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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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she honestly never considered the apocalypse being 'over' to her it didn't seem like there was an end in site and, while being positive was important, she was naturally negative in character. there was no use getting unnecessary hopes up for something that they all knew was probably not coming. she long since let go of the idea that the governments were going to take control of the situation. clearly help wasn't coming. "if this ever ends, which i doubt it will, whatever is left of humans won't be anything like it once was. we're going to devolve as a species and we don't have the minds like we did to create the world we had. the factories and inventions and electronics...that's all gone now. naturally i think humans figure out a way to establish some sort of community. whoever is left in the us probably would want to start up a democracy again. a small one most likely considering the lack of people in this world now. and then with the amount of strain and trauma we've all dealt with there is bound to be generational trauma in the mix. maybe....humans aren't supposed to outlive this? we're like the dinosaurs. they were the biggest species on the planet and yet they were all wiped out. we're just the same." she shrugged back at him. so much for being positive but ash was always one to speak her mind no matter the content of her speech. "or maybe we'll create some new super human species. after all, we're going to evolve to meet our challenges and environment if we do end up surviving through this. imagine the brand of warriors that are going to come out of this. the us army could only dream of that kind of strength."<br/>
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they drove on a little longer and got into a small hamlet outside of the first town they intended to go to before their stop at the mall in the city. she had at first thought nothing of it when suddenly she saw something at the corner of her eye off in the distance like a white flash an alley over. the sound rang through the air as well and even with the music playing she knew it was a car. "is that...a car? did a car just pass?" she began to feel more tense as she slowed her driving a bit. ash didn't want to give away their location. maybe humans were here but that rarely ends well especially when they have supplies, gas, and a working car. she was just lucky that jacob seemed like a good guy so far and ash still had enough morals to not take his stuff and leave him for dead. "well...i don't know but i really don't want to be around if they find u-" ash was interrupted by a roaring sound. from the rearview mirror she could see a long line of dirt flying into the air as a motorcycle began to charge after them. "ah shit!" she muttered, kicking the engine in gear and speeding off, this time without worrying about the sound the car made. she tried to swerve in and out of alley's and streets in the small town but the motorcycle was a lot more nimble than their car. "fuck they probably want our gas. grab a gun from my bag..."<br/>
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