[00:11] * Seko //Currently, the wind is howling between the abandoned buildings, making the clothes of the dead flap noisily. Notes are dancing close to the ground, getting stuck in the bushes and packed against the walls of buildings as a breeze keeps blowing in from the sea. A lonely raker is floating an hour away from the harbor.
[00:23] * Seko : You see a woman in her twenties whom you haven't seen before. She looks around, eyes widening as she spots the corpses beneath the masses of notes. She wraps her arms around herself to cover her naked chest, goosebumps raising on her skin.
[00:35] * Seko spots a cotton longcoat amidst the debris and quickly grabs it, still shielding her breasts with her left arm as if someone might see. She wraps the garment around her slender body and ties the fasteners clumsily. It was clearly made for someone taller and bigger, the hem almost sweeping the ground. She rolls up the sleeves and slowly color is starting to return on her pale face. Still it takes a while before the shivering stops.
[00:36] * Taika You see a woman in her twenties whom you haven't seen before. She steps out from behind a ruined building, surveying the wasteland with an unreadable expression. Her restless eyes stop on the other woman and she draws back, nearly out of sight.
[00:41] * Gran : A man in his twenties stands right out of one of the local exits, bewildered at the many bodies and carcasses left to rot. His body remains immobile; his eyes, however, run confused across the whole forsaken picture.
[00:41] * cdls is now known as David
[00:41] * Seko turned abruptly towards the other woman, perhaps hearing the rustle of her steps. She looks very much like a rabbit facing the sights of a hunter with her nostrils flaring and large eyes widening.
[00:42] * David walks into town, his eyes narrowing a bit as he gives pause at the sight of the many corpses. His gaze slowly runs over what survivors there are before they are drawn once again to the bodies. His voice is barely audible as he utters "By the name of the holy Gods, what has happened here...." his voice trailing off at the end as he glances back down the road he arrived on. After a moment, he speaks quite a bit more loudly, speaking to
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[00:45] * shane is now known as David
[00:45] * Taika stares impassively back at the other woman, standing motionless yet seeming to tense. Her eyes dart briefly to the others but come back to the woman.
[00:45] * Seko changes topic to 'Grassland location where you see 4 people, no animals and countless of objects, most of which are notes.'
[00:47] * David nobody in particular. "The name is David, David Larken." He turns his gaze away from the road and back towards the town as a whole before continuing on, "What has happened here?" *sorry all, didn't know there was a char limit*
[00:48] * Gran : Man in his twenties yells: "What the burning fuck has happened here, you mean!"
[00:50] * Gran He is trembling, nervously staring at David. He talks with some difficulty "There... there was a... city! A city! Here! Gone now!"
[00:50] * David glances over as the man yells, his expression showing clear disapproval of the lack of control. After a moment he replies in a calming tone: "No, I meant what I had said, and how I said it. Something has happened, but getting all worked up isn't gonna fix a thing."
[00:50] * Seko cringes at the yelling, her eyes darting from person to person. She starts backing towards the nearest building, her heel landing upon cold metal. She stops to feel it with her toes, not daring to take her eyes off the newcomers.
[00:51] * Gran : He stares blankly at David. His leg shakes violently, but he doesn't notice it. His tone is weak, yet agressive "Worked?! Worked up?!"
[00:52] * Indigo A woman in her twenties looks around, a somber expression in her face as she spots the bodies lying on the ground. Her eyes narrowed, she watches quietly at the people around.
[00:52] * Gran : "These are all-all-all... DEAD!"
[00:53] * Gran : "In l-less than a day! All... all gone for no reason!!!"
[00:53] * Seko changes topic to 'Grassland location where you see 5 people, no animals and countless of objects, most of which are notes.'
[00:54] * David gives a little nod, his tone still soft: "Yes, worked up. Give me a hand tending to the survivors." He then turns from Gram and moves towards the woman who had backed herself against the building. He stops a few paces in front of her and removes his jacket, holding it out to her, a small offering.
[00:54] * Gran : He takes a deep breath, trying to calm down.
[00:54] * Indigo "There's always a reason for everything" mutters.
[00:55] * Taika draws further back and looks around the ground frantically. Scrabbling to dig under a small pile of debris, she pulls out a filthy tunic of some rough material and pulls it over her head with quick, jerking movements.
[00:55] * Gran : He says: "Yes. But what-what reason, WHAT REAS-" he takes a long pause "Survivors."
[00:57] * Gran : Sitting down, he stares at an unindentified corpse. His despair fades slowly as he repeats "Survivors".
[00:58] * Seko clutches the lapels of her longcoat and pulls them up to cover the top of her chest. She stares at David, not seeming to understand his gesture. Her foot is set upon an iron shield but she makes no move to pick it up.
[01:00] * Taika disappears behind the building and emerges on the other side, slowly approaching the others at an oblique angle, tugging the hem of the tunic down all the while.
[01:01] * Indigo She says: "There's no use trying to find a reason... They're dead, we're alive" She spots a crossbow in the ground, and picks it up, looking at it for a moment before keeping it at her back.
[01:02] * David blinks as if confused, shaking his head quickly and takes a step backwards, quickly putting the jacket back on. He turns to look as the woman speaks: "Yeah, and unless we wanna end up like them, we will want to know how they died, right?"
[01:06] * Indigo kneels down, reading at some random notes. Without looking up, she speaks in a low tone "Why do you think we should end up like them if we don't find the reason?"
[01:06] * Gran : "Survivors."
[01:06] * Seko : As he backs off, she quickly takes a step to the back-left and then another one to the back-right, landing behind the shield. She squats down and grabs it, moving it into an upright position and carefully lifting her head to peer over the edge. Her light-brown bangs are almost reaching her eyes, leaving only a narrow strip visible.
[01:06] * Taika "Right..." Mumbles as she crouches down and sifts through the loose debris.
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[01:07] * Gran : He is curled up, currently mumbling to himself the same thing over and over.
[01:07] * Indigo says: If that reason was going to kill us.... we'd be already dead *keeping a note, she stands up*
[01:08] * David shrugs, glancing at the bodies before his gaze falls on the woman. "Because, right now, what I see is a crap load of dead bodies, and only a couple of us people left alive. I don't want to be..." His voice trails off as a look of deep thought crosses his features.
[01:10] * Indigo looks sideways to the man curled up, a slight frown in her face, then back at the man talking " You don't want to be.... what? Another corpse?
[01:11] * Taika digs uselessly for several moments before stopping, slowly turning her head to the nearest corpse. With a sigh of disgust she crawls to the corpse and begins searching around it.
[01:12] * Gran : He slowly puts himself up and standing. His hands and feet still shake slightly. "Okay, okay. I'm alright-right?"
[01:14] * David blinks a few times as the woman speaks to him and shakes his head. "Of course I don't want to be a corpse. Finding out how they died will give us a start on how to avoid it as well." He gives a soft sigh before muttering "Unless we have it all wrong..."
Gran : "I'm John... Just in case something happens. I want to die with a name." [Gran will be named Jonh]
[01:15] * Gran is now known as Jonh
[01:18] * Indigo looks at the man's eyes for the first time "All wrong?"
[01:20] * David gives a nod, his voice carrying a nonchalant tone. "What if -we- are the ones who died...and this is some sort of afterlife?" He glances around after his comment, his eyes on the dead bodies.
[01:22] * Jonh : He takes a quite sharp and incredulous stare at David.
[01:22] * Indigo raises an eyebrow "What the hell are you insinuating?" Her somber expression changes to horror for just a second, before becoming blank again"
[01:23] * Jonh says "No shit, not happening."
[01:24] * David gives a shrug and moves to a nearby building, sitting down with his back against the wall. After a small yawn he calls out: "Well, I need a nap...that trip down the road was quite long." He then drifts off to sleep.
[01:25] * David is now known as David_sleeping
[01:30] * Indigo looks at the man falling asleep, and shakes her head with a bitter smirk "The man worried about reasons... can't keep his mind damn awake" She then turns to the other people "I'm.... "she seems about to say something, but then falls silent for a moment, as if thinking twice" I'm Alice"
[01:32] * Indigo is now known as Alice
[01:34] * Seko "Names...", she mutters slowly, so slowly that it comes out sounding more like "nay-yims". "Ever-e-body's giv-ing names..."
[01:47] * Taika pauses in her search and speaks in a dull tone without looking up. "Annahka." She snorts softly and moves to the next corpse, feeling carefully around in the rubble near it.
[01:48] * Taika is now known as Annahka
[01:51] * Alice nods to each of them, and her gaze stops by the woman who hasn't introduced herself yet " Yes, names. What's yours?"
[01:55] * Annahka exhales in a rush as her fingers smooth over a familiar shape. Digging rapidly, she unearths a cracked chitin shield. She sets it carefully to the side and steps over the corpse, digging again on the other side.
[01:57] * Seko "I... thi-n-k I am... Void." The words seem to crawl out of her mouth like weak newborn critters. She's rocking the shield back and forth on its edge, most likely without realizing it.
[01:58] * Seko is now known as Seko|Void
[02:01] * Alice "Void..." she repeats the name in a barely audible voice, and she can't help a shiver visibly running through her body, as she stares intensely at Void.
[02:04] * Jonh is too much busy wandering around the corpses to care to the dialogue.
[02:06] * Annahka hisses in pain, holding up her hand to examine her bleeding fingers. With her other hand she picks a steel dagger from beside the corpse.
[02:17] * Seko|Void slowly turns her gaze towards the source of the sound and mutters in the same thick, slow voice: "Y-ou h-ave red stuff com-ing o-u-t..."
[02:18] * David_sleeping awakens with a soft yawn and glances around, disappointment in his voice as he speaks. "Well damn, I was half hoping this was a dream." He gives a sigh and stands, glancing about, his expression thoughtful.
[02:18] * David_sleeping is now known as David_Larken
[02:22] * Seko|Void "I-ee am Void. Alice is Alice. Red stuff is Annahka", she speaks slowly in case David had been sleeping too deeply to hear the introductions.
[02:24] * Jonh says "Alredy up, Lark? Not a dream, we are indeed here." and proceeds to lightly kick a corpse with some disgust.
[02:25] * David_Larken turns his gaze to Void as she speaks, his expression changing from thoughtful to a softer, calm demeanor. He gives a little smile and nods in gratitude. "Thank you Void." He turns towards John and shakes his head, although his expression has returned to its earlier thoughtful look.
[02:30] * Jonh says "Whatever happened, it happened fast." he turns to Larken "You told something about a trip."
[02:31] * Jonh : "How much time did you spend out?"
[02:32] * Indigo_Alice still looking intensely at Void, she rubs her forehead, thoughtful, remaining silent.
[02:34] * Annahka blots her fingers absently on her tunic and stoops over to pick up the shield with her injured hand. Keeping Void in her peripheral vision, she stands idle, seemingly unsure of what to do now.
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[03:11] <Mojo> *a man in his twenties, shuffles into town spotting the closest woman to the road and does a complete circle around her, eying her up like a five star meal*
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[03:20] * Seko|Void watches the new guy sneaking around Alice and she straightens up, backing away from them and almost stepping on David's foot. "...Sorrey..." She skips to the side, stepping on yet another piece of useless rubbish lying on the ground.