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"Y-yeah. Not dead. Yet. Always a good sign. No casualties too. I think.." Deryk said while trying to keep a sharp eye out. It was pretty hot out here, as anyone would probably expect. But, he did at least have a hood right now to keep his head out from direct sunlight. His clothing in general was pretty loose, so that helped. Sort of.

"Kinda crazy really. I mean. Fighting the horsemen. Fighting the apocalypse. Like right out of a comic book. Or game. Something," he rambled.

The death trainee soon paused as his foot hit something weird. Blinking, he looked down to see some dark red flecks within the sand. It sifted away before he could get a really good look at what it was.

"...Weird. Uh guys. See any red stuff in the ground?"

He wasn't really unable to answer Deryk at first, the crack of bone under his foot having happened just moments ago- The tassel on his blade swung back and forth.
Your hands.
My what.
You're shaking. Breathe my Marcus, focus on other things.Like the wind. The sand. My voice.
Wind works. Rain check on voice.
Thought you might say that.
A smile as he shook Dis from the front of his mind. "Sorry weapon got a bit chatty." His hands shook less now, but his grip still had him white knuckled. "but yeah, horsemen, end of the world. Sadly I guess this means we missed out on the Rapture. I think it might have had to with my not waiting for marriage. And a few other un-godly things. High school, not many regrets though."

Looking at the sand he shrugged. "And nope. No red stuff. Maybe it was residual clay from nearby?" He hadn't a clue really. Jude caught sight of the other moon hunter and Marcus smiled as he took care of it. A small whistle. "Nice, and yeah. The bigger, the less venom. If you ask nicely maybe you could get one of the girls to suck it out?" He was smiling at his own jest, Dis easing him off his morbid thoughts. "If we get lucky, we'll live and get to celebrate you know?" Dis was being kind, a mental image of Cass asleep in his arms as the movie Godzilla flickered on the TV. "Honestly...I'd just be happy if we all made it back." It was muttered and his smile left as quickly as it had come, gaze returning to the sand.

A small dip in the sand and he quirked an eye brow at it. A few steps before Dis hissed. Sending him back as a tail whipped out, slashing at him. It ripped his shirt but missed his skin. "JESUS ********-" A slash and the thing's tail went but victory was short lived as a pincer got him in the leg send him down, the other grabbing his arm. A stab into the skull and it let him go, writhing. As he pulled back he watched it die. "The ******** was that thing?"

30/50

Jude snorted a bit at Marcus' observation of the Rapture but he refused to give a bigger window to his own past saying, "I'd rather be clothed and on the ground, anyways."

He frowned a little bit as he watched the other two deal with their own little patrol issues, they won't last long if this keeps up - speaking of which a screech like earlier and another Moon Hunter having issues he glanced at Deryk after his whining, "Yeah shoulda brought a lot of damned bug spray."

Then he ran off to help. It took a few moments and Jude returned with a couple more scratches on him and a little worse for the wear but he didn't seem like he as ready to just stop the patrol just yet. He could make it. He totally could make it.

"So. This is pretty crazy." He said as he desummoned his weapon.

HP: 30/50

Jude got distracted as he gazed over toward the oncoming form of...Otto?!

There was an odd feeling of fright watching the young man come toward them and greet them the way he did. Mostly because he seemed kind of high on something which meant Otto might not be paying too much attention to his surroundings or what was going on.

The Death Hunter furrowed his brow a bit, "Hey there, Otto. What are you up to?"

Please be careful.

This situation didn't seem to get any better at all. He crossed his arms over his chest his brow furrowing with a bit of the worry showing through. He shouldn't let Otto stay out like this. Maybe he should gently encourage the other Hunter to get some rest.

"Oh yeah, lots of bu---," he paused a moment stared at Otto, almost walked into a pit of bugs? That sounded kind of gross. Jude suppressed a shudder, "That sounds awful."

Quick. Think. Think.

"Y'know what is even a bigger shame to waste? Some nice sleep. Get some good rest because I am sure tomorrow will be even better!" Jude was trying to be very convincing even cracking a big smile as if to make this fact more true.

"You were fine, Otto, you didn't suck a**. Okay? Just it got taken care of before you could put a hand in, don't fret over it. There will always be more chances to prove yourself," He wasn't doing so well at trying to diffuse the situation and then Otto gave him ... a look. He glanced back at Deryk and Marcus feeling at a loss.

... ...

{HUG! HUGHUGHUGHUGHUG. HUG HIM FOR MEEEE.} Yom cried out.

Jude's brow furrowed and he opened his arms to Otto a bit awkwardly, "Umm..?"

Jude suddenly was leaped at and clung to by Koala-Otto. He awkwardly returned the hug giving Otto an equally awkward back pat as he hugged and then he let go and bounded off to the distance after mentioning something about cookies.

...Cookies.

He looked back at the other two, "Either I just had a mirage happen or there is something more wrong than the Apocalypse going on."

LIKE COOKIES. ಠ_ಠ

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