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

Jez looks around the food area, a terrible stench of rotten mean coming from the powered down fridges. He gags, folding over and holding his stomach and covering his nose and mouth with the other hand.
His eyes watered as he steps back, gagging and trying not to breath in as much.
Soon he got away a good bit to where the stench wasn't as bad.
"Disgusting" he says shaking his head and going over to the canned aisle. Hoping something was over there.
-
Jesse attaches the silencer to the handgun and positions the metal padlock on the concrete and aims to shoot it and break it open.
Pulling the trigger back, she doesn't flinch as the metal broke open.
they know She thought, as the gunshot wasn't as loud but the metal clanging definitely was. Enough for them to hear it down there at least.
She rips it off the chain and the door, prying the rusted metal open.
She looks down the black whole, the light from the sun shining on the ladder but that was it.
What part of the store was this?
She looks up and scans the area. She was still closer to the back and there wasn't any light down there so she assumed it was a sort of storage room.
Her brows crease in frustration. She didn't want to blindly go down there and run into the screamers.
She pulls out her lighter and a 2 by 6 wooden plank, flicking the lighter till it lit up with a small flame.
She wraps it in a small thing of rope, tyeing it in a knot and setting it on fire on one end.
She slowly lowers the firey wood down to the room by the rope, the flame brightening up the room a little.
If there were any screamers, it would cone towards it, as they're attracted to the crackling of the fire and the wood.
So far all she can see is darkness. Some metal shelves and boxes every now and then along with the ladder.
Almost not wanting to peak in even more, her nerves getting the best of her, shes tempted to pull it back up and leave the boys alone.
It wasn't important enough to die over…
But they have things she needs. Especially for Elodie.
Her hands shaking, something she'd never let anyone see or know that was from nerves, she peeks down.
A low growl comes from down under near the fire. She wants to drop the rope. Slam the door shut. Run away and hide and never see the light of day.
But her face doesn't tell any of that. Only her heart beat and her nerves violent shaking under her skin.
Taking a deep breath, she lowers the plank more, illuminating black, leathery skin and eyes like an owls.
Jesse swallows…
She has to do this. Take their medical supplies. Not for her… but for Elodie.

-

Once Cassius finished Ophelia's braids he got out a small mirror and handed it to her.
"Okay done!" He says excitedly. Causing her to whip around to look, her long hair whipping him in the face.
ope…okay he thought as he chuckled lightly.
She takes the mirror and looks at her hair, half put up into braids around her head and at the middle in the back was a rose looking braid. The rest of her curly brown hair falling down over her back.
"Your turn!" She says loudly, standing up and going behind him.
Cassius nods "okay, you'll need the comb though!" He says leaning his head back to look at his daughter, their brown eyes meeting before they both smile and she starts doing his hair.
He gets lost in thought, loving how much of his wife he could see in Ophelia.
Amazed by how much of her beauty and kind heart he saw In his beloved daughter.
That is until she hit him in the face with the mirror, knocking him out of his thoughts a good few minutes later.
His whips his head forward "ah! What was that for!?" He asks, his voice not angry, just confused.
She frowns "I wanted you to see how pretty your hair was" she says, her eyes watering now.
He turns around, picking up the mirror and looking at his hair. The braids a bit messy and lopsided, strands sticking out left and right.
"Oh it looks wonderful. You did such a good job" he says tucking a small curl behind her ear "im not mad at you baby don't worry." He says taking her tiny hand in his.
She looks up to him "but you got loud…you never get loud" she says with a sniffle.
"Thats because that hurt. And I wasn't expecting it. Im sorry I got loud though. But you shouldn't hit someone okay?" he says giving her hand a reassuring squeeze, letting her know he wasn't mad at her.
"Unless they're hurting you. Then I'll hit them. And kick them" she says with a small smile
He chuckles "yeah, you can do it if they're not nice. But thats it" Cass tries to get her to understand.
She blinks, "what if they're mean to me?" She asks
Cass chuckles "then I'll hit them" he says with a nod.

(Waaaa)

(Lol what?)

(Nothing lol, trying to figure out what to do with tapioca)

Evan was walking his way through the store when he stopped short, he heard the metallic clang of the gun shot just barely, and the vibrations it probably made as he was nearby to where Jess was currently.
He continued to walk towards where he heard the sound, and found himself face to face with a door in the back of the store, it looked like a small light was coming from underneath it.
He paused, should he call for Jez? Maybe go get him and then come back?
He sighed, opening the bag and pulling out a decent sized knife. He set the bag down and pet tuna before zipping the bag up.
He moved towards the door and opened it softly and slowly moving to peak inside, his eyes widened at what he saw.
that's a…!
He paled immediately, moved to shut the door if he could without being noticed, if he was noticed then he would slam it shut.

(I’m also wondering how I should introduce my girls haha)

Hey they can run into Cass and Fia?? They're just chillin a good bit away from the others lol

Jez shot up to the sound of metal breaking, his eyes wide as he glanced around.
oh is Evan okay? he thought to himself, trying to find where it came from.

Meanwhile, Jesse held eye contact with the screamer for a long 5 seconds before its head jersey away towards the sound of the large metal door creaking open. It wasn't loud enough for her to hear too well but it definitely was enough for it.
"Shit" she curses, not wanting to go down there.
But before she could really think about it, the creature was lunging at the door and she slides down the ladder, hitting the floor hard and ready to fight.

As soon as the creature charged for the door he moved to slam it shut probably loud enough for Jez to hear, he heard someone's feet touch the ground and realized he had just locked someone in there with the screamer.
Ah crap! What do i do? Should I go in there and help that other person? I'm not that good at fighting..
He looked around for Jez as he pushed against the door.
"Jez!" He tried to call out for him in hopes that Jez might hear him, but not so loudly that other screamers should hear if there were any nearby.

Jezariah heard a loud slam from near the back of the store, around the same area as last night.
Then he hears Evans voice calling his name, obviously panicked.
With that, he books it, trying to run to his voice as fast as he can.
"Evan!" He calls out, though it wasn't long before he reached him.
"Evan? What's going on? Are you okay?" He asks, huffing.

-

Jesse looks around the room, assessing all of the materials around she could use.
Though as soon as the door slams shut, the screamer whips around to her, it's beady eyes staring at her before lunging forward. Clawed hands reached out to her as she dodged the blow, jumping to the side and rolling a bit before using the momentum to get back up.
She huffs
I'm trapped She thinks to herself, thinking that guy did this on purpose.
shit now he's calling for that pussy of a man

-

Ophelia nods her head, standing up and brushing off her pants.
Cass does the same, scoping out the area afterwards. They didn't particularly like going into the city often, liking to stay out in the country where they had a house that was still in tact. It was decently easy to find them since the reapers never came where nobody was and they were only destructive if they were fighting.
But they needed to gather a few supplies they couldn't grow on their small farm back at "home".
"Do you hear that dad?" Ophelia asks, looking around.
Cass furrows his brows "hear what Fia?" He asks, concerned.
"I hear singing" she says looking up to him then looking around.
He takes her hand "under the bridge. Hide under there till I say you can come out okay baby?" He says kneeling down to her height.
She sniffles "but what if they're people! I want to see somebody!" She says, her lip quivering.
"If they're people and they're nice, you can see them okay? But they might not be and I don't want you getting hurt" he says calmly.
She nods "okay. Promise?" She asks, holding out her pinky
He wraps his pinky with hers "I promise" he reassures her, kissing her forehead before lettingbher run under the small stone bridge, crouching behind some big rocks that had settled underneath, now wedged in between the stone and the ground.
He sighs, making sure nobody could see her before going to his back and pulling out a gun, his knife laying on the riverbed beside the bag. He pulls the hammer back, waiting. He listened, the beautiful melodic singing getting closer and closer around the corner where the stream swerved around and trees covered what was coming from the other side.

He heard Jez's running footsteps approach where he was hearing him call out his own name as he approached. His hand never left the handle as he moved away from the door just slightly, his eyes were still slightly panicked but he waited a few seconds for Jez to catch his breath before he started speaking.
"Don't freak out, however there is a screamer in the room behind me, but there's also a person in there with it. I'm going to open the door and try to help them." He sighed, moving to look at the door.
"I need you to distract the screamer so that the person can get out and then once the both of you are out I will shut the door hard. That way we don't have to fight it, but if it comes down to it then I will help fight it so that way everyone is safe. Understand?"
He stopped speaking so that he could hear a response from Jez, but he felt bad that they weren't helping at the very moment.
He hoped that the person in there could hold on a little longer.

( I don't think you need too)

( yeah )

(if you want you can resubmit it. Did you want to change something about her??)

Jez blinks a few times, panic setting in more and more as he spoke.
"uh yeah okay. open it ill get them out" he says motioning to the door, getting out his knife.
"did you get a look at them?" he asks, paranoid it was that crazy German chick from earlier. surely not though…

meanwhile, Jesse's looking around the room for anything explosive to kill it. To no surprise she doesn't within the few seconds she has to look before the creature threw itself on her, slaming her to the ground.
Jesse hits her head hard on the cement floor, causing her vision to go in and out for a good few seconds before shes able to fight back. Though she was already a bit too late, the creature already ripping a gash in her leg.
She bites her tongue, trying her best not to scream out in pain as she rolled out from underneath the screamer.
"you little shit" she curses under her breath, getting out her lighter from her pocket and lighting it.
the screamer goes towards the light in the room, though a little too close before it burns its face.
It screeches loud, the defeaning sound traveling throughout the whole building.
As Jesse drops the lighter suddenly to cover her ears, her eyes wide with pain, she realized that definitely wasnt a good idea.

_

Cassius stood his ground as he hears the music grow louder and louder then coming to a sudden stop.
"i wont hurt you if you dont pose a threat." he calls out, his voice soft and not loud enough to draw much attention but enough for the singers to hear him.
He takes a deep breath, a strand of blonde hair falling into his face from his poorly done braids, a flower sticking through one of them that Ophelia had put in.
Ophelia pulls her knees up to her chest and wraps her arms around her legs, putting her head down. Wanting to look but knowing her dad didnt want her to be seen.
is he going to kill them? she thought to herself, her curiosity taking over as shes tempted more and more to look.

(Man Evans gonna blame himself for Jess getting hurt-)

He shook his head,
"no I didn't but I did see they were a her I think." He swallowed, his throat suddenly feeling extremely dry.
He moved to open the door, looking in the room and seeing the creature screaming in pain.
He winced at the screamers scream, but still moved forward to go towards Jess, arriving at her side quickly, and moving to pick her up seeing her hurt leg.
"Sorry this is sudden, but I believe this is the best course of action given our situation."
His steps made little to no noise as he held his knife in one hand, ready for if Jez needed help. He tried to make his way out of the room with Jess as Jez would distract the beast.

(Sweet)

Jesse looks around to a light coming from the doorway, no longer in pitch black darkness. She pushes herself up as he steps towards her, glaring hard, a streak of blood dripping across her face and into her eye. She swings out her machete, "don't touch me" she growls, her voice deep and scratchy as she huffs. Jesse spits out blood onto the floor as she looks over to Jezariah.
"wait don't touch her!" Jezariah exclaims "she's dangerous" he says stepping forward, making sure to keep an eye on the screamer. Though the second he took his eyes of the screamer and to Jesse, a shiver went down his spine as she glares at him, machete in hand and pointed towards Even.
"ya know what, we can let her die" he says quickly, the screamer already mad at Jesse. Jezariah could leave her with it and it would do everyone a favor.
Before he could think about it long enough, he feels a sharp pain and tug on his leg as he's pulled down to the ground by his own leg, his arms blocking his head from an injury though scraping up his elbows. His arms go numb from the sudden pain, coughing, trying to get air back into his lungs quick enough to react.

Elodie followed quietly, keeping her head down, she sat down, cross legged and kept her eyes away from everyone, when she first met these people she had confidence they were trust her but the way the girl; Jasper reacted was making her feel like a misfit for sure. Though she couldn't really blame them, they were scared and she was a stranger, though she was nice she was still a stranger.

"I think so but i'm not sure, I was asleep when she left blood loss makes you very tired apparently." She said with a soft smile, her hands resting in her lap.

(This was the last post from the interaction with gus, elodie and jasper)

"We can't just let someone die! Besides If I didn't shut the door and lock her in here she wouldn't have gotten hurt!"
He yelled, probably louder then he intended to do it.
He through his hands up in defense. "Look, I just want to help you okay? If I can help you get out of here then I can go help Jez. I'm just trying to help."
He saw the blood dripping down her face and figured she might have gotten a concussion from being slammed into the ground by the screamer.
Or worse.
He turned to see Jez falling to the ground, "Jez!" He let out a yell before turning back to Jess.
"Please, if you won't let me help you then make your way out of the room and to safety."
He rushes over to Jez and tries to help him get back up.

Cassius looks he strangers over, "im alone" he replies, not answering their next question "is it just you two?" he asks, not daring to put the gun down just yet.
Ophelia peeks out from the rock, just enough to see two girls and her dad with a gun pointed towards them.
She didnt understand precautions that had to be taken when meeting new people in this world now.
Though she quickly tucked her head back behind the rock, trying to listen to their conversation.
why did he lie to them? she thought to herself, trying to figure it out.
Cass takes a step towards them, gun still pointed at them, waiting for them to answer his question.

Jesse sighs, glaring at Jezariah as he struggled to not be eaten alive by the screamer.
She wanted nothing more than to let him die right there, watching the life in his eyes fade as fear took over. She watches for a second as he claws at the screamers body, its skin getting stuck underneath his nails, trying to get away.
"verdammt" she curses, "do not touch me. we kill it and help him. you touch me, both of you die" she says harshly, "we take advantage of distraction." she says before stepping towards the screamer and stabbing it.
he has supplies and information i want. i need him alive….unfortunately
she drags the blade down through its thin ribs, cracking them as much as she can before it unlatches its claws from Jez's leg and snaps its jaws towards Jesse.
Jez finally catches his breath and looks up to Evan, "stab her" he mouths, not able to actually speak through his heavy gasps for air.