[ In the depths of the Darkness, gunshots echoed through the night. A young voice calls out, feminine but blunted by life’s gravity, spilling out swears as easily as her rifle ejects empty shells. ]
Francis! Louis!
[ A screech filters through, something inhuman - or maybe it once was human - before a wet schunk splatters to the ground, like maybe a
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Um.
[ That's a talking skeleton. ]
I got to a safe house. I think it's a safe house. But I'm good.
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At least this . . . Broke guy, whatever he is, is acting nice. But to answer his question: ]
No.
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However, there are other things that are vying for her attention. ]
I'm good for now.
What are those things I just killed?
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No, see, you didn't answered my question. I shoot down zombies. Those aren't zombies I just blew away.
What are those things? I'm not asking every single detail. [ For now. ]
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I didn't ask to be here! And since we're on the topic, how is it that I was sailing a boat in the daytime suddenly find myself a neighborhood that's right out a bad horror movie?
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[He takes a moment. If she's not aware of where she is, then that means...]
Did you just get here?
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Well -- hahaha -- I guess I don't have to warn you about the Darkness monsters, at least.
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[ They almost look like the mutated zombies - but she's pretty sure these things are a different deal entirely. A monster virus, maybe? ]
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[And less fun. If she weren't on break at work, she'd be out there fighting them all.]
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That . . . doesn't sound too bad. [ Compared to the zombies that are always active, twenty-four seven, five days a week, no vacation time. ] How are people holding up with that? Major pest control?
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I'm not sure what a MySpace is, but if I see your friends, I'll let you know.
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What scientists?
[ Wait. Oh god, what if she passes the virus to everyone? She didn't even thought of that. She really needs to get out of this place. ]
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The ones at the baseball diamond, where you arrived. Usually they hold people and interrogate them, I gather. You must have slipped past them in the dark and not been noticed.
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Why are they interrogating people? Are they sick?
[ If that's the case, good thing she gave them the slip. If they realized she's a Carrier, they might have taken her behind a storage shed and killed her. ]
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