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Cαrl Grιмeѕ ([personal profile] postocular) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2018-06-11 12:55 pm

Don't Dead, Open Inside || Action

Who: Carl Grimes, a bunch of zombies, and you
Broadcast: kinda?
Action: Waystation
When: Right now


(( ooc: This is a blanket content warning for blood/gore/death. So! There are zombies ahead and you’ve found yourself on the waystation! You have two options: evacuate, or fight them off. Things of note to remember: Being bitten or scratched are the easiest ways for infection. We don’t suggest being eaten. Magic will be hit or miss depending on player preference/discretion. Characters who become zombies will be treated as in-character deaths. Standard rules apply! The event will last a total of 24 hours. Have fun, and enjoy all the undead things. If there are any questions or anything at all, feel free to pm this journal or hit me up at [plurk.com profile] skorozima. ))

[ The Fleet has been floating along its predetermined path for the past few days, getting further and further away from the Yadrolla System and toward unknown territory. Along the way, those oh-so convenient waystations continue to pop up at their usual intervals. Identical in every way to every other, boring waystation. Neat, right? There are even some of those familiar orange-skinned aliens and some human travelers milling about and generally minding their own business. It’s a good place to stretch your legs, get sodas of questionable flavor, and take those nifty new pets for a walk!

Interrupting the general peace of the waystation, a shrill siren starts, and a robotic voice comes over the intercom as well as all communication devices on the station and surrounding spacecraft, repeating a monotone message. ]



ATTENTION. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. LOCKDOWN IMMINENT. ATTENTION. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. CALMLY EVACUATE USING THE NEAREST EXIT. LOCKDOWN IMMINENT..

[ Soon, it becomes apparent to those on the waystation what the emergency is. A gaggle? A murder??? Just.. a lot of undead. They’re not in any particular hurry, shambling and stumbling along.. until they spot what looks like some good eats. That seems to get them excited, arms stretching forward, teeth gnashing, and more growling than any sort of verbal mishmash meant to be words. THEY’RE NOT A WORDY PEOPLE, OKAY?

For those looking to escape, it’s quite easy to outrun them unless you’re not paying attention to your surroundings. Corners can be tough! Just don’t get bit or scratched and all is well, except for their incessant attempts at making you a snack. For those who haven’t come across them before, or have run into some variation of them in another world, they’re resilient up to the point of losing their head or the brain being destroyed. Limbs being broken or missing don’t seem to slow them down, just send them a little off-balance.

All they know is attack and eat.

For those of the fleet still on their ships, they gravitate around the waystation, seemingly not wanting to go anywhere. There is a short window of time from the emergency alert to the entire waystation going on lockdown. Those wishing to help evacuate can do so- but they have to be quick!

Once the lockdown is in place, communication ceases with the waystation. All the rest of the fleet can do is sit and wait, and hope for the best. The doors will re-open twenty-four hours later, once it’s clear the situation is handled and they can regroup, count their losses, and wait once again for the perished to rejoin their ranks. ]
canofmanji: (Arguing now)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-15 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah--- well---! [Yeah well, she had a point.] You could have warned me!

[He tosses a steak knife he picked up from one of the way station's restaurants. It's small and doesn't seem very threatening until it sinks it's way into the center of a zombie's head as it crumbles to the ground.

Of course, killing that one isn't really helping too much as the fresh blood pooling out of Manji's severed leg has excited the walking dead.]
Where do these things keep coming from!?

[Oh right. Infection.] Don't answer that.
therewerefifty: (I shall not die by your sparrows)

[personal profile] therewerefifty 2018-06-18 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, that blood pooling is gonna be a problem. She doesn't have the luxury of time to help him with it, but Makie closes ranks on one side, thinning the corpse herd so Manji can maybe take a few seconds breather. Missing an arm and a leg now. You're a patchwork swordsman, is what you are.

She doesn't answer that. She doesn't say anything at all. But she has a hefty reach, she's making use of it.]
canofmanji: (LET ME STAB YOU)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-18 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Manji takes the few minutes breather to mutter profanities under his breath. The worms start taking care of the running blood problem on their own as they begin to weave a patch of replacement skin.

What he wouldn't give to have some of his normal blades back. After another moment or two he just moves forward walking on the stub with a grimace, but managing to keep upright. It hurts, but it's not any pain he wasn't use to.

Makie can deal with the lot she already was taking care of. He'll take care of hte ones who were coming from behind now.]
therewerefifty: (fight - haru-no-okina)

[personal profile] therewerefifty 2018-06-20 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[As she finishes up, she can't help but take a glance down at the severed limb. It's full of those worms, isn't it...? She wonders if he'll be able to keep it later on.

But either way, that's not her concern. As the last one falls, she flicks her blade out to divest it of blood, making sure to get none on either of them. Just in case.]


Do you know what these things are?
canofmanji: (Stank face)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-21 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Manji leans his shoulder against the wall as he uses the tip of his blade to give his foot an experimental poke. It twitches on it's own as Manji wrinkles his nose at it. Creepy.]

They remind me of some men that were driven crazy by the things Kagimura's men did to them. Same single minded desire to attack. Only these ones are a hell of a lot less skilled.

I've seen my share of mindless people. These aren't the same as that. [Or his sister.] These people it's more like they've died and just not realized it yet. [Which is a bit rich coming from him.]

What about you? Ever seen anything like these before. [Asked as he gives his own severed foot another poke.]
therewerefifty: (your move I'm patient)

[personal profile] therewerefifty 2018-06-22 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
No. [Kagimura is a wretched man. His pretense at having the higher moral ground at the docks is still fresh in her mind, and news he apparently drove men crazy through torture is not exactly surprising.

She gives a thoughtful hum at Manji's explanation, but shakes her head.]


I think in that, I can count myself lucky.

canofmanji: (Am I going to need to mansplain somethin)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-22 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
[The worms on his legs have stopped the bleeding now, where the ones on his severed foot have gone a lot slower. Manji picks it up despite the twitching and the way it's dripping. Ripping off a piece of clothing from one of the zombies to wrap the limb in.]

Yeah. I think you should. [He knows he wish he didn't know about these things.]

I wonder how long we'll be stuck here. Or how this even started so we can get it to stop.
therewerefifty: (hohum who should I kill today)

[personal profile] therewerefifty 2018-06-23 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
At the point that all infected have been dealt with without, in turn, infecting others.

[Seems logical to her. Which means Makie knows there's gonna be at least one survivor here, unless they do something like blow the waystation up. She folds her pike and rests it in the crook of her arm.] We should work to assist others in staying unhurt.

[She doesn't know these people, for the most part. She doesn't suffer from any gungho desire to save them all. But nor does Makie want to have to put them all down, either.]
canofmanji: (Can't I just take a nap?)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-24 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
The sounds like a good plan. [He can't help but smile in amusement.] Never thought we'd be working together like this.
therewerefifty: (fight - haru-no-okina)

[personal profile] therewerefifty 2018-06-26 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just wait til you get to your future, bud. Even if it was only for like...a minute. She just murmurs her agreement, head tilted as she listens to the sounds of fighting, both close and more distant.]

How fast can you travel on one foot?
canofmanji: (Can't I just take a nap?)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-26 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Manji puts more weight on his leg with a wince. Newly healing flesh and bone protesting at taking his weight, but nothing he can't handle.]

Not fast enough to keep up with you. [He was barely fast enough to do that in his peak form.] But faster than most with one leg. [He assumes. He's no stranger to discomfort.]

Leave me behind if you must. [No hard feelings. Just how things are in a battle situation.] Let's see how much I slow you down. [Off he fast limps, picking up speed as he goes.]
therewerefifty: (fight - back shot)

[personal profile] therewerefifty 2018-06-28 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, fair. She's not going to wait for him, though she does fight near him for a time. But eventually she's gone to murder things at a greater distance. Have fun with your zombie foot, Manji.]
canofmanji: (Let's go!)

[personal profile] canofmanji 2018-06-29 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[No hard feelings. It's what Manji expects and he can take care of himself. He knows now not to get bit and to be more careful.

He'll see her again when this is all over.]