The Apocalypse is upon us
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				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 00:41:56</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>( now we’re this like it’s any normal school day. The gates to the school are closed as class is in session, they know of nothing that is going on , in the city.&nbsp; Then once we all introduce our characters in the RP I’ll start off the Zombie invasion and introduce the virus into the school theres the place for now Hope you have fun !!!)</strong></span></div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Kasumi Yagamoto <br><strong>Age: </strong>17<br><strong>height:</strong> 5’4<br><strong>Sexuality :</strong> Bisexual <br><strong>Quick Bio: </strong> In her Junior year of high school she is know to be the quiet nice girl who was captain of the Kendo club. She went to the championships several times, winning at least 5 times out of 8 tournaments. She is also known around the school to be one of the hottest girls, yet she’s been in few relationships as few guys thrill her. She likes the bad boy type. <br><strong>Picture:</strong><br><div align="center">(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad279/Calli_Lovette/941834jjijjw3qwt1.jpg)</div><br><br><br>It was and Average day like all the others for Kasumi, nothing excited ever happens here in her school, only the daily drama stuff that didn’t interest her. But she was in a Club that did interest her, Her Kendo club. But it was just about over as she was making her students do some warm up exercises, practicing the jabs and swings. She watch over them like a hawk making sure they where performing perfectly.&nbsp; There was a tournament coming up and she wanted to be sure that they would win. Then the gym’s bell rang as this session was over.<br><br>“ shower up and return to your last period classes “ she yelled. All the club members&nbsp; (which where all boys), left in a rush . She sighed as she left for the female locker room, there she changed into her uniform after placing her armor way in her locker. Kasumi then locked her locker she grabbed her school bag and began heading back to the main school building. She was lost in thought as she was wondering what she would do this weekend. There was no one to hang out with and her parents have left Japan to America to visit her older sister. She was feeling lonely, no one to talk to in her big empty apartment. <br><br>Kasumi sighed as she wall down the near empty halls of the school to her class, before the bell rang once more. She found her seat in the front of the class as the lecture started, the class was English. She was already fluent in English since her sister now lived in America, so she didn’t pay attention much in that class.&nbsp; All she we do is doodled as the teacher went on talking. <br>
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				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 01:31:20</strong>
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				Name: Anko Hitsugaya <br>Age: 18<br>height: 5’7<br>Sexuality: Bisexual<br>Quick Bio:&nbsp; Anko usually kept to herself, she could have easily tried to become one of the more popular kids, being both athletic and beautiful. Tough she preferred to keep to herself or smaller groups, disliking large gathering of people. Due to her isolated nature she's never been into a relationship. Shes likes men who can challenge her physically and, or mentally<br><br>appearance <br>(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/325/08f41eda80b1e61381e9a1e.jpg)<br><br>Anko was outside, by the football field. People thought she was some kind of sport freak, always going out to practice whenever she was on break. In truth, she just went there for a nap. She had no interest in socializing with others, as she preferred to be alone, and no one ever came to bother her on the field. She'd always find it odd that, back when they were younger, every one seemed to flock to the field each break, to play ball. But something seemed to change once they got older. Sex or drugs maybe? Anyhow it didn't matter as long as she had somewhere to hide out. She let out a long sigh, putting on her earphones, she turned on some, blackmores night songs, lied down on a bench and closed her eyes.
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				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 03:46:04</strong>
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				Name: Izumi Minoru<br>Age: 18<br>Height: 5'9"<br>Sexuality: Straight<br>Quick Bio: A smart-ass on the surface but beneath the asinine remarks lies a brain that thinks itself remarkably talented. Minoru prizes wit and cunning above punches and kicks, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to use all four. He was a member of his junior high school's male gymnastics team, which is where verbal defense became needed, and has limited combat and small arms training from a more rurally-based relative. <br>(http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn419/Nightwind_of_ShadowClan/AnimeGuy1.jpg)<br><br>"Ah, but to quote a contemporary poet, 'whomsoever should lie upon leaves and stones invites upon himself insects and scones'." He walked away as the three much larger boys' confusion provided the large open window of escape. "<em>Morons</em>," he thought with a mental scoff. "<em>I could have left it with 'whomsoever' and gotten the same effect.</em>" But he was used to minds like theirs, just smart enough to try to make sense of things, too stupid to realize there isn't any. What he said didn't mean anything, the poet was himself. About the only thing they might have called into question was whether a poet really said it if he hadn't made it rhyme. But then, maybe it was a mercy to them. It would be irresponsible to tell them poetry didn't always rhyme before their minds were mature enough to handle such a revelation.<br><br>In any case, the situation had been handled and he still had both all of his blood and the pants that the three fools had for some reason decided they needed. For a moment, he wonders if he could have simply sent them away from him with force. It was certainly more fitting that they should be the ones visibly humbled and thought of as running away. But no, that wasn't the way he did things. Besides, using those mental smoke bombs was far more fun and kept him from having to deal with the faculty. <br><br>With no more distractions stopping him, he opened the door, enjoying the sliding rattle of it's motion over and under it's tracks, and took his seat for another thrilling homeroom.
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				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 05:49:58</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Sakiko Hamasaki <br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> Saki, Kiki, Kiko<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17 years.<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'8"<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Bisexual<br><strong>Quick Bio:</strong> Sakiko is a militant realist, she sees the world for how it is and has a blunt, sarcastic nature about things in general. She likes dying her hair and listening to screamo music; because of this, she's always wearing headphones, whether they're playing music or not. She often dyes her hair a variety of colors, never sticking to one color for more than two weeks. While she is very blunt, she's also great with thinking on her feet, as well as coming up with plans in dire situations. Saki is also a skilled soccer player - when she plays soccer is one of the rare times you'll see her excited about something. Her quick reflexes, high stamina and strong leg muscles make her something to be feared on the field...<br><br>(http://i40.tinypic.com/2luuzv7.jpg)<br><br>While snapping her blue raspberry bubblegum while nodding her head to her music, Sakiko ambled down the hallways, eyes closed, not really watching where she was going. Class was about to start in two minutes — or maybe it started two minutes ago… she couldn’t exactly remember — but the blue-haired junior couldn’t have cared less. <br><br>While Saki considered herself to be a jack of all trades, mathematics was the one subject she refused to even bother to invest time in studying. Why bother? All of it was totally useless and there was no way she was going to use any of it in real life anyway… Her grades were excellent in everything… except math. She traversed the hallways, rocking her head to the music, content to be free of her horrible class by loitering about the school. <br><br>“Hey, you! Shouldn’t you be in class?”<br><br>The strident, unmistakable scolding of teacher&nbsp; made Saki wince, slowly opening her eyes. Who was it, standing down the corridor with his hands crossed, than none other than Yoshida-sensei, her mathematics teachers, who had clearly predicted that his worst student would be skipping class. Sakiko laughed, a slow nervous churning in her throat, shaking her head in disgust at how clumsy she’d been, to actually get caught! She knew he’d demand to see her in detention, or worst… so Saki did the only thing she knew how to do: turn heel and run!<br><br>Yoshida-sensei could be heard down the end of the corridor, his footsteps echoing closer and closer to hers. God, he’d catch her eventually, and throw her into detention. Thinking quickly, Saki ducked into the girl’s bathroom, laughing at her good fortune. She’d be safe in here! Unless he decided to be a pervert…<br><br>Humming to herself, Saki turned up the music, scrolling through more songs to listen to on her iPod. So many songs to listen to… but screamo was her favorite. Humming and rocking her head to the beat, she couldn’t help but sing along:<br><br><em>“If you could stay here for just a little bit, a little while, a little bit with me…”</em><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 10:43:42</strong>
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				<strong>Name: </strong>Naoki Nibushima<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height: </strong>6'1"<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Quick Bio:</strong> Naoki is a quiet, reserved guy, perhaps even a bit clumsy and air-headed in the typical goings on of a high-school student.&nbsp; As Captain of the Kyudo team he moves with a fluid, steady grace and supports the ancient art for it's distribution of ritual, discipline, and self improvement.&nbsp; He is also the chairman of the small home economics club the school possesses.&nbsp; Being an only child he tries diligently to make his parents proud, and although his grades are merely average, his skill at archery is widely known.<br>(http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp325/JoySakura/Archer/archer117.jpg)<br><br>The faint twang of the string resounded from the yumi Naoki held within his hands.&nbsp; It's smooth bamboo was familiar and comforting, but it was not his own.&nbsp; Gripping the string appropriately, he aligned his feet and brought the yumi up above his head.&nbsp; His left hand pushed as his right hand pulled, his breath was slow and quiet.&nbsp; The string came back and stopped before it should have, though he was still accepting of the result.&nbsp; Slowly he reduced the tension, bringing his hands together and lowering the yumi, much to the bubbly clapping of his brown haired underclassman.<br><br>"Thank you, Nao-sempai!" she chirped, looking to retrieve her yumi from the much taller Junior.<br><br>Naoki smirked slightly, offering the yumi back to the sophomore, a newcomer to the Kyudo team, "You're welcome.&nbsp; You <em>will</em> need to learn to string your own yumi." he reminded her, gathering his books from the mat below where he had left them.&nbsp; They had made something of an appointment the day before for him to service her yumi before class, a duty he had now filled as the Captain of the team, "So I hope you were paying attention.&nbsp; I'll expect you to demonstrate this tomorrow at the same time before class." he mentioned, repositioning the rectangular framed glasses upon the bridge of his nose.<br><br>"I...I will.&nbsp; How do you pull the string back so easily?&nbsp; You...don't look very..."<br><br>"Strong?" he interrupted her, "While Kyudo may not appear as physical as Kendo, Judo, or Karate, it too requires great discipline and muscular endurance.&nbsp; When you attend a proper practice after school today, you'll understand better.&nbsp; I'll expect you there on time."<br><br>"Yes Nao-sempai!&nbsp; Until then!" the small, frail looking girl replied as she raced away with her yumi in tow.&nbsp; Much to the chagrin of Naoki.<br><br>"At least carry it properly..." he said under his breath with a bit of a sigh.&nbsp; Releasing the string to his own bow and wrapping the long length of bamboo in a soft, cotton wrap, he slung his books over his shoulder and left the kyudo dojo.&nbsp; Crossing the field he prepared to enter the school proper when he noted the athletic Anko sprawled out upon one of the benches, more often utilized for studying or consuming quick snacks in between classes.&nbsp; <em>"Should I just leave her alone?&nbsp; Maybe she wants to be left alone?&nbsp; Maybe she fell asleep and would have wanted to be woken up?&nbsp; Ugh...the possibilities, the possibilities...I suppose it's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission."</em> he decided internally.<br><br>"Um...hello?&nbsp; Hello?" he said, his second greeting a bit louder than the first.&nbsp; The overwhelming tone of seriousness and authority he possessed when instructing his underclassman in the dojo had vanished, for the time being.&nbsp; In the meantime, all his tall frame was being used for was unintentionally putting Anko's face in the shade.
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				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 12:34:05</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Raiden Miya.<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18.<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'.<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Straight<br><strong>Quick Bio:</strong> Raiden grew up as a normal kid, with a normal life. Then one day at school he was attacked by two of his classmates in the gym, who he fought off with a baseball bat. Since then, he played baseball, and kept a bat in his locker, if not; with him. He is generally a nice guy, generally sarcastic, but he tries to be charming and funny where he can be.<br>(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/266/7/f/Anime_Guy_by_CannibalTaco34.jpg)<br><br>The loud crack echoed across the field as yet another ball was smacked into the catchers net, and filtered back into the machine. Raiden's jacket hung on the fence, and his tie was wrapped around his bicep, squeezing his toned muscle with each swing. The long, sleek black baseball bat led to a set of blood red, and midnight black gloves, wrapping his hands.<br><br>The iPod on his back played through a small speaker attached to his belt, which he listened to when practicing. Class was overrated, but his teammates all said that it was necessary to complete school perfectly to get by. Raiden didn't care for it, though. Another thwack came from the machine, launching another ball, before he put it into the net, and walked over to turn it off.<br><br>"Done for the day"<br><br>Raiden placed the bat next to his jacket, and quickly scaled the mesh fence, to grab the bar. He lowered himself, then began doing pull ups, finding nothing better to do, and needing to finish his training.<br><br>After a few laps, and other work outs, he went to the locker rooms and showered quickly, putting on a new suit.
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				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 15:47:32</strong>
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				"Um...hello?&nbsp; Hello?" Someone spoke. Anko groaned, twisting her head. It hadn't been loud but it had disrupted the acoustic, she was listening to. It wasn't until now she realized, the song had changed without her noticing. Probably meaning she'd fallen asleep, or simply drifted off. She rubbed her eyes, to remove the fog that seemed to cover them. It was that Kyudo captain, she'd seen him around plenty of times, never bothered to learn his name tough. She'd once thought to ask him if she could join, the Kyudo team, but had decided not to. She wasn't to keen on the whole <em><strong>team </strong></em> aspect. She reached her arms over her head, letting out long groan, feeling her muscles stretch. "Mgh..." She looked up at him again, forcing a soft smile, she may be unsocial, that didn't mean she was rude. "Hi there, can i help you?" She asked kindly, tough in truth she was quite annoyed, being disturbed like this.
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				Post by: <strong>Orathio</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 17:54:13</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Rei Habayashi<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'1<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Straight<br><strong>Quick Bio:</strong> Rei is regarded as a lone wolf never to trust people or keep much company. At the top of his class and always a smart person, he always keeps his cool and tries to act in control when prompted. He is in a lot of the school groups to always extend his horizon and improve his intellect. Always aching to learn more and continue onward at the top of the class. He can be a bit arrogant and selfish but once he open up he is a friendly person looking to help others, with his intellect. Sometimes craving attention. Rei is also part of the track team and is quite the speedy runner,&nbsp; keeping his distance from others thinking they will slow him down instead of aiding him, but perhaps the new events about to unfold will show him differently.<br>Apperance:(http://code-geass.bandai-ent.com/characters/images/leloughCOMP.gif)<br><br>&nbsp;Rei was at the track field enjoying a quick run alone during their break, everyone else seemed to be busy with other stuff during breaks, but he always made sure to do a couple of laps before his last period. It always helped refresh him and clear his mind, being warm and sunny made it all the better, as he close to finish another lap he took a second to look over at his watch it was almost time for last period. Stopping his running and walking towards the school building, he would have to take a quick shower before going to last period. <br><br>&nbsp;He stepped into the male shower room it was always empty at this time of the day, setting the water to a warm temperature and quickly stepping under the water. As the water covered his body he slowly began to rub a piece of soap around his chest, followed by his arms,&nbsp; and finally his legs and lower body. It was so refreshing to always shower and clean up after running, his mind was clear and could now focus on his last period class, English class. Rei walked to his locker and quickly changed into his school uniform, once he was done he stepped out.<br><br>&nbsp;Walking along the school halls, some student where skipping classes but this was of no concern to him, though he was running a bit late. A few more steps down the long school hallway and he found his classroom. It seemed he was late as the teacher was already discussing something with the group, Rei walked in and proceeded to walk to his desk as if nothing had happened as if he was early. Taking his seat next to Kasumi looking over towards her. "Evening Kasumi." He said then turning his attention towards the teacher.
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				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 20:52:18</strong>
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				Kasumi sat in her English class still doodling as the teacher had his back to the class. Then she heard&nbsp; “ evening Kasumi “ she lifted her head and looked to her side and saw a guy that she didn’t really know to well “ Evening …” she said going back to her doodling. <br><br>Mean while out by the front gate of the school ( this surrounded the whole school , the track and field to )&nbsp; two female teachers, the principle and the Gym teacher gathered. At the gate doors was a man standing there, still and quiet. “ Sir vacate the area! School is in session so leave before we call the police. “ The principle yelled. This was a lawsuit waiting to happen having some pervert stand out side the school gates. The gym teacher smirked as the guy didn’t leave, in fact the man seemed to become enraged. The man groaned and shoved his arm through the bared gates. “Here I’ll take care of him,&nbsp; I’ll rough him up a bit before the&nbsp; police come.” He bragged. The gym teacher came up to the gate and unlocked it letting the man in. <br><br>The two teachers and principle gasped at the sighted of the man, His large intestines where hanging out of a giant hole in the mans stomach, and the mans eyes where cloudy. “What the fuck!” the gym teacher cursed. The mans attention turn to him, jumping on top of him and tearing into his face. The zombie ripped off the gym mans nose with it’s teeth. The others screamed and try to pull the zombie off of him, but the zombie just attack them as well.<br><br>Mean while in class no one had any clue of what was happening still. Kasumi finished her drawling of a bunny and sighed. She looked up the to chalk board then raised her hand&nbsp; &nbsp;‘'May I use the restroom?" she asked politely . the teacher said yes and she got up and left the room, as she made it to the girls bath room, she heard the school speakers click on, the speakers where used for morning announcement and the evening&nbsp; announcements.&nbsp; There where speakers every where on the school property, even out on the fields for the gym or club students to hear as well. <br><br>“ Attention all students and teachers! Attention all students and teachers! At the present time, there is a violent struggle occurring on the premises.&nbsp; All students please stay with your teachers and follow any instructions they give!!!” After that announcement there was a pause in the school, student shrugged as the teachers where bit concern. Then the speakers clicked back on. “ GAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!&nbsp; HELP ME, STOP IT !!!! DON’T BITE ME !!!! OUCH OW ! HELP ME , I DON’T WANT TO DIE !!! AHHHH!” The screams stop, but the speakers where still on as the students and teacher could still hear stuff crashing around, like a desk was being flipped. <br><br>The students sat in their chairs, disturbed by what they heard, then the panic began set in as students race out of the their class rooms, trampling any one who would have fell during the stampede. The halls where death traps as people where being push out of the way and step on so others may escape. No one knew what the hell was going on. The virus was spreading through the school quickly as zombies poured in through the front gates.<br><br>But luckily for Kasumi during the announcements she ran to the girl’s locker room, which was empty. She brought her sword to school today to show to her club and tell them of the history of Kendo. She opened her locker and pulled out her sword. She didn’t know what the hell was going on, but if fights where breaking out she would carry her sword with her, for added protection. Then once she heard the screams over the speakers she knew it was a good decision on her part to go and get her sword. She grew nervous as she pulled her sword from her sheath , it was long and beautiful and deadly. <br>
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				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>31-03-2010, 23:13:44</strong>
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				That tone, she <em>wasn't</em> happy.&nbsp; What a hole to have to dig himself out of.&nbsp; <strong>"Ehheh...well..."</strong> he said, using the back of his hand to push his glasses back into their respective spot, <strong>"...the bell rang, so I just thought..."</strong> he managed to say before his explanation was interrupted by an announcement.&nbsp; <em>"Nice timing!"</em> he thought to himself.&nbsp; As the announcement went on and the voice behind it became more and more hysterical the dark haired boy's hazel eyes narrowed from behind the two panes of glass that shielded them.&nbsp; <em>"Is it...the Senior prank?&nbsp; I can't look surprised, don't look surprised, Naoki!&nbsp; No..."</em> his internal monologue continued as he thought about the time of the year, <em>"...it's far too early in the year for something like that."</em><br><br><strong>"What..."</strong> Naoki began.&nbsp; Although the field itself was at the back of the campus, away from the front gates leading to the main road, he could still hear the various screams of pain and panic echoing throughout the entire school.&nbsp; It sounded like an avalanche, the various fear-driven footwork of countless students.&nbsp; <strong>"Anko, something's wrong.&nbsp; This doesn't sound like a joke."</strong> he looked back toward the stretching senior, trying not to show his own rising anxiety.&nbsp; Within his grip, the bamboo of his yumi felt the tightening of his clenching fingers.
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				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 00:54:41</strong>
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				Anko's Kept stretching her muscles, trying to get her body going. "Jeez relax. of course it doesn't <strong>Sound like a joke</strong>. Who would fall for it, if it did?" She was very pessimistic about the situation. "There was no explosion so it can't have been a bombing." She stated, holding, Naoki comforting on the shoulder. "There was no gun fire, so there is no one, shooting people. Its probably just some sick prank." She started walking away from the field, towards the front of the school. "I'm gonna check it out, you stay if you want t---." She stopped dead in her tracks. As she walked past the corner, she saw her gym teacher, slowly walking towards her. He was completely covered in blood, his jaw was almost completely ripped off, and it look as if, he'd punctured his eye. "Mr Saito!?" She yelled out in panic. Saito, had always been a stern man, he wouldn't take part in a prank like this, and those injuries looked WAY to real, to be fake. "Oh my god! Mr Saito stand still!" She looked over at Naoki, panicked. "Call 911!!!"
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				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 03:09:55</strong>
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				Kasumi stayed in the locker room as she heard panicked foots steps in the halls, then she heard screaming. She gritted her teeth, should she go out there and help who ever is being attacked. She sighed and hopped that she wouldn’t regret it. She held her sword tightly in her hand as she ran up of the locker room to find two boy huddling over a girls dead body as if they where eating it. “ What the hell are you two doing!“ she yelled in frustration. When the two boys looked over at him she realized something was up their eyes where cloudy as their throat where ripped out. “ Are you two okay? “ she asked as she got into a sword-fighting stance. The two boy stood up and began walking over to her “Stop, don’t came any closer!” She warns. But when they did get to close she came after them and sliced both their heads off with a single swing of her sword. Their heads hit the floor with a thud and she paused at what she just did…. Odd enough it didn’t feel wrong to her, she actually got some pleasure from it. 
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				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 04:38:11</strong>
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				As his classmates ran and tripped over each other, Minoru calmly put his book back into his bag and waited out the human stampede like a moviegoer waiting for the crowd to thin out before leaving his seat. A quiet but slightly forced breath left his lungs and were drowned out in the auditory mud of the panicked screams. Standing up, his eyes scanned the room for something to use just in case this wasn't a lie. At worst, he would be the one getting laughed at least. Well, at worst, it was something really outlandishly bad like, say, Predator was there or it was a zombie attack or something. He settled on the unusually and unnecessarily heavy stick the teacher used to point to things he didn't feel like walking to or to smack the desk of some poor student who had had a long night of studying or...otherwise. From the sound it made, it must have been pretty sturdy, so maybe it would give one of these alleged bad guys something to think about.<br><br>Minoru stepped out into the hall against his better judgement. The herd hadn't thinned any, so he didn't get a chance to get very far from the door. "<em>Well, that was pointless,</em>" he thought. "<em>And now, I'm nothing but another blockage in this man-made artery. I'm usually smarter than this.</em>" He sighed again and wondered if he could get onto one of the pipes on the ceiling just before the screams reached a new crescendo. "<em>Ah, one of our 'attackers' has shown himself. Well, this should be fun.</em>" Minoru raised his stick when some of the girls and a couple guys yelled something along the lines of 'she cut off their heads'. This got Minoru's attention, so he pushed his way through the crowd to the front to find the screams accurate. Not only that but the apparent cause was someone he kind of knew. He tried to yell her name in shock, but it slipped his mind. "You!! What the hell did you just do!?"
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				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 04:47:39</strong>
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				Was it safe to come out now…?<br><br>Saki slowly opened the bathroom door, poking her head out, looking for any sign of Yoshida-sensei, or anyone else for that matter… In fact, the hallway was eerie calm. Her finger slid over to her iPod’s touch screen, getting ready to change songs, but before she could do so, the intercom clicked on, a panicked voice blaring into the speakers.<br><br>What was she saying? A violent struggle… on the premises? The blue-haired girl sighed, removing the headphones from her ears, wrinkling her nose as she strained to hear what was going on. The hallways were probably the worst place to listen to the announcement… However, even the <em>deaf</em> would probably be able to hear the pained screams and tormented cries that cried out over the speakers not too long after. Their cries almost painted a picture before Saki’s sapphire blue eyes. It was easy to know, right then, that they were all screwed.<br><br>Just like that, students came pouring out of the hallways, and Saki could instantly tell that whatever had happened over the announcements was serious business. Wrinkling her brow, the seventeen year old sprinted down the hall, her long, athletic limbs giving her the push she needed to leap and bolt out of everyone’s way, nimbly making her way out of the school, pushing the doors open…<br><br>She was outside, near the batting machines, judging from the gentle whirrs that stirred from the batting cages, the faint smell of machinery creaking through the air. However, just because she was outside, that didn’t mean she was free from whatever menace was attacking the school. Monsters, their minds blank, bodies grotesque… and they were everywhere, even near the batting cages!<br><br>They closed in on her, moaning and uttering eccentricities under their breath. Sakiko backed up slowly, her hands in the air, as if to surrender, before, in a swift moving, kicking them in the stomach, then executing an upper kick to their heads, knocking them off. Saki could feel her heart pounding in her chest, suppressing an urge to scream.<br><br>“Someone… anyone?” she called out, raising her voice, hoping that someone, a human, was near.<br><br>She had to find someone… there was no way she was trekking through a zombie breakout on her own!
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 05:03:12</strong>
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				Naoki wore glasses, but as a Kyudo practitioner his modified sight was better than excellent.&nbsp; He didn't feel comfortable staying behind and thus, began to follow Anko.&nbsp; Soon enough he, just like she, stopped almost immediately.&nbsp; She didn't have to tell him, he was already thinking the same thing.&nbsp; Digging through the pocket of his dark uniform slacks he fished for his cell phone after dropping his books into a heap on the ground.&nbsp; Pulling out the chrome and black piece of teenage necessity, his stammering fingers began to dial.&nbsp; <em>"Call for an ambulance...call for the police...call for something..."</em> he recited to himself.&nbsp; Bringing the cell phone to his ear, the sounds of screams and panic continued to echo all around him.<br><br>Back and forth he went between attempting to talk to Anko and Mr. Saito and checking to see if someone had answered his call yet, <strong>"Just don't...just lie down, I'm calling an ambulance...Anko don't get too close...I have a bad feeling about this...hello?&nbsp; Hello?&nbsp; Hello?&nbsp; There's something going on at our school.&nbsp; Hello?!"</strong> he began to yell into his cell phone, his hand gripping the digital device tightly.&nbsp; While at first he and the short-haired Anko were the only two near the football field, things were starting to become crowded.&nbsp; Mr. Saito was continuing to move forward, his jaw hanging at an awkward angle, blood and sputum dribbling from his mouth.&nbsp; It didn't look like he should have even be alive, or able to even move.&nbsp; A strange growling moan rumbled from his throat, causing a cold sweat to break out all over Naoki's body.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 05:32:07</strong>
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				<br>Kasumi stood there as she was still looking upon the zombies that she just killed, then she looked up at she saw 2 boys and girls come upon what she did “ She cut off their heads !” Kasumi looked up at the four very grimly. “ They where trying to bite me so I acted “ she glared at them. Her sword was dripping with the blood of boys that she killed “ It was all in self defense” she defended her self. Then a third guy came into the picture, she looked at him as he seemed to stammer , finally saying "You!! What the hell did you just do!?”. She rolled her eyes at them “ I’m not explaining my actions again. There’s something wrong with these people they’ve turn cannibalistic, those two boys where eating that girl’s body.” Kasumi pointed with her sword.<br><br>“ But you five can go and be killed like a lamb to the slaughter house, But I’m planning on living “she said in a stern voice. She turn from the group and walked&nbsp; &nbsp;away from them heading outside threw a emergency door.&nbsp; Out there was more chaos as people where fighting off the zombies, many though where being eaten. Then two more zombies came her way. She easily took off both their head’s. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 06:06:54</strong>
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				"Well, pardon me for getting here late. Is it me or does she seem horrifyingly used to beheading people," he asked the screamers, disturbingly nonchalantly, considering. Minoru followed the point of her weapon to find a body that looked to have had chunks torn out of it. His need to know overruled his disgust, making his only option to look at it. The revolted, judgmental groans and words of the others fell only upon their own ears. Minoru was finding new knowledge, which meant he was in his own world. The first thing he shoved out of this mindset was it's cause so many years ago. Sometimes he thought it seemed ungrateful. Without the option of learning presented to him, he would have turned out just like them.<br><br>But that was out, and only new information was allowed in. The wounds were definitely inflicted by something with teeth and a rounded mouth. Most animals no longer fit the bill. Too small or too large for most primates (except humans). Minoru found his hand starting to reach toward one of the victims for some closer examination. He hadn't asked it to, but he probably would have eventually. It moved forward as his nausea slowed but did not stop his hand. It was out of sheer luck that it forced him to withdraw it quickly just as the ex-corpse's hands reached up to ensnare him. She screamed with a raspy howl, lurching her torso upward despite many of her abdominal muscles being missing. The hall flooded with the screams of those whose life was not impossible.<br><br>Minoru did not indulge in such pedestrian reactions. Instead, though with a trace of panic, he clenched his hand over it's wet with blood throat and began punching it's face relentlessly. The force of his fists and of the tile floor meeting it from behind should have knocked her out many times over, but she didn't seem more than inconvenienced. Had he been less focused on this monster, he'd have seen the other victim revive, grab at someone's pants and pull herself up by them to the more substantial meats. Tired from the pummeling, Minoru stood, the zombie quickly following. Bad news, but usable. He grabbed it behind it's hair and smashed it face-first into a corner, splitting it open more than enough to wedge the front of the two hemispheres of the brain apart. It dropped for good, but Minoru didn't trust what 'should' kill someone anymore. He made a run for...elsewhere.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 06:19:20</strong>
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				Raiden's eyes raised to the speakers as the message was played, then shook his head slowly. He pulled his bat from his locker, and grabbed some arm padding, before moving through the locker rooms. Spotting a student down the hall, he cocked his head to the side. She was covered in blood, and foggy eyed. She charged down the hall, getting closer and closer, before coming upon him... And smacking right into the small glass window of the door. He grabbed a hand full of her hair, and jerked it downwards, towards the glass. There was a heavy thud, followed by a lighter one, as he dropped the head to the ground.<br><br>Jerking the door open, he took a few more steps, before seeing a large group of students charge past, followed by yet another bloody soul. It spotted Raiden, and took a moment, before charging at him too.<br><br>"Pucker up, motherfucker"<br><br>Taking the stance, then the swing, he flattened the zombie with a smack, not only breaking its jaw, but removing all ability to bite. He lowered the bat to his side, and drew a pack of cigarettes. He drew one, and lit it, before shoving the lighter and pack back into his pocket, and taking a deep draw. Shaking his head at the familiar teacher he'd just near killed, he began walking the halls of the school, bat by his knee.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 06:34:15</strong>
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				"Please sit down, Mr. Saito...!" Anko said, tears swelling up in her eyes. She'd known, Saito fairly well, he'd even helped her out, with her english class last year. But something was definitely wrong, he shouldn't be able to walk around like that. Suddenly around the corner came another familiar face. "Miss. Tanaka!!!" She looked to be badly injured, pritty much her entire throat looked to be gaping open. Tanaka, turned her head, and let out a savage shriek. Anko didn't know how to descriptive it, it was as if she was howling, while drowning in her own blood. Tanaka, unlike, Saito did not slowly walk up to her. No she ran! Causing, Anko to turn away in panic. "Run, run, fucking run!" She shouted to Naoki grabbing him by the wrist as she ran. Part of her thought to leave him behind, it would slow, Tanaka down. But a bigger part didn't want to let go off him, holding his hand, tightly in hers.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 08:06:11</strong>
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				<strong>"This...this is..."</strong> he stared ahead, swallowing down a large lump dwelling within his throat.&nbsp; He removed the cell phone from his ear and closed it in disbelief, <strong>"...all emergency channels...are busy!?"</strong>&nbsp; He simply couldn't believe it.&nbsp; When you couldn't call 911, just who were you going to call?&nbsp; Closing his cell phone with a brief *click* he shoved it back into his pocket and looked at the person, or rather the thing Miss. Tanaka had become.&nbsp; He could see nothing but death and insanity in her eyes.&nbsp; <em>"It's like something out of a damn zombie movie!"</em> he thought to himself, taking a few steps back.&nbsp; Soon enough he felt his wrist being yanked along as he was pulled into a run with Anko.<br><br>Just a few moments ago she had been sleeping, and he had been there to warn her about missing class.&nbsp; How had it all turned into this bedlam?&nbsp; He ran with Anko, although the teen had no clue exactly where they were running to.&nbsp; It seemed all around him several others had similar ideas.&nbsp; <strong>"I'm going I'm going...but where are we going!?"</strong> he yelled back at Anko as they ran, before noticing the sheer amount of brutalized and bleeding figures pouring in through the front gate, <strong>"Oh shit...not through the front gate, that's for sure!"</strong>&nbsp; As they ran he felt something creating a conflicting force with Anko.&nbsp; Turning back he observed...Miss Tanaka!&nbsp; <em>"No way..."</em> he thought.&nbsp; Spinning out of Anko's grip he pushed the throat-less instructor away before reflexively jabbing the end of his yumi at her.&nbsp; With a loud, wet, sloppy sound, the end of his yumi slid from it's cloth wrapping into the hole of Miss Tanaka's neck and out the back.&nbsp; Naoki couldn't help but stare in wide-eyed disbelief as she reached forward to grip the lengthy piece of bamboo, but he just as soon wrenched his yumi back and drove his foot into her gut, causing her to stumble slightly as a fresh river of sludge poured from her aggravated neck wound.<br><br>Whipping the length of his yumi around like a bo staff, the bamboo flexed as it soared through the air, striking Miss Tanaka in the side of the head.&nbsp; The sheer force from the whip-like piece of bamboo caused her left eye to rocket from her skull like some sort of meaty projectile.&nbsp; A flood of blood and other indeterminable fluids, possibly brain material accompanied the sickening *pop* of her ocular removal.&nbsp; With a bit of a twitch, her body fell to the ground.&nbsp; It was over in literally a second, but it felt like he had struggled for his life for an hour.&nbsp; Turning back to Anko he re-gripped her hand and continued running.&nbsp; <em>"If I'm going to die...at least I got to look cool in front of a hot girl just once..."</em> he reasoned, a lame attempt to cure some of the sickening fear from his body.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 08:48:44</strong>
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				"Fuck, fuck, fuck!!!" Anko repeated in her mind. She couldn't believe what was happening, she felt tears, run down her cheek. "I'm gonna die, i'm gonna fucking die!"&nbsp; She muttered, unable to raise her voice.<br>She was usually calm and collective. But in this situation!? Surrounded by screams, and having countless of <strong>things</strong> running about, with only her bare fists to, defend herself. She still didn't want to think about what they were, Zombies. Because the good guys never won, against that monster. They always got to settle in some secure area, before all dying horribly towards the end of the movie. Her thoughts traveled to, Naoki's bow. Wonder how quick that thing could kill her? Would it hurt? It seemed like the best option at the moment seemed to be a painless death.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 17:09:56</strong>
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				Minoru's legs didn't wait for commands, they simply moved. For the first time in his recent life, or really any of it since early childhood, he was confused by what had just happened. Two people were eaten, seemingly by students. Some girl he knew enough to remember having seen her somewhere beheaded two others and then seemed calm if impatient about it. The eaten students were dead, then not and then one was again. His eyes twitched as he realized he had just kind of killed a person. She should have been dead anyway and it did attack him, but he killed it. It felt kind of strange, but not in a bad way, like when justification is....well, justified, like he had done a bad thing for the right reasons. What had he just killed anyway? No human had eyes that hollow yet filled with a lust. The still-rational side of his brain smirked at that choice of words. "<em>Just my luck. First time in way too long a girl looked at me with lust, and it was only desire to eat me.</em>" Perhaps he'd judged the sword girl a but rashly.<br><br>A human voice woke him from his sharp-minded haze, as he realized for the first time he was outside. Minoru turned to the source to find someone he knew somewhat more than the swordswoman. Not well enough to know by name, but he had her in a class and with her blue hair, it wasn't hard to remember her. He briefly wondered if that was why she made it that color. Before he could think about it, he was searching the nearby equipment shed for something to use. Whatever was happening was too new, so the shed was opened but hadn't been picked clean yet. Minoru grabbed a bat for later and hockey sticks for now, as well as a pair of ice skates. To think he used to consider the school's extensive sports department excessive and pointless.<br><br>Grabbing the sticks higher than regulation, Minoru hit the zombie swarm from the side close to the girl who was still alive or not one of them or whatever the case may turn out to be. He used the curved sticks to hook them by the necks and yank them out of the way. Jaws snapped close enough to be heard clearly but never close enough to be felt, thanks to luck and reflexes. "Come on," he called through a layer of about two of these things at the weakest point. "I can get you away from here, just push a couple aside!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>01-04-2010, 19:24:50</strong>
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				Raiden turned the corner, to scattered bodies, many being feasted on. His frown deepened, and he dropped his cigarette, before stepping on it. He had only got one or two draws from it, but would rather life than a cigarette. He grabbed the lockers, and slid them across, blocking the hall, but grabbing the attention of the creatures. They rushed the barricade, all trying to climb over and only meeting the hard metal bat.<br><br>He climbed over it, and made his way further down the hall. He shoved two zombies into the cupboard with the body they'd been eating, and slammed the door, before continuing down the passage. Finally, he reached the offices, and entered them with his bat drawn, closing the door and putting a chair against it, then turned the club the desk woman, Ms Lola, to a bloody pulp. He searched the rest of the offices, for zombies and weapons. In the end, he found a loaded clip for a pistol, but no pistol. It was probably on the principle... He also found keys, and money, but nothing really worth while.<br><br>Raiden entered the main office again, and eyed the microphone, before picking it up.<br><br>"Attention anyone who is alive... The school is currently being over run by zombies... Defend yourselves, or die... To those who can make it, go to the male shower block C... And wait in the showers. Do not lock the doors... There are different objects and padding in the lockers and equipment cases"<br><br>Raiden took a moment to allow the relayed message to settle in, keeping his voice calm.<br><br>"To those who do... Go over to the northern wall, to the grand stand... Take some of the benches, and bridge the gap between the wall and the grand stand... Good luck"<br><br>Placing it down, he shook his head, then picked the bat up again and headed for C block.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 00:14:44</strong>
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				Kasumi’s bravery was over whelming as she went on killing one zombie after another. She had no signs of slowly down as they where very easy to kill, just destroy r sever the head and they went down. She was counting at well every time she kill one like it was a game.<br><br>“54, 55, 56, 57, “ she would whisper under her breath. But she knew that she could just keep on killing for ever she will get tired eventually, she had to think fast,” How can I stop the flow of Zombie’s..” she asked her self as she killed another zombie. She then stood still as she was in thought, the front gate had to be open, then she would have to shut it. She look to the school which was to her far right. Kasumi began to think of a crazy plan…. But it excited her. She ran to the front of the school and saw where the zombies where coming in. All she had to do was shut the gate and it would automatically lock. <br><br>But there where at least a hundred zombies she would have to get past, it was a slim chance but she was going to take it. If she did this there would be no more zombies coming in and all the survivors could kill the remaining ones that where still inside. Kasumi composed her self then ran out from behind the build&nbsp; &nbsp;“ HEY OVER HERE!” she screamed. All the zombies looked at her and began to walk toward her. She smirked as she was aching to use her sword. A zombie girl dress in a school uniform was her 60th kill, she slash the girls head off then started going through the undead masses like a blender. Blood and guts went every where as her sword where slashing them in half.<br><br>But as she thought the horde was closing in on her, they slow but they had numbers on their side. But she didn’t give up as she pushed threw them. Pushing them out of her way as she was just about to reach the gate. She wanted to survive, at least if the gate was closed she could kill the remaining zombies that where still on the school premises. She lunged forward at the gate as the zombie where still after her. She grabbed the gate and shoved it closed hearing a big clank sound the massive gate was now shut but now she had to face the remaining zombie. She prepared her she as the zombies closed in on her. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Orathio</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 04:20:55</strong>
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				&nbsp;Rei was startled by the first announcement and the vicious sound that followed after the professor relaying the message had died or been attack. Everyone in his classroom seemed to panic even the professor herself. Rushing out the one only exit and cramming into the school hallways like animal in a stampede. Rei kept his cool, just looking at them rush out was suicide specially for someone like him the stronger student would trample over his frail body. His superior intellect told him that whatever was attacking could not get to the class room that far and if it got to that he could go out a window or something. Why was it no one ever used the windows he thought, must they always use the front door. He gave out a sigh and looked out the windows to see if anything was taking place on this side of the school. To his surprise there was, hordes of zombies or decayed humans seemed to be crawling and climbing up the school fence and dropping down to the floor below. They stood motionless after the fall but seconds later would once again rise. <br><br>&nbsp;Rei panicked now knowing this threat whatever it was had arrived sooner than he expected to his classroom. He turned to see the door was now clear and the classroom empty, rushing with his athletic speed towards the door to find that part of the corridor had also been overtaken by this creatures. No choice now but to outrun them, by what he saw through the windows they seemed slow and dumb their force was in numbers. Taking a deep breath and stretching his limbs fairly quick as he made a dash down the hall, keeping a eye out for any survivors or safe places. To his dismay there were none it appeared, classroom by classroom all full of bodies and zombies or empty and death traps they would be. If maybe he could reach the locker room maybe he could find some sort of blunt object or weapon from the different group activities.<br><br>&nbsp;It wasn't long with his speed to outmaneuver this creatures and he made it to the locker room, however this place too was already infested and fill with the living dead. Rei did however found a broom by the door on the locker entrance, it wasn't much but it was better than using his bare fist thats for sure. He wasnt really sure he needed to kill the creatures at the moment just pushing them down or sideways with the broom would be enough for sure. This creatures seemed so weak to him, or maybe some were stronger whatever the case he wasn't just gonna wait around. At this time he heard the speakers again, with a ray of hope.<br><br>"Attention anyone who is alive... The school is currently being over run by zombies... Defend yourselves, or die... To those who can make it, go to the male shower block C... And wait in the showers. Do not lock the doors... There are different objects and padding in the lockers and equipment cases"<br><br>&nbsp;However Rei was currently in block A he would have to cross half the school to get there, but there were other survivors that was important. Sighing and taking a deep breath he began to run and make his way to block C with high hopes that he could meet with more survivors.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 06:27:37</strong>
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				Zombies flooded the outdoor fields, from as far as Sakiko’s sapphire blue eyes could see. The young girl placed a hand to her chest, listening to it pound away, faster than the beat of a tribal drum, as her fear cemented her feet to the ground. She stood there for a moment, utterly frozen with fear — but the zombies were approaching, with dead eyes and long, slack-jawed mouths that hungered for her flesh. Saki took a deep breath, before turning on heel and taking off, back towards the inside of the school: at least there would be people there: hopefully survivors, <em>someone</em>, just to prove that not everyone had died in this horrific attack.<br><br>Saki was probably the most agile person she knew, but, given that she could be quite conceited about her abilities, such an opinion was most likely filled with bias. However, such skills made it all that easier to zoom and zip down the hallways, pushing zombies out of her way, kicking them, tripping them, so she wouldn’t have to deal with the undead getting in her way. For a brief moment, she wished she had a weapon of some sorts… like a gun, wouldn’t that be ideal to have in this situation? In all the zombie video-games she had played, one quick shot to the head was all it needed to kill a zombie. Quick, efficient, and it didn’t bloody her hands, or her feet…<br><br>She was in the school now, taking quick, short breaths as she raced through the halls, her headphone still blaring loud screamo music in her eardrums. Hell if Saki had time to turn it down, even during a zombie attack… However loud her music was, however, that didn’t stop her from hearing a life-saving announcement blare over the intercom. <br><br><em>“Attention anyone who is alive... The school is currently being over run by zombies... Defend yourselves, or die... To those who can make it, go to the male shower block C... And wait in the showers. Do not lock the doors… There are different objects and padding in the lockers and equipment cases.”</em><br><br>A human voice! Sweet heaven, maybe there was a god, after all. Despite everything, Saki grinned, turning swiftly down the corridor. She was going to be okay, things were going to be fine… She wasn’t going to end up like the kids whose bodies now decorated the school’s hallways, nor the teachers, whose flesh had been consumed by the hungry creatures. Saki thought while looking up and around her surroundings, taking in the bloodstained walls, the malcontent cries that rang through the school… Hadn’t this place been so peaceful not too long ago? Hadn’t she just skipped class to hide out in the bathroom, like she always did?<br><br>How could everything change so quickly?<br><br>At least she had finally made it… to Block C.<br><br>Block C welcomed her home, and Saki, who had never been in the male locker room before (for obvious reasons) stopped, catching her breath, while looking about, hoping the survivors would be here soon. She looked down at her hands, and saw they were stained with the blood of the zombies she had pushed out of her way, while racing down the corridors. She winced at it, about to wipe it on her shirt, but figured that wasn’t a good idea. Cringing, she wrinkling her brow, trying not to get too overwhelmed at her situation.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 07:13:47</strong>
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				Minoru could only watch as the girl he'd been trying to help simply helped herself. He blinked a few times, for a moment uncaring that the undead still posed a threat. Fortunately, they seemed just as unsure what to do for the moment. At the last moment before she disappeared into the building, a flash of something artificial caught his eye and he understood. She was wearing headphones and his efforts were hidden behind a curtain of semi-life. A moist raspy sound came out his nose followed by a laugh from his mouth. Well, he wouldn't be a savior, but she wasn't dead yet. That was small consolation but enough. <br><br>Then, still in the bittersweet thoughts, Minoru turned to find the zombies eying him with that same hollow lust as the dead-but-not girl before. "super...," he sighed in English, wishing he'd learned to throw his voice. He looked around for a way out of this. The pitching machine, perhaps? It was loaded with balls and he might be able to reach it, assuming he had a choir of guardian angels watching out for him. He still had his bat, sticks and skates, but they would only delay the feast. He promised himself he would make a scythe when he got some time. The zombies seemed to be standing still, making no move to grab him. Was it because he wasn't moving, they had motion-based vision? That wasn't it, since some of them were making that choked groan zombie are known for and advancing on him. As he ran for the door, he wondered if it would be best to lock them out and everything else in or to keep it as an escape option. Not a good option, he had to admit, but an option if these things had short attention spans. When he got in, he opted to use the hockey sticks to hold the lever in place so the doors wouldn't open.<br><br>C, did the announcement say? Well, it would be nice if he were there already, but he had run into...<br><br>Holy shit.<br><br>Minoru turned to find the hallway littered with bodies and various sections and components thereof. One or two somewhat familiar faces stared back at him. One of the guys he had left in confusion minutes ago was in a heap of parts by a vending machine. Outwitted even by the brainless dead, but Minoru couldn't manage a laugh at him. There was nothing to laugh at here. But there was nothing to stop for either. He made his way toward C, stopping to check around corners and look around for places to hide and things to use. The zombies he did encounter were easily led away by any number of throwable objects. Finally, he found the room mentioned, but it felt wrong to go in now. He continued on for a way to see how secure the area was. As he checked, Minoru wondered about the locker room, about how secure it was and how easily it could become a corner. He would probably go there soon if only for advantage of numbers. For now, he had another destination: the maintenance room.<br><br>When he finally entered the locker room, Minoru had on him the keys to the school, some hammers and heavy wrenches, box cutters and more useful blades, rope, chains, the custodian's own lighters, two walkie talkies, some of the custodian's blood on his bat and some mops. "Ho-ho-ho," he said grimly as he entered, laying most of the equipment on the floor quietly. "Presents for all the good little survivors of the apocalypse."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 09:06:52</strong>
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				Raiden glimpsed out the window, spotting the girl being surrounded by the zombies. He growled, and quickly dashed outside the school, only making an effort to knock the zombies them over. He reached the sheds out the back, and quickly grabbed a few things, before covering the distance in the medical caddy. Pulling his bat, he climbed off the side and allowed it to clean up a few zombies, then nailing a few himself before rushing back towards the building. He'd done what he could for the girl, if she couldn't do the rest there was no point in saving her, she would only die later.<br><br>Busting through the doors to the school, he went to the medical office and quickly gathered a few things after busting up a few nurses and such. <br><br>"Fuck me"<br><br>Raiden's language was English, Japanese his second. He opened the door to the shower block, noticing only two people. One was listening to music, the other laying out weapons. <br><br>"This it?" he asked, looking up the to vent in the middle of the locker room.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 10:28:03</strong>
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				<strong>"No no no, we're going to be fine!"</strong> he shouted back to Anko as they ran, of course he wasn't so sure he could confidently back up his words.&nbsp; Trying to compare the situation to the only thing he knew well, Kyudo, nothing was certain until the arrow hit the target.&nbsp; Proper follow through was essential, from beginning to end.&nbsp; One never knew how things would turn out the moment the <em>ya</em> left the yumi.&nbsp; In the same respect, he and his hastily met companion weren't dead until there was only darkness.<br><br><strong>"Huueaah!"</strong> he said, nearly slipping to the floor on some unknown organs laying upon the ground.&nbsp; Was it a kidney?&nbsp; A liver?&nbsp; Probably better to just not think about it, though now a portion of it's fatty tissue was lodged within the narrow grips of his shoes.&nbsp; Righting himself, he heard the announcement over the speakers.&nbsp; Whether it was a good idea or a bad idea, he didn't have the time to decide.&nbsp; For right now it was a choice dangled right in front of him, and with nothing but adrenaline pumping through his body, keeping his body in motion, it was the only thing he had to go off of.<br><br><strong>"We're almost there!"</strong> Naoki said to Anko, it was the first piece of good news he had to recite since the screams began cascading through the reaches of the schools campus.&nbsp; A turn, another turn, a few brushes with death and they were almost there.&nbsp; Head whipping about, he came to a skidding stop as his eyes darted down a hallway.&nbsp; There was the sight of a young girl, pulling a long stream of entrails from a hapless corpse.&nbsp; That girl was the same underclassman he met just a while ago.&nbsp; The last thing he remembered of her was how happy she was to have her yumi properly strung.&nbsp; <em>"I guess I won't be able to show you how to train in Kyudo..."</em> he thought.&nbsp; She had a good spirit and plenty of energy, watching people like her become...like this made his heart sink.&nbsp; <em>"...but...now is not the time..."</em><br><br>Vaulting through the locker room door, he pulled Anko in as well.&nbsp; Getting slightly stuck in the immediate narrow corridor, he realized that the entire time his hand had been frozen around his yumi, still dripping some liquid gore from its distal end.&nbsp; Inside he noticed a few others.&nbsp; Given by the fact they weren't missing any limbs, didn't have their organs showing, and were not trying to eat one another, he assumed at least some folks were on his side.&nbsp; Catching his breath, he said heavily, <strong>"Hey...guess...we made it this far eh?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 17:30:18</strong>
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				Kasumi was now against a whole horde of man-eaters, with her cornered against the gate. But she simply smiled; at least if she did die she would die with honor and not cowering. Kasumi watched as the zombie’s came closer, she then jab her sword in the first zombie’s skull, then it went on from there, She pulled her sword out letting the zombie fall as she swung her sword into another skull then another and another., She was killing zombie after zombie to the point where she was able to push her way through the horde. She ran from the gate as the zombies went after her, clothes covered in blood as was her sword. Once she got a good distance away and take a pause and stood there looking at her surrounding, she couldn’t see anyone who was alive, at least from where she was. <br><br>“They’ve must have gone to the c block place.” She said. It would be nice to rest her arm so she may finish off the rest of the Zombie horde. She bolted to the school, running in and down the halls. Jumping over dead bodies and killing every zombie in her way, it didn’t take her long to reach the C block . She enters shutting the door behind her, with out locking it. She look at the people that where in there “ Is this it no more survivors?&nbsp; “ she asked as she brought out a white piece of clothe and wiped her sword clean of blood before sheathing it. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 19:21:50</strong>
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				Looking over his shoulder at the new life soon to be entrusted to him, Minoru was a bit disappointed it wasn't sword-girl. She may have been psychotic, but at least she targeted only the cannibals. "If you mean weapons, no. The janitor's closet still has a lot of things like this in it and if we're lucky, not everyone has raided the sports equipment shed yet. This is all I could carry in one trip. Though given how many people showed up, it might be enough for a while. But if you mean are you, me and her the only survivors, I kinda hope not. Can't say we aren't for sure, though." He returned to his work laying out and counting up what he had grabbed to turn his mind away from the grim realization that it was very possible only the three of them were what could be called alive.<br><br>Again, he looked up at the sound of something capable of speech but this time, he smiled slightly. Two more. Every new person brought the odds up a little. It was still something like playing the lottery while trying to be struck by three bolts of lightning, but better than what he called 'just forget it' odds. "Guess you did," he said. "You and a handy new tool. Welcome to what some unknown voice thinks is the last safe room on campus." Minoru noticed how tightly the new guy was gripping his bow. If he cared about it that much, he may have put in a lot of quality time with it.<br><br>Minoru smirked. "I'm not explaining the situation again," he said, paraphrasing what she had told him earlier. The smirk was equal parts enjoyment of the light-hearted return fire of whatever it was that kept her from repeating for those who came in late and at the improvement of chances she represented. From all the blood on her, she must have been cutting a swath of...well, not technically death but something like it...all the way here, and she took the scenic route. "Or maybe I will. Swords are persuasive. We seem to be missing the mysterious person who told us to come here. Assuming he isn't dead or some of the stuff on your blade, he should be arriving soon. After that, I can't say. I sure didn't see any on the way here. By the way, is all that blood from our rambunctious guests or did you give a little up too?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 22:00:37</strong>
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				Kasumi look at the guy, from before, she smiled at he remark of not explaining things again. She wipes her blade clean and tosses the bloody rag to the floor. Then she sheathed her sword and she lean back against the wall and sighed as she was finally relaxing “ Yes all this blood is from our ‘rambunctious guests’” she quoted him “ What you think some of it is mine, don’t be crazy” she told him “ I was able to close the gate to the school, so now all we would have to do is kill off the rest of the zombies inside the school…. Which would be easy for me, I don’t know about the rest of you “ she said with a tiny smile. “ but I wouldn’t mind changing my clothes though “ she said.&nbsp; She held her trusted sword to her heart as she looked at the others. “ So are we just going to keep on waiting here for that guy? This is boring. “ she said 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 22:15:00</strong>
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				"Yeah, that guy who brought all the survivors to one place to increase the chances of survival is a real jerk"<br><br>Raiden mused, smirking a little. There were a few survivors, at least, but not enough to take a direct escape route.<br><br>"This room isn't the safe room... This room is the only place that still leads to the safe room"<br><br>He told them, then pulled one side of the lockers down, climbing up and onto the other set, before pulling the vent covering off.<br><br>"This school used to run on gas for the heaters, right? Means they wouldn't had to have had service tunnels put in place... From the gas yard to here... What else would be connected to the gas yard? The mall, hospital, police station... Anywhere of use, really"<br><br>Raiden looked around at the faces, allowing everyone to take in the information before even considering continuing. He didn't know how bright these folk were.<br><br>"In case of an explosion, the door is blast proof... Meaning heavy duty, so the room will be secure... Problem is, I don't know where the door leads to within the school... So, we'll have to go through the door, to figure out where it is... Plus, there is no fucking way I'm eating that cafeteria food"<br><br>Raiden looked over everyone and everything, before jumping down and grabbing a pair of shorts that had been dropped. He smacked open one of the lockers that his team used, and grabbed out the novelty baseball bat and the two cans of deodorant. The vents would be dark, and Raiden wasn't traveling in the dark with zombies everywhere. He began covering the shorts in as much deodorant as he could, before tying it around the bat and scaling the lockers again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 22:47:46</strong>
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				"There might be clothes in here from the people who were in the middle of PE when all this happened," Minoru offered. "Guy's clothes, but they're usable. Besides, wearing a skirt has drawbacks. You wouldn't want to give the undead any fan-service, would you?" He knew better than to peek at someone with so many kills to her credit, but would she admit to having been bitten? Nobody does in movies, since it pretty much translates to 'please kill me'. Nobody wants that. However, not admitting it meant the victim was hoping for a cure or that the Hoodoo priest would loosen up and stop all the silliness, depending on what created the zombies. The obvious solution was to ask someone to examine her, but therein lay the problem once again. If she was adamant about not being checked, she had a sword and questionable resistance to using it.<br><br>The other guy seemed to be making a bid for leadership, as Minoru expected someone would. The way he looked around for objection, the way he said things about layouts with confidence. But he was wrong on at least one count. The problem wasn't that he didn't know where it came out, it was that he only said 'we need to look around'. Any given person in the room could have said that, but he had no plan about the execution. Maybe he was waiting for volunteers, maybe he was going to go do it himself with a Swiss Army knife and the stench of puberty. Still, his assumptions or better seemed sound enough for now, but there were faults with his plan. "They also probably lead to places we don't need to go. Those places, as well as the helpful ones, are also probably full of zombies and other survivors, who may or may not have let paranoia overtake them, and they're even more dangerous because they can use guns. At least, I hope only the living can use them. Sniper zombies sound like a real hassle. You're right, we will need to explore all these places, but not the way we are. We need more knowledge of the tunnels, we can't just pick random doors until we stumble upon safety. Also, I can't help but notice how easily that bat and flammable stuff-drenched shorts could be a torch. But of course, you wouldn't take one of those into a place used to house gas pipes. Why, if one of them were leaking, you'd fry yourself and anyone you brought with you. And that'd be just plain nutty. I'm certain there are flashlights around, probably in the janitor's closet." He said all this like an advisor, not a rebel. No point in trying to usurp the position he might have set for himself. If they began fighting among themselves, they would kill each other before the zombies even knew they were there. Besides, for all Minoru knew, he would be a good leader. The panic had just made him leave out some details.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 22:58:27</strong>
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				Raiden simply listened to the other guy talk about the holes in his plan... The ones that weren't really holes, but Raiden felt they weren't necessary to fill. "Well, I'm sorry for not completely explaining every detail... I Just have a really strong feeling those zombies will be chasing us here. "First, you'd have to fight your way through the zombies, then back through, and lead them here, in order to reach the janitor's closet" he said, then looked up into the vent.<br><br>"Secondly, I've used these tunnels before, when my mother was in hospital... I Ended up at the gas yard, police station, and the hospital. There are also signs" he summed up quickly. "The tunnels themselves are lit, but the vents we need to travel through aren't" he explained, taking a lighter to the makeshift torch.<br><br>"You can go ahead and huddle here in the school if you like, but make sure you remember its meant to house annoying school kids and underpaid teachers, not keep out zombies in the case of an invasion... Personally, I'd rather be gunned down busting into the police station by 'sniper zombies' than be chased down and eaten by good old Miss Mackie" he told him simply.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 23:31:58</strong>
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				"I'm sorry too for not knowing that an unknown amount of time ago, someone I don't know went into places I'm pretty sure people would try to keep him out of if they'd seen him during circumstances I had no reason to suspect had occurred. How could I have not known the orderly was turned around at that moment while the door that should be locked wasn't? I can't even recite your family tree and your cat's sexual history. Can you forgive me?" It was only minutes into this locker room band of survivors and it was already breaking the sound barrier as it plummeted due south. Was he the only person in this school who would, I don't know, say that he knew something instead of just expecting blind faith and then acting like someone who had concerns was a Starbucks customer who had ordered a large instead of a 'grande'? This was survival and he needed more to go on than a guess before he would stake his life on an idea.<br><br>"Interesting. So making a stealthy run to a room maybe...fifty feet from here, the very one I made to get these ropes and keys and stuff: suicide. Making this school, which has water and food for hundreds and far fewer to use it, into a kind of fortress, which I'm positive can be done once we get these things cleared, a task our pal sword-chan there claims would be easy for her: cowardly and futile. Going out into the city which I would bet the Pocky in my locker is or soon will be full of....<em>millions of zombies!</em>...and then coming back here, or staying out among them: a cunning strategy. Either you found a way to kill them all with spit while you were down in the sewers visiting Porky Pig and using your time machine, you plan on 'huddling' somewhere that isn't here which is better somehow, I guess, or not every detail has been thought of. Its okay, theres no shame in it. If you have a rebuttal, lets hear it. I'm just trying to make sure as many of us live through this as possible."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>02-04-2010, 23:54:27</strong>
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				Raiden simply stared at him for a few minutes, then facepalmed. "Oh my god..." he said. "So, first you come to this room because a stranger on the intercom tells you to, knowing that that person himself couldn't possibly be here, so chances are it would be empty, or full of empty bodies... But as soon as that person has a further stratergy you're not willing to risk your life on it?" he asked him, then laughed. "Unbelievable! You're a fucking idiot!" he declared, then laughed again. "First of all, those fuckers can break down doors... Like I said, the room has reinforced blast ones... A safe room, if you will" he told him.<br><br>"Oh, and who the fuck said anything about settling elsewhere? Everyone else would be making a run for the gun shops and police department, of course there will be zombies there!" he said, then shook his head. "But way to make a complete fucking idiot of yourself" he shook his head. "Oh, and your keys are fucked too. The blast doors only open with keys from the gas yard, or from the center room" he told him, then shook his head. "But hey, since you're going to sink my idea, lets hear yours!" he said, then looked to the man expectandly. "Make the school with flimpsy doors and walls that the zombies are already climbing over? Fantastic! That's awesome!" he said, then laughed hard again, before hoisting himself into the vent.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 00:23:44</strong>
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				Minoru waited for him to finish his little speech about how great this guy thought he was, how condescending he actually was and contradicting himself on the tunnels leading to the police station being a plus. If lives weren't riding on this, he wouldn't have been so patient. He had plenty to say just from his remark about how dumb it was to have come to this room. The one he had come to as well. But this was more important than humbling some guy, so he was left with little choice. Let him go off on his tangent and be humbled by not being killed or lost or injured with nobody to help him or blowing himself up by introducing fire to a lot of gas. When he paused from being an asshole, Minoru opened his mouth, inhaling to respond to this person's request for an alternate plan, as well as an attempt to calm him down so his laughter wouldn't draw the attention of the enemy if it hadn't already. But it seemed he didn't want to hear it as much as his words would have anyone who heard them believe. He left before Minoru had actually gotten the chance to say anything. It felt strange. Normally, Minoru would deal with his type by saying something and then leaving when they had nothing to say in return. This time, he tried being helpful and he got all that. Well, at least that arrogant laughter hadn't brought the zombies to the door yet, so he hadn't doomed them all. Again, yet. Someone like him might lead the enemy to them out of childish spite or so he could think he was right.<br><br>"So what I was thinking," he said as he turned to the others as though nothing had happened. It would take more than an outburst of some unpleasant emotion that wasn't helping to throw him. "We have things to make the doors and other entry points not...'flimpsy'...and even if they don't hold forever, they will make a nice kill funnel to lead them into traps and into the loving arms of our friends the archer and swordswoman. Eventually the military will be called in and we can probably wait out the situation until they come for us. If we must retreat, we can, but its easier to defend than to attack or to wander aimlessly. Questions, comments? How about suggestions, couple of those would be great."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 00:42:51</strong>
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				Kasumi just rolled her eyes at the two as they bickered like small weak boys&nbsp; “you know what this isn’t fucking helping any one!” she yelled to get there attention.&nbsp; ”You two where acting stupidly, you remember there are some cannibal freaks out there wanting to eat us? Yet you two are stuck on this argument!!!! We need to be working together and thinking together without being so negative about one another plans! No fucking plan is perfect and in fact I like the tunnel plan, though it sounds dangerous.” She told the group, giving them a piece of her mind&nbsp; “ But you know what let’s not be constructive and argue and bicker as those zombies freak munch on our inners!!!!” She turns red in the face, as she was so mad. They needed every survivor they could get yet Minoru let one crawl away in a vent. “ You know what I’m sorry But I’m going out there and I’m going to scale the wall and escape this school, I don’t want to be apart of a group that can’t work together. We needed that Raiden guy, and you let him slip away!” she said. She turn from the ground and headed out “ Good bye” she said. <br><br>Kasumi stormed out of the room closing the door behind her. She unsheathed her sword and began walking down the hall as she thought of several new plans for survival. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 01:13:03</strong>
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				This time Minoru was silent out of surprise. He was the one trying to get the plan as good as it could be before enacting it, yet he was taking the yelling for the other guy too? How did that happen? Might have had something to do with her knowing his name, or maybe it was just an extension of her unwillingness to explain things. Either way, the group was deteriorating and he would not be held accountable simply because he had concerns and others' egos couldn't handle being questioned. He assured the others he would be back soon and headed out the door after her. The hallway seemed empty except for her and him, which was the only reason they weren't in stomachs after two outbursts. Minoru began to follow her, not getting too close but close enough that he wouldn't have to yell to be heard. He knew loud noise was a mistake, maybe in time others would figure that out too. This wasn't a day at school where talking loudly might mean detention. He had to assume the zombies weren't deaf and that if someone else started screaming, they would come and they would kill the remaining living.<br><br>"I'm not a zombie," he began calmly, trying to keep her from slicing him by reflex if that was something she did. "The other non-zombies and I need you if we're going to live through this. I know no plan can be perfect as long as there are variables, but that doesn't mean the initial plan can't be improved upon." This probably wasn't working. "Your friend left before I could explain myself, which is probably never a problem for you. I only meant to fine-tune the plan. Sharpen it into the best plan it could be. Bring to light something he overlooked or didn't know about so it could be accounted for. Thats what working together is. Your friend didn't want to hear from me and he didn't want to be spoken to as an equal. Most people can handle it, I assumed he could too. But we haven't lost him. We know where hes going which means maybe we can bring him back or join with him if thats what everyone wants to do." This still sounded like something she wouldn't accept despite being true. He sighed, wondering if there was any human compassion in her to appeal to. He had already given up on her appreciating how much he was holding back right now. "I can't force you to come back and it doesn't look like you care if I get eaten, which only proves you're a student of this school. But the others aren't the ones you're annoyed with. Don't make them suffer for what you dislike about me." He turned around again, facing the locker room. "I still want her....them all to live, so I'm going to do what I can to make it happen. If you do too, you know where to find us."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>April Bouvier</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 01:41:35</strong>
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				Then in a dramatic fashion she came after him and grabbed him by the scruff of the shirt and made him turn back to her “ You know what the real reason why I’m pissed off at you? It’s because I can smell your fucking fear, You think I’m nothing but a monster who likes to kill, Your thinking that I’m going to slice you up. “ She told him. “ I have my humanity jerk , I want ever one I can save to live, I still have a heart you know, Maybe I was leaving to kill some more zombies to make it’s a bit safer for you guys !” she told him off. “ And you know I can tell the difference between you and a zombie while my back is turn, I can tell by the foot steps I hear, so stop thinking I’m so eager to slice things up.” She said, “ Be a man and approach me, don’t act like a beaten dog, I’ll respect you more “ she said “ Believe me I’m on you side…. You guys may be the last humans on earth for all I know “ she said being honest and emotional for once.&nbsp; “ But right now I’m going out there and I’m going to blow off some steam before it gets to dark okay, you and the others think of a plan while I kill some more of those things “ she told him. She turn from him and began heading down the hall once more. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 02:19:35</strong>
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				"Why does nobody get that understanding isn't instant," he asked her and himself. Minoru caught up with her, taking swift but light steps. "And why does everyone assume I'm their Goddamn biographer. The first time I saw you, you had beheaded two people. Now I know they were zombies, now I'm not that worried about it. Would it make you feel better if I assumed you knew what the footsteps of zombies sounded like? How about if I start telling everyone you have wings? I don't know you don't. I'm not scared of you, I've seen what you're capable of and I know you're mad right now. I don't even know your name, let alone how sharp your senses are or how well you deal with anger. You have a heart, humanity and all that other great stuff? Fine. I operate on knowledge, not assumptions and I don't know shit about you. Fuck me for not being a stalker. 'Raiden' had been in the tunnels. If he had let us all know that, just a little mention of 'I've been down there', we'd probably be down there right now instead of doing whatever this pointless bullshit is. If you had said 'I'm going to secure the area' instead of 'I don't want to be part of a group that can't work together', you'd be taking heads and I'd be using mine. I don't trust guesses because guesses are usually wrong."<br><br>He took a breath and heard the difference in her as she reminded him she was on their side. He lessened the harshness and other less usual traits for him. "We're not the last humans on Earth," he said a bit louder as he stopped and she didn't. "We'll be surrounded by more of them soon and you'll never have to see another walking corpse. Take your heads while ye may." Minoru returned to the locker room and looked at the duct. He couldn't call into it, it would tell the zombies there was still meat in the building. An announcement had the same problem, the journey would be too risky and the questionable DJ might still be there, which may be bad. The guy was probably too far away by now to just reach in for. He wished he hadn't said they knew where he was, since he didn't and now he had no excuse for not going after him. God, he couldn't believe he was actually trying to bring this guy back! He was such a...!! He sighed to the brittleness of the human ego, the brittleness of the tribe and that motherfucking survival at all costs instinct.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 05:03:30</strong>
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				Saki usually was one who would jump into a conversation at any given second, especially when said conversation involved whether she lived or died. But instead of jumping right in with her survival ideas (which were non-existent) she decided to stand off to the side, arms crossed, listening to a redheaded boy, another boy and the swordswoman bicker, exchanging ideas and laughing other ones off, not able to come to a conclusion about anything. <br><br>Her headphones were clamped on her ears as she did this, rocking her head back and forth, even though no music was currently streaming in her ears, trying to keep mellow about this whole situation. Because, the fact that they might be the only students left alive in this school, and they were <em>arguing</em> was quite scary. … It was better not to think about it.<br><br>In the end, the redhead decided to follow his own plan by hoisting himself up into the vents, and the swordswoman decided to talk a walk to cool herself off. That left the final boy, the one who didn’t seem to be catching a break by anyone. <br><br>By now, she had two choices: go up in the vent to get the redhead back, or go after the pissed-off swordswoman. <br><br>… Plan number one it was, then!<br><br>“I’m not much of a strategist,” Saki muttered, pushing her short blue hair behind her ear, “But I do know that if we’re going to make it out of here alive, we <em>probably</em> should all work together. After all, turning this school into a … ‘fortress,’ I think you said, isn’t going to be easy, and we can’t do that if one of us is up in the vents.” <br><br>She crossed her arms over her chest, motioning up towards the vent with a nod of her head. “I’m going up there to get him… to see if I can persuade him to come back.” She started to hoist herself up, groaning a little as she did so. “In the meantime, Strategist-kun, keep this room zombie-free for us.” She smiled as she said this… as if such a request was so easy.<br><br>With that, Saki was fully in the vent now, looking for the redhead who had disappeared up here. It was cold and cramped up here, but she didn’t have any other choice… hell, maybe he had made it to a zombie-free civilization! But she doubted that. She cupped her hands to her mouth, and called out, “Baseball bat-kun, where are you?” from time to time. Saki hoped she could convince him to come back; he seemed pretty good at keeping the zombies away with that bat of his. They could use all the help they could get. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 05:32:15</strong>
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				Minoru nodded and moved away from the vent to give her room to get into it. He grinned a crooked grin as she made her request, giving her a salute and a 'roger that'. As she climbed in, he held his hands under her foot to make sure she didn't fall back out and maybe give her a bit of a boost in. Once she was, he sat and sighed, his thoughts divided between a very serious hope that she fares better with him than he did and a far less serious thought of what she had called him. 'Strategist-kun'. Such a clinical title, when paired with 'kun' and her voice sounded so...<br><br>No. This was not a manga, there was no time for this, he had two jobs to do and he would do them both. He returned to the pile of tools and such and examined them for uses. If he had better blades, the mop handles would make good halberds. He could probably make two with those skates, but maybe he should save at least one. He gasped as he saw the walkie-talkies, something he should have given to her but no longer could. Or could he? Yes, he could. She was small enough that she could get through without much trouble, which meant there would be space. He tied the threads of two mops together and placed one walkie-talkie in the duct, making sure to turn it on and the volume way down first. The mops pushed it forward until he hoped it was where she could grab it. When it was, he hoped, he turned on the other. Quiet static and three green lights indication battery life! "hey, theres a walkie-talkie around there. if you can't see it, let me know and i'll push it further. when you can reach it, take it and keep us posted on the runaway situation."<br><br>Until she responded, Minoru set to work on slicing a mop handle into two spikes with the skate. The blade was nice and sharp, letting it cut through the wood in fewer strokes than he'd anticipated. After removing the threads from one end, he rolled them to the archer and his friend. "Side-arms," he explained. "In case you run out of arrows or distance."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 07:02:07</strong>
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				Raiden made his way through the vents, as it was pretty straight forward to get to the gas tunnels... Since it was labeled and directed. He would tear a bit of his hankie here and there, spray it, lit it, and leave it under a sign, incase anyone was trying to follow him. Then finally, he came to the grate, and carefully pushed it off, then quickly climbed out.<br><br>The first thing he spotted was a gas worker... Gnawing on another gas worker, just outside the security gate, with the gate open. That made him so happy. "Hey, beautiful" he said, after creeping up on the zombie. It turned its head to look at him, and he put it back the other way with the baseball bat, then a few more swings to make sure it stayed down. Raiden grabbed the torch, and began patting the body down, before shoving the keys to the safe room in his pocket.<br><br>He heard a noise coming from the vent, and he grabbed his bat again, quickly standing. These zombies weren't much competition, but in crowds... Raiden didn't really want to think of that. He moved onto the school side of the security gate, and closed it, making sure nothing could sneak up behind him. "Who's there?" he asked, throwing his makeshift torch to beside the exit of the vent, waiting whatever was following him to show its face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 07:51:25</strong>
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				The blue-haired girl hadn’t been in the tunnel long before she heard Strategist-kun’s voice coming from the end of the vent, calling out to her about… a walkie-talkie? Ah, a good idea! She grinned, scooting back a bit, while feeling around for the walkie-talkie, its bright green lights indicating its battery-life standing out amongst the darkness in the vent. It took her a couple of blind grabs, but eventually, the walkie-talkie was gripped in Saki’s hand, which made her feel a lot safer, to be honest. At least, if she was attacked by zombies in this vent, someone back at C Block would know.<br><br>“Hey, thanks!” Saki called down to him, waving as she set off for good this time. “I got the walkie-talkie just fine, so no worries! I’ll be sure to let you know if I find him or not!” Hopefully he would be willing to come back… but hell, Saki liked to think of herself as a pretty persuasive person. As she crawled through the vents, coated in dust and grime from these filthy tunnels, she could only wonder just what she’d say to make him come back. Maybe something like, ‘Hey, we could use all the help we can get,’ and just smile, would that work? She had a feeling it wouldn’t…<br><br>Finally, she reached the end of the vent, and — hey, was that Baseball Bat-kun over there, at the end? She tried to reach for him, but he was out of the vent by the time she arrived at the end, and could only peak down from the closed vent, trying to pry it open. As a soccer player, Saki’s legs might’ve been a force to reckon with, but her arm muscles were rather weak. If only she could open this thing, to get down from here…<br><br><em> “Who’s there?”</em> she heard the boy cry, and she sighed in relief, letting her face poke out from behind the vent’s barred door. “It’s, it’s me — I’m a human, see? Breathing and everyone, not devouring the flesh of my fellow humans.” That came out a lot more sarcastic that she wanted it to. Shaking her head, she muttered into the walkie-talkie, “Hey, Strategist-kun, I found Mr. Baseball Bat. I’m gonna see if he’ll come back… Wish me luck, hm?” Groaning at herself, she opened the vent’s door and jumped down, giving him a small smile. <br><br>“Sorry for kind of stalking you, but I wanted to ask, if, maybe you’d like to come back, to C Block?” She rubbed the back of her neck, laughing nervously. “We could really, <em>really</em> use your help over there, and I think you’d be a great asset for helping us to, well, stay alive.” God, this wasn’t coming out right…<br><br>&nbsp;“I know you and Strategist-kun had a fight, but, we’ve gotta work together if we wanna get out of this alive, don’t we? I think we’ll have a good chance if we go back, and work like a team, you know?” She eyed his baseball bat as she said this. “Kind of like soccer… or baseball, except we’re playing against, well, the undead.”<br><br>She held out her hand with an encouraging grin, as if to make a deal, hoping he’d come back. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 08:04:23</strong>
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				Raiden's eyes surveyed the girl as she came out, and he lowered the bat, no longer thinking he'd have to club yet another unfortunant... Body. He listened to what she had to say, nodding a little, before shaking his head a little. "The only reason I chose C block as the meeting place was because it would take the group there" he told her, motioning to the large steel door. "Here, let me show you" he said, walking over and opening the door up. The room obviously doubled as a bomb shelter, having a fridge and everything inside. Floor matresses, supplies and radios and such. "In a fight... Grip is everything... C block is all tiles... You can't grab on to anything" he told her.<br><br>"Trust me, if you ever want to beat someone - take them to a bathroom. Tiles and curves, nothing to grab on to. The showers work the same way... But here... Well, we can lock the doors at night and choose where we want to go throughout the day" he told her. "I Wont go back to C block, but... I Want the group to come here... I'm sorry I didn't explain my plan, but it's only a matter of time before C block is over run" he told her, shaking his head. "The quicker we move, the more chance we have of survival... This room is one of the few safety rooms in the city..." he told her, then looked to the room, then back at her. "I Don't know where that door leads" he told her, motioning to the red door on the other side. "But it's somewhere inside the school... It may be easier to move things here by finding where the door comes to, and letting the group know via that walkie talkie" he suggested.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 12:24:59</strong>
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				All of the back and forth talking had Naoki very confused.&nbsp; He saw important reasoning with all sides of the conversation, and had really no important input of his own.&nbsp; Instead he mainly stayed leaning up against the lockers, regaining his breath and his composure.&nbsp; When Minoru had mentioned running out of arrows, Naoki winced slightly.&nbsp; With his wrapped yumi he probably had less than twenty arrows, or <em>ya</em>.&nbsp; Sure enough, when he unraveled everything and began counting the final count was seventeen.&nbsp; Kyudo had always had it's roots from ancient times, but Naoki could never skimp on a good quiver, which he kept with his yumi, usually so that one of the newer members didn't end up swiping it.&nbsp; <strong>"Seventeen..."</strong> he said with a bit of a sigh, <strong>"...I doubt highly this would ever be the best weapon against zombies."</strong> he twisted his brow.&nbsp; Still, better this than nothing he decided as his fingers nimbly began stringing his yumi.<br><br>Adjusting the strap on his quiver, he slung it across his shoulder and prepared the keeper hood, so none of his precious ya would escape.&nbsp; <strong>"I don't agree with everything that was said though."</strong> he mentioned, a statement which basically came out of nowhere.&nbsp; <strong>"...I think fear is important.&nbsp; It allows the rat to bite the cat, after all.&nbsp; Just so long as it doesn't turn into hysteria.&nbsp; That said, I'm certainly no Zombie murderer.&nbsp; I'm Naoki, by the way, Nibushima Naoki.&nbsp; I don't really have many suggestions in the way of a plan.&nbsp; The only thing I wouldn't feel comfortable doing is backing myself into a corner.&nbsp; Then again I don't really feel comfortable with that girl taking her frustrations out of Zombies.&nbsp; I'd like to avoid them if at all possible.&nbsp; No matter how good you are, if you step on enough ants, eventually one of them will manage to climb onto your foot."</strong> he said, picking up the sharpened stick and tucking it into his belt.&nbsp; Thinking back on what he had just mentioned, it sounded entirely too philosophical.<br><br><strong>"Anyway, at some point we should probably try to get away from this school if we can.&nbsp; There were too many people concentrated in this small spot to begin with, and...I mean I never really prepared for something like this, but just thinking about it, there's so many doors, rooms, and corners, I'm not sure it would make a good fortress.&nbsp; In the end we'll use what we've got, but under optimal conditions I'd figure I'd settle for something a bit more out of the way.&nbsp; Something less attractive to things that like to eat other things."</strong> still, parts of his mind were still cloudy.&nbsp; The adrenaline had not completely left his system, and considering the school was under some sort of cataclysmic horror-fest, it probably wouldn't very soon.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 19:33:19</strong>
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				Minoru paused what he was doing, carefully removing the blades from the skates so they could be both blade and backup shoes, when his walkie-talkie needed his attention. He listened to the situation and pressed down the talk button when she asked for luck. "Good luck...," he paused. Should he call her something as well? Aoi-chan? Chan might be a bit cutesy for a zombie apocalypse and Aoi is a name, so she might think he was calling her that instead of 'blue'. "...and keep us all aware of what he decides and how wise you think his ideas are." Smooth.<br><br>He continued his work, looking up at the archer as he spoke. "Izumi Minoru. And you're right, of course. I don't think any of us are entirely okay with taking these things out. All told, I'd be happier if a hug would turn them back to normal and a kind word would revive the ones they ate. But that doesn't seem to be the way it works. Luckily, there are lots of uses for a bow and arrow that don't involve putting the latter through a brain, so maybe you won't have to be a zombie murderer." One of the blades came off the skate shoe along with a bar. Good close quarters weapon, maybe, as well as a utility knife. At some point they would need to go to a sporting goods store to get whet stones to keep blades sharp. The panic of the people may have kept them from thinking in the long term, so there were probably some left behind. Minoru made a note of that and got to work on the second skate as Naoki continued. <br><br>"Its well-stocked, we know the layout and those doors and corners can work for us," he said, then smiled and sighed. "But it looks like the vote is three to leave, one to stay and two undecided, so I guess they won't." Minoru really didn't like the idea of roaming, maybe having to debate half the group every time he suggested setting up a place to rest for a couple days and the smug look Raiden would be sure to give him when the group joined him in the tunnels. But his annoyance wasn't a priority; group safety was. He could bite the bullet for a good cause. "But speaking of using what we've got, before we go, we should gather some supplies. Medical, flashlights, water, things like that. And something to carry them in. We can't assume we'll find any out there. I'll go if thats what everyone wants to do, but we need to prepare here."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 20:26:11</strong>
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				Saki wasn’t the sort of person who was either optimistic or pessimistic. She knew they were screwed no matter which way the situation was sliced, but at least, there had to be some way to survive, some way to hold their own until… She took a deep breath, allowing herself to hope, for a minute, that he would come back to C Block and congregate their, but instead, she was greeted with a rather… promising plan. <br><br>Apparently, he had only chosen C Block because the vents would lead everyone to this place: a room with a large, steel door. As he opened it, Saki’s eyes opened wide: a fridge, floor mattresses,&nbsp; and assorted supplies could be found in this one room, as far as the eyes could see. Plus, they could lock the doors at night, to keep the zombies away! It seemed pretty solid, to her… And seeing that large, steel door&nbsp; bar the room up made her feel even more confident that this guy knew what he was doing.<br><br>“You know, this is a pretty good plan, if I do say so myself,” she congratulated, a faint of a smile appearing on her features. “We’ve got supplies here, a nice steel door to protect us from the zombies… and hell, we even have <em>food</em>.” She called dibs on whatever chocolate might be lingering inside the fridge… As Baseball Bat motioned toward the red door, she furrowed her brows at it, also wondering just where it would lead. He was sure it would lead to somewhere inside the school, and thought it’d be easier to move the group there if they could find out where the door led to, and asking the group to get stationed there instead. <br><br>“What if there are zombies blocking the way?” she asked, shuddering. “We could just the group to crawl the vents, like we did, yeah?” She flicked on the walkie-talkie, tapping it on her palm, before looking up at Baseball Bat once again. “Let me tell Strategist-kun about this place, first — I know some people might be willing to crawl through the vents instead of rushing through the school, through zombies, to get here instead.” <br><br>She turned away from him then, the walkie-talkie flickering to life. “Hey, Strategist-kun, I found Baseball Bat — you won’t believe what he’s found! There’s this great big room with a steel door that we can lock, with food and mattresses and radios… and <em>food</em>.” There was a joking emphasis on food, as if that was what was most important. <br><br>“I really think it’s a good idea to stay here, Strategist-kun! I think it’d be quicker to crawl through the vents to get here, although Baseball Bat says that there’s a way to get here through the school, since there’s a door that leads to this room as well.” She turned back over towards Baseball Bat, pausing for a minute. “I personally would just crawl through the vent, but if you’d rather come here through the school hallways, Baseball and I can find out where the door comes to.”<br><br>Hopefully they’d just come through the vents; Saki didn’t feel like kicking off anymore zombie heads just yet. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 20:53:24</strong>
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				By now, both skates had been turned into shoes and blades instead of bladed shoes. Minoru was just starting to cut another mop handle into pointed halves when her voice came through the device balanced on his leg. "Four to go," he smiled. "I am officially outvoted." The smile and 'oh well' tone gave way to seriousness as he answered. "A bomb shelter, right? I should have figured there would be one around here," he said, leaving out that he had but didn't mention it since it had most of the drawbacks of staying and would only incite further noise and friction. "The swordswoman and Naoki-kun...the archer...both said they wanted to leave the school as well, so you should hear someone coming through the vent soon. But the swordswoman isn't back yet, so I need to..." Waiting for her seemed the obvious thing to do, but maybe there was another way, one that didn't involve sitting there alone waiting for someone living or otherwise. Leaving his walkie-talkie for her would be a good way to know when she came back, but if she didn't come back soon, it would waste the battery. He did need to get supplies still, maybe. Bomb shelters might have what they needed, but he didn't trust water that had been down there for an unknown about of time. Minoru swallowed, not knowing why until it was too late.<br><br>"Are there medical supplies and water in there...blue-chan?" He turned his head away from the device, closing his eyes tight in a face of realization he'd just done something dumb emphasized by the silent 'dammit!'.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 21:27:13</strong>
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				Anko had remained silent, breathing heavily in the corner, drifting in and out of the conversation. She wasn't keen on trying to escape, or try to fight the zombies. Seemed it would be safer, or at least better, to stay put... Maybe someone would come to search for survivors? Maybe, if the zombies couldn't find more humans, they would eat each other? Or maybe, she'd starve to death in here...All of it seemed like better options then go outside again. She sat down on the floor, her legs trembling, she'd never been so scared in her life. "I'm not going, out there again..." She muttered to herself.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 22:09:26</strong>
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				<strong>"Ha, don't think of it as being outvoted.&nbsp; Without a crystal ball, I'm going to say that we're all probably going to be doing things that go against our best laid plans."</strong> Naoki replied, giving at best what was a nervous chortle, <strong>"Really, the only thing even close to a strategy I can muster is just staying together and doing the best we can.&nbsp; Given what I...what we've just seen out there, if we've made it this far we're one step ahead of..."</strong> he paused, trying to think of a good way to put it, "...basically everyone else." he sighed, shaking his head, resting the tip of his yumi against the lock room floor, "I hope there's lots of other groups around here doing just what we're doing."<br><br>The yumi's length twirled slightly, it's end swiveling against the ground while he listened to the crackling voices upon the radio, <strong>"Blue-chan, eh?&nbsp; Heh heh heh..."</strong> it was silly, but it made him smile.&nbsp; It was good to get those last few potential smiles out of the way before possibly having your intestinal track used as a jump rope by some biological monster.&nbsp; He turned his head to look toward Anko.&nbsp; She was not taking things well, of course he was not taking things well either, but he was a decent actor.&nbsp; Leaning his yumi against the wall, he rested his back against a set of lockers and slowly slid down onto the ground, next to the short haired girl.&nbsp; Really he wasn't exactly sure what to do.&nbsp; He hadn't had a huge amount of experience with women, and he certainly hadn't had any experiences that could compare with...<em>this</em>.<br><br><strong>"Anko-san."</strong> he said, putting his hand on her shoulder, <strong>"We're going to get through this.&nbsp; You, me, Minoru-san, Blue-chan, Baseball Bat Guy, hopefully, even Crazy Sword Girl.&nbsp; We'll take it one step at a time, little by little.&nbsp; Small goals, yeah?&nbsp; We'll watch each others back.&nbsp; I'll watch yours, and I need you to watch mine.&nbsp; Depending on what kind of food and supplies they have, I'll even try to cook up something good.&nbsp; I <em>am</em> the head of the Home Economics club, you know."</strong> he said, giving her a playful push, <strong>"We've got to get up though, get this stuff together, and get ready to move.&nbsp; What do you say?"</strong> he said, extending his hand toward Anko.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 23:19:31</strong>
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				Anko swallowed deep...She still felt terrified, but at least she would be safer in a group? And if there were a rescue team coming, or if the zombies would turn on each other, she'd need to wait it out, and the bunker seemed like the safest bet, to do so. Food, shelter, if anything it would also be more comfortable then this place. She looked up at, Naoki, giving a weak nod. "A-alright" Taking his hand, she got up. Aslong as she sticked in the group, she'd hopefully survive. She started to search the room for a weapon, thinking if she were armed, she'd feel a lot safer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Orathio</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 23:57:30</strong>
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				&nbsp;Rei was so far off block C he wondered if he would make it alive, every hall seemed more infested with the undead, he could only hops survivors had cleared block C, cause it seemed block B was gonna be a pain to get trough. Why must he always get the short end of the stick he thought, but there was no choice now but to run head on and make it there. Rei still had his broom, which after knocking a few of the infected and decayed corpses was pretty much covered in blood as was his clothes. God the smell would make anyone succumb and puke all over the place, but he tried to ignore it as best he could, it did made him dizzy and sick to his stomach. Every hall filled with more corpses gnawing on other and eating them alive, it was truly and apocalypse. But Rei only thought of theories as he always did. <em>"Is it a disease, a experimental bio-weapon, divine judgment?"</em> If he wanted to find the answer he would have to survive this hell first.<br><br>&nbsp;He was quick to run through what seemed to be left of block B swinging the broom side and side to any zombie that got close enough ignoring the others. Blood everywhere adorning the floors and halls God it got to him and he puked for a few seconds due to the stench and sighted he was watching everywhere. Once he was finished throwing up he mustered some courage and made a faster dash to the end of the hall and finally into block C. Noticing that there was rather no zombies here rather alive zombies they all seemed to be either sliced up or brains smashed from a blunt object like a bat. <em>"Good seems there are survivors."</em> He smiled in relief, he could hear voices from a distant they seemed human and logic enough or was he losing his mine. Rei carefully walked towards the voices hoping it would be a safe heaven or at least safe for the moment, but by the way however was wielding a sword seemed to do a good job at dispatching the monsters. Finally he reached the room where he could hear voices and there were survivors there. Or they seemed human enough.<br><br>&nbsp;"Don't hurt me I am a human!" He exclaimed knowing he was covered in blood. "I heard the announcement about C block. I ran all the way from A block." He sighed and tried to catch his breath. "Is this all that are alive?" Closing the door behind him and sitting on the floor letting go of the broom he was using to defend himself. "God im so fatigued."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 00:57:28</strong>
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				"I'm sure of it," Minoru said. "There has to be at least a couple people who thought the announcement was a trap and aren't going for it. Maybe they're on the roof trying to signal rescue or something." He glanced over at Naoki as he doubled the doubt as to whether he should have said 'blue-chan' or not. The expression was somewhere between, or maybe was equal parts 'oh, don't start with me', 'just keeping the mood light' and 'yeah, its like that'. It changed to a little smile as the girl in the corner seemed to calm down slightly thanks to him. Nobody was going to get through this without keeping his or her head, both literally and figuratively, and the more people keeping heads on others, the better.<br><br>Minoru lifted his chin a little as he heard a noise outside the door. Footsteps, sort of methodical gait. He grabbed both ice skate blades in his fists like hand-held guillotines and waited around a corner for whatever it was to get through the door. When he saw the condition and heard the words of the one who came through, he cursed himself for not locking the door as he put the blades down and went to him. "Come in," he said with urgency. The guy looked like he needed a drink, but what could he give him? The pipes to the showers might rattle. Speaking of which, Minoru stuck his foot out to keep the guy's weapon from clattering on the floor. "No, there are two more close by and another...elsewhere. There should be a drinking fountain here somewhere. Take a drink and tell us how things are out there."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Orathio</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 02:13:25</strong>
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				&nbsp;Rei smiled at Minoru he seemed most generous. He stood up once he had regained his breath. "Its all clear in block C from what I could see, they are all sliced up, however there is a huge infestation of this ugly bastards in block B and A. I ran all the way from Block A I am not sure anyone else made it." Noticing some spare clothes in the locker rooms, he walked towards them, picking up a few and going into a corner to change into some clean clothes unnoticed. Once he was dressed and discarded his bloody clothes he rejoined Minoru. "So do we have some sort of plan, weapons, anything?" Rei was curious as to what this people might have been planing or doing here in the locker room. Surely this place would not hold out forever against and army of undead.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimiko</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 02:27:53</strong>
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				As Strategist-kun’s voice came crackling through the walkie-talkie, Saki nodded briefly looking around the room. A bomb shelter… yeah, that was it. Baseball Bat did say that this was one of the few safe rooms in this entire city, which all made sense now… “Yeah, it’s a bomb shelter, by the looks of it… Baseball Bat says that this might be the only one near here, one of the only few in the city…” She took a few steps around, pushing her headphones off her ears so that they hung idly around her neck. “This place is really big…”<br><br>Apparently, others thought it would be best to leave the school as well. She knew it was against Strategist-kun’s original plans, but… she had to agree, perhaps it was best to get out of there while they still could. “So far, I don’t hear anyone up in the vents, but… I really think it’d be a good idea to leave. This bomb shelter looks pretty safe, and there’s lots of stuff we can use here: food, spare clothes, batteries…” It was a dream come true! Plus, they could lock the doors — something that could make Saki sleep easier at night.<br><br>But there was a problem, as there always was. Apparently, the swordswoman hadn’t come back yet… What if the worst had happened? Saki shook the thought away, furrowing her brows, cupping the walkie-talkie closer to her, as if she was holding onto it for dear life, just thinking about someone lost in the school… <br><br>“Ah, I’m sure she’ll be back soon, yeah? Then we can all come and meet up over here, in the shelter. Or maybe we should leave a note?” Baseball Bat <em>did</em> say he predicted C Block getting overrun soon… and in a place like that, it’d be hard to fight them off.<br><br>When he asked if there were medical supplies and water there, he made up his own nickname, ‘Blue-chan.’ Saki giggled at the name, finding it incredibly appropriate. From her blue hair, to her blue eyes, all the way down to her blue nail polish and headphones, what better name was there for her? It sounded so cute when he said it too… <br><br>“Blue-chan, hm? Is that my new nickname?” she asked with a laugh, looking about for medical supplies and water. Shuffling around through the surplus of supplies, she ended up coming across a large quantity of first aid kits, bandages, etc., along with basic medicines and pills. As for water, there were piles and piles of packaged bottled water sitting around, and there did seem to be a few sinks sitting around. <br><br>“Yup, there’s lots of medicine kits and water here, Strategist-kun! There’s also a few sinks around…” She turned the handle of a sink, watched clean water pour forth from it, “and they seem to be working just fine!” That was a relief. She paused for a moment, switching the walkie-talkie to her other ear. “Any other qualms, Commander? All systems are go, over here.” Ah, another nickname — she wasn’t even sure where that one had come from. She laughed easily all the while though, at ease, hoping that their survival plan would work in the long run. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 02:31:40</strong>
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				"Good news," Minoru said. "At least the first part is." He continued talking as the guy went around the corner to change, thinking it a smart move in case the enemy could smell blood or something. "That may not mean nobody did. I didn't know these guys were alive until they came in, so theres a good chance there are other survivors somewhere." The more he said it, the less confident he became in it's likelihood. The simple passage of time had probably taken at least one person between this and the previous time he had mentioned it. But they didn't need to share his pessimism if they didn't choose to.<br><br>Minoru listened to the description of the shelter, slowly smiling. "Better," he said in response to the newest member of the tribe's question. "We have both. It seems theres a system of tunnels around here that go to the important points in the city. We're using those to scavenge and hide out until the army either sends in soldiers with assault rifles or a nuke to take care of the problem. I'm rooting for the former, myself, but the bomb would kill the zombies, you can't deny that. As for weapons, the reason this area is clear, or clear enough, is because one of the survivors wields a mean sword. Shes out securing some more area, but when she comes back, I think you'll be pretty happy about our chances. Just don't be humble around her, she seems to dislike it," he added, pulling the collar of his shirt off his neck to demonstrate what me meant.<br><br>"A note might be overlooked," he answered the walkie-talkie, thinking out loud. "Plus I don't see anything to write with here. I have an idea. If you hear scratching, its alright." Minoru got up and grabbed a blade, quietly carving an arrow pointing up to the vent and 'doki-doki', indicating a beating heart, in the paint under it. As he did this, she asked about the nickname and Minoru almost cut his finger. "Only until you offer another suggestion of what to call you," he said. If he'd known she was this easy to talk to, maybe he'd have gotten more of his assignments done. Not that it mattered, but still, it did seem like a joke on him. "Another survivor has found the room. He might be hurt and hes definitely tired. Says he ran from A block through the enemy, so he may need to rest before he can move." He was silent as she reported in about the water and medical supplies and when he answered, he dropped his voice. "Reserve some water for the newest guy and the girl who isn't you or the swordswoman. She seems really shaken up."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Odin</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 06:14:26</strong>
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				Raiden smiled as he began sorting through the supplies as he heard one side of the conversation. He heard something that made him frown, and he looked over at the door to see another dead walker, staring in at the blue haired girl. As it began closing the gap, it was stopped by a baseball bat around the ankles, collapsing it to the floor. It let out a loud shriek, looking to Raiden who moved back to the door, waiting on it. The blood dripped from its mouth as it raised, before it charged towards him.<br><br>Lunging forward with its teeth, he stuck his forearm up, allowing it to bite into him before slamming it against the wall outside of the safe room. He grabbed the heavy duty torch, and spun it in his hand, starting to deal blows to the eyes and nose of the creature. Blow after blow with the torch soon had the face of the ex-gas worker crumbling, before the tension was released on its jaw, and Raiden allowed it to collapse. He looked to the bloody butt of the torch, then shook his head, and moved back to the door, looking in at Blue.<br><br>"You okay?" he asked her, before sliding up his jacket sleeve and peeling off the protective forearm padding, making sure the teeth hadn't gone through. When he was satisfied he wasn't going to be munching humans, he strapped it back on, and slid his jacket over it, before retrieving his bat. He grabbed out some cloth, and began wiping the blood from his face, before throwing the cloth out the door. "Tell him there is an anti rad shower here... Everyone should take one as soon as they get here" he said.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xilos</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 12:25:34</strong>
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				Naoki brushed himself off for a moment as he observed Anko sifting through the various items laid out before them.&nbsp; Of all things to come across his mind, the firmness of her behind was the most prominent.&nbsp; He caught himself staring for a moment, before shaking his head and refocusing his eyes on the ropes, chains, and other implements.&nbsp; <em>"Heh, is this what they say in the movies?&nbsp; About near death experiences and heightening the sex drive?"</em> he thought to himself, it was almost comical, and there were certainly more important things to think about.&nbsp; She did certainly have a nice, tight...<br><br><em>"Naoki, focus!"</em> he reminded himself, looking back toward the ground, picking up one of the hammers.&nbsp; It had a comfortable rubber grip, as well as the tail for stripping out nails, <strong>"I think this would be good to have, plus Minoru-sans makeshift spear."</strong> he said, offering the hammer over toward Anko, although half-way through he was interrupted by a newcomer.&nbsp; <strong>"Hey, score another point for Team Living.&nbsp; Glad you could make it."</strong>&nbsp; Every additional person was a better chance for survival, as far as he was concerned.&nbsp; That mean one more pair of hands for them, and one less Zombie for the bad guys, after all.<br><br>Rummaging quickly through his pocket, he went to check to make sure his cell phone was still there.&nbsp; Sure enough, it was.&nbsp; <strong>"I figure I'll mention, I still have my cell phone on me.&nbsp; Obviously the battery won't last forever without it's charger, so if we want to make any phone calls once we meet up with everyone else, let me know.&nbsp; If we get any reception down there, that is..."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>sinoraa</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 19:59:45</strong>
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				Anko highly doubted, the efficiency of the home made spears, but wasn't fond of the limited range of the hammer. She thought to herself for a minute before settling with the hammer. "Thanks...Um, I don't think i got your name?" She said to, Naoki, as she took the hammer. She felt horribly awkward. Had anyone here introduced themselves? She'd not really paid attention, but now it seemed sort of odd, to be stuck in a group in a zombie apocalypse, where she didn't know a single one of their names. Then again what wasn't odd about this situation? She shrugged it off, as long as they'll improve her survivability she'll manage. They can introduce themselves, after they make it to the bomb shelter... God knows she didn't want to warm up to anyone, only to have them die, in a moment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apocalypse is upon us</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>upanddown4life</strong> on <strong>15-04-2010, 13:35:16</strong>
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				At Naoki's mention of his phone, Minoru almost jumped up. Instead he stayed where he was and spoke calmly. "I wouldn't use it unless you absolutely must. Not only to preserve the battery life, but the ring on the other end might alert the enemy." He let a breath out through his nose a bit harder than usual. Did it sound as negative to others when he spoke as it did to him? Did they know he was trying to help? Raiden and the swordswoman didn't seem to have, but they were only two of the survivors. As he studied the rope to figure out how to use it, he added to his thought. "When everyone is back, we should do an on-hand supply check. This room may be a..paradise," he said, quickly omitting the word 'claustrophobic'. "But it can't have everything we need. And before anyone asks, I don't have a cell." 
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