still bleeding wound. "I'll take my chances..-" he rasped, eyes trained to the floor as they found the bandages he had been using to wrap himself with.
When had he ever not found himself in a predicament? This wasn't anything new, he'd get through this, too.
…
Except that this was something new, and not something he was equipped with handling - yet. But he'd figure out. He always did. Though… it seemed less and less likely that he would as Min-Hyuk kept rambling about whatever was happening outside. Jake seemed to wilt slightly at the words.
"Safe" had never been a word that had found itself in his vocabulary, and neither had dying, but there was a first time for everything, wasn't there?

Jake kept eyeing Min-Hyuk, searching for the lie in his eyes that he didn't find in the end. He sighed heavily, tilting his head back against the wall at hearing the last words from the other.
"Yeah, alright." he gritted his teeth, now moving to stand and straining with the weight that was his body. "Thanks for the heads up anyhow. I'll get a move on once I fix myself up," he spoke softly, eyes panning down to his bloodied hand once he took it off the affected area.

Her eyes widdened as she listened to her answer, despite her accent being so thick she understood what she got across. The answer was yes. She had set her free, and killed everyone in the house … Would she actually get a taste of freedom? Of fresh air? Would she get to go outside and feel the seasons rush through her hair?

She didn't have time to think about it as she noticed that girl taking a few slow steps backwards away from her…insisting that other men were coming soon and that they needed to leave. She nodded, quick to follow after her. She kept the knife in her hand as she ran after the women, though she was quick to notice that her savior was injured and struggling a bit.

She popped her head out in search of any creatures nearby…and she didn't see any, or smell any either. She nodded for the all clear to the girl next to her. "Seems safe to me." She whispered softly to her, careful not to bring any attention to themselves.

Though she was a bit in awe as she looked around…the world seemed so big, much bigger than she had ever seen in the small little room of hers. Is this what everyone experienced? How far did it go? It seemed like it was going on and on and on and never stopping! It was so….cool, and a bit scary to think about something unfamilar that never ended. She ended up clinging to Jesse a little bit.