forum I'm in the mood for another apocalypse roleplay... (CLOSED for now, welcome to stalk)

Started March 06, 2021 by @Becfromthedead group

tune

"And Mori, think about it, if I hadn't met you, I would've believed I didn't have any family left in this world. I probably wouldn't have come with you guys if you weren't here." Levi said, giving Mori a smile.

He used the couch to push himself up and went to join Rachel. "Anything?" He asked, slowly scanning the landscape.

Lilac smiled softly. “It’s adorable…” she muttered, pulling Mori closer to her. “You should get some sleep now…you look like you need it,” she told him before mouthing the words “Thank you,” to Earl. Luka stirred in his sleep, mumbling something about what seemed to be…Hailey.

"Yeah," Tohru agreed, "You gave me a reason to keep trying to survive, even after a lot of bad things happened to me."
He let out a tired sigh.
"Here, you can sleep next to me. I'm sleepier than I've been in days, so I might as well do it while I can, right?"

Lis looked over at Rachel and Levi as they came outside, glancing away from where she was cutting deer meat away from the bone and handing it off to Bean.
"Hey there. Everything alright?"

Mori nodded weakly, a bit more color coming into his face at the reassurance. He still seemed uneasy, but yawned and closed his eyes anyways. They wanted him to sleep, and he knew he needed it, so he figured he might as well try. It took him a few minutes, but he was soon dozing with the bird plush held close to his chest. When Luka moved, Kas grumbled softly in his sleep and held tighter to him, not wanting him to be moving.

Bean took the meat and got to work on cooking it. Lilac smiled. “Yeah, I’ll check on Luka,” she told them before walking over to her brother, who was starting to have trouble with sleeping. She put her hand on Luka’s shoulder to reassure him that everything was going to be okay and he calmed down.

"Nothing yet. Everything's fine. My brother hasn't met you yet, somehow, Lis." Rachel said.
"Levi, how's Mori and Tohru doing? Are they getting better?" She asked hopefully, looking to the way she and her brother had came to save everyone.

Earl nodded at Lilac before walking out to the porch to smoke.
"Come on…come on…" He sighed as his lighter wouldn't light. "Damn it."
Earl took off his backpack, looking for some lighter fluid.

"Hey, I'll give you a light," Lis offered, grabbing her own lighter and getting up to hand it to Earl.
She stopped in the middle of the group of people.
"Is everyone okay in there? There was a lot of commotion in there earlier, so I kind of just hung out here and prepped the deer in the meantime. Figured it was a bad time to intrude."

"Tohru is doing better, he was panicking, I helped him calm down. Mori seems to be doing better." Levi said, continuing to keep watch. "I'm sorry that the only way we've met was me being stabbed by a zombie, what a wild first meeting, huh?"

Luka cuddled up with Kas after calming down. He was glad he was there…it helped lighten the mood. Lilac smiled softly as she sat next to them. Bean continued to cook the meat, remembering how her dad taught her how to do it. She smiled a little. “Thanks, Dad…” she whispered to herself as she held back tears. God, she missed her parents so much.

Earl looked up, surprised. "Oh, thanks." He took the lighter gingerly and lit his cigarette.
"Name's Earl. Yours?" He said, handing the lighter back.

Rachel laughed. "Definitely. You gave us all a scare. Although, I'm not sure that tops my brother and I following you all."

Lis was about to hold out her hand to shake, but remembered she had deer blood on her and stopped.
"Name's Lis. I hope I can be of use to you guys."

Earl smirked and shook Lis' hand. "Well, you seem to be a good enough butcher. I'm a hunter myself, so maybe we can work together sometime."
He glanced at the deer. "Compliments though. That is clean."

Rachel looked over at Earl and chuckled. "Well well well, seems like he has a new friend."

Pain, pain was all Maze could feel. The blood from her head streamed down her face to her chin, and she watched as it dripped down to the ground. It was a mystery to her how she made it out alive. The flashes of a zombie throwing her against a tree and scratching her arm came to her. The feeling of losing so much blood mixed with her blurry vision made her want to puke. Dragging her legs, Maze knew she had to keep going or she would definitely die. The breeze stung her wounded arm. From her shoulder to her wrist was all torn open; Maze didn't have it in her to look. As she reached a clearing in the woods she stopped, she sighed a breath of relief, almost like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Now Maze didn't know much about zombies, so she was hoping the weren't smart enough to follow a blood trail. Her white hair was covered in blood. She was proud of herself for getting out of there. When she realized she may have a place to rest, even for one night, her tears began to fall, she was so exhausted. Making her way there, she heard what may be voices but decided to ignore it. Maybe there are people here? Should I just enter? Before Maze was able to do anything, it felt as the ground beneath her shifted. Her head hit the door as her body fell to the ground.

Mori jumped at the loud sound and opened his eyes, looking around blearily. He clutched the plush bird closer to himself, obviously confused and struggling to wake himself up. "Mmm…? What was that…?" He asked sleepily. Kas only stirred for a moment before settling back down, too exhausted to be awaken by much of anything at the moment.

Levi heard the thud of May hitting the door around the side of the house and leapt the porch railing. He ran to her and knelt down by her. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked, ready to carry her if she needed it, or attempt to anyway since she was the same height as him. "Rachel!" He called, "I may need your expertise!"

Tohru was dead asleep. Soon after Mori had gone, he crashed. Even the loud noise and Mori's movement couldn't wake him.

Lis smiled a bit at the compliment.
"Well, I picked up a lot from some of the people I was traveling with. It's not clean work, but you gotta do what you gotta do."
She gave a bit of pause when she heard a thump, and jumped slightly.
"What was…?"

May looked up at the person kneeling down. Their face was blurry. All she could do was a small smile, but soon the smile disappeared as she broke down in tears. Was this an angel? Was she dead? May figured dying would be easier than living in a world like this. Though she felt it would be sad to die, especially since she tried so hard to stay alive. If not for her sake, than she would fight to stay alive for Maze.

Earl unholstered his Beretta and followed Rachel to the source of the noise.
"The hell's going on Levi?" He yelled.

Rachel groaned. "Five minutes. I swear-OH MY GOD." She looked at the newcomer in shock.
"Her wounds are…damn it. Levi, help me carry her, GENTLY, onto the table in the kitchen." She said, kneeling down to pick May up.

Once Bean finished cooking, she wiped her now teary eyes and smiled. “Hey I’m finished,” she called out to Lis as she took the meat off the fire. Luka stayed asleep, since he was very exhausted. Lilac turned and sat up. “Who’s there?” she asked.

Levi carefully helped Rachel lift May and carry her inside to the table. "What do you need, can I help in any way?" He asked Rachel, desperate to be of use and not have another person die. He stabbed his fingernails into his palms to stop himself from being lost in memories again.

Mori froze when he saw Rachel and Levi carrying an injured person inside, his breathing hitching and his face paling. He hiccuped, his eyes welling up with tears as he clung to Tohru. "O-Oh god…" He whispered weakly. "Not again… p-please…"

Lilac rushed over to Mori as she tried to block his view of the newcomer. She wasn’t going to let him see what happened…just in case that girl died. “Shh…they’ll try to help her…” she whispered, hugging Mori. She couldn’t bear to see another person die either.