Eternal Winter 2

==Characters==
*900bv - Emily Olsen
*DeadRaiser - Taylor Lewis
*Hk 4sixteen - Thomas Kelly
*Section - Frederick 'Carson'
*Weejoh-_- - Julian Ride
==Background==
Due to the effects of global warming, by 2020 85% of the arctic polar ice has melted. The immense amount of fresh water diffusing with the salt water in the Atlantic ocean causes the North Atlantic deep water pump seizes to function, causing the thermohaline circulation to stop. This results in the cooldown of the coastlines of the continents, starting a vicious cycle cooling down water and air streams. This in turn causes heavy snowfall, starting in the most northern and southern locations, which continues another vicious cycle due to the snow reflecting sunlight, preventing the world to reheat. In a matter of months, the world is capsuled in a cloak of snow, starting a seamingly Eternal Winter.
Set 10 years after the events of the original saga in August 2030, Eternal Winter 2 is set in wide arid tundra of Texas. An unlikely band of survivors team up to survive harsh conditions in the new wild west.
==Storyline==
Cold wind blows as a buck searches for plants who survived the harsh conditions of the snowy the pine woods. Heavily underfed, it doesn't notice that three silhouettes are coming towards it while it is snatching tough grass from under the snow.
One tall and bulky male turn around to watch the backs of the others, who continue to head towards the buck. A small, slim male kneels besides a tree, signalling that they should hold still. A youthful, dark haired female raises her shotgun at the buck, her finger resting on the trigger.
A loud bang, followed by a splash of blood coming from the neck of the buck. All 3 look at the pool of blood in the snow, that laid in their direction. Someone else shot it first.
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Frederick fires his weapon into the direction of the hunter's known location as he instructs his group to take cover, he maintains suppressive fire while heading to a nearby tree for protection. Under the cover of the dense forest, the hunter retaliates.
The rounds fired are extremely precise and well timed, mulching the little protection Frederick has. "He's got a sniper. Push forward while firing" Frederick ordered the group. The sheer amount of rounds fired into the direction of the concealed hunter overwhelms him.
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Julian sat against the base of tree, cleaning a bullet that caused his rifle to jam. The sheer amount of bullets raging by was outrageous.
He is either going to run out of bullets soon, or he is mad enough to fire off his enormous arsenal. He thought, while pushing the bullet back into the mag and inserting it into the weapon, switching it from safe back to semi-auto.
If he wanted, he had shot the stampeding brute multiple times already. However, the 4 didn't look like bad people and thus he rather wanted to scare them off by firing his rounds close enough for them to consider retreating.
Unfortunately as of now, they hadn't.
As he alligned his scope on the smaller guy without a weapon, who had laid back the entire time. He wasn't fully visible, but the others couldn't know he had no clear shot. He doubted for a brief second, before raising his calm voice.
"If good looking in the back wants to keep his pretty face, I suggest you all stop shooting."
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Gauging the situation, Frederick heads the hunter's warning and eases off the trigger. Being accountable for another death would devastate him. Moving forward and in front of Thomas, his Assault Rifle at the ready, his face stern and stoic. "Come out, mother fucker" Frederick ordered, knowing quite well he has a few rounds left in his magazine.
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What the fuck is that guy doing? Julian thought as the aforementioned brute stepped into his crosshairs voluntarily. A grin and a sigh followed, he was getting tired of the stubborness.
One bullet would do the trick, but doing so would make negotiating more difficult than it already was. Then again, that guy was still the reason Julian had his finger on the trigger.
He adjusts his aim, firing a bullet in the right foot. As the man fell down, Julian raised his voice again, clearly more agitated.
"I'm not saying it again. We ready to walk it off or what?"
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“You motherfucker!” Thomas shouted. He ran towards Carson and helped him up. Blood surrounded his leg and spilled onto the white ground. Thomas picked up Carson’s rifle and aimed at the direction he suspected the man to be. “Look, I don't want anymore trouble, but if you don't get your sorry ass over here and apologise to my friend, I'll blow your fat head off!” He said nervously. He wasn't sure if he was aiming in the right direction. It was obvious the man had a good shot. He glanced down at Carson’s leg and realised it wasn't as bad as he thought. “Drop the weapon. Now.”, Emily said calmly, raising her shotgun.
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Julian wanted match one's words with deeds, but you could see the guy was no expert by the way he held the rifle. He sighed and stood up, slinging his rifle onto his back and raising his hands unimpressed.
"I got the stuff to fix that foot." He said, waiting a few seconds before continuing. "I suppose we could trade it for a piece of that deer."
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Emily slowly approached the man, keeping her shotgun raised. Upon reaching him, she quickly glanced around his body, making sure he didn't have anything holstered to quickly draw. When she was confident he didn't have anything else, she lowered her shotgun, holding it down by her side.
"If you've got medical supplies," said Emily, briefly turning to look back at Carson, "You can have the best cut of that deer."
Emily slightly pulled up her jacket and shirt to reveal a minor stab wound. Not fatal, but discomforting. In a brief moment she thought back to the encounter, what made her more aware of the tricks surrendering people could play.
"This ain't our first rodeo, and if you can fix him up, you can sure as hell fix me up," said Emily, pulling her shirt and jacket back down.
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"Don't expect any miracles..." Julian muttered as he approached the person he shot. He stood near him, looking down on the kneeling guy with the rifle next to him. Without making a sound, he waved his hand to get out of the way.
He kneeled down and reached into his backpack, getting a switchblade and supplies from it. He raised to switchblade for a brief moment to show that he wasn't out to hurt anyone.
"Well, the bullet didn't punch through." He remarked. He used to blade to chip out the bullet. He sprayed some liquid on it and proceeded to bind a gauze around it to close the gash and to stabilize the foot.
"If you go on like this, you won't survive for long." He said while binding the foot. "The next encounter like this one will end with you all dead."
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"With idiots like you around it will." Thomas retorted. "This isn't a movie, or a game. If untreated, that wound could've killed him. Doesn't that have any impact on you? You would've let a man die unless you got something in return!"
He pointed the rifle in the man's face. Emily quickly stepped in and took the gun from his hands. "Stop!" She whispered urgently. Thomas turned around and sat down by a tree while Emily divided the meat. The man then treated her wound with the medical supplies. Thomas didn't trust him, and watched him intently in case he tried anything smart. As the man finished, Thomas stood up to meet him.
"Who are you?" He asked.
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"Why do you think you are innocent people?" Julian countered. "From my point of view he wasn't innocent. After all, he was the first to shoot. Then after that, you threatened to kill an unarmed man, who was helping you out."
The man's puzzing face gave away that wasn't the answer he wanted to hear.
"I didn't have to give medical attention to your friend, hell, I didn't have to share the deer with you." Julian slowly stepped towards the man, who he towered over.
"If I wanted to kill you, I could've done it multiple times now." As he said that, from beneath his coat he slinged an icepick, pushing the blunt side against the man's belly to show that once again, he could've hurt him. In suspense, it remains quiet for a few seconds.
"Think about that." He said as he retreated his icepick from the belly area and started backing off.
"Oh, by the way. Name's Julian."
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Thomas smiled. At any moment Emily could've put a bullet in his head. The man either wasn't the smartest, or knew she wouldn't.
“You're not very smart Julian, are you?” He remarked sarcastically. “Unless that icepick has a hidden gun built into it. You really shouldn't threaten people who have a clear advantage over you." He nodded in Emily's direction.
The two’s eyes remained locked together, neither daring to move. “You know, you still haven't apologised to my friend.” He said calmly. He smiled at Julian, showing him he was joking. Although he was sure Emily would step in if the man tried anything, he wasn't taking any chances.
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Mister confidence started getting on Julian's nerve, so he kept his pokerface and nodded that at some point he would apologise. However, he also felt pity for him, knowing for a fact that the whole group is a sitting prey.
"So, where are you going?" Julian asked.
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Emily brushed her fingers over the now treated wound, feeling a bit more confident in it healing. After standing up using her shotgun as a prop and slinging it across her back, she grabbed Julian's cut of the deer she had prepared. She then walked up to Thomas and Julian, the two still locked in intensive eye contact. Lightly shoving Thomas away with her free hand, Emily broke the stares and took Julian's attention herself.
"Nowhere," said Emily. "Might try and go some place further but for now it's just circles."
Emily handed Julian his meat portion.
"Here's your cut of the deer," said Emily, as Julian took it from her hands, "and, uh, thanks for patching me up". She quickly ran her hands through the snow to wash of the blood.
"Seems only fair we return you're question though. What're you doing?" Emily continued.
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Julian hesitated for a moment. "Heading west." He said as he grabbed a satchel from his backpack and put the meat in it. "I've got a message that needs to be delivered." He put back his backpack on his back. He looked to the big guy in the distance.
"What kind of message?" The female asked as she regained Julian's attention.
"Huh- That's confidential, miss... Eh-" The sentence extinguished.
"Emily."
"Right..." Julian took a deep breath. "I'm not going to lie. Like this, you are not going to make it for long."
"Why wouldn't we?" The guy responded curtly.
"I think I made my point, haven't I?" He said back. "Look, I know you don't like me, but I'm here out of goodwill. I might know a safer place than here in the wild. You gotta trust me."
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The bullet shattered Frederick's steel capped boot sending shrapnel into his foot, the pain so agonizing he dropped to floor. On his back, he raised rifle to kill the hunter, know knowing his location. Before Frederick can squeeze the trigger, Thomas grabbed his rifle.
After being patched up by the man who shot his foot, Frederick clearly angered by the whole situation leaves and watches the group from a distance. Overhearing Julian, he walks towards him and grabs his throat, towering over the tall male.
"We have a place. Now leave, before i take your head off" 
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"Look Julian, we appreciate your offer, but right now, we really don't need your help." Thomas explained. He stepped forward and pushed Carson off Julian.
"If you want to stay with us for a bit I don't mind, but if you think we're going to trust some stranger who nearly killed us, than your the one who needs OUR help. You can't trust anyone out here, you know that."
 18:05, February 17, 2016 (UTC)
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Due to him grabbing his throat, Julian wanted to deliver a sucker punch to the big guy in a state of rage. However, due to the small guy intervening, he regained himself.
"Fine." Was the short response.
The female had already left the circle of boys directly after the big guy grabbed Julian. Seeing how he were interrupted before she could respond, Julian cornered her.
"I don't know how you got together with these men, or why you stick with them... But they'll get you killed." Julian confronted her.
"Why do you care?" She responded.
"Because I don't want you to get killed. You're a reasonable person. I don't want it to be on me when I can give you a fair chance."
It remains quiet. Julian looks at the other 2 standing a couple of metres in the distance.
"One's an idiot and one has an attitude problem. Wandering around with them means time running out fast." He points at her belly. "I know you know that."
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"Nice pickup lines Jule, but she's with us. I don’t know what you're trying to achieve. Emily can handle herself, and we need her. If you're going with her, then your going with me and my friend too." Thomas interrupted.
"Look, I know I didn't make the best first impressions, but if I lost either of them, I don't know what I'd do. My name's Thomas." He outstretched his hand to shake Julian's.
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Julian turned around, smug frowning. He left Thomas hanging. Thank God I'm not you. He thought.
As much as he wanted to knock some sense into him, he chose to do what he was taught to do.
"If you follow me, I'll lead you to a safe haven. A community, somehwere behind the Rockies. I cannot guarantee you make it there, that's on you."
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Emily briefly looked down and took a heavy breath. "Wow," said Emily, "I haven't seen the inside of a safe place in years. I- wait, the Rockies..."
Emily suddenly removed her backpack, and started tearing through it's contents. Items were scattered across the snow, Emily not giving any thought to them. "What are-," Julian began.
"You said it was around the Rockies, right" interrupted Emily, removing a small album from the bag. She then stood up, turning back to Julian and quickly flicking through the album.
"Yeah but-" said Julian, before being cut off again.
Emily found the page she was looking for, and showed it to Julian, pointing to a girl that looked not much younger than Emily. "Do you know this girl?" asked Emily, Julian's face not instilling confidence. "Tell me you have seen this girl."
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"No..." Julian responded curtly. "But I guess she could be there. Anyone from that region should be able to join the community."
"You know anyone from there?"
"Not exactly... Some only by name." Julian sank away in his thoughts for a brief second before continuing. "I gotta get going. It's still a long way to go. If you are in, follow me, if not, best of luck to you."
He adjusted his backpack and grabbed his gasmask, hanging it loose around his neck. He walked away and turned around one more time, spreading his arms wide to indirectly ask what it was going to be.
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Emily nodded and put the album back into her backpack, looking forward to Julian and then back at Carson and Thomas. "You know how long I've been searching for her, and this could be my chance," said Emily. "I'm not letting this slip away, whether you two will be coming or not."
Emily grabbed her shotgun, snapping it open to check if it contained two active shells. After this, she turned away from Carson and Thomas, and walked towards Julian.
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Gunshots in the distant forest echoed like fireworks, yelling and screaming can be heard coming closer and closer towards the group. "We need to leave now" Frederic exclaimed pushing Thomas towards Julian.
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