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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 laughed lightly with jacob, reciprocating his fist bump as she regained some control of herself and the adrenaline began to ware off a bit. "not gonna lie, i gotta agree with you that felt awesome." she laughed again. it was like being alive was worth it for a second. that's how she knew she couldn't off herself just yet. there was a fight left in ash and she felt it in those types of moments. she didn't want to die to those zombies otherwise she'd kill herself a long time ago. <br/>
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"oh my god are those tapes?!" she said excitedly "i've been sort of collecting them. i have a walkman in my bag with five tapes i found in a house once. probably my prized possession as stupid as it might seem. it's just so nice to listen to music and ignore what's going on. back when they were alive and times were easier and we just had to worry about some stupid politics. but that's one thing to keep your eye out for, if you don't mind. they take two double a batteries. i always need to stalk up on them when i find any." ash didn't have much hope for the transmitter either. even if someone heard them it wasn't likely they'd pick up. if they were surviving they likely didn't want more people around to take care of. but it was worth the shot anyways. the shot that didn't really last long as jacob must have thought the same thing and put it down, moving on to the next interest. <br/>
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ash looked at the map sparingly in between driving. she bit her lip, thinking about the towns and finally pointed to one farther away. "we need to keep going north to the city; pembrooke. that's where the mall is. this other town, elsewood, we can try to hit it up for supplies and gas since we're going to pass it. it should only take an hour to get to there so we can find a place to stop and rest maybe. and get something else to eat. we can head to the city in the morning. if we leave at dawn i can imagine getting there by two. if we find gas. you got a quarter tank left and if we can't find any i imagine we might have to walk some."<br/>
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