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

Started March 06, 2021 by @Becfromthedead group

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Earl nodded. "Best course of action I guess." He put away the knife, careful not to stab himself like a certain someone.
Cough, Lilac, cough cough.
"Don't miss."

(HEY WAIT)

Lis gave a beaming smile.
"I won't!" she laughed, taking off the safety and positioning herself to fire.
A gunshot rang out through the air, and the zombie collapsed on top of its prey.
"Done and done," she murmured, "Let's move on out."

Tohru nudged at Levi a little, making sure he was ready to go.

Mori yelped softly at the gunshot and covered his ears, trembling more violently in Lilac's arms. He whimpered a bit, obviously upset and afraid and not entirely sure what was happening. Kas flinched a bit as well, but kept quiet, looking around to make sure they weren't being followed by any more zombies.

Lilac held Mori close as she walked over to the others. She didn’t let go of him because that would be bad, and bad is bad. Luka held onto Kas tightly, following his sister. He tried to stay focused so that he can be able to help everyone.

Earl wasn't affected by the loud noise. He was comforted by it, in fact. It was…familiar.
"God, that makes me sad…" He whispered under his breath.
He could remember it. The dogs barking, playing together. His father reading…
Mom knitting. Baby Allison crawling around, studying snails.

Rachel smacked Earl upside the head.
"Stop reminiscing. We gotta move out. Get up." She said, shrugging her pack around.

Levi woke up with an 'eep!' and rubbed his eyes. "Are we leaving?" He asked, his words slurred. "Did someone shoot somebody?" He looked around, his eyes half closed.

Tohru held a hand over Levi's shoulder to soothe him a little.
"There was a zombie way over there. That's all. Lis got it."
He shrugged a bit.
"We are leaving though."

"Mmhmm-" Levi hummed, not quite ready to wake up. He didn't want to go anywhere, he wanted to just lie down and pretend the last two years had been a dream. Wake up in his bed, the day before he moved, maybe, just maybe, he could do things differently and he would have more than one family member left in the world. He glanced over at Mori, he said he'd tell him more stories but the world seemed to be moving too fast, and they didn't have the time.

Tohru gave a slight smile. The touch of another human felt nice, to say the least. Of course, being in the apocalypse, he hadn't been hugging on people much at all since-
He shuddered a bit at the thought that started coming and pushed it down.
But even before that, his family had never been the touchy-feely type. Apparently cuddling was… normal between parents and their kids? And he rarely got hugged either. Maybe a pat on the back, sometimes the obligatory hug if he returned home after being gone a long time.
As such, he was fucking touch-starved, and he didn't want to move from Levi's warmth.
"Whenever you're ready, we're not in a horrible rush," Tohru said softly.

Earl winced, rubbing his head. "We're taking a break Rachel. Despite what you may think, some of us have to rest. And also aren't on a caffeine high."
He sighed and looked back to the deer.
Flies.
Guts, everywhere.
Made him ask why they had to come across that zombie? Not only was it gross, it was a bad butcher job.

Rachel hmphed and flopped down on the ground. "Fine. Take a nap, or whatever." She said, crossing her arms.
This sucked. She wanted to be back home. Away from zombies. As far as she knew, the dogs were alive at least…

Levi leaned back a bit more into Tohru and sighed. He felt his ribs and shoulders relax and some of the pain in his chest went away. Which was weird, he hadn't realised it had been hurting. "At least one good thing has come out of this mess," He started, "We all got to meet each other. And we probably wouldn't have otherwise."

Aspen sat quite, using a sharp twig to pick at the dead skin on her knee, Arlo hopped around, fully awake now, and plucked some grass out of the ground and sat it at Aspens feet, as an offering, Aspen looked at him and smiled, petting his head gently.

"Let's get going, then. We don't want to just be standing around waiting for something to start chasing us if it wasn't already." Kas huffed a bit and looked around, clearly uneasy. He didn't like being stuck here when he could hardly walk.

Rachel smiled. "Finally, someone gets it!"
She jumped up, ready to go. But, she started getting light-headed, dizzy.
"Oh…I got up to fast…" She said, falling/flopping down onto the ground again.

Earl rolled his eyes. "You know that's going to happen when you get up so quickly. Dumbass."
He smirked, a bit smug. Of course, he did know that he shouldn't be smirking, and actually helping her.
But she did that to herself. Like an idiot.

Luka nodded, ready to go as well. He held Kas close to him as he looked around. Lilac sighed, still holding Mori. She was ready too, but wanted to make sure everyone was as well. Bean wrapped her arm around Aspen. She looked at the other girl in worry.

"That I'm glad for," Tohru agreed, "Meeting all of you, that is. You guys have been nothing but kind and helpful."
Lis was standing at the front of the group, still monitoring the area ahead they would be traveling.

Tohru let out a heavy sigh.
"Guess it is time to leave now. But that's probably for the best, huh? I hope we can find more stable shelter."

"Mmm-" Levi groaned, pushing himself forward and away from Tohru. He dragged his bag towards himself and fumbled through it for his water bottle. He found it pretty quickly, realised he wasn't thirsty, and put it back. Then he just sat there, cross-legged on the ground, waiting for someone to tell him to move.

Tohru got to his feet and dusted himself off a little. Then, he extended a hand to help Levi up.
"Come on, let's see what we can find up ahead."

(Oh yeah, so I'm out of town and may be on the inactive side, just a heads up)
For a while, the group traveled along a long-abandoned road, hoping it would eventually lead to shelter. After a few hours, a small town lied ahead of them.
"Thank fuck…" Tohru murmured, "Alright, let's pick a place to crash, I guess?"
"Sure, let's get closer first," Lis agreed, "The sturdier the better."