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Mar 11, 2007 20:12

You wander into a new town, and you feel out who's who, what's what, where the safe places are, how things work. Basic survival tactics, in a world like this one -- you have to be able to work out the lay of the land quickly. And if you wander enough, you get good at it ( Read more... )

tom, karla gabriel, gwen russell

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k_gabriel March 12 2007, 05:17:51 UTC

Newbie alert!

"Hi there."

The girl with the guitar is smallish, blonde, and probably not out of her teens. This, combined with her expression at the moment and the fact that she's not (visibly) armed at the moment, make her look about as unthreatening as you can safely assume anyone to be theses days.

re_mybrains March 12 2007, 05:27:14 UTC

--She has a GUITAR. Which is getting a look not unlike a starving man might give a burger.

"Um."

Right, focus.

"Hi." He waves a little. "I'm, um, kinda lost."

k_gabriel March 12 2007, 05:37:29 UTC

"You don't say." There's a hint of a smirk, there, but no malice in it.

(She does pull the guitar a little closer to herself, though. No touchy!)

"Lost as in have somewhere to be but aren't sure how to get there, or just...don't know where you're going?"

Any metaphysical double-entendres are probably unintentional.

re_mybrains March 12 2007, 05:45:10 UTC

"Uh, second one, I guess."

He rubs the back of his head. "Know anyplace good to spend the night? Maybe get some food?"

k_gabriel March 12 2007, 06:08:49 UTC

Karla jerks her head back towards the bar.

"Food you might be able to get here. Helps if you've got anything to trade. And there's a shelter in a safe zone south of here."

re_mybrains March 12 2007, 06:16:35 UTC

"Safe zone?"

Tom isn't exactly sure such a thing exists.

"I heard Chicago was pretty well organized, but -- like how big a safe zone are we talking?"

k_gabriel March 14 2007, 05:43:19 UTC

Karla shrugs. "Couple of blocks. And, well--'safe' as in there's barricades to keep the zombies out. I've been living there a couple months now."

re_mybrains March 14 2007, 05:47:43 UTC

He blinks.

"And it's honestly safe."

k_gabriel March 14 2007, 05:56:42 UTC

"...I've been living there a couple of months," Karla says again, matter-of-factly. "Not exactly Danger-and-Adventure Girl, here. So, yeah, it's as safe as I'd call any place these days."

re_mybrains March 14 2007, 06:14:57 UTC

He blinks again.

A moment later, he breaks into a grin. "Jesus."

k_gabriel March 14 2007, 06:17:29 UTC

"...Haven't seen him around, anywhere, but we have got a priest."

re_mybrains March 14 2007, 06:23:44 UTC

He snickers. "Close enough."

He offers a hand, shifting the weight of his backpack. "I'm Tom."

k_gabriel March 14 2007, 06:39:00 UTC

Karla only hesitates a moment before extending her own hand--she's in the club, and he's ranking pretty high on the Probably Harmless scale.

"Karla."

re_mybrains March 14 2007, 06:56:28 UTC

Tom respects paranoia. So when she hesitates, he starts to let his hand drop -- then she extends her hand, and gives her a sheepish look as he shakes it. His grip's a little shaky.

"'s a pleasure, Karla."

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