Alkaline's Story

A girl, about 11, walks up to the tree fort. She sees a man carrying a girl and some women standing there.. She sneaks up and plops inside a bush, waiting for the scene to unfurl. I wonder if they'll let me in their shelter. All this wandering and zombie-fighting... she twirled her plasma pistol around her finger and pet Ray, her tiger.

(OOC: man i really wish they would make it so you can delete accidental posts)

Ray was restless and was walking around in circles, suddenly breaking a twig. He got into a pouncing position, growled, and started batting at the twig. Alkaline hoped that no one heard it and she picked up Ray and set him in her lap.

Alkaline flits her eyes open. She tries to sit up, but to no avail. She's too dizzy. She reaches out her hand to the group closest to her, one with a small girl and an older girl. Ray whimpers and licks Alkaline's face. "Help...." She conks out again and starts to dream of the good days, before her mother died. Before everything went wrong in the accident.

Alkaline flits her eyes open. She tries to sit up, but to no avail. She's too dizzy. She reaches out her hand to the group closest to her, one with a small girl and an older girl. Ray whimpers and licks Alkaline's face. "Help...." She conks out again and starts to dream of the good days, before her mother died. Before everything went wrong in the accident.

Alkaline flits her eyes open. She tries to sit up, but to no avail. She's too dizzy. She reaches out her hand to the group closest to her, one with a small girl and an older girl. Ray whimpers and licks Alkaline's face. "Help...." She conks out again and starts to dream of the good days, before her mother died. Before everything went wrong in the accident.

Caitlin sees the girl and sets her against a tree. She feels her forehead and it is very hot. Caitlin grabs a small bottle of cold water and pours it through the girls lips. Caitlin starts talking. "My name is Caitlin. My friend's name is Lydia. She's 8, and I'm 13. Don't hurt Lydia, please, even though she's a zombie, she won't hurt you. Promise." Caitlin says clearly.I am being a nurse today!Caitlin thinks. It's okay though, 'cause I love helping people. Then caitlin hands an orange slice to the girl.
"Eat up." She says.

Alkaline wakes up again. Okay then, in the company of a toddler zombie. She looks up at the girl in front of her. Caitlin, as she calls herself, holds up an orange slice.

Eat up.

Alkaline obligingly takes the orange slice and start to knaw on it. "Calm down, Ray. You'll scare them." As she says this she starts to drift off again, this time clutching her plasma pistol-just in case.

Caitlin sits and runs her fingers down Lydia's hair, waiting for the girl to finally come to. "Lydia," Caitlin says, "Do you think we'll live? And if the apocalypse is over, and we both are alive still- or at least semi-alive- You can live at my house so nobody kills you." Caitlin puts a bowl of little berries next to Alkaline and tells Lydia to stay with her. Caitlin goes to the forest to hunt. She kills a little deer. Jackpot! She thinks. She drags the deer back and takes its brain and flesh for Lydia, some ribs and breast for herself, and some thigh-leg for Alkaline. She brought the stuff to her friends and gave it to them.

Lydia frowned a bit and stared solemnly at the ground, covering her gruesome scar back up with her blonde hair.
"Where did you get that scar?" she asked, looking concerned. Lydia felt something hot sting her eyes
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...
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Tears?
She hadn't felt tears in so long... She thought her entire body just wasn't working anymore except her brain, the only thing that kept Zombies alive now.
"M-m-maw-ma-mama..."
Caitlin suddenly got up and pivoted away, walking to another girl lying against a tree, Lydia squinted to try and make out blurry features, but to no avail. She made out a few words that Caitlin said, "...Lin... Ly...a...thirtee...don't...her...please...she... hurt..."
Lydia pouted a bit at her own failing hearing. She watched as Caitlin walked back over to her and sat down next to her, running her fingers through her thin blonde hair. Lydia felt a small smile come to her lips. "Do you think we'll live? And if the apocalypse is over, and we both are alive still- or at least semi-alive- You can live at my house so nobody kills you."
Lydia felt a little frightened at the word, "Kill" and gave her a quick, crooked hug.
Caitlin set down a bowl of berries next to the other girl, "Stay with her Lydia" She said sweetly and went off somewhere.
Lydia sat awkwardly next to the other girl, plugging her nose to keep out the sweet aroma of food.
She heard the sound of something dragging on the ground, her head quickly whipped around to face whatever was making the noise, Was it another zombie? Was it a-
Oh...
Only Caitlin, dragging a small deer behind her, it's head had been cut and Caitlin handed the brain to Lydia, who gratefully devoured it.
Though... it wasn't the same as humans... she compared it to living off those yucky veggy-tables her mama used to give her, still able to live... but at the same time... She tried with all her might to lift the muscles in her cheeks into a smile, with a bit of success.

"Hello" Caitlin says softly. "My name is Caitlin. I won't hurt you, promise. You can come sit down, and I have fresh meat if you want it. My friends are Lydia, and I'm not sure what the other girl's name is." Caitlin gestured toward the camp. "Make yourself at home, while I make us a fire so I can cook this meat and stay warm."

Lydia noticed the other Zombie boy and immediately made sure her scar was properly concealed by her hair, she did her best to give him a smile, though it turned out looking rather crooked.
She heard Caitlin speaking to him kindly, though her mind didn't bother to try and make out the words.
"I Cam-Cal-C-Can-turrrr" He gestured at himself. Canter she thought, feeling happy that she understood, and that there were zombies like her.
"Frendle-ee??" he croaked. Lydia gave him a tiny smile and nodded sluggishly, which made her neck hurt a bit. She slowly held out the hand with the half eaten brain in it, "W-wa-ah-nt?"
Lydia felt a twinge of satisfaction at being able to... almost pronounce words again.

Caitlin smiles as Lydia talks to Canter. She tapped Alkaline on the shoulder. "Time to wake up." She whispers. Caitlin pets Alkaline's tiger, Ray, and looks to everyone. She felt so happy, overwhelmed with joy. She was meeting many new people. Caitlin was making more friends during the apocalypse than she could at school! She smiled at Lydia and Canter. "Well, Canter, would you like some fresh meat? I might be able to pull out that arrow in your knee if you want."

"P-pl-pulleazzze" He groaned in a childish tone,
Lydia gave him a crooked smile and slowly handed him the brain, then glanced at the arrow to his knee, looking at Canter with a glint of concern in her dull brown eyes. She pointed at it and gave him a quizzical look. "H-H-ha-how?" Was all she could manage. Maybe he was the same as her, someone he used to like hurt him too...

As Caitilin finishes, Canter moves his hand away from Lydia's hand over her eyes and Caitlin puts a band-aid on his knee. She hands him some fresh meat.Canter croaks a "Th-ha-nk ee-ya-oo" and starts to nom on the fresh meat. He glances sideways out of his eye at Lydia who reminds him of his little sister from when he was not a zombie. He notices, too, how she has a hard time speaking, like him. He reverts his eyes to where the girl is laying against the tree, unconscious. He's just glad no-one is trying to chop him up into tiny bits with a mace or anything like that.

((Ha ha! I had Canter whenever this thing was getting kicked off and I didn't remember him until I saw Lydia. Technically he was a girl and then on the first post with him I made him a boy and then read my profile, realized, and changed it. Go small sibling zombies! XD))

Canter wripped off some of his meat, too, and gave it to the small girl. "Eye half-et zine ya-are mu-ow-m-ee." Canter tried to explain, though his vocal cords could have ripped in the procedure. He was very tired and tapped the sleeping human but to no avail. He croak "Gew-d neigh-ta." to the 4 girls and lied down, head in arms.

((YES))
((But legit, we gots a lotta Zombles xD I'd better make a Human char))

Lydia gave Canter a small smile before he went to sleep, she motioned for Zee to go to Caitlin, as she decided she wouldn't be able to explain much when she had only recently acquired the ability to work her jaw. She lied down next to Canter and closed her little eyes, her scarred eye feeling receiving a twinge of pain as it closed.
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Simon crept along the dark sidewalk, clutching his pistol tightly and doing his best not to be caught by one of those, er, things.
He was 14 years old and he hadn't seen another teenager yet, well, zombie teenagers he had seen, but not humans.
The unmistakable smell of fresh meat wafted into his nostrils.
His mouth watered at the smell, he hadn't tasted meat in weeks, he'd mostly lived off of stale bread and water, with the occasional berry or two. He silently stalked towards the smell.
A group of people sat vulnerably in the open, my god they're idiots... he thought as he rolled his eyes. There was a girl lying, presumably unconscious or dead against a tree, and...
Thank the damn lord another teenager.
Before he could take another step towards the group he noticed something else... Two children were asleep next to eachother, and had another unmistakable smell to them.
Zombies.
A baby was also there, THREE Zombie children?!
He took a cautious step towards the out-in-the-open group.
"Hello..."

Alkaline woke up with a start, having broken her fever. Cold sweat was running down her face with no end, her squinting eyes barely able to see in the flowing stream of saltwater. She lays there for a moment until she stops sweating and opens her eyes all the way. A lanky teenage boy with light brown hair and deep green eyes warily stalks up to the camp, pistol in hand. He seems confused and scared and excited at the same time, he takes a cautious step toward the little circle. "Hello..." Alkaline quickly un-holsters her plasma pistol and points it at him. She shakily stands up, still recovering from the fever, and warbles in the teen's direction. "Who a-are you and wha-what do you want?" Although happy of seeing another teenager besides Caitlin she is still suspicious of everyone she sees. Ray growls at the boy and Alkaline nearly falls, but catches herself and resumes her plasma-pistol-at-the-strangers-head-with-both-arms-extended position. Her knees are so shaky they start hitting against each other and she starts to sweat again, though not as severely.

Simon raised his hands in a defensive motion, "H-hey calm down girl! My god I'm not about to kill you!" He exclaimed, a bit afraid that she would blow him to bits, he put his gun in his sheath, "Jesus Christ!" He looked her up and down, and noticed she had a pet tiger with her... perfect... "I'm Simon..." He said hesitantly. "I'm not exactly what you'd call... dangerous..." He chuckled a bit, "what's your name?"

((Sorry about the quality of this one I had to do it on my phone))

Alkaline slowly lowered her pistol and holstered it, still wary of the boy as he introduced himself as Simon. She sat down and crossed her legs, Ray leaping into them and curling up to sleep. "I-I'm sorry..." She ran her fingers through her short black hair. "I just haven't been myself lately what with people, alive and undead, trying to kill me and with getting my fever and all..." She glanced at Canter, Zee, and Lydia. "I thought there was just one?" Alkaline curiously quizzed Caitlin. Have I even introduced myself? Well, guess I'll figure it out sooner or later.