Renita startled as someone slid into the seat next to her and for a second she started to curl in on herself, afraid it was another attendant come to tack on another impossible goal or worse. She'd only just caught what she was doing and started forcing herself to sit up straighter again when the voice registered. She gasped and immediately twisted in her seat to face Wataru, eyes scanning for any injury and then settling on his collar. Less than hers, somehow, which was baffling but good news. The less they all had to gather, the better, right?
"I'm..." She paused, considering, and found she couldn't bear to politely lie about something that was so obvious. She waited until the attendant had handed him his card and gone, then dropped her own voice into a shaky whisper. "Scared. They- they killed a boy right in front of me like it was nothing, just for running. I haven't seen Sawyer since we came in but I-" She had to stop, pressing the sleeves of her sweater to her eyes for a moment.
When she pulled them away, it was clear she'd taken that moment to recollect herself as well. She managed a weak smile. "Sorry. After everything, you'd think I'd be used to things getting so awful, but I can't wrap my head around this. I thought the undying were the threat, not...casinos."
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Character's name: Renita Hayes Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:here Character's survival stats: here BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Renita has thick, dark brown hair, cut in a medium length bob. Her eyes are brown. She stands at about 5'6" and has a curvy but relatively fit figure. Generally dresses modestly and/or professionally, with a love of sweaters.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:34 pm
Wataru sank into his chair, closing his eyes briefly. The casino really spared no expense, huh? These chairs were ******** plush. Was this what slavery got them? s**t, bro. But when Renita spoke in his ear again, Wataru snapped awake. "Wait - wait, what?" he asked. They'd killed a boy? Who'd killed a boy? Was this a weird dream she'd had while they'd knocked her out? "What are you - who killed - uh." He lowered his voice. "Who?" he asked, barely believing it. "And - "<******** it all. This called for a hug. She was crying, right? He didn't know what the ******** was going on (he was glad he'd escaped that hallucination, or whatever - maybe he was immune to hallucination-inducing drugs. Who knew?), but he knew that Renita was usually pretty ******** composed. He reached over with one arm and pulled her against him. "Did you come in with Sawyer?" he asked, voice low. "And are you - "
The casino was a threat? Yeah, they were participating in human trafficking in the middle of the apocalypse. They were pretty evidently a threat. Wataru didn't need to question that. He calmed himself, looking down at his card - hah! The free space was a heart. Cute.
"Yeah," he mumbled. "I didn't think anyone would stoop so ******** low in the middle of an apocalypse. You'd think there'd be higher priorities, right?"
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Character's name: Wataru Sugimoto Character's faction: 3 Apartments Character's journal link:hey Character's survival stats: View BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER A tall, angry-looking Japanese man with shaggy hair that's obviously been bleached red-orange. He's not especially distinctive.
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"The attendant-!" Renita paused, considering him again, and realized from how shocked he'd reacted to her admission that he probably hadn't had an experience quite like hers. Of course it made sense in retrospect, the man who'd- the one with the gun had said it was a waste, hadn't he? So they probably didn't make a habit of killing people right off the bat just to make a point. Did they? The thought felt almost optimistic, and she couldn't quite make herself believe it. Wataru had been lucky, was all.
She tried not to let her envy of that fact bitter how grateful she was for the hug, curling an arm around him in return and leaning in. If there was ever a time she'd needed a friendly bit of human contact, it was surely now. She'd let it be the tiny bit of proof that not everyone was suddenly out to kill her during this apocalypse.
"Ahh, yes. I wasn't going to let her wander into a new area alone, was I?" Her voice had warmed a little again, talking about Sawyer, but then she sighed. "I looked for her a bit after...what happened, but I couldn't find her. I just hope she doesn't get herself into trouble somehow, just until I can get us out of here." She glanced down at the cards, then flicked a glance up at the attendants in charge of the game.
"Do you think they even realize how much they could be using the electricity for besides this?" She could have made a whole list of the most useful and efficient uses of this much energy, and not a one of the items would have had anything to do with gaudy light shows and sick games. She could have hated them for that even if she didn't already have better reasons.
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Character's name: Renita Hayes Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:here Character's survival stats: here BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Renita has thick, dark brown hair, cut in a medium length bob. Her eyes are brown. She stands at about 5'6" and has a curvy but relatively fit figure. Generally dresses modestly and/or professionally, with a love of sweaters. Has very obviously been crying.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:10 pm
The attendant? The attendant had what? Wataru's mind raced. He could hardly believe what Renita was saying. He needed more information, and yet...
Okay, okay, focus. Sawyer? He didn't really see what Renita saw in that devil of a woman, but then again, they were siblings. Sometimes, your family just came first. "I feel like - " he began. He'd been about to say that he was fairly certain Sawyer got herself into trouble wherever she went. That, however, was insensitive. "She's probably doing fine," he said, trying for reassuring instead. "She, uh. Has her ways." She was pretty insistent, too. And tough. She'd be...
He hoped she'd be okay, anyway. Whether or not the threat of death was real, it'd be okay in the end. Right? Sawyer seemed like the kind of girl who landed on her own two ******** feet, just so she could laugh maniacally in the odds' face.
"No ******** s**t," Wataru said, shaking his head. "They could be - " Powering Clearview apartments, for one. "They could be contacting....trying to contact. Trying to contact whoever's left out there." Beyond Delta, he meant, because Wataru was certain that the rest of the world had been hit by the very same virus. Why else had no one come calling, yet?
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Character's name: Wataru Sugimoto Character's faction: 3 Apartments Character's journal link:hey Character's survival stats: View BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER A tall, angry-looking Japanese man with shaggy hair that's obviously been bleached red-orange. He's not especially distinctive.
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Renita let out a quick laugh and was immediately a little amazed she could. "'Her ways.' That's half what I'm afraid of." She shook her head, but really she felt a little better just thinking about it. Sawyer was smart, and for all she was accident-prone she did know how to look out for herself. It was likely she'd show up to join the bingo game as if nothing had happened, or that they'd find her at some card game once they were finished here. This brand of optimism, at least, was one she could embrace.
She glanced up curiously at the mention of contacting the outside world, then nodded. That was very near the top of that list of hers, in fact, and it was something she'd had in mind ever since her failed attempt to get into the radio station. She still wasn't quite over the disappointment that she'd never made it, and she couldn't help wanting to know what was going on out there.
"Do you think there's much left?" For all that she wanted to believe there was a rescue coming, they'd been cut off from the world for a whole month. The odds of life outside Delta going on as normal got slimmer with every passing day. And really, if she considered all the possibilities, it was even entirely possible that these psychopaths had tried to contact the world at first and hadn't been able to cope with receiving no answer.
"More and more I'm wondering if we'll climb out of here and just find...more of the same."
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Character's name: Renita Hayes Character's faction: Apartments Character's journal link:here Character's survival stats: here BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Renita has thick, dark brown hair, cut in a medium length bob. Her eyes are brown. She stands at about 5'6" and has a curvy but relatively fit figure. Generally dresses modestly and/or professionally, with a love of sweaters. Has very obviously been crying recently.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:34 pm
Wataru had to let out a laugh at that, too. Sawyer was special; you could certainly say that. But she'd turn out fine. He honestly couldn't imagine otherwise, and if he was saving his cash for his friends in case they didn't make enough? That was his business.
"Who ******** knows?" Wataru mumbled, looking back down at his table and cross-referencing their cards. Bingo was slow going, wasn't it? Maybe it was just that everyone was still settling in. "I think..." He paused, tilting his head for consideration. "I think there can't be much left. Not on this continent, anyway. They'd have come to save us or some s**t already, right?"
That was the hope, anyway. Still he couldn't get over the thought of what Austin had brought up: if it was a science experiment gone wrong, then it had to have come from somewhere, and the where was probably local. And none of it explained the power outage. The power going out worldwide? It was preposterous. Dearly he wished that the vines hadn't begun cropping up all over the city. He'd have run if he could. Maybe he should've gunned his car and left the city, that night. Instead of bringing Sawyer...home. To this hellhole.
"But some things just don't make sense," he concluded.
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Character's name: Wataru Sugimoto Character's faction: 3 Apartments Character's journal link:hey Character's survival stats: View BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER A tall, angry-looking Japanese man with shaggy hair that's obviously been bleached red-orange. He's not especially distinctive.
