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

Started May 24, 2021 by @Celeste_X0X0_ group

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(aw ok, we'll miss you both!)

"Y'don't have to lie or pretend around me," Gus said. He didn't want to push Jasper too hard if she didnt feel like talking, but at the same time, he couldn't let her keep thinking that she would be in trouble if she didn't act a certain way. "I won't be disappointed no matter what you say, cuz I ain't got any expectations. Now, I'll drop it if that's what you want. But lemme tell you this: You're always safe and welcome here in my group. I don't care if the others disagree, an' I don't care about this weird power you got. You deserve to have friends 'n food 'n a cozy place t' sleep, always. So don't vanish on me, alright? I promise it'll all turn out okay."

Travis couldn't help rolling his eyes slightly at the fist bump, but he returned it all the same, and his smile never wavered. "Okay, so we're a team now, you and me. This is great! And hey, that idea was just a suggestion. When we make it big in the world, you can do whatever you want with that power." Slinging an arm over Tap's shoulder, he started to walk down the center of the road once more. "But for now…..I guess we'd better keep looking for that store we needed, huh?"

(aw ok, we'll miss you both!)

"Y'don't have to lie or pretend around me," Gus said. He didn't want to push Jasper too hard if she didnt feel like talking, but at the same time, he couldn't let her keep thinking that she would be in trouble if she didn't act a certain way. "I won't be disappointed no matter what you say, cuz I ain't got any expectations. Now, I'll drop it if that's what you want. But lemme tell you this: You're always safe and welcome here in my group. I don't care if the others disagree, an' I don't care about this weird power you got. You deserve to have friends 'n food 'n a cozy place t' sleep, always. So don't vanish on me, alright? I promise it'll all turn out okay."

"you…" she cut herself off hesitating to speak after Gus had stopped speaking, she swallowed a lump in her throat. she moved to shake as she really let his words sink in, she moved to stand up from the closet floor leaning against the wall. she made her way to the door, taking a few seconds before she opened it.
she grabbed the handle and pulled the door open looking down.
she moved to look up at Gus and just hugged him close, wrapping her arms around him as tears dripped down her face.
"t-thank you.." she whispered to him holding on tightly.

Evan moved to open the door for elodie, having almost heard the vibrations of the knocking. He rushed over and moved to open it for her, before shutting it behind her and making sure to lock it.
Well after he figured out how to lock it.
He had a bit of a struggle.

(awe :( I'll miss you guys)
Miss you too

Travis couldn't help rolling his eyes slightly at the fist bump, but he returned it all the same, and his smile never wavered. "Okay, so we're a team now, you and me. This is great! And hey, that idea was just a suggestion. When we make it big in the world, you can do whatever you want with that power." Slinging an arm over Tap's shoulder, he started to walk down the center of the road once more. "But for now…..I guess we'd better keep looking for that store we needed, huh?"

Her smile didn't waver either, and it only brightened up as the fist bump was returned by Travis.
"Yeah! Oh- we need a team name." She joked, nudging him with her elbow. She didn't mind him slinging an arm over her shoulder all that much.
"Yeah we probably should ..I hope it has some good stuff."

(okay heads up, setting the weather in my post. I'll update it whenever it changes)
(depending on where you are, the storm varies. Id say at the apartment it's pouring hard, thundering and lightning bad. At the convenience store, it's probably just starting to rain, wind picking up. At the house with Cass and the girls, they can see the clouds rolling in and it's getting pretty cold. And with Tap and Travis, the rain is probably just starting and light thunder. Everywhere there are signs of thunder and a little bit of lightning, and strong winds. During storms, screamers probably are outside more than in a building. So buildings are the safest place to be at the moment.
I put this there so everyone sees and can incorporate it into their posts if they would like to, however they would like to. :)

Jesse finds herself in front of the apartment building, knowing no one was waiting for her inside. She couldn't decide whether that was a good thing or not.
Her hair and clothes now drenched by the storm. The dark grey clouds continue to roll in, turning almost a black color compared to it's normal snow white pigmentation. Wind rolls over her cold skin, her complexion slightly more pale due the cold atmosphere. Jesse steps inside carefully, looking around the dark hallways. It was hard to listen for any sounds anyone or anything could possibly be making at the moment due to the patter of the rain against the building. She runs her hand over her arms once she gets to a point where the wind was no longer affecting her.
Touching her skin stung from the constant rain hitting her the whole time she walked towards her destination from the convenience store. From Elodie.
Jesse makes her way up the stairs until she finds herself in front of the room Elodie and her had stayed in the night before. There was no expression on her face other than her usual glare. Looking down the hallway both left and right before twisting the cold doorknob and stepping inside of the room. The halls were dark and eerie, the only sound heard was the storm from outside and the rattles of the windows and doors as the thunder shocks the earth below.
Closing the door behind her, she lets out a deep breath, dropping the bags on the floor and beginning to undress herself, bringing her clothing over the sink and twisting the fabric in her hand, squeezing the water out into the sink then hanging it over some open cabinets to dry.

Sure enough, Josefine made Lyn lay on the bed, to which Lyn somewhat reluctantly complied. Sef stayed sitting, and they tried to think of things that would make Lyn fall asleep. This ironically made her fall asleep, though the distant sound of low thunder might have helped too. Sef stood up, about to leave to find a shower, but then came a knock at the bedroom door.
Upon opening it, Sef blinked , “oh, ola, o senhor.” Taking a breath, her gaze landed on the bowls. “Are those for us? You didn’t have to, sir, but thanks.”

(Travis and Tap meeting Jesse sounds fine to me! Also sorry I haven't been around much T.T)

Gus hugged Jasper back just as tightly, relief flooding through him when he saw that he'd managed to say the right thing. "No problem kiddo," he whispered back. "Ain't no trouble at all." He was content to stay there in the back room with her as long as she wanted, setting aside his concern for the others and stress of the long night for the moment. One thing at a time. Jasper might act strong, and she had a knack for blending into the background sometimes, but at the end of the day she was the youngest survivor in the group and she shouldn't have to carry all her own burdens alone.
"I think," Gus said after a while, "that you should eat a little somethin' and then have yourself a nap. It's been a rough few hours, and things'll look better in th' mornin, I reckon. How's that sound?"

The storm seemed to come out of nowhere, or maybe Travis had just not payed enough attention to the sky to notice it coming. This changed when a flicker of lightning broke through the gloom, quickly followed by a rumble from much too close. Travis grumbled a curse and squinted into the rain for signs of shelter.
"We'd better get inside," he said, taking charge without hesitation. He started forward briskly, eyes on the nearby buildings. To his relief, they looked like reasonably intact apartments. "C'mon, take my hand so you don't get lost. I'll find us somewhere nice to hunker down."

(It's okay!)

She jumped when she heard the lightning, then all of a sudden the rain and the wind blowing around them.
crap- I can hardly see now.
She listened to what Travis was saying, and moved to grab his hand, almost missing it. Once she had it she gripped it tightly, nodding along with what he was saying.
"Right."
She just grabbed onto him squeezing his hand. She was gonna stick near him for the whole time they were moving, head forward not like she could see or do much.

Jesse looks around the room before heading into the smaller room she had her belongings in. She kneels down beside one of her bags and pulls out her sweats and a roughed up, rather thin hoodie and some undergarments. She slips them on and pulls her wet hair back with her now wet bandana.
She looks out the window and into the road, only peeking just a little. A smaller creature about the size of a cat scampers across the road in the road, though is snatched up a bigger form hiding in the shadows of one of the alleys it ran into. All you hear is a loud squeal and a crunch before any other sounds was drowned out by the rain. She swallows, her eyes glued to the creature as it slinks out onto the road. It's skin was a pale, translucent color with red splotches near the joins. It was about the size of a Clydesdale horse and its back is hunched over. It walks on all fours and its front legs reminded Jesse of how bats arms were without the wings. It's stretches and pulls on its bones with every walk it takes and the gravel beneath it scraping off skin every step it took. Its face looks as if it had more of the shape of a horses head but very small, human eyes and its mouth hung open. Blood drips form its long tongue and onto the ground as it looks around. Jesse could see the remains of the animal it had just devoured through it's translucent belly. She could see all of its organs as well. It seemed to be human organs just bigger.
Jesse slowly gets out of the view of the window and hurries to grab her machete, just in case it knew she was there. In the two years this had been going on, she had never seen something that looked quite like this. Especially the skin color, as they were more often a black tar like tone and their skin was thick. Was this one dying? That would explain the translucency and thinness of the skin but not the hue. Though Jesse didn't know the biology behind these things.

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Cass looks down to her, offering her the bowl of soup "yeah of course it is. I don't know when the last time you ate so i figured id just fill it up all the way. I hope you don't mind" He says, a little unsure of himself and the serving size he had gotten them.
(sorry its also short as well)

(Travis and Tap meeting Jesse sounds fine to me! Also sorry I haven't been around much T.T)

Gus hugged Jasper back just as tightly, relief flooding through him when he saw that he'd managed to say the right thing. "No problem kiddo," he whispered back. "Ain't no trouble at all." He was content to stay there in the back room with her as long as she wanted, setting aside his concern for the others and stress of the long night for the moment. One thing at a time. Jasper might act strong, and she had a knack for blending into the background sometimes, but at the end of the day she was the youngest survivor in the group and she shouldn't have to carry all her own burdens alone.
"I think," Gus said after a while, "that you should eat a little somethin' and then have yourself a nap. It's been a rough few hours, and things'll look better in th' mornin, I reckon. How's that sound?"

She just continues to hug him, burying her face into his chest as he talked. She winced slightly as she tightened her grip on Gus.
She tried to play it off like nothing happened, nodding on to what he said.
ow..
"I..I am hungry.." She mumbled, slightly muffled by pressing her face halfway into Gus. She moved to let go and rub her eyes letting out a soft yawn as she did so.
Her sleeves stuck to her wrists instead of kinda hanging there.
She looked down at the ground in thought.
"Will, will you-.." She shook her head. "Nevermind."

“Not at all,” Josefine said coolly. “Our bellies have been empty for a while. Just thought we could go down and get it ourselves, though.”
“Sef,” Lyn’s voice rose from the bed. She had apparently woken up. “He’s being nice.”
“I know, I know,” Sef said, looking over her shoulder at her.
“So thank him already, caramba.”
Sef snorted, but turned back to Cass and took the bowls. ”Obrigada. We appreciate it.”