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[Gonna get the last couple drafts that I owe done tomorrow. Sorry for the long wait.]

survxvcr:

She still couldn’t understand WHY Bill had abandoned the Quarantine Zones, to live in an abandoned city full of bloody infected… He couldn’t hold them off forever, could he? The again, that was Bill. He had probably made up some crazy new invention to keep the infected away from him.

“Maybe he needs to get his ass kicked to be convinced.”

“Reckon that might work...” Joel answered, shaking his head a little as he rose back onto his feet. While there was hardly anyone breaking down the door for supplies, the demand was something that could easily be capitalized on by someone else. The last thing they all needed was someone trying to muscle in on what had been solidly established as their territory. Considering how fierce they all were, it would only end in a bloodbath.

“Think we oughta go see ‘im?”

#survxvcr #[SO MANY OTP FEELS :D <3]#[I also apologize for the wait. Was slammed with school work yesterday and probably will be for a bit today as well :/ ]#V: Smugglers

"Did you ever not have a beard?"

The smile that crept onto his lips was a genuine one, he couldn’t nor wouldn’t deny that. Stopping for a moment, the abandoned and silent city laying ahead of them like some kind of permanent ghost, he looked back at Ellie, the tired feeling in his bones momentarily forgotten. The beard had become something of an identifier for him now, with so much of the world still trying to cling onto what little shreds of humanity they all had left.

In his case, the beard was a combination of trying to forget who he’d been in the past, along with the fact that finding any kind of decent razor had become a chore he couldn’t be bothered with.

“What do you think?” he asked, wanting to see what kind of answer she’d give him before he decided to answer the question that so obviously didn’t need an answer.

#cantxswim #[WE'RE ASKING THE SERIOUS QUESTIONS HERE XD]#V: The Road

andyacklesspn

#[;Mirror;]#[;Baby Girl;]#[;Tess;]

[Trying to get caught up with homework for school, so I’ll more than likely have to do drafts later tonight or tomorrow. I apologize for any inconvenience :( ]

#[;out of coffee;]

notlnfected:

a WAVE of satisfaction rushes through her. she feels powerful. ‘ that’s right .. ‘ memories she had tucked away creep up & pierce her ears. familiarity. ‘ fuck off, don’t tell me what to do. ‘ a scoff & she comes around the desk, standing directly in front of the him. ‘ —- … ‘ god, she’s starving. & thirsty, too. ‘ i want everything you have. water, cans – everything. ‘ the gun is raised to his head & she can see him now. she shutters, but blames it on her cruel mind. over the years she’s seen strangers wearing joel’s face many times. teasing her, reminding her that he NEVER CAME. it’s not him. not possible. ‘ now. ‘

For a moment, the words she’s used make him think of Ellie, as hard as he’d tried to keep those memories tucked away. At this point, he doesn’t even want to think about whether she’s alive or dead. Even that was too painful to fathom. He’d trusted her, and in the end, she’d left. Whether or not it was by choice, however, was something he’d always wonder about. Till the very end of his days. “’lright...” He answered, still keeping his tone as calm as he could manage. Considering the gun pointed at his head, there weren’t a lot of options. For now, the only thing he could see was to at least play along till he could spy an opening.

#notlnfected #v: undetermiend

survxvcr:

Honestly, Tess wasn’t the most HUMOROUS person one could meet but she managed to lighten the atmosphere under certain circumstances. She knew Joel wasn’t going to be offended, so she blurted out whatever came in her head that very moment.

“Not a word from the bastard. He should’ve contacted us by now.”

Shaking his head at his partner’s words, Joel knew that there could be a multitude of reasons why Bill hadn’t managed to get in contact with either of them yet. Considering that the town he had taken as his own was empty, apart from what he was sure was a healthy population of Infected, it couldn’t be the simplest of things to contact anyone. Especially about things they all knew others would be willing to take by force.

“Think he needed a little more time?”

#survxvcr #[I hear ya! Xkit is the only thing keeping me sane right now XD Lol.]#[OTP <3 :D ]#V: Smugglers

firefledgling:

A tsk comes naturally from her lips, he obviously wasn’t up to anything GOOD. Then again, he could come in handy for her own trouble. If he’d wanted to kill her, he would have already. Hands shove into her jean pockets, glancing passed him. “ – Uh… How many soldiers did you have to get through that way?”

Some might not have been as willing to ignore the unspoken rule of ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ as Joel, but even time couldn’t harden him that much. With the world as devastated as it was, there wasn’t anything that would make him become so cold as to just take anyone around him out. Glancing over his shoulder, he shook his head a little, still not knowing why he felt the need to answer anything.

“Bunch...reckon they’re lookin’ for somebody...”

#firefledgling #V: Smugglers

gamingroyal-deactivated20190613

~Queen Dovahkiin

[Down to two drafts! :)

i owe:

survxvcr

&

firefledgling. ]

#[;out of coffee;]

notlnfected:

struggledforalongtime

she can’t see a face – no features, just a tall foreign figure she automatically presumes to be a man. & with her gun raised, she curses; eyes growing dark. ‘ put your weapon down. NOW. put it on the ground & don’t even think about making a move because I WILL shoot you. ‘

Even as he froze, Joel could feel his grip on the gun tightening. Years upon years of just trying to survive had conditioned him to distrust anyone around him. Loss had taught him that lesson all too well. Sarah, Tess, Ellie, all of them had been ripped away from him, reminding him of what happened when he actually let someone into what remained of his life.

“’lright, take it easy...” He mumbled, forcing his grip on the gun to loosen slightly as he carefully placed it down on a nearby desk. Worse comes to worse, he knew he can retrieve it quickly. Looking over his shoulder slightly, he couldn’t shake the feeling that the voice sounded familiar, even if he couldn’t place it.

#notlnfected #V: TBN

"It was a sweet day when I realized legal and illegal had nothing to do with right and wrong."

The laugh had already left his lips before he even realized it. Shaking his head a little, chest heaving with the laughter he hardly found a way to use, Joel looked up at Ellie, surprised he had managed to hold onto the cup of something resembling coffee.

“You even know what you’re talkin’ ‘bout..?”

#xendure #V: The Road

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It had been a long day. Of that, there was no doubt. Between the hoard of Clickers that had somehow managed to find their way out of the city, to the fact that the supply run they’d been sent on hadn’t yielded anything useful, there was truly nothing to smile about. Most of the time, the Dam was secure, but it was obvious that the Clickers had been a wake-up call. Nowhere was a hundred percent secure, and the illusion that the Dam was could easily have gotten them killed.

The feeling of weight leaning against his arm drawing his thoughts away from the fire he was still stirring, Joel wasn’t surprised to see Ellie all but passed out against him. They’d both come too close to Clickers for their own comfort, something he’d been more than willing to leave behind them. The hand probing the fire falling still, he could feel his own eyelids drawing down on him, although he doubted he’d find sleep easily that night. Most nights were like that.

Carefully tossing the poker into the fire, ensuring that it would burn up with the remainder of the burning logs, he likewise managed to pick Ellie up with the same amount of care. Turning towards the dimly lit house behind them, the lanterns in the window just barely offering any resistance to the dark night, he tried his best to step lightly, leaving the still glowing embers burning behind them.

#thefireflycargo #[Sorry this took a bit! I've been exhausted recently and I don't know why :( ]#V: The Road

[Watching Veronica Mars while doing drafts :D ]

#[;out of coffee;]