//where the dead men lie// >>closed<< stalkers welcome tho 0.0

(Idk what else to do with Jesse now. I didn't expect that lol)

Jesse blinks,
this girl is gonna give me whiplash I swear
She sits up, running her hand through her hair and looking down at her.
*I shouldn't have mentioned alcohol.. *
Jesse stands and looks out the window, her brows furrowed and her hand on the machete attached to her pant line, her eyes scanning the road and waiting till she wakes up.
Though Jesse didn't know if she wanted Elodie to wake up anytime soon.

-

Jez nods "oh…uhm okay..you can trust her. I dont mind. " he shrugs
"I'm gonna keep my distance. But don't let that stop you from making friends" he finishes

"Well, i don't know how much i do. I know that I trust you more than I trust her…if i had to pick, it would be you." she said as if it was something super simple, but in reality, the statement held a lot of weight.
she bit her lip and fidgeted with her fingers loose strings on her sleeves.
"Um…right, i totally, know what that is…who doesn't know what "friends" is.."

(oh yeah, jasper voice claim is adora from she-ra)

Jesse looked at her plainly, her eyes going back to the window she had been sitting at for the last few hours.
"You feel better?" She asks shortly, turning back to Elodie.

-

Jez pauses, thinking "someone you trust." He nods "someone you want to be around and talk to" he says "I don't really know how to explain it. But uh-like Gus. He's my friend. And you are too" he smiles

(Also it just randomly changed my pfp to a random photo in my camera roll? I didn't do anything and I legit spent so long trying to change it and it won't let me for that same reason. It's so frustrating)

Jesse glares at her "ze last time i do somezing for you" she grumbled (not meaning it lo), standing and exiting the room. She soon comes back with a room temperature waterbottle. "Take" she says simply, her English obviously not too great yet.
She stands next to the bed, sitting on it and handing it to her.

She looks up at him, down in his direction before looking up at him again in somewhat deep concentration.
"…So then…were friends?' she spoke softly searching his eyes for anything that would be negative in this situation, but so far she really wasn't finding anything and that made her relieved in so many ways.
"So….do friends, tell each other stuff..? Like, stuff you wouldn't normally tell someone?" She looked away again almost uncomfortable with eye contact.

Darius shook his head, "no, I know how to play drums, but not any self defense" He shrugged, stabbing the air.

"Drums? Well hey, that's cool. I play th' banjo myself." Gus stepped back from the swinging blade prudently. "Maybe we can teach you a little fightin' sometime. It's good to know how t' fight in a place like this."

“Why? What do You mean a place like this?” Darius asked, as he had no idea what the world had come to, after all he had never faced any of the monster things and even if he had he would have forgotten it.

Jezariah thought about it for a second before nodding "I'd say so yeah" he replies softly "why? Do you wanna say something?" He asks, his brows furrowed in the slightest. Concern stitched in his voice and expression.

Gus blinked. "Oh, well uh….y'know how spooked me'n my friends were when you and June showed up? That's 'cause sometimes the folks out here ain't too friendly. They might try to rob you or chase you off of their turf. Plus there's wild animals and acourse those big ol' monsters, so it's better to know how t' fight so's they can't eat you, y'see?"

“There are monsters?” Darius asked tilting his head to the side. “Well I guess learning to fight would be a good thing then” he shrugged.

Gus scratched his head, wondering if June had been trying to keep Darius from knowing about the current world situation or not. Well, he would've found out sooner or later either way, even if he forgot about it over and over. A huge screamer on the hunt was pretty hard to ignore.
"I'll teach you sometime how to use that knife, or maybe we can find you a bigger one like June has. The main thing is to not cut yourself or get cornered by somethin' bigger 'n you. I bet you'll figure it out jus' fine."

Darius nodded and put the knife into his pocket and pulling out his notebook he wrote down basically the entire conversation he had just had. “Maybe, but she has been training with those kinds of weapons for a long time” he shrugged.

June had finished fixing her weapons, her bow, arrows, sword, and a small knife as a last resort. She also had a small bag, in it was simply a water bottle, her phone, photos, and some other personal things. She had dumped it out and reorganized it and had found another bag which she was filling with food and drinks, in case something happened and they had to flea. She was going to be prepared, always.

Jezariah thought about it for a second before nodding "I'd say so yeah" he replies softly "why? Do you wanna say something?" He asks, his brows furrowed in the slightest. Concern stitched in his voice and expression.

"um…yes…" She moved to stare at her wrist for a good few seconds before pulling her sleeves down slowly, one at a time, there was yarn in the skin seemingly covering up something she moved to part the yarn, and underneath it was a bunch of scars, slash marks and the like, but some of them looked like they hadn't healed yet.

Jezariahs expression softened, his eyes filling with pain.
He takes her hand gently, pulling the sleeves over her arms and pulled her into a hug, one of his hands on the back of her head.
He closes his eyes, not knowing what to say or do. All he thought would help was a nice, safe hug.

Jasper hadn't finished with what she was gonna show him, but she left it like it was as he hugged her, she hugged him back slowly and hesitantly. Tears pooled up in her eyes before falling down her face and she grabbed onto him more tightly, clinging to him like he was her life line, slowly soft sounds escaped her as she cried into him, she tried not to make any noise but she couldn't help it, she sniffled every once and a while.
"I'm..I'm sorry.." she muttered out in-between her soft cry's.

Jez squeezes his eyes shut as he ran his fingers through her hair.
His eyes glosses over with salty tears as his breath became shallow and short.
"Dont be sorry Jasper" he says quietly, shaking his head.
He presses a kiss to her forehead. "You did nothing wrong alright?" He says

She felt him do all this, usually her touch aversion would go off by now, but….it didn't, it felt as if her brother was with her in the moment, she truly trusted Jez in the moment, as if he were her brother.
"B-but…i-I…" She just cried more, feeling the tears like a waterfall down her face, she let out soft cry's in pain, emotional turmoil, she wanted to believe him but why had those bad men done all those things to her…? Why did her parents leave her behind if she wasn't a bad girl…?

Jez leans back and cups her face in both of his hands oh so gently "no. You did nothing wrong." He says looking into her teary eyes.
"I don't know your past. And I don't know if I ever will. But know this Jasper. I'm here now and I wont let anyone hurt you again alright?" He asks, his voice breaking "I need you to trust me with that" he says, tucking a few stands of hair behind her ear.

(Jez <3)
She was heaving in and out from the strain all the crying was taking, especially when holding tears back and pain back.
No, you sis nothing wrong.. the words echoed in her mind, setting off every part of her, all she could was nodd teary eyed at his next words, just letting out a loud sob as she let her face rest in his hands.

(Did not sis)

He looked into her eyes and over her face as her cheeks squished between his hands, hers hot and splotchy, wet from her tears.
He wipes them away with his thumbs before pressing his lips to the top of her head.
"I know you may not believe that. And thats alright. You don't have to right away. But please…" He pauses, his voice a soft whisper "let me protect you from yourself and your own mind." he says, realizing that may not make the most sentence.

(I love Jez akfjekd)

He looked into her eyes and over her face as her cheeks squished between his hands, hers hot and splotchy, wet from her tears.
He wipes them away with his thumbs before pressing his lips to the top of her head.
"I know you may not believe that. And thats alright. You don't have to right away. But please…" He pauses, his voice a soft whisper "let me protect you from yourself and your own mind." he says, realizing that may not make the most sentence.

She looked into his eyes, her vision blurred from all the tears that just didn't seem to stop coming, she felt him wipe them away and tried her best to stop her tears as she listened to him, she sniffles, moving past him holding her face she jumped forward for another hug man, nodding into him.
"i-I trust you…i-I know you w-wont…let a-anyone harm me.." she stuttered and stumbled over her words, hugging him right.

(Habajfbsjs he's gonna die :,)

Jez let out a soft smile as he felt backwards just a little as she jumped, holding her tight.
"I'm glad." He says with a nod, his hand on her hair and his other arm around her.
He didn't want to let her go, not ever. This girl was too precious to be let out into the world.
Let alone this one. As corrupt as it is, and it was only getting worse. Half of the people you'd want to trust are horrible and only want for themselves. Killing, stealing and destroying.
How could he bring himself to so much as let her go with knowing that much?
He closes his eyes, a small tear dripping from his face and onto her shoulder.
"I gotcha. If you need anything I'm here" he says quietly

(On a happier note. Jasper and Gus should feel hella special bc he's not this soft with just anyone)

( he is not allowed to die)

(Ah their wholesomeness won't let him uwu)