Ronni swallowed hard, working up her nerve, and managed to summarize for him.
"Europe is dying." She said softly, her voice raspy from disuse.
It wasn't the news she'd been hoping for. She'd been listening for any news of relief from the world, help from the WHO or something, and now⦠the apocalypse was well and truly underway.
Liam looked at Ronnie in surprise, her voice was raspy but beautiful. "Um, ya, it uh." He looked at Alistor. "Nevermind, she summed it up pretty good." he was still a bit shocked over her voice.
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"Europe?" Alastor asked, shocked. "I didn't realize it's already spread so fastβ¦"
He stared at the ground, trying very hard to keep his act together. His brother was in Europe when the apocalypse started. The plan was for him to fly back to America a couple days after Alastor got to New York as a surprise for their parents, but obviously that hadn't happened. God. He didn't even know if his parents were alive.
Zeus licked Alastor's hand comfortingly.
"Well, alright," Alastor said with a shakey laugh, running a hand through his red-brown hair. "What should we do now?"
"Don't ask me." Liam said defensively. "I am a literal child. Statistically I should be dead." His mind turned back to when he walked in on more than half his work/home filled with dead, and more dying by the day. He blinked and was back. "I was one of three of the only ones to leave my town alive."
We need to get away from civilization centers. They're bound to be infected.
Ronni gestured around them at the city, then made a walking motion with her fingers, before pointing way off in the distance out towards the more rural areas of the state.
Alastor gave Liam a sympathetic glance, gently squeezing the teen's shoulder as a sign of support before letting go.
"Rural areas could leave us vulnerable, not just to people but to animals and the elements as well," Alastor said to Ronni, feeling more like his old self when focusing on something other than his missing family. "We should probably at least look around here and other urban areas nearby a bit longer, pick up as many supplies as we can, and then set up a camp-like area somewhere farther away."
"That's a good idea." Liam said, still not entirely there. "Which direction should we head in?"
Ronni nodded and patted her bag.
That makes sense, I could use more supplies.
She noticed Liam seemed out of it and frowned a bit.
He's been through some garbage. Tanya said in her head. And he's young. Be gentle with him.
Ronni pointed at him, and flashed a thumbs up, making an inquisitive face. You ok?
Liam shrugged. "Never have been, never will be." he said smiling. He took a deep breath, he knew he wore his heart on his sleeve, and he was trying to fix that, especially around Al and Ronni, he's only known them for less then a day, and he'd already mentally trusted them with his life.
Well that's not healthy. Tanya said laconically. Ronni just glared at her in her head.
If he's not ok, he's not ok. And you're dead, so shut up.
She looked at Liam closely for a moment. He had the look of a kid who'd never particularly had it easy. And he'd gravitated to Alastor, who was clearly a giver.
"There's a road that leads out of the city near here, past some apartment buildings," Alastor said, zipping up his backpack and slinging it over his shoulder. "We could start heading in that direction."
Liam picked up his backpack from where he dropped it when he went up to get Ronni, and slid it onto his back. "Sweet." He looked to Ronni. "Do you have any objections?"
There might be more people there, and people are dangerous!
She started to object, butβ¦
You've trusted these two this far. Tanya said. If nothing else, you can at least hide behind them if you must.
Ronni shook her head and tightened the strap on her bag.
"Perfect," Alastor said. He started walking back towards the warehouse since the road was somewhere behind it, Zeus trotting obediently besides him.
(hey so first of all, im so sorry i havent posted yet! im working on it rn. But uhm before i can, what time of day, year, and season is it? im assuming its not winter lol)
(heading towards evening, something like 5pm, on a not winter day. I dont think we specified other than that. It's during the school year, cuz people are at college and on school trips, so likely fall?)
(okay thank you! that helps a ton ^^)
Eva sits down in the field of long grass and colorful flowers, a crocheted blanket laid down with a small wicker basket and a few pieces of food inside.
Her long blonde hair rests on the dark skin of her shoulders and her back.
Her golden eyes scan the horizon to see her two children. Liana dances around with her arms outstretched, beckoning for Cassie to come dance with her. He lets out a giggle before running up to her and grabbing her hand. Though as he does, Liana pulls him forward and pushes his forehead with the palm of her hand, causing him to fall down on his butt.
Eva furrows her blonde brows and stands, the bottom of her flowy, off-white dress falling down to just below her knees. βLiana!!β She scolds loudly, cupping her hands to either side of her mouth.
Liana turns around to see her mom βWHAT?β Liana yells back to her.
βBe nice to your brother!! Help him up!β She says with a heavy sigh, shielding her eyes from the sun with her hand as she watches the two.
Cassie stays on the ground, crying silently on the ground. He wipes his tears messily as he sits on the ground, the palms of his hands now wet.
Liana rolls her eyes, grabbing his hand and pulling him up off of the ground βcome on Cass. stop being such a babyβ she says, letting go of him when he stands.
βCome here you two! Letβs get some food in those belliesβ Eva says to them, sitting down on the blanket and straightening it out around her before she starts to pluck the food items from the basket.
The contents inside the basket consists of canned beans, old porcelain plates, metal silverware amongst other foods as well.
When the food is all set out, she looks up to see her kids running towards her, the golden sunlight beaming down on them as they do so.
They stop in front of her and sit on the blanket, grabbing at the food recklessly. She only sighs before letting them dig in.
Her eyes focus on the horizon once more, past the large field stretched far and wide, only to see the dark shapes of the city's buildings. The tall once reaching up higher and more visible than the smaller ones, though all could be seen.
She would have to go down soon, but for now Eva couldnβt bring herself to bring her children down there. Down where they could lose everything theyβve built.
Where they could lose each other.
( @Davadio do you want to continue without them and they can jump when they're active? That way we keep it going)
(Feel like we should maybe wait? Don't wanna get too far ahead)
"Perfect," Alastor said. He started walking back towards the warehouse since the road was somewhere behind it, Zeus trotting obediently besides him.
(just realized, like a dummy, I never responded to this)
Ronni followed him, thinking, before glancing over her shoulder at Liam. Something about him tugged at her, and she'd only known him a few minutes, butβ¦
You're wanting to help him, that's good! Tanya said, a smile in her voice.
Ronni shrugged to herself and turned back towards Alastor, trying to keep to the shadows.
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(oops, I forgot to warn people I had a 4 day weekend with no wifi)
(im going to not @ people because it's kind for confusing for meβ)
(that's fair. whatever helps you keep things straight in your head)
@EtherealDreamer @CaseyJ @yellowqueen
Lucky nodded and surveyed the area of the city they were waking into. It was mostly apartment buildings, and he figured they could scavenge a bit while they were here. He looked over his shoulder at Ariella, giving her hand another squeeze to reassure her, and pointed at the first apartment building off the interstate.
"You guys ok if we try there?" He glanced over at Devon and June.
"Sure yeah" June nodded, "we've been staying in a car" she shrugged, smiling brightly as always. Devon was aggressively glaring at the horse, like a 'how dare you be here, life's shit and your to pretty for it' glare. Not to be confused with his 'fuck you sun' glare towards the sun.
@EtherealDreamer @CaseyJ @yellowqueen
"Sure yeah" June nodded, "we've been staying in a car" she shrugged, smiling brightly as always.
Lucky nodded and started heading down towards the building, checking his surroundings as he went. Sinjoro came with him, the horse following his gentle leading on the reins. He gave Ariella the option to let go of his hand, but she didn't take it, so down she came as well.
They crossed the street, watching for any signs of people, before they made it to the front entrance to the building. Lucky wrapped the reins around a fence post on the small fence outside the building and put his shoulder into the door, which swung open silently.
Ariella clung to Lucky's hand. She couldn't be sure why she was so intent on holding it but she knew she wasn't quite ready to let go. He hadn't shaken her off or said anything about it so she hoped he wasn't mad that she was holding onto him.
She walked alongside him, having to walk faster to keep up with his stride. She kept glancing at the siblings, watching them. She wasn't sure what to make of them yet. She would be wary and keep her distance from them until, if, she could trust them. A small part of her hoped that she could. She was tired of being alone but she was so scared of getting hurt again.