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ASH CARDALE<br/>
:･ﾟ✧<b><span style="font-family: 'Allura', 'cursive'">abandon all hope who enter here</span> </b>✧･ﾟ:*<br/>
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ash got back into the car and slammed the door behind her as jacob searched the map he had on him, she leaned over to see, trying to get a sense of where they were now. he was right, though. there was no way that they were out of the woods just yet. with all the supplies they had - supplies they were willing to risk for the rewards in a passing car - there had to be some other connections they had either with other groups or some important hide out they were at. "well they definitely didn't find all of those things in that small town. maybe they hit up the city, ransacked the mall and some stores or something?" she offered as an explanation. one things for sure was it'd be a lot harder to reach the city now. "the towns we were gonna go through to get to the city i guess are off limits now. even if they were just a small group staked out in the town we passed they know that we're around here now. they're gonna send people to each town along the way." which really sucked because as she turned the car on there was a little dinging sound and the gas light popped on. "ah fuck..." she muttered under her breath.<br/>
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jacob seemed a little less pale when he had gotten back into the car after kissing the ground and taking some thankful gulps of air. she didn't blame him for his reaction because she'd have the same if she was in the passenger's seat with no control over what was happening. she let out a laugh at his comment "i didn't know either...the first car i had i popped the front passenger's side tire 5 times trying to turn corners and hitting the curb wrong. but i suppose that's not a really comforting thought after our fast and furious chase, eh?" she teased a bit to him and once again focused on the map. <br/>
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"we're running out of gas, which doesn't surprise me. what i am surprised about is that we didn't run on empty before now. maybe there'll be some...house or farmland along the road here? it sort of looks like we took a long detour from the city but if we keep along the road we can try to avoid passing by the towns along the way as well. considering no one was over that bridge maybe whatever house is closest still has resources? and vehicles with a little gas we can get?" she paused and looked around before scoffing again "or a new car in general." it looked like ranch land from this point onwards and to ash it seemed like the best bet but she wasn't sure if jacob had any other ideas on the matter. she studied him as he studied the map, the way his brows furrowed as he tried to make sense of where they were and how far they skewed from their original path. "what'd you think? we also have to figure out where we're going to stay for the night. if they're really determined to get us they're going to find us eventually if we stay here." but who knew if they were still coming after them. honestly, the two of them really didn't have anything of importance on them. but when times were tough someone could and have killed for less.<br/>
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