Zombie Apocalypse (Role-play)
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((OOC: This is a joint post between, Cinia Pacifica, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))
Hilda walked forward, "I hope we took out most of them, or else you guys might just run out of bullets," she yelled so that the other three would be able to hear her words, then looked to the left, then to the right, all she could find are corpses, shot down. She then continued to walk forward. "Alright, we make way to the rooms now! Keep your guard up!"
"There's supposed to be four zombies at the room on the left, me and Kotori lured them in there using a can," Uther yelled at Hilda and reloaded his guns. I guess the other people are already hiding inside the closet in their rooms. Maybe some are being eaten right now. He began walking and checking around the intersections.
Hilda looked back at Uther and slowly nodded. Then took careful steps towards the door. She then slowly turns the doorknob as she opens it. The zombies are found to be... crawling towards the speaker at the corner of the room, in front of them. There are four just as she was told. To this, Hilda feels slightly surprised, and dumb-founded by the scene at the same time, but this is to be expected. Hilda moved aside from the way and waited for the others to shoot the four zombies down.
"Tch, not again!" Kotori said with a disappointed voice. [color=#fff0080]"Sorry, not accustomed to shooting this without the stand, so I'm not used to the recoil like that!"[/color]
Iteyui seemed to shoot in fine condition, as she takes down the four targets. Everyone decides to move to take down the zombies in the corridor, as more are seen coming.
GM notes:
Hanasaku & Katsucha: The two attempts to shoot the four zombies in sight, within the room. A dice is to be rolled to test to check if they succeed, 5 is required.
Dice results: 4, 1
-Iteyui: 3 + 4 = 7
-Kotori: 4 + 1 = 5
(Iteyui is able to shoot her targets down just fine. But Kotori misses her shots.)
Hilda walked forward, "I hope we took out most of them, or else you guys might just run out of bullets," she yelled so that the other three would be able to hear her words, then looked to the left, then to the right, all she could find are corpses, shot down. She then continued to walk forward. "Alright, we make way to the rooms now! Keep your guard up!"
"There's supposed to be four zombies at the room on the left, me and Kotori lured them in there using a can," Uther yelled at Hilda and reloaded his guns. I guess the other people are already hiding inside the closet in their rooms. Maybe some are being eaten right now. He began walking and checking around the intersections.
Hilda looked back at Uther and slowly nodded. Then took careful steps towards the door. She then slowly turns the doorknob as she opens it. The zombies are found to be... crawling towards the speaker at the corner of the room, in front of them. There are four just as she was told. To this, Hilda feels slightly surprised, and dumb-founded by the scene at the same time, but this is to be expected. Hilda moved aside from the way and waited for the others to shoot the four zombies down.
"Tch, not again!" Kotori said with a disappointed voice. [color=#fff0080]"Sorry, not accustomed to shooting this without the stand, so I'm not used to the recoil like that!"[/color]
Iteyui seemed to shoot in fine condition, as she takes down the four targets. Everyone decides to move to take down the zombies in the corridor, as more are seen coming.
GM notes:
Hanasaku & Katsucha: The two attempts to shoot the four zombies in sight, within the room. A dice is to be rolled to test to check if they succeed, 5 is required.
Dice results: 4, 1
-Iteyui: 3 + 4 = 7
-Kotori: 4 + 1 = 5
(Iteyui is able to shoot her targets down just fine. But Kotori misses her shots.)
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((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
Reaching the deck, the group passes by the man who had shot out the speakers. His body is shredded with only a few body-parts remaining. His shotgun is close to where he had been taken down. All the remains is part of his torso and his face, with his legs somewhat dragged away from the rest of the corpse. Christine stops for a moment, giving a respectful nod to the man before taking his gun.
"What a waste of life..." Christine mumbles to herself. Cliff heard hears but decides this is hardly the time or place for a moral discussion. They needed to pay attention to the task at hand.
The alarms are still blaring loudly on the other side of the ship, but Kris knows that it will only distract them for so long, before they start to wonder the ship again, however in actuality, that wouldn't happen, because as long as they're not taken down, the zombies' mind would be a mess due to their only sense of direction being overwhelmed by this buzzing sound of the alarm. Kahori is still holding onto him, and keeping up with his pace using her grip on him to push herself forward.
The group made a great progress, and it seemed as if lady luck is on their side.
"Ryan!!!" screams a woman running over to the man who had been ripped to shreds. She crouches over him and begins crying aloud. Two more people walk up, apparently trying to catch up with the woman. "Dammit...that's no way to die," says one of them. Finally, they notice the presence of the group. "Are you the ones messing with the alarms?! What the hell are you doing that for?!" yells the other man. "What kind of people would do this!?" says the man walking over to the group.
Kris notices the knife in his hand and rests his hand on his gun. "Back away," Kris said loud enough for the man to hear. "Or what?!" the man responded. Drawing his gun he aimed for the man's face. "Let's get going on that boat. This might get too loud and annoying soon..." Sophia advises.
"Will it be alright to make warning shots if they try to get in our way regardless of your words, Kris?" asked Ayane, her sniper seemed to be ready for action, any time.
"Well... warning shots are okay, I guess," Kahori thought aloud hiding slightly behind Kris.
"It's ok to do a lot more than that..." Kris answers resting his finger on the trigger before turning his attention back to the man. "Now move along."
Satoru could tell that Kris wasn't joking. And here he had set out to help people. Using the bit of kindness he had he tried talk the man down. "Hey man, get out of here while this guy still has patience," Satoru warned.
Reaching the deck, the group passes by the man who had shot out the speakers. His body is shredded with only a few body-parts remaining. His shotgun is close to where he had been taken down. All the remains is part of his torso and his face, with his legs somewhat dragged away from the rest of the corpse. Christine stops for a moment, giving a respectful nod to the man before taking his gun.
"What a waste of life..." Christine mumbles to herself. Cliff heard hears but decides this is hardly the time or place for a moral discussion. They needed to pay attention to the task at hand.
The alarms are still blaring loudly on the other side of the ship, but Kris knows that it will only distract them for so long, before they start to wonder the ship again, however in actuality, that wouldn't happen, because as long as they're not taken down, the zombies' mind would be a mess due to their only sense of direction being overwhelmed by this buzzing sound of the alarm. Kahori is still holding onto him, and keeping up with his pace using her grip on him to push herself forward.
The group made a great progress, and it seemed as if lady luck is on their side.
"Ryan!!!" screams a woman running over to the man who had been ripped to shreds. She crouches over him and begins crying aloud. Two more people walk up, apparently trying to catch up with the woman. "Dammit...that's no way to die," says one of them. Finally, they notice the presence of the group. "Are you the ones messing with the alarms?! What the hell are you doing that for?!" yells the other man. "What kind of people would do this!?" says the man walking over to the group.
Kris notices the knife in his hand and rests his hand on his gun. "Back away," Kris said loud enough for the man to hear. "Or what?!" the man responded. Drawing his gun he aimed for the man's face. "Let's get going on that boat. This might get too loud and annoying soon..." Sophia advises.
"Will it be alright to make warning shots if they try to get in our way regardless of your words, Kris?" asked Ayane, her sniper seemed to be ready for action, any time.
"Well... warning shots are okay, I guess," Kahori thought aloud hiding slightly behind Kris.
"It's ok to do a lot more than that..." Kris answers resting his finger on the trigger before turning his attention back to the man. "Now move along."
Satoru could tell that Kris wasn't joking. And here he had set out to help people. Using the bit of kindness he had he tried talk the man down. "Hey man, get out of here while this guy still has patience," Satoru warned.
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((OOC: This is a joint post between, Cinia Pacifica, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))
As the zombies charge straight for the four, Hilda moves aside, so as to let the others shoot them down, although the distance is a bit short. She kept herself in a position, where she can stop the zombies with a sweep from her blade. "What are you waiting for?! Shoot them down now!" she yelled as she felt that their reaction timing is a bit too slow.
Kotori aims a bit lower, hoping this time the recoil would work better on her favor. As she tried to aim, she hears Hilda screaming at them. "Just be ready yourself!" Kotori said as she took her shot at the zombies quckly shooting them down one of the incoming zombies, she then quickly aims at another one of the zombies, doing the same as before lowering her aim just a bit. She fires a second shot.
It seemed that Kotori's shots killed more than two of them. The bullets seemed to go through the head of more than one. That's one strong bullet...
Iteyui seemed to do exceptionally well in contrast to her under-performance before. Not hesistating to doubt her luck, Iteyui fired at two, before emptying the cache and reloading, then took another two more shots spontaneously at different targets. "Seems like I'll get used to it soon."
"Nice shot," Uther commented on Kotori and Iteyui's shots as he punched his gun. Damnit, jammed at times like this!? Uther then cocked his gun and a bent bullet casing flew out of his gun. That sucked, and I thought that this gun never jams.
It seemed that a few zombies lasted in the corridors and everyone... tried firing, a certain someone failed. Hilda ignored that part. It seemed that all the zombies in this part are dead anyway. Hilda then knocked on the door of a room, she heard noises of people saying "We won't open it!" and just walked and went on to the next, and so on. No rooms contained any of the dead.
"We're talking to the other side of this plane now, and then we'll go to the back of the plane!"
As the group moved up once again... more of the dead popped up. "You guys running short on bullets yet?!"
"I still have plenty left but not on my current magazine," Kotori said as she got another case from her bag to get her weapon ready.
"I still have a few more bullets left. I'm guessing that there are a few more in the storage of this plane."
GM notes:
Gahald_Mills, Katsucha & Hanasaku: The three attempts to shoot down more of the zombies aboard. A dice is to be rolled to figure is they can correctly shoot them down, 7 is required.
Dice result: 4, 6, 1.
- Kotori: 4 + 4
- Iteyui: 6 + 3
- Uther: 2 + 1
As the zombies charge straight for the four, Hilda moves aside, so as to let the others shoot them down, although the distance is a bit short. She kept herself in a position, where she can stop the zombies with a sweep from her blade. "What are you waiting for?! Shoot them down now!" she yelled as she felt that their reaction timing is a bit too slow.
Kotori aims a bit lower, hoping this time the recoil would work better on her favor. As she tried to aim, she hears Hilda screaming at them. "Just be ready yourself!" Kotori said as she took her shot at the zombies quckly shooting them down one of the incoming zombies, she then quickly aims at another one of the zombies, doing the same as before lowering her aim just a bit. She fires a second shot.
It seemed that Kotori's shots killed more than two of them. The bullets seemed to go through the head of more than one. That's one strong bullet...
Iteyui seemed to do exceptionally well in contrast to her under-performance before. Not hesistating to doubt her luck, Iteyui fired at two, before emptying the cache and reloading, then took another two more shots spontaneously at different targets. "Seems like I'll get used to it soon."
"Nice shot," Uther commented on Kotori and Iteyui's shots as he punched his gun. Damnit, jammed at times like this!? Uther then cocked his gun and a bent bullet casing flew out of his gun. That sucked, and I thought that this gun never jams.
It seemed that a few zombies lasted in the corridors and everyone... tried firing, a certain someone failed. Hilda ignored that part. It seemed that all the zombies in this part are dead anyway. Hilda then knocked on the door of a room, she heard noises of people saying "We won't open it!" and just walked and went on to the next, and so on. No rooms contained any of the dead.
"We're talking to the other side of this plane now, and then we'll go to the back of the plane!"
As the group moved up once again... more of the dead popped up. "You guys running short on bullets yet?!"
"I still have plenty left but not on my current magazine," Kotori said as she got another case from her bag to get her weapon ready.
"I still have a few more bullets left. I'm guessing that there are a few more in the storage of this plane."
GM notes:
Gahald_Mills, Katsucha & Hanasaku: The three attempts to shoot down more of the zombies aboard. A dice is to be rolled to figure is they can correctly shoot them down, 7 is required.
Dice result: 4, 6, 1.
- Kotori: 4 + 4
- Iteyui: 6 + 3
- Uther: 2 + 1
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((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
It seemed that Cliff and Christine were able to keep up with the group decently. The group had gathered shortly around the body of a dead man on the deck. As Christine picked up the shotgun of the dead man, a woman and two men behind her came running to the dead body. They confronted Kris, and Satoru seemed to try to calm the situation, but Cliff couldn't help but feel that time was ticking. We need to get moving... That man is dead for a reason. And we'll be dead soon if we don't move.
Satoru sheathed his sword for a moment to seem less of a threat to the man, "Is this all really worth dying for? You still need to watch over that woman don't you?" says Satoru convincing the man that this all wasn't worth getting shot for, as he said so, Ayane lowered her weapon, feeling that she may not need to shoot any warning shots at all. Still you could see the hate in the man's eyes. Kris returned the same sentiment even if it was blocked by his face mask. But the man stepped away heading, back to the woman and their other companion. Christine stood there, she thought to negotiate with them but realized there's no more boat for them. She must keep it a secret if she wants to make it out alive. The three then walked away, the woman seemed to be sobbing, but the two men pulled her out of sight regardless. Are they about to go hide somewhere now? It doesn't matter anymore.
Kris lowered his weapon, but didn't holster it until the man and his friends were out of sight. 'That saved us alot of trouble' thought Kris nodding to Satoru. The group moved ahead, noticing that the boat they were looking for was just off to the side by the railings, a couple meters from where they were.
Putting the gun away, he turned to Kahori and picked her up, placing her on the boat. Snatching his chainblade from its holster, he kept his watch on the walkways as the others began to work on the boat. It was an easy enough contraption to control, but it would still take a little bit of time. The alarms were still blaring loudly keeping the horde occupied.
Kahori felt a bit surprised as Kris suddenly lifted her to the boat, she then softly signaled with her tiny hands for everyone to quickly get in, but regardless, it'd take time for Cliff and Christine to get in, at the end. She felt worried that the zombies may attack when the others are getting on the boat though...
"...How long until the boat is ready?", Sophia asked. She is simply worried about chances of other people showing up soon, and who knows if they can be persuaded to leave peacefully just like the two people before. Indeed, Sophia finds no problem on killing other human beings, but the others in the group will not be that tolerant if she does so.
As Cliff and Christine reached the boat, it looked like everyone was having a bit of trouble starting it up. "I can take it from here Christine, let me go ahead and give the boat a look," The boat was a standard, lifesaver vessel, though the design was a bit aged. Cliff slowly took a walk around the boat; while it was well past midnight, the lights from the ship gave off enough light to make out the entirety of the boat.
Ayane jumped into the boat and looked into it as well, however, she cannot understand to make it work. "Seems old... I don't really know how to operate this."
"Hm... I'm surprised they didn't upgrade this boat from its crude gas design...it has the reinforced light plating..." Cliff mumbled to himself a bit before continuing. "Alright, well, the engine is over here," Cliff said while walking over and tapping the the small box towards one end of the boat. "It's an old model, but it's simple, we just need to flip this switch on, and press this button once we lower it down to the water. It looks like it has fuel, but we can only hope that it'll last us." Cliff made his way onto the boat as he finished speaking.
...Why they didn't put more modern boats in this ship? Sophia wondered. Such old type of boat should be in the museum by now, she thought.
"I hope there's no big waves later," Christine stared at the boat. "Well, this is better than being surrounded by them."
"... You can't swim?", Sophia looking at Christine nonchalantly while poking Christine's butt.
"Hyaaa!!" Christine jumped away from Sophia. "Nana! I-I-I can swim, really!" Christine pouted while dusting her butt.
"... Good. Then you can help me if I'm drowning later...", Sophia continued while watching the others entering the boat.
"I can swim too!" Ayane proudly announced, "I got a gold medal for my swimming skills as well!"
Christine was dumbfounded when she heard Sophia can't swim. She took an emergency life jacket from a pile of them that she saw under one of the seats of the boat. "Really Ayane? Then you can help me later when Nana accidentally drowned. " She walked towards Sophia and put the jacket on her while groping her breast as revenge.
Unfazed with Christine's groping her breasts, Sophia pinched the woman's nose. "....I'm joking. I can swim just fine. Worry about yourself first before thinking about others...", she said expressionlessly. By saying that, she put the life jacket to Christine instead. It's unclear whether it's Sophia's way to cheering up Christine, or she just wanted to tease the reporter.
"Haha, I thought that it was a joke, because apparently, she's a good fighter. But don't worry, Miss, I'll keep you safe in case you have trouble swimming too!" Ayane smiled with a wink, as she said so.
Christine pouted, ...I can't tell them the truth. It's too embarassing! Christine took off the life jacket, still pouting.
Kris kept his eyes focused out to the deck, but the alarms did their jobs well.. The zombies stayed occupied the entire time without incident. And luckily he didn't have to fire any shots at the previous trouble. That was thanks in large part to Satoru. After everyone else had made it onto the boat Kris, Satoru, and Sophia got up into the boat.
"Guess we didn't have to shoot in the end, huh? It'd be trouble because the sounds of the gunshots may be louder than the alarm sound I caused," Ayane said as she looked around the boat properly now, the boat is draped with blood, even the seats. And the zombie corpse, as well as a corpse of two men could be seen in the floor, "...Someone should, remove these bodies back to the ship... right?" she spoke as she looked away from the corpses immediately. This could actually be trouble, because these two dead men can rise up as zombies soon.
GM Notes:
Applesauce: The Samurai, Satoru, tries to convince the two men to stop. A dice is to be rolled to test to figure out if he succeeds, 7 is required.
Dice Result: 5
4 + 5 = 9
(Satoru is able to convince them with his convincing words. Bonus: They're convinced so much to the point that they're nowhere to be seen. They totally left the group alone.)
It seemed that Cliff and Christine were able to keep up with the group decently. The group had gathered shortly around the body of a dead man on the deck. As Christine picked up the shotgun of the dead man, a woman and two men behind her came running to the dead body. They confronted Kris, and Satoru seemed to try to calm the situation, but Cliff couldn't help but feel that time was ticking. We need to get moving... That man is dead for a reason. And we'll be dead soon if we don't move.
Satoru sheathed his sword for a moment to seem less of a threat to the man, "Is this all really worth dying for? You still need to watch over that woman don't you?" says Satoru convincing the man that this all wasn't worth getting shot for, as he said so, Ayane lowered her weapon, feeling that she may not need to shoot any warning shots at all. Still you could see the hate in the man's eyes. Kris returned the same sentiment even if it was blocked by his face mask. But the man stepped away heading, back to the woman and their other companion. Christine stood there, she thought to negotiate with them but realized there's no more boat for them. She must keep it a secret if she wants to make it out alive. The three then walked away, the woman seemed to be sobbing, but the two men pulled her out of sight regardless. Are they about to go hide somewhere now? It doesn't matter anymore.
Kris lowered his weapon, but didn't holster it until the man and his friends were out of sight. 'That saved us alot of trouble' thought Kris nodding to Satoru. The group moved ahead, noticing that the boat they were looking for was just off to the side by the railings, a couple meters from where they were.
Putting the gun away, he turned to Kahori and picked her up, placing her on the boat. Snatching his chainblade from its holster, he kept his watch on the walkways as the others began to work on the boat. It was an easy enough contraption to control, but it would still take a little bit of time. The alarms were still blaring loudly keeping the horde occupied.
Kahori felt a bit surprised as Kris suddenly lifted her to the boat, she then softly signaled with her tiny hands for everyone to quickly get in, but regardless, it'd take time for Cliff and Christine to get in, at the end. She felt worried that the zombies may attack when the others are getting on the boat though...
"...How long until the boat is ready?", Sophia asked. She is simply worried about chances of other people showing up soon, and who knows if they can be persuaded to leave peacefully just like the two people before. Indeed, Sophia finds no problem on killing other human beings, but the others in the group will not be that tolerant if she does so.
As Cliff and Christine reached the boat, it looked like everyone was having a bit of trouble starting it up. "I can take it from here Christine, let me go ahead and give the boat a look," The boat was a standard, lifesaver vessel, though the design was a bit aged. Cliff slowly took a walk around the boat; while it was well past midnight, the lights from the ship gave off enough light to make out the entirety of the boat.
Ayane jumped into the boat and looked into it as well, however, she cannot understand to make it work. "Seems old... I don't really know how to operate this."
"Hm... I'm surprised they didn't upgrade this boat from its crude gas design...it has the reinforced light plating..." Cliff mumbled to himself a bit before continuing. "Alright, well, the engine is over here," Cliff said while walking over and tapping the the small box towards one end of the boat. "It's an old model, but it's simple, we just need to flip this switch on, and press this button once we lower it down to the water. It looks like it has fuel, but we can only hope that it'll last us." Cliff made his way onto the boat as he finished speaking.
...Why they didn't put more modern boats in this ship? Sophia wondered. Such old type of boat should be in the museum by now, she thought.
"I hope there's no big waves later," Christine stared at the boat. "Well, this is better than being surrounded by them."
"... You can't swim?", Sophia looking at Christine nonchalantly while poking Christine's butt.
"Hyaaa!!" Christine jumped away from Sophia. "Nana! I-I-I can swim, really!" Christine pouted while dusting her butt.
"... Good. Then you can help me if I'm drowning later...", Sophia continued while watching the others entering the boat.
"I can swim too!" Ayane proudly announced, "I got a gold medal for my swimming skills as well!"
Christine was dumbfounded when she heard Sophia can't swim. She took an emergency life jacket from a pile of them that she saw under one of the seats of the boat. "Really Ayane? Then you can help me later when Nana accidentally drowned. " She walked towards Sophia and put the jacket on her while groping her breast as revenge.
Unfazed with Christine's groping her breasts, Sophia pinched the woman's nose. "....I'm joking. I can swim just fine. Worry about yourself first before thinking about others...", she said expressionlessly. By saying that, she put the life jacket to Christine instead. It's unclear whether it's Sophia's way to cheering up Christine, or she just wanted to tease the reporter.
"Haha, I thought that it was a joke, because apparently, she's a good fighter. But don't worry, Miss, I'll keep you safe in case you have trouble swimming too!" Ayane smiled with a wink, as she said so.
Christine pouted, ...I can't tell them the truth. It's too embarassing! Christine took off the life jacket, still pouting.
Kris kept his eyes focused out to the deck, but the alarms did their jobs well.. The zombies stayed occupied the entire time without incident. And luckily he didn't have to fire any shots at the previous trouble. That was thanks in large part to Satoru. After everyone else had made it onto the boat Kris, Satoru, and Sophia got up into the boat.
"Guess we didn't have to shoot in the end, huh? It'd be trouble because the sounds of the gunshots may be louder than the alarm sound I caused," Ayane said as she looked around the boat properly now, the boat is draped with blood, even the seats. And the zombie corpse, as well as a corpse of two men could be seen in the floor, "...Someone should, remove these bodies back to the ship... right?" she spoke as she looked away from the corpses immediately. This could actually be trouble, because these two dead men can rise up as zombies soon.
GM Notes:
Applesauce: The Samurai, Satoru, tries to convince the two men to stop. A dice is to be rolled to test to figure out if he succeeds, 7 is required.
Dice Result: 5
4 + 5 = 9
(Satoru is able to convince them with his convincing words. Bonus: They're convinced so much to the point that they're nowhere to be seen. They totally left the group alone.)
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
As Ayane mentioned that she saw dead bodies Cliff almost immediately backed onto the side of the boat. Unsure of how he missed the two bodies, it was true that there was a zombie corpse tucked under the seat of the far side of the boat, and two bodies next to it. The boat was large enough to accomodate a fairly good amount of people, so Cliff likely missed them since he was concentrated on the outside and not the inside of the boat. "Dear God..." Cliff said under his breath while covering his mouth with one hand.
Kris sighed as rose to his feet. "We just can't have a boat without dead in it can we?" Kris complains as he moves over to the bodies. They seemed to have been dead for some time. "Hey Satoru can you give me a hand? I don't want to take any chances," Kris asked as he started pulling up the first corpse.
Satoru got up and assisted Kris the best he could, putting himself into the mode of his work where he often turned off his emotions.
Kahori leaned over the railing of the ship and tugged on Kris' jacket to get his attention. "Kris. Dead bodies. Need to cut off their heads before tossing them over the side.", Kahori reported to Kris.
As Satoru and Kris began pulling the bodies out from the boat, and after Kahori had finished her sentence, the scene that Christine and Cliff had been wrapped in before they got onto the ship flashed into Cliff's mind. Cliff quickly called out to Kris in a grave tone, "Kris! Kahori's right, the bodies... they need to be severed immediatedely. They could turn into zombies; Christine and I have witnessed such things up close and personal."
As Cliff said so, the dead men indeed opened their eyes ead men indeed opened their eyes when Kris and Satoru grabbed them. They groaned back to life as they tried to bite on the two. Ayane quickly reacted, taking up her gun and trusting with her bayonet to the foreheads... however, she succeeds in killing only one zombie - blood sprays on her as her bayonet pierces the forehead - there isn't enough time to save anyone from the other zombie by herself.
Sophia attempts to pull out SILVANUS upon realizing that the new-born zombie is going to try and bite Kris. However...
Kris quickly stomped the zombie to the boat so that its upper torso hung over the side. The zombie snarled and flailed in an attempt to free itself and claim its dinner. Kris smirked as he placed his palm on the hilt of the chain blade. Thrusting it forward into the throat of the zombie and making a quick ripping motion, he decapitated the corpse. "Nice call," Kris compliments as he kicks the corpse over the side of the boat.
Sophia weakened her grip on her weapon. She didn't need to pull it out anymore, Maybe now I can get some silence and rest... she thinks as she feels that her dream land is not too far away anymore, at last.
Blood rolls down Ayane's face like tears, she muttters while wiping the blood off her face, "We should... start up the boat now and leave."
Satoru offers his arm for support to Ayane, who looked almost broken down. Ayane simply casted her sight downwards.
With the quick death of the awakened zombies, Cliff let out a sigh of relief. "Yeah, we really should get going. We need to get this to the water. There's supposed to be a platform for lowering this, especially since its out here," Cliff rebounded quickly and analyzed the situation.
Kahori speaks up after Cliff gets done. "There should be a lever near the lowering mechanisms on the deck to the right. If you release the lever, the boat should lower down smoothly."
Looking for the lever that Kahori was refering to, he finally found it and gave it a quick pull. The machine revved up and then began lowering the boat slowly. "At least something is working right on this ship," Kris sighs as he sits back down next to Kahori.
GM notes:
Cinia Pacifica: Ayane attempts to kill the zombies by trusting with her bayonet attached on the sniper. A dice is to be rolled to test to see if she succeeds with her Strength, 6 is required.
Dice result: 4
2 + 4 = 6
(Your character is able to only fast enough to kill one of them with a proper trust... as for the other... )
TheLoneGentleman: Kris attempts to kill the zombies with his chainsaw blade, a dice is to be rolled to test his Strength to see if he succeeds, 7 is required.
Dice result: 6
(Your character is able to kill the zombie off in time.)
Zandorf: Kahori attempts to analyze the deck as she looks around the ship from the boat, in amidst the darkness of the night. A dice is to be rolled to test her Perception (more like, eye-sight?), if she can find what she is looking for, 5 is required.
Dice result: 4
3 + 4 = 7
(Your character is able to spot the lever. From the boat, it is to the right on the ship, in the deck.)
As Ayane mentioned that she saw dead bodies Cliff almost immediately backed onto the side of the boat. Unsure of how he missed the two bodies, it was true that there was a zombie corpse tucked under the seat of the far side of the boat, and two bodies next to it. The boat was large enough to accomodate a fairly good amount of people, so Cliff likely missed them since he was concentrated on the outside and not the inside of the boat. "Dear God..." Cliff said under his breath while covering his mouth with one hand.
Kris sighed as rose to his feet. "We just can't have a boat without dead in it can we?" Kris complains as he moves over to the bodies. They seemed to have been dead for some time. "Hey Satoru can you give me a hand? I don't want to take any chances," Kris asked as he started pulling up the first corpse.
Satoru got up and assisted Kris the best he could, putting himself into the mode of his work where he often turned off his emotions.
Kahori leaned over the railing of the ship and tugged on Kris' jacket to get his attention. "Kris. Dead bodies. Need to cut off their heads before tossing them over the side.", Kahori reported to Kris.
As Satoru and Kris began pulling the bodies out from the boat, and after Kahori had finished her sentence, the scene that Christine and Cliff had been wrapped in before they got onto the ship flashed into Cliff's mind. Cliff quickly called out to Kris in a grave tone, "Kris! Kahori's right, the bodies... they need to be severed immediatedely. They could turn into zombies; Christine and I have witnessed such things up close and personal."
As Cliff said so, the dead men indeed opened their eyes ead men indeed opened their eyes when Kris and Satoru grabbed them. They groaned back to life as they tried to bite on the two. Ayane quickly reacted, taking up her gun and trusting with her bayonet to the foreheads... however, she succeeds in killing only one zombie - blood sprays on her as her bayonet pierces the forehead - there isn't enough time to save anyone from the other zombie by herself.
Sophia attempts to pull out SILVANUS upon realizing that the new-born zombie is going to try and bite Kris. However...
Kris quickly stomped the zombie to the boat so that its upper torso hung over the side. The zombie snarled and flailed in an attempt to free itself and claim its dinner. Kris smirked as he placed his palm on the hilt of the chain blade. Thrusting it forward into the throat of the zombie and making a quick ripping motion, he decapitated the corpse. "Nice call," Kris compliments as he kicks the corpse over the side of the boat.
Sophia weakened her grip on her weapon. She didn't need to pull it out anymore, Maybe now I can get some silence and rest... she thinks as she feels that her dream land is not too far away anymore, at last.
Blood rolls down Ayane's face like tears, she muttters while wiping the blood off her face, "We should... start up the boat now and leave."
Satoru offers his arm for support to Ayane, who looked almost broken down. Ayane simply casted her sight downwards.
With the quick death of the awakened zombies, Cliff let out a sigh of relief. "Yeah, we really should get going. We need to get this to the water. There's supposed to be a platform for lowering this, especially since its out here," Cliff rebounded quickly and analyzed the situation.
Kahori speaks up after Cliff gets done. "There should be a lever near the lowering mechanisms on the deck to the right. If you release the lever, the boat should lower down smoothly."
Looking for the lever that Kahori was refering to, he finally found it and gave it a quick pull. The machine revved up and then began lowering the boat slowly. "At least something is working right on this ship," Kris sighs as he sits back down next to Kahori.
GM notes:
Cinia Pacifica: Ayane attempts to kill the zombies by trusting with her bayonet attached on the sniper. A dice is to be rolled to test to see if she succeeds with her Strength, 6 is required.
Dice result: 4
2 + 4 = 6
(Your character is able to only fast enough to kill one of them with a proper trust... as for the other... )
TheLoneGentleman: Kris attempts to kill the zombies with his chainsaw blade, a dice is to be rolled to test his Strength to see if he succeeds, 7 is required.
Dice result: 6
(Your character is able to kill the zombie off in time.)
Zandorf: Kahori attempts to analyze the deck as she looks around the ship from the boat, in amidst the darkness of the night. A dice is to be rolled to test her Perception (more like, eye-sight?), if she can find what she is looking for, 5 is required.
Dice result: 4
3 + 4 = 7
(Your character is able to spot the lever. From the boat, it is to the right on the ship, in the deck.)
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((OOC: This is a joint post between, Cinia Pacifica, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))
"By the way, Hilda do you happen to know whats the total of passengers on the plane? I would hope not, but there's a chance half of the passengers have been infected by now or even more," Kotori asked as she took a few shoots at the zombies that had just popped out.
"I think only the staff and a few passengers are infected. Maybe most of them are already hiding and barricading themselves in their room," Uther guessed.
Hilda sighs, "I don't know how many people are aboard but... I do know that there are too many zombies here. Though I think we cleared out this place, almost. Just the rest of the rooms and the storage on the back remains, I believe."
Kotori shots bring down two more zombies, and then feels the pressure from the recoil, "Don't just stand there you two, fire at them already!" Kotori told Uther and Iteyui."It also seems the stairs for the storage is just a few feet behind them as well."
Hilda ran forward at the lack of responses from Uther and Iteyui, were their guns having problems? Or did they really ran out of ammunition somehow? Hilda then slashed, cut and severed the heads of the zombies with her broad sword. She wiped her blood from her creamy cheeks as she took out three of them. Drops of blood dripped down her blonde hair as well.
Hilda then inspects the storage, there are no more zombies. No humans other than the group of four, either. It seems that the zombies are all... staff members, mostly air hostesses with their now-tattered bloody uniforms.
Katsucha: Kotori attempts to shoot the zombies with her sniper. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute to test to see if she succeeds, 5 is required.
Dice result: 2
4 + 2 = 6
(Your character has an okay aim and is able to shoot the zombies down properly, but the recoil is still making things tough.)
Cinia Pacifica: Hilda attempts to attack three zombies with her broad sword. A dice is to be rolled to test to figure out with her Strength attribute, if she does it properly, 6 is required.
Dice result: 3
4 + 3
(Your character is able to slice the zombies off, and she is able to do it properly, perhaps it's because she has gotten a bit of rest and she didn't use her broad sword much, so far, hence, she doesn't feel much tiredness, yet.)
"By the way, Hilda do you happen to know whats the total of passengers on the plane? I would hope not, but there's a chance half of the passengers have been infected by now or even more," Kotori asked as she took a few shoots at the zombies that had just popped out.
"I think only the staff and a few passengers are infected. Maybe most of them are already hiding and barricading themselves in their room," Uther guessed.
Hilda sighs, "I don't know how many people are aboard but... I do know that there are too many zombies here. Though I think we cleared out this place, almost. Just the rest of the rooms and the storage on the back remains, I believe."
Kotori shots bring down two more zombies, and then feels the pressure from the recoil, "Don't just stand there you two, fire at them already!" Kotori told Uther and Iteyui."It also seems the stairs for the storage is just a few feet behind them as well."
Hilda ran forward at the lack of responses from Uther and Iteyui, were their guns having problems? Or did they really ran out of ammunition somehow? Hilda then slashed, cut and severed the heads of the zombies with her broad sword. She wiped her blood from her creamy cheeks as she took out three of them. Drops of blood dripped down her blonde hair as well.
Hilda then inspects the storage, there are no more zombies. No humans other than the group of four, either. It seems that the zombies are all... staff members, mostly air hostesses with their now-tattered bloody uniforms.
Katsucha: Kotori attempts to shoot the zombies with her sniper. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute to test to see if she succeeds, 5 is required.
Dice result: 2
4 + 2 = 6
(Your character has an okay aim and is able to shoot the zombies down properly, but the recoil is still making things tough.)
Cinia Pacifica: Hilda attempts to attack three zombies with her broad sword. A dice is to be rolled to test to figure out with her Strength attribute, if she does it properly, 6 is required.
Dice result: 3
4 + 3
(Your character is able to slice the zombies off, and she is able to do it properly, perhaps it's because she has gotten a bit of rest and she didn't use her broad sword much, so far, hence, she doesn't feel much tiredness, yet.)
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((OOC: This is a joint post between, Cinia Pacifica, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))
"By the way, Hilda do you happen to know whats the total of passengers on the plane? I would hope not, but there's a chance half of the passengers have been infected by now or even more," Kotori asked as she took a few shoots at the zombies that had just popped out.
"I think only the staff and a few passangers are infected. Maybe most of them are already hiding and barricading themselves in their room," Uther guessed.
Hilda sighs, "I don't know how many people are aboard but... I do know that there are too many zombies here. Though I think we cleared out this place, almost. Just the rest of the rooms and the storage on the back remains, I believe."
Kotori's shots bring down two more zombies, and then feels the pressure from the recoil, "Don't just stand there you two, fire at them already!" Kotori told Uther and Iteyui."It also seems the stairs for the storage is just a few feet behind them as well."
Iteyui was caught off-guard by the sheer lack of comprehensive ability to analyse the scene, but nevertheless attempted to shoot at the oncoming horde of zombies. However, her shots did not get through them, and on the other hand, passed them very swiftfully and met with a 'clang' on the opposite side of the plane. The zombies did not seem to be attracted by the sound, thus they kept walking, faces in despair, toward the group of four.
Iteyui was confused. How did I miss?
Hilda ran forward at the lack of responses from Uther. Did his gun have problems? Or maybe he really ran out of ammunition somehow? Hilda then slashed, cut and severed the heads of the zombies with her broad sword. She wiped the blood from her creamy cheeks as she took out three of them. Drops of blood dripped down her blonde hair as well.
Hilda then inspects the storage, there are no more zombies. No humans other than the group of four, either. It seems that the zombies are all... staff members, mostly air hostesses with their now-tattered bloody uniforms.
Katsucha: Kotori attempts to shoot the zombies with her sniper. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute to test to see if she succeeds, 5 is required.
Dice result: 2
4 + 2 = 6
(Your character has an okay aim and is able to shoot the zombies down properly, but the recoil is still making things tough.)
Cinia Pacifica: Hilda attempts to attack three zombies with her braod sword. A dice is to be rolled to test to figure out with her Strength attribute, if she does it properly, 6 is required.
Dice result: 3
4 + 3
(Your character is able to slice the zombies off, and she is able to do it properly, perhaps it's because she has gotten a bit of rest and she didn't use her broad sword much, so far, hence, she doesn't feel much tireness, yet.)
Hanasaku: Iteyui attempts to shoot the zombies with her gun. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute, in oron attribute, in order to find out if she succeeds.
Dice result: 3
(Your character misses her shots. The zombies are untouched by your character's gun's bullets.)
"By the way, Hilda do you happen to know whats the total of passengers on the plane? I would hope not, but there's a chance half of the passengers have been infected by now or even more," Kotori asked as she took a few shoots at the zombies that had just popped out.
"I think only the staff and a few passangers are infected. Maybe most of them are already hiding and barricading themselves in their room," Uther guessed.
Hilda sighs, "I don't know how many people are aboard but... I do know that there are too many zombies here. Though I think we cleared out this place, almost. Just the rest of the rooms and the storage on the back remains, I believe."
Kotori's shots bring down two more zombies, and then feels the pressure from the recoil, "Don't just stand there you two, fire at them already!" Kotori told Uther and Iteyui."It also seems the stairs for the storage is just a few feet behind them as well."
Iteyui was caught off-guard by the sheer lack of comprehensive ability to analyse the scene, but nevertheless attempted to shoot at the oncoming horde of zombies. However, her shots did not get through them, and on the other hand, passed them very swiftfully and met with a 'clang' on the opposite side of the plane. The zombies did not seem to be attracted by the sound, thus they kept walking, faces in despair, toward the group of four.
Iteyui was confused. How did I miss?
Hilda ran forward at the lack of responses from Uther. Did his gun have problems? Or maybe he really ran out of ammunition somehow? Hilda then slashed, cut and severed the heads of the zombies with her broad sword. She wiped the blood from her creamy cheeks as she took out three of them. Drops of blood dripped down her blonde hair as well.
Hilda then inspects the storage, there are no more zombies. No humans other than the group of four, either. It seems that the zombies are all... staff members, mostly air hostesses with their now-tattered bloody uniforms.
Katsucha: Kotori attempts to shoot the zombies with her sniper. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute to test to see if she succeeds, 5 is required.
Dice result: 2
4 + 2 = 6
(Your character has an okay aim and is able to shoot the zombies down properly, but the recoil is still making things tough.)
Cinia Pacifica: Hilda attempts to attack three zombies with her braod sword. A dice is to be rolled to test to figure out with her Strength attribute, if she does it properly, 6 is required.
Dice result: 3
4 + 3
(Your character is able to slice the zombies off, and she is able to do it properly, perhaps it's because she has gotten a bit of rest and she didn't use her broad sword much, so far, hence, she doesn't feel much tireness, yet.)
Hanasaku: Iteyui attempts to shoot the zombies with her gun. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute, in oron attribute, in order to find out if she succeeds.
Dice result: 3
(Your character misses her shots. The zombies are untouched by your character's gun's bullets.)
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((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
As Kris pulled the lever that was on positioned along the railings, the boat suddenly began to lower slowly. Thank goodness... maybe we can finally get out of here.
"Hmm... Does anyone know which direction it is to the mainland?", Kahori suddenly asks as they were feet from the water.
"The direction the ship was going towards," Ayane said as if it's really obvious.
"Which is? It'd be easier to keep going in that direction if we know it's cardinality.", Kahori stated to Ayane.
"Just have the boat move to the direction the ship is facing currently."
"What if when we leave the sight of the ship, we start vering off course? How would we make sure we don't just go right back to the island or even drift off into the ocean?"
Ayane took out her phone before replying, "With the map on my phone. I'll keep an eye on our direction."
"What if your phone suddenly ran out of power? If we know the cardinality, we could make sure we're going the right way by using the placement of the stars."
"Sure, you can if you want to. This is only my method. That said, this isn't 2012, the phones lasts for days without charging, you know."
"Is that so? When was the last time it was charged?"
"Before I left my home back on Fakku City."
"Hmph.", Kahori puffs out her cheeks pouting.
Ayane simply smiles in response to Kahori puffing her cheeks up.
The exhange between Ayane and Kahori was rapid and a bit tense. Cliff felt a bit awkward standing off to the side. Nonetheless, shortly after the two of them stopped their exhange, the boat made a small impact as it landed on the water's surface.
"Alright, we just have to detach the wires and we're good to go," Cliff pointed to the other side of the boat.
Kris was nodding off but trying to pay attention to the group. "Right..." he said getting up from his seat. Releasing the lock on the wire, the boat jerked a bit as it was released from its restraint. Then he repeated the same from the other side. All that was left were the wires on the other end of the boat. "You got those ones?" asked Kris looking to Cliff.
Cliff was having a bit of trouble with the lock as it was a bit dark for him to see, but eventually Cliff was able to detach one end, and after detaching the other end, the boat did one final jerk before lightly splashing onto the water. "I've got it," Cliff replied back. "W-woah!" Cliff almost stumbled with the final jerk of the boat. "Well, I guess we're good to go. The faster we get out of here, the better," Cliff said as he took a seat.
"Having some trouble there, old man?" asked Kris in a teasing tone. Cliff wasn't that much older than Kris, but it was still funny to call him old. He reminded him of one of his old teachers. The man was strict but funny. "Then we'll leave navigation to Ayane, and Cliff you think you can handle the engine?" asks Kris.
"Sure, I'll take care of my part well."
"Just let me know if Cliff starts slacking off and I'll take over," Satoru reassured Ayane and teased the 'old man'.
Cliff scoff at Satoru's remark, "This old man's got plenty left in him!" Cliff said as he jokingly flexed his arms. Cliff was fairly tall and could have had a decent build, but with the lack of exercise, his muscles were nonexistent. "Well, don't worry about me, the engine should be easy to manage so long as it works. But I'll keep an eye on it in case something happens."
Kahori stretches a bit and yawns. "I'm going to nap for a little bit more. Wake me up when we get there.", Kahori says as she starts drifting off to sleep.
"How the hell can you sleep so much?" Kris said, but by the time he said anything she was long gone.
"Right, I think we should all take a note from the little lady, who wants first shift awake? Satoru inquired.
"Pass...I'm about to collapse." answered Kris.
"Right, if we don't have any volunteers, I'm up for it, the rest of you sleep as well as you can because I'm going to need my rest later." Satoru said cheerfully.
Cliff was accustomed to sometimes not sleeping at all, but it was hard to pass up the offer knowing that he needed to rest his body after all that had happened. "Alright... I'll take you up on that offer. But, I'll be next to the engine, wake me if you need me." With those words, Cliff began to doze off as his body slowly relaxed.
"I can stay up. I feel a bit dizzy, but I'll be just fine!" Ayane, back to her smiling-face, volunteers.
"We only need one awake really, and I'm sure if Kahori was awake she'd list off fifty or more things that dizziness could mean. Alright old man, I'll call you if I need you; and get your rest while you can, milady." Satoru tried to put on as calm a face as he could, he knew himself some of the things dizziness could spell, not many of them very pleasant. He hoped she didn't offer again, because he really was tired, and he wasn't sure if his will to refuse would hold out any longer.
"Umm, okay then, I'll take a nap as you suggest then, but please wake me up when my assistance is required," as Ayane says that, she closes her eyes, while sitting on the seat, and decides to sleep just like that, in that kind of a position.
"Alright then, wake me if you need me," said Kris laying back beside Kahori. Closing his eyes he finally allowed himself some rest.
"I wonder how long it takes to reach the harbor," thought Christine. "I...I'll take the middle seat then. "
Sophia is looking at the ship that they left behind. She can't help but wonder about the Syndicate's man she saw before. What was he doing in the ship, and how is he now? The question runs in her mind, unanswered. Sophia doubts the man can survive, but somehow she felt that they'll meet again next time.
"... Whatever..." Sophia mumbled as she cast back her eyes to the group she's traveling with. Most of her companions fell asleep now, or preparing to do so. And yet, Sophia loses her fatigue and sleepy feeling the instant they hopped onto the boat. It might be some premonition from her instinct that kept her from dozing off, but somehow it makes her feels a little annoyed. Perhaps she needs to tease Christine more to get rid of it? No, she will not do so now. Christine and the rest of the group, needs to get enough rest. Sophia is head-patting Christine for a moment, then continuing to monitor the surrounding.
"Nana, what's wrong?" Christine tilted her head while staring at Sophia.
"..... Nothing. Just go to sleep now, or I'll grope you so hard that you'll moan endlessly...", Sophia threw another senseless answer without changing her expression nor looking at Christine.
As Kris pulled the lever that was on positioned along the railings, the boat suddenly began to lower slowly. Thank goodness... maybe we can finally get out of here.
"Hmm... Does anyone know which direction it is to the mainland?", Kahori suddenly asks as they were feet from the water.
"The direction the ship was going towards," Ayane said as if it's really obvious.
"Which is? It'd be easier to keep going in that direction if we know it's cardinality.", Kahori stated to Ayane.
"Just have the boat move to the direction the ship is facing currently."
"What if when we leave the sight of the ship, we start vering off course? How would we make sure we don't just go right back to the island or even drift off into the ocean?"
Ayane took out her phone before replying, "With the map on my phone. I'll keep an eye on our direction."
"What if your phone suddenly ran out of power? If we know the cardinality, we could make sure we're going the right way by using the placement of the stars."
"Sure, you can if you want to. This is only my method. That said, this isn't 2012, the phones lasts for days without charging, you know."
"Is that so? When was the last time it was charged?"
"Before I left my home back on Fakku City."
"Hmph.", Kahori puffs out her cheeks pouting.
Ayane simply smiles in response to Kahori puffing her cheeks up.
The exhange between Ayane and Kahori was rapid and a bit tense. Cliff felt a bit awkward standing off to the side. Nonetheless, shortly after the two of them stopped their exhange, the boat made a small impact as it landed on the water's surface.
"Alright, we just have to detach the wires and we're good to go," Cliff pointed to the other side of the boat.
Kris was nodding off but trying to pay attention to the group. "Right..." he said getting up from his seat. Releasing the lock on the wire, the boat jerked a bit as it was released from its restraint. Then he repeated the same from the other side. All that was left were the wires on the other end of the boat. "You got those ones?" asked Kris looking to Cliff.
Cliff was having a bit of trouble with the lock as it was a bit dark for him to see, but eventually Cliff was able to detach one end, and after detaching the other end, the boat did one final jerk before lightly splashing onto the water. "I've got it," Cliff replied back. "W-woah!" Cliff almost stumbled with the final jerk of the boat. "Well, I guess we're good to go. The faster we get out of here, the better," Cliff said as he took a seat.
"Having some trouble there, old man?" asked Kris in a teasing tone. Cliff wasn't that much older than Kris, but it was still funny to call him old. He reminded him of one of his old teachers. The man was strict but funny. "Then we'll leave navigation to Ayane, and Cliff you think you can handle the engine?" asks Kris.
"Sure, I'll take care of my part well."
"Just let me know if Cliff starts slacking off and I'll take over," Satoru reassured Ayane and teased the 'old man'.
Cliff scoff at Satoru's remark, "This old man's got plenty left in him!" Cliff said as he jokingly flexed his arms. Cliff was fairly tall and could have had a decent build, but with the lack of exercise, his muscles were nonexistent. "Well, don't worry about me, the engine should be easy to manage so long as it works. But I'll keep an eye on it in case something happens."
Kahori stretches a bit and yawns. "I'm going to nap for a little bit more. Wake me up when we get there.", Kahori says as she starts drifting off to sleep.
"How the hell can you sleep so much?" Kris said, but by the time he said anything she was long gone.
"Right, I think we should all take a note from the little lady, who wants first shift awake? Satoru inquired.
"Pass...I'm about to collapse." answered Kris.
"Right, if we don't have any volunteers, I'm up for it, the rest of you sleep as well as you can because I'm going to need my rest later." Satoru said cheerfully.
Cliff was accustomed to sometimes not sleeping at all, but it was hard to pass up the offer knowing that he needed to rest his body after all that had happened. "Alright... I'll take you up on that offer. But, I'll be next to the engine, wake me if you need me." With those words, Cliff began to doze off as his body slowly relaxed.
"I can stay up. I feel a bit dizzy, but I'll be just fine!" Ayane, back to her smiling-face, volunteers.
"We only need one awake really, and I'm sure if Kahori was awake she'd list off fifty or more things that dizziness could mean. Alright old man, I'll call you if I need you; and get your rest while you can, milady." Satoru tried to put on as calm a face as he could, he knew himself some of the things dizziness could spell, not many of them very pleasant. He hoped she didn't offer again, because he really was tired, and he wasn't sure if his will to refuse would hold out any longer.
"Umm, okay then, I'll take a nap as you suggest then, but please wake me up when my assistance is required," as Ayane says that, she closes her eyes, while sitting on the seat, and decides to sleep just like that, in that kind of a position.
"Alright then, wake me if you need me," said Kris laying back beside Kahori. Closing his eyes he finally allowed himself some rest.
"I wonder how long it takes to reach the harbor," thought Christine. "I...I'll take the middle seat then. "
Sophia is looking at the ship that they left behind. She can't help but wonder about the Syndicate's man she saw before. What was he doing in the ship, and how is he now? The question runs in her mind, unanswered. Sophia doubts the man can survive, but somehow she felt that they'll meet again next time.
"... Whatever..." Sophia mumbled as she cast back her eyes to the group she's traveling with. Most of her companions fell asleep now, or preparing to do so. And yet, Sophia loses her fatigue and sleepy feeling the instant they hopped onto the boat. It might be some premonition from her instinct that kept her from dozing off, but somehow it makes her feels a little annoyed. Perhaps she needs to tease Christine more to get rid of it? No, she will not do so now. Christine and the rest of the group, needs to get enough rest. Sophia is head-patting Christine for a moment, then continuing to monitor the surrounding.
"Nana, what's wrong?" Christine tilted her head while staring at Sophia.
"..... Nothing. Just go to sleep now, or I'll grope you so hard that you'll moan endlessly...", Sophia threw another senseless answer without changing her expression nor looking at Christine.
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
Satoru watched as each of his companions drifed to sleep. He thought of many things to keep himself awake, things he had been putting off in the heat of everything leading up to now. He thought once more of his father, but he refused to let his mind dwell on that subject long. He recalled a happy memory with his ex, they were at a lodge near a fireplace. She had fallen into the lake; well, he had pushed her into the lake. He was laying prone with his arm around her, wishing that moment to last forever, and it was that memory that fueled his drive for his friends tonight. Something caught his eye and broke that trance-like qualities of the flashback, the weird nun wasn't asleep.
"You should get your rest, too. You aren't a machine," Satoru spoke quietly, so as not to disturb the others.
"I don't feel like sleeping now..." Sophia said, expressionless. She then shifts her watch back towards the ship that is almost out of sight.
Satoru sighed and rubbed his eyes. How long had he been up now? Going on days again, he was sure. He touched Kris on the shoulder with his sheathed blade, and tried to wake him from slumber, "Hey, can you take over watch? Satoru's voice was hushed, and he hoped Kris understood in his semi-conscious state th at he should be quiet as well. "I'm about to pass out."
Kris stirred in his sleep before cracking his eyes open. He had gotten a good hour or so of sleep. "Sure I got it..." he said sitting up. Carefully stepping past the other sleeping guest he traded places with Satoru. All he had to do was keep the boat steady. Even with the small amount of sleep he got he could manage that much.
"Thanks..." Satoru made a gesture of his in the direction of the nun and winked at Kris, but that was about all he could manage before burying his face in his shirt and sleep, despite the now rising sun.
"We should stay away from the big ship for now. We can't let them see us driving a boat," Christine spoke to the group, "And Ayane, you said JDSF might bomb that big ship right?"
Ayane slow rubbed her eyes, and faced to another side of her seat, as she was already crammed into somewhat sleeping position on that seat, "Mnm... I can't eat more, grampa..."
Christime smiled while looking at Ayane. Everyone must be tired. Christine yawned and stracthed her head. She couldn't sleep on open place and the cold sea breeze made her feel uncomfortable. "Sigh, how long it takes to reach the shore... "
Cliff shifted about in his seat after hearing several people talking. However, it was no where near enough to wake Cliff, who was severely fatigued, from his slumber. It looked as if nothing would disturb Kahori from her slumber as well; perhaps all the moving around was taking a toll on her body as well.
"I say about another hour and we should be really close." answered Kris. "I just want to find a bed and clock out for a few hours..."
Satoru watched as each of his companions drifed to sleep. He thought of many things to keep himself awake, things he had been putting off in the heat of everything leading up to now. He thought once more of his father, but he refused to let his mind dwell on that subject long. He recalled a happy memory with his ex, they were at a lodge near a fireplace. She had fallen into the lake; well, he had pushed her into the lake. He was laying prone with his arm around her, wishing that moment to last forever, and it was that memory that fueled his drive for his friends tonight. Something caught his eye and broke that trance-like qualities of the flashback, the weird nun wasn't asleep.
"You should get your rest, too. You aren't a machine," Satoru spoke quietly, so as not to disturb the others.
"I don't feel like sleeping now..." Sophia said, expressionless. She then shifts her watch back towards the ship that is almost out of sight.
Satoru sighed and rubbed his eyes. How long had he been up now? Going on days again, he was sure. He touched Kris on the shoulder with his sheathed blade, and tried to wake him from slumber, "Hey, can you take over watch? Satoru's voice was hushed, and he hoped Kris understood in his semi-conscious state th at he should be quiet as well. "I'm about to pass out."
Kris stirred in his sleep before cracking his eyes open. He had gotten a good hour or so of sleep. "Sure I got it..." he said sitting up. Carefully stepping past the other sleeping guest he traded places with Satoru. All he had to do was keep the boat steady. Even with the small amount of sleep he got he could manage that much.
"Thanks..." Satoru made a gesture of his in the direction of the nun and winked at Kris, but that was about all he could manage before burying his face in his shirt and sleep, despite the now rising sun.
"We should stay away from the big ship for now. We can't let them see us driving a boat," Christine spoke to the group, "And Ayane, you said JDSF might bomb that big ship right?"
Ayane slow rubbed her eyes, and faced to another side of her seat, as she was already crammed into somewhat sleeping position on that seat, "Mnm... I can't eat more, grampa..."
Christime smiled while looking at Ayane. Everyone must be tired. Christine yawned and stracthed her head. She couldn't sleep on open place and the cold sea breeze made her feel uncomfortable. "Sigh, how long it takes to reach the shore... "
Cliff shifted about in his seat after hearing several people talking. However, it was no where near enough to wake Cliff, who was severely fatigued, from his slumber. It looked as if nothing would disturb Kahori from her slumber as well; perhaps all the moving around was taking a toll on her body as well.
"I say about another hour and we should be really close." answered Kris. "I just want to find a bed and clock out for a few hours..."
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"Let... go of me, grandpa..." Ayane sobbed in her sleep. Perhaps she's seeing a nightmare, tears are visibly shining faintly under her closed eyelids. "... I want to be... free, from all these chains..."
"Chains?" Kris said quietly. Seeing her tears stream down her face he wondered what kind of life she had. She wasn't the weirdest of the group, but she is still a mystery. But in this situation it isn't possible to know all the people around him. There would be plenty of time for that later.
Sophia threw a quick glance to the sobbing girl. As the dream might not be pleasant, Sophia wondered, to some degree, of what trully happened to Ayane in the past. Yet, her next action is not based on any kind of 'emotion': Sophia, slowly and carefully so as to not wake up the girl, wipes the tears on Ayane's eyelids. The nun-in-training stared at the tear in one of her finger, then swept it away with a single quick motion. A simple curiosity, that's all she can recalls.
"... I'll take a nap. It's up to you now," Sophia muttered to Kris, dismissed any stray thoughts that filling her mind.
Kris nodded to Sophia, "You got it. We'll be there soon. I'll wake you all when we arrive," he answered.
Sophia then leans to one side of the boat after making sure the balance is still preserved. Still gripping her precious sword on her hand, She closes her eyes...
Christine watched the girls sleep, she couldn't help but smile at them. Once I made it to the shore, what should I do? Christine thought about going back to England, to her father's home and giving up her freelance life. Yet she couldn't stay silent after experienced those horrible events.
Kris looks around the boat. Most of the people were asleep so this was the perfect time to get a little information. Nudging Cliff he waits for him to wake up.
Cliff felt someone nudging his shoulder and despite being exhausted he knew it could be something important. Cliff slowly, and reluctantly cracked his eyes open to look around. It appears that almost everyone was asleep except Christine who was looking out in the distance on the other side of the ship and Kris, who was next to him and likely the one who needed his attention. While rubbing his eyes with one hand, Cliff asked, "Hm...? What's wrong Kris?"
"Nothing...just have a question," he answered thinking about how to go about this. "How much do know about this outbreak Cliff?" He had no evidence to say that Cliff had anything to do with the zombies themselves, but he hoped he would at least know something.
Still recovering from waking up Cliff replied, "Not much. From the looks of it, they were doing the research in another facility close by, but never leaked any information to my division, explosives don't have much to do with zombies I guess..." After shaking off the sleepiness Cliff inquired out of curiosity, "What about you Kris? You said you were in the special forces right? Do you know anything about this?"
"No, sadly they only told us the things they wanted us to know. I was deployed in my first real mission when this all started..." Kris answered. "We had a close relationship with your division, but we have never met. Guess you were the ones supplying us," Kris beleived Cliff when he spoke of his job and how he knew little of the zombies. But that just meant that once again he was back at square one.
With Cliff's interest now piqued, Cliff answered back, but making sure to be quiet enough as to not disturb everyone else too much, "Ah! It's very likely that you are using some of my compact explosive devices. State-of-the-art technology if I had to say so myself."
"You sure love your job don't you?" Kris responds with a slight laugh. "Ya, we used a few of those, but I only carry a few explosives. Our explosive expert...was Robert."
"Ah...sorry to hear. I guess even a special forces squad isn't even safe in this chaos huh?" Cliff said apologetically.
Especially not with a leader like me, Kris thought to himself. "You got that right. But I'll see an end to this for them. I feel I'm obligated to...Not sure what I'll do after however. Fakku City is done for."
"Survive. That's the only thing we can do. We can think about fixing the problem as we are going," Cliff tried his best to both console and give Kris advice.
"Easier said than done," Kris replied smiling. "But its better than having no plan at all. Make sure you don't die on me old man. We might need those explosives of yours."
Cliff gave Kris a gentle smile back, "This old man's too stubborn to die! And, if we can get into a working lab, I just might be able to show you what real weapons are," Cliff raised his arms and stretched out while looking at the vast ocean and then asked a seemingly odd question, "It's a beautiful night isn't it?"
"I suppose so. Any night is a good night when I'm not getting chased by dead people," he answered.
"Let's make sure everyone gets to see the night sky... after all of this is done," Cliff said while staring out into the vast night sky.
"Thats a pretty lofty goal," Kris answered. "But a nice one."
"We could find our... way to the mainland... Polaris...", Kahori mumbled to herself, dreaming of kicking Ayane's ass in the previous argument they had.
"She deserves it. From what I've been told, she spent most of her time in the library. Its a shame that her first time out was for this..." he sighed.
"Let... go of me, grandpa..." Ayane sobbed in her sleep. Perhaps she's seeing a nightmare, tears are visibly shining faintly under her closed eyelids. "... I want to be... free, from all these chains..."
"Chains?" Kris said quietly. Seeing her tears stream down her face he wondered what kind of life she had. She wasn't the weirdest of the group, but she is still a mystery. But in this situation it isn't possible to know all the people around him. There would be plenty of time for that later.
Sophia threw a quick glance to the sobbing girl. As the dream might not be pleasant, Sophia wondered, to some degree, of what trully happened to Ayane in the past. Yet, her next action is not based on any kind of 'emotion': Sophia, slowly and carefully so as to not wake up the girl, wipes the tears on Ayane's eyelids. The nun-in-training stared at the tear in one of her finger, then swept it away with a single quick motion. A simple curiosity, that's all she can recalls.
"... I'll take a nap. It's up to you now," Sophia muttered to Kris, dismissed any stray thoughts that filling her mind.
Kris nodded to Sophia, "You got it. We'll be there soon. I'll wake you all when we arrive," he answered.
Sophia then leans to one side of the boat after making sure the balance is still preserved. Still gripping her precious sword on her hand, She closes her eyes...
Christine watched the girls sleep, she couldn't help but smile at them. Once I made it to the shore, what should I do? Christine thought about going back to England, to her father's home and giving up her freelance life. Yet she couldn't stay silent after experienced those horrible events.
Kris looks around the boat. Most of the people were asleep so this was the perfect time to get a little information. Nudging Cliff he waits for him to wake up.
Cliff felt someone nudging his shoulder and despite being exhausted he knew it could be something important. Cliff slowly, and reluctantly cracked his eyes open to look around. It appears that almost everyone was asleep except Christine who was looking out in the distance on the other side of the ship and Kris, who was next to him and likely the one who needed his attention. While rubbing his eyes with one hand, Cliff asked, "Hm...? What's wrong Kris?"
"Nothing...just have a question," he answered thinking about how to go about this. "How much do know about this outbreak Cliff?" He had no evidence to say that Cliff had anything to do with the zombies themselves, but he hoped he would at least know something.
Still recovering from waking up Cliff replied, "Not much. From the looks of it, they were doing the research in another facility close by, but never leaked any information to my division, explosives don't have much to do with zombies I guess..." After shaking off the sleepiness Cliff inquired out of curiosity, "What about you Kris? You said you were in the special forces right? Do you know anything about this?"
"No, sadly they only told us the things they wanted us to know. I was deployed in my first real mission when this all started..." Kris answered. "We had a close relationship with your division, but we have never met. Guess you were the ones supplying us," Kris beleived Cliff when he spoke of his job and how he knew little of the zombies. But that just meant that once again he was back at square one.
With Cliff's interest now piqued, Cliff answered back, but making sure to be quiet enough as to not disturb everyone else too much, "Ah! It's very likely that you are using some of my compact explosive devices. State-of-the-art technology if I had to say so myself."
"You sure love your job don't you?" Kris responds with a slight laugh. "Ya, we used a few of those, but I only carry a few explosives. Our explosive expert...was Robert."
"Ah...sorry to hear. I guess even a special forces squad isn't even safe in this chaos huh?" Cliff said apologetically.
Especially not with a leader like me, Kris thought to himself. "You got that right. But I'll see an end to this for them. I feel I'm obligated to...Not sure what I'll do after however. Fakku City is done for."
"Survive. That's the only thing we can do. We can think about fixing the problem as we are going," Cliff tried his best to both console and give Kris advice.
"Easier said than done," Kris replied smiling. "But its better than having no plan at all. Make sure you don't die on me old man. We might need those explosives of yours."
Cliff gave Kris a gentle smile back, "This old man's too stubborn to die! And, if we can get into a working lab, I just might be able to show you what real weapons are," Cliff raised his arms and stretched out while looking at the vast ocean and then asked a seemingly odd question, "It's a beautiful night isn't it?"
"I suppose so. Any night is a good night when I'm not getting chased by dead people," he answered.
"Let's make sure everyone gets to see the night sky... after all of this is done," Cliff said while staring out into the vast night sky.
"Thats a pretty lofty goal," Kris answered. "But a nice one."
"We could find our... way to the mainland... Polaris...", Kahori mumbled to herself, dreaming of kicking Ayane's ass in the previous argument they had.
"She deserves it. From what I've been told, she spent most of her time in the library. Its a shame that her first time out was for this..." he sighed.
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((OOC: This is a joint post between, Cinia Pacifica, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))
"So, all these people in the storage room got bitten somehow. Now we simply inspect the rest of the rooms. It must be rowdy out there. Outside the plane I mean, since no one opened the door and the stairs for the passengers to walk down is probably bought here by now... maybe. Anyway, let's go to the rooms, towards the left wing," Hilda analyzed the situation, and then walked to the rooms.
"Roger," Uther followed Hilda to the left wing. I need to find some ammo somehow. I guess I'll search while following her, Uther opened the first room. Only a few clothes and used Spear Perfumes scattered on the bed. Bags on the corner and one of them was open. More bottles of Spear Perfume. What the hell? Who is this guy? Spear Perfume fanatic? Do he really thinks that hitting girls only by using perfumes is enough? Uther chuckled. "First room is empty," Uther informed the party.
"Alright," Iteyui complied. With each room Iteyui checked, the rooms were getting more bland in design. If the person wasn't lying on the bed getting hopelessly assaulted by the zombies, the room was barren of any fanciful dressings. It surely wasn't a pretty sight to behold, with all the bodies being gorged out, but soon it turned into a common sight that anyone on board the plane could take with no repercussions whatsoever.
As everyone checked rooms, Hilda took the leisure to check one out herself, and turns out that she found a scared family alive in a room. How lucky to be alive in all this," she thought, "Oh, hey, we found a few survivors here!"[/b]
"How many are there?" Kotori asked as she looked into the next room. As she looked, inside it seemed to be a room that is unused since nothing seem to has been touched by anyone recently, but this is only because the people in here didn't have much time for leisure and got killed, in actuality. "This room is empty!!" Kotori said, "By the way, whats the condition on the survivors you found Hilda?!"
"Doesn't seem like they're hurt, but definitely... scared. They just shut off their door now!" Hilda responded after walking over to Kotori.
"So, all these people in the storage room got bitten somehow. Now we simply inspect the rest of the rooms. It must be rowdy out there. Outside the plane I mean, since no one opened the door and the stairs for the passengers to walk down is probably bought here by now... maybe. Anyway, let's go to the rooms, towards the left wing," Hilda analyzed the situation, and then walked to the rooms.
"Roger," Uther followed Hilda to the left wing. I need to find some ammo somehow. I guess I'll search while following her, Uther opened the first room. Only a few clothes and used Spear Perfumes scattered on the bed. Bags on the corner and one of them was open. More bottles of Spear Perfume. What the hell? Who is this guy? Spear Perfume fanatic? Do he really thinks that hitting girls only by using perfumes is enough? Uther chuckled. "First room is empty," Uther informed the party.
"Alright," Iteyui complied. With each room Iteyui checked, the rooms were getting more bland in design. If the person wasn't lying on the bed getting hopelessly assaulted by the zombies, the room was barren of any fanciful dressings. It surely wasn't a pretty sight to behold, with all the bodies being gorged out, but soon it turned into a common sight that anyone on board the plane could take with no repercussions whatsoever.
As everyone checked rooms, Hilda took the leisure to check one out herself, and turns out that she found a scared family alive in a room. How lucky to be alive in all this," she thought, "Oh, hey, we found a few survivors here!"[/b]
"How many are there?" Kotori asked as she looked into the next room. As she looked, inside it seemed to be a room that is unused since nothing seem to has been touched by anyone recently, but this is only because the people in here didn't have much time for leisure and got killed, in actuality. "This room is empty!!" Kotori said, "By the way, whats the condition on the survivors you found Hilda?!"
"Doesn't seem like they're hurt, but definitely... scared. They just shut off their door now!" Hilda responded after walking over to Kotori.
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((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
As Cliff continued to look out at the night sky, he could see the sky just barely beginning to brighten up. Cliff took out his phone and checked the time: 4:47 AM.
Kahori yawned and stretched as she started to wake up. She didn't have anymore horrid nightmares, but she couldn't remember if she even had any.
"Good morning Cliff. You're up pretty early. Need a certain book from the Library?", Kahori said, mixing up her thoughts in the early part of waking up.
Cliff heard Kahori call out to him and turned from his gaze at the sea. "Perhaps... after we're through with this mess," Cliff said with a laugh waiting for Kahori to realize the situation.
"Kay~, just tell me what... genre... why are we on a boat?" Kahori said. Then all her memories came flooding back. "Ugh, that must be some crazy morning grog, so you can ignore that first question. Can we see the mainland yet?" Kahori ended up asking.
"I hate the sea breeze. " Christine shivered while trying to warm her body. How many hours have passed? The journey felt so long and Christine didn't know what time is it. She noticed Kahori is awake. "Still nothing Kahori, sorry. I haven't seen any fisherman boats or lighthouse either.
Kahori sighed as she rested the back of her head against the side of the boat. She then pulled out one of her books and started reading... and eating.
"Let me know when someone sees land," Kahori said as she tore a bit of the page and began munching on it.
"...Remind me to take this girl to rehab when everything is over. " Christine sighs and stared at distance. I can't see the big ship anymore. I wonder what are they doing now
"I don't think the paper is going to kill her, but I have to question the taste," Kris said laughing. "Most kids are stuck on fast food and sweets anyways," Kris was surprised that Kahori woke up so easily, but it was good to have some people talking. "We should see land soon enough."
"Well, we've been out at sea for several hours now. I've a couple visits to the Japanese mainland for several projects and I don't remember it being too far. We should be there by the time the sun rises," Cliff made several assumptions before continuing, "Besides, once Ayane wakes, we can ask her if we are on the right track anyways." Cliff was actually surprised that no one had gotten sea sick seeing as how long they've been out at sea and how the boat was moving relatively fast, sliding across the water, making the occasional bump.
Ayane groggily stretches her body slightly in the cramped space, as she opens her eyes slowly, and then rubs them, she found a stream of tears on her right side of the face and quickly wiped, "Good morning everyone... "
"Good morning Ayane. Bad dream?" asks Kris a bit concerned.
With Ayane's awakening, almost everyone was awake save for Satoru and Sophia. Cliff felt a bit concerned seeing Ayane in tears, but it looked like Kris was handling the situation. Sometimes, two people asking can make things worse.
As Cliff continued to look out at the night sky, he could see the sky just barely beginning to brighten up. Cliff took out his phone and checked the time: 4:47 AM.
Kahori yawned and stretched as she started to wake up. She didn't have anymore horrid nightmares, but she couldn't remember if she even had any.
"Good morning Cliff. You're up pretty early. Need a certain book from the Library?", Kahori said, mixing up her thoughts in the early part of waking up.
Cliff heard Kahori call out to him and turned from his gaze at the sea. "Perhaps... after we're through with this mess," Cliff said with a laugh waiting for Kahori to realize the situation.
"Kay~, just tell me what... genre... why are we on a boat?" Kahori said. Then all her memories came flooding back. "Ugh, that must be some crazy morning grog, so you can ignore that first question. Can we see the mainland yet?" Kahori ended up asking.
"I hate the sea breeze. " Christine shivered while trying to warm her body. How many hours have passed? The journey felt so long and Christine didn't know what time is it. She noticed Kahori is awake. "Still nothing Kahori, sorry. I haven't seen any fisherman boats or lighthouse either.
Kahori sighed as she rested the back of her head against the side of the boat. She then pulled out one of her books and started reading... and eating.
"Let me know when someone sees land," Kahori said as she tore a bit of the page and began munching on it.
"...Remind me to take this girl to rehab when everything is over. " Christine sighs and stared at distance. I can't see the big ship anymore. I wonder what are they doing now
"I don't think the paper is going to kill her, but I have to question the taste," Kris said laughing. "Most kids are stuck on fast food and sweets anyways," Kris was surprised that Kahori woke up so easily, but it was good to have some people talking. "We should see land soon enough."
"Well, we've been out at sea for several hours now. I've a couple visits to the Japanese mainland for several projects and I don't remember it being too far. We should be there by the time the sun rises," Cliff made several assumptions before continuing, "Besides, once Ayane wakes, we can ask her if we are on the right track anyways." Cliff was actually surprised that no one had gotten sea sick seeing as how long they've been out at sea and how the boat was moving relatively fast, sliding across the water, making the occasional bump.
Ayane groggily stretches her body slightly in the cramped space, as she opens her eyes slowly, and then rubs them, she found a stream of tears on her right side of the face and quickly wiped, "Good morning everyone... "
"Good morning Ayane. Bad dream?" asks Kris a bit concerned.
With Ayane's awakening, almost everyone was awake save for Satoru and Sophia. Cliff felt a bit concerned seeing Ayane in tears, but it looked like Kris was handling the situation. Sometimes, two people asking can make things worse.
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((OOC: This is a joint post between, Cinia Pacifica, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))
The zombies are all cleansed, the plane should have no infected beings anymore... or so Hilda and the others thought. The pilot stopped singing his weird song over the mics and came out, passengers... in other words, the survivors - looked relieved yet, dead in the eye - as if, really tired and almost devoid of life. An expression that translates into 'finally, a safe land' is written all over the faces of the most people now, outside the plane, in the airport.
The four sat on the seats after going through all the procedures. Hilda, just a few moments ago, was crowded with weird looking gentlemen and women, many with lab-coats. As the other three thought that she'd leave for good, she returned as she walked over to them gingerly and sat down, heaving a sigh.
Uther relaxed on the chair he sat on. He looked around to see if there was anything interesting. He moved his attention to Hilda, who was being surrounded by people wearing lab-coats. She knows something that we don't. Of course she does. People have their own secrets anyway. Maybe I'll ask her IF she returns.
"Oh, you're back. What's with the sigh?" Uther bluntly asked.
"Sigh of relief since they finally left me alone..." Hilda said, closing her eyes while pinching the bridge of her nose.
Interesting... Uther took out a candy from his pocket and ate it.
"What was that about? Though if I had to take a guess I would think there whey asking you about the zombies," Kotori asked as she stretched out, tired from the long trip..
The zombies are all cleansed, the plane should have no infected beings anymore... or so Hilda and the others thought. The pilot stopped singing his weird song over the mics and came out, passengers... in other words, the survivors - looked relieved yet, dead in the eye - as if, really tired and almost devoid of life. An expression that translates into 'finally, a safe land' is written all over the faces of the most people now, outside the plane, in the airport.
The four sat on the seats after going through all the procedures. Hilda, just a few moments ago, was crowded with weird looking gentlemen and women, many with lab-coats. As the other three thought that she'd leave for good, she returned as she walked over to them gingerly and sat down, heaving a sigh.
Uther relaxed on the chair he sat on. He looked around to see if there was anything interesting. He moved his attention to Hilda, who was being surrounded by people wearing lab-coats. She knows something that we don't. Of course she does. People have their own secrets anyway. Maybe I'll ask her IF she returns.
"Oh, you're back. What's with the sigh?" Uther bluntly asked.
"Sigh of relief since they finally left me alone..." Hilda said, closing her eyes while pinching the bridge of her nose.
Interesting... Uther took out a candy from his pocket and ate it.
"What was that about? Though if I had to take a guess I would think there whey asking you about the zombies," Kotori asked as she stretched out, tired from the long trip..
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((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
"Yeah... my life sucks." Ayane said, looking down at the water.
"Hopefully after this is all over you can have a better one. Our old lives don't really matter much now."
"Hmm? You guys don't eat paper? I wonder why not, it's delicious. It also allows me to remember everything I read," Kahori simply stated, believing every word she said. Not waiting for a reply, Kahori turned her attention back to her book and resumed her ritualistic task.
Kris was surprised to hear about Kahori's strange skill. "That's...amazing actually," stated Kris. "But I can't say that I'll ever take up eating books."
"Books... delicious?" Ayane's dumbfound expression changed as she put her eyes onto her phone while looking into the map, "We're getting close to the land... by the way. We should be seeing some land of Japan soon."
As the sun began to rise, the outline of Japan became visible. It'd take much longer to get there now. It had been a long boat ride, but it seemed that leaving the boat and forging ahead on their own was the best choice after all. Cleaning out that ship would have been near impossible. "Ya, I think I can see it over there. I'll be glad to stand on dry land again," said Kris.
Sophia opened her eyes not long after. It was not really a long nap, but she got what she needed. With a slight scretching, she resumed her observation. looks like all her companions already awake, and soon they'll hit the land. It might be a good omen...
Satoru roused, and begin in a soft singing voice, almost silent, "Oh Captain, Oh Captain! Our fearful trip is done; the ship weathered ever rack, the prize we sought is won; the port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting; while follow eyes steady the keel, the vessel grim and daring," he recalled the poem almost as if still dreaming, remembering a time when he had gone sailing, with a girl, of course. Satoru wondered if it had something to do with his dream, which he could no longer remember.
"Which pirate tale did you learn that from?" Kris asked after Satoru finished.
"I sincerely doubt Walt Whitman was a pirate, although his words often steal people's breath away," Satoru trailed off, "Or their hearts," Satoru said the former with some sarcasm. He had employed Whitman's poetic genius several times to charm women, and it seemed to work quite well.
"Never heard of him. Sounds like something Kahori might have read before," Kris said, stretching a bit. Staying on that cramped boat was getting on his nerves, "Hey Ayane, what's the plan once we hit land?" asks Kris.
"We'll be probably be stopped for inspection upon getting there. Our passports will be checked for our identities, after which I can request for permission for allowance to enter the city... as a citizen, that is. What do you guys want to do after that? I have a plan to meet my friend... in my grandfather's place..." as Ayane uttered the last part she felt a slight bit of hesitation, for just speaking about him, as she looked down.
"Hmmm I really havent thought that far. Just getting to a safe zone was my objective. Would it be alright if we tagged along with you for a bit? Until we decide what to do," he asks. It would take some time for Kris to get in contact with the people he needed, and Ayane seemed to have quite a few connections.
Satoru closed his eyes in though, he had touched on this topic earlier and he was interested to see if she deflected the question again.
"Of course, I don't mind at all, and since you guys did save my life, I feel obligated to help you guys out too. My grandfather has a large mansion, so I believe you people can stay over for some time!" Ayane announced, with a bright smile.
"Thanks you'd really be helping us out," answered Kris sincerely.
"That's great!" Ayane said honestly, from the bottom of her heart.
Time passed as they sat on the boat and had little chit chats here and there, talking about random things. Soon, the group reached the coast, and men in military attire approached them. They demanded to have everyone checked up, in the tents not too far. After which they'd having their passports checked. Everyone walked along as they were taken to the tents.
After about thirty minutes, everyone was dealt with and they all turned out to be uninfected. Then came an officer who wanted to inspect the passports...
Kris pulled out his badge that folded down; showing his passport. "Here you go," he said as the officer took his card. He saw that he was apart of the special forces and gave him a strange look, but turned his attention to the others, probably saving the questions for later. The officer then took the passports from others as they handed over theirs, which basically looks like a card.
After the inspection, they gave a somewhat relieved look towards Ayane, after discovering the fact that she is a citizen of their country, "I request permission for these people to be under my care. You know who my guardian is, I think that's enough for me to ask for permission?"
"Y-Yes..." a response came flying to her really quick. Ayane then waved her hand once to signal the others to follow her, as she walked off, and hoped for others to follow.
Placing a hand on Kahori's shoulder he pushed her forward a bit. "Let's get going," he said as they moved to follow Ayane. Cliff and the others were close behind, and Cliff was able to walk just fine now. All that rest on the boat probably got rid of the little pain that was left. That was one less thing to worry about.
"Two taxis are already prepared for us, get in, guys." Ayane then walked into the first one.
"Kahori you'll ride with me. That sound good?" Kris asked. Kahori nodded and hopped in the car. "I'll read on the way," Kahori answered cracking open her book. That was the same taxi that Ayane was riding in. With her next to the driver there was on more seat. Suddenly Cliff was pushed into the taxi with Kris.
"He can ride with you too," said Christine. She was still a little mad at Cliff, and to Kris, it was a bit amusing to see.
"Still in the dog house, old man?" asked Kris removing his faceplate and cracking a smile.
Christine, Satoru, and Sophia climbed into the other taxi, and soon the cars took off taking them to their destination.
"...... Still in lovers' quarrel, Christine?", Sophia threw the question soon after the taxi moves.
"Yeah... my life sucks." Ayane said, looking down at the water.
"Hopefully after this is all over you can have a better one. Our old lives don't really matter much now."
"Hmm? You guys don't eat paper? I wonder why not, it's delicious. It also allows me to remember everything I read," Kahori simply stated, believing every word she said. Not waiting for a reply, Kahori turned her attention back to her book and resumed her ritualistic task.
Kris was surprised to hear about Kahori's strange skill. "That's...amazing actually," stated Kris. "But I can't say that I'll ever take up eating books."
"Books... delicious?" Ayane's dumbfound expression changed as she put her eyes onto her phone while looking into the map, "We're getting close to the land... by the way. We should be seeing some land of Japan soon."
As the sun began to rise, the outline of Japan became visible. It'd take much longer to get there now. It had been a long boat ride, but it seemed that leaving the boat and forging ahead on their own was the best choice after all. Cleaning out that ship would have been near impossible. "Ya, I think I can see it over there. I'll be glad to stand on dry land again," said Kris.
Sophia opened her eyes not long after. It was not really a long nap, but she got what she needed. With a slight scretching, she resumed her observation. looks like all her companions already awake, and soon they'll hit the land. It might be a good omen...
Satoru roused, and begin in a soft singing voice, almost silent, "Oh Captain, Oh Captain! Our fearful trip is done; the ship weathered ever rack, the prize we sought is won; the port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting; while follow eyes steady the keel, the vessel grim and daring," he recalled the poem almost as if still dreaming, remembering a time when he had gone sailing, with a girl, of course. Satoru wondered if it had something to do with his dream, which he could no longer remember.
"Which pirate tale did you learn that from?" Kris asked after Satoru finished.
"I sincerely doubt Walt Whitman was a pirate, although his words often steal people's breath away," Satoru trailed off, "Or their hearts," Satoru said the former with some sarcasm. He had employed Whitman's poetic genius several times to charm women, and it seemed to work quite well.
"Never heard of him. Sounds like something Kahori might have read before," Kris said, stretching a bit. Staying on that cramped boat was getting on his nerves, "Hey Ayane, what's the plan once we hit land?" asks Kris.
"We'll be probably be stopped for inspection upon getting there. Our passports will be checked for our identities, after which I can request for permission for allowance to enter the city... as a citizen, that is. What do you guys want to do after that? I have a plan to meet my friend... in my grandfather's place..." as Ayane uttered the last part she felt a slight bit of hesitation, for just speaking about him, as she looked down.
"Hmmm I really havent thought that far. Just getting to a safe zone was my objective. Would it be alright if we tagged along with you for a bit? Until we decide what to do," he asks. It would take some time for Kris to get in contact with the people he needed, and Ayane seemed to have quite a few connections.
Satoru closed his eyes in though, he had touched on this topic earlier and he was interested to see if she deflected the question again.
"Of course, I don't mind at all, and since you guys did save my life, I feel obligated to help you guys out too. My grandfather has a large mansion, so I believe you people can stay over for some time!" Ayane announced, with a bright smile.
"Thanks you'd really be helping us out," answered Kris sincerely.
"That's great!" Ayane said honestly, from the bottom of her heart.
Time passed as they sat on the boat and had little chit chats here and there, talking about random things. Soon, the group reached the coast, and men in military attire approached them. They demanded to have everyone checked up, in the tents not too far. After which they'd having their passports checked. Everyone walked along as they were taken to the tents.
After about thirty minutes, everyone was dealt with and they all turned out to be uninfected. Then came an officer who wanted to inspect the passports...
Kris pulled out his badge that folded down; showing his passport. "Here you go," he said as the officer took his card. He saw that he was apart of the special forces and gave him a strange look, but turned his attention to the others, probably saving the questions for later. The officer then took the passports from others as they handed over theirs, which basically looks like a card.
After the inspection, they gave a somewhat relieved look towards Ayane, after discovering the fact that she is a citizen of their country, "I request permission for these people to be under my care. You know who my guardian is, I think that's enough for me to ask for permission?"
"Y-Yes..." a response came flying to her really quick. Ayane then waved her hand once to signal the others to follow her, as she walked off, and hoped for others to follow.
Placing a hand on Kahori's shoulder he pushed her forward a bit. "Let's get going," he said as they moved to follow Ayane. Cliff and the others were close behind, and Cliff was able to walk just fine now. All that rest on the boat probably got rid of the little pain that was left. That was one less thing to worry about.
"Two taxis are already prepared for us, get in, guys." Ayane then walked into the first one.
"Kahori you'll ride with me. That sound good?" Kris asked. Kahori nodded and hopped in the car. "I'll read on the way," Kahori answered cracking open her book. That was the same taxi that Ayane was riding in. With her next to the driver there was on more seat. Suddenly Cliff was pushed into the taxi with Kris.
"He can ride with you too," said Christine. She was still a little mad at Cliff, and to Kris, it was a bit amusing to see.
"Still in the dog house, old man?" asked Kris removing his faceplate and cracking a smile.
Christine, Satoru, and Sophia climbed into the other taxi, and soon the cars took off taking them to their destination.
"...... Still in lovers' quarrel, Christine?", Sophia threw the question soon after the taxi moves.
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xninebreaker
FAKKU Writer
((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman and Cinia Pacifica))
As Christine pushed Cliff into the direction of the car Kris, Kahori, and Ayane went into, he couldn't help a light laugh. "Alright alright, I get it. Don't go around pushing the old man around too much," as he got into the car, he answered Kris' question, "Yup, looks like it my man. the missus is still angry."
The car ride was pretty smooth, and besides the situation outside, it was relatively calm. They were lucky to run into Ayane on that ship, and they were fortunate she was willing to help them. Looking to his side at Kahori, he tried to figure out what book she was reading but the cover was out of sight, and she was eating the pages so fast he couldn't grasp what the book was about. "What are you...eating?" asks Kris.
"Paper," Kahori calmly replied to Kris' question without raising her head from the book.
"Yes, I can see that," he replied laughing. "What book is it?"
"It's Discourses on Livy."
"Ah, a splendid book. Though I must wonder if eating it's contents is the best way to preserve it..." Cliff was more worried about her health, but shrugged the issue off, at least until later.
"Scientifically speaking; how'd you preserve the contents of the book by eating paper, anyway?" as Ayane asked, she looked at both Cliff and Kris, not really expecting a viable answer.
"Sounds complicated..." said Kris thinking if he had ever read the book before. But he was drawing a blank. "So, Ayane how close is this mansion?"
"Not too close. It's gonna take us a while to get there," Ayane then started to speak to the driver. To add to the dismay of others, she spoke in Japanese, and soon, the two's exchange of conversation seemed to be in Japanese. Ayane seemed tensed, but a bit relieved.
"About half of Japan is already..." she looked down, she believed that everyone knows what she implied, by now.
Cliff was able to understand a bit of the conversation as he had to learn some Japanese for his trips, but the conversation was too low to catch all of it, so he simply awaited for Ayane's report. But, as Ayane told the rest of the group, Cliff could barely believe it. "Half... half of Japan. My God..." Cliff said in a low voice, almost horrified.
"This is spreading faster than I thought. This place may not be safe for much longer. Has there been any news announcements lately with information on this?" asks Kris.
"We'll just have to watch the news, I think. I believe it's safe to say that we'll be safe for at least... a day? The rate of spreading is abnormally fast..." Ayane casts her eyes downwards in feeling despair, once again.
"We'll just have to make due then," Cliff said solemnly.
"If the barriers are maintained properly it will last longer. We can only hope the evacuation goes well. But if we have to leave this place where else would we go?" Kris said not really expecting anyone to have and answer. "Has this spread world wide?"
After giving Kris' words some thought, Cliff answered, "I can't be certain, but if Japan is infected to such a large degree, then it's safe to assume that this is spread, perhaps, throughout at least Asia. At some point, we'll need to take shelter and bunker down. Let's hope someone is leading some project to stop all of this."
Meanwhile, inside the other taxi, "Ha? Don't say stupid stuff like that Nana! " Christine pouted at her. "We just met last night, really! There's nothing special!"
"...Is that so..." Sophia's voice trailed off. Sophia definitely shows that she's not really convinced with Christine's answer, but she doesn't push the issue more either. She closed her eyes, emptying her mind for a moment, trying to recall something out.
"Nana, you're such a tease... " Christine puffed her cheek while staring at Sophia. Realized Sophia's ignoring her, Christine looked away from her and fixed her gaze at the window. I must go back to England soon. But I need to prepare myself for the worst. Christine felt tired as she leans slowly at Sophia's shoulder.
As Christine's head leans onto her shoulder, Sophia stopped her attempts to concentrate and looking at the reporter. As if it's a natural thing to do, Sophia gently strokes Christine's hair while trying to sing a song for her, a lullaby from distant past that Sophia often heard while she was still in the Syndicate.
After that, nothing much happened between everyone in the cars. In about an hour, everyone arrived to the mansion.
As Christine pushed Cliff into the direction of the car Kris, Kahori, and Ayane went into, he couldn't help a light laugh. "Alright alright, I get it. Don't go around pushing the old man around too much," as he got into the car, he answered Kris' question, "Yup, looks like it my man. the missus is still angry."
The car ride was pretty smooth, and besides the situation outside, it was relatively calm. They were lucky to run into Ayane on that ship, and they were fortunate she was willing to help them. Looking to his side at Kahori, he tried to figure out what book she was reading but the cover was out of sight, and she was eating the pages so fast he couldn't grasp what the book was about. "What are you...eating?" asks Kris.
"Paper," Kahori calmly replied to Kris' question without raising her head from the book.
"Yes, I can see that," he replied laughing. "What book is it?"
"It's Discourses on Livy."
"Ah, a splendid book. Though I must wonder if eating it's contents is the best way to preserve it..." Cliff was more worried about her health, but shrugged the issue off, at least until later.
"Scientifically speaking; how'd you preserve the contents of the book by eating paper, anyway?" as Ayane asked, she looked at both Cliff and Kris, not really expecting a viable answer.
"Sounds complicated..." said Kris thinking if he had ever read the book before. But he was drawing a blank. "So, Ayane how close is this mansion?"
"Not too close. It's gonna take us a while to get there," Ayane then started to speak to the driver. To add to the dismay of others, she spoke in Japanese, and soon, the two's exchange of conversation seemed to be in Japanese. Ayane seemed tensed, but a bit relieved.
"About half of Japan is already..." she looked down, she believed that everyone knows what she implied, by now.
Cliff was able to understand a bit of the conversation as he had to learn some Japanese for his trips, but the conversation was too low to catch all of it, so he simply awaited for Ayane's report. But, as Ayane told the rest of the group, Cliff could barely believe it. "Half... half of Japan. My God..." Cliff said in a low voice, almost horrified.
"This is spreading faster than I thought. This place may not be safe for much longer. Has there been any news announcements lately with information on this?" asks Kris.
"We'll just have to watch the news, I think. I believe it's safe to say that we'll be safe for at least... a day? The rate of spreading is abnormally fast..." Ayane casts her eyes downwards in feeling despair, once again.
"We'll just have to make due then," Cliff said solemnly.
"If the barriers are maintained properly it will last longer. We can only hope the evacuation goes well. But if we have to leave this place where else would we go?" Kris said not really expecting anyone to have and answer. "Has this spread world wide?"
After giving Kris' words some thought, Cliff answered, "I can't be certain, but if Japan is infected to such a large degree, then it's safe to assume that this is spread, perhaps, throughout at least Asia. At some point, we'll need to take shelter and bunker down. Let's hope someone is leading some project to stop all of this."
Meanwhile, inside the other taxi, "Ha? Don't say stupid stuff like that Nana! " Christine pouted at her. "We just met last night, really! There's nothing special!"
"...Is that so..." Sophia's voice trailed off. Sophia definitely shows that she's not really convinced with Christine's answer, but she doesn't push the issue more either. She closed her eyes, emptying her mind for a moment, trying to recall something out.
"Nana, you're such a tease... " Christine puffed her cheek while staring at Sophia. Realized Sophia's ignoring her, Christine looked away from her and fixed her gaze at the window. I must go back to England soon. But I need to prepare myself for the worst. Christine felt tired as she leans slowly at Sophia's shoulder.
As Christine's head leans onto her shoulder, Sophia stopped her attempts to concentrate and looking at the reporter. As if it's a natural thing to do, Sophia gently strokes Christine's hair while trying to sing a song for her, a lullaby from distant past that Sophia often heard while she was still in the Syndicate.
After that, nothing much happened between everyone in the cars. In about an hour, everyone arrived to the mansion.
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((OOC: So late, but here we go.))
[size=20]Round: 02[/h]
"Talks about me, Fakku City, zombies, and bombarding of questions regarding why I lied. They found out pretty quick that the plane had zombies, due to all the corpses that were laid in various places inside of it. I feared that the issue could make things worse. But fortunately, it didn't. I've had numerous offers for picking path, but I'm not gonna along with any of them until I meet my friend," Hilda sighed again and this time, she made an honest smile, "I can't wait to meet her. Anyway, we're done here, let us now get going. We'll be going to her mansion now."
It is past 4:00 am, and the sun may be coming up soon. However, most people who are supposed to be sleep... cannot sleep. Not with the world at this state. Some fears of being ambushed by the death and meeting death from behind it's door. Some are waiting to hear furthermore details from the news. And some are refusing to believe anything and are pretending to look at the cold reality. It is said that at least 2 million are consumed by now, due to all the tragedies.
Kotori was a bit surprised at Hilda's earnest smile, she didn't see Hilda smile like this, although they haven't known for each other before any of the plane incident, she felt a slight tingling in her mind, that this is a very rare sight for any of those who had known her, she then got up and proceeding to walking along with her as Hilda got out of the airport's premises. Uther followed after the two, he found Hilda interesting, and his gut feeling whispered to him that Hilda is knows more than meets the eye, a person perhaps... worth sticking along with, for now, and it's all the more better to go along with this small group since Kotori seems to be doing the same, albeit for her own reasons.
Iteyui on the other hand seemed to be in deep thought - perhaps about her father - and sat still on one of the seats back inside the premises, until Hilda waved her right hand before a taxi from outside. Iteyui saw this through the transparent glasses, and ran out to her, apologizing for not noticing the others exiting - she joined the three inside the taxi.
No one really spoke inside the taxi, everyone seemed tired and worn out still. Hilda herself - at the left of the back-seats - simply kept her eyes closed and barely bothered to care for the pretty city. Uthered, at the front right-seat; seemed to be very laid-back and relaxed, who kept his eyes on the road, for some reason. And Kotori and Iteyui, sitting beside Hilda, seemed to be almost asleep. Or perhaps they too, kept their eyes closed.
They soon arrived to their destination, and everyone soon looked up on the old mansion in all it's glory. While looking dark yet elegant, everyone walked in, it seemed that Hilda's friend had arrived, along with some... other people. Other people? ...Then again, I have a few myself, too, Hilda thought. The servants directed Hilda to the room where her friend's grandfather, and the friend herself awaited. While the guests, who are Hilda and her friend's companions, are all in the living room; enjoying the leisure to the expensive, comfy sofas.
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It is now 5:00 am. The three's conversation in the third - top - floor of the mansion is soon to start. Ayane gave a sudden surprised hug to Hilda as soon as she entered, after which her eyes soon met the fearsome gaze of the old man sitting behind the jet black table. Ayane's grandfather is an seventy-five year old man. Wearing a golden monocle on his left-eye and holding a white pipe in his right hand; slowly blowing out smoke.
"Hilda! We finally meet, I'm so glad! Thank God you're safe!"
"Of course I'd be safe, because it's me, after all."
"Don't be so overconfident all the time just because of your strength... that sword is too heavy for anyone, anyway!" Ayane puffed her cheeks as she threw those words at Hilda. Although she soon showed a somewhat mocking face, jokingly. However, she knew that her point is true.
"And even then, I have the gall to dance and slaughter zombies with that thing. Which is how live."
"And? You can keep that up for... how long, exactly?" the old man said, with his brisk and aged voice cutting through the air. Ayane and Hilda's eyes immediately turned to the man in his dark chair, as their smiles and jokes melted away off of the heated atmosphere.
"Hoo... so the old man still has the guts living in him?"
"Hah! I should be surprised more than you, who had lived for over centuries still has so much spirit to babble about!"
"... Ahem. Anyway, let's get down to the main topic, shall we? Grandfather, what is the state of the situation right now? You know more about this, don't you?"
"Implying I stopped keeping contact with the higher class society?"
"N-No... I didn't mean that!"
"You two sure get along well... Anyway, we have lots of issues going on altogether. With Japan more than half of it out now... I don't know what to say of this anymore. I feel like I've committed grave sin for investing so much in the project... forgive me."
"There is no way that I am forgiving you, old man. I hope this has taught you a lesson to not touch some things that you never should. I've warned you fifty years ago, not to play with fire, which is my blood. But you gingerly walked off, saying that everything would be alright. And had that one bastard threaten to take down aristocracy all over the world, including me. While I don't care about mere commoners, I do care about aristocracy. You and the other investors, brought this upon yourselves. Don't look down in regret and misery... help others to bring about a solution to this giant mess!"
"Exactly, we don't have the time for all that. Either we choose survival... or try to beat this problem."
"Well, there are numerous plans, I think you've heard of them, Hilda. Not sure if you did, Ayane. So I'm going to mention them now. First one includes experiment more with Hilda's cells. Not to learn about these zombies, but to make something that can effectively counter them."
"Rejected, I can't trust anything from my body to the researchers anymore. Something worse may just happen if that is allowed again."
"Oh well... next, Jacob thinks that we should focus on survival first, and try to ensure everyone's safety."
"Not really bad from a normal point of view. That way, you can not only minimize casualty, but also minimize the ever-increasing-population of the dead from getting larger. However... we can't survive forever... "
"If you keep running away, one day you'll eventually be hunted down by one of those zombies. With so many in the world, I can't imagine people being safe for the rest of their lives, at least until these zombies are wiped out. And honestly, I can't really assure my life to be safe; since I have no idea what will happen to me if they get to bite me... not exactly sure if they'll find me tasty, either."
"I'm sure that you'll be tasty for them... or for me, at leas-" at this moment, Hilda lightly jabbed Ayane's cheek with her tiny knuckles, "Err... uhh, anyway, I bet there are bunch of these dumb plans, and more and more theories about the zombies. The big question is, what should we do right now?"
"We have three options. First is to stay in here as long as possible, and just... survive. Second is to leave after receiving appropriate supplies. Third is to leave immediately to a safer location. I find second or third to be more viable options."
"Yeah, whoever bothered to think up the first one sure is desperate to laze around. I wouldn't think of running away while fighting will be so enjoyable in this world right now. That said, if we were to think, 'stay here as long as possible' meant that one should continue to stay here even after the zombies raids this city, then... how would you maintain this place? There's issues with electricity, water supplies, food, etc," as Hilda spoke, Ayane seemed to be nodding. And her grandfather coughed a bit in shame; looking away.
"Don't turn into one of those war-loving freaks who doesn't allow problems to be solved, now!"
"I value my life a bit more than wanting to fight, do not worry, child," Hilda made a sagely expression. Seemingly aware of the dangers of addiction to combat.
Ayane pouted, "Well, how very value-minded, princess!" she uttered, looking away. She then continued, "Though... I say that we should stay here until we get the supplies and bust out."
"No one can predict when exactly the zombies will barge through the black irom gates of your mansion, but at this rate, I think they'll be here by the end of tomorrow, in minimum."
"Yeah, I think so too. I still can't believe that half of this country is already lost."
"Well, I suppose our decision is made... then, where do you propose we should be going?"
"Another country? We should try to go to safer places while looking for ways to deal with this."
"Works for me, I say we look into those labs and see why exactly the zombies were formed."
"What would you do after knowing that... ?"
"Obviously, if you know how to make one, you know how to destroy one. We may just learn something. What I want to see is how the process with the experiment went and what exactly caused the creation of these zombies. There must be something in those labs from which we can find out about it."
"Very well, then, please decide where you two will travel to, and whether you'll take all those guests with you two. And then we'll speak once again, perhaps along with them, then."
"That said, Mister Shirayuki, I found Mister Moborishi's daughter, she's one of those who came along to your mansion with me."
"I see... I'd like to meet her soon..."
The three soon stops talking, then decides to come down and greet the guests.
[size=20]Round: 02[/h]
"Talks about me, Fakku City, zombies, and bombarding of questions regarding why I lied. They found out pretty quick that the plane had zombies, due to all the corpses that were laid in various places inside of it. I feared that the issue could make things worse. But fortunately, it didn't. I've had numerous offers for picking path, but I'm not gonna along with any of them until I meet my friend," Hilda sighed again and this time, she made an honest smile, "I can't wait to meet her. Anyway, we're done here, let us now get going. We'll be going to her mansion now."
It is past 4:00 am, and the sun may be coming up soon. However, most people who are supposed to be sleep... cannot sleep. Not with the world at this state. Some fears of being ambushed by the death and meeting death from behind it's door. Some are waiting to hear furthermore details from the news. And some are refusing to believe anything and are pretending to look at the cold reality. It is said that at least 2 million are consumed by now, due to all the tragedies.
Kotori was a bit surprised at Hilda's earnest smile, she didn't see Hilda smile like this, although they haven't known for each other before any of the plane incident, she felt a slight tingling in her mind, that this is a very rare sight for any of those who had known her, she then got up and proceeding to walking along with her as Hilda got out of the airport's premises. Uther followed after the two, he found Hilda interesting, and his gut feeling whispered to him that Hilda is knows more than meets the eye, a person perhaps... worth sticking along with, for now, and it's all the more better to go along with this small group since Kotori seems to be doing the same, albeit for her own reasons.
Iteyui on the other hand seemed to be in deep thought - perhaps about her father - and sat still on one of the seats back inside the premises, until Hilda waved her right hand before a taxi from outside. Iteyui saw this through the transparent glasses, and ran out to her, apologizing for not noticing the others exiting - she joined the three inside the taxi.
No one really spoke inside the taxi, everyone seemed tired and worn out still. Hilda herself - at the left of the back-seats - simply kept her eyes closed and barely bothered to care for the pretty city. Uthered, at the front right-seat; seemed to be very laid-back and relaxed, who kept his eyes on the road, for some reason. And Kotori and Iteyui, sitting beside Hilda, seemed to be almost asleep. Or perhaps they too, kept their eyes closed.
They soon arrived to their destination, and everyone soon looked up on the old mansion in all it's glory. While looking dark yet elegant, everyone walked in, it seemed that Hilda's friend had arrived, along with some... other people. Other people? ...Then again, I have a few myself, too, Hilda thought. The servants directed Hilda to the room where her friend's grandfather, and the friend herself awaited. While the guests, who are Hilda and her friend's companions, are all in the living room; enjoying the leisure to the expensive, comfy sofas.
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It is now 5:00 am. The three's conversation in the third - top - floor of the mansion is soon to start. Ayane gave a sudden surprised hug to Hilda as soon as she entered, after which her eyes soon met the fearsome gaze of the old man sitting behind the jet black table. Ayane's grandfather is an seventy-five year old man. Wearing a golden monocle on his left-eye and holding a white pipe in his right hand; slowly blowing out smoke.
"Hilda! We finally meet, I'm so glad! Thank God you're safe!"
"Of course I'd be safe, because it's me, after all."
"Don't be so overconfident all the time just because of your strength... that sword is too heavy for anyone, anyway!" Ayane puffed her cheeks as she threw those words at Hilda. Although she soon showed a somewhat mocking face, jokingly. However, she knew that her point is true.
"And even then, I have the gall to dance and slaughter zombies with that thing. Which is how live."
"And? You can keep that up for... how long, exactly?" the old man said, with his brisk and aged voice cutting through the air. Ayane and Hilda's eyes immediately turned to the man in his dark chair, as their smiles and jokes melted away off of the heated atmosphere.
"Hoo... so the old man still has the guts living in him?"
"Hah! I should be surprised more than you, who had lived for over centuries still has so much spirit to babble about!"
"... Ahem. Anyway, let's get down to the main topic, shall we? Grandfather, what is the state of the situation right now? You know more about this, don't you?"
"Implying I stopped keeping contact with the higher class society?"
"N-No... I didn't mean that!"
"You two sure get along well... Anyway, we have lots of issues going on altogether. With Japan more than half of it out now... I don't know what to say of this anymore. I feel like I've committed grave sin for investing so much in the project... forgive me."
"There is no way that I am forgiving you, old man. I hope this has taught you a lesson to not touch some things that you never should. I've warned you fifty years ago, not to play with fire, which is my blood. But you gingerly walked off, saying that everything would be alright. And had that one bastard threaten to take down aristocracy all over the world, including me. While I don't care about mere commoners, I do care about aristocracy. You and the other investors, brought this upon yourselves. Don't look down in regret and misery... help others to bring about a solution to this giant mess!"
"Exactly, we don't have the time for all that. Either we choose survival... or try to beat this problem."
"Well, there are numerous plans, I think you've heard of them, Hilda. Not sure if you did, Ayane. So I'm going to mention them now. First one includes experiment more with Hilda's cells. Not to learn about these zombies, but to make something that can effectively counter them."
"Rejected, I can't trust anything from my body to the researchers anymore. Something worse may just happen if that is allowed again."
"Oh well... next, Jacob thinks that we should focus on survival first, and try to ensure everyone's safety."
"Not really bad from a normal point of view. That way, you can not only minimize casualty, but also minimize the ever-increasing-population of the dead from getting larger. However... we can't survive forever... "
"If you keep running away, one day you'll eventually be hunted down by one of those zombies. With so many in the world, I can't imagine people being safe for the rest of their lives, at least until these zombies are wiped out. And honestly, I can't really assure my life to be safe; since I have no idea what will happen to me if they get to bite me... not exactly sure if they'll find me tasty, either."
"I'm sure that you'll be tasty for them... or for me, at leas-" at this moment, Hilda lightly jabbed Ayane's cheek with her tiny knuckles, "Err... uhh, anyway, I bet there are bunch of these dumb plans, and more and more theories about the zombies. The big question is, what should we do right now?"
"We have three options. First is to stay in here as long as possible, and just... survive. Second is to leave after receiving appropriate supplies. Third is to leave immediately to a safer location. I find second or third to be more viable options."
"Yeah, whoever bothered to think up the first one sure is desperate to laze around. I wouldn't think of running away while fighting will be so enjoyable in this world right now. That said, if we were to think, 'stay here as long as possible' meant that one should continue to stay here even after the zombies raids this city, then... how would you maintain this place? There's issues with electricity, water supplies, food, etc," as Hilda spoke, Ayane seemed to be nodding. And her grandfather coughed a bit in shame; looking away.
"Don't turn into one of those war-loving freaks who doesn't allow problems to be solved, now!"
"I value my life a bit more than wanting to fight, do not worry, child," Hilda made a sagely expression. Seemingly aware of the dangers of addiction to combat.
Ayane pouted, "Well, how very value-minded, princess!" she uttered, looking away. She then continued, "Though... I say that we should stay here until we get the supplies and bust out."
"No one can predict when exactly the zombies will barge through the black irom gates of your mansion, but at this rate, I think they'll be here by the end of tomorrow, in minimum."
"Yeah, I think so too. I still can't believe that half of this country is already lost."
"Well, I suppose our decision is made... then, where do you propose we should be going?"
"Another country? We should try to go to safer places while looking for ways to deal with this."
"Works for me, I say we look into those labs and see why exactly the zombies were formed."
"What would you do after knowing that... ?"
"Obviously, if you know how to make one, you know how to destroy one. We may just learn something. What I want to see is how the process with the experiment went and what exactly caused the creation of these zombies. There must be something in those labs from which we can find out about it."
"Very well, then, please decide where you two will travel to, and whether you'll take all those guests with you two. And then we'll speak once again, perhaps along with them, then."
"That said, Mister Shirayuki, I found Mister Moborishi's daughter, she's one of those who came along to your mansion with me."
"I see... I'd like to meet her soon..."
The three soon stops talking, then decides to come down and greet the guests.
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((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills, katsucha and Cinia Pacifica))
After one hour inside the taxi, finally the group arrived at their destination, Ayane's mansion. Ayane's taxi arrived there first and Satoru's came right before them. It was an old yet grand looking mansion.
Laying eyes on the estate, it was ever more over the top than Kris had previously thought it would be. Kris was never one for fancy houses or many of the finer things. He was a simple man with simple tastes, but this was a lot better than most of the world was living with right now, so he sure as hell wasn't going to start complaining.
"... Wake up, Christine. We've already arrived...",Sophia gave a light nudge on Christine's cheek to awake the reporter while her eyes locked at the mansion.
"Mhhmm. Is it morning already? Christine rubbed her eyes and felt slight dizziness. Christine and Sophia walked out from the taxi and stared at the mansion.
" Well, this is surprising. " Christine spoke to herself as she watched the mansion in front of her.
"This place is pretty impressive. I have no idea what I would do with this much space, though," Kris comments as he exits the taxi.
"Is this old-style Victorian? When was it built?", Kahori asked Ayane as they got out of the cars.
"Only my grandfather can tell that to you, but I doubt that he'd tell you," Ayane said while walking towards the grand house, servants and maids seemed to be ready in both sides for welcoming Ayane's entry, "You guys will be directed to the living room, I'll have a little chat with my grandfather first."
Kahori made a slight facial expression that showed that she was peeved at Ayane not knowing the answer.
Cliff walked silently in the back of the group observing the massive landscape of the mansion. He tried to deduce any sort of information the family could be involved in, but to no avail. It seemed the family was more cautious than most, but it was obvious that if this family was safe, and was able to provide personnal, then it was no ordinary wealthy family.
As they were escorted to the living room, Kahori decided to take up one of the seats closest to the door. There wasn't any rhyme or reason as to why she picked that seat, she just felt like it was the most comfortable. As she sat down, she took out a different book. This time, it was the Encyclopedia Britannica vol 30. She did, as per usual, opened up the book to the first page, and started read-eating.
This place certainly is... grand, so to speak, Cliff thought as he took a look around him as he sat in a comfortable seat in what he presumed to be the living room. Cliff tapped Kris' shoulder who sat next to him, and whispered, "Hey Kris, what do you think about this mansion? Don't you think it's a bit... large?"
"Too large. I'd only need about one room in here to be happy. Must have taken alot of money to build it," Kris responds.
"Interesting, I figured you had a large house of your own. You almost look like a family man; you give off that feeling," Cliff said to Kris.
Kris laughed, "I'm too young to be a dad yet, old man. But seeing the way things are turning out...Sounds like a dream to settle down."
Reclining in his seat, Cliff absentmindedly replied with a sigh, "No kidding. I can only imagine how everyone else is feeling. I don't have a family, but someone like Christine must be going through a lot. I mean, at least Ayane has family."
"I have a mom, and a sister...My mom is probably ok, but if this thing is worldwide, my sister might be gone by now..." Kris says. He had been mulling it over for a while, but he was trying not to think about it.
"I'm sleepy," Christine mumbles on her own as she lazily sat on a sofa. She saw Kris and Cliff talking to each other, but she was too tired to do join them. "How long do we have to wait in here...?"
In a few moments, three different people walked into the spacious room, not known to what is going on. They simply end up sitting with the rest of the group, feeling slightly awkward.
"Wow, talk about a crowd," Iteyui slightly giggled as if laughing to herself. "Sorry, I'm just surprised at the large amount of people in here."
This is getting knowhere. What's with this tense situation? Too scared to talk? Or maybe just shy. Uther rolled his eyes, looking at the surroundings, This is one big house. I wonder if there's any cute maids? That was the first thing that came in his mind, maids. Uther really missed the maids in front of his appartment. This is getting too long, Uther took a mint candy from his pocket and ate it.
It seemed that everyone either didn't know how to break the ice, or that everyone was just tired. The tense atmosphere was thick enough to almost make it hard to breathe. Cliff didn't know who the girl that had just spoken was, but he appreciated the start of a conversation, "Well, how about we all introduce ourselves? I mean, it's better than just sitting in silence right? My name's Cliff Keiramich," Cliff said with a gentle smile, extending his hand out for the girl to shake.
Kris scanned the room for a moment. Some people didn't look like they would have survived through this, but here they are, battle-hardened and probably just as exhausted as he is. "My name is Kristopher Rosen, but Kris is just fine," said Kris, following Cliff's lead. It didn't hurt to get to know the other survivors. After all, there isn't that many of them left.
"... Sophia Arciana Calmina, a training nun from St. Arlynia Church..." Sophia muttered, she then pointed to the drowsy Christine, "... And she's Christine."
"And I am Satoru Nagumi, nice to meet you all," Satoru tried to be as gentlemanly, as possible.
"My name is Kahori Sawamatsu. Kahori is fine," Kahori said absent-mindedly from her seat. She was too busy trying to read the small print contained within the Encyclopedia to give any attention other than a greeting to their new guests.
Well, can't help it, Uther took the candy out of his mouth and threw it in to a nearby trash bin. "My name is Uther Insarius Arclinus. You can call me Uther, in short," he smiled at his newly found friends.
"And my name is Iteyui. Sorry if I startled you earlier."
Kotori feels a bit surprised upon witnessing so many people gathered here, and decides to go along with the flow, "Kotori Moboroshi."
As the introductions finally ended, a maid and a servant came walking, holding plates full of snacks in their arms for the guests. After they placed the plates in the table in front of everyone. They slightly bowed their heads and left. This made others brighten up at the sight of something to eat, but at the same time, they began to wonder why exactly... they're still in all the mess with zombies. Work must be very important, to them?
Kris' stomach growled loudly as he laid eyes on the food that the maid and the servant brought in. He had never gotten to finish that nasty cold soup while on the ship, but since it was to save Ayane, he guessed that things just had a way of working out. Because now he can finally eat some real food with first class accomodations. [color=#9D0A0A0]"Well dont mind if I do.." says Kris stealing a deviled egg off one of the plates. It was one of his favorites that his mother would make on thanksgiving.
Kris figured this is a good time to try and get some information from the other survivors. Surely they had their own stories to tell about how they ended up here in Japan. Kris also figured that most of them were wondering who the hell is this strange suited man sitting in the room. Smirking a bit at one of the looks he's getting, he chuckles a bit. "Like something out of a movie right? I thought the same thing when they showed them to us," says Kris. "I'm a part of the Fakku Special Forces Unit. We were supposed to be the ones called in for catastrophic situations, but you see how much help that was. I was actually on a operation when the outbreak happened. My entire team was wiped out, with me safe by some dumb luck..." Kris said, without choking up too much after talking with Cliff before hand. "After that, I made it out of there and made my way to the docks where I met Kahori... trying to run from the zombies in the street," Kris said, placing a hand on her head teasingly as she puffed out her cheeks.
After that, everyone decided to share titbits regarding what happened with them and how they got in here. Like this... time passed with either talking or drowsily sitting in the sofa, silently.
Ayane, her grandfather and Hilda walked down from the large staircase decorated with a red carpet from behind the group, "You guys had fun conversing with each other?" Ayane inquires with a smile, attempting to lighten up the atmosphere.
"For the most part. It seems like we had an easier time than they had on the plane. I would take that boat over the plane any day of the week." said Kris stretching out, stuffed with snacks. In truth, he was entertained by the stories. It reminded him of the times when him and the others would share battle stories. Back when he earned his nickname.
"Indeed. I'm glad that I didn't leave Fakku City with Hilda!" Ayane replied, mockingly looking at Hilda. She feels that Hilda is full of misfortune... misfortune that she treats as 'fortune'.
"Too bad you missed all the action," Hilda said, looking away with her eyes closed.
"It sure sounds like it. I'm a bit surprised that you're a swordsman. It can't be as big as they are saying," Kris taunts.
"True, my sword is not as big as they think it is... it's far from being 'big' really," she casually spoke, waving above her right hand as if to show that it's actually pretty small to her.
Ayane wondered as she spoke what's in her mind aloud, "I wonder just how big it really is... I've never seen it before."
The old man stepped up, as if to shun the chitchats of the three, "Ahem. Anyway, we're here right now to talk about what we'll do afterwards. The three of us have come to a decision already. It is time for you people to make decisions for yourselves."
Kris sat up straight. Whatever this old man had to talk about, it would be worth listening to. He knew that they wouldn't be staying there forever. "What was your decision about?" asked Kris waiting patiently.
After one hour inside the taxi, finally the group arrived at their destination, Ayane's mansion. Ayane's taxi arrived there first and Satoru's came right before them. It was an old yet grand looking mansion.
Laying eyes on the estate, it was ever more over the top than Kris had previously thought it would be. Kris was never one for fancy houses or many of the finer things. He was a simple man with simple tastes, but this was a lot better than most of the world was living with right now, so he sure as hell wasn't going to start complaining.
"... Wake up, Christine. We've already arrived...",Sophia gave a light nudge on Christine's cheek to awake the reporter while her eyes locked at the mansion.
"Mhhmm. Is it morning already? Christine rubbed her eyes and felt slight dizziness. Christine and Sophia walked out from the taxi and stared at the mansion.
" Well, this is surprising. " Christine spoke to herself as she watched the mansion in front of her.
"This place is pretty impressive. I have no idea what I would do with this much space, though," Kris comments as he exits the taxi.
"Is this old-style Victorian? When was it built?", Kahori asked Ayane as they got out of the cars.
"Only my grandfather can tell that to you, but I doubt that he'd tell you," Ayane said while walking towards the grand house, servants and maids seemed to be ready in both sides for welcoming Ayane's entry, "You guys will be directed to the living room, I'll have a little chat with my grandfather first."
Kahori made a slight facial expression that showed that she was peeved at Ayane not knowing the answer.
Cliff walked silently in the back of the group observing the massive landscape of the mansion. He tried to deduce any sort of information the family could be involved in, but to no avail. It seemed the family was more cautious than most, but it was obvious that if this family was safe, and was able to provide personnal, then it was no ordinary wealthy family.
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As they were escorted to the living room, Kahori decided to take up one of the seats closest to the door. There wasn't any rhyme or reason as to why she picked that seat, she just felt like it was the most comfortable. As she sat down, she took out a different book. This time, it was the Encyclopedia Britannica vol 30. She did, as per usual, opened up the book to the first page, and started read-eating.
This place certainly is... grand, so to speak, Cliff thought as he took a look around him as he sat in a comfortable seat in what he presumed to be the living room. Cliff tapped Kris' shoulder who sat next to him, and whispered, "Hey Kris, what do you think about this mansion? Don't you think it's a bit... large?"
"Too large. I'd only need about one room in here to be happy. Must have taken alot of money to build it," Kris responds.
"Interesting, I figured you had a large house of your own. You almost look like a family man; you give off that feeling," Cliff said to Kris.
Kris laughed, "I'm too young to be a dad yet, old man. But seeing the way things are turning out...Sounds like a dream to settle down."
Reclining in his seat, Cliff absentmindedly replied with a sigh, "No kidding. I can only imagine how everyone else is feeling. I don't have a family, but someone like Christine must be going through a lot. I mean, at least Ayane has family."
"I have a mom, and a sister...My mom is probably ok, but if this thing is worldwide, my sister might be gone by now..." Kris says. He had been mulling it over for a while, but he was trying not to think about it.
"I'm sleepy," Christine mumbles on her own as she lazily sat on a sofa. She saw Kris and Cliff talking to each other, but she was too tired to do join them. "How long do we have to wait in here...?"
In a few moments, three different people walked into the spacious room, not known to what is going on. They simply end up sitting with the rest of the group, feeling slightly awkward.
"Wow, talk about a crowd," Iteyui slightly giggled as if laughing to herself. "Sorry, I'm just surprised at the large amount of people in here."
This is getting knowhere. What's with this tense situation? Too scared to talk? Or maybe just shy. Uther rolled his eyes, looking at the surroundings, This is one big house. I wonder if there's any cute maids? That was the first thing that came in his mind, maids. Uther really missed the maids in front of his appartment. This is getting too long, Uther took a mint candy from his pocket and ate it.
It seemed that everyone either didn't know how to break the ice, or that everyone was just tired. The tense atmosphere was thick enough to almost make it hard to breathe. Cliff didn't know who the girl that had just spoken was, but he appreciated the start of a conversation, "Well, how about we all introduce ourselves? I mean, it's better than just sitting in silence right? My name's Cliff Keiramich," Cliff said with a gentle smile, extending his hand out for the girl to shake.
Kris scanned the room for a moment. Some people didn't look like they would have survived through this, but here they are, battle-hardened and probably just as exhausted as he is. "My name is Kristopher Rosen, but Kris is just fine," said Kris, following Cliff's lead. It didn't hurt to get to know the other survivors. After all, there isn't that many of them left.
"... Sophia Arciana Calmina, a training nun from St. Arlynia Church..." Sophia muttered, she then pointed to the drowsy Christine, "... And she's Christine."
"And I am Satoru Nagumi, nice to meet you all," Satoru tried to be as gentlemanly, as possible.
"My name is Kahori Sawamatsu. Kahori is fine," Kahori said absent-mindedly from her seat. She was too busy trying to read the small print contained within the Encyclopedia to give any attention other than a greeting to their new guests.
Well, can't help it, Uther took the candy out of his mouth and threw it in to a nearby trash bin. "My name is Uther Insarius Arclinus. You can call me Uther, in short," he smiled at his newly found friends.
"And my name is Iteyui. Sorry if I startled you earlier."
Kotori feels a bit surprised upon witnessing so many people gathered here, and decides to go along with the flow, "Kotori Moboroshi."
As the introductions finally ended, a maid and a servant came walking, holding plates full of snacks in their arms for the guests. After they placed the plates in the table in front of everyone. They slightly bowed their heads and left. This made others brighten up at the sight of something to eat, but at the same time, they began to wonder why exactly... they're still in all the mess with zombies. Work must be very important, to them?
Kris' stomach growled loudly as he laid eyes on the food that the maid and the servant brought in. He had never gotten to finish that nasty cold soup while on the ship, but since it was to save Ayane, he guessed that things just had a way of working out. Because now he can finally eat some real food with first class accomodations. [color=#9D0A0A0]"Well dont mind if I do.." says Kris stealing a deviled egg off one of the plates. It was one of his favorites that his mother would make on thanksgiving.
Kris figured this is a good time to try and get some information from the other survivors. Surely they had their own stories to tell about how they ended up here in Japan. Kris also figured that most of them were wondering who the hell is this strange suited man sitting in the room. Smirking a bit at one of the looks he's getting, he chuckles a bit. "Like something out of a movie right? I thought the same thing when they showed them to us," says Kris. "I'm a part of the Fakku Special Forces Unit. We were supposed to be the ones called in for catastrophic situations, but you see how much help that was. I was actually on a operation when the outbreak happened. My entire team was wiped out, with me safe by some dumb luck..." Kris said, without choking up too much after talking with Cliff before hand. "After that, I made it out of there and made my way to the docks where I met Kahori... trying to run from the zombies in the street," Kris said, placing a hand on her head teasingly as she puffed out her cheeks.
After that, everyone decided to share titbits regarding what happened with them and how they got in here. Like this... time passed with either talking or drowsily sitting in the sofa, silently.
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Ayane, her grandfather and Hilda walked down from the large staircase decorated with a red carpet from behind the group, "You guys had fun conversing with each other?" Ayane inquires with a smile, attempting to lighten up the atmosphere.
"For the most part. It seems like we had an easier time than they had on the plane. I would take that boat over the plane any day of the week." said Kris stretching out, stuffed with snacks. In truth, he was entertained by the stories. It reminded him of the times when him and the others would share battle stories. Back when he earned his nickname.
"Indeed. I'm glad that I didn't leave Fakku City with Hilda!" Ayane replied, mockingly looking at Hilda. She feels that Hilda is full of misfortune... misfortune that she treats as 'fortune'.
"Too bad you missed all the action," Hilda said, looking away with her eyes closed.
"It sure sounds like it. I'm a bit surprised that you're a swordsman. It can't be as big as they are saying," Kris taunts.
"True, my sword is not as big as they think it is... it's far from being 'big' really," she casually spoke, waving above her right hand as if to show that it's actually pretty small to her.
Ayane wondered as she spoke what's in her mind aloud, "I wonder just how big it really is... I've never seen it before."
The old man stepped up, as if to shun the chitchats of the three, "Ahem. Anyway, we're here right now to talk about what we'll do afterwards. The three of us have come to a decision already. It is time for you people to make decisions for yourselves."
Kris sat up straight. Whatever this old man had to talk about, it would be worth listening to. He knew that they wouldn't be staying there forever. "What was your decision about?" asked Kris waiting patiently.
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I perked up from the Encyclopedia I was reading when the group of three came into the room. I didn't even stop reading when the servants came in to give us food and drink. But this group, drew my undivided attention.
As I stared at the girl near Ayane, I finished eating the piece of paper that was in my mouth, and slowly closed the book and laid it flat across my lap. I turned my body while staring at the girl and tugged on Kris' sleeve, trying to get his attention. That other girl that was near that old guy and Ayane, I got bad vibes from her. I knew immediately that I wasn't ever going to get along with her, even worse than the "rivalry" that I have with Ayane.
"Kris... I don't ever want to go near that girl over there, near Ayane, without you nearby. I don't like her, not one bit at all.", I said to Kris in a hushed voice, so as to not draw everyone's attention. I didn't even tear my vision away from her as I spoke to Kris.
That girl felt like she didn't even care for anyone else but those like her. That's exactly opposite of how I felt towards everyone. She had the air and aura of one that was born to lead, and accumulated wealth where ever she went. It was actually very frightening, to be within even 20 feet of her. I've never faced, or dealt, with anyone like her ever, and that frightened me. I feared that I would be treated as nothing, not even like a pebble on the side of the road that no one paid any attention to other than to kick it if they felt like it. That fear of losing my significance, is what was leading me to try and rely on the man, Kris, that saved me from those zombies last night. I feel the most comfortable when I'm with him and I would follow him anywhere, and even do what ever I needed just to stay with him.
As I stared at the girl near Ayane, I finished eating the piece of paper that was in my mouth, and slowly closed the book and laid it flat across my lap. I turned my body while staring at the girl and tugged on Kris' sleeve, trying to get his attention. That other girl that was near that old guy and Ayane, I got bad vibes from her. I knew immediately that I wasn't ever going to get along with her, even worse than the "rivalry" that I have with Ayane.
"Kris... I don't ever want to go near that girl over there, near Ayane, without you nearby. I don't like her, not one bit at all.", I said to Kris in a hushed voice, so as to not draw everyone's attention. I didn't even tear my vision away from her as I spoke to Kris.
That girl felt like she didn't even care for anyone else but those like her. That's exactly opposite of how I felt towards everyone. She had the air and aura of one that was born to lead, and accumulated wealth where ever she went. It was actually very frightening, to be within even 20 feet of her. I've never faced, or dealt, with anyone like her ever, and that frightened me. I feared that I would be treated as nothing, not even like a pebble on the side of the road that no one paid any attention to other than to kick it if they felt like it. That fear of losing my significance, is what was leading me to try and rely on the man, Kris, that saved me from those zombies last night. I feel the most comfortable when I'm with him and I would follow him anywhere, and even do what ever I needed just to stay with him.
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
((This is a joint post with: Applesauce, AzelleFans, Sanada, Xninebreaker, Zandorf, TheLoneGentleman, Hanasaku, Gahald_Mills, katsucha and Cinia Pacifica))
"It is regarding what we'd after leaving this place. We've decided to leave Japan. And we'll look for a way to counter the zombies. It may sound ridiculous, but I don't think we can run from them forever."
"I find it ridiculous to even try to run and survive from them as long as possible. So, I was thinking if we could check those labs out and see just how the zombies were formed in the first place."
"I think that's a good idea she came up with, maybe we'll find out something if we do this. Although we haven't decided which country we'd go to. We have our goal set! We'll try to help you guys if you make different plans. But we can't make promises, not in this sitaution. However, we can take you guys with us."
Kris thought about what Kahori had just said. He knew that the girl beside Ayane was a bit out of the ordinary, but he didn't think she was dangerous. But Kris wasn't going to disregard this warning. Following with the conversation he nodded to Kahori in a way that made it look like he was simply nodding in agreement, but Kahori picked it up without anything needing to be said.
Cliff remained still with his eyes closed as he closely listened to what Ayane, the girl beside her, and the old man had to say. "Do you know if there's anyone else creating a group or an initiative against these... 'zombies'? I'd hate to say it, but these things are better left in the hands of professionals," Cliff commented, but realizing that he could be mistaken for being cowardly, he continued in a grave tone, "Basically... I'm asking if you know if we are the only ones alive."
"No, maybe those guys are just too scared to do so. I haven't seen any groups nor other people grouping up like us and talk about survival. They will only hide inside their dens and wait until everything is finished," Uther responded to Cliff's statements and continued, "It's better to take the initiative to, at least clean the region or make it less dangerous."
"We can't count on anyone else to solve this. Because most other people are thinking someone else is going to solve this too," Kris said, scowling a bit. It was only human nature to be scared, but it was idiotic to think that something like this was going to go away without everyone fighting their hearts out. But even if their group are the only ones fighting, it's better than nothing. And it gave Kris at least some chance at redemption in his own mind.
"Professionals? You don't even know who we are... not that you are in any position to know, though."
"If we're the only ones alive, as in? Do elaborate a bit, please," Ayane said, her smile waning as Hilda seemed to have felt a slight tinge of insult. Things may just get worse in this conversation.
Cliff raised an eyebrow as the girl beside Ayane fired a question back at Cliff. Just as I thought, these people weren't normal to begin with. Just what does this family do? Cliff thought before replying to Ayane and the other girl. "My apologies, I was a bit careless to assume. And like I was saying... I just find it a bit odd that we've had the luxury to being alive for over an hour. How many people do you know that can help us?"
"Grandfather knows plenty of people who can aid us, in their own ways, that is... maybe."
"The army won't give us a backup? Do we have to go there by ourself?" Christine spoke as she woke up from her drowsiness.
"The priority for any army in any country right now would be to get their leaders to safety first and then help civilians that weren't effected find shelter, or protect them in towns and cities still not affected since they wouldn't want their entire country infected. If we do find any army personal it would be small groups looking into this."
"We can get ourselves on a plane. Tickets will be expensive though, more than usual. Probably," Ayane said, her expression seemingly perplexed.
"Wait, their bodies will decay later right? They just a dead corpses. Christine didn't want to see more zombies again.
"If the zombies are infected by some type of virus or organism, then they will not decay. The host or infection will try to keep the bodies alive for as long as they can. That means by feasting on other creatures, or even making these zombies their own species with a hierarchy of their own and even capable of intellectual thought. This is just a theory though," Kahori said as she still held onto Kris' sleeve.
The last thing Kris wanted was for these things to start thinking outside "Eat". It was hard enough to put those things down without having to worry if another one was flanking you using another as a distraction. "Well, thats a scary thought," says Kris praying someone could disprove this.
"Yeah. Though I don't know about the intelligence, even if such a thing happens, that intelligence wouldn't be a match for human intelligence... probably."
"That could be true, but we don't have a way to prove or disprove anything right now. For all we know, they could be using one large collective hive-mind to move all of the infected, or they could all just be moving of their own free will for their own survival."
"So we have to return to that kind of place again... " Christine looked down. She couldn't escape anymore recalling Japan is not a safe place anymore. "Any ideas where to start this? I think we can't go back to Fakku Island so easily. "
"The latter is more probable. Anyway, I wouldn't go back to Fakku City. Sounds like a waste of time. I'd rather go to a country that is fighting back well against the zombies."
"Well, an island would be nice, since the population would be small and chances to find zombies would be small. The only bad thing is getting supplies." Uther crossed his hands. "Hmm..Hawaii, maybe?"
"Islands are easily... conquered by zombies, though. Fakku City is almost done for right now. That said, how about we stay in Japan for a while longer. I was thinking that... this country will take some time to go down, and there *are* labs that we can check out."
What is this, labs that he's talking about? Experimenting on these Zombies? Or maybe something else? Something like Area 51 that my Great Grandfather use to told me? Uther gave an interested look on his face, saying that he'll do anything to look at these "Labs".
"Works for me as well, Mister Shirayuki," Hilda gave a shrug.
"I have no problem cutting more of those things down. If you need more muscle you can count me in," answered Kris. It was obvious he was just looking for an outlet for his aggression, but that would end up keeping him alive as long as he didn't dive into an army of zombies. He never hesitated in pulling the trigger which some people were still getting use to.
Kahori pulled on Kris' sleeve again. "Be careful... and I want to go with you."
"I was hoping you would. If I go charging in, I'll need someone smart to talk me out of it," Kris said smiling. "Plus being seperated isn't the best idea nowadays."
Can we really find a solution? Nonetheless... at least we are visiting a lab, Cliff thought looking at the bright side of this before commenting, "Well, I guess it's probably our best course of action at the moment. Plus, if the lab is still functioning... I may be able to put it to use. perhaps even tweak some of our weapons."
"I believe lab like those are still working properly, unless the zombies destroyed everything in them when they broke out," Kotori yawned as she felt more tired.
"That reminds me, I need to know where did my guns came from and why it was left inside my apartment with my name on it, " Uther showed his guns.
Sophia listened attentively. If it's something about going to a lab, it may just be interesting, and what if one of the syndicate members are there, doing something? Who knows what they are really up to.
"Cliff, you might be able to put it to use, but... the passwords to controls; only the three of us know them. So yeah, don't mess with the controls before any of us three do it."
"It is regarding what we'd after leaving this place. We've decided to leave Japan. And we'll look for a way to counter the zombies. It may sound ridiculous, but I don't think we can run from them forever."
"I find it ridiculous to even try to run and survive from them as long as possible. So, I was thinking if we could check those labs out and see just how the zombies were formed in the first place."
"I think that's a good idea she came up with, maybe we'll find out something if we do this. Although we haven't decided which country we'd go to. We have our goal set! We'll try to help you guys if you make different plans. But we can't make promises, not in this sitaution. However, we can take you guys with us."
Kris thought about what Kahori had just said. He knew that the girl beside Ayane was a bit out of the ordinary, but he didn't think she was dangerous. But Kris wasn't going to disregard this warning. Following with the conversation he nodded to Kahori in a way that made it look like he was simply nodding in agreement, but Kahori picked it up without anything needing to be said.
Cliff remained still with his eyes closed as he closely listened to what Ayane, the girl beside her, and the old man had to say. "Do you know if there's anyone else creating a group or an initiative against these... 'zombies'? I'd hate to say it, but these things are better left in the hands of professionals," Cliff commented, but realizing that he could be mistaken for being cowardly, he continued in a grave tone, "Basically... I'm asking if you know if we are the only ones alive."
"No, maybe those guys are just too scared to do so. I haven't seen any groups nor other people grouping up like us and talk about survival. They will only hide inside their dens and wait until everything is finished," Uther responded to Cliff's statements and continued, "It's better to take the initiative to, at least clean the region or make it less dangerous."
"We can't count on anyone else to solve this. Because most other people are thinking someone else is going to solve this too," Kris said, scowling a bit. It was only human nature to be scared, but it was idiotic to think that something like this was going to go away without everyone fighting their hearts out. But even if their group are the only ones fighting, it's better than nothing. And it gave Kris at least some chance at redemption in his own mind.
"Professionals? You don't even know who we are... not that you are in any position to know, though."
"If we're the only ones alive, as in? Do elaborate a bit, please," Ayane said, her smile waning as Hilda seemed to have felt a slight tinge of insult. Things may just get worse in this conversation.
Cliff raised an eyebrow as the girl beside Ayane fired a question back at Cliff. Just as I thought, these people weren't normal to begin with. Just what does this family do? Cliff thought before replying to Ayane and the other girl. "My apologies, I was a bit careless to assume. And like I was saying... I just find it a bit odd that we've had the luxury to being alive for over an hour. How many people do you know that can help us?"
"Grandfather knows plenty of people who can aid us, in their own ways, that is... maybe."
"The army won't give us a backup? Do we have to go there by ourself?" Christine spoke as she woke up from her drowsiness.
"The priority for any army in any country right now would be to get their leaders to safety first and then help civilians that weren't effected find shelter, or protect them in towns and cities still not affected since they wouldn't want their entire country infected. If we do find any army personal it would be small groups looking into this."
"We can get ourselves on a plane. Tickets will be expensive though, more than usual. Probably," Ayane said, her expression seemingly perplexed.
"Wait, their bodies will decay later right? They just a dead corpses. Christine didn't want to see more zombies again.
"If the zombies are infected by some type of virus or organism, then they will not decay. The host or infection will try to keep the bodies alive for as long as they can. That means by feasting on other creatures, or even making these zombies their own species with a hierarchy of their own and even capable of intellectual thought. This is just a theory though," Kahori said as she still held onto Kris' sleeve.
The last thing Kris wanted was for these things to start thinking outside "Eat". It was hard enough to put those things down without having to worry if another one was flanking you using another as a distraction. "Well, thats a scary thought," says Kris praying someone could disprove this.
"Yeah. Though I don't know about the intelligence, even if such a thing happens, that intelligence wouldn't be a match for human intelligence... probably."
"That could be true, but we don't have a way to prove or disprove anything right now. For all we know, they could be using one large collective hive-mind to move all of the infected, or they could all just be moving of their own free will for their own survival."
"So we have to return to that kind of place again... " Christine looked down. She couldn't escape anymore recalling Japan is not a safe place anymore. "Any ideas where to start this? I think we can't go back to Fakku Island so easily. "
"The latter is more probable. Anyway, I wouldn't go back to Fakku City. Sounds like a waste of time. I'd rather go to a country that is fighting back well against the zombies."
"Well, an island would be nice, since the population would be small and chances to find zombies would be small. The only bad thing is getting supplies." Uther crossed his hands. "Hmm..Hawaii, maybe?"
"Islands are easily... conquered by zombies, though. Fakku City is almost done for right now. That said, how about we stay in Japan for a while longer. I was thinking that... this country will take some time to go down, and there *are* labs that we can check out."
What is this, labs that he's talking about? Experimenting on these Zombies? Or maybe something else? Something like Area 51 that my Great Grandfather use to told me? Uther gave an interested look on his face, saying that he'll do anything to look at these "Labs".
"Works for me as well, Mister Shirayuki," Hilda gave a shrug.
"I have no problem cutting more of those things down. If you need more muscle you can count me in," answered Kris. It was obvious he was just looking for an outlet for his aggression, but that would end up keeping him alive as long as he didn't dive into an army of zombies. He never hesitated in pulling the trigger which some people were still getting use to.
Kahori pulled on Kris' sleeve again. "Be careful... and I want to go with you."
"I was hoping you would. If I go charging in, I'll need someone smart to talk me out of it," Kris said smiling. "Plus being seperated isn't the best idea nowadays."
Can we really find a solution? Nonetheless... at least we are visiting a lab, Cliff thought looking at the bright side of this before commenting, "Well, I guess it's probably our best course of action at the moment. Plus, if the lab is still functioning... I may be able to put it to use. perhaps even tweak some of our weapons."
"I believe lab like those are still working properly, unless the zombies destroyed everything in them when they broke out," Kotori yawned as she felt more tired.
"That reminds me, I need to know where did my guns came from and why it was left inside my apartment with my name on it, " Uther showed his guns.
Sophia listened attentively. If it's something about going to a lab, it may just be interesting, and what if one of the syndicate members are there, doing something? Who knows what they are really up to.
"Cliff, you might be able to put it to use, but... the passwords to controls; only the three of us know them. So yeah, don't mess with the controls before any of us three do it."
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So it seems that the family also has exclusive access to the lab seeing as it requires a password. Intriguing... Cliff thought to himself before answering back. "Alright then. It's a given that labs would require a security check. I'll make sure to get you before I mess with the equipment-" Cliff stopped mid sentence, realizing that he did not know the girl's name, yet she knew his. Pausing a bit before continuing, "You've yet to introduce yourself. What's your name?" Cliff asked.
"Though, assuming that we'll all be going together, we're just asking you to not mess with the controls before we do our work. That is all, really."
Man, I feel sorry for Cliff. I have a feeling that that girl is going to rip him to shreds for not addressing her correctly, Kahori thought to herself.
"Ah, I apologize for my rudeness. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hilda de Henriette. It's a pleasure to meet you all."
After a while of expecting an introduction, Hilda finally introduced herself, "Nice to meet you too, my name is Kris."
While she's still pondering about what to do next, Sophia listened to the others' plan. While joining them to investigate whether the Syndicate is also involved in this mess is a good idea, Sophia wanted to know her other possible options. But then, she remembered something that bothered her before.
"... Awhile back, when I reached the barricade on the bridge, a policeman came and picked me out from the queue, made me passed the long line of people who were waiting to board the ship. He also made me rode in the big car where I met Cliff and Christine, so I reached the ship faster than other people. I still don't understand why a normal nun-in-training like me got such luxury of a quick transport. Anyone here know the reason, perhaps?" Sophia poured down the question without delay. Someone might or might not have the answer, so nothing wrong by trying it out.
"Hmm... perhaps he was one of your... secret admirers?!" Ayane tossed back a half-baked theory. In a rather dramatic fashion, for no apparent reason.
"Or maybe you're affiliated with a certain organization, and someone pulled the strings to get you to safety?" Hilda gives a more serious response.
Sophia, a little bit taken aback with the two responses. Although it is clear that Ayane's response is off the air, Hilda's answer may be a little bit true. But then again, given that the ship was carrying zombies, Sophia wondered if they really wanted to save her.
"... I see. Though, we're only a small church in the city. I doubt we have such ability to pull such string out in this kind of emergency... or having a supporter to do so", she tried to end the matter now without raising any suspicion.
"Sorry I didn't see anyone like that Sophia. It must have been before we met up," Turning to ask if Satoru might have seen something he found him knocked out. "Well, Satoru was with me the whole time on the ship, so he probably didn't see much either," thought Kris.
"I'm pretty sure that I implied that you're no part of an actual church if you'd have affiliations with an organization that I was speaking of, to begin with. But really, you're alive now. Stop pondering about that, I think it doesn't really matter right now. We have more important issues to think about."
"Yeah, I'd rather talk about when, we hit the labs. Time is an important factor to consider. We're all tired, so we need rest. But if we rest for too long, Japan gets more and more infected, and our freedom to move around is restricted more and more. It's a bit perplexing."
"Do you guys have any idea what the labs look like? Or even where this information might be?" asked Kris.
"We know all about them," said Ayane's grandfather, with confidence.
This old man is suspicious... thought Kris, "So then, I'll need a map. Including airducts and an idea of the security system. No doubt that place may have went into some sort of lockdown, right?" asks Kris.
"I'll fetch those information for you soon, along with the map. Although I'm not so sure about a lockdown. We don't even know if people touched that place after the zombie outbreak," Ayane replied as she placed her fingers below her chin as if to show that she's pondering about it.
"Well, if they haven't, then we might catch a lucky break," said Kris. "But for now we all should get a good rest. Most of us are simply running off that brief nap on the boat."
"That makes me wonder if the ones who came with me even had a nap..."
"I suppose so. I'm quite tired myself. Hmm... now, just how long can we take a rest for?"
"Not for too many hours, that's for certain."
"I think four hours should be enough time."
"I guess we can go with that, then," Ayane said, flashing a smile.
"We should rest now, so we don't waste any precious time. Can you show us to some rooms, please?" asks Kris politely.
"We've already made arrangments for things like that, our servants will be escorting you all to their rooms. With that, we'd like to go to our rooms for rest, too."
As Ayane said that, she and Hilda both turned their backs and started to walk away, the old man simply closed his eyes for a moment, and then proceeded to leaving the scene, too.
Servants came in shortly after the trio left and escorted them to their rooms. The hallways were long and dimly lit, but it was still light enough to easily see where you were going. Each of them had their own rooms which was nice considering where they slept the time before. But just as Kris was getting ready to enter his room he felt a tug on his suit.
The idea of sleeping alone again scared Kahori. She didn't want to have those nightmares again. "Kris...can I stay with you?" asked Kahori. "Sure, but you have to wear clothes. All of them," Kris responded seriously, and Kahori pouted. Kris then laughed it off shortly after.
So it seems that the family also has exclusive access to the lab seeing as it requires a password. Intriguing... Cliff thought to himself before answering back. "Alright then. It's a given that labs would require a security check. I'll make sure to get you before I mess with the equipment-" Cliff stopped mid sentence, realizing that he did not know the girl's name, yet she knew his. Pausing a bit before continuing, "You've yet to introduce yourself. What's your name?" Cliff asked.
"Though, assuming that we'll all be going together, we're just asking you to not mess with the controls before we do our work. That is all, really."
Man, I feel sorry for Cliff. I have a feeling that that girl is going to rip him to shreds for not addressing her correctly, Kahori thought to herself.
"Ah, I apologize for my rudeness. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hilda de Henriette. It's a pleasure to meet you all."
After a while of expecting an introduction, Hilda finally introduced herself, "Nice to meet you too, my name is Kris."
While she's still pondering about what to do next, Sophia listened to the others' plan. While joining them to investigate whether the Syndicate is also involved in this mess is a good idea, Sophia wanted to know her other possible options. But then, she remembered something that bothered her before.
"... Awhile back, when I reached the barricade on the bridge, a policeman came and picked me out from the queue, made me passed the long line of people who were waiting to board the ship. He also made me rode in the big car where I met Cliff and Christine, so I reached the ship faster than other people. I still don't understand why a normal nun-in-training like me got such luxury of a quick transport. Anyone here know the reason, perhaps?" Sophia poured down the question without delay. Someone might or might not have the answer, so nothing wrong by trying it out.
"Hmm... perhaps he was one of your... secret admirers?!" Ayane tossed back a half-baked theory. In a rather dramatic fashion, for no apparent reason.
"Or maybe you're affiliated with a certain organization, and someone pulled the strings to get you to safety?" Hilda gives a more serious response.
Sophia, a little bit taken aback with the two responses. Although it is clear that Ayane's response is off the air, Hilda's answer may be a little bit true. But then again, given that the ship was carrying zombies, Sophia wondered if they really wanted to save her.
"... I see. Though, we're only a small church in the city. I doubt we have such ability to pull such string out in this kind of emergency... or having a supporter to do so", she tried to end the matter now without raising any suspicion.
"Sorry I didn't see anyone like that Sophia. It must have been before we met up," Turning to ask if Satoru might have seen something he found him knocked out. "Well, Satoru was with me the whole time on the ship, so he probably didn't see much either," thought Kris.
"I'm pretty sure that I implied that you're no part of an actual church if you'd have affiliations with an organization that I was speaking of, to begin with. But really, you're alive now. Stop pondering about that, I think it doesn't really matter right now. We have more important issues to think about."
"Yeah, I'd rather talk about when, we hit the labs. Time is an important factor to consider. We're all tired, so we need rest. But if we rest for too long, Japan gets more and more infected, and our freedom to move around is restricted more and more. It's a bit perplexing."
"Do you guys have any idea what the labs look like? Or even where this information might be?" asked Kris.
"We know all about them," said Ayane's grandfather, with confidence.
This old man is suspicious... thought Kris, "So then, I'll need a map. Including airducts and an idea of the security system. No doubt that place may have went into some sort of lockdown, right?" asks Kris.
"I'll fetch those information for you soon, along with the map. Although I'm not so sure about a lockdown. We don't even know if people touched that place after the zombie outbreak," Ayane replied as she placed her fingers below her chin as if to show that she's pondering about it.
"Well, if they haven't, then we might catch a lucky break," said Kris. "But for now we all should get a good rest. Most of us are simply running off that brief nap on the boat."
"That makes me wonder if the ones who came with me even had a nap..."
"I suppose so. I'm quite tired myself. Hmm... now, just how long can we take a rest for?"
"Not for too many hours, that's for certain."
"I think four hours should be enough time."
"I guess we can go with that, then," Ayane said, flashing a smile.
"We should rest now, so we don't waste any precious time. Can you show us to some rooms, please?" asks Kris politely.
"We've already made arrangments for things like that, our servants will be escorting you all to their rooms. With that, we'd like to go to our rooms for rest, too."
As Ayane said that, she and Hilda both turned their backs and started to walk away, the old man simply closed his eyes for a moment, and then proceeded to leaving the scene, too.
Servants came in shortly after the trio left and escorted them to their rooms. The hallways were long and dimly lit, but it was still light enough to easily see where you were going. Each of them had their own rooms which was nice considering where they slept the time before. But just as Kris was getting ready to enter his room he felt a tug on his suit.
The idea of sleeping alone again scared Kahori. She didn't want to have those nightmares again. "Kris...can I stay with you?" asked Kahori. "Sure, but you have to wear clothes. All of them," Kris responded seriously, and Kahori pouted. Kris then laughed it off shortly after.