a stray child

Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. You can stay in your own little dream world, but you can't keep hurting other people!

[godsmommy]

stray child, indeed { 01 - open/event }

[lacedkagune-deactivated20150709]

Alluka was so pleased that she’d been heard, but the speed with which the other girl rushed inside surprised her. That, and the handgun that Heather was holding. She wasn’t too familiar with weapons, but, knew something dangerous when she saw it. Yet, even before Heather put it away, Alluka believed she wouldn’t harm her. Why would she? It just didn’t make any sense to her. Then, when she was spoken to, the younger girl smiled, but only for a moment.

"You’re welcome! It’s scary out there… Uhm… I didn’t get separated from my parents — just my brother! His name is Killua, have you ever met him before? He’s a little bit taller than me, and has white, fluffy hair!”

To emphasize what Killua looked like, Alluka tried to illustrate it with her hands, but it only served to look slightly comical. Then at the topic of introductions, Alluka seemed to lighten up a little bit more. The idea of company was quite welcome to her.

"Heather…? That’s a cool name! Oh, I’m Alluka Zoldyck. I think I’ve only been here for a few hours. It’s a little dirty, but it’s okay… Mhm, yes! Please!”

[godsmommy]

"Brother?" Heather observes Alluka as she tries to show her how her brother appeared. It would've been easy to spot someone like that, but all she's seen recently is monsters. She shakes her head, "No... I haven't seen anyone else around here, other than you. I'm sorry. Maybe we can look for him together once things calm down out there. I'm sure he's okay."

Heather smiles at her, glad to be able to keep her company. She figures it's a good thing that Alluke came to her rescue, otherwise she'd still be swamped with whatever it is outside. She looks around the interior once more and sees that she was right, it is dirty, but far from a little. "Have you tried looking around here for something? Places like things tend to have something you can make a weapon out of or food, at least."

[princessstabbity]

[centartus]

*hunger - event o1 open.

the growing clusters of thoughts in his head were far from mnemonic, far from organized, far from sane. against the inside of his skull, they grew, pressuring his rational thought, scraping coarse like steel wool against his mind’s edge. the mass of it was black, writhing, the sort of madness that inhibited actions and garbled words, that drove all sense from a man’s mind. there was one thing kaneki could make sense of, however, from the gnashing of his teeth and the gnarling roars in his gut, his most primal instincts needed to be fed. it had been how many days, how many nights since his body had washed up on these shores? and since then, there had been no food to be found.

he was not himself in this state, or maybe he was closest to himself in this state, the monster he’d become, at least. he’d denied it for so long, yet, he’d accepted it all so fast, gave into his nature so quickly. was this state kaneki was in now nothing more than an advanced form of whiplash? had he, in his rush to gain power, snapped his neck and cut off his brain from its conscious thoughts? severed his body from reason?

kaneki had not the mental processes to focus upon such internal monologues in that moment. he’d returned to instinct in this barren place, succumbed himself to the hunt, because how long had it been? since his tongue had tasted the flesh of another, since his teeth had ripped through firm, taught muscle of limbs tensed in fear, had he stared into the eyes of those at his mercy and read in them the answer to his hunger pangs?

it had been far too long, far too long since he had scented living flesh, and he’d become the very thing he had feared in the first stages of his metamorphosis from that naive boy. as he, a centipede, had slowly grown his hundred legs, he had further removed himself from the innocence of his perseverance, from his original self, as his worldviews had elongated to stretch forth and receive the crossing paths his life would take him on, he’d become this.

kaneki’s initial change had been philosophical, but his loss was acquitted to nothing but instinct.

he’d lost his sanity because he’d lost his food source. he hungered, he was starving, and as globules of drool fell from an unzipped jawline, and a set of oh so human teeth were bared upon the world, he heard, for the first time in days, the soft footsteps of something far from human hit the earth.

his only legible thought was spoken to the world as the hungering ghoul took in the sight of the lumbering corpses, kagune extending from his lower back as he prepared himself, a predator on the hunt, to strike at flesh long since dead. would he be the eater or the eaten in this case? he cared not? he only cared for one thing.

“ but can i eat them? ”

[godsmommy]

The creature menaces still continued to saunter about the desolate town, sounding their arrival with soft moans and growls. No matter how many times Heather managed to kill them with her gun, they somehow came back to life and continued on as if nothing ever happened. She figures that they had to be zombies of some sort, like the ones she had seen in movies long ago, but these can't be your typical undead creatures. Even then, it's better than dealing with the monsters she had seen back at Silent Hill. Now, those were terrifying. As Heather continued to find a safe house for herself, she sees someone standing in the middle of a crowd full of the creatures.

"H-hey, what are you doing, you idiot?! You're going to get yourself killed!" She runs to their location, but halts midway after she notices something spawning out of the person's body. Standing before her appears to be a young man with white hair, but this couldn't be a human being. Not with something so grotesque emerging from his body. Was he a monster just like the ones surrounding them? Heather began to tremble at the sight of him, as she had never seen something like him in her life. The beings she had seen at Silent Hill couldn't compare to him, yet she knew she shouldn't allow fear to take over her. She had managed to slay those monsters time and again, and she could do the same with this one as well.

Heather takes out her gun, loads it, and points it at the white haired boy. "Look... I don't know who or what exactly you are, but if you're like these things, then I'm going to have to take you down. I don't... I don't want to hurt you." He looks human. He could be human. But if that's so, then what is he? "Prove to me that you're not like these creeps."

[godsmommy]

stray child, indeed { 01 - open/event }

[lacedkagune-deactivated20150709]

For a young girl who spent most of her life in a state of in-home confinement, it was only natural for Alluka to be curious for just about everything and everyone she came into contact with. While that sometimes lead her into less than favorable situations, she didn’t mind at all. Finding out about new things, good or bad, was always something exciting. Even if this city, Alluka could apply that logic.

She’d investigate crumbling buildings, and all of the city’s attractions. She really enjoyed the docks — she’d never seen such a large body of water before! And the library was so big… Yet, with the sudden moving corpses now wandering about as she had just arrived, exploring was becoming far more dangerous. 

Yet, Alluka was surprisingly good at hide and seek. Being at least moderately stealthy must have been in her genes. She’d taken to hiding in empty buildings until it was safe; she hadn’t seen too many of the zombies, since every time she did she ran away as fast as her little eleven year old legs would take her.

So, it was quite convenient when Alluka heard another person’s disgruntled cry from an abandoned convenience store, which had just been boarded up and left to collect dust. Peeking out the doorway, Alluka could see the other girl just a few feet away. Quickly, she called out to her.

"Pssst! Miss, Miss! Over here!”

She hoped to get Heather’s attention before anything non friendly showed up; nor would Alluka mind a person to talk to. Before she’d heard the older girl, she’d just been sitting eating old, leftover candy. A shame that store didn’t have chocorobots, she thought, since those were Killua’s favorite.

[godsmommy]

To her surprise, Heather hears someone call her attention shortly after she had. She searches for wherever the person could be and manages to spot a figure peeking out from the door of a store, motioning her to come inside. She dashes over to the building and makes it safely inside. After catching her breath and allowing her nerves to settle, she puts her gun away in her pocket and looks over at her savior. Heather is slightly taken aback that it was a young girl who had helped her to safety. What was a girl her age doing in a place like this in the first place?

"Thanks a lot. I really appreciate you sticking your neck out there for me. Why are you here all alone? Did you get separated from your parents?" If this child is truly lost, then it it's up to Heather to protect her and keep her safe. Who knows what those monsters out there could do to her. She's probably been hiding inside the store for quite some time. As young as she may appear to be, it looks like the girl is capable enough to take care of herself, but what if those creatures bust inside the store? It would be best to stick with her until she finds a safer spot away from them. 

Heather gives a small smile, "My name's Heather. How long have you been hiding in this store? I hope you don't mind if I stick with you until we get away from these things for good." 

[chirikalovesjill]

[godsmommy]

stray child, indeed { 01 - open/event }

[exxperor-deactivated20141024]

Originally being an athlete, you would assume that he had no experience with combat whatsoever. But, this is Akashi Seijuurou, and if the other petty basketball rivals saw him now they would be running to save themselves— as he slammed a jagged metal pipe into an undead, to gruesomely rip it out and let it recoil onto the floor beside him. 

This place was absolutely disgusting and made Akashi look completely out of order— he was someone of honour and dignity, but to be placed in such a run-down town surrounded with flesh eating beings… There was nothing else to do but to adapt. But, despite all his dignity— he knew he was not able to do this alone.

…Were those gunshots? Oh how useful were firearms in this situation! Not risking anything, Akashi pulled out another metal rod with a sharpened end from a creature he had ended earlier and shook off the remains off the other end. Despite his most powerful strengths were on court, he was Akashi Seijuurou and was capable of anything— and fighting off monsters was apparently one. 

Making progress to find whoever wielded the gun; human or not, he was to find out. As he turned the corner, he heard a voice. Ah. Another straggler, meaning a potential ally. "I will not eat your flesh but killing will remain an option" he said, attempting to locate her with his light. "But not at this moment, you seem quite skilled." 

[godsmommy]

Her luck must be pretty high today to have someone come running her way so quickly. Then again, it must have been because of the gunshots from earlier, not her voice. Heather looks for the person addressing her, but stops mid-way after hearing their comment.

'Killing will remain an option'? Ha, ha, very funny, tough guy. 

Great, looks like she's met another crazy person here. She never did have great chances of finding someone with a bit of sanity. Whatever. She had a gun, so she had the upper hand... For now, anyways.

Heather then spots a light from a distance and walks towards it. She spots the source of the light; a red head boy who was holding a rusted pipe in his hands. She couldn't tell if his weapon really was rusted or if there was traces of blood on it. No matter though. She recalled the times she had to use such a weapon back when she fought creatures like this. Even if using a pipe was brutal enough, the best way to kill such things were with firearms.

Heather calls out to the boy once more, "Well, I'm the girl with the gun, so I would really prefer you don't make me do something drastic. The last thing I want to do is kill an innocent person. I know we're strangers, but we're going to have to trust each other if we want to get through this alive."

[godsmommy]

(( here we go with the introductions, wowee!!! 

hello my name is ruri and it's super nice to meet you! i've roleplayed on tumblr for about 4-5 years now and i've been in a lot of different groups during my time here. i'm very excited to be playing as heather mason in this group so i hope i do a good job and that you all enjoy interacting with her!

if you ever wanna talk to me outside the group and plan some threads or something, feel free to contact me on my personal or on my twitter!

that being said, i hope we all have fun as we fight the undead! ))

[godsmommy]

stray child, indeed { 01 - open/event }

The moment Heather set foot into town, she instantly suspected there is something extremely wrong. The place gave her the same vibe as Silent Hill did when she ventured into the small town to end Claudia for good. However, the two weren't exactly the same. At the very least, there isn't some sort of cult running around, trying to summon their God or whatever they believe in. That would be the last thing she'd be willing to put up with.

She was still uncertain of how she even arrived here. Rumor has it that the inhabitants are dead and this is where they'll be staying for the rest of their afterlives. That's ridiculous mumbo jumbo, Heather thought to herself, There's no way we can all be dead. Right? They're just saying that to scare us. She scratches her head as she ponders more on the issue. But... If we really are dead, does that mean that dad's here too? No... No, that's silly.

Heather then notices that her surroundings are frighteningly morbid. The place was literally rotting at every corner as far as the eye can see with corpses lined up on the ground and crumbling buildings that miraculously managed to stay in one piece.

"What on earth is this place..." Heather reaches for her flashlight and flicks it on, examining the environment. Just standing in the middle of the street all alone made her extremely uneasy. It was as though anything could happen to her at this very moment. Then, she hears a crunching sound far out, breaking the silence. "W-who's there?" Quickly, she takes out her handgun and checks to see if it's loaded. She walks slowly, searching for the source of the noise while glancing over her shoulder every now and then to make sure she was safe.

Out of the corner of her eye, she notices one of the corpses began to move. Was her mind playing tricks on her? There's no way--

A shrill noise pierces Heather's ears, causing her to cover her ears and stumble to the ground. She shuffles back on her feet and sees someone--no, something--coming at her. Without hesitation, Heather begins to fire at the creature, watching it shrivel and shake as each bullet lands on it. After five shots, it goes down with one last cry. Heather goes over to it and stomps on it with the heel of her boot, once, then twice, making sure it was done for good.

"Ugh! Monsters here too?! Can I just get away from all of this and have a moment to myself for once!" Heather sighs and shakes her head. Looks like she's in another mess this time. It would probably be best to find other people and figure out what the heck is going on here, especially before another monster shows up. Once she reloads her weapon, Heather continues to venture through the town and calls out, hoping that someone will hear her.

"Hey! Is there anyone out there? Come on out if you're not going to kill me and eat my flesh!"

[crocbox]

Still one of the best screen shots from a game ever.

[archivedpixels]

[betofuuu]

never forget