[Introduction] And though I feel like crying, I swear tonight, I'll cry no more.
It all happened so fast.
They were all outside, bantering. Glenn and Maggie looked guilty, and Carol had found fond amusement in their discreet pleasures. Hershel was walking again - such courage - and everything looked like it might be better, better.
Like maybe there would be respite before it all turned to darkness, again.
But there would be no such thing - instead, walkers, and so many of them that there was nowhere to go, really. However she and T-Dog ended up in that hallway, she can't recall. She only remembers the darkness, the stench of blood and gore and death, and she and her friend running for their lives, until T-Dog pushed her into the doorframe just as one of those things clenched its teeth into his shoulder.
"I'll do what I have to do, I won't let you turn into those things," she said, but he wouldn't, wouldn't let her fulfill her pact, and sacrificed himself.
She pushed out through the door and bolted it, turning to face other potential threats. On the other side, she could hear her friend screaming as he was eaten alive.
Eaten alive. Good grief. It never occurred to her that it could ever be... She would never get used to the horror.
But eventually everything quiets, and Carol is left crouching against the door, in the dark, waiting in silence. She lost her knife, so she scrambles for something and her hand finds a crowbar. Good enough, she can use that to crack skulls if she needs to.
After that it's a matter of time. Waiting and waiting for the moaning to be over. She can hear them scratching at the door - nothing is coming on her side, though, so she figures, she can wait, and someone will come.
Daryl will come. Rick will come. Maggie and Glenn will come. That's what she repeats herself as she oozes in and out of consciousness.
Then there's a ray of light piercing through, and it tickles at her eye, forcing her to wake up. She's thirsty enough to drink a river, but it's the deadly silence that freaks hear out. She looks around, finds herself in a pantry - there's flour and sugar, and all sorts of things, and she would swear this is not a prison's kitchen.
And it's deadly silent out there. Bit of light under the door. Carol spies under the door for signs of walkers - the characteristic shuffling, the moan, anything. She expects to see blood and torn flesh, but instead, nothing but hardwood gleaming, and... carpet?
"Must be hallucinating," she decides.
But she can't stay locked in this pantry forever, so she'll have to get out, won't she?
[Name: Carol Peletier
Fandom: The Walking Dead
Media: TV Series
Typist: Wil
Other relevant info: I realize the Mansion was just rebuilt-reborn-whatever, feel free to assume your people are exploring (someone will have to at one point, right?) And first commenter might get a chance to open the door as Carol decides to peek out, or can be in the kitchen while she's creeping out, or... whatever, that's totally cool.
This Carol is 100% from the TVShow and NOT at all from the comic. She's brought to you Season 3, half-way through Episode IV "Killer Within." Title stolen from Clutch (The Regulator).
Also if you are concerned about spoilers PLEASE LET ME KNOW so that I can act accordingly when I respond to your tag!
The first commenter acts as a welcoming committee. All following interactions are deemed later in the day, when the character is settled.]
They were all outside, bantering. Glenn and Maggie looked guilty, and Carol had found fond amusement in their discreet pleasures. Hershel was walking again - such courage - and everything looked like it might be better, better.
Like maybe there would be respite before it all turned to darkness, again.
But there would be no such thing - instead, walkers, and so many of them that there was nowhere to go, really. However she and T-Dog ended up in that hallway, she can't recall. She only remembers the darkness, the stench of blood and gore and death, and she and her friend running for their lives, until T-Dog pushed her into the doorframe just as one of those things clenched its teeth into his shoulder.
"I'll do what I have to do, I won't let you turn into those things," she said, but he wouldn't, wouldn't let her fulfill her pact, and sacrificed himself.
She pushed out through the door and bolted it, turning to face other potential threats. On the other side, she could hear her friend screaming as he was eaten alive.
Eaten alive. Good grief. It never occurred to her that it could ever be... She would never get used to the horror.
But eventually everything quiets, and Carol is left crouching against the door, in the dark, waiting in silence. She lost her knife, so she scrambles for something and her hand finds a crowbar. Good enough, she can use that to crack skulls if she needs to.
After that it's a matter of time. Waiting and waiting for the moaning to be over. She can hear them scratching at the door - nothing is coming on her side, though, so she figures, she can wait, and someone will come.
Daryl will come. Rick will come. Maggie and Glenn will come. That's what she repeats herself as she oozes in and out of consciousness.
Then there's a ray of light piercing through, and it tickles at her eye, forcing her to wake up. She's thirsty enough to drink a river, but it's the deadly silence that freaks hear out. She looks around, finds herself in a pantry - there's flour and sugar, and all sorts of things, and she would swear this is not a prison's kitchen.
And it's deadly silent out there. Bit of light under the door. Carol spies under the door for signs of walkers - the characteristic shuffling, the moan, anything. She expects to see blood and torn flesh, but instead, nothing but hardwood gleaming, and... carpet?
"Must be hallucinating," she decides.
But she can't stay locked in this pantry forever, so she'll have to get out, won't she?
[Name: Carol Peletier
Fandom: The Walking Dead
Media: TV Series
Typist: Wil
Other relevant info: I realize the Mansion was just rebuilt-reborn-whatever, feel free to assume your people are exploring (someone will have to at one point, right?) And first commenter might get a chance to open the door as Carol decides to peek out, or can be in the kitchen while she's creeping out, or... whatever, that's totally cool.
This Carol is 100% from the TVShow and NOT at all from the comic. She's brought to you Season 3, half-way through Episode IV "Killer Within." Title stolen from Clutch (The Regulator).
Also if you are concerned about spoilers PLEASE LET ME KNOW so that I can act accordingly when I respond to your tag!
The first commenter acts as a welcoming committee. All following interactions are deemed later in the day, when the character is settled.]