Thread: puppies and kittens // virginia greene & sixlikesgore.

Thats probably a pretty good reason not to remember things. Shed never been shot, but shed gotten cut pretty bad once. Hed been in an explosion and then almost drowned, those probably werent great for a persons memory either. Willa was a tiny bit disappointed and a tiny bit suspicious, but there was really no reason to push. Everyone deserved to have secrets, as long as those secrets werent going to hurt the people they were around. Now you get the stress of that, pain, and being in a new place. Fun. Willa wasnt going to dismiss all of that, it was probably crazy concerning. He didnt seem too suspicious of her but she didnt seem too suspicious of him either, so she didnt really have any idea of what was going on in his head. According to our doctor, their dental hygienist, you got patched up by someone who knew what they were doing, and had equipment. Real stitches and probably saline solution, and very clean looking bandages. There was no probe after that, just the fact in case he wasnt sure what had happened to him at all after getting shot. Someone had patched him up, and better than they could have managed. The doctor had really just fixed up what had gone wrong since then and tried to make sure he wasnt going to die in their care. Thanks. We thought so. Got a few farmers, they really help. Which was good, otherwise they would have been fucked. The stakes were a lot higher than with front yard box gardens, which was what she had experience with. But they had people who knew the soil and the weather, knew how to handle something like this so that the dirt didnt end up barren or whatever the term was. Her face lit up a little. Youll be perfect for the scavenging team. Then, because she didnt want it to seem like she was assigning him to a role or going to try and pressure him into it and she was still sort of trying to pretend she wasnt in charge, she clarified, if you want. And you stick around. Nobody forces anyone to go outside the walls if they dont want to. That wasnt entirely true, everyone had to go out once a month. They couldnt let people forget how to survive, how to run and fight and communicate in a stressful situation. But it was their little town and nobody was ever alone, so the stakes were pretty low. Always need more people who are willing to go on runs and clear out buildings, things like that. The list of things they would need to increase their long term survival was getting longer, and she couldnt keep putting things off because the trip was long or because she didnt want to overextend the group. But we can also always use lookouts and gardeners and people who can do indoor stuff if youre just done. Some people were. Survive out there long enough, didnt want to have to keep going out. The world sucked, being outside of safety sucked, nobody should have to do that more than was absolutely necessary if they didnt want to. If Willa didnt go out, shed go insane. She needed to be out and about, she needed to fight and do things. Needed to feel like she was doing everything she possibly could for her people. Nothing regularly. It was a legitimate concern, and she didnt think anything of the question. Willa couldnt imagine that someone would be excited to set up home in the middle of a multi community war over space or supplies. Took a year or so for things to finish settling down after Black Summer, the camps that had popped up got overrun, joined the museum community, or one and then the other, but lately the big threats since then have been people we let in. But they did it anyway. Better to let people in than leave them to die. Once a community got big enough and fortified enough, she figured that people who were passing through were way less likely to try and mess with them. He asked about a tower, and Willa was pretty sure it was for connected with his people. That also made sense to her, but it was a potential point of concern. The police station probably has an emergency broadcast system. We dont have anyone who can work it, though. There had to be some kind of instructions in a desk somewhere. She didnt mention that though, just like she wasnt going to give any information on where it was. It wasnt great to have to be suspicious of people who theyd brought in, but it was even less great to be nave and have their kindness allow some stranger to rain hell on the community. There was a knock on the door, and Willa looked up sharply, obviously having not expected the interruption. She stood up and moved over to it, seeming less intent on keeping an eye on both the person in the doorway and 10k at the same time, or from mostly hiding the person and the room behind them from 10k. Something wrong? The ships cant dock. The woman standing there was probably in her forties or fifties, I think the explosion attracted attention, theres too many Z on the beach. They've been gathering, I didn't want to bother you with it. That didnt mean a huge hoard. Only took fifteen or twenty before they didnt want to have the fishermen come in. People dropped in while in the water, and then dragged the boats onto the sand. Knee deep water wasnt exactly great for movement, and that wasnt even thinking of the boats and resources on them. Ill be out in five, just let me get my stuff. Ill go down and help out. She exhaled softly and glanced back at 10k. I gotta go work this out. Youre welcome to help out if you want, we probably have something you could do from the inside, had to have a slingshot somewhere around there, and there were plenty of rocks and bits of metal, otherwise you can take the time to catch a nap and Ill come check on you when I get back. Can leave someone with you, if you'd prefer. Otherwise he could have some quiet time. thought we set up 10k with a slingshot and rocks and he covers Willa while she goes outside the walls. He probably gets heckin menaced by one of the people who lives there, but gets to show off that hes super useful, probably kills most of the zombies before she can which makes him look real good and will get him on her A team pretty much immediately but also gets to be like holy shit look at her go