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Clovis brow furrows. He wanted to help. He knew how that felt… But last time he tried, she was, angry?
It's worth a shot, Clovis.
He walks in and kneels down behind her quietly and starts to pet her dirty hair.
I know how it feels, I promise I do,
Apollyon startled up and scrambled away when something touched her head. Then she saw it was Clovis. She stared with wide eyes before burying her face in her arms and bursting out sobbing again. "W-why do you keep being nice to me?" She sniffled, and didn't raise her head. "It's so confusing. I don't even…." She choked up.
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Clovis scoots closer and puts his arm around her.
"Hey, hey. I don't care what you are and what you aren't, Apollyon." he gently states, continuing to pet her hair.
"What's important is that you have someone by you, so you're not alone. Okay?" her kisses her hair before continuing. "And though we've not been through the same trash, we've been through similar."
Apollyon looked up at him, then buried her tear-stained face into his jacket, letting him continue petting her hair. She sniffed, then mumbled, "That feels nice…" She wrapped her arms around him, her shiny tail flicking nervously. "D-do you mind my… tail..? I-I don't know how to put it back…"
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Clovis embraces her into a full on hug and closes his eyes.
"Hmm. Tails are fine." a small smile crosses his face. I missed you.
App sighed and sank into his arms in relief. She put her head on his shoulder, still upset. "I missed hugs…" She turned her head so her face was buried in his neck. "I'm sorry for being a pain earlier…" She shivered. "I didn't mean to be so…." She didn't even know the word for it.
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Clovis gently squeezes her.
"Nah, you're fine. It must be really hard for you. I'm so sorry about whatever happened." He opens his eyes again and starts to rub her back with one of his hands.
"And, hey, whenever you want a hug I'm here."
App curls closer. "That sounds… nice…" She looked at him with her bright violet eyes. She leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek without thinking about it. Then she realized what she did and pulled away, squeaking "Sorry! Sorry! I don't know what I was thinking!" She shivered in fear of him getting angry.
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(XD Like Clovis cares.)
He's a bit startled by the kiss, but doesn't mind.
He leans back against the wall and blushes a bit while smiling.
"Heh, you're fine."
He rubs the back of his head before standing and offering her his hand.
"Erin wanted to leave soon. You up for another adventure?"
App sighed sadly. "I don't have much of a choice…" She took his hand and hopped up lightly, her tail whipping dangerously.
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(whipping dangerously? XD)
Clovis gently squezzes her hand before leading her out of the room and back to the others.
Molly turns around and glares hatefully at the two of them.
"We should get going." She states before angrily clenching her jaw.
(Molly ain't having a great time, y'all)
"Do we finally have everyone here?" Erin asked. Finally. "Then let's go." she jerked her head toward the lobby and took Jessica's hand, leading the way out.
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Molly waits till Clovis and Apollyon walk out the door and follows behind them.
I hate you all.
She shoves her hands in her pockets as the cold wind starts to bite at her bare arms.
Mira sighed her arm still in the sling App made a while back.
Fiona ducked into a small store that look somewhat intact. She nodded and looked around, broken glass and toppled over shelving units taking up most of the space. She climbed over a broken display and went further into the store, looking for anything useful.
Erin glanced back over the group as they headed down the street. She was glad Molly was toward the back. With her in front and Molly back there, they had a good defense layout. She knew she didn't need to tell any of them to keep alert for any attack.
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Darren quietly follows Fiona. This was a weird way to do things after someone died, but okay. How long had she known the guy? Was he her brother? Her lover? He quietly sighs while stepping over broken glass.
Fiona found a small space by the back of the store that was littered with old clothing and other random stuff. She sighed and crouched down by the pile, digging through it for clothes that could fit. Her hands trembled slightly and she pushed her thoughts of Conner out of her mind, trying to seem as happy as she could. She pulled out an old sweatshirt that had several moth holes in the arms and around the bottom along with a giant stain on the front of the black sweatshirt that resembled blood. "Its ok Fiona…don't think of the stain…you need the sweatshirt to survive.." She said to herself putting it on and wrinkling her nose at the smell.
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(lol, I need sweatshirts to survive too)
Darren cocks his head and smiles.
"You know, love, I have plenty of sweaters that'll fit you back at home. I mean, they don't have glorious blood art on them, but they're something."
(oh my word Darren)
(whipping dangerously? XD)
Clovis gently squezzes her hand before leading her out of the room and back to the others.
Molly turns around and glares hatefully at the two of them.
"We should get going." She states before angrily clenching her jaw.
(Molly ain't having a great time, y'all)
(Her tail has a razor sharp tip. Sorry. Forgot to mention that I guess. Also, my mom took my hoodies, so I'm dying. lol)
App noticed Molly tensing at her being close to Clovis, so she extracted from him and backed away cautiously, avoiding both of their gazes.
(I’m not even sure if Dareon is still holding Claire…)
(Yes he is.)
Fiona laughed lightly "I'm not a fan of the blood but this will have to do for now." She kept thinking about Conner as much as she didn't want to. "So are you going back to your city?" She asked, tugging the sleeves of the sweatshirt over her hands as she climbed back over the display.
(I'm gonna time skip to the train station.)
The sun was almost at high noon when they finally reached the edge of town and the old train station. Erin new for a fact that the zombie hoards rarely came this far out of the city. It seemed instinctual for them to stay in the denser metropolis. All the same, that didn't mean there would be no zombies around at all.
"Here we are," she said, holding the door of the main office open for them all to come in. "There are bathrooms and other backrooms. Make yourselves at home."
(Whoa what happened?)
(Bumpethh)
(Now I kinda remember why no one really came back. I'm a tad confused as to the train station…. Where did that come from? Curious… So… They're all at the train station now?)
(all y'all are, Darren and Fiona are still not with the others tho)
(Oh okay that makes sense….)
Claire scratched at her scalp a little, noting its dryness and how oily it was. It had been so long since she had a simple wash that she nearly forgot what it felt like to be clean. "Um… I know this is kind of a strange thing to ask, but are there any showers here or something of the sort….?" I can't stand having another day like this…
