Finding My Way

Caden | 18 | Executioner I'm tired of feeling down on myself and I just want it to go away. I am not afraid, the fear is not welcomed here.

[tessa-campbell-archer]

[Tessa coughs into her hand and then taps a fist against her chest, as if trying to knock loose any soot still sticking to her lungs. She’d probably be coughing for a week.] Mine was on fire, so it was pretty easy to see. [Tessa says, her voice scratchy and barely there. She shrugs her shoulders.] Pros and cons, I guess. As long as it’s dead and you’re not, that’s all that really matters. [She says, shining her flashlight around as she looks for Bentley while she walks beside the teen who was still taller than her.]

[caden-roush]

Damn. [He can't imagine what it's like to go up against something that wants to kill you that is also capable of using fire. This isn't the first time he's told she or any of the others fought mutants with fire, Bentley had explained to him on patrol one time that when they were still in Quantico the sky had opened up and rained fire mutants down on them.] Yeah, fire is pretty bright. [Caden says kind of awkwardly and he only feels stupid for saying it. Of course it's bright, it's freaking fire. When she says him being alive is all that matters, a smile threatens to form on his face, but he fights it because he doesn't want to have to explain why a smile is on his face. It's nice to know that even if she's just saying it.] Have I ever apologized for almost shooting you?

[tessa-campbell-archer]

Nah, I don’t mind. [Tessa says, her voice hoarse but she can still make sound. She adjusts her jacket over her bag, just in case Thomas came bag. There was no immediate reason for him to go into her bag, but she couldn’t help but think that would be a bad thing right now. She wasn’t ready for him to freak out and begin to regret marrying her.] I hope you hit something besides the wall. [She says dryly, keeping a leisurely pace beside him.] There were more interesting things to hit besides walls, you know.

[caden-roush]

Of course I know. [He shrugs and continues to walk on. If no one had noticed the monsters yesterday then there's definitely something with them and they should get their eyes checked. He'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt since it was so dark, but still, come one. Though he doubts anyone had that problem.] Stupid mutant was fast and the dark didn't help. Neither did my glowing. But I got it after a while. No biggie.

[tessa-campbell-archer]

[Tessa shakes her head and glances around.] I haven’t. [She says. She doesn’t ask if Caden is okay. Not because she doesn’t care, but because she assumes that if he needed serious medical attention he would speak up. Tessa begins to push herself to her feet.] D’ya need help looking for him? [She asks, picking up Reaper by the makeshift belt-strap she had attached and slinging the thing over her shoulder.]

[caden-roush]

[Caden doesn't question why she's asking if he needs help looking for Bentley, mostly because it took him by surprise she's asking. Normally there be an insult, a 'Helen' thrown somewhere', then be told to scram. Maybe she isn't as big of a bitch like he thinks.] If you don't mind. [That chainsaw gun of hers scares him more than anything she could possibly do. Looking at it intimidatingly, he starts to walk in the same direction he'd been going before stopping.] Just need some ice. Punched a wall one too many times yesterday.

[tessa-campbell-archer]

[Tessa was exhausted. She sat down and peeled off her jacket and in the soft glow of the lantern examined herself. Her shoulder was black and blue, though that would be faded by tomorrow night, the day later at the latest. The burns on her arms had already faded to no more than angry red marks. The pregnancy test, now with that telling little plus sign on it, was tucked safely in with her things. There was still blood on her clothes and skin, stiff now from having dried. There’s dark smudges on her face and her hair is in tangles about her face. She wants to sleep, knows she should, but her eyes can only scan the area around her. It didn’t feel right sleeping yet. Who would watch over everyone? Who was standing guard? why should she get to sleep when others were in too much pain or too frightened to do the same? When someone approaches she sucks in a breath and tries not to look so tired.] What do you need? [She asks, her voice nearly gone from a night spent shouting and inhaling smoke.] Is something wrong?

[caden-roush]

[Caden was with Bentley yesterday when the attack happened and not even five minutes once it went dark the two of them got separated, leaving the teen to fight off a mutant on his own. It was nothing he couldn't handle, he'd done it before, but the darkness made it quite difficult to see what he was swinging a fist at. Most of the time a fist landed in a wall or if he got lucky, the mutant. Eventually he smashed its head, escaping with only torn knuckles. Now that things seem to have calmed down, he went in search of the man for some ice. Today his knuckles are nothing more than bruised thanks to how fast he can heal, though the pain he can do without.] No, everything is fine. [Stepping closer to Tessa, Caden talks in a low voice, still drained from yesterday's ordeal.] Have you seen Bentley?

[benjamin-dewitt]

{The door opens. Caden. Benjamin had been a patrol with him once or so. They had wanted to see how the young man would fair since he’s technically an adult. And Benjamin couldn’t find any faults in the kid. But he hadn’t really spoken much with him. His eyes fall on the ball at the kid’s feet.} Bored, son?

[caden-roush]

[Caden's patrolled with the older man, Ben, he believes, once or twice. Along with Kris, he's leading the group now, so the teen can only think that some people have complained and he's following up on it. He picks up the ball and eyes it before looking back to Ben.] Eh, not really. Just trying to keep myself from getting bored.

[holly--hill]

{Holly waits for a few moments, frowning when she hears the sound continue for a few more seconds before suddenly cutting off. A kid, at least she thinks he’s a kid, despite him being much taller than her.} Uh… Heard somethin’ in here. Y’alright? {She asks, realizing it’s a silly question.}

[caden-roush]

[Caden hadn't realized how much he towered over her until now, which in turn makes him feel like a giant.] Oh, I was just tossing a tennis ball around. [He opens the door a bit more, pointing to the light green ball on his bed in case she had any doubt.] Sorry if I disturbed you.

[jack-isaacs]

[Finally Jack thinks whoever’s on the other side of the wall has gotten the point, but then there’s another thump and he groans. Clearly the shoe isn’t doing the job, and he pulls open the drawer to the nightstand, pleased to find there’s still an old bible instead. Without thinking about any possible implications it might have for his eternal soul, he chucks the book over his shoulder straight into the wall. Only he didn’t stop to think about the amount of force he was putting into the throw, and it crashes right through the wall, leaving a hole in between the two rooms.] Shit! [Jack jumps to his feet, taking a step back as he peers cautiously through the hole, desperately hoping it’s not one of the more intimidating group members who’d taken up residence next door to him.] Uh…..sorry? [He calls out hesitantly, already calculating how quickly whoever it is might be able to come crashing through and start shouting at him - if he was lucky.]

[caden-roush]

[Caden presses an ear to the wall thinking he might hear something out of the ordinary if it were some kind of monster. What he didn't expect was something to come crashing through the wall. Startled, he lets out a yelp, turning away from the hole, and stumbling over his own two feet. Crawling over to the object that rudely crashed into his room, he sees that it's a bible, and before he can even stand, whoever on the other side of the wall began to apologize. Finally on his feet, Caden goes over to the hole and peers through to the other side.] Jack? All you had to say was stop.

[benjamin-dewitt]

{Benjamin had simply been doing his own patrols when he had heard the noise. The light thumping and he stops at the door the sound echoes from. Probably nothing. Maybe even something he shouldn’t interrupt but he’s not sure this is a couple’s room. His knuckles rap against the door.} Everythin’ alright in there?

[caden-roush]

[Caden lops the ball a little harder than he intended to, causing it to bounce behind him and knocking the lamp off the table. The knock on the door startles him a bit and he just sort of stands there before he composes himself and heads to the door to open it. The ball rolls to a stop at his feet.] Uh, yeah. Just messing around.

[holly--hill]

{Holly frowns as she passes by the room, taking the rhythmic thumping as an odd sign. Maybe it’s a zombie trapped inside the room, she thinks, even though the hotel has to be cleared by now. She knocks first, just in case someone is banging their head or someone else against the wall. Anything’s a possibility now.} 

[caden-roush]

[There's a knock at the door, but Caden doesn't get up right away to answer it. He bounces the ball a few more times before standing and heading to the door, throwing the ball onto the bed as he walks. He opens the door slowly, preparing himself for someone who'd yell at him. But it's not. Instead the woman who can grow things is standing there.] Can I help you?

[jack-isaacs]

[The thumping stops suddenly, and Jack rolls off his bed to retrieve his shoe, pleased with how that had gone. Until he hears the sound again. Irritated, he throws the shoe at the wall a second time, a bit harder, and it makes a louder thunk than before. Then he perches on the edge of his bed and waits, seeing if something else happens.]

[caden-roush]

[Nothing happens again for a few minutes, then there's another thud, much louder than before. Either it's a zombie that somehow slipped under their radar or someone's messing with him. Standing up, Caden walks over to the wall and bounces the ball of it again. He waits for a response before he decides to go over to the next room or not.]

[domrollins-deactivated20160504]

[Dom ignored the noise at first. Content to sit in his room with Evie, flicking through some crappy old paperback to pass the time. He was expecting the noise to stop. But it went on, and on and on. It actually hadn’t gone on long at all. Maybe only half a dozen knocks on the wall. Dom was never a very patient man. One knock too many, he curses under his breath before jumping suddenly from his seat and quickly making his way from his own room to Caden’s. Dom bangs on the door, shouting through it.] Open up!

[caden-roush]

[Caden bounces the ball off the wall a few more times until someone knocks on the door. He's sitting up in a flash when the man shouts and he is on his feet in a matter of seconds. The tennis ball sits on the bed as he goes to the door and slowly opens it, recognizing the guy as the man who hangs around Evie a lot.] Yes?

[jack-isaacs]

[Jack’s been shut up in his room most of the day, mostly because there’s no one here he really wants to see. After his ultimately pointless conversation with Tessa he’s feeling both guilty and frustrated, and combined with the fact he hasn’t slept well in at least a week, Rose is still missing and there’s still a demon hunting the group, to say the teenager isn’t in a good mood would be an understatement. So when he hears the rhythmic thumping on the wall next to his, it doesn’t take long for the noise to get under his skin. He’s got no idea who’s next door, but he doesn’t think it though before he removes his shoe and chucks it at the same wall the thumping is coming from, making a loud thud of his own.]

[caden-roush]

[Caden continues to bounce the ball off the wall for the next couple of minutes until there's a thump from the other side of the wall. One last bounce and he's sitting up, looking around the room, unsure if he should be alarmed or not. Caden can't remember is there's anyone in the next room or not. Not another sound comes from the room and so he bounces the ball off the wall once, waiting for any sort of reaction.]

[caden-roush]

Who's abilities do you think are the most dangerous?

Uh, well…I’d say anyone with the red glow? Have you seen what happens to things when we’re pissed off? Things usually tend to get broken.

[caden-roush]

[Caden is in his room, lying on the bed, and tossing a tennis ball he found off the wall. Today he feels like taking it easy since his patrol for the day has been over since earlier in the day. While he finds the thumping of the ball off the wall almost rhythmic, though he can't say the same for whoever finds the noise irritating.]

[caden-roush]

Why do you believe you don't have friends?

Most of the time it feels like my presence annoys people. I’m not the most outgoing person, either.

[caden-roush]

Who would you say you're closest to?

No one, really. I don’t have any friends.

[caden-roush]

Is there anything you wish you could do better?

Everything.