𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. // 6/6 // CLOSED

Both Alastor and Zeus immediately stood up, with the big dog standing protectively in front of him, growling at the new comer. Alastor instinctively reached for his belt but he stopped and took a good look at the person, and saw that he was a young teen.

"Calm down Zeus," Alastor murmured, making the German Shepherd stop growling, although his fur was still raised and he didn't move from in front of his owner.

"Hey," Alastor said kindly to the teen, reaching for the backpack without breaking eye contact. He unzippied it and got out a small ziplock bag of rasins and another bag of beef jerky.

"Hungry?" He asked, offering him the food while keeping Zeus behind him.

Lucas made his way down, making sure to recheck his pack for the things he knew he needed.
After checking at least three separate times, he headed off, towards the highway, he planned on going westward, to where he wasn't completely sure. He walked the bicycle he planned on riding for the trip.

Since there was car pile ups he decided the bike would be easier, so he could ride on the outskirts of the roads, without having to stop to do so.

Alastor saw him glance at the belt and sighed.

"I'm not a murderer or anything like that, I swear. Before this whole apocalypse crap I was a homicide investigator and I stole that belt from an evidence storage room at the police department I worked at," he explained, slowly walking closer to the kid, trying to look as harmless and approachable as possible.

He held out the food again to him. "I promise it's not poisoned. I've been handing out supplies to any survivors I can find, and you look hungry. Eat it."

Lucas continued to make his way westward, his eyes scanning anything that caused any slight movement.

He stopped in a nearby small town, off one of the small intersections with barely visible signs. He sat against the trunk of a tree and ate strawberries.

Ariella was headed down the interstate. No. That wasn't quite right. Never in her right mind would she just walk in the open unless she had no choice. No. She was following the interstate from a distance. She was just in the tree line of the woods that followed the road. She hopped that it would bring her to an empty town eventually. Hopefully a bed to sleep in. She could lock the doors and set up bell like things, so that if someone entered, it would wake her.
She wiped her forehead of sweat. Her duffle bag weighed her down significantly but she would never be found without it. It was her medical supplies. She was surprised she had the amount that she did and that she hadn't be robbed of it. She supposed it helped that she tried to stay away from others.
A town was in sight, thank God for that. Her water was nearly depleted and she ate the last of her food hours ago. Perhaps she would get lucky and find a home stocked food. Or at least running water and she could take a shower and wash away the grime and dirt and…blood.
She had just stepped out of the safety of her treeline when she heard…hooves? She turned her head. A horse. That was definitely a horse. And that horse had a rider. She froze. Perhaps if she didn't move, she wouldn't be seen.

"No problem," Alastor said, smiling warmly at the teen. He turned around and beckoned to Zeus with a quick flick of his wrist and the muscular dog walked up to them, sniffing the kid curiously before licking his hand.

"This is Zeus," Alastor said, fondly petting his friend. "He's really sweet around people once he realizes they aren't a threat. And I'm Alastor. Who are you?"

Lucas stopped suddenly, he had heard a noise while slowly pedaling past a car pile up.

He stopped, planting one foot firmly on the ground and listening for a moment.
It sounded like the rustling of leather. He looked around and saw nothing, so he set his bike against the railing and began to search around, occasionally stopping to listen to the noise and where it was coming from.

A few minutes later he stopped, as he was facing a car with the door missing, sitting in the driver's seat was a person, the first person he had seen since the Deluxe Flu had killed everyone in the dorms but himself and another girl, whom had committed suicide by jumping from the roof.

"uhm hi" he said, waving shly.

Ariella was shaking, though she tried to conceal it. She hadn't come across another live human in weeks. And the last encounter wasn't exactly a friendly one. She would do what she had to do to survive. But this man, he looked bigger than her, healthier. And he had a horse. What was to say he wouldn't just run her over.
Did he just…did he just wave at her? That wasn't an expected reaction. She hadn't come across anyone very friendly since the start of all of this. Or they would feign friendliness but they truly just had evil things in store for her. She was a woman after all.
She had a knife tucked into her waistband in the back and she reached for it. She didn't quite pull it out yet, but she wanted it in grasp. It was easier to conceal the motion than grabbing at her bow. Whole she was a quick draw, she wasn't sure she could shoot it in time. With her free hand, she gave a small wave. Better to play along for as long as she could.

(I posted a list of all the characters on the bottom of the starter post if anyone needs it, nicknames are included with each character as well.)

Ariella forced herself to stay still as he came closer. She would not show fear. She swallowed and forced herself to take deep breaths. She would be alright. She's lasted this long. She would survive today. No matter what happened. She would survive.
Her grip tightened on her knife. If all else failed, she could always throw it. She didn't have the best aim but it would hopefully cause enough distraction for her to escape.
"Hello." She replied back to him, unsure of what to make of the situation.

Lucas jumped backwards at the girl's suddenness, and the way she spoke rapidly.
"Uhm, hello." He croaked, rubbing the back of his neck and forcing a nervous smile.

"im okay, you're also the first people I've seen since—" He paused, since Liza's suicide he had been about to say, but stopped himself "since this whole deluxe flu thing started." He lied.

He cast a quick glance at the guy and noticed he looked annoyed and unhappy.
"I'm Lucas." He informed both of them. "And if you don't mind, I'll be going now—" he said quickly, the look the guy was giving him made him want to squirm and run away.
Distaste.

He could see it in the guy's eyes and the way his body language showed he was annoyed. It made Lucas extremely uncomfortable and he grimaced to himself.

(I posted a list of all the characters on the bottom of the starter post if anyone needs it, nicknames are included with each character as well.)

(um just one thing, Donevan's nickname should be Devon/Dev, as only his sister calls him Dev but he goes by Devon. Sorry.)

(it's fine! Thank you for telling me instead of letting me keep it incorrectly :0 )

(I posted a list …)

( :D Perfect! Thanks!)

(I also added the age of each character as well!)
(I thought it'd be better for me to do that considering we have a total of 11 characters, in case anyone needs help remembering the ages of some characters)

Ariella could hardly contain her scoff. She'd heard that before. Usually right before they tried to hurt her. But he was on horse back. If she tried bolting, he could easily catch up to her.
He was offering her supplies. It could easily be a trap. She had plenty of medical supplies. However, she was out of water and food. And she was becoming desperate. She knew how long the body could go without food and water. It wasn't long. And it did psychological damage as well as physical. But she wouldn't be greedy.
"You have water?" She had been without food longer but water was more important.

Lucas watched this banter with longing, it made him think of his own younger sister.
He felt a pang of longing and then smiled sadly at the pair of them.

"Oh…" he said awkwardly "nice to meet you both. Do you need food or stuff? I packed a bunch."
He coughed into his fist and smiled at June, who seemed taken with him, though he was sure it was because she was a social butterfly and he was the only person she'd seen since the flu started, beside her brother at least.

"uhm sure." Lucas said, careful not to show his excitement and happiness at new human companions.

"uhm what does that mean?" He asked confused "obviously im not a female, but what does that have to do with anything?"