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((Ok, cool! All the players are on the board, now. Let's wait until we hear from Blue, Ty, and Dragon before we go on.))

((its alright we know how bad finals are but a least the week after will be a breeze. and if a moron like me who is a barely avarage writer and barely able to get through dreaded 'math' was able to pass the finals then you will surely pass them as well smile ))

((GREEN BEANS! dramallama :] ))

((Well, I don't mind waiting on Ty. But I'm not about to put this thing on hold for Strider ever again. All that waiting...and he just quits! Gagh! lol))

After several minutes of vigorous wiggling, Tyler managed to extricate himself from the deep layer of snow. Once again on terra firma, Tyler charged back into the fight. The big beast was strong, but not fast.
"Surround him, but keep your distance! I've got an idea!" Tyler shouted, not certain if his words would even be heard over the screaming wind. Straining to see the dark forms of his friends in the white world around them, Tyler positioned himself behind the monster. "Shoot!" he yelled. Gunshots began to add to the storm of sound. While the creature moved toward the muzzle flashes as the slugs hit him, Tyler leaped up, and latched on to the monster's back. The Brute hollered with alarm, but was unable to reach Tyler due to its swollen musculature. Before it would decide to fall backwards and crush him, Tyler stuck the long barrel of his S&W 500 in its ear and pulled the trigger. The beast fell to its knees, and died quietly.
"Sorry, friend. You left me no choice."
Tyler wandered over to the other three with some difficulty, as the storm made it impossible to see more than two feet in any direction. He hoped someone had an idea of what to do next. They wouldn't get back to the base any time soon in that weather. He hoped that Ellie and Aivi would be alright to wait for him to come home a little late.

Ellie and Aivi walked into the mess hall just as they both noticed the building snowstorm. The little dhampyre girl was concerned. "Will daddy be okay?"
Ellie was also worried, but she knew that Tyler could handle himself perfectly well. He could fight off a horde of zombies any day; a snowstorm should be nothing close to harmless compared to that. "He'll be fine, sweetie. Don't worry." Tugging on her daughter's hand, she said with a slight smile. "Well, come on. Aren't you hungry?"
Hesitating for three full seconds, Aivi soon followed her mother into the mess hall. Her worried expression instantly lightened up when she saw Nicole and Troy. Releasing Ellie's hand, she ran up to them but slowed down to hug Nicole around her waist gently. "Good morning, auntie Nicole." Even though they weren't related in any way, Aivi still liked to call the other girl her 'auntie'. It was her way of keeping them together as a family of sorts.

((Heh heh, for some odd reason dhampyre reminds me of a mix of the words diaper and hamper...lol.))

Nicole set her fork down on the already polished off plate to take the warm cup in both hands. She took a sip before nodding appreciatively. "Yesh, thanks." Swinging her legs back and forth childishly, she wondered if breaking the near silence in the quiet mess hall would be a good idea. She'd always been a bit shy around Troy. Just when she was thinking something up, she felt two small arms lock around her waist. She took one hand off the cup of cocoa to pat Aivi on the head softly. "Good morning to you, too! Looks like it's snowing out there pretty hard." She leaned her head back to look at Ellie. "Maybe when it dies down we can have a snowball fight?"

Russ shivered at hearing the wind pick up outside even though he was inside. His duster coat did a little to fend off the chills, but not much, so he sped up to keep his blood flowing. He was about to reach for the handle of the mess hall's doors when he heard a muffled sound coming from the side door to the grounds. It was slightly ajar, and a brief glance told him that some snow had fallen down on someone trying to get back it. "Wait a sec, I'm coming--Brrr!" He shivered harder, beginning to dig the person out. "Jeez-us, that's freezing cold!"

Stryker glared at the spike Malice girl a little longer before stalking away from her and leaving the room of stunned onlookers. When he was out of sight, he rubbed his temple with a claw-like finger, cursing a little to himself. Most of them got on his nerves, though usually it didn't bother him so much. He did smile to himself, and even chuckled a bit, remembering their frightened expressions. "Well they need to shut up every once in a while!" Finding nothing else to do, he went off down the flight of stairs leading to the basement of the forlorn building, aiming to check out what was housed down there.

Ellie sat next to Troy as Aivi released Nicole to sit next to her. "He went out hunting with Ryan and James. They'll be back later today. I'm not sure when exactly they'll be back due to the snow."
As her mother explained where her father was, Aivi looked up at Nicole pleadingly. "Auntie Nicole... May I..." She trailed off to look down at her arm. She was hesitant to ask because she wasn't exactly sure how she would react. She was always careful about asking if she could suck someone's blood.