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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Lilac looked at them, her face filled with desperation. It was as if she was begging them to not go. Bean wrapped her arm around her younger sister but failed to fully comfort her. She couldn’t blame Lilac.

Josefine blinked. “She needs us, Lyn,” she whispered.
“She does…?” Lyn sniffed. “Of course she does. But I’m afraid. And this doesn’t feel right.”
“She needs us,” the former repeated. “So we’re going.”
She guided Lyn over to the siblings, giving a nod to Tohru. Lyn looked just a little to see where Lilac was, and put a hand on her shoulder, closing her eyes, refusing to open them, even as tears spilled out. Josefine stayed standing, tapping her thigh and keeping a silent vigil.

Lilac turned to Lyn and immediately hugged her. She sobbed into the older girl’s embrace as Bean held Luka close. Luka held Hailey’s hand, knowing she won’t live to morning but not wanting to leave her alone.

Mori hiccuped weakly, the sound muffled by the mask and his hand. He moved closer to Tohru, a couple of tears rolling down his cheeks. He closed his eyes, not wanting to see the scene anymore, and hugged Tohru, burying his face in the man's side.

“I…I love you guys so much…” Hailey told her siblings weakly. “H-Hails, p-please…j-just stop…” Bean choked out, tears falling down her face.

Lilac’s forced Lyn’s eyes open in surprise, only catching a glimpse of Hailey before closing her eyes again. For some reason, Lilac’s hug caught her off guard. Why did she deserve to be hugged? But then she realized that she was being hugged because Lilac needed comfort, it wasn’t because of Lyn herself. Lyn held the younger girl tight and whispered, “Shhhh, shhhh,” too soothe her, but she didn’t think it would do much.
Josefine stared at the grass. She could hear Hailey’s breathing getting shallow and ragged, and her weak voice filtering though the quiet sobs. She looked up to lock eyes with Tahru.
“Should we get her inside the building?” She asked quietly.

Lilac continued to sob as she hugged Lyn. Bean looked away, tears forming at the edge of her eyes.

Tohru placed an arm around Mori, careful to avoid his injuries. He was probably the only one not in tears, or even close to tears. If anything, he was just shocked. He came to this survivor's outpost expecting to find, well, survivors. Not a dying girl and a bunch of kids who probably didn't know how to protect themselves any better than he did.
"You don't have to look," Tohru murmured to Mori.
He could barely handle the sight himself.

Mori drew in a couple harsh, wavering breaths, quietly crying into Tohru's side. His heart was pounding and he was trembling violently, keeping his eyes away from the dying girl. He couldn't bear to watch it anymore. He wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say, and he wasn't sure whether his tight throat could form words anyway.

“We should go inside…” Bean muttered. Luka and Lilac nodded. “Be careful though…”

"You're not going to try to move her, are you?" Tohru asked, "That'll probably just cause her more pain than it's worth. But if you don't want to watch her die, I understand. I'll stay with her."
Tohru shifted a little closer to Hailey.
"I'll take care of your siblings, no matter what happens to you, okay?" he promised.

Mori kept his face hidden, trying his best not to think about what was happening around him. It was bringing up fragments of memories that he didn't know he had, and he wasn't liking it one bit. No matter what the others did, he wasn't going to look. He didn't want to watch somebody die.

Luka looked at his siblings before sighing. “We should keep her here…” Hailey looked at Tohru. “Thank you…” she smiled weakly.

"Ah," Josefine murmured. She just thought it would better than having Hailey lie out in the open, but perhaps it would indeed cause more pain than necessary. She took a breath, her expression grim.
Lyn wiped her tears. "Are we going inside?" she asked quietly. She really, really wanted to go inside, but if Lilac or her siblings didn't want to, she would stay.

Lilac shook her head. “I don’t want to go…” she muttered.

"Then we'll stay," Lyn murmured. She opened her eyes just so she could see Lilac, and began combing her fingers through the girl's hair. She couldn't deny that she had developed some motherly habits with Lilac, though she didn't really know why aside from the fact that she was young and innocent. Perhaps Lyn simply felt protective of her, but she couldn't see how she could protect her from this.

Mori braved a look over at the siblings, but it just made him feel sick. His breathing hitched and he pulled off his mask, stumbling over to the bushes to throw up. He knelt on the ground, hugging his stomach with his good arm and trembling violently. Having the mask off wasn't helping to settle his stomach much, either.

(Poor baby-)

Lilac hugged Lyn tightly. She was grateful for the other’s presence. She had gotten attached over the time span they’ve gotten to know each other..

Tohru looked over his shoulder to see if Mori was okay. He winced a bit and looked back to the dying girl before him.
He promised he would stay there. He could check on Mori once it was all over.
The man swept a quick glance across the others. They'd probably blame him for this somehow. He really had just looked at Hailey and immediately said there was nothing he could do. He didn't even try. Not that there was anything he could have reasonably done.

A couple fresh tears rolled down Mori's cheeks as he gasped for breath, the air around him practically dripping with blood. It was all he could smell, and he wasn't handling it well. He threw up again, although he was soon dry heaving considering how little he'd been eating lately. Hopefully they're distracted… they shouldn't be paying attention to me right now. I'll be fine, I just need to be… quiet.

(I have no idea what else my characters could do so-)
Lyn was still, continually combing Lilac's hair and trying to do what she could to soothe the young girl somewhat. Josefine was tapping her foot now, quite unable to keep herself still, so was also swaying back and forth occasionally. Seeing Mori vomiting, she wanted to move over to him, if only to do something instead of being so still, but he seemed to give off an air of not wanting to be noticed, she just stared concernedly at him.