<div class="floatleft">(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8442588458_00f952eef7_m.jpg) </div><strong>Selene Bryon</strong><br/>Tags:open<br/><br/>Selene was at home when it all started and for awhile she obeyed the command to stay indoors. By the second day though, Selene is antsy. The screams are distant and it most of the shambling creatures have left to find food. She shudders at that thought and pads to the door of her apartment. By some miracle, when she was boarding up her door, she left the peephole open. Selene would like to claim that was by plan but the reality is she was terrified, too terrified to think.<br/><br/>The barricade across the apartment door is strong, luckily none of the...<em>things</em>...tried to get in. She could have opened the door, try and help some of the people fleeing...she should have!<br/><br/>Selene turns and looks over the campus. It appears everyone, everything, are gone. Maybe it's time to move on. She can't stay here. If the power goes out then she loses her water source and she doesn't have much food left.  Her breathing becomes panicked as she considers going outside, where those things are!<br/><br/>No, no. Calm. Think. Breath in....and out...<br/><br/>Selene shudders again and turns towards her kitchen. "Right, I have 4 packets of rammen" She sets those on the counter and turns back to her cupboard. "Beans, pineapple and..." Selene curses softly as she surveys her small pile of food. "well, better then nothing!" She tosses the food into her backpack, along with her bow repair kit and a book on bow making.<br/><br/>The stores will be picked clean and likely to have walkers. Where to go to get food? Selene paces. stopping when her eyes fall on the campus. The cafeteria!  She smiles and hefts her bow. Selenes hands are sure as she checks it over, making sure it's in perfect condition. "Right....take down the boards, run to the cafeteria, get food, get back here and....drive off?"<br/>She shakes her head slightly "find survivors? Secure the campus?"<br/>None of those sound right! She wants to find others but isn't sure where to look or how to make sure they won't become a creature.<br/><br/>Selene's breath is deep and even, pushing back panic as she slowly pulls the boards from her door. "Dear God, please! Let the hall be clear, keep me safe and keep those things away!" The door creaks slightly as she opens it and Selene winces at the sound. There's no growl though, no sound at all! She opens the door a bit further and peeks out, gasping at what she sees.<br/><br/>Bloody hand-prints are smeared across the wall, showing where an injured someone braced themselves as they ran. Legs lie abandoned near the stairwell, pooling blood around a bit of spilled intestine. Selene shudders and closes the door as she trembles. She can't go out there! But she has to...! She has no food and most of the things are gone already! Keep to the shadows, keep low and run to the cafeteria!<br/><br/>Selene pushes open the door again before she nocks an arrow.  Down one flight of stairs, out the door and across the park to the campus! Move! Selene forces herself to take a step into the hall and move to the stairs. She hasn't heard anything, no growls to signal an attack. At the bottom of the stairs, Selene forces herself to move quickly.<br/><br/>The doors are wide and...were made of glass. Her boots crunch softly as she trots through the broken doors and crouches behind a car. A few walkers are wandering down the street, aimlessly searching for prey. Selene raises the bow, then quickly lowers it. She can hide from them, slip around behind them. Maybe someday there will be a cure and the creatures will be human again.<br/><br/>Selene waits until the creatures are walking away before she races to the almost shelter of the park. She keeps moving, keeping her eyes focused on the main building. Where the food is, get the food and get out! She can't stay in the city!<br/><br/>Her eyes slowly drift down as she hears a growl coming from her feet. A head....a dismembered head...is growling and snapping! Selene yelps with fright and gives it a massive kick.<br/>The head rolls into the bushes, the growling fading as Selene silently trots towards the building.<br/><br/>The cafeteria isn't far from the main door and Selene turns towards it. She can't hear growls but....was that a hello? Selene runs now, heading towards the voice but skids to a halt when she sees feet being dragged around a corner! A creature! She raises the bow, drawing the nocked arrow back as she creeps towards the corner. "are you human?" She calls softly "please, tell me you are!"