Not wasting any time at all, Leiah practically ran towards the chairs, grabbing them in pairs and setting them down by the barrier before grabbing more. She wished her jaw would allow her to whistle since it was kind of quiet and she couldn't talk very much so that was out. Instead, she started to hum a song by a band that she liked. She was pretty sure they were either all dead or safe in a bunker somewhere...
Either way she was sure no one would recognize the song since her humming was not at it's best right now.
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Character's name: Leiah Sanderson Character's faction: MALL BBY! Character's journal link:gaia_crown Character's survival stats: emotion_zombie BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTERLeiah stands at 5’8 and 130lbs with lightly tanned skin. She’s got brown hair that’s just down to her knees and blue green eyes that are constantly making her look like she’s up to something. She considers herself fit and trim but a bit on the small side, which makes fitting into clothes hard but easy at the same time.
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Lythiaren
phantompanther13
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 1:22 am
"Now that's using your heads kids. Roll those tables like you will roll the infected if they get near. Back in my day we used to call it rock and roll. Good stuff it was. Now it's all video games and killing alliance. You kids do go down to the arcade and practice right? If you don't make sure you get down there and gets some coins into the machines. You get better costumes that way. I'm looking to upgrade into something classier myself." Granny talked while she worked, perhaps a little desperate for company, even if she was a cranky old lady. But these kids were listening and doing their jobs, so there was less to grouch about.
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Character's name: Gracie "Granny" Smith Character's faction: Mall Character's journal link:Link Character's survival stats: link BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER And older women with greying dark hair. It was dyed but the roots are clearly greying. She likes to keep it stylish with a pair of funky sunglasses and a boa.
Megan trotted off in the direction indicated, looking in every store until she found it. She sighed with relief when she saw that, yes, there were a couple of round tables on display inside. It took some effort, but she managed to heave one over on its side with a loud thunk. And maybe a faint crack.
Moments later, she was happily rolling it along the hall toward the barricade. The alarms were already set on one side, so she had to awkwardly maneuver her prize to reinforce another weakish point. She pointed the legs inward and piled up debris to fill in the resulting hollow; wouldn't want an enemy to come in here swinging a broken table leg... a glance at Leiah's swollen face reminded her why that would be a terrible thing to let happen. No free weapons for intruders!
The quick-footed girl darted back to the same store to grab an armful of knicknacks, returning to set them precariously around her addition to the wall. The more things there are up here to kick, the more noise they'll make and the faster the Rats can respond. And the faster they respond, the sooner repairs can be made and the more likely they are to make it out of this alive. It's just one more week...
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Character's name: Megan Lam Character's faction: District 4 (Mall) Character's journal link: [here] Character's survival stats: Megan Lam (View) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Little 5' Chinese girl. You can't really tell how old she is; she looks like she's 17, but all Asians look 17 until they're like 60 so that isn't a very good measure. Wearing a ratty Splatoon T-shirt and sweatpants, and some runners that might have been white a month ago.
phantompanther13
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 1:36 am
Once she was done gathering chairs, Leiah looked around, grabbing some dingy bell she found on the ground. Surely that would make noise when tampered with or moved right? She placed the bell in a spot where it would be more useful, thinking back on the arcade, she smiled as best as she could. yes...she should practice after this.
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Character's name: Leiah Sanderson Character's faction: MALL BBY! Character's journal link:gaia_crown Character's survival stats: emotion_zombie BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTERLeiah stands at 5’8 and 130lbs with lightly tanned skin. She’s got brown hair that’s just down to her knees and blue green eyes that are constantly making her look like she’s up to something. She considers herself fit and trim but a bit on the small side, which makes fitting into clothes hard but easy at the same time.
Now, when he said further down he really meant further down. But they needed materials and he was well able, so why not?
Drew navigated his way to one particular store he'd come across several times in his wanderings. It was full of old junk and even had a few small tables in the back, along with some chairs that still hadn't been brought to and used for more than just gathering dust. He started by dragging them all out to the front of the store, and piling a small load of debris--useless knickknacks, broken objects and the sort--beside his little haul. One by one he brought them back to the barricade, starting with the debris, which he left for the others to use as gap-fillers or those alarms Granny had brilliantly suggested.
The chairs came next. Two pairs, each busted (partially from his carelessness, but he would say they were already flimsy to begin with) up too badly to be of practical use besides for barricading. He was already working up quite the sweat, but the work felt good. He smiled over at Granny during one trip, glad to see that she was in a good mood. He'd seen her grouch before, and it hadn't been pretty...
Finally he started hauling tables over. They weren't round so it was a lot more challenging than just rolling them the way he spotted Megan doing it. Smart, but his were rectangular in shape and with obnoxiously designed legs so he couldn't grip it upside down, either. Drew settled for dragging one, and making a hell of a lot of noise in the process, to conserve a bit of energy so he could carry the next one over. Once he had everything ready he started shoving things against the entrance and filling in the gaps, placing the "alarms" where he saw fit in the process.
When he was done he took a seat, breathin heavy and with a good bit of a sweat sheen on him from the workout. "Think we still need more?" he started to ask. It didn't look quite as flimsy, but in times like this there was no such thing as over-barricading anything.
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Character's name: Andrew "Drew" Hale Character's faction: Mall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Medium build, 6'1" and a lean 159lbs. He sports light skin (that's more prone to tanning but he can still get sunburns if he's not careful), chestnut brown hair that he keeps short and only haphazardly styled, and light, hazel-brown eyes.
Granny scrutinized the structure looking for any holes. she had grabbed a few extra items, some things just to make it look nice and give intruders some difficulty seeing or getting inside.
"Looks good kids. I'd say we are just about good on calling this job done."
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Character's name: Gracie "Granny" Smith Character's faction: Mall Character's journal link:Link Character's survival stats: link BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER And older women with greying dark hair. It was dyed but the roots are clearly greying. She likes to keep it stylish with a pair of funky sunglasses and a boa.
Megan was standing on top behind the assorted knickknacks, peering carefully over the edge at their handiwork. The outside was mostly flat-ish, some parts leaning outward even, with not a lot of handholds. It would be hard to climb that, for sure, and it was pretty tall so it would be hard to avoid tripping one of the alarms littering the top if someone did manage it.
"Looks like they'd have trouble climbing it" she called back. "I think we're about done."
She picked her way carefully back toward the others, trying not to knock anything over. It looked almost like one of those high school pranks where people covered the floor with water cups. If someone could get over this one, they weren't going to do it quietly.
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Character's name: Megan Lam Character's faction: District 4 (Mall) Character's journal link: [here] Character's survival stats: Megan Lam (View) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Little 5' Chinese girl. You can't really tell how old she is; she looks like she's 17, but all Asians look 17 until they're like 60 so that isn't a very good measure. Wearing a ratty Splatoon T-shirt and sweatpants, and some runners that might have been white a month ago.
phantompanther13
Viva Viola
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 2:28 am
He was sort of relieved to know that they seemed to think it was done. When he was finally up and on his feet again Drew took a step back and properly admired their handiwork. He echoed theirs words in his thoughts; no one would be getting over this particular barricade without anyone noticing, they definitely made sure of that.
"Awesome," he said finally, taking a round and patting everyone on the shoulder. His hand lingered on Granny's shoulder though, and he gave the older woman a smile. "Thanks for the alarm idea, by the way," he said, "I'll be doing that with all my future barricades."
And he wasn't saying it just to be nice; he really would be using this technique again for the foreseeable future, at least as long as he ever had to put up a barricades of any sort.
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Character's name: Andrew "Drew" Hale Character's faction: Mall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Medium build, 6'1" and a lean 159lbs. He sports light skin (that's more prone to tanning but he can still get sunburns if he's not careful), chestnut brown hair that he keeps short and only haphazardly styled, and light, hazel-brown eyes.
She was a bit sad now that they were done.since she didnt have anything to do right now. She smiled at Megan and gave granny a pat on the shoulder as well:
Thank you! It was fun moving things around! We should do this again at some point! 8]
For now, she wanted to go to the arcade and see if there was anything she could win.
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Character's name: Leiah Sanderson Character's faction: MALL BBY! Character's journal link:gaia_crown Character's survival stats: emotion_zombie BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTERLeiah stands at 5’8 and 130lbs with lightly tanned skin. She’s got brown hair that’s just down to her knees and blue green eyes that are constantly making her look like she’s up to something. She considers herself fit and trim but a bit on the small side, which makes fitting into clothes hard but easy at the same time.
