forum Apocalypse (Closed)

Started September 03, 2018 by @Desvelarse pets

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Jordan's mind was moving so slow he didnt even register what the guy had said, "Eh? Im perfectly fine! And I just realized you're a survivor!" His voice was slightly louder than usual.

Seneca tilted his head. "What was that?" He heard sound, but Eli wasn't close enough. Seneca couldn't make out the individual words.
He hoped he wouldn't scare the other young man off. He hoped he wouldn't think he still had the plague, but he appeared sick and worn down, so that was likely.

Eli frowned a bit, something he barely ever did. He walked a bit closer and raised his voice. “Are you alright?” He asked again. The young man appeared to be a bit out of it. If he was infected, he wouldn’t get close enough to touch him.

“Y-Yeah…” Seneca replied, mostly hesitant because of fear, “And before you freak out, just know that yes, I was infected, but I lived, and I’m no longer contagious. I’m just still very weak. And I can barely hear in case you couldn’t tell.”

"So, what's in the stuff on your back? Is it food or something to keep you alive or what." He slowly steadied himself back onto his two feet.

"Army… Medical stuff… I was trying to help evacuate this building." He waves vaguely to his side at that heap of rubble.

“Wait, you were infected? I dint think that they developed a cure yet,” Eli said, taking a few steps closer. He would admit that, along with being cautious, he was fairly curious.

"So, is there any food in there." Luke asked, he was quite hungry and the earthquake completely destroyed his last food supplies.

"I… Never checked…" Jordan looked back at his pack. He coughs hard and chokes slightly. (He is ow-key infected. It will get worse later on.)

"That doesn't matter. It's a virus, isn't it?" Seneca answered, "It can pass on its own. This one just happens to be really violent and few people survive it. And before you say anything, this doesn't make me strong. Just lucky."

Eli frowned a bit more and he nodded his head slowly. He would find out more about it later. “Well, where are you from?” He asked, now standing in front of him.

"Are you okay, man?" Luke put his hand on his shoulder and looked to see if his face showed discomfort. Luke didn't really fear for his life, so if he got infected from the dude in front of him he wouldn't care.

Jordan waves him off, tries to talk but doubles over choking and coughing. He didnt feel infected before! Why now?!! He was doing so well in avoiding it!

"Maryland, originally. Not far from D.C. How about you?" Seneca asked.
His ears were ringing and buzzing a bit, and it was just slightly uncomfortable and distracting, and it made it just a little harder to hear.

"You need to get to a medic fast but I don't know if there even are any." Luke thought for a minute before remembering something. "Didn't you say you had medical stuff in your backpack thing?"

"Yeah? I am a medic." Jordan chokes out.

“I lived just outside of this city in the suburbs,” Eli responded, glancing the man up and down. “Do you need any help? I’m Eli.”

“I just need water and a place to stay, but… looks like there’s not exactly a place to stay. Anyway, I’m Seneca,” he said.

“Good to meet you. I have a few things back at my house. The area that I live in wasn’t hit by the earthquakes as hard as the city. Theres a bit of water damage, but besides that, it’s alright,” Eli explained.

“Okay,” Seneca replied, “Let’s go on that way then. How far is it?”

“Only around a 15 minute walk,” Eli answered. He motioned for Seneca to follow him, and he began walking.

Seneca followed closely, but he was busy taking in the state of the city. It was in shambles. He was dragging, but trying so hard not to let it show.

Eli would occasionally glance over at Seneca with a concerned frown. He went slowly, making sure not to get too far ahead. “It’s a mess, right?” He asked.

Seneca looked up. "I'm sorry?" He trembled a little bit, hoping he wasn't annoying Eli by constantly asking him to repeat things. He ran fingers through his hair nervously.

"Yeah? I am a medic." Jordan chokes out.

"So then heal yourself or take some medicine or something." Luke hurries to say. The man looked as if he were about to pass out in the next minute.

Jordan sways, his eyes rolling back to the back of his head and he falls. Crashing to the ground with a loud thunk sound from his already damaged head.