Realistic or Modern Beware the Savages [IC]

[Grim Wraithe Stjerna]

Jask listened as the bard actually had a very good idea. 'Maybe playing D&D did you some good.' Although the wanna be Alpha shewolf was getting a bit irritating with her constant barrage of negative comments. The otter felt Addy hide behind him and cling to his left arm, with that hand Jask gently patted the kit to try and reassure him.

Looking to between Emily and Desmond, the more the coyote spoke the more confident he became that it was the biological scientist, but they were making thing worse with their bickering. "Alright, enough you two." The tone of his voice held an air of authority, it had also dropped into a deeper sound. Not a growl, not a bark and not a yell, but all in a balance, and loud enough to be heard over the growing argument. It was the same voice he had used on the battle field to be heard and understood, and to focus attention on him when dealing with arguing subordinates. "Arguing won't get us out of here, whatever our final destination is." Looking to Emily as he said the last part, as it was becoming clear she had a place to go and did not want to share that information with the group. His voice still carried the same authority in it, but was a bit softer. "For the short term, we need to work to get out of here, and I agree with..." Looking back to the bard. "Keyagran? Kia?" Knowing he had messed up her name. "That we need more Intel and the best way to get that is from the roof. But I am not leaving anyone behind, so if you want to run away that's fine, no one is asking you to stay. Just don't get us killed in the process."

The weight of his pistol, still hidden behind his suit coat, was making itself known, which he hoped he would not have to use, but if things escalated it was going to happen quickly. With Adrian holding his arm he was left with few options that would keep the little guy and himself and the Doc safe. 'Glad I wore the armor last night.'

 

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Belle

She was quite appalled to what her friend had to say about ditching the little kid, but was glad that it wasn't a total washout. Belle walks over to Desmond and the kid. "Don't worry, you won't be alone," she says reassuringly to him as well as she wanted to reassure the kit as well. Emily was very logical, she was too logical, and would put that out first. There was sense in what Emily was saying, but Belle would never imagined it. After all, Belle was a liability as well, with virtually no survival skills or physical strength. Belle walks over to Emily and pulls her aside from the group. "If you want to ditch the kit, you might as well ditch me," she hisses, knowing that she made a point. But frankly, they were each other's weak spot. Belle takes Emily's silence as a sign to go on. "I know you know what you're doing, so make yourself useful and keep your mouth shut," she snaps at her friend, still keeping her voice low. Belle didn't like talking this way to her best friend, or anyone for this matter, but she had to do so. As soon as Emily walked off, every muscle relaxed and she takes a deep sigh of relief, she hated being the strict one, but it was necessary every once in awhile. Belle walks back over to the group, hopefully to calm things down.

Emily

She kept silent the whole time when Belle was talking to her, simply fuming inside, though knew that Belle needed too. Besides, it was much better for her to be angry than anxious right now, which is what Belle helped. She didn't want to become paranoid, because that would make her reckless. Anger was a good thing though, it kept her concentrated and motivated. Even though Emily wanted to stomp away from Belle, she didn't, she walked away silently. She would have to tread lightly and pulls out her gun, though this time not aimed at anyone particular. The kit must have ran through the whole store and even if he didn't arouse anyone, she would still check every corner anyway. She stays alert, silent, and swift the whole time while going through the immediate part of the store while everyone else was talking.

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Desmond Clarke

Desmond was a relatively level headed person, but this she-wolf was beginning to become infuriating to him. His hand hovered near his handgun, not because he planned to pull it to win this argument, but because he feared that would be what Emily would do. Luckily, the otter piped in to end their arguing. His voice held a certain air to it, like that of an officer or a military CO. It strengthened his assumption that he was active or ex-military. And although Jask didn't say anything as far as the kit, Desmond presumed he sided with him, seeing as the otter was the one that the kit was hiding behind. The otter continued to speak of their next move to get out of their, agreeing with what Kiagran said, but Desmond focused on a new voice joining in.

Emily's leopard friend, Belle, spoke to her after saying something to Desmond and Adrian. Desmond quickly got the impression that Belle did not take kindly to what Emily said as her words were rather sharp. He was glad to see that the wolf seemed to be the only one with that mindset. After Emily walked off Desmond looked to the kit and gave him a subtle nod, letting him know that he had his back. He then looked to Belle. "Thank you. Honestly, I was afraid she was going to make things worse and pull her gun." he said with a light chuckle. He then looked to the kit who moved out from behind the otter's leg. "Poor guy. It sucks that he's stuck in all of this." he continued. He rarely showed this sort of sympathy, but it was really only branching off of his guilt.

Interactions | Belle - Galaxy Bear
Mentions | Jask - Grim Wraithe Stjerna / Emily - Galaxy Bear / Kiagran - Midnightchan123

Adrian "Addy" Fulmer

All of this arguing about whether he would stay with them or not was scaring Adrian. If it had been any other day it wouldn't have scared him as much, but from the way some of them spoke about outside led him to believe that something bad was out there and that he really wouldn't be able to defend himself against whatever it was. He fought back the tears however, keeping himself from crying the best he could. Whether it be hugging Bubba, hiding behind Jask, or simply trying to tough it out, he kept himself from crying. Jask did help a bit when he patted Adrian's head. It let him know that he was with him. Luckily, Jask spoke and ended their argument as if it were between two of his kids. The way he sounded reminded Addy of his dad's boss when he spoke with his father over the phone. And thankfully, the leopard joined their side, saying Adrian was to stay. He was glad that most of them were on his side. He hoped that eventually Emily would warm up to him too. He smiled at the coyote when he nodded to him.

He eased his hold on Jask's arm and moved out from behind his leg. The was a slight smile on his face as he rubbed the tears that collected in his eyes away. He looked up to Jask and said, "I'm going to go thank them". He then left Jask's side, holding onto Bubba, and walked over to the coyote and Belle. He looked up to them with a smile. "Thank you!" he told them with a cheery tone.

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[Midnightchan123]

-Kiagran sighed, the worst was over, the kit might make things hard on him but it would be plain evil to leave him behind, she got up, strumming a note on her citole and grinned as it was well tuned before putting it away with her stuff and stretching, now for the hard part, surveillance and it seemed like this was going to be her job, thankfully she didnt have a hard time fitting in tight spaces and began searching for an air duct of some kind, finding one a few aisles over- "anyone mind giving me a boost? Theres one in the ceiling and I dont trust store shelves to not fall over"

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[Grim Wraithe Stjerna]

Jask was relieved that the discussion did not devolve into violence and relaxed his shoulders and let out a small breath. Watching Emily stalk off apparently to sweep and clear the store of any threats, or blow off some steam after her friend gave her a quiet telling off.

The otter smiled at Adrian as he moved out from behind him to thank the other two. 'He's tough, for a kit.' The former Marine was impressed by Adrian's seemingly unwavering resolve to be friends now that he had one, watching him move towards the doctor and Belle. "Thanks for stepping in, you're friend seems to have a singular mindset." He watched as Kia plucked and put away her bardic tool, then start looking for a way up.

Seeing that Adrian was trying to be brave and make friends, Jask raised a paw to signal he would help. "I gotcha." Looking to the three others and nodding he moved to give her a boost. "You sure you can get to the roof through those?" Asking as he laced his fingers together and braced himself against a shelf to help lift her up.

 

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Belle

She takes a deep breath in and out to keep her breathing even so that she doesn't panic and could keep calm. "I'm sorry, she's quite a handful," she didn't want to feel too disgruntled about her best friend. Though Belle did not agree with Emily, she didn't want to stay mad at her. This was a serious situation and honestly she wanted to go back to her apartment and relax with some video games. As long as Emily kept busy she would stay out of the way. When the kit came up to her to thank her, Belle's tail curls up, and she smiles warmly. Belle bends down to get on eye level with Addy. "Don't worry, no one is going to leave you behind," she says with a slight purr, trying to reassure the kit as much as possible before standing back up. Belle gives a quick nod to Jask as he steps in to help out Kiagran through the vents. She didn't have much strength, perhaps the other could help them out too? Belle turns to Desmond. "Maybe see if they need any other help? I can stay with the kit."

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[Midnightchan123]

"don't put too much weight on the shelf or it'll fall over, but yes, you can get through to the roof from this exhaust, there's no sound coming from it so it's definitely off, thanks for the boost!" **she made quick work of removing the vent shield before setting it aside and putting her foot into his hands, using it to lift herself up and into the vent**

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[Raku]

Desmond Clarke

Desmond's attention shifted from the kit to back to Belle as she spoke. He could already tell that she was indeed a handful. He just hoped they wouldn't have another argument like that again, especially if it were to happen between her and Desmond. "Yeah, I can see that now" he replied before he looked to the approaching kit. He didn't look much older than 8, maybe 9. He noticed the backpack and the plushie in his arms, indicating the young age if it wasn't already obvious enough. Desmond couldn't help but be intrigued and be surprised, yet give a slight, although unnoticeable smile due to the medical mask, at the kit's tone. He sounded a bit too happy for him being in the apocalypse. He must not have known about what was going on outside. He was glad that Belle had taken to occupying the kit. Desmond was never too good with the emotional things and being nice. It'd be a rough time for both him and the kit if he was to watch over him. "Sure. I'll go check if they need any assistance" he said with a nod before walking towards Jask and Kiagran.

On his way over he was stopped by the sound of gun shots that didn't seem to be too far away. The gunshots were followed by screams and shouts, then the air fell silent again. Desmond was already reaching for his revolver out of instinct. He relaxed knowing that the shots were far enough away to not bring any trouble to them. He continued his walk to Jask and Kiagran, who was already up in the vents. "Seems like you got everything set here" he said to Jask as he stopped a few feet from him and looked to the vent that Kia had just gone through.
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Adrian "Addy" Fulmer

Adrian returned a smile to Belle as she responded to him. He was glad she was there at that moment. She had gotten Emily to stop arguing about him staying there while they moved on. After she responded to him Adrian's eyes moved up to the coyote in the medical mask. He wondered why he was wearing it for a second. Was he sick? Was he hiding something? The slight blood splatter made Adrian feel a little unease towards the coyote though. He returned his eyes to the more favorable Belle as she spoke to the coyote, asking him to go to see if Jask and Kia needed any help while she stayed with Adrian. As the coyote left Adrian's eyes followed him for a moment before the somewhat faint sounds of gunshots were heard. He then looked to the barricaded front entrance as his ears, his right ear missing a piece of it from a stray gunshot when he was younger, pinned back against his head as he held Bubba a little tighter. He was terrified of gunshots, no matter how distant they may have sounded. The fear could be seen in his icy blue eyes as his body noticeably trembled. His eyes stayed locked on the front entrance even after the shots were long gone.
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Mentions | Desmond - Raku / Jask - Grim Wraithe Stjerna / Emily - Galaxy Bear / Kiagran - Midnightchan123

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[Grim Wraithe Stjerna]

Jask chuckled as he set himself to be a ladder for the self appointed scout. "Don't worry I'm not about to let you fall." Once the vent was off and she set her foot in paws, the otter lifted with an ease, as if she weighed nothing, to give Kiagran the momentum to get into the duct easily. "There should be a roof access somewhere for the rest of us, if you wouldn't mind." Calling after the bard.

The gunshots and screams that rang out in the distance, while they were similar to what he had heard back in his active duty times, he knew they were not an immediate threat and so the otter did not even flinch at, or even seem to notice, them. He did glance to the coyote when he spoke, trading note of his paw being very near the revolver he used almost like a security blanket. "Yeah, she seems to know what she's doing Doc." Raising an eyebrow to see what Desmond would do with someone who might know who he was.

 

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Belle

She watches as Desmond goes over to help the others, feeling a bit relieved for a moment. It wasn't really her forte to help out and Emily was off doing something else. Which left her completely alone with the kit. She looks back over to the front door, hoping that no one was going to come in. It was secured for now but how long until someone decided to snoop in here? She turns to face the kit once more once she picks up a slight gun sound. It was far away but it didn't stop Adrian from shaking. Belle bends back down and rests her paws on his shoulders. She didn't want to put him into a hug in case that made him panic at the same time wanted to comfort him as much as possible. "It's okay to be scared, but the gun isn't going to hurt you. I know some of us have guns, but it's only for our protection. I don't like guns either but sometimes we need them, okay?" She spoke slowly and calmly, trying her best to reassure the young one but also being realistic. The way everyone else was acting was making Belle starting to realize that this probably wasn't something that would be solved in a few days. Belle was almost always calm and never worried about anything, but even now she was starting to become nervous.

Emily

Once she had checked the store thoroughly, and was satisfied, she came back to the group. Emily was carrying a case of water bottles and had a box of protein bars on top of it. She slowly sets the stuff down and watches as the fox slips through the vents with ease. Emily had to admit that she was glad the fox volunteered to go through the vents, because she would have never fit through there. But the fox was small and was able to do so. Emily clears her throat slightly to get the others attention before indicating to the stuff she grabbed. "If you have anything to carry, I would pack up on these, it's going to be useful," she says with a slight grunt but couldn't care less if they took the items or not. She had already done so and had enough for her and Belle, at least for a couple of days. She had dry rations in her bag as well. She didn't mention to the group that she wasn't planning on paying for these items, it wasn't like anyone was going to miss it anyway. Emily takes a few steps away from the group and leans against the wall. She kept an eye on the front door and still had her gun out. There had been a gunshot heard earlier as she was going through the store but it was far away for it not to be a worry for now. She doesn't go over to Belle since she was watching the kit and didn't want to deal with him.

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[Midnightchan123]

**Kia climbed through the ventilation system and reached the exhaust vent to the roof, kicking at the exit caused it to fall out and she was able to climb onto the roof, scanning for anything of use, the only thing on the roof was a skylight but the scene around was gruesome, dead bodies and things wandering the street, not quite dead, not quite living. After taking in everything around herself she went to the skylight and pulled it open, lucky for them noone had managed to climb the roof or they would be dead! she climbed into the extra room and unlocked the door from the inside and leaned into the grocery store** "Hey everyone! I found an exit, the roof is close to a building and if we can get some kind of bridge over there we can break into my apartment and escape!"

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