forum Alien Apocalypse // Private

Started July 15, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Delia smiled and looked at Leo too, nodding happily, “Dogs are my favorite too, especially Leo.”

Jay nodded. "Mhm. Aren't you glad I didn't actually shoot him?" He asked with a laugh.

“Very very glad.” She said, laughing lightly as well and looking over at Jay, “Thank you for having a shred of morals and not shooting Leo.”

Jay laughed. "In my defense, I heard noises and thought it was a person, not a squirmy, hungry puppy."

Delia laughed and shrugged, “Hey, that’s why you check. Sometimes it’s a little happy furball and not a hungry human ready to fight you for a piece of food.”

Jay laughed a little bit. "No, he's just a hungry puppy that would bite my fingers if he thought it would earn him food."

“I think he knows that it would not earn him food anymore though,” She said with a light laugh, looking over at him, “Maybe when you first got him, but now he at very least tolerates you if he still remembers you fixing his paw. Maybe he enjoys being around you now, like I do.”

He laughed a little bit. "All true." he replied, nodding his head.

(Should we timeskip to when they stop for the night? Or did you have something that you want to have happen before they stop?)
Delia chuckled a little and looked down at Leo, watching ad he looked up at her, tail wagging and ears perked as he listened for anything around them.

(Hm. Not sure. i didn't have any plans tho, no)

Jay kept walking, glancing over at Leo with a faint smile.

(Writing them walking is getting really repetitive lol)
She soon fell back into quiet, setting into the routine again and only glancing over when Leo switched to walking alongside Jay.

(yeah lol. What do you wanna do tho?)

Jay reached down to scoop up Leo when the puppy started to get tired. He petted the puppy gently.

(I’m thinking if we skip to them stopping, I have some ideas of things that could happen, good or bad)
Leo barked happily when Jay picked him up, nestling into his arms and watching their surroundings with alert eyes even as he relaxed in his grip.

(hmm alright! You wanna do that, or do you want me to?)

Jay held the little puppy gently, petting him for a moment, then continued walking.

(Up to you, I can do it with my next response if you don’t want to)
Leo’s eyes closed sleepily after a few moments and he fell asleep, tired out from walking. Delia felt the same, sick of walking, but she was going to keep walking for as long as Jay wanted them to. She could rest tonight.

(can you? Since you've got the ideas?)

Jay kept walking, humming softly after a moment. He kept holding Leo, gentle but secure.

(Yeah definitely)
The sun dipped lower and lower in the sky until it was tinted with oranges and reds, no sign of a town anywhere around them either. Delia sighed and finally shook her head looking to Jay with a pleading look in her eyes, “Can we stop now? I don’t think we’re going to find a place to stay and my arms are going to give out right after my stomach chews a hole through me.”

Jay nodded. "Yeah, alright." he replied. He lead her off the road and into the woods, heading into a clearing. "We'll camp in here." he put his pack on the ground, setting a sleeping Leo down beside it.

She smiled slightly and nodded in thanks, following him and dropping her pack next to his before lowering herself into sitting beside everything. "Sounds good. Should we get a fire going?"

"Yeah. If you can get the fire going while I create a shelter, that would be great." he replied.

Delia knew that would mean getting back up, but she nodded anyway, struggling up to her feet and glancing over at him, "I'll get some firewood." It would be much easier to have a pack to put the sticks in, but she didn't want to pick up her pack again, and so she wandered off into the woods, picking up sticks and branches on her way so they could have a roaring little fire.

Jay got to work constructing a small lean-to, covering it with a tarp and then with branches to make it as warm and rain-proof as possible.

She picked up stick after stick, carrying them in her hands and coming back when she couldn't carry any more. "Is this enough?" She asked, looking over to where Jay was and seeming impressed with the shelter.

Jay glanced up, and nodded. "Yeah." He replied with a smile.

Delia smiled softly and sat back down, setting up the wood near the shelter but not right next to it before starting to rummage around in her pack for matches or a stray lighter. She just needed something to get the fire going.