"Just let me go Joy-Ce..." Haze said, trying to get passed Joy-Ce, but Joy-Ce continued to block his path.
"No! Not until you and Gray talk! You haven't talk to each in 3 months! In this situation, you two need to talk!-"
Haze rolled his eyes, "Talk about what!? How Gray could have killed T-Bam when he amputated him! How can I brush that aside like that was nothing!?"
Joy-Ce frowns and pushes Haze back a bit, "T-Bam already said he was fine! He admitted that it was the best choice Gray did! Why can't you see that!?"
Haze stays silent for a while, and for a moment, Joy-Ce thought he finally got to Haze, until he responded, "...I just don't wany to lose any of you, but I could have lost one of my best friends that day...and I can't forgive Gray for that..."
Joy-Ce sighs, he understood that, he didn't want to lose any of them either, but he knew avoiding conforting the issues wasn't the way to go with this.
"...You haven't lost any of us yet...but you're continuing to strain our friendship apart...and it could lead to something even worse...please...please understand that...and talk with Gray..."
And with that, Joy-Ce left the room, leaving Haze alone, Haze stared at where Joy-Ce was for a moment, before walking away aswell.
For Maybel and Joshua: so uhm, do you guys have any idea where are you going? What if the gas ends or something???😰
Security Footage, Location: Unknown Gas Station
*Footage shows Joshua, trying to get gas for his car*
Joshua groans and kicks his car, the gas pumps weren't working, and he didn't know how to get it to work at all.
"Damn it! First, the car doesn't have any gas! Then! The gas pumps don't work! What luck I have!-" Joshua sarcasticly exclaims.
Joshua sighs and leans against his car, starting to feel hopeless.
Just then, Maybel exited the gas station store, holding a bag of supplies "I packed some snacks and drinks from the gas station! Well, the ones that weren't expired already and-"
Maybel stopped when she saw Joshua, looking hopeless, Maybel walks up to Joshua "Hey...what's wrong?"
Joshua sighs, "The car's out of gas, and the pumps aren't working at all, I think we might have to walk so many miles..."
Maybel looks around, there were a few cars and other vehicles nearby, "Well...we can always steal another car that has gas or-"
Joshua interupts "Listen, I get it's the end of the Danceverses, crime isn't the issue here diring these times...but..."
Joshua sits down on the ground, "...I don't know...just kinda feels wrong, I'm not used to having to resort to doing stuff like that..." Joshua covers his face with his hands, "Sorry...I'm sounding like a coward..."
Maybel shakes her head "No your not, I get it, it's hard to try and adapt to this situation, and your still not ready to accept it...It's my fault for assuming so quickly..." Maybel looks away, looking guilty.
Joshua looks over to Maybel, it was the first time since they met where Maybel's cheery persona wasn't there.
Joshua stays silent for a moment, before he suddenly reaches out and puts a hand on Maybel's shoulder.
"No need to feel sorry, it's really not anyone's fault, we probably weren't expecting to be put into this situation...but...I'm not letting you die here...I don't want any of us to die...so if we have to do that...so be it, I'll break some laws in order to keep us both safe."
Joshua sits back up, extending his hand out to Maybel, "We should probably begin getting packed up, let's try to find a vehicle that has some gas left in it.."
Maybel smiles and takes Joshua's hand, standing up, "Great! So...where were we heading to now?"
As Joshua was about to respond, his phone buzzed, getting a notification, the two froze, there hasn't been any service 5 months after the outbreak.
Joshua quickly picked it up and saw an emergency message.
Dancity Emergency Message:
Catherine, one of the heirs to Dancity, has annouced that she is working on making a safe zone for any survivors in Dancity.
The project will be complete in 5 more months.
To all those survivors that are still around, stay safe for now, help will be on the way soon.
Joshua looks up from his phone and over to Maybel, a small genuine smile.
"...I think I know where we're heading now...c'mon, let's get going, to the center of Dancity".
To Joy-Ce: Have you been out of the diner before during this virus? Or was that the first time?
*Start of Message*
"That was my first time outside since the outbreak...I didn't know what it was like out there, Gray refused to tell me and the others what it was like out there, aswell as refusing to let us go outside to help him with the supply missions..."
"...I thought it was bad, but it was way worse then I could imagine, so many dead coaches laying on the streets, you could rarely make a sound without alerting the infected...I learned that the hard way..."
"Why did Gray have to go through all this? Why didn't he let us help him...no one would face this situation alone..."
"We have to stick together...that's what he told us...and yet he does this...putting himself in danger, so we could survive..."
"...He probably wouldn't care if he died trying to protect us...but we would...and I want him to know that so badly...and yet...he doesn't listen..."
"I...I'm okay now...my leg still hurts...but not as bad as before, Haze tried to bandage it up as best as he could...I still don't like looking at it".
"But...I can tell Gray seems really guilty about what he did...he's trying to make it up to me right now...I do forgive him for what he did, I know he just wanted me to be safe, and for me to not turn into one of...those things..."
"But it's my fault for getting hurt, I don't wanna be a burden to him and the others anymore...so I'll try to help them around here if I can..."
Iris: How much do you know about how the virus is affecting other Danceverses?
*Start of Message*
"I...I really don't know, none of us have heard anything from the other Danceverses, we haven't had any signal at all since the outbreak..."
"I can only guess their struggling as much as we are...the infected are probably different from each Danceverses, but that's just my guess"
"You would think the gods would have helped us by now, it's almost been 2 months since the outbreak...and yet no one has heard from them at all, not even from Wanderlust or The Traveler!"
for Maybel: aren't you scared of the infected or disgusted by the blood in your face??? Was that occurrence common while on Cyberfunk or whathever??? lol
for Joshua: bro you're getting into a wild ride with her probably(in a good way, bc she doesnt hold back, isnt it nice?😁)
*Start of Message*
Maybel shrugs "Eh, I've gotten passed being disguisted a long time again, and those infected in Cyberfunk are WAYYYY worse! These Dancity infected are easy to take care of, plus, I've been to the Virtualscape, that was way worse then this outbreak-"
Joshua looks at Maybel, a bit afraid and in awe, "I uh, I mean...I guess I could use the company, plus she has experience and isn't too bad so-"
Maybel smiled and hugs Joshua, "Yay! See! We would make an amazing team together!"
Joshua smiles slightly and pats her on the back, "I guess so...*chuckles slightly* oh boy, this is gonna be quite an adventure with you along huh?"
For Iris: Thank you for the hard work you've been doing. If possible try to take care of yourself as well, you seem to Dancity's last hope so please stay safe and strong. Are you able to contact any other survivors? Many hands make light work(or just lighter, in this crisis), perhaps having more survivors like chipping in the research can make things slightly easier? Or has the virus already gotten so bad that there aren't many left? 😕
*Start of Message*
"...Thank you for your kind words...I'll try to take your advice to rest...but I still need to focus on my research".
"As for the other survivors, I rarely see anyone outside Dancity, *Iris looks out the window blinds* It's just like those zombie apocalypse movies, a city that is abandoned..."
"There could be some survivors we're not aware of, if that's the case...I hope their safe...evem kd we're a small research team, we will try to find a cure for this Virus as soon as we can...for Dancity and all the Danceverses".
