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Nightshift 42: Morris Park

Jul 19, 2009 21:59

It had been easy enough during the daylight to dismiss the idea of monsters as a mass hallucination or the result of some sort of psychotropics. Bond, standing in a bank of fog that had not been present just moments before, suddenly found it just that much harder to rationalize. The trees lining the park looked warped and twisted where their ( Read more... )

sechs, zex, okita, homura, kvothe, xigbar, anise, leonard, yuffie, alec, rangiku, lugnut, tanaka, james bond

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janus_006 July 21 2009, 05:00:49 UTC

Alec looked down at the ground as the mist rolled in. Wasn't it past time for them to be collected and re-bused? Apparently, since there were...things...popping up out of the park's cold soil like gruesome flowers, humanoid wrecks with shreds of skin and exposed bone and soulless blank eyes ( ... )

coldest_blood July 22 2009, 02:32:03 UTC

Bond was not quite willing to turn his back on the park's growing pack of undead, though given the number of the things and the apparent lack of pattern to where they were erupting out, this seemed an almost futile hope. "As fascinating as that sounds, I'd rather not contribute to tonight's supper," he replied, conjuring up a dry tone as he paced toward the stand of trees ( ... )

janus_006 July 23 2009, 17:16:48 UTC

"More than there are of us, which is all I need to know," Alec said as James jumped up onto the branch as well. That had been enough - the limb separated from the tree with an almighty crack like a gunshot. Trevelyan had braced himself for the landing, and managed not to fall over and break his tailbone, or end up as a zombie's dinner.

The branch was like a large club, unwieldy and about seven feet long. Perfect. Once he'd regained his balance, he put his foot down on the middle of the branch and pulled up on the broken end.

Crack. The branch snapped again, this time in twain. The branch's thickness didn't vary much - one piece was thicker and heavier than the other, but the thinner one was still relatively hefty.

Alec grabbed the one that was thicker, grasping it by the thinner end and testing it out on a zombie that was busy coming out of the ground. Branch met corpse with an unpleasant dull splatting noise, and the zombie toppled. "Not bad. I'd prefer a gun, but not bad."

coldest_blood August 5 2009, 21:27:10 UTC

"This is America." Bond's voice slid toward dry humor as he picked up the thinner of the two pieces, pausing to block the clumsy lurching attack of one newly-freed zombie, before staving its head in with two swift, sharp swings. "If we can get to the streets without being surrounded, we might be able to find one."

It wasn't nearly that simple in practice, he knew, but the town seemed small and rural enough to have a hunters' store, or barring that at least one or two amongst its citizenry. The difficult part would be breaking away, finding the appropriate place to look, and finding anything that hadn't already been snatched up. He doubted any of the hospital's inmates would be at all worried about the legality of looting, considering they'd likely found themselves surrounded suddenly by the walking dead as well.

You're hallucinating, a small, practical part of his mind informed him. He ignored it for the moment; hallucinations, he thought, probably wouldn't spurt like a dropped melon if hit. And even if they would, he didn't ( ... )

Backthread with Xigbar - Before he meets ZEX fuyunohanabi July 22 2009, 00:23:51 UTC

Well, this was new.

She'd thought that the nurses were leaving it a little late to get them back on the buses; night was swiftly falling and she'd already begun bracing herself for another fight like there had been last time. Renji had been there then, and Rukia and... no, this was not a time for regrets. Not when night came swiftly and they were able to witness first hand the change which overcame the town, like a wave of corruption across the town. Even the grass and trees in the park seemed to change around them. And then came the creatures. She was familiar with the dead, but these creatures were not hollows. They weren't the spirits of the deceased; she could feel no souls within them. These were just the corpses of the human dead.

"Xigbar..." she hissed softly, pushing herself to her feet and grabbing for one of the bottles which he'd acquired. Not the best weapon but she was a veteran of a hundred barroom brawls and if anyone could use a bottle as a makeshift weapon, then it was her.

Re: Backthread with Xigbar - Before he meets ZEX numberii July 23 2009, 02:14:05 UTC

The Nobody quietly put his own bottle back into the pokeball, his one eye sweeping around for danger. That was... really, really odd. He got to see the entire thing go to heck, and now the 'and back' part seemed like it wouldn't be coming for a long time. This wasn't good, and even worse, when things started to move.

Which meant that he slowly stood up to his feet, straightening himself on a tree and sloppily grinning at Rangiku. Alcohol made him think that he could almost feel, and impressing a hot chick was always close to mind. "You can leave 'em all to me. I'll totally take 'em all down for you!"

Re: Backthread with Xigbar - Before he meets ZEX fuyunohanabi July 23 2009, 20:24:51 UTC

Rangiku couldn't help but grin back and she couldn't help but be very very glad that she'd had a drink before all of this started. She didn't think she could take this while she was sober. Fucking dead. They'd interrupted her drinking and now they must pay!

"I'm sure you will," she purred, giving a slightly wild laugh. Ah what the hell? She grabbed Xigbar's collar and pulled him down to plant a deep kiss right on his lips, holding his head in place before she pulled away, licking her lips. "For luck, right?"

Re: Backthread with Xigbar - Before he meets ZEX numberii July 24 2009, 14:28:27 UTC

Had he known what she was thinking, Xigbar would totally have agreed. This was not a situation to handle while sober. It, like Halloween Town and Wonderland, were both areas that really benefited from having a little something extra to get a body through everything.

That 'something extra' just happened to be Rangiku's kiss. It caught the Freeshooter completely by surprised, and seriously, it was clear that she had loads of experience. The kiss left Xigbar completely speechless, dazed as his mind tried to catch up with what just happened. He'd been kissed by a drop-dead gorgeous chick...

...so he responded, as reasonably as he possibly could, "Y'know, this is awful dangerous. I might need a lot of luck to get through~!"

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sixth_attack July 24 2009, 04:45:05 UTC

After that amusing conversation in the Hardware store, Sechs spent the rest of his evening wandering about the town. His mood was lifted from the hilarious antics he had with Teisel; Sechs made a note to himself to bug the guy later. Despite it all, Sechs was still stuck in a town whilst under the vigilant eyes of the institute's nurses. His search for Kibitoshin's friend bore no results and all the information Sechs absorbed was grinding down on his brain like an axe on a blade sharpener. With the day aging into night, Sechs eventually found himself loitering in Magus Park's less cheery twin, Morris Park ( ... )

sixth_attack July 24 2009, 06:17:16 UTC

[NOT running from zombies to here.]

otnemememento July 29 2009, 04:59:26 UTC

[From here.]

Okay, here we are, thought Leonard as he kept his eyes on his surroundings. He could see shadows moving, and heard the calls of the undead coming from all directions. Great.

The trees hid what little light there was in the night, making it even harder to see. He walked briskly and looked for a path, a trail, any sort of way to follow that would lead them to the other side of this place. Being here any long than necessary is not a good idea.

gald_digger July 29 2009, 08:45:28 UTC

Anise stuck close to Leonard as the two of them made their way into the park. Her little heart was still pounding after her last close call, and she definitely wasn't ready to fend off more monsters. The guy seemed willing enough to protect her though, so she supposed she ought to take advantage of that while she could ( ... )

otnemememento July 29 2009, 21:38:07 UTC

"Let's just say I've been in a few fights," Lenny responded, still watching the shadows around them. "I've learned to depend on myself. It's hard to trust anyone some-- " He cut off, halting his pace and listening. He couldn't tell where the gurgles and gasps and moans were coming from, and it was hard to tell if he'd heard something even more out of place or not.

"Thought I heard something," he said, deciding the latter. "I'm not trained, but I know how to throw a punch if I have to. Desperation and adrenaline help."

Leonard followed the path as best as he could see it. The noises from the creatures that roamed the city weren't far away, but there didn't seem to be any in sight, either. Probably not good. He fished through his pockets, fingering his journal before realizing there really wasn't enough light to merit even trying to look at it. Where's a flashlight or a lighter when you need it? There's the flash on my camera, but that'll just blind us and probably draw the attention of whatever-the-hell is out there."You ( ... )

gald_digger July 30 2009, 04:31:36 UTC

A lot of what Leonard said rang true for Anise's own life. Getting stronger out of necessity, not being able to trust anyone... Well, at least the guy had a decent amount of experience, both in combat and in life. Anise didn't want to think they were surviving through a string of flukes ( ... )

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