Lumi Bot

IN THE SAFE-HOUSE

Eclipse: *lays Erscuro down on a couch*

Erscuro: *still looks sickly*

Eclipse: Nachturn made a smart move, taking out the zombie expert of this group. It would be irresponsible to just give up now, and make sure Vorace isn't doing anything stupid. Do you think we might have to destroy Nachturn ourselves?

Mikenno: we're probably going to have to do that.... but right now, we need to find a way to cure Erscuro...

Whitney: is hanging out a safe dinstance away... which by her standards is about twenty feet* ......

Erscuro: No... no, I m-must kill him... need... need to avenge my... sister...

Eclipse: If you haven't noticed, you're turning into a zombie. You're in no condition to be doing such things.

Mikenno: we can get rid of Nachturn ater. Do you know ANY possible way to cure this condition??

ME: HEY WHAT HAPPENED TO SHADOW ANDROID?

Me: HE WAS TOTALLY MAKING SURE THE... safe-house... was... secure? Yeah, let's go with that. ^^;

Shadow: *walking downstairs* Woah. What happened while you guys were gone?

Eclipse: Erscuro -

Shadow: No, wait - let me guess - the worst thing possible, apart from anyone dying, has happened, and now you're looking for a solution.

Eclipse: ... Erscuro got bitten by a zombie.

Shadow: *throws his hands up in the air* I knew it!

Erscuro: D-Don't know... ab-bout... cure... N-Nachturn... knows...

Shadow: I'm loving this whole 'hopeless situation' thing going on. It adds on some great drama.

Me: Shadow has become my fourth-wall smashing puppet. Moohahahaha.

Mikenno: Sadow, you're really not helping. *to erscuro* is it possible for the cure o be stored somewhere. is there at least any way to convince Nachturn to give up the cure?

Whitney: *bites her lip*

Me: Lol, "Sadow".

Erscuro: N-nuh-never s-seen... this c-cure... I'm as-s-suming that the c-cure... might be ins-s-side Nachturn...

Eclipse: Like his blood?

Erscuro: m-maybe... you'll j-just h-have t-to... f-f-find out...

Shadow: I don't think Nachuturn will give up any knowledge about this cure if he has us in this kind of position. For all he cares, he has what he wants. Erscuro's going to be a zombie, and he -

Eclipse: Waitaminute! What if we interrogate him? :D

Mikenno: what would we use against him, his life? you know we don't work that way, Eclipse.

Eclipse: Well then, what do YOU propose, hmm?

Nachturn: Gnnff...!

Shadow: ...

Mikenno: ... Erscuro, is there anything Nachturn values? an item, a person, anything??

Erscuro: He has... has a... nhhhgh... a swastika armband... his only one... he wore it last time we met... must've... grff! Lost it...

Eclipse: We could find it, and bargain it for the cure.

Mikenno: sounds like a plan. do you know which direction he would have entered the city from?

Erscuro: S-S-South e-end... n-nearest t-to our... hhhh... hotel... w-wanted to t-turn me... asap... *makes a choking noise*

Eclipse: ??

Shadow: Erscuro??

Whitney: !!!!

Mikenno: Erscuro??

Erscuro: *doesn't respond, just continues making that choking noise. Finally, his eyes roll into his head, and completely relaxes, barely breathing, and unconscious*

Shadow: Oh my god!

Eclipse: well... now we can't talk to him.

Mikenno: ... *sigh* well, the best thing we can do for him right now is go find that armband.... someone needs to stay behind and watch Erscuro.

Shadow: I will. He's been more open to me than you guys, I think, so if there's something wrong, I'm guessing when he's able to, he'll tell me.

Eclipse: wait, what? ._.

Shadow: Just go find that armband.

Eclipse: ok. :/ Come on Mikenno.

Shadow: Wait! You should leave Whitney here with me, instead of dragging her out there with you.

Eclipse: Oh, yeah. Good call.

Whitney: *nods* o-okay.

Mikenno: sounds good. let's get going. *goes outside and goes dragony*

Eclipse: *clambers onto his back* alrighty then.

IN SAFE-HOUSE

Shadow: Ok then, Whitney. Now we just wait for them to come back.

Mikenno: *takes off, headed for the south side of he city*

MEANWIHLE

Whitney: ._____________.

Eclipse: *riding Mikenno lol* So... one little armband in the midst of a zombie hoard. This'll be fun.

meanwhile

Shadow: *can't help but laugh a little at Whitney's face* heheh...

Erscuro: *...*

Mikenno: No kidding..... *Reaches the south end of the city, and starts circling around, trying to find the exact point of entry*

MEANWHILE

Whitney: w-what? D:>

Eclipse: *points to a small area* There, Mikenno.

meanwhile

Shadow: Oh, nothing... you just made an interesting face, is all. :P

Erscuro: *...*

Mikenno: ah. *goes THAT way, and scans for a landing spot*

MEANWHILE

Whitney: oh. o-okay. *looks at Erscuro* w-w-ill he be a-a-alright? <:(

Eclipse: Y'know Mikenno, I bet if you burned some zombies, you'd MAKE a landing spot. >:)

meanwhile

Shadow: eh... *looks over at Erscuro*

Erscuro: *...*

Shadow: Er... yeah. Yeah, he'll be fine, Whitney. The others will make it with that armband.

Mikenno: lovely plan. *FIRE, BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!*

Zombehs: *BUHRN* D8

MEANWHILE

Whitney: ....y-yeah.... *nods to herself* yeah, th-they will...

The zombies: *on fire, and bumping against other zombies who become also on fire* *moooaaan*

Eclipse: once the heat melts their brains, we can land.

*ten minutes later, the zombies start dropping like flies... on fire! :D*

MEANWHILE

Shadow: Yup...

Erscuro: *...*

Mikenno: *makes an 'eww' face* yum... zombie barbecue..... *lands after all the zombies like, die*

meanwhile

Whitney: >.>;

Eclipse: alrighty... *hops off Mikenno, avoiding the still-flaming zombies* now to look for that armband.

meanwhile

Shadow: What? There's nothing to worry about. I know they can make it.

Erscuro: *...*

Mikenno: *turns mobian-y just so he's less noticable, and begins to look around*

meanwhile

Whitney: h-h-how are you so s-sure...?

Eclipse: Oh jeez... a small armband in a huge city...

meanwhile

Shadow: I dunno... these things just always seem to work out.

Erscuro: *...*

Mikenno: *sarcasm* yup, this'll be easy. like finding a piece of grass in a haystack....

meanwhile

Whitney: mmh... *unconvinced*

Eclipse: Let's start looking for it by staring at the ground! >8U

meanwhile

Shadow: ... eyup.

Erscuro: *...*

Me: I feel as if this is going to turn into filler-land. Whaddawe do?? D8

Me: uhm.... we skip to where they find the armband/give up for the day/realize they're never gonna find it? ^^;

Me: j'yus.

*AND SO, THEY MANAGE TO FIND THE ARM-BAND, OR RATHER, THEY FINALLY SPOT IT BUT-*

Big Mofo Zombie: *has man-boobs, but this is not important - what IS important is that it's in the way of the arm-band*

Eclipse: Of course. -_-;

Me: If I were the AI director for Left 4 Dead, I'd be ten times more evil then it could EVER be. Even though it's known for it's "dark sense of humor".

Me: i would do like P4 and stick a bunch of obscure jokes everywhere :3

Mikenno: oh, lovely. should i set him on fire?

Eclipse: That could work

Huge @$$: *spots them* GLLAAAUURRRHHH!!

Me: P4?

Mikenno: *USES FLAMETHROWER, BLAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH*

Me: Persona 4. or do like Persona 3 and make it scary as all of hell.

BMFZ: ASDFGHJKL;!! *is set on fire. While on fire, slowly burning to death, he runs at them*

Eclipse: OH shoot, RUN!!

Me: But what... does that have to do... with being a mean AI director? :/

Whitney: E-Erscurooooo!! D:>

Mikenno: *un-spaces out* i found him. hold on. *banks left*

Erscuro: AWESOME.

Eclipse: *holds on*

Mikenno: *finds the movie theater* i'm landing on the roof. Erscuro, prepare to be dropped.

Erscuro: Cool. *braces himself*

Eclipse: The sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can help Vorace.

Mikenno: *Skims the roof of the theater, and drops Erscuro, looping around to land a bit away*

Whitney: *CLING*

Erscuro: *lands almost as gracefully as a cat, despite his heavy weapons, steel neck-brace, and steel shoulder pads* nf!

Eclipse: *waits for Mikenno to land*

Mikenno: *lands near Erscuro, being careful not to whack him with his wings. he leans forward slightly to bring his passengers closer to the ground*

Whitney: D: *hops off* oof!

Eclipse: *also hops off* Alright... we're going for the sneak attack plan, right?

Erscuro: That's right. I want Nachturn's head on a plate.

Me: where EXACTLY is he?

Mikenno: have fun with that, he's got his "minions" all over the place. *turns back to his hedgieness and starts looking for Nachturn*

Me: backstage.

Erscuro: Where is he?

Eclipse: Mikenno's finding that out.

Mikenno: ...he's backstage. Let's find a way in. *looks around for a roof entrance, and finds it. and opens it* Erscuro, you know how to handle these things batter than we do. you go in first. this hall's clear.

Erscuro: Awesome. *hops down into the hallway, and checks both ends before heading to the backstage area*

Eclipse: And where should WE go, Mikenno? Backing Erscuro up, or clearing the path for when the deed is done? Or will the path even need to be cleared, once the controller of the zombies is gone?

Mikenno: i don't think they'll all just drop dead... I'll know when Erscuro needs us, i say we sit tight for now. *glances at Whitney* don't need to get ourselves into unnecessary danger.

Eclipse: *glances at Whitney as well* ah... right.

meanwhile

Erscuro: *sneaking around* ... *he opens the door of the manager's room a crack, and peeks in*

Nachturn: *sitting at the desk, twiddling his fingers*

Mikenno: ....i think he found him.

Whitney: ._____.

Eclipse: That's good.

meanwhile

Erscuro: *creeping close to the ground, sneaking up on Nachturn*

Nachturn: hello, Erscuro.

Erscuro: !!!!

Nachturn: What, you think I wouldn't expect you here?

Erscuro: Y-y-

Nachturn: Yes, I know. I killed your sister, blah blah blah, and now you want to avenge her, blee. We've only been through this same speech twenty seven times, Erscuro.

Erscuro: WHY?? WY DID YOU DO IT?? WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL ME, INSTEAD??

Nachturn: Because SHE was weak, Erscuro, but YOU... you can make a formidable ally.

A zombie: *is behind Erscuro. It wraps it's arms around the overlander* graahhh...

Erscuro: !!!!

Mikenno: aaaand, now he got caught.

Whitney: D8>

Mikenno, well, looks like it's time to provide backup.

Eclipse: apparently! D:> Who's staying with Whitney?

meanwhile

Erscuro: *being held by the one zombie, another zombie shambles forth* !!

Other zombie: rrrrhhhh...

Nachturn: Do it.

Other zombie: *bites down onto Erscuro's shoulder, which then bleeds a hell of a lot*

Erscuro: NAAAAUUGH!! NOOO!! *struggles*

Mikenno: !! you stay here! *runs the HELL over there!!!! and burst into the room*

The zombies: *still holding Erscuro in place*

Erscuro: *tries to rip himself away from them, his blood, glistening under the dim lighting as it trickles down his shoulder* NNHHGH...!!

Nachturn: Oh. Uh oh. We have ourselves a visitor.

Zombies: *immediately let go of Erscuro, and stare at Mikenno with their blank expressions*

Erscuro: *falls down to the ground* !!

Meanwhile

Eclipse: I hope they're ok...

Mikenno: *merely crosses his arms, not trying to seem threatening* Well, then. If it isn't Nachturn, leader of the Zombie Army. Nice to meet you.

Nachturn: *takes down his reaper mask, revealing his gruesome face* The pleasure is all mine, really.

Erscuro: *twitching* guhhhhh...! Nhhh...!!

Zombies: *at ease*

Mikenno: *glances at Erscuro and gets into a defensive position, concerned* what did you do to him??

Nachturn: *points at Erscuro* See that bite mark on his shoulder, big guy? Do the math yourself.

Erscuro: Hraaaahhgh...!!

Mikenno: *ears fold back* I figured as much. We came here to get rid of you, so i guess i'll have to do it for him.

Me: FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOWDOWEFIXIT?!

Me: you'll have to see.

Nachturn: Oh, you can't destroy me. I'm the only one who can change him back, once he turns. Not that I'm going to, mind you.

Erscuro: *writhes in pain*

Me: dammit. DX

Mikenno: D:< *is conflicted between killing Nachturn, leader of the zombies and saving his... friend? this is also caused partly out of guilt, that he let Erscuro go alone* ...

Nachturn: Y'know what I'd do, if I was in your position, mobian? I'd take Erscuro, lead him to a river, let him sit down on the grass, tell him a story about how you're gonna own your own farm with him, and tell him about the rabbits... and them shoot him in the back of the head. I won't really let you do this, of course, because I want him on my side.

Erscuro: *still writhing, tears well up in his eyes as he thinks about how hard he has failed*

Mikenno: quoting 'of mice and men' is really not appropriate at the moment. *flexes his fingers, really considering just going big-@$$-dragon on Nochturn's @$$ and ripping his head off*

Me: i get violent and 'wordy' when i'm tired.

Nachturn: Oh, it's quite appropriate in MY eyes. Digressions aside, I do believe I've won.

Erscuro: *writhe*

Mikenno: *snarls*

Nachturn: Leave, if you please. Your life is totally clashing with my dead.

Erscuro: *writhe*

Mikenno: *snorts* if only you knew.

Me: WHADDOWEDONAO?!

Me: I say Mikenno TAKES Erscuro! >:D

Nachutnr: If only I knew?

Erscuro: ghhh...! *writhe*

Mikenno: if only you know. *RAWRRRRRR GOES ALL DRAGONY AND SLAMS THE TWO OTHER ZOMBIES INTO THE WALL WITH HIS TAIL and grabs Erscuro. fortunately, he is just small enough to fit through the hallway*

Nachturn: HEY!! D8<

Zombies: *slammed*

Nachturn: GET HIM!! GET THAT DRAGON... THING!! DB<

Zombies: *run after him*

WITH MIKENNO

Erscuro: WNNGH... Why are you... taking me...??

Mikenno: *as he runs back through the hall to the entrance* I'm not about to let you become that... thing's... slave. we'll find a way to turn you back, we always do!

Me: and thus the lampshade was hung. *needs to stop reading tv tropes*

Me: I think you used that trope incorrectly. :/

Zombies: *give angry, feverish chase*

Erscuro: No... I'll - GGHHHGH - turn into one anyway... I say you take me to the safe-house and - nnnngh - shoot me...

Mikenno: we'll figure it out when we get there! *puts erscuro through the roof entrance, then turns to his mobian form so he can get out, narrowly avoiding getting grabbed my a zombie* ECLIPSE, CLOSE THE DOOR!!

Whitney: *startled by their sudden appearance*

Me: no, half the time they DO find a way to fix things somehow. such as mikki and light's demekarrs, eclipse's almost-complete-posession by condemned when he was stuck in the asylum, to name a few. lampshade hanging is when an in-universe character points it out, no?

Me: blawl.

Eclipse: !!! *slams the roof door shut on a zombie's face*

Face-Slammed-Zombie: *peeved*

Erscuro: *twitching and whimpering in pain*

Eclipse: *notices the HUGE @$$ bite mark on Erscuro's shoulder* !!! I-Is that a zombie bite?? D8

Erscuro: NO shoot, EINSTEIN!! D8<

Eclipse: ._.;

Me: HA

Mikenno: we have to get back to the safe house. NOW! *turns dragony and crouches so Eclipse and Whitney can climb on*

Whitney: D8> *climbs on*

Eclipse: *also climbs on* we're taking HIM with us??

Erscuro: *twitching* grrff...!

Mikenno: *grabs Erscuro and takes off, flying like the wind (no pun intended)* i wasn't about to leave him there, Eclipse.

Whitney: w-wait... so he's a z-z-zombie?! D8

Eclipse: *to Whitney* Not yet.

Erscuro: Takessssafew d-gghhhhnk-ays to become onennnnngh!

Mikenno: We'll find a way to cure him in that time.

Whitney: D:> ......

Eclipse: IS there even a cure...?

Erscuro: KILL ME...!!

Eclipse: That's not an option for us. >:/

Mikenno: *nods, confirming eclipse's statement, and banks right, almost at the safehouse*

*and so, they land*

Erscuro: *stumbles a bit before getting some support from Eclipse. He is now practically paper-white, and pasty-skinned* ghnnnhh...

Eclipse: Don't throw up on me, please.

Whitney: *slides off Mikenno, but stays close to him, now being more frightened of Erscuro, or rather, what he was going to become*

Mikenno: ..... *turns back to normal, and starts nudging Whitney towards the safehouse*

Mikenno: *spaces out and begins to search*

Me: where is Nachturn? unless you wanna make a stop somewhere first?

Me: he be in the abandoned movie theater, and no, no stops are neccessary. ^^

Eclipse: ...

Erscuro: *hums "It's a Small World"*

Me: cool.

Mikenno: *please wait as this page takes some time to load*

Whitney: *gathers up enough courage to look down, but is then freaked out and clings to eclipse for dear life*

Eclipse: you're safe on Mikenno, Whitney. He's never dropped anyone before.

Erscuro: ... I wanna see someone attempt suicide by jumping off him...

Mikenno: *glares at eclipse in the "SHUT THE FiretrUCK UP DON'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT OR YOU'LL BE IN TROUBLE" way*

Whitney: >.>;

Eclipse: *to Mikenno* >:/

Erscuro: I love it when toons make faces at each other, 'cuz then they make faces that are impossible to recreate as an overlander. ^^

Eclipse: -_-;

Erscuro: Yeah, like that.

Mikenno: ¬_¬;

Whitney: ^^;

Erscuro: Aha, there we go. |:)

Eclipse: *facepalm* So where do we go from here, Erscuro?

Erscuro: 'scuse me?

Eclipse: Well, we can't just sit here, and have the world fall apart around us.

Erscuro: Obviously. What we need to do is deduce where Nachturn will appear next. Which could just be on the streets. So that's where we'll go.

Eclipse: You mean the ZOMBIE-RIDDEN streets? -_-;

Erscuro: EEEExactly.

Mikenno: is that really such a good idea, Erscuro? None of us have the "knowledge" you do.

Whitney: w-we'd get e-eaten D:>

Erscuro: *"pish-posh" hand motion* oh, you'll be fiiiine...

Eclipse: And what about Whitney? She can't exactly fight a throng of zombies. D:<

Erscuro: YOU ARE SOOOOOOO FUNNY.

Eclipse: I'm serious.

Erscuro: Shut up. She can ride on Snake-lizard-dragon's back.

Mikenno: I have a name, Erscuro. :/

Whitney: b-but.... D:

Erscuro: *ignoring Mikenno* If you don't get on Snake-Lizard-Dragon's back, we can't find the leader, meaning we can't stop the zombies.

Eclipse: *reluctantly* which means we also can't save Vorace from himself.

Mikenno: *rolls his eyes*

Whitney: .....o-okay. i-i'll do it.

Erscuro: Get on the not-dirty dragon, then.

Eclipse: Erscuro! She's a child! D8<

Erscuro: She probably doesn't even know what that means.

Me: lol i'm a senior in high school and i don't get it. XD is it a california joke? XDDDD

Whitney: ....?

Mikenno: We're leaving already? :/

Me: to "get on" someone refers to buttsecks.

Eclipse: Alright then. We're heading out, I guess.

Erscuro: We search everywhere, ja? even garbage cans?

Eclipse: Sure. -_-

*they leave*

Zombies: *everywhere*

Me: yeah, over here it is simply "buttsecks" :P

Mikenno: *flying over the city, mobians on his back, Erscuro in his claws* so where do i drop you guys off?

Erscuro: Derp. I dunno. In the MIDDLE -

Eclipse: NO, NOT IN THE MIDDLE! D8<

Erscuro: why not? :/

Eclipse: CHILD! ON! MIKENNO'S! BACK!!

Erscuro: Drop us all off in the middle of the city. |3

Whitney: D8> N-N-NO!!

Mikenno: if you want to get dropped off in the middle, i will LITERALLY drop you off.

Erscuro: I'm fine with that. :/

Eclipse: WE CAN'T LOSE YOU BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SKY DIVE INTO SOME ZOMBIES!! D8<

Erscuro: Maybe we should clear some zombies.

Mikenno: do you have aereal weapons? :/

Whitney: *clings to Mikenno for dear life*

Erscuro: No. Why would I use BORING weapons? :/

Eclipse: I can't believe this is our expert. BC

Erscuro: Dis me, and I dis back, Toon.

Eclipse: *grumbles*

Mikenno: then i'm not dropping you into a horde of the undead.

Whitney: *CLING*

Erscuro: I've totally done this before.

Eclipse: Lies.

Mikenno: i'm pretty sure you've never been dropped into a mass of zombies by a dragon.

Whitney: ... *cling*

Erscuro: I've JUMPED into a mass of zombies, before. ._.

Eclipse: I don't think you get it.

Erscuro: We need to somehow get to Nachturn, who could be hiding anywhere. We could at least clear his undead traffic jam.

Mikenno: i'm not dropping you, Erscuro.

Whitney: >.>;

Erscuro: Then where do you suggest we start looking for Nachturn?

Eclipse: ...

Mikenno: maybe i can search for the ONE CONSCIOUS MIND aside from us in this city? *raises eyebrow*

Whitney: *cling*

Erscuro: but aren't there still some toons left in this city?

Eclipse: Can you find Nachturn, Mikenno?

Mikenno: *nods* won't be too hard. mobian and human minds are easy to tell apart... i just need someone to steer while i look. ^^;

Eclipse: would I have to holds you horns, and turn you like a motorcycle? XD

Erscuro: I say do it by the ears.

Mikenno: I don't have ears, baldy. Just tap my neck in the correct direction, Eclipse...

Eclipse: Well alrighty then.

Erscuro: Bah!

Eclipse: No, we shouldn't pry, really. Especially since he's our expert. We can't upset him.

Whitney: o-okay, i won't ask.... i just hope he'll be okay soon. :(

Eclipse: He BETTER be okay soon - we NEED him.

Whitney: ... *nod nod*

Erscuro: *comes back down with Mikenno (hopefully)* Nothin'. We got zip. Zero.

Eclipse: That's a good thing, Erscuro. -_-;

Me: lol. hopefully? XD

Mikenno: you know how he is. he needs to keep himself "entertained." :P

Whitney: ...

Eclipse: Oh yeah? How do we know EXACTLY just "how he is"?

Erscuro: Whaddaya mean by that, fuzz-face? D:<

Eclipse: ... nothing. I don't mean anything.

Mikenno: *nods, then silently heads upstairs*

Whitney: *is still rather fearful of Erscuro, so she stays away from him* .....

Eclipse: *does the same, fur bristling with a sense of dread*

Erscuro: *leans on the shop-counter* ...

Whitney: ... *glances at the overlander*

Mikenno: ...... *stops at the top of the stairs* .....

Eclipse: *whispering* why are we stopping?

Erscuro: *whistles a nameless tune*

Mikenno: ....stay here. *continues, and turns the corner*

Whitney: ..... *looks around the room*

*there is a door on the end of the short hall, darkened in the shadows*

Eclipse: *whispering, still* see anything?

Erscuro: *rubs the back of his neck* Y'know what probably sucks? Getting turned into a zombie. That's probably one of the worst things that can happen to you. Like, ever.

Mikenno: .....there's a door here... *slowly approaches it*

Whitney: i-i guess it w-w-would...

Eclipse: ... careful...

Erscuro: I mean, you wouldn't even be YOU, anymore. THAT would suck, huh, easily-scared-toon-child?

Mikenno: ..... *hesitates, then reaches for the knob and turns it, then slowly creaks the door open*

Whitney: h-hey, i-it's not my fault i''m a p-p-possum...! i-i'm naturally n-n-nervous...

Sweaty Mobian in the Corner of the Room: *is bleeding. A lot. He sees Mikenno peering in, and immediately assumes it's another zombie* !!!!!!

Eclipse: !!?? Mikenno, I hear noises, is there something in there??

Erscuro: Well then, you're zombie fodder.

Mikenno: i'm fine, hang on... *just to make sure, he mentally probes the mobian a bit, and after deciding he's not a zombie, he inches through the door* ....are you sane?

Whitney: e-ehhh!! D8> c-c-c-can you help me not be z-zombie f-f-fodder??

Mobian: What kind of question is THAT?? D8>

Eclipse: yes he is.

Mobian: A-are the zombies gone...??

Eclipse: the ones in the shop, yeah.

Mobian: Oh thank you...! Thank you, thank you, thank you...!!

Erscuro: Depends. What'll ya give me?

Mikenno: ...here, come down with us. *opens the door all the way, and gestures toward it* you'll be safe with us.

Whitney: i-i dunno... w-w-what do you want...?

Erscuro: Your spleen.

Mobian: *walks down the stairs* ...

Eclipse: *follows behind him*

Erscuro: *spots the mobian* !!??

Mobian: Wh-what??

Erscuro: *seemingly studying the mobian* ...

Whitney: *at Erscuro* D8

Mikenno: ..... *looks at Erscuro, then at the mobian* ......are you seeing something i'm not, Erscuro?

Erscuro: ... *without a word, he takes a small pistol that lay on the counter, and fires two shots into the mobian's head*

Mobian: !!!!!????!!!!!?????!! *drops, dead*

Eclipse: OMIGODWHATTHEHELL????

Erscuro: calm down, furries -

Eclipse: YOU DON'T JUST RANDOMLY SHOOT PEOPLE WHO NEED HEL - !!

Erscuro: I SAID CALM DOOOWWWWN!!

Eclipse: ._.

Erscuro: The infected are extremely hard to spot if you don't know what to look for. That toon was covering up a bite mark, but he was unable to hide his sickly features.

Eclipse: Wh-wha...? S-so you're saying he was bitten?

Erscuro: He was a coward. He didn't want to get shot by people who knew he was infected, but he also didn't want to turn into a zombie, or, as an alternative, he probably didn't even KNOW he'd turn into one.

Eclipse: ... ... *checks to see if Whitney fainted, or ran*

Whitney: *is hiding in a corner, apparently crying, but is in so much shock she's hyperventilating as well*

Mikenno: *narrows his eyes at Erscuro* you could have at least warned her.

Erscuro: If I warned her, the toon would've ran.

Eclipse: >:C ... *goes to comfort Whitney* hey... hey, don't cry... D:

Mikenno: better than giving her yet ANOTHER mental scar, Erscuro. >:(

Whitney: *unresponsive*

Erscuro: her safety is far more important.

Eclipse: C'mon, Whitney... that could've been worse... I know this is hard for you, but you gotta be brave...

Mikenno: she won't BE safe if you keep scaring her into running off like that.

Whitney: *her rapid breathing slows to shaky sobs*

Erscuro: *quietly, almost to himself* ... not gonna let her get eaten...

Eclipse: Whitney... D:> *puts a hand on her shoulder* I'm so sorry that you got dragged into this...

Mikenno: *ttly heard that, and is debating whether to mention it or not* ......

Whitney: *between sobs* w-w-why... *sob* did-d-d he *sob* k-k-k-kill h-h-h-him? *sob*

Erscuro: *silent*

Eclipse: Well, Whitney, that mobian was infected, and if we tried helping him out, he would've turned into a zombie, and maybe have hurt you, or something... D:> Erscuro wasn't doing to the right thing by doing that do suddenly, though. >:(

Mikenno: ... *decides against it and stays quiet, intent on asking him later*

Whitney: *sob* h-h-h-he.... sssssc-cared me...... *looks at Eclipse, eyes red and full of tears* d-d-d-don't l-let him d-d-do it again... wi-without telling m-me...

Erscuro: ...

Eclipse: *nods* alright, Whitney... I'll make sure he doesn't do that again without telling you, first...

Whitney: th-thank you.... *sniffles. she looks like she's calmed down considerably, though she's still shaking a little bit and looks very shaked*

Eclipse: This is gonna be hard, Whitney, but you NEED to try and be brave... you NEED to...

Erscuro: ...

Whitney: *sniffles, supressing a sob, and nods shakily* i-i-i'll try....

Eclipse: thank you... I bet when all this is over, and your parents have been found, they are gonna be so proud of you. <:)

Erscuro: *grumbles*

Whitney: *manages a smile, and gets up, wiping her eyes*

Mikenno: i'm going to keep checking for any more residents. i'll be back. *leaves*

Eclipse: *to Mikenno* alright then. Do you need Erscuro to go with you? I don't think it would be a good thing to let Whitney be alone with him, if you need a partner.

Erscuro: *still grumbles to himself*

Mikenno: he can come if he wants to. I'm fine on my own, though.

Eclipse: *glances at the overlander* well, I guess you're on your own then...

Erscuro: I never said I wouldn't come...

Eclipse: hm?

Erscuro: I'm going with you, toon.

Mikenno: *nods, then continues on*

Erscuro: *follows Mikenno*

Eclipse: *waits until they're gone* something's bugging Erscuro, Whitney.

Whitney: ? h-how can you t-t-tell?

Eclipse: Because he shut up. He never really does that, Whitney.

Whitney: ....oh.... what d-do you think is w-wrong?

Eclipse: I don't know EXACTLY, but I think it has something to do with you.

Whitney: m-m-m-m-m-ME?! b-but.... w-why would i m-make him ups-set? D:>

Eclipse: Well, I think he's trying his hardest to get us all out of here in ok shape... but... maybe the way you affect him has something to do with his past...

Whitney: So... i-i remind him of s-someone?

Eclipse: Yeah. I'm thinking that that's the case.

Whitney: o-oh..... should we a-ask him? :(

up thar.

Whitney: *remembers a musical she saw* "remember, aim for the h-head..."

Mikenno: ...simple enough. so do we have to kill all of them, or do we just get rid of teir leader?

Erscuro: We go for the brains of the operation, excuse my pun. Nachturn.

Eclipse: so we need to focus on finding him.

Erscuro: It won't take that long to find him. He enjoys taunting me. The only problem is being able to lay a finger on him.

Shadow: he's that heavily guarded?

Erscuro: No, but if you start making threats, he BECOMES heavily guarded. Death is a common thing, which is his advantage.

Mikenno: ....so what you need is an opening, or a sneak-attack.

Erscuro: that's right. All I need to do is get at his head with one of my blades... then he's finished...

Eclipse: alright then. We'll figure out how to deal with the 'how' later.

Shadow: right. We might as well get settled here.

Mikenno: *nods, then looks at Whitney* you stay here, okay? I'm gonna make sure everything's clear.

Whitney: *nodnod* ...

Me: izzit a 2 story house?

Me: yes.

Erscuro: good idea. I'll just stay here. *takes out a washrag and uses it to clean one of his blades*

Eclipse: ... Mikenno, you want an exploration buddy? 'Cuz I'm happy to join you.

Mikenno: sure, why not? *looks around* ...let's go upstairs first.

Eclipse: *nods* alright.

Erscuro: remember to be quiet so that if there are any stragglers, you can get the jump on 'em.

Erscuro: *raises his hand defensively* hey, only sayin'...

Eclipse: this is our haven. Notihng more. Nothing less. We need to focus on driving these... ugh... ZOMBIES out of the city.

Shadow: at least it isn't as bad as the demekarr takeover...

Mikenno: not NEARLY as bad.... so Erscuro, is there an easy way to kill these things?

Whitney: .....

Erscuro: headshots.

Eclipse: oh.

Shadow: I'm good at those.

Mikenno: *nods*

Whintey: *nodnodnod* o_o:

Me: where's shadow?

Me: he blew up.

Shadow: I guess I don't have to worry about getting infected, since I'm a robot...

Eclipse: *nods* this gives us more of an edge.

Erscuro: no, it means we're very slightly less likely to DIE.

Mikenno: could you at least TY being a bit more optimistic? *under his breath* for whitney's sake?

Whitney: ._____.;

Erscuro: You're funny, toon. Try to keep that humor with you when we charge into hordes of the living dead.

Eclipse: when do we plan to do this?

Erscuro: as soon as we find a safe-house.

Whitney: D8>

Mikenno: let's get LOOKING then.

Erscuro: awesome. *walks off*

Eclipse: ! *follows him*

Mikenno: ? *runs up so he's walking next to Eclipse* err... do you have any idea where you're going?

Whitney: !!! *follows them, really not eager on being left behind*

Me: ffffff, this is gonna turn into the beginning of FFXIII. Whitney's gonna get dragged around a lot. ^^;

Me: kaaayy? A little kid getting dragged around a lot happens EVERYWHERE, Mish.

Erscuro: *simply* to a safe-house.

Eclipse: what if we can't find one?

Erscuro: we'll MAKE one.

Mikenno: a zombie-resistant one?

Erscuro: I'm the only zombie resistance you need.

Eclipse: that's a little confident of you to say.

Whitney: a-are you sure y-you can keep us s-s-safe, Erscuro?

Me: eheheh.... you're gonna hate me for this, but you know what i just realized? there's a gym leader named whitney. ^^;;;;;;;

Erscuro: *smirking under his rebreather* damn straight.

Eclipse: fine then. You're responsible for what happens to us. ANY of us.

Erscuro: *raises his hands defensivly, as if to say "I know"*

Me: don't blame me if I start hating your character, because you really didn't have to point that out.

Me: you do know YOU named her, right?

WHitney: .....i have a feeling one of the artists hates me.

Mikenno: no fourth wall breaking, whitney. SO! what's the plan, then?

Me: yeah, I know. DX

Erscuro: weren't you listening?

Eclipse: we need to find a safe-house.

Mikenno: i know, but did you ever specify where we could find one?

Whitney: >.>

Me: lol dont worry, i renamed my machop Eclipse and i kicked that leader's arse with it, so FEEL GOOD. x3

Erscuro: ... ... no...

Eclipse: *snorts*

Erscuro: But I'm a very creative individual, and we will make a safe-house, even if it means building one out of corpses!

WHitney: D8>

Mikenno: *facepalm*

Erscuro: ZOMBIE cor -

Eclipse: alright, if we're going to find some kind of safe-house, we need to look for suitable places.

Erscuro: *doesn't like being interrupted* |:C

Shadow: *points to a small magic shop* what about that one?

Whitney: ? *looks over* .......a magic shop?

Mikenno: *narrows his eyes at it* ...it'll do for now....

Erscuro: *holds one finger up, as if saying "hold on", as he backs away toward the magic shop* I need to check this place out - make sure it's clean.

Eclipse: clean?

Erscuro: don't make me explain. Please don't. *creeps to the closed door of the magic shop*

Closed Door: *is menacingly closed*

Whitney: *averts her eyes to the floor, just in case something freakyly scary comes out of the door*

Mikenno: ....i have a bad feeling about this...

Erscuro: *presses his ear to the door* ... *knocks on the door loudly* ... ... *presses his ear against the door again, then turns to the group* alright guys! It's cl - !

Zombies: *SLAM OUT OF THE DOOR!*
Erscuro: !!!!

Eclipse: !!!!

Whitney: AIIIE!!! D8>

Mikenno: !!! and you call yourself a zombie expert!?

Erscuro: *wrestling a zombie* THEY WERE BEING UNUSUALLY QUIET, STFU! D8< *punches it off, then takes out his scythe-axe, and slams it into the head of the fallen attacker*

Other Zombie: mmrraauuhh... *goes for the others, as in SPRINTS AT THE OTHERS AT TOP SPEED BECAUSE ZOMBIES AIN'T TAKIN' NO shoot ANYMORE*

Mikenno: *is liek, ttly dead already so ha, and runs at the Zombie, going all dragony as he runs, and bashes right into the thing*

Whitney: D8

Me: he should still worry about being bitten.

Other Zombie: *flies backwards a bit, then falls down, and is promptly stabbed in the head by Erscuro*

Erscuro: good work, bird toon!

Eclipse: I-I thought they were s-slow.

Erscuro: What are you, a George Romero junkie?

Me: scales.

Mikenno: i'm not a bird -_-;

Whitney: *sees a zombie ttly going for Erscuro* LOOK OUT!

Mikenno: *epically back-paws the thing, making it stagger severely*

Me: Dragons have soft underbellies. Also, scales don't always work as armor. If something has a strong bite, it WILL pierce the skin.

Erscuro: *axe pwn* nrf. Stupid things are being tactical...

Eclipse: ... D: ...

Me: *facepalm* didn't you see the freaking dragon movie...?

Mikenno: *swings his tail and thwacks another one away* and they usually aren't?

*that was the last zombie hiding in the shop*

Erscuro: NO! They're ZOMBIES!

Eclipse: is it safe to go into the magic shop?

Shadow: *looks in through the door* hmm... it's all clear.

Erscuro: if there's an upstairs door, don't open it.

Me: you mean the one in which dragon behavior is just like a cat's behavior? :P In normal folklore, dragons have soft underbellies. An example is Smaug, from The Hobbit.

Me: unless their bellies have plates. CLICK XP anyways, mikki doesn't, so whatev. i think he's smart enough not to expose his weak spot, though.

Mikenno: *goes back to hedgie-ness* ...

Whitney: O_O;

Me: blargh, ok. If you made Mikki have metal plates, I was going to call him a god-mod for both seeing the future, and being indestructable. And already dead.

*they all enter*

The Shop: *there are two corpses in the shop. One of a fatish cat mobian, and one of his son*

Mikenno: ....can you move those before Whitney comes in?

Whitney: *is too scared of the shop to go in anyway* o__o

Me: actually, i was thinking of toning the clairvoyance down to random/scarce flashes. he can still poke your brain though.

Erscuro: *happily takes both corpses by the arms, swinging them, then chucks them both in the cellar on their last swing* whoop! In ya go!

Eclipse: *eyetwitch*

Mikenno: *winces*

Whitney: ....... >.>; <.<;

Mikenno: come on, whitney. it's safe to go in now.

Erscuro: *wiping the blood on his hands on a wall* Yeah! C'mon in, Fuzzy!

Eclipse: -_-;

Shadow: -_-;

Mikenno: *takes Whitney's hand, and gently pull her towards the building* don't look around too much.

Whitney: *reluctantly goes with him* D:>

Erscuro: yes, curiousity killed the possum thing, afterall.

Eclipse: *disaproves of Erscuro's usual dialogue*

Shadow: *with his eyes, he looks around the interior of the shop* ... hmm... family-owned...

Whitney: *whimpers* D8

Mikenno: Erscuro, stop it.

up thar

Mikenno: *waits until he's about ten feet off the ground, andlets go of Erscuro. now free of the extra weight, he can land more easily, though he has to come to a running halt when he lands* phew.... that's a new record for me...

Whitney: *loosens her grip on his neck as she gets out of her state of terror* th-three mobians a-and an o-overlander?

Mikenno: *nods, trying to regai his breath* get off, please...

Eclipse: *gets off him* Well, good job, Mikenno. *looks over his shoulder, back at Noctis* we have two major problems to deal with... one demekarr mastermind, and one zombie overlord.

Erscuro: Y'know, speaking of priorities, we should deal with this zombie apocolypse before it becomes... um... a zombie apocolypse.

Mikenno: *nods in agreement* yes. Vorace's goal is to destroy condemned... but he can't do this withough condemned. he's going to wait for us. *as soon as whitney clambers off, he turns to his mobian-ness* any ideas, erscuro?

Erscuro: Y'know the scary, blue, talking zombie? Yeah, that's our target. We need to destroy him - or at least send him back to the ruins of New York.

Eclipse: And we need to do this ALONE?

Erscuro: sure - I mean, I used to do this all the time without help.

Mikenno: this should be a piece of cake, then.

Whitney: w-we have to fight ZOMBIES? D:>

Erscuro: not necessarily. I mean, it was only a cakewalk for ME because I'm so badass, I could be related to Chuck Norris.

Eclipse: no, no. You're not fighting zombies, Whitney, just us.

Mikenno: *sighs* we've dealt with threats before, Erscuro, we know how to do these things.

Whitney: o-oh....

Erscuro: have you ever dealt with an organized zombie attack that overtook the entire overlander's military, a.k.a. GUN in New York, where some of the most genius in tactical help fell victim to Piss-Face The Destroyer?

Eclipse: uh... welll...

Mikenno: .... -_-;

Whitney: .____________________.

Eclipse: hooray for zombie experts?

Erscuro: *to Mikenno* dats right, bish, give me three cheers.

Mikenno: i'd rather not. and don't forget there's a minor here.

Whitney: >.>;

Erscuro: WELL THIS IS A WAR, SON, AND IN A WAR, THERE AIN'T NO MINORS! ONLY MEN!

Eclipse: D:| ...

Whitney: i-ima girl! a-and i'm T-TWELVE!! D8

Erscuro: I was talking to the bird, right here. *thumbs to Mikenno*

Eclipse: -_-;

Mikenno: -_-

Whitney: but... but... he said there w-was a minor a-and that's me....!! D:

Erscuro: well, I was talking to the bird.

Eclipse: Demon.

Erscuro: Bird.

Mikenno: Fiend.

Whitney: hedgehog! D:

Mikenno: *facpalms* can we stop debating my species and deal with the matter at hand?

Erscuro: right, right. Please note, n00bs, that when dealing with zombies, make sure none of their blood mixes with yours - so try and refrain from getting any flesh wounds.

Eclipse: ... oh...kaayy...

Whitney: *franticnodnodnod* o.o

Mikenno: *nods*

Erscuro: Go for their heads, if you can - or else you're going to have to cut them up into tiny pieces to finally stop them.

Eclipse: ... *nods*