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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 9, 2017 12:57:51 GMT -5
Sawyer blinked. "No offense to you and your shampoo weaponry..." Ryker's face twisted into a slight smile and he chuckled under his breath, "...but I think I'm staying with military boy here. He's right, dead-eyes are safer than cold, even when there's a lot of them."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 9, 2017 13:38:47 GMT -5
Seth looked extremely affronted, and for a moment all he did was glare between the two of them. "You two are both completely mental." He muttered after a moment, folding his arms fiercely. "What, did you know each other before or something? That's twice you've done your little witty degradation of everything I say, and then that stupid little smile afterwards." He huffed, apparently full of righteous indignation. "If I wasn't such great pals with Ginger here, I'd be out that door already."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 9, 2017 15:12:49 GMT -5
"Then boy, do I wish you two would have a falling out." said Ryker, motioning between him and Ginger. "Now if you're done complaining, I need to get this fire started."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 9, 2017 15:34:10 GMT -5
Seth stuck out his tongue, then tossed the matches to Sawyer. "Good thing I like a challenge." He remarked, chewing thoughtfully on his lip for a moment.
(Time skip? )
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 9, 2017 20:42:39 GMT -5
(Sure)
Sawyer woke up in the middle of the night to the all-too-familiar sound of many groaning, undead voices and the creaking of wood panels almost giving in to the weight.
"Hey - Ryker. Seth." she hissed, trying to move her foot to nudge one of them. Unfortunately, her hands were still tied.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 9, 2017 20:57:45 GMT -5
Seth gave a noisy snore, rolling over and moving his mouth as if chewing something. "No, the blue one..." He muttered, but didn't wake up.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 9, 2017 21:01:09 GMT -5
"Dammit..." Slowly, she inched forward, painstakingly dragging her tied hands behind her. Then, aiming carefully, she kicked Seth squarely in the ribs.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 9, 2017 21:05:30 GMT -5
"Let go!" Seth snarled, jerking awake suddenly and raising a hand as if to strike, eyes burning. Then he blinked, shaking off the last cobwebs of sleep and staring first at Sawyer, the the windows. "Well...hate to say it." He commented.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 10:26:22 GMT -5
"Then don't." snapped Sawyer. "You feel that cold coming in through the windows? Go find Ryder, tell him we have to get out of here, and while you're there, thank him that you're not a human popsicle."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 12:04:48 GMT -5
Seth simply stared at her for a minute. Then, seemingly on an impulse he shook his head, reached over and cut her ropes with his pocket knife. Sighing, he stood up, turned on his heel and headed for Ryker's room, tossing over his shoulder an almost hurt reply. "You're not very nice, are you?" Poking his head into Ryker's room, Seth chucked a pillow at the younger man. "Oy. We've got company," he called, muttering something incoherent yet clearly insulting afterwards.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 13:54:24 GMT -5
Ginger was up in a flash and growled under her breath at Seth. Ryker rolled over, then sat up, rubbing his eyes. "What - already?" he said, sparing a glance at the window, which was now crowded with roamers. "Ah...alright. Where's Sawyer?"
"Here." said Sawyer, appearing in the doorway. "What are we gonna do?"
"This way." said Ryker, leading the way to a ladder in the store that led up to a trapdoor. "This'll get us on the roof - we'll go from there."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 14:06:38 GMT -5
"Roof is good." Seth agreed, grasping the lowest bar and beginning to pull himself up, not looking at either of the others as he climbed at top speed. His pocket knife was still gripped firmly in his left hand, as he knew all too well how badly a single surprise could leave you.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 14:37:35 GMT -5
One of the front windows shattered, and roamers began pouring in like ants, landing with a squelching noise in the floor and crawling towards the three of them.
Sawyer shrieked and backed against the wall. Ryker shouted a command at Ginger. She ran, jumped, and hooked her front paws over his shoulders, hanging on tight. Ryker and Sawyer both started up the ladder.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 14:51:14 GMT -5
"Come on." Seth shouted, dragging himself into the roof and standing up, glancing down at the rest of them. "Unless you don't want to, of course, it is a tad chilly..." He cracked himself up. Grinning despite the fact that his heart was pumping mkre adrenaline than blood, the taller man gave a quick sweep of the area, making sure none of the dead had managed to get up here.
(Finally got Opal's form up. )
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 15:15:30 GMT -5
The roof was surprisingly quiet considering how many walkers surrounded the place. It was a tall building.
Ryker reached the roof, pulling himself up the last bit of the way where there wasn't a ladder. "Sawyer, come on!" he called, watching her make the long climb
SNAP. A rung of the ladder snapped cleanly off, sending the lower half tumbling to the ground with a CRASH that took several walkers down. Sawyer shrieked and grabbed onto the remaining 3/4 that was still attached to the wall. She was now dangling in the air, lacking the physical strength necessary to pull herself all the way up.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 15:21:28 GMT -5
"Damn." Seth muttered, crouching to peer down at the younger women. "Easy. Um...can you pull yourself up?" Because otherwise you're probably screwed, he added silently, biting his lip as he considered the situation. He could try to pull her out, but he wasn't at all sure that would go well, and he might as well be honest with himself and admit there was no way he was dying for some girl he just met.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 15:25:00 GMT -5
"I can't!" shouted Sawyer, clinging as hard as she could to the rungs. Her knuckles were white, but despite her efforts she was slowly slipping.
"Hold on!" called Ryker, immediately unzipping the pockets of Ginger's vest. He pulled out a rope and tossed one end to Seth. "Find something to tie this to...preferably draped so it's a pulley system." He started on the other end, tying a loop. "I'm gonna throw this down to you - see if you can get your foot through it!"
Sawyer didn't answer, concentrating too hard on not falling.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 15:29:45 GMT -5
Seth didn't reply, just stuck his pocket knife in his back pocket and grabbed the rope. There had to be something that would hold...His splotched eyes narrowed as he stood for a moment in indecision, then ran over to the railing and looped it once, finishing with a quick, complicated yet sloppy knot. "All ready." He called.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 15:34:44 GMT -5
Once Sawyer had managed to loop her foot through, she closed her eyes and let go of the ladder, now clinging tightly to the rope.
"Pull!" called Ryker, starting to try and thread the rope through the railing.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 15:37:34 GMT -5
Seth gritted his teeth, throwing his entire body against the rope and attempting to at least keep his footing. His entire upper body screamed in protest, and for a moment he entertained the idea of simply letting go and taking off running. Ginger would probably catch him. "Hurry up, dammit." He shouted instead.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 12, 2017 15:39:30 GMT -5
Finally, she was up. Ryker reached down the rope and pulled her the rest of the way, after which she collapsed, gasping from the adrenaline, onto the rooftop.
Timeskip?)
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 12, 2017 15:42:40 GMT -5
Sounds good. )
The car ground to a halt, out of gas. Seth ground his teeth, looking out the window. They were in a neighborhood now, with some small, cheap apartments nearby, probably because of the college building that could be seen not too far away. The ground in front of doors was stained with blood and guts, with the still bodies of a few headless walkers lying nearby.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 13, 2017 9:12:28 GMT -5
"Damn." said Ryker quietly as the car sputtered to a halt. "Well...everyone ready to get out and walk?"
Sawyer eyed the street apprehensively. "Someone's been here." she observed. "Look at those dead-eyes over there - they've been cut down."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 13, 2017 12:14:08 GMT -5
"It'll feel great to stretch my legs." Seth answered sarcastically, opening the door and dragging himself out as his stomach gave a growl of protest. He followed Sawyer's gaze when she spoke, however, and noticed the headless Vidiians. "Could have been a while ago." He pointed out, shutting the car door behind him with unnecessary force.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 13, 2017 20:07:43 GMT -5
"Nah. Necks are freshly severed. See - look at the posterior internal jugular vein. Still leaking a little." said Sawyer, pointing to one of the walkers.
Ryker walked a short distance away from the car, watching his surroundings closely.
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Post by ashstorm on Jan 13, 2017 20:23:59 GMT -5
Hey can I join?)
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 13, 2017 22:47:48 GMT -5
Sure ^^ Just give the front page a quick read-through and post your joining form)
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 13, 2017 22:52:57 GMT -5
Seth gave Sawyer a quick, lost look before glancing down at the bodies again, his brain finally clicking into place. "Right. Necks still bleeding. Got it." He turned, giving the corpses a good look and pushing one over with his foot. "The heads are missing." He commented, half turning and pointing. "Look. Blood splatter, on that doorstep."
(Welcome, Ash. )
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 13, 2017 23:04:48 GMT -5
Ryker raised his eyebrows at Sawyer. "How'd you do that?"
"What?" asked Sawyer offhandly, studying the bloodstains.
"The doctor stuff." replied Ryker.
"I was...uh...gonna be a nurse before all this went down." said Sawyer, still distracted by the scene.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 13, 2017 23:12:09 GMT -5
Seth threw an impatient look at the two of them. "If you're done with the low-key Dark and Mysterious flirting, Ryker, I'd be much obliged for the assistance." He called, waving them over to a rotting head on the ground. "Use you military prowess and do some investigating."
The walker's head looked fairly normal, aside from the fact that all its teeth were missing.
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