I will survive

Keep your eyes open sweet cheeks. The world's gonna go to shit. Doesn't matter what you do, we're all gonna die the same gruesome way.

[thedeadnowliving]

Stay toasty my friends/Open/Task 7

Sachi smiled, temperature change wasn’t a big deal. While the others run around like chickens with their heads cut off, Sachi will simply deal. Namely with apparently walking up to one of the kitchen knives and beginning to saw off her hair into a choppy and really short hair cut. What in the world convinced this child to do this in a kitchen of all places, come on. Of course, she’s far from sane, so this should probably be expected.

Once her hair was at least somewhat around the same length around, she ruffled her hair then began to redo the ribbon holding her hair out of her face. “What a pathetic motive~” She turned to the person nearest her with a smile. “Right?”

[shslnuclearchemist]

It’s the Eye of the Tiger, It’s the Thrill of the Fight )( Akira )( Task 4

“…”

Well. That happened. Akira hadn’t really met the other guy, and he didn’t really care, either, but it was still damn sudden. There was a bit of a difference between seeing a corpse and seeing the moment of death. Or rather, the moment a guy was impaled by like fifty spears that came out of nowhere.

Well, this was why you didn’t break the rules and try to beat up the oppressor with absolutely no forethought. Not smart.

Akira turned his attention to the island.

“…Great. This is going to be a barrel of laughs. Just when we got food back, too.”

He could see a banana tree from here, though. The fruit still looked a little green, but it was probably worth protecting.

While most of the others were still stunned from the death of one of their friends or something, he slipped into the trees after his goal.

[thedeadnowliving]

“Told you being able to live off tree bark can be useful.” Sachi was hanging by her knees on a tree near Akira, looking around while safely out of anyone’s, except maybe Vash’s, reach due to her small size. “Although I’m sure the fruit would be better for those unadapted to the taste of bark, don’t you think Okimasa-senpai?” She smiled down at him before pulling herself back up and dropping onto her feet from the tree. “I imagine most might not like this, but this is an easier motive than the other one was.”

Sachi instinctively moved to grab something out of her pocket before stopping and frowning. “It may take some getting used to not having most of my things, though, but that could be worse. It’s not like we were set in here with zombies or something like that. If that were the case I imagine we’d be given weapons too, as I don’t think the bear wants us killed by something other than him or someone else in the game.” Her hand instinctively went to the pocket again before her frown etched deeper and she sighed. “I hope someone murders soon though. My hair is naturally curly, and if I don’t have a straightening iron it’s gonna be harder to manage.” 

[thedeadnowliving]

I hope it gives you hell/open/task 4

[what-the-rock-is-knitting]

Vash nodded quietly. She knew the feeling to some extent, though if Popiko’s story was anything to go by, she was sure whatever had happened to Sachi was probably magnitudes more traumatic than the worst of Vash’s memories. Still, she was surprised to hear the girl’s talent.

“…Zombie apocalypse prepper? That’s not one ya see ev’ry day! SHSL Knitter sounds even more lame now… My name’s Vash.” She glanced towards the kitchen. “D’you have a preference or should I just grab whatever?”

[thedeadnowliving]

“It’s nice to meet you Vash-san. Anything that’s simple should be fine, not really one for extravagent dishes or the like.” Sachi stepped back and forth between her feet before looking back at Vash. “I can go with you if you want me to, I really should get out of there. Last time I spent a long period of time in my room I at least could do research on zombies...”

[thedeadnowliving]

I hope it gives you hell/open/task 4

[what-the-rock-is-knitting]

“H-hey… I just hadn’t seen ya since the trial an’ I was gettin’ worried cause you were takin’ it pretty rough– not that it hasn’t been rough on everyone but… I dunno, I hadn’t even seen ya leave for food…”

She noticed Sachi rushing to put something away, but it didn’t really seem appropriate to ask about it, not at the moment anyway. Vash wanted to give her a hug and tell her everything would be okay, but everything wasn’t okay and she figured someone so constantly wary of people wouldn’t appreciate sudden physical contact. So she just stood in the doorway with a worried frown.

“C-Could I bring ya somethin’ to eat? Would that help?”

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi looked at her for a few seconds before looking away and nodding slowly. “I-I guess I could use some. I just haven’t felt up to leaving my room.” She held onto the door, seeming even smaller than her five feet and two inches as she was pressed into herself more. “I’ve just been letting the past get to me, a bigger mistake than I can afford to make right now.”

It was a good thing Vash didn’t try to hug her, as she definitely wouldn’t’ve reacted well to it. “We haven’t met yet, have we? I’m Akagi Sachi. SHSL Zombie Apocalypse Prepper.”

[thedeadnowliving]

I hope it gives you hell/open/task 4

Sachi sat on her bed about a day after the trial just flipping through a small book. She hadn’t been out of her room since the trial, and was getting rather hungry, although nothing was convincing her to get up and eat yet. She slipped a photo out of the book in her hands and she stared at it, tears welling in her eyes. “’m sorry...” A loud sob erupted from her throat as tears dropped from her face and onto the photo. 

“I’m s-so sorry!” Sachi hugged the photo to her chest and stayed like that for a while. She only stopped when a loud knock caught her attention. Quickly, she shoved the photo into the book and locked it tight, putting it away and wiping her face angrily to remove tears(rather unsuccessfully) before opening the door.

“W-What do you want? Make it quick.”

[thedeadnowliving]

HOLY FUCK WHERE THE ZOMB/open/Task 3

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi sighed and let her stick arm fall to her side. “It’s good of you to notice. Maybe you can be useful…” She got down near the body and moved it’s head so that she could look at the bite better. “It looks rather cleanly done too.” She moved back on her legs and looked up at Kaizo. “If you don’t want that reaction, train. Become too scary for them to bother picking on. Worked for me.” She turned back towards the corpse and began checking over it again. “It only smells of blood, so tell me, can you deduce something from that?”

[shslcurling]

Ah… Im sorry! Its aah… not that people always pick on me… well they do… just aah… you know what, forget it, ok?

As soon as Kaizo said forget it, his tone changed. Those 3 words, they were monotone, serious, Quite odd for a person of his nature. He rubbed at the bruise on his face inflicted by Sachi and started thinking about her question. He had some pretty high Perception, but he wasn’t as good at forensics. 

Well… Its unlikely they tried cleaning the wound, or… something… I dont know! But, I find the likely route is that someone got way too hungry and took a bite out of her, Ouch. Good thing we aren’t on a Canadian mountain, eh? Ahaha~

Kaizo was giggling to himself at his dumb reference, however, he seemed almsot distraught at the sight of the corpse. He piped up again.

There are also bruises around her body and head too, so I find it likely that she got in a fight, or at least got a hit on somebody. Do you know of anybody with Sharp pointed teeth? Maybe they still have blood on them?

[thedeadnowliving]

“Whatever.” Sachi wasn’t going to care about him changing the subject, but she did take his tone change into account.

“You were right on the first half, not so much on the second. There would be no point in biting to eat since we’d get food back as soon as the body dropped. They’d only need to kill her to get food, not eat her.” She continued looking over the bite before shrugging.

“I didn’t go checking teeth, I should, though. And bruises can come from anything really... No saying exactly what happened until we figure it out, y’know?”

[shslpopiko]

dammit why did a cute one have to die || Popiko || Body Reaction || OPEN

[thedeadnowliving]

“I am not your sister. And I’m not “pinky-chan”.” Sachi sneered. “I am Akagi, Sachi Akagi. And girls are just about as cute as guys are.” She moved the stick so that the end she wasn’t holding laid flat acrossed her palm, and she started watching the other girl intently, making sure she wouldn’t over step her bounderies. “And even if they are cute you don’t do that! She’s dead! It’s wrong!”

Sachi took a step back as Popiko stepped forward, tighting her grip on the stick and preparing to lash out if she needed. “I’m definitely not dying anytime soon, but if I do, I guess I should make sure you aren’t allowed near my corpse because, quite frankly, I don’t want you near alive me.”

[shslpopiko]

Popiko pouted a bit, tilting her head.

“Eh? But everyone is Popiko-tan’s big sibling! She’s just too cute, everyone wants to protect her like their own little sister!”

Nnnnnnot really. Popiko seems to believe that pretty firmly, though.

“So I’ll call you big sister Sachi-chan instead! Buuuut boys aren’t very cute! Maybe some. Like, Popiko-tan’s producer is probably pretty cute, he always has pretty girls over at our house! Sometimes Popiko-tan hooks up with his girlfriends when he’s not home. Don’t tell him!”

That one was true, but also mostly for the sake of the viewers. Popiko imagined someone in the studio playing a laugh track right now.

“Ummmm, big sister Sachi-chan is a bit dumb! She’s lucky she has boobs, or else she’d never get a husband one day! Hasn’t she realized yet? Popiko-tan doesn’t give a fuck as to what’s right or wrong! She doesn’t have to subscribe to the silly little morality of some silly girl who’s setting herself up to be the next victim, nya nya!”

[thedeadnowliving]

“You may not refer to me as your sibling at all nor are we close enough for you to use any honorifics other than Akagi-san.” Her voice had gotten unusually cold as she stared hard at Popiko. Man did this girl really know how to push her buttons... “So you are a completely terrible person, I think I already figured that out.”

Sachi took a deep breath and closed her eyes the second Popiko called her dumb, letting her finish her little thing before stepping forward and smacking Popiko with enough force to knock her to the floor. “Like hell I’d be the next fucking victim! And I very well may not want to marry! Why don’t you get your head out of your ass and realize you’re way more likely to be a victim!”

Woah there Sachi, calm it a bit.

[shslpopiko]

dammit why did a cute one have to die || Popiko || Body Reaction || OPEN

[shslpopiko]

Hearing a voice condemn her actions, Popiko perked up, turning around and cheerfully smiling at the pink haired girl.

Fufufufu, big sister Pinky-chan knows exactly what Popiko-tan was talking about! Death doesn’t make a girl any less cute- we’re magic like that, y’know? We’re the cutest out of all the genders, even when we’re six feet under! So you can’t really blame Popiko-tan for speaking the truth!”

Taking a step towards Sachi, Popiko’s smile widened, turning a bit more… Malicious. 

“I mean, look at you! I bet you’d soooooo cute all dressed up and lying dead in a coffin! You’d make Popiko-tan very happy, wan wan!”

Sachi, run.

[thedeadnowliving]

“I am not your sister. And I’m not “pinky-chan”.” Sachi sneered. “I am Akagi, Sachi Akagi. And girls are just about as cute as guys are.” She moved the stick so that the end she wasn’t holding laid flat acrossed her palm, and she started watching the other girl intently, making sure she wouldn’t over step her bounderies. “And even if they are cute you don’t do that! She’s dead! It’s wrong!”

Sachi took a step back as Popiko stepped forward, tighting her grip on the stick and preparing to lash out if she needed. “I’m definitely not dying anytime soon, but if I do, I guess I should make sure you aren’t allowed near my corpse because, quite frankly, I don’t want you near alive me.”

[thedeadnowliving]

HOLY FUCK WHERE THE ZOMB/open/Task 3

[shslnuclearchemist]

“That’s true. Isn’t peak physical condition supposed to be about 25, though?” Akira watched her. “Please don’t tell me you’re 25.”

She nodded slowly. “And that’s why you’re a SHSL Prepper, I guess… That’s… pretty much insane, but since you’re not dead, it must have worked out. Training for survival is pretty important, although I generally assume that I’ll be in the same kind of environment. That is, I’d have to eat gross canned food instead of tree bark.”

She frowned as she peeked under the top of the towel. There was some blood underneath, but it looked like it had just soaked through. No injuries here, then.

“Once again, all of these types of zombies are just theoretical, aren’t they? What’s the point if there’s not a real one to study? And as far as genetics, are you trying to say we’ll have an actual species of zombies that can reproduce (because that’s gross as hell)? Or do you mean a nucleic acid-based infectious agent?”

[thedeadnowliving]

“Yeah, right around when your brain would fully mature. And I’m fifteen, not twenty-five, so you can relax.” Or don’t rather, this insane child is only fifteen, fifteen, and they willingly spent a month in the woods eating tree bark. Help them.

“Of course that can happen, but say you’re lost in the forest, zombies are everywhere, you’re out of food, you have no shelter, and you really need to eat, tree bark is going to be your best bet if you don’t know any of the wildlife around. You need to learn about all possible scenarios before you can ever say you’re completely ready, which is why I only claim to be partially so. I’m readier than any other, however, there are still many possible happenings that I’m not prepared for yet.”

Sachi moved on from the bite to look at the burn mark. “I’d be created through finding a perfect way to mix certain aspects illnesses or parasites together... Like you’d need to take the whole ‘bite to infect’ part of the DNA from rabies or another similar virus and add them to other illnesses for example. It’d basically be through creating a mutation, a very deadly one.”

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Caught napping/closed starter for Sachi/Chapter 1

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

“Well yeah, I meant useful clues.” Mina perked up at the mention of the shoes, and she grinned. “The shoe size matches Yumiko’s, Popiko’s, and yours. I did some checking around and got measurements, from shoes both on and off of feet! Since I still don’t think it’s you, that leaves Yumiko and Popiko, though I don’t really have much evidence linking the footprint with the actual murder, could have happened before it, technically.”

[thedeadnowliving]

“But did you check for dye residue? Even if it was before it’s still good to know. I can also guarantee it isn’t mine from before as I haven’t stepped foot in there until we started investigating.”

“Not sure how much it would help, but I did hear a girlish voice coming from the spa at around 9. I figured it was harmless enough to ignore, but I guess I was wrong.”

[shslpopiko]

dammit why did a cute one have to die || Popiko || Body Reaction || OPEN

Popiko did not handle hunger well. Most people could tolerate it to an extent, but the sound of a violently growling stomach sounded like a gunshot to Popiko’s ears. Of course, this attitude was a direct result of [REDACTED], but it’s not like Popiko felt like digging deep into her hunger issues at the time being. She was too busy carefully rationing the sour lemon candies she’d been given by the odd machine.

So, of course, the body announcement was almost a good thing for her. Skipping down to the spa with a nonchalance that didn’t suit the situation in the slightest, she pouted sadly upon seeing the body. Normally a dead body in a bathtub would… Hit a bit too close to home, let’s say, but she’d be lying if she claimed that the lack of sleep and hunger hadn’t made her a bit delusional. 

“Awwww, big sibliiiiiings! Why did you have to kill one of the cute girls? Not faaaaaair!”

Nice priorities, Popiko. The pout wipes off her face quickly, and is replaced with a wide cat-like grin.

“Fufufu, still! A cute girl in a bathtub is nothing for Popiko-tan to complain over. Puwapuwa, she’s getting hot under the collar!”

Holy fuck Popiko that is a dead body what are you doing.

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi had been alerted to the obnoxious girl near her in the room pretty quickly, watching her enter and see the body, as well as make a weird comment about who it was. She gripped the stick in her hand tighter and watched intently as the other girl start grinning. “W-Wait, what are...” Then she spoke again. “H-Huh?! What the hell are you on about?!”

This isn’t real. No way, she wouldn’t say that about a dead body would she? Sachi didn’t even care for corpses and even she knows that’s way too fucked up. “I should go sleep... This is too much...” Wow, you convinced the crazy girl that she was crazy, you really deserve an award.

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Caught napping/closed starter for Sachi/Chapter 1

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

“Nope” Mina said, flatly.

“You’d never take a bite out of a victim, it’d be a giant glowing neon sign towards you, and besides we got food minutes after the body was discovered, no need to actually try to eat the body to survive.”

She turned on her heel and walked past Sachi, exploring through some of the other rooms, with limited success as well. “Clues are awful hard to find, for this case.”

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi smiled at Mina’s deduction and nodded, proud she figured out it sure as hell wasn’t her. “Actually, there’s a shit ton of them. None of them are really fitting together or incriminating, though.” She hummed quietly before frowning. “Maybe if we checked the bottom of everyone’s shoes for residue from the green dye? There was a footprint in some, that kind of evidence would be pretty incriminating.”

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Caught napping/closed starter for Sachi/Chapter 1

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Mina nodded, and walked the rest of the way over towards Yumiko’s room. She pushed open the door, and began to search around the place.

“Hmm, doesn’t really look like there is much here, which I guess makes sense with the first motive and all, oh well.”

She kept poking around, but it seemed this room’s search was destined to be fruitless.

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi didn’t really manage to find much either. “I guess we should go check elsewhere then? Did you have any other suspects? If you suggest me as a suspect, which I figure you might considering the pink hairs in the spa, I’ll let you check out my room and I’ll even stand outside so I can’t “tamper” with any evidence you might find somehow.”

[thedeadnowliving]

HOLY FUCK WHERE THE ZOMB/open/Task 3

[shslnuclearchemist]

Lurker? Walker? Were these just generic zombie terms, or classifications or…

Akira shook her head.

“You were… hoping for the start of the zombie apocalypse. Even if you’re prepared, that’s kind of not a great thing to wish for. What kind of studies do they even have for this crap? Just speculative? Based on what exactly? Specific mutations or prion actions or what?“

She twirled a finger in her skirt material. “Unraveling the murder could still be interesting. Maybe whatever trial thing comes.” She shrugged. “And then I’m sure the bear is going to give us another motive, so maybe the next death will be better.”

[thedeadnowliving]

“Of course I’m hoping for it. The sooner it happens the better, if it happens while I’m young I’m still strong enough to fight. I’ve been in constant training for this since my thirteenth birthday, I even have a bunker filled with food that I live in. I once was dropped in a forest for a month and had to make do on my own, on the last week I ate only tree bark. I think I’m more than ready for what will happen. Especially since I study all types of zombies. Believe it or not, I actually am quite fascinated in science and figuring out what is actually genetically possible in a zombie.” Sachi kneeled next to the body and moved it’s head over so she could look at the bite.

“It might be entertaining, though. I just want to know who did it and if their punishment.”

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Caught napping/closed starter for Sachi/Chapter 1

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Mina looked over at the door with a little noise as she stretched, then nodded. “Yes, thank you Sachi, though I think I’ll investigate Yumiko’s room first.”

She adjusted her weight, clearly meaning to get put down now, and wiggled her feet a little in preparation for putting weight back on them.

“You’re welcome to join if you’d like, right now she’s my prime suspect.”

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi sighed with relief as she tried to get out of her arms, gladly placing her down and stretching. “I suppose I should. Have no real reason not to considering I’ve already checked everywhere else in this godforsaken place other than the private bedrooms.”

“You lead the way then.”

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Caught napping/closed starter for Sachi/Chapter 1

[mina-ciqan-deactivated20160124]

Mina giggled quietly. “Oh, I’ll try, but I don’t think this will be the last time I fall asleep in strange places. It’s sort of one of the things that seems to happen to me everywhere I go.”

She didn’t really seem that bothered. “Nice to meet you too, Akagi-san. Thank you again for rescuing me from gravity.” She gave a light squeeze, but once again did not get any more in Sachi’s business than she already was. “And thank you for carrying me around, I love it when people carry me..”

[thedeadnowliving]

That explains it. She didn’t try to get out of Sachi’s arms because she enjoyed it. Sachi was tempted to just drop her, however, her talent proved that she might be useful, and she really didn’t want to risk breaking every bone in her body. “Y-You’re welcome.” The things you do to survive, eh?

Sachi stopped at Mina’s bedroom door and looked down at her. “S-So this is your room right?”

[thedeadnowliving]

HOLY FUCK WHERE THE ZOMB/open/Task 3

[shslnuclearchemist]

“…Sachi?”

Akira watched her with eyebrows raised. “You know we have to do some kind of an autopsy if we’re going to investigate her death, right? And what the hell zombie do you think got to her, anyway? One of us? Because if we aren’t showing any symptoms, I don’t think we’ve gotta worry about her for a while.”

“And if there’s another one on the loose somewhere, it’s clearly not in here.”

[thedeadnowliving]

Sachi slowly lowered her stick with a pout. “Aww... I was hoping there’d be one.” She sighed and crossed her arms, tapping her foot as she looked around. “Not to mention really looking at it now it doesn’t seem like a lurker bite. It’d be a lot messier if that was the case. Much more torn, considering they bite to take away as much as they can.”

“Is it too much to ask for something eventful to around here? Everything’s been a huge disappointment so far. The motive, the party, the fact a walker wasn’t what killed Akashi-san. This is just pathetic.”