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

Darius nodded slowly, "I don't like forgetting though…I mean…after a while I won't forget you guys, I mean, I remember June..I forget her name sometimes but I remember her…" he sad slowly.

Jasper was about to go to the shelves and try to get some rest when she looked over and heard someone, "i think someones outside." she spoke towards gus.

"I'm sure you'll get to rememberin' us too, by-and-by," Gus told Darius cheerfully. "You might get set back a few times, but if you could learn to hammer a nail in straight, then who says you won't get th' hang of this jus' the same?"
Then Jasper spoke up. When he heard her, Gus immediately turned around. "You heard somebody?" His hopes lifted. Maybe Jez was finally back. Still, he should be cautious just in case.
"Don't call out to 'em," he warned Jasper and Darius, grabbing his rifle. "We sneak to th' front and peek out at 'em, nice 'n quiet. Then we decide what t' do." He followed his own advice, keeping the light low as he crept over to the barricade and carefully parted the curtains.

(is june on the roof?)

(Nvm)
June looked down at the person, "who goes there?" she said, trying to sound wise and mysterious, mostly out of boredom. She got her bow ready just in case.

Darius put his hand on his knife, wary about getting it out, he followed Gus, careful not to make a noise.

June thought for a moment, “Well, you are kinda attractive, seem nice enough, I need to ask my friends first but-“ She said as she sorta climbed down from the roof using a nearby building to help. she landed in front of Elodie. “My name is June,” she said sticking out her hand.

Gus saw a slim girl standing outside in the gloom, apparently talking to June. As he watched, June left the roof and came down to shake hands with the stranger.
"Wait here," he told Jasper and Darius, then ducked down and slipped through the trap door they'd just built, bringing his rifle with him. He approached the two girls, glancing around for any other signs of life but seeing none. "Evenin'," he called. "Who's this, June? You know 'er?"

"oh, my grandmother named me, after all, my mother didn't want me" she said to Elodie before turning around to Gus "she said her name is Elodie, but no I don't know her, I am good at reading people tho" She smiled politely.

Gus couldn't help returning the grin as the new girl introduced herself. "Well now," he said, shaking her hand, "Nice t'meet you. Don' worry, we only shoot at screamers and cultists. I can't recall meetin' anybody named Jesse 'round here, sorry. But you can c'mon inside if you want, it ain't very safe out here after dark. I'm Gus, by the way," he added.

June bounced on her heels and whispered to Gus, "what if she ran into Jez? like it is possible..right?" she asked, not sure if there was actually any hope that elodie did.

Jasper watched as Gus made his way outside, she moved to peek her head out of the small trapdoor they made and watched as the three of them talked, narrowing her eyes at Elodie. she looked nice, but she was gonna be wary about trusting her, as to make sure she didn't get any ideas to hurt any of them, once she proved herself jasper would relax, but then and only then.

"Be our guest! There's supper too if y'want it." Gus made a welcoming gesture and showed Elodie the way in. Spotting Jasper watching uncertainly from inside, he gave her a reassuring look.
"She seems nice," he whispered to her as he held the trap door for Elodie. "She says she's lookin' fer somebody and asked to stay the night. We got plenty of food and space so I figured we might as well be hospitable."

June followed them inside, humming to herself. She wasn’t surprised when the girl said that she hadn’t seen Jez, but then again, that gave her a reason to worry.

Darius, being a bit distracted by his thoughts, walked over to the group curiously. He had momentarily forgotten their names, but he could at least recognize the faces, “um….who is this?” He asked, pointing to Elodie, having missed pretty much all that she said.

Jasper stared down Elodie, hard stare. "They will climb stairs if they know your up there, so you need to make sure that they don't know your up there or they will be relentless in getting to you." She spoke in a way that was easy to hear her speak, and like dead straight speech. She then moved to do the I'm watching you symbol while staying near Gus. "I know because I almost died from a screamer climbing stairs to get to me on a roof."

Darius smiled back, "I am Darius, uh…I'm sorry" he looked at the rest of the group, "I have forgotten your names again-" He sighed.

Gus patted Darius's shoulder. "Don't worry, we still got our nametags, see? We'll make you one too, Elodie. Darius here has somethin' wrong with his memory but he's a real nice, hard-workin' guy." To Darius, he added, "Elodie's stayin' th' night, okay? She's looking fer a pal named Jesse."
Back to Elodie. "That's mighty nice of you t' offer your house like that," he said politely. "Right now we've got a missin' friend too, and he actually wanted t' keep goin' north pretty soon, not settle here. But when he gets back we'll talk it out and see what's next. Heck, maybe tomorrow we should all go out lookin' for both your friend and mine."

June grabbed a name tag, and wrote Elodie's name on it, "here, I decided to keep these on me just in case." she smiled before writing one with Darius' name on it and sticking it to his hoodie. "there ya go Dare." she smiled.

Darius nodded looking at Gus' name tag, "ok … Gus…" he smiled softly.

Gus's smile vanished as Elodie spoke and he noticed her injury for the first time. "Hold on. She shot you? I though you were pals." A throb of worry started up in his chest. He stepped forward. "This guy you met–was he kinda tall, dark skinned, serious-lookin'? Had a couple piercings?"

Gus took off his hat and scrubbed a hand through his hair anxiously. 'Intense' sounded like an understatement. He knew of people back home who were so casual with their guns that they might accidentally shoot a non-enemy, but no one who'd do it on purpose. "We got first-aid stuff in th' back if you need it," he told Elodie distractedly, his thoughts racing. "What happened after she shot you? Did she go fer the guy too?"

"Gus and our other f-friend..saved me… that's why I'm here with them.." she spoke after Elodies response, before moving to go behind Gus, just kinda seeking shelter in him from her thoughts as the two of them talked back and forth. she gripped the behind of Gus's shirt, if that girl had done something to Jez….she didn't know what she would do.

"is she attractive I wonder" June muttered to herself hugging Darius so that he wouldn't just decide to wander off.