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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:00 am
Zeratahka growled as she heard the voice from up above and inhaled the familiar scent. Looking up and hissing as he landed, she unfurled her wings she shouted at the man, "Angel! You dare insult me with your words?! Compassion and morals for lowly humans and weaklings like yourself! I merely have not gutted this demon because she has not attacked me, but I have no qualms about doing so! To insinuate that a demon is anything like a human is to insult us!" Zera was ready for a fight. The Angel was obviously of a high rank, due to his wings and overall attitude, but Zera was once the highest ranked demon in Hell next to Lucifer. She normally had not problem with angels so long as they kept to themselves and didn't attack her. She was no longer on a particular side, but she did not take kindly to insults made against her. Growling loud enough for the angel to hear, Zera pulled out a large sword she had had crafted while she was in Hell, she was lucky enough to bring it with her when she was banished. The sword was infused with the souls of the damned, particularly evil people who would have made good demons in their own right before they were stuffed into a sword. It had the power to harness sin against beings of light such as angels. "Angel I hope you came here for a fight. Because your insults will not go unpunished."====== The girl looked around cautiously as she entered the bunker after Lilika. There were quite a few people in the haven, around thirty or so, each seemed busy with their own duties, but they didn't pass up a chance to glance at the new arrivals. The doorman shut the door behind them with a loud clang which made the girl nearly jump ten feet in the air. She stuck close to Lilika as she glanced around rapidly, and she was suddenly met with the grinning face of a man in a dirty green military jacket with a white armband with a red cross in the center. Despite his nice exterior and kind demeanor, the girl simply squeaked and hid behind Lilika. "Heh quite the twitchy one huh Lilika? Don't worry kid, I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm a friend. My name's Doc, well, that's what people call me, my real name is John, but well there you have it. Now I'm just gonna take a look at you really quick to make sure you're not hurt or anything. It's nothing painful or anything like that so just relax." The girl froze for a few moments before nodding slightly and saying, "O-okay..." She didn't trust the man completely but he was apparently Lilika's friend so that was good enough for her to trust him somewhat. The man called Doc but named John looked the girl over and made sure she wasn't injured like he said, he also looked into her eyes with a flashlight and seemed to flinch slightly as he saw something he didn't appear to like. But after giving her a once over, he said, "Well looks like you're fine kid. What's your name?" The man extended a hand to shake and the girl simply inched away from him, whispering out a meek reply, "I-I-I don't know... I c-can't remember..."
With that, the girl hid behind Lilika again, looking around at some of the people who were now staring at her and noticing her eyes before looking away and conversing amongst themselves. The girl noticed their apprehension and their worry once they looked at her and she whispered to Lilika, "M-maybe t-this wasn't such a g-good idea..." She didn't like the looks she was getting, they seemed suspicious of her and not trusting, which terrified the girl.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:49 pm
Kaya was watching carefully from her position when she noticed that the boys was about to leave, the man-boy leaving in a different direction! She shook her head; she could let that happen at all! She must not let that happen! She stepped out from behind the corner and raced after the one who would have less attacking power behind them. Seeing as there were two boys and only one man-boy, she went after the singular figure. And he wouldn’t attack her without any reason? Would he? Shaking all doubts out of her head, she ran after him. She was going to have to be loud and quick about this, in order to try and not make him chop her head off.
She quickly caught up without any problems, the other two boys she couldn’t see. She presumed they had gone out of sight and off somewhere else with those long shiny metal rods. She grabbed of his shoulder whilst speaking, it was easier to do it one movement rather than separating them. “Excuse me! Man-boy! Can I speak to you? I want to ask you a few questions!” she really wanted to be able to speak to someone and get some information about this virus and to verify what she had seen whilst she had been on the earth. She then noticed the katana and her eyes grew wide. “Wow!” she exclaimed as she knelt down to look at it, her smile growing wide. It looked a lot more graceful than some of these guns people seemed to enjoy having. “It’s beautiful Man-boy!” she said, reaching out to touch it. It seemed to glimmer and Kaya’s eyes sparkled as she viewed it. Although its sheath looked a bit dog eared in places and it could really do with another one. “Where did you get it?” she asked, as she placed her finger on the blade, she only had eyes for it at the moment and she had completely forgotten what she was going to ask him.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:34 pm
Tobias nodded slightly at her comment. "If your resources are as good as you say...perhaps we could establish a trading system." He suggested. "I don't go to cities very often, but when I do I'll bring some stuff back with me. Meat and herbs and fur and the like." Reaching a large oak tree, Tobias was surprised to see that a heavy metal door was nestled among it's roots. If he hadn't been led there, he might have missed it. What was more, it looked like an old military bunker. Hidden and protected. He couldn't think of a better place to hold survivors. But as Tobias' train of thought always went, he thought of the virus. Locked up underground, if one person got sick that would be the end of all of them.
After they passed the doorway, Tobias' scanned the area he found himself in. Very much a military bunker. "This must be the most secure place in the city." Tobias murmured. "My compliments on making it your home. But that is not why we are here. Where can we do this trade then?" Tobias was in a hurry to get the trade over with, and be able to go back to his nice, safe, woods before it got too dark. If he didn't leave by nightfall, it would be better for him to stay, though he was trying to avoid being around other humans for much longer.
Tobias fell silent as the Doc John made his appearance. He waited while the scared girl was checked over, likely for signs of infection. Tobias couldn't stop the sigh of relieve to hear that she seemed fine, despite her lack of memory. His eyes falling on the others in the bunker once again, Tobias couldn't help but notice the way the others were looking at no name girl. Like she had the plague or something. Must have had something to do with those eerie eyes. "Not a friendly bunch are they?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:36 pm
"Tell me to what end would fighting serve?" Eli asked not drawing a weapon. He looked at the demonic blade that Zeratahka drew, a demonic blade to not be underestimated that was for sure. "Were my words an insult? Perhaps they were merely something that you didn't want to hear, does that make them wrong?" He asked as the wind from the roof blew his black hair. "Demon you have my apologize, but you are similar to humans, as are we angels. The Holy Lord crafted onto them physical form in his image, but just as they exist so do we exist because he allows it, you demons are the bridge between humans and the darkest wretch Satan, just as we angels are the bridge between humans and the Heavenly Father." His wings flapped once small amounts of white feathers fell from each wing. "I did not return to this world to fight, in a world filled to the brim with so many sorrows adding to its list will not change it. I am here to point humanity I the right direction, nothing more. He gave onto all life one unwavering power, the power of free will I cannot take that from them I can only show them the way."
He took a step forward stopping there on the spot. "Evil is not a separate force that constantly clashes with good evil is merely the absence of good, even you demons, just like humans do not do bad deeds for the sake of evil, you do it because you believe some good will come out of it, mostly that "good" is some odd sensation or fulfillment of some barbaric urge but in your mind it is good, humans think the same way and so do Angels, the differences between us are merely what we justify as 'good'" Eli always did have a way with words.
((EDIT in Lloyd later))
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:33 am
Lilika Smiled at the doctor after he said the girl was clean and stroked her hair lightly. "no one can hurt you in here, trust me" she told the girl before looking back to Tobias as the doctor offered to check him over in case of infections or injuries he needed cared for. "trade was what i was thinking to, only... i was hoping to do more than just trade supplies... you see we are rather crowded here as is, and as close as we are to the city it is a big threat to all of us to simply stay here like sitting ducks despite the awe inspiring defense set up, i was hoping we might trade for information to, if you maybe explored the forest area and beyond for more signs of the infection or not, it would be easier to set up a haven and natural recource center outside" clearly having thought things through she hoped tobias might be interested. some of the other members in the bunk unit were probably listening as well, eager to get out of the cramped space and find some fresh air and a chance to explore. She waited for Tobias answer or responce before she would continue.
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Vira enjoyed her stroll a bit more than expected as she discovered many diffrent ways to violently mutilate diseased body after body of humans that rushed her in the confused state they were in. more and more souls dropping to hell and she wondered weather people would be doing their jobs or not, not that she really cared. her stroll brought her to a swarm of unsettled souls, an unusual sight for one like her who usually watched souls descended to her relm or tried their best to rise to heavens gate. To her there was one explanation, without puting on a human guise she stepped into the little shop and looked to the back of the room where a woman with purple eyes sat surrounded by the dead who jumped as she looked in their direction. "who are you?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:27 pm
Tobias listened for a moment, silent in thought. An information trade? Well, he had to admit that having them in the woods would make getting to them far easier. Not to mention he would feel less paranoid about it. Being out in the forests had to be healthier then this, an old, cramped bunker. Though it would take some work. Going from city dweller to wilderness expert wasn't something one does in a day. There was a whole new breed of enemies out there. While you might escape the city bandits and infected, there were the beasts just waiting to tear you apart.
"I know of a few places where you might be able to create a new camp. Though I warn you, it won't be easy. Living out there would be better then this, but it'll take time to prepare everyone." Tobias explained. "But if your willing to put in the work, I'm willing to teach."
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Nyx was about to comment to Zera. She was going to ask about Lucifer, the lord of Hell. If he were really so horrible as she seemed to think. Though before she could, the most unusual being decided to have a chat with the two demons. Eying the Seraphim, Nyxrin hissed loudly, the flames around her tail flaring once again. She was a finger snap away from catching his pretty little wings on fire. Listening to him, Nyxrin found herself dumbfounded. She looked to Zera, "Did...he just call us humans and hell fleeing scardy cats?" She asked, her tone being that of a pissed off demoness just waiting to start s**t.
Three fire imps flamed into existence around Nyxrin. They all stood to about the height of her knee, holding tiny malicious grins and snickering in mischievous tones. "Well...I don't know about Zera, but fighting would serve to add a new trophy to my room. A couple Seraphim wings on my wall will aid my climb through the ranks." She replied, looking almost cheerful about the idea. It would be a definite social jump. "Well angel boy, why don't you bend over and I'll have my imps show you the good I believe will come out of my evil deeds." Nyxrin taunted with a giggle, while one of her fire imps slapped his pitchfork against the palm of his hand repetitively.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:56 am
The many souls around her sat still, their whispers coming together. The sound created a migraine in her head, but this was something that Evelina had long ago grown used to. Some of them whispered harshed tormented words to show that they were in pain. The others whispered words of joy as proof that they were happy where they were. The bells atop her shop door jingled musically, an indication that she had a customer. However, upon laying her amethyst eyes towards this customer, they narrowed. The souls that surrounded her seemed restless and began to swirl around her in fear. Standing up, Evelina stepped around the table, her long purple robes trailing the floor.
Untying them, she let them fall to the floor to reveal another outfit underneath. The robes had merely been a cover, to hide the black feather wings that were folded upon her back. Instead of just one pair of wings, she had three pairs, which when spread out had a span of six feet on each side. They weren't as glorious as they had been when she was an angel, when they were golden like the sun, but they were still impressive. But they still displayed her seraph status, provided she was a fallen seraph. "I believe the true question is, who are you? What are you doing in my shop?" she spoke in a demanding tone of voice.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:44 am
Eli wasn't surprised by the display of aggression from the other demon as well, it would seem that his word choice needed some fine tuning when dealing with demons. "No, I never called you humans, I merely pointed out a similarity." He said calmly. When she mentioned mounting his wings on a wall Eli raised an eyebrow, this physical body was irrelevant it was merely an anchor that allowed him to remain in this world, but it was just a hollow doll, sure he had organs and blood for convincing humans but none of them served any purpose. "Is climbing through the ranks of Hell so important? Better to rule the damned then serve the almighty, am I correct?" He asked softly. As the small imps appeared Eli looked at them, they had creatures like that in their plain of existence as well, Cherubs sometimes took the form of tiny children, but they usually carried instruments not tiny pitch forks.
He smiled kindly gently opening his arms up a little. "Why would you need to show me the good you want? You've already said it. You believe hurting, or killing me will help you rise through the infernal ranks, in your mind it is 'good' because you think at this moment in time that it is right, you have a mindset similar to so many demons. I suppose I should not be surprised." He exhaled slowly, as he did small glowing lights flew from his mouth floating around him before they took the form of simple halos. "But I am afraid I cannot have this body come to an end here, I am still needed." He raised his hand up gently caressing one of the halos. "Is this really what you want? Perhaps if I were a different ranked Angel that we could have met on different circumstances...Unfortunately I am a Seraphim, one who has been granted the title Archangel, and I must follow suit." He said softly as the wind blew once more causing his hair to block his eyes for a moment as the tiny halos suddenly grew, forming bodies underneath them. The beings weren't that tall, only about 4-4.5 feet tall each with a pair of white wings holding spear like weapons. Their body shape was human but they wore bird like golden helmets over their heads and loose white robe like attire over their body. "First rank, Affinity." These were low ranked angelic creatures, to call them "angels" would be a mistake but there was no denying their more heavenly affinity, they were roughly the equivalent of the tiny imps the fire demon had summoned, neither were overly dangerous to anyone with some skill.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:29 pm
Continuing to stroke the girl holding to her leg she nodded and gave Tobias a genuine smile as she outstretched her hand to him as a greeting and in gratitude. "it will take work yes, but it is better than sitting here like ducks" she agreed as she looked back to all the people working behind her. "just look to the others about the supplies, they can get you what you want" she dropped her arm back to the Girl at her side rubbing her back lightly before pulling her back "you okay? you seem rather frightened?" For some reason she felt rather motherly to the girl, despite looking to be in her late teens Lilika felt like she needed to tread carefully. Understandable since she couldn't remember anything before she was attacked by a group of men that had wanted to rape and kill her. No memories of anything... where she came from who she was... "you cant think of anything you might have been called before?"
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Vira chuckled as the woman stood and removed her robe, no wonder she had not simply destroyed the place in the first instant. "fallen? here? you have to be kidding me, your god tossed you from heaven?" she smiled and stepped back as the little angel took a stance, with six wings she must have been high on the food chain. "careful with that tone princess or your spirits might not have a place to group" as one if the highest ranking demons threats did not faze her, malice, blood shed, torture, the niches she had been created for. "im here looking for another angel, that is all, if you want to pick a fight i would love to comply however, your shop might not survive anything"
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:46 pm
Lloyd's head was suddenly turned by the call of a girl from behind, but it wasn't her voice that caught his attention it was her word choice. "Man boy?" He asked as he turned around to see the girl that he had merely caught a glimpse of earlier. Who was this girl with the strangest of mannerisms that he had ever seen...Then again they were in a world infested with mutants and all manner of strange things he shouldn't really be surprised. "Ask me a few questions? About what exactly?" He asked right before her hands fell onto his sword, her compliments were touching but the beauty of his sword wasn't exactly top priority it was still in marvelous condition because he didn't use it very often, the blade anyways, normally he fought with the sheath on which is how most of the marks and damage was inflicted on it. When she asked him where he got it from he thought for a moment before responding. "I got it from my family it was a gift." He said before he watched her run her finger on the surface of the blade. He reached down gently taking her hand off of it. He then wiped the ares gently with a small rag from his bag. "Please don't touch the blade, you should never show the blade of your sword unless you're going to kill someone with it." He said as he slid the slightly pulled up blade back a few inches down into the damaged sheath.
But that surely couldn't have been what she wanted to ask him, there was clearly more on her...one track mind. "So what is it I can really help you with?" He asked turning fully towards her. "I'm a good 80% sure my sword isn't the reason you wanted to talk." He said as he looked at the girl, something was a bit off about her, she seemed almost to pristine for this world, here everything had some wear some damage some level of imperfection from the trials of today's world but she didn't she looked like a doll who had just now been removed from its box.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:35 pm
Kaya tilted her head as her hand was moved away from the blade, listening to the advice of never showing your blade. She didn’t have a sheath for hers. It didn’t seem to need one, and she didn’t exactly have the knowledge of making one or asking for one. She stared at the sword for a little while longer until the man-boy’s words penetrated inside her head and she jumped up startled. She didn’t mean to get distracted by the shiny blade. But it was so shiny! And it looked like it was used! Which meant he must be able to fight with it very well otherwise he would have injuries and quite bad ones at that … Shaking her head, she cleared away those thoughts. She was getting distracted by the sword which was shining … She gave a stubborn stamp of her foot. She would not get dis … “My name’s Kaya!” she said loudly, more to get herself away from the clearly distracting thoughts that were floating around in her head. “I’m an angel of the powers rank.” she stated smiling brightly, holding a peace sign.“Very pleased to meet you Man-boy.”
She had studied the culture of this world and their mannerisms before the virus happened, people seemed quite keen to use the peace sign. They showed it all the time on that television of theirs. It was very helpful indeed. It showed she meant no harm. “I want to ask you some questions!” she said excitedly. “I’ve come to see what I can do to help here and I want to ask some questions so I can figure out where to start!” she confirmed nodding her head looking at Lloyd. “Shall we begin?” She didn’t really give Lloyd a chance to protest before she launched into the questions. “First of all, how did you survive the virus? Second, how do you think the distribution of power has been between the people? Third, have you been praying? Oh that should have been the first question!” she said to herself crossly. “Shall we just say that was the most important question of all? Alright? good!” once again, she launched herself back into the questioning mode. “ Fourth, do you believe that fellow man, man-boy, boy, woman, woman-girl and girl would benefit if they no longer had power between them? Fifth, have you any strong memories that you’re thinking of right now? Sixth, do you believe in God? Seventh, can I follow you around so I can study your behaviour patterns and anyone else’s that may come in contact with you so I can report my findings back at the right time?” She ended still smiling. They were all logical questions, at least in her mind they were.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:49 pm
"It sounded like you were calling us humans to me." Nyxrin pointed out, sounding more irritated by the second. Her imps were growing impatient as well, fidgeting by her side as if they were emotionally connected to her. The young demon watched, not at all feeling intimidated at the fact that she was once again, way over her head. She eyed the mini angel creatures with interest. She never saw such things, and like any teenager would be, she was rather curious. A fact that she was only just managing to contain. "What's so special about this "Almighty" guy anyway? He sound pompous to me. Going around calling himself the "Almighty"." She asked, using her fingers as quotation marks while using the name of the Lord of Heaven. "At least the damned get to have a little fun. Pity you didn't get to give sin a try while you had a chance angel boy. Oh well...I'll have you worshiping idols and taking his name in vein by the time we're done with you." Yes, Nyxrin was full of herself and not even seeing she was not equipped for this. A two hundred year old lessor demon against an archangel? Her chances were a tad slim without all the taunting.
"Go on my pretties. And teach our little feathered friend here a few sins." With that, Nyxrin snapped her fingers and pointed at Eli, giving her imps the go ahead and charge the Affinity. Teeth and tails and pitchforks gnashed at feathers and spears, with puffs of fire lighting the battlefield. Nyxrin eyed the angel, grinning while she curled her finger in a summoning motion to the angel. She couldn't fly, but she sure as hell wasn't going to stand down a fight against the holy army.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:35 am
"Well it seems to be that time of the month again survivors." A voice hissed and crackled as a radio broadcast hijacked all the available frequencies in the city. "This is a public service announcement, coming from your emergency broadcast system operator; The Voice of Survival. I'm holed up at the usual spot and from waaaay the hell up here it looks like the mutants are starting to get restless when the sun goes down and the blood moon rises." The voice came over every frequency and every channel, every speaker and every radio in the city. Whoever the person sending the message was, they were using the city's emergency broadcast system to send a mass message to anyone who happened to be listening or on the street. "As you all probably figured out by now, whenever the muties get restless, things start going downhill really fast. For those of you just joining us in our fair city, let me break it down for you kids. No doubt you've encountered the mutants that roam the streets of our once great city. If you haven't, well count yourself lucky 'cuz you don't want to."
The voice cleared his throat and shuffled some papers, as though he had written the speech down and performed it every so often. "Mutants are nocturnal creatures by nature, but they sometimes come out during the day so don't think you're safe just because you can see the sun. Now every month or so for those of you keeping track of the dates, for those of you who aren't it's when the moon gets really big in the sky, the muties get restless." The sounds of more shuffling could be heard as the voice apparently switched something off and on before continuing, "When the muties get restless, barricade your doors and seal yourself up tight. Don't go outside at night kids, because the muties are out for blood, your blood, and mine, but don't worry, just play it safe and don't go out and you'll be fine. If you absolutely have to go outside for some reason, or you're trapped out there, do yourself a favor and get inside a reasonable structure quickly, being out in the open does nothing more than get you eaten. This has been a public service announcement from your friend The Voice of Survival. Now, as per the usual alert message, we've got some music to start you off by my good friend Michael. No not that one, the other one. You know the guy. Here's Fire Fire, by David Michael Bennet, warning you, to keep safe." With that the voice clicked off and the music started playing; five or six songs would play on a loop until the sun set and then everything would go silent. Hopefully the people who heard the music were inside somewhere away from the angry mutants that loved roaming the streets at night.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:36 am
"The term 'Almighty' 'King of Kings' 'God' are all terms humans gave onto the creator the word used to describe him is irrelevant when they all mean one in the same." Said Eli as he watched the tiny demons grow more agitated, their tails whipping back and forth and their eyes ablaze with a crazy sense of anger and curiosity. "Fun is a matter of perspective but I suppose now isn't the time to discuss philosophies." He said as he took a single step back. "Heresy, a word fitting of those actions, never before has a Seraphim fallen from the graces of our Lord, I will not be the first." He said as he closed his eyes he did not need to give the command the instant her demons attacked so did his angels.
The Affinity were the lowest form of soldier in the angel rankings, but Eli knew the problems with bringing more powerful divine beings into this plane of existence without former bodies. As the angels charged they flapped their wings taking to the skies before swooping down and slashing at the tiny demons with their spears. Eli exhaled lightly again as his wings flapped once before the top pair slowly folded covering his eyes, the lowest pair folded forward covering his feet and the middle pair remained open fully. Eli let his arms drop to his side, simultaneously seven glowing spots appeared on the ground forming a circle around him illuminating his body. "Prayers for the wicked must not be forgotten." He whispered softly. He mouthed a prayer for the two demons that stood before him and even the tiny imps engaged in combat.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:40 pm
Once LIlika agreed to the effort it would take to teach them all to survive and the wilderness, Tobias grinned and nodded. "Very well. Let me finish up what business I have here, then we'll begin immediately yes?" Mind you he couldn't teach much down in a bunker, but he did have his father's botany journal in his bag, as well as several herbs. It'd be enough to show them what could be eaten, what could be used for medicine, and what would kill you.
Once he was shown where to go, Tobias hesitantly set off towards the others in the bunker in search of someone who would be willing to trade with him. Just as he located someone, sat down by them and started pulling what what he was willing to part with from his bag, did the radio pipe up. Tobias stopped what he was doing and looked up at the speaker mounted high up on the wall. When was the last time he heard a radio? Quite a while.
Everyone seemed to pause what they were doing to listen. By the sounds of announcer, this must be a common thing. Or at least he seemed to think himself a staple into the lives of the survivors, no matter how much truth or insanity was behind it. Listening to the announcement, Tobias felt his heart drop down into his stomach. A blood moon? Restless mutants? What kind of hell city did he enter? He began to fidget where he sat, and gazed longingly at the heavy metal door. Words did not describe his urge to get up and get the hell out of there. But no way were they just going to let him out. Sitting duck...yeah...looked like he was going to get a taste of that tonight.
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