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Ruki, hearing the strange noises that the elevator was and is now making, gets nervous and shuffels towards the back of the winnebago.

She had no idea why she got so shy around new people, and it infuriated her to no end.

As the elevator shifted downwards , all the woman had the energy to do was stand swaying in a standing position , tangled nets of hair falling to her back as she staring half - lidded into the total blackness . Hearing the gorilla man's complaints even now , she stuck out her tongue in form of mocking disgust , although needless as nobody would be able to see the expression as for the lack of light .

"Cheer up , Chuckles . Don' be such a p***y ," she said , her voice losing a bit of gargle in exchange for more rasp - fullness ; if even there was such a word . The elevator box jerking to an unsteady halt at what seemed to be their final destination , it would have knocked even the more sure - footed being out of balance . Metallic doors Screech!ing open in an ear - bleeding motion , just as ol' Jo had been the first to enter the creaky contraption , she wasn't one to waste time dodging her way out of it .

Now in what looked to be a vast and leaky carpark , the cold concrete beneath the woman's feet sent millions of needles stabbing up through her skin ; crossing her arms across her chest , she glanced through half - lidded eyes , faded and smeared mascara blended together with dirt and dried zombie - blood . Popping her lips in shaky habit , she barely cringed when the noise echoed off the cement walls .

Place was dead , man . Probably in more ways than one .

Then , although she herself hadn't seen anything , Murdoc shouted something off towards a Winnebago stationed across the carpark . A wide grin cracking across her face, she whistled a soft snicker through her teeth as the man got even more noticeably angry . Bet would be on that it was nothing more than some ol' rat .

A big - arsed gnarly rat . That could sing .

Better throw a tophat and musical number somewhere into the mix , too .

2D, finally not being the brain-dead idiot he normally was, lightly shoved Murdoc asside and walked a few more steps towards the Wini. "Aw, don' worry! Muds' jus' bein' an arse like awlways," he called to the potential zombie/giant singing rat/possible human. "'E won' 'urt yah, I promise!"

Ok, so Ruki had 2D on her side... That didn't make her feel very hopeful.

She was now beginning to get her fear under control, and, although it was still a little difficult to make out details, her eyes had almost completely adjusted to the gloom. Ruki could tell that she was looking at 2D, Murdoc, and someone she didn't recognize.

Ruki could tell that this girl was definitely not Noodle, though she didn't know who she was.

...Maybe one of the two boys over there had brought her home.

Ruki still didn't feel much like moving. She always felt better about letting others make the first move.

Murdoc had said something about personal space... Ah, so he didn't like a stranger being this close to the 'bago! ...Ruki contemplated moving, but still stood in place, not really sure what to do.

There was a soft pat sound as the something dripped onto her head, again. She shifted her eyes up for a second, before remembering that she'd probably be better off not knowing what it was, and slid her gaze back to the small group across the carpark.

<3 I got Noodle! <3 I'm starting strong since it is my first post, so it's kinda long.

Noodle skipped down the corridor humming along to "Dare", her old radio headphones shining against her purple hair.

You've got to press it on you... You just a-

Mid-verse, she heard something, froze, and took off her headphones. Zombies. Not again. She thought she'd gotten rid of them years ago. She pressed her ear to the floor and knew that it was most likely coming from the carpark. The dead probably figured Murdoc's Winnebago was the easiest to loot.

They were probably right. Although Murdoc liked to think of being a zombie-killer, his age and lack of stamina made him all bark with no bite.

She open the door to the stairway and jumped onto the dully, grey railing riding it all the way to the basement. At the end she pranced down, fixed her blue skirt, and opened the door. A peculiar scene was playing in front of her eyes.

Murdoc and 2-D, with what seemed to be a prostitute on drugs, were shouting at his Winnebago.

When she looked at the girl near Murdoc's side, she couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy. Almost like a sister's opinion of her brother's new wife. She felt ashamed that she would be jealous of such an unhonorable person like a prostitute, but she didn't like the fact that these boys, whom she had spent so many memories with, like other women better than they liked her. And only for their bodies.

Bringing back her attention, she took herself back to observing the yelling. 2-D, Murdoc, and his...girlfriend.... must have thought a zombie was behind it. From the side though, it was obvious that a young girl similar to her in looks was hiding.

A young girl covered in blood, dirt, and some liquid on her head. But the girl wasn't menacing. She looked more frightened of them than they of her.

Noodle sighed and yelled over to them in Japanese, forgetting that only Russel could understand her. Clearing her throat, she translated.

"Muru-docu! Why are you yelling-u at a, um, such young girl-u?"

They all rested their eyes on her, but she held their gaze firmly. They all knew what she meant, so she never felt the need to feel embarassed of her accent.

Except for the prostitute.

NOTE: I edited this a tad. Just to make the mood feel a little different.




Noodle approached the scared girl, the heels on her boots making tap, tap, tapping noises on the hard concrete floor. The girl, frightened, stared at her all the while.

"You're, um, hair-uh is, getting all wet! You might-uh, um, want to move,no?" She held out her hand to pull her up. "Hai. I'm Noo-duh-ru."

She looked at the prostitute, stared hard for a moment, then focused back on this girl. The prostitute remained oblivious, her head rolled to the side.

[[ ' Except for the prostitute ' . OMIGAW' I frickin' choked on my tongue laughin' . Lawl , I love your posts . x D //]]

A door off to one end of the carpark slammed open , causing the young woman to jerk backwards and sideways in surprise , fingernails with caked - on mud digging quite a ways deep into he skin . Glancing upwards in a sandy gaze , she saw that a young girl - no older than her mid - teens at the most - was standing before the doorway , clad in a rather snazzy pair of extra large headphones and some clothes that any junky prostitute would die for . Although , cute as the girl was , as soon as she opened her mouth and spoke it was all Jo could do to disguise her already gargled chuckled by pretended she was simply mumbling able the driplets of blood that had begun thinly stream from the punctures on her arms .

This little girl , by now recognized being of the asian persuasion , made her merry way over to the Winnebago in which the oh - so mysterious singing of previous circumstances had been suspected of being , she disappeared being the aluminum chunk of portable living quarters without a single hesitation . It was only when the young woman heard what this girl was saying [ all while choking on giggles ] that a somewhat worried expression came across her dusty face .

"Aw , is it really a lil' girl ? Gawd, you guys 'prolly scared her half to death , bun'cha dirty pricks ." Although , not being much of the ' motherly ' type , Jo nervously stayed put , arms still crossed and teetering herself slowly back and forth on her bare heels .

"Um..." Ruki began, slowly rising to her feet.

Looking down at the state of herself, she finished with, "M-maybe when I've... Erm... cleaned up, a bit..."