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Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies.

Posted by BanditoFor group 0
Trisha
character, 551 posts
Tue 11 Feb 2020
at 23:10
  • msg #896

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

quote:
I say we go and find a window to climb through. Ought to be plenty to choose from.”
"I was totally just gonna say that." She shouts back with a smile as she runs to the buses serving as a barricade. Quickly climbing onto the hood, she scampers to the top of the bus to get a better view of her surroundings. At Mary's call, Trisha leans over and looks down at her leader.
"I reckon she's gonna be in there. Betcha she got stuck when they chased her in."
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Ivy
character, 1133 posts
Wed 12 Feb 2020
at 11:02
  • msg #897

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Ivy hurried after Trisha to the buses. "The monsters were all bunched up around one of the rooms," she stated as she climbed up onto the hood before pulling herself onto the roof. "That might be where she is."
Mary
character, 647 posts
Sun 16 Feb 2020
at 06:43
  • msg #898

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

"I don't think she's in here," Mary says, but she doesn't expect anyone to listen. Mary realizes that not even she is listening to her own warnings as she finds herself considering how to get the "monsters" out of the way.

"Fine!" she announces. "I'll lead them outside. I'll meet up with Edward at the truck and we'll lead the group away. Once they're gone, you can check whatever you want. We'll meet up again at the church. Alright?"
Trisha
character, 552 posts
Tue 18 Feb 2020
at 11:58
  • msg #899

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

quote:
"I don't think she's in here,"
"No way!" Trisha scoffs, rolling her eyes obnoxiously. She looks over and winks at Ivy. "She so is! We got this."

Looking out over the yard, Trisha mulls over Mary's plan as she lays it forward.
"I don't wanna split up again," She replies in a much more subdued tone, but her resolve will not be shaken. "But I know she's in there. It's too much like last time. She's gotta be!"

For a moment, she looks down and scrunches her face, appearing to be deep in thought. She glances over to Ivy, then looks down again, this time to meet eyes with Eli before adressing him.
"I know you gotta look out for her and you don't want her to get hurt," She puts her hand on Ivy's shoulder and pulls her in closer as she speaks. "But Ivy's fast, like me and I can lift her. And she's a better shot than I am, probably clever-er, too. Me and her could slip in and outta there in no time." She gives the girl a confident grin. "I betcha with a little backup, we can pull it off!"
Mary
character, 648 posts
Sat 22 Feb 2020
at 05:51
  • msg #900

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

"That's what I'm saying. I distract them and you slip in. Just be careful, for god's sake."
Trisha
character, 553 posts
Sun 23 Feb 2020
at 14:21
  • msg #901

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

"I know, I just said it more exciting." She replies with a determined grin and a dramatic hand flourish.
"Since when I ain't been careful?"
Bandito
GM, 2380 posts
Tue 25 Feb 2020
at 09:54
  • msg #902

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

School Yard

"I'll come with you, Mary!" Natasha runs out of the front entrance, tailing behind Mary. Rufus and Regina soon follow the pair out into the school yard. Being the last person running out of the door, Rufus leaves the entrance wide open.

"This way, rotten brains!" The man raises his pistol up in the air and fires twice.

"What the hell!?" Natasha yells.

Within a minute, the army of undead floods through the door. There must be at least fifty of them in sight, and more still lagging behind in the building.

Meanwhile, Elijah, Ivy, Trisha, Angie, and Ashley climb onto the school bus. They lie still as they wait for the horde to pass.


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Mary
character, 649 posts
Thu 27 Feb 2020
at 07:43
  • msg #903

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Mary had expected a multitude of ghouls, but not this many. She flinches despite herself when they come pouring out into the sun, clutching the rifle closer.

"Alright, then," she mutters, steeling herself, then raises her voice to a yell. "Come and get me then, you addle-brained cattle! You ataxic spastics! You...you animalistic, cannibalistic ballistic statistics!"

With a wave of her hand, Mary backs up, leading the horde out of the yard towards Edward and the truck.
Bandito
GM, 2382 posts
Tue 3 Mar 2020
at 23:07
  • msg #904

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Remaining group

Everyone stay as still as they possibly can on the roof of the bus. One by one, the ghouls drag themselves one after the other out of the yard. It will be just a bit longer before Mary and the others lure all of them out of the area.

Slowly, but steadily, the wave of ghouls passes by the group without spotting them. They hear the roaring sound of engines fading off to the distance.

"They're gone..." Angie whispers to everyone.

Mary's Team


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Ivy
character, 1134 posts
Mon 9 Mar 2020
at 13:23
  • msg #905

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Ivy tentatively peered out from the top of the bus. Sure enough, the monsters had taken the bait. Now to capitalize on the distraction.

"Let's hurry," said the girl as she climbed down the hood onto the ground. She made for the front doors, beelining for the room that the monsters had been congregating around.
Ashley
character, 213 posts
Cleverness
Depression
Sat 14 Mar 2020
at 15:44
  • msg #906

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

"...But let's not be too hasty."  Ashley, despite her words of caution, was just behind Ivy in her rush to get back into the school.  And to think I would've done anything to get out of school a few months ago.  She held up one finger to prompt a pause.  "There may still be stragglers.  Check, then move."

Taking her own advice, Ashley stepped ahead of Ivy and peeked inside the school.  With one hand, she fished briefly in her jacket pocket, emerging moments later with a quarter.  She took aim and flicked the coin down the hall to the right, where it would ping noisily off the stone floor -- hopefully attracting the attention of any lingering undead, so they would reveal themselves rather than ambushing the group later.  After a short pause, she waved for the others to follow, and continued down the hall with Ivy, one hand already resting on the handle of the knife at her side.
Bandito
GM, 2385 posts
Sat 14 Mar 2020
at 21:35
  • msg #907

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

School Interior

With Ashley and Ivy leading, the group makes their way back down to the hallway. They see a lone ghoul on the ground throwing its arm at them from a distance. Its leg appears to be lodged into the broken restroom door. For now, it is immobilized.

There are still sound of undead rustling about and growling in the school. They seems to be originating from the center auditorium that's still firmly shut by chains.

The light source from the front entrance is not enough to illuminate the hallway Ivy and Ashley are walking down towards due to its sharp angle. However, some lights are shining in from the classrooms at the right. It is sufficient enough for them to navigate down the hall, but not enough to investigate the darker rooms on the opposite side.


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Ivy
character, 1135 posts
Sun 15 Mar 2020
at 04:41
  • msg #908

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Ivy fished out her flashlight and flipped the power switch to 'on.' Giving the stuck monster a wide berth, she made for the rooms at the end of the hall to peek through the windows.
Bandito
GM, 2388 posts
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 09:17
  • msg #909

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

School Interior

The group moves down the hallway, leaving the lone walker to its own misery. When Ivy peers through the windows, she sees a large closet and a shelf. Everything appears to be ordinary for the janitor's room. Lucky for her, she also has the key too.


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Ivy
character, 1136 posts
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 09:26
  • msg #910

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

No sign of the person they were looking for. But the fact that someone went through the trouble of locking the room meant there had to be something good inside, right? Ivy unlocked and opened the door. A quick poke around couldn't hurt.
Bandito
GM, 2391 posts
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 04:04
  • msg #911

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Janitor's closet

The moment Ivy step into the room she hears a sound coming from inside the large closet. It sounded like something hitting against metal. She also find a few useful things on the nearby shelf.
Ivy
character, 1137 posts
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 12:53
  • msg #912

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

...What was that?

Ivy turned her attention to the closet in the back of the room. The sound had come from inside. Could someone be in there? Or...something? Ivy swallowed nervously, positioning herself off to the side of the door and resting her hand on the handle.

Three...two...one!

She opened the closet.
Bandito
GM, 2394 posts
Thu 19 Mar 2020
at 00:54
  • msg #913

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Janitor's closet

A young, brown haired girl looks up at Ivy. She cuddle herself in the corner of the large cabinet, holding both of her arms together. Her face is pale, and her lips appears dry. She doesn't seems to have the energy to speak or stand up, but her eyes glitters with hope when Ivy opened the cabinet.

Angie makes her way into the room and looks past Ivy's shoulder at Nicole.

"You're alive." She says. Nicole nods with a weak smile.


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This message was last edited by the GM at 00:57, Thu 19 Mar 2020.
Ashley
character, 214 posts
Cleverness
Depression
Thu 19 Mar 2020
at 07:54
  • msg #914

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Following closely behind Ivy (doing a great job of playing the heroic captain, aren't you, letting the ten-year-old go in first), Ashley approached the closet ready to intervene with a quick stab or kick if things suddenly got dangerous.  What greeted her when the door opened, however, was enough to completely short-circuit her for a long, silent moment.

What?  Excuse me but.  What in the actual FUCK?

"You..."  Coherent sentences eluded her, but despite herself, Ashley laughed -- a quick bark of a laugh, a half sputter, dumbstruck by the sheer absurdity of the situation.  When she finally managed to compose herself, she pushed past Ivy to offer a hand to the cowering girl, along with a toothy smile so wide it could light the sky.  Of course, the first words that came to her were a cheesy, dumbass quip, like some one-liner spewing hero of an amateurish novel.  If anyone expected better by now, it was entirely their own fault.  "You really like closets, don't you?"

Y'know what, I'mma let that one slide.  I'll save the sarcastic self-flagellation for later.

...Hey, when did I start crying?

This message was last edited by the player at 08:24, Thu 19 Mar 2020.
Bandito
GM, 2395 posts
Thu 19 Mar 2020
at 10:05
  • msg #915

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Janitor's Closet

"No... but, its kept me safe so far..." Nicole makes an attempt to stand but immediately looses her footing and collapses onto the ground. She leans her back against the closet.

"Do you... have any water?" She asks with a weak voice. "How did you find me?"
Ivy
character, 1138 posts
Thu 19 Mar 2020
at 11:04
  • msg #916

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

What was waiting on the other side of the closet was not a monster, but...a girl. Cowering alone in the dark. The sight was so uncannily familiar that Ivy just stared in shock for a few moments.

"...Uh...hi-ack!" Her greeting was cut off as Ash blew past her to fawn over the girl, knocking Ivy off balance for a moment. Apparently they'd found who they were looking for.
Ashley
character, 215 posts
Cleverness
Depression
Sat 21 Mar 2020
at 12:14
  • msg #917

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

"Water?"  Ashley unshouldered her backpack before she even finished speaking.  She still had the bottle of water Regina handed her that morning, and it was still half-full.  Or half-empty?  Eh, don't overthink it.  Not that she ever did that or anything.  "Water, we can do."  She produced the bottle from her backpack and held it out to Nicole, a grin already forming on her lips as she continued.

"I'd like to say finding you was a result of my totally awesome skills at planning, tracking, and thinking... buuut the truth is it was mostly because Angie here told us where she last saw you guys."  Ashley jerked her thumb sideward, indicating the woman in question.  "The execution of the plan was all me, because I'm awesome like that, but, credit where credit is due, the intel was all Angie."  She was maybe lying a little bit, having let the others handle the majority of the work of clearing and searching the school, but, come on.  It's Nicole.  Ashley just had to make herself look like the hero; her ego lived and died on the basis of this girl's adoration.  If it took a little bullshit to puff herself up and look cool, then so be it.

"Besides," she flashed her trademark lopsided sly grin, "I promised we'd be okay, remember?"  There it was, the crux of this entire matter, and Ashley looked to Nicole with the hope that she did in fact remember, that those words they had exchanged were just as important to her as they were to Ashley.  "I don't make promises like that to just anyone, and I definitely don't break them."

At least, not more than once.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:30, Mon 23 Mar 2020.
Bandito
GM, 2402 posts
Mon 23 Mar 2020
at 04:50
  • msg #918

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Janitor's closet

"Thanks." Nicole accepts the water and gulps all of it down. She chokes once or twice in the process.

"I thought no one would come back for me, this was it, I'm going to be dead in this closet and come back as one of, them. But you kept your promise and found me." She throws her arms around Ashley's neck. The girl sniffs, wiping off a tear from her eye with her finger. "Can we get out of here?" She looks to the others.
Ivy
character, 1139 posts
Mon 23 Mar 2020
at 12:44
  • msg #919

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Nicole:
"Can we get out of here?"


"Yeah. The others led all the monsters away-"

Ivy paused.

"...How were we gonna meet up with them, again?"
Ashley
character, 216 posts
Cleverness
Depression
Wed 25 Mar 2020
at 14:04
  • msg #920

Re: Act 4 - A : Comrades, Friends, and Enemies

Nicole:
"I thought no one would come back for me, this was it, I'm going to be dead in this closet and come back as one of, them. But you kept your promise and found me."

"Nobody's dying on my watch."  While Ashley had meant to grin confidently, the expression faltered slightly as memory rudely intruded upon her hero fantasies.  It was only a moment, and she recovered quickly, but her expression came off a bit more as 'grimly resolute' rather than 'beamingly confident'.  She did, at least, match the girl's embrace, an arm wrapped around Nicole's shoulders, holding tight for a good long moment, simply savoring the attention.  By the time she let go, she was all smiles again.

Elsewhere in her meandering mind, she silently wondered at Nicole's understanding of the plague and its effects.  It was always morbidly interesting to her, to see what others assumed of the situation, and what they had experienced.  In the early days, everyone thought it was a bite or scratch that did you in, but Whitehaven infirmary cleared up that misunderstanding quickly and violently for her.  She could only presume that Nicole had had a similar experience -- most of the still-living probably had, by now.

"We're uh... meeting back at the church.  ...Yeah."  Ashley soured on that idea before she even finished speaking it.  "Not exactly our finest tactical decision, admittedly, but we don't have to go in.  Or even anywhere near it, really.  We'll just walk down the road and I'm sure they'll be along in two shakes.  Three, tops.  Not like they've got anywhere else exciting to be."  She did at least spare a smirk for that.
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