forum //where the dead men lie// >>closed<< stalkers welcome tho 0.0

Started May 24, 2021 by @Celeste_X0X0_ group

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(Its alright. im glad to see a post at all. i got really scared it was gonna die lol)

Cass turns his head to Lyn "oh in the living room over here" he says, stepping into the living room and pointing towards the back of the living room on the righthand side. "its just right there on your right." he says before looking around for Ophelia. "Fia?" he calls, his voice not loud.
Soon the small girl runs into the living room from the kitchen "can i show them around!?" She asks excitedly as she bounces up and down.
He smiles "yeah we'll do that in a second alright? We should let them settle in for a little bit okay?"
Fia crosses her arms and runs back into the kitchen, grabbing a strawberry from off of the counter and running back into the living room

Lyn looked to where he pointed and nodded. "Thank you." She walked over into the living room, gesturing for Sef to come with her. The taller girl noticed Ophelia and turned back, holding up a finger.
"You can show us around when Lyn comes back," she suggested, "It won't be long."
At first, when Lyn found the bathroom and went inside, Sef just stood outside the door. But then it opened and Lyn gestured for her to come inside. Sef looked a little surprised, but went in. "Uh, okay…"
From the other side of the door, Lyn said, chuckling, "Just don't look at me. We should talk."

(back)

(hi!! <3)

Cass still was baffled by the way women went to the restroom with each other and even after having a wife and a daughter, he has yet to figure out their reasoning.
But in hopes to not seem like a creep, he decided not to dwell on it too much.
So with that he turns to Ophelia who had brought a strawberry for Sef. Though frowning when they realized they had both left. "where'd Josey go?" she asks, looking down at the rather small strawberry.
"you mean Josephine? its okay she went to the restroom as well. Here lets go to the kitchen and get them something to eat alright? Its just about lunch time anyway" he says, patting her head as he walks past her and into the kitchen.
"okayy" she says, holding onto the strawberry still and running into the kitchen. Cass looks down at her with a soft smile "is that for her?" he asks
Fia nods, reaching up on her tippy toes and setting it on the counter.

“Lyn,” Josefine said, shutting the door behind her. “We can talk some other time, you know. Could be just me, but you seem to be a little paranoid.”
“Paranoid?” As Lyn sat down on the toilet, Sef looked away, into the mirror above the sink. “No, I’m not. I’m okay, alright? I just want to check in. You can never be too careful.”
Sef chuckled. “Well, you could definitely murder someone in this house and no one would ever know, right?”
“Sef. Dios mío. I want your regular thoughts, not your intrusive ones.”
She laughed. “Like, my thoughts on the situation?”
”Sí, that’s what a check-in is.”
Sef put a hand on her chin. “Well. He pulled a gun on us, but hey, I probably would have done the same thing if I had a gun. And he has a daughter. How long do you think we’ll stay?”
She heard Lyn sigh. ”No sé. A day or two, or until they get tired of us?”
”Não sei,” Sef echoed in Portuguese. “But the girl… she seems to like us a lot.”
“It’s probably been just the two of them for a while.”
“Yeah…”
“I… I shouldn’t be worried, right?” She stood up now, and Sef turned to her.
“Ha! I knew it, you are paranoid.”
“Hey, I’m not! I’m asking if I shouldn’t be at least reasonably concerned.”
“Well, now we’re just playing with semantics here. Are you done?”
Lyn nodded. “I’m just wondering if we’re feeling okay about this.”
“Well, it’s like what we always do, a minha boa amiga. If something happens, we have each other’s back.”
She opened the door, and the left the bathroom. Hearing the man and his child in the kitchen, they made their way there.

(Hello hello guys. I'm so sorry I made you worry!! I could've sworn I left a note here a couple days ago, but I guess it didn't send. :( My family's out of town right now so I've been super busy with house chores and such, which means I wasn't online at all. Again, sorry for vanishing like that. I'll be ready to dive back into this as soon as I catch up on everything that happened!)

Thats all good! im glad you're okay! haha

Soon Cass had made up a vegetarian stew of some sorts and all he had to do was wait for it to be a little warmer so they could eat it.
It's not like the two were purposefully not eating meat because in this world you really can't afford to be picky. But for them meat was such a delicacy nowadays. It was much more dangerous to have a farm with livestock since that would attract the screamers even more. The noise and the smell.
So for now they stuck with the canned stuff that occasionally had some sort of meat in it and the little bit of crops they grew in their small backyard. And it worked out because Ophelia always hated seeing the animals they would have to eat and on occasion she would refuse to eat it. Which Cassius understood completely. It was hard for him to get past as well. He was never a hunter. Not of animals anyway.
He turns around to the soft sound of the girls stepping into the kitchen. "Hey do you like soup?" he asks awkwardly (i read that in my mind like the "ya like jazz?" thing and i hate myself for it lol)
Ophelia whips around and hurriedly plucks the strawberry off of the counter, reaching on her tippy toes and jumping up to get it before she runs to the girls, holding up the strawberry. "i grew this! You guys can have it though!" she says, beaming up at the girls with a wide smile and big brown eyes.

Gus stared at Jez, who didn't seem to want to meet his gaze. He felt as if his world had suddenly shifted to a new angle, and he could finally see something that should've been obvious from the start. Of course Jez had been planning to abandon them. Why else would he leave so quickly? Why else would he take all his things with him? And yet Gus had never doubted him, trusting that he would return, even worrying himself sick when he stayed out late. It made him feel…..foolish. And hurt. And more than a little angry.
He straightened his shoulders, looking down at Jez with unusual coldness. But he couldn't bring himself to lose his temper. Not when Jez was so badly injured, and clearly felt guilty. Not when there were strangers around who might not be friendly. No, there would be time enough for them to have a talk later, once things calmed down.
"It ain't your fault, Jasper," he said at last, going back to treating Jez's wounds. "We're all safe now so it's nuthin' to lose feathers over. 'Preciate the apology, partner, but I think you know we still gotta figure this problem out 'fore we travel together much longer."

"So where're you headed, overall?" Travis asked Tap as they continued toward the main road. There was a relatively easy path to street level from the next building, and Travis took it, watching at all times for screamers. "I'm headed northwest myself. I heard a rumor there are more survivors in that area of the country. Maybe I can even find a strong group to join and start going up in the world. Wanna come with?"

"Hm? Oh- well I'm not heading anywhere special. Just kinda surviving if you get what I'm saying." She managed a shrug, wincing slightly at her arm hurting when she shrugged.
"You got any water I could drink?" She asked him as they were talking, hoping some water would help clear her lightheadedness. She pauses before nodding to him.
"Yeah sure, I would love to join you."

Jezariah wanted nothing more than to rip through the encasement he calls his own flesh and crawl out of it just to hide and never show his face again. The shame he felt was almost unbearable. Even though he knew he could have avoided this and never left, he could never have predicted the true extent of his punishment. The humiliation he feels and the selfish offense towards Gus he's committed.
He wanted to beg him for forgiveness, for anything that would take all of this back because he would do it in a heartbeat.
Jez brings himself to look up at Gus from the corner of his eye with great struggle, though it felt as if all of his insides shrinks when he feels the numbness of Gus's gaze burning into his skin. He quickly looks away, now wanting to pull away from his touch as he goes back to fixing his wounds.
what can I do to make this right? What can I do? Can I even do anything at all?
His thoughts trap his mind as they circle around it over and over and over again, about to drive him to madness.
The worst part about it was that he knew nothing could fix what he had done. Nothing could excuse it or make it right. He had left Gus with something dangerous just because he was thinking about himself. If only he could just let him know the extent of his remorse…maybe then he could fix it. Yet the more he thought about it he grew paranoid as to his intentions. Did he want to let Gus know this and make amends with him just to make himself feel like a better person or did he want to so he could truly help Gus's feeling of rejection Jez was sure Gus felt towards him.
He brings himself only to nod in agreement, even though he really didn't want to.
(haha Jez is about to cry but that's what he gets for being a jerk)
_
Jesse grows impatient and stomps the cigarette into the broken concrete beneath her feet, turning around and making her way into the building to where Jez, Gus, and their dog was.(Jasper)
Her eyes steady on Gus's demeanor, than the others. She holds in a laugh as Jez's, finding him truly pitiful and struggling to suppress the urge to kick him again.
"I'm going now" she says bluntly, her arms crossed.
This place was stuffy to her anyway and there were too many people. Especially with the literal child attacking her, she definitely didn't want to stay here that was for sure. Jesse had no idea how they even dealt with that because she was almost for certain she's done something like that for sure.

(HEHAHAHAHA YES I WILL MAKE ALL OF YOU CRY (jk jk) )
When Jesse came in and announced that she was leaving, Gus glanced over and gave her a nod. "Safe travels, ma'am. I still dunno the full story, but I reckon I should thank you fer bringin' our friend back in mostly one piece. I hope the supplies you found here can make us even." Tipping his hat to her just a little—only to follow the rules of etiquette his parents had taught him, since he didn't exactly like her that much—he turned away and finished bandaging Jez's bloodied head. "Thanks fer your help, Evan. Are you goin' with Jesse, or staying here awhile?"

"I just gave you water a second ago," Travis teased, but retrieved his water bottle and tossed it to her anyway. "We'll have to find you better gear if we're gonna do this as a team. I don't mind helping you out a little, but in this world you gotta pull your own weight. So, I guess that means the first order of business is to find a store or something and go scavenging. Might as well get some use outta this town before we leave it."

(ITS WORKING TT^TT)
(also i love how Gus is so nice to her even though he doesn't like her XD)

The only reason Jesse would stay around for just a little bit more would be to talk to Gus, as she actually liked the way he did things. He didnt act like a child about anything like Jezariah did. She hasn't had any good experiences with mature people nowadays so it was nice to talk to someone who was.
When he mentions the "full story" she gives a sort of louder chuckle "ha i hit him because he is pussy." she says, her accent a bit stronger and evident than it normally is. "he is fine though. I killed the reaper for him. Evan helped while he cried like baby on floor" she says with a small, content smile towards Evan. She liked both of them and found what had happened to be truly amusing.
She doesn't say thank you, as honestly i wouldn't be surprised if that was even in her vocabulary, so she simply gives a single polite nod to him.
(I'm not having her leave just yet for reaction time :)

(I'll catch myself up and respond tomorrow guys :} )

(thats okay! take your time! <3)