forum Apocalypse rp (open for now!)
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@Eli-the-transboi group

XD ok cool-

Cathal gently pets his dog. “Ok ted…you stay here. I’ll be back.” He smiles softly, grabbing his bag and heading out the door, stuffing the bleach covered towel under it just in case. He sighs and starts walking to the nearby abandoned store. Lots of stuff had been left there, so it was pretty easy to find preserved food. Luckily as well, Cathal was able to find a military base to hide in. Yeah, lucky him. He sighs softly as he stepped over the broken glass, looking around. “Okayyy…dog food first…” he scans around, smiling brightly as he found a whole pack. He picks it up and puts it in his bag. “Okay, now for me.” He searches more in hopes he could find some food for him to eat. He was a picky eater, but…he just dealt with the weird taste and texture of the food. He wasn’t just gonna starve. He sighs as he picks up some cans, placing them in his bag one by one.

@Becfromthedead group

Tohru has been wandering around aimlessly for two weeks, absolutely traumatized by what happened to Noah, what happened to the others traveling with him. Those who survived abandoned him. Those who did not met horrible fates. Since then, Tohru has been much less careful, not particularly caring whether he lives or dies, since he has no purpose left. He hasn't seen anyone else since, and while he's certain he's not the last human alive, it sure feels like it sometimes.
Tohru was injured about a week ago; he caught his leg on the metal of a fence, and it cut pretty deep. While he seems to be recovering, he's nearly out of fresh bandages and ointment, and he's used the last of his pain medication. He needs to collect more supplies soon. Tohru is relieved when he sees the store down the hill, and he limps closer to his destination, not very aware of his surroundings. He's surprised he's made it so far.
Unaware that there's another person here, Tohru climbs in one of the broken windows, glass crunching under his feet and begins to scan over the aisles until his gaze settles on the sign that says "medical supplies." He grunts softly to himself as the pain shoots up his leg again. He's not sure how he's managed to bear it so far. Part of him doesn't really want to die. Not here. Not like this.
Tohru is a bloody mess still; aside from the wound itself, he never really bothered cleaning up much at all. It's all dried on his clothes, and smaller nicks and cuts are untended to. He almost looks like one of the zombies himself. He can't walk quite right, and he looks ill from having not slept in days.

@Eli-the-transboi group

Cathal gasps, hearing something outside. He ducks under a thrown over display case, breathing heavily. What was that? Was it- no- no it couldn’t be- this place was protected by high bare wire fence. He takes a deep, sharp breath and peaks over the case, seeing another man limping around, looking for something. He was bleeding. Was he infected? No…he didn’t look like it. He studied the man closer, leaning forward. His leg was injured. Should he help him? Cathal bites his lip, unsure of himself.

@Becfromthedead group

(Yeah, me too probably! I have work in 8 hours oops)
Tohru is breathing heavily as he scours the shelves for what he needs. He thinks for a second that he hears movement elsewhere in the store, but he dismisses the thought. Probably careless of him. Nonetheless, Tohru continues his search. He immediately finds the bandages he needs, then some ointment, and he shuffles further down the aisle to find some sort of pain medication. It wasn't great, but the Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen would have to do for now. He goes ahead and pops four ibuprofen pills- probably more than he should, but it didn't really matter. He's hurting a lot.
Tohru then lowers himself to the floor and begins to tend to the gash on his leg again. He unravels the bandages, which are now quite dirty. The wound looks pretty good, truthfully, but it still hurts, especially when he's been moving all day. He rubs some ointment over the wound, trying not to cry out in pain as his fingers brush against the broken skin. As soon as that is done, he loosely wraps fresh bandages over his leg, and he stays sitting on the floor of the store for a while, hoping that the medicine will at least take the edge off so he can get back up and find somewhere safer for the night.

@Eli-the-transboi group

Cathal watches the man tend to his wounds, blinking slowly. He sucks in a breath. Ok. He was gonna speak up. “Hey-“ ok- that was a little too loud- he slowly stands from his hiding place, gripping his backpack. “I won’t hurt you- I- see that you’re hurt…do you need help? I’ve gotta bunker not far from here and- if you’re not infected…I can let you stay. I’ve got plenty of great supplies…”

@Becfromthedead group

Tohru startles a little at first. When he sees it's another person and not a zombie though, he relaxes a bit.
"I'm… alright…" Tohru says through gritted teeth.
His voice cracks pretty hard, as he hasn't spoken in two weeks.
"But shelter for the night, at least…" he continues, "I'd appreciate that."
He starts to stand, though he's definitely a little unstable, still limping. Finally, he grabs a bottle of sleep aid off the shelf. Maybe he can knock himself out for a bit if he's somewhere truly safe.
There's something wild behind Tohru’s eyes. Something fearful. He looks terrible. Hair matted, dried blood in the strands, on his clothes. He's still standing somehow.
"How long have you been out here? In the bunker, I mean?"

@Eli-the-transboi group

He pauses, “Um…I think about- maybe 4 years?” He shrugs. “I’ve lost actual track-“ he fidgets with a strap on his backpack. “Come on. We gotta go before it’s dark and I’ve gotta buddy waiting for food at home.” He smiles slightly, then starts walking out. He seemed to avoid all eye contact. And by all, I mean all. He also seemed very fidgety, messing with anything he could get his hands on, even tracing the scars on his face.

@Becfromthedead group

"Right," Tohru replies softly, limping after him.
The medicine hasn't set in yet, so the pain is still a lot, but he manages to keep up for the most part, as long as Cathal keeps a steady, strolling pace. He hardly notices Cathal's nervous behavior, he's so stuck in his own head.
"Buddy…? Like an animal?" Tohru hazards the guess, then he notices the dog food, confirming the thought.
He's still very quiet for the most part. His voice is raspy because he hasn't spoken, and he really isn't too keen on speaking at all. He's afraid to even exchange names for fear that he might form another bond, only for it to be broken by death.

@Eli-the-transboi group

Cathal smiles, “Yeah! His name’s teddy. I call him ted though. He’s a sweet dog. Still kinda a puppy.” He chuckles. After only a mile or two, they reach the bunker. Cathal moves the bleach soaked towel out of the way and unlocks the door. “Ted! We got company!” He sets his bag down, getting out a bag of dog treats.

Just then, a dog rushes over to Cathal, his tail wagging. Cathal smiles brightly. “hey buddy! Hows my ted?” He pets teddy. “Wanna treat?” He smiles as teddy woofs. Cathal then began to tell the dog to sit, lay down, stay as he backed away, then to heel. The dog did every command perfectly. Cathal smiles and gives ted the dog treat. He then glances to Tohru. “Wanna give him a treat?” He closes and locks the door as Tohru walks in.

@Becfromthedead group

Tohru nods and takes a treat as he sits down on the floor. He offers it to Teddy cautiously at first. Tohru had never been around dogs very much- that wasn't to say he didn't like them.
Teddy nicely takes the treat from his hand, and Tohru reaches out with his other hand to give him a few pets. Yet, the dog seems to sense his distress and pushes closer. Tohru puts both arms around the dog in a gentle hug.
"I lost everything…" Tohru says plainly, "I'm not so sure why or how I'm still kicking."
He's actually quite close to tears. It's been a bit since he let himself feel the full weight of his situation, but now that he's pretty much safe here, it's hit him like a ton of bricks.

@Eli-the-transboi group

Cathal frowns slightly, crouching down. “Oh…I’m so sorry…” he whispers.

Teddy took one look at Tohru and immediately laid himself down across his lap, applying all his weight to help sooth him. Cathal clicks his tongue and Ted’s tail wags, as if that was a way of saying ‘good boy’ without actually talking. Cathal sat down a few feet away from him. “Can I ask what happened?” He asks softly. “And don’t worry…teddy won’t go anywhere unless I tell him to…so if you need space, let me know. Teddy’s trained for this stuff…”

@Becfromthedead group

Tohru winced a bit as the dog laid on his lap. Yet, the contact was much welcome aside from his injury. He shifted his injured leg until it was comfortable, then started petting Teddy again.
"I- well… Long story short, I've been traveling with the same group since this all started. My boyfriend… well, we talked about getting married, starting a life together if this ever ended. He- he got infected," Tohru explained, looking down at Teddy instead of making eye contact, "The group wanted to move on, but I was determined to stay with him until the bitter end. So they left me. And eventually… well… I had to kill him with my own two hands because I could never let him fully become a zombie. It would be far too cruel."
Tohru gestured at his injured leg.
"As for that, I just got it caught on some metal on a fence a week or so back. I've been careless."
He let out a deep sigh, leaning his head against the wall where he sat.

@Eli-the-transboi group

Cathal frowns. “I’m so sorry…” he mutters, only looking at Teddy. “I understand how you feel…I lost my sibling like that…you did the right thing.” He smiles at teddy. “Ted thinks so too…”

Teddy gently rests his chin on Tohru’s not injured leg, his tail slowly wagging as he did his job of trying to help Tohru. Cathal hums, grabbing some sort of object and fidgets with it. “You can stay here as long as you want…I’ll help you recover. I’ve also managed to find a way to take showers. I don’t do it often but hey…it might help.”

@andrew flash_on

Trianna was quietly making her way through a forest, the legs of her jeans whispering against each other as she goes over a broken tree or a gnarly root. Her jean jacket, fitted with steel plates over it in a way to create modern day plate mail, clanked slightly every now and then. Her jeans had gotten the same treatment, but she'd done a better job of attaching padding to the areas where things would rub and hit each other.

Across her back was her bow, at her hip was her quiver of barbed arrows, and on her lower thigh was a small bandolier of hunting knives. She was wearing steel toed combat boots, too. Durable, and fitted to be stealthy. She'd gotten lucky with those.

She had a similar bandolier across her chest, holding grenades - for emergencies.

Holding the quiver of arrows was a utility belt, which had loops to hang pockets and pouches from, in which was pain meds, vitamins, tampons, and a .45 magnum with one bullet in the chamber. For herself, of course.

The bow was being held where it was by a heavy duty hiking bag, fillied with other things: clothes and changes of bras and panties. Food she'd scavenged. Gas mask with extra filters. Wire cutters. Things like that.

Across her face was a fitted mask that she'd made herself. It was mainly to protect her identity.

She had a scarf around her neck, to protect that from any attacks as well.

She'd cut her way past a chain link fence a little bit ago and was currently tracking the smell of blood - definitely no from an infected, but maybe a potential rival for supplies anyways.

She heard voices talking and paused, pulling out her bow and an arrow before moving forward further.

From what they were talking about, they were in an old store, still holding some supplies from before the infection.

So she stops and listens, determining there wasn't anything of worth, and sighs, standing up.

She kept the bow and arrow out, but she realizes the voices were moving away from the store.

Curious, she follows them to a bunker. Strange, I didn't think there were people who would prepare for things like this. But it's helpful.

She opens the doors to the bunker easily - there was a pickable lock, quite simple actually - and slips inside noiselessly.

She finds the pair talking.

She faces towards them.

"Sorry for intruding." she says dryly.

@andrew flash_on

(True- I'll have her do that- btw where is the bunker exactly? I keep thinking it's in the store but theres things that make me think it isn't-))

@Eli-the-transboi group

(it’s actually by a military base not too far from the bunker. The setting is that it’s a dead grass land and it’s basically out in the middle of nowhere with very little trees)

@Becfromthedead group

"I appreciate it. I really do," Tohru says weakly, "I might take you up on that offer though. I'm a mess… I haven't even bothered to clean all this dried blood off, after a week. Disgusting…"
Tohru ran a hand through his tangled hair. He hoped he'd still be able to brush through it, after all that.
And then, the stranger comes in.
"Do you know her?" Tohru asks.
He's still running his fingers through Teddy's fur. Tohru is very distressed as he's coming out of the fog that settled over his brain during isolation, and he's so exhausted he's having a hard time moving.