Coldcry (IC)

[Zender_Solarheart]

Seeing Officer Silent and Hakkyou returning lightens Zan's spirits a bit, as it brings their headcount back up, and...wait, who's that third person?...oh shit.

The mood that had just brightened dips back down again, once Zan realizes what became of Jessi. He wishes there was something he could do for her, but aside from the barest essential skills for the average soldier, he's got nothing in terms of medical skills. Zan can't help but glance down and off to the side in uncomfortable dismay. From the moment this "Hell in space" crap started, he'd been unable to find any survivors aside from the group he's with right now; any humans he came across were either dead, or worse.

Truth be told, Officer Silent didn't need to even mention their next move. Zan knew they'd be heading to the mall sooner or later, and with crowbar in hand, he's ready to let loose on any zombies that get too close. Hell, he's somewhat eager to do so; if nothing else, it'll be good stress relief, and due reciprocation on the monsters. With a clear, strong will to fight present in his eyes, Zan replies: "I was born ready, sir." They've claimed too many victims as it is...and considering how Silent appears to be a military man in his own right, their chances of survival are bumped up even more. Though, on that note...

"Though, out of curiosity, what rank are you at? Or rather...which were you at, before this place went all 'Colony of the Living Dead?'" A valid question, from Zan's perspective; he's not going to boss Officer Silent around either way, but it'll help give him an idea of his experience, just for a little more reassurance.

[berserkerhorn]

Every moment away from Jessi was filled with sorrow, panic, and rage. Her beloved girl snatched away from her right under her nose. She looks back hoping to see Silent. On her 4th attempt her prayers have been answered. She rushes over and looks at Jessi. She hugs jessi's neck. "I'm so sorry... I let them take you without ever noticing." She says softly while crying. Her tears going on both of them. "What did they do to you?" She suddenly asks with a voice of rage. A dark smoke emanates from her mouth due to her rage. Her facial expression is dark. Her pupil's are small and focused. She stops the tears from flowing. She seems nothing like the sweet loving girl that was hugging jessi a second ago.

[daxtinator396]

Jessi hugs tight to Cassie being one of the few people she wanted to see and her own tears mixing with Cassie`s. Long quiet sobs wracked her body as she cried into her friend,"Th-they knocked me out. *sniff* It wasn`t your fualt..." Jessi said past her tears trying to cheer her up and the said to her quietly not wanting to upset her further,"Tehy are dead. I might talk about it but not... not now. Please just hold me...." She says hugging her tightly.

[shinox23]

Hakkyou only remained quiet for a few moments until she heard Ak'Vit ask her something "No... They didn't hurt me... I just... Had a serious recollection was all..." She looked back down the way she, silent and Jessi came from "Believe me, he's got plenty of experience... Now's not the time to ask about that... When we're in a safer location, then we can chat a little... Let's Clear this mall out as much as we can... Right now I think we all could use a nice bath and safe place to eat... Once we clear out the mall good enough that is..." She stayed by Ak'Vit, holding her hand, shaking out of a mixture of fear and an adrenaline rush from the musk of rabid males that still lingered on her

[berserkerhorn]

Cassie wraps her wings around Jessie. Her face returns to that of a cute lovable girl. "You're safe now... I'm never letting you out of my sights again. I promise." She runs her fingers through Jessi's hair. She kisses Jessi's cheek.

[Sortaix]

Mall Battleground:

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Officer Silent gets ready at the door and stops to look over at Zan.
"I am Captain Steve Silent. I joined the Kelenmabre Security forces as soon as I got back from the Saloran Wars. I was Captain Silent of the capital class warship Leviathan. The ship the decimated the rebel fleets stealing resources and ended the Saloran wars. After my 'stunt' pissed off the politicians the military let me go, but the security forces here accepted me back home with open arms and a full captaincy waiting for me. I am a veteran of war, now lets concentrate on the fact we are about to storm a mall full of monsters that are eating and raping people, in our attempt to leave this station before life support failes and we all die, horribly."
With that silent kicks the door open, knocking back an unfortunate zombie that was staying near the door, before shooting it in the skull. His shield raised he then surveys the battle field as he and his group gets ready for a fight.

Battle map:

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Everyone starts on square T8, then everyone has to spread out. Sorry that the lines aren't straight.

[daxtinator396]

Jessi stays wrapped in her embrace feeling safe and sheltered in her arms and enclosed by the wings,"Thank you... All of my things are gone... When this is over we`ll need more. A weapon for you and clothes and med supplies for me." She blushes slightly and adds,"Lotsa clothes..."

[shinox23]

"Dash... Stay..." She smelled the decaying flesh of the zombies and didn't hesitate to rush into the field, letting her rage control her actions towards those she deemed hostile, cracking zombie # 3 in the forehead, if it connects, the zombie would stumble backwards so she can jump on a hound to snap it's neck "Stay down!!!"

[Zender_Solarheart]

Considering all the rotting flesh he can smell around the mall's hub area, Zan decides to aim for the odd one out: the feral wolf over yonder, notably close to the group. Hakkyou seems to be on a path that will bring her to it eventually, as well, so he's not going in on it alone. In fact, he could use that to his advantage...

"Over here, you pansy-ass hairball!" Zan taunts, trying to lure the wolf's attention, while holding his crowbar in a defensive ready stance. If he plays his cards right, he can distract it long enough for Hakkyou to sweep in and nail it. Otherwise, he still has a decent edge with his XL System. Besides, his peripheral vision lets him know about the nearby Hardware store, where he should be able to find a decent back-up weapon for his current crowbar armament. (Yeah, that's right, motherfucker. Come to papa...)

[berserkerhorn]

Cassie smiles. "Well follow me. Keep alert. If anything bother's you pull my tail." Cassie says she moves out towards the battlefield.
She looks at zombie 1. She walks within 5 feet of it. She opens her mouth. 2 streams of chemicals squirt out towards it. Hopefully they combust on the zombie

[daxtinator396]

Jessi does as she is bid following close behind her and nervously watching all around her and not liking the large number of... things =n here that probably saw her as a target. They would use her as the wolves did and maybe this time no one could rescue her! She thought with panic and stick even closer to Cassie.

[Sortaix]

Mall Battlefield:

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Officer Silent blasted the unlucky zombie in the brains, slaying ti before he moved onward, at a slow pace. Using his equipment to make himself a tank. He looked around the mall, spying all the unpleasant things around, before spying a liquor store. He say that store and his eyes light up, and he happily changed direction to bust into the store,yanking the metal grate over the stores entrance up and slamming it back down behind him, before delving to the stores contents.
This occurred as Hakkyou made her move on the zombie she was attacking (R 3). Her footing was off however making her swing miss the zombies skull and instead crack it in the left shoulder, breaking it. This knocked the zombie to the ground, allowing it to rip off her right pant leg. Zan however was more lucky with his strike, as the hound he was after (P 9)charged him. He was able to swing his crowbar just right as the hound jumped at him, burying the pry-bar end into the hounds skull. The downside to this, was the, now dead, hound landed on him, knocking him down and he would have to try to get his crowbar out of the things skull. Cassies attack on her zombie (P 12) appeared to not work. The chemicals did not combust, allowing the zombie to bum rush Cassie, allowing him to rip off her right sleeve, but before he could do anymore damage the chemicals, reacted setting him on fire. The zombie began to flail his arms around in a panic, before finally laying down to die. Her chemical reaction was slow this time, she should be careful next time.

(clothing status updated in OOC)

Updated Battle Map: (if you look, the squares are lettered left to right as A-T, and top to bottom as 1-14)

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Hakkyou is standing on square: S 3
Zan is standing on square: R 9
Cassie is staning on square: Q 12
Jessi is standing on sqaure: R 12

[thealchemist]

Ak'Vit moved up to c3 and roared at zombie b3, challenging it. Digging her claws into the floor, Ak'Vit prepared herself for the zombies charge.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Zan smirks confidently as the wolf charges him, only to get crowbar'd in the brain-pan. Unfortunately, the hound's corpse also happened to land on top of him, and his weapon seemed lodged in a way that would make it a bit tricky to wedge out. Ah, Newton...we love what you did for science, but inertia can still be a bitch...

To fix his predicament, Zan uses a good strong push to flip over so that the corpse was sprawled on the ground, then put his foot down on its underbelly, giving him more leverage to yank out the crowbar. His current position isn't in any immediate danger, anyhow, so his chances of being attacked while doing this are...well, nil. Once his weapon's yanked free, Zan looks around to the nearest teammate that he can pair up with...and seeing how Cassie and Jessi have already paired up, and that Silent seems to have gone straight for the liquor (yeah, real professional, officer...), he figures Hakkyou could use the backup, so he heads her way.

However, that's not to say that Zan's neglecting other nearby enemies. While his primary target at present is the zombie nearest Hakkyou (at space R3), he does take mental note of another zombie off to his left (O5). He's keeping one eye open for any more feral wolves willing to try their luck, as well...

[daxtinator396]

Jessi screams aloud as the zombie rushes them and then finally combusts and spots the hardare store to their left and taps Cassie's shoulder,"Let's go in there! We can find something to defend ourselves better with!" She said hoping she could be of some use and Cassie could be even better at up close.

[shinox23]

Even with part of her clothing gone, Hakkyou stomps on the zombie's(R.3) neck to make sure it stays down, afterwards, she sees how far another zombie is from her and takes on the closest one in O.5, not slowing down for even a moment, she runs to P.4 and chuck's one of her Tonfa at the zombie's chest "Looks like the zombies are getting bigger in groups... Either that or we're close to a huge mass..." Though a bad time to take notice to the situation, she takes notice to the Pharmacy and the clothing store, thinking that if the clothing store has any bags inside, they can use them to carry some supplies along the way "Dash, Get to the pharmacy, but make sure you don't attract any attention to yourself... Go!" Hakkyou puts her hand up and points to the medical area for Dash to get to

[KnightVanilla]

Alvina was out of the fight for too long and ran inside with them. Pistol at the ready she makes her way inside with them. She had to them if she could in any way if possible it didn't matter much on what she did as long as she could help.

[berserkerhorn]

Cassie moves towards the hardware store dragging Jessi along. She makes her way inside and looks around for a long blunt force object. "Hey Jessi? would you like a power-tool or a long hard object?" Cassie whispers seductively to Jessi letting her feel the hardness of her cock. She looks around for a backdoor to the hardware store. Perhaps the place where employees would go

[daxtinator396]

Jessi quickly hurries along as Cassie drags her behind her trying to keep pace the floor feeling cool against her soles and they entered the hardware store cautiously and began looking for tools preferably battrey operated nailgun if she could find one. She looked up as her hand was suddenly touching Cassie`s very firm... tool. She flinched flashbacks running through her head and she shook her head,"N-no! Not... right now." She said and then quickly apologized,"Sorry.... Just had flashbacks... Please keep an eye out for any kind of shop apron." She finished.

[Sortaix]

Mall Battlefield:

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Ak'Vit move was cut short as the zombie (N8) cut her off. It tried to grab her, in an attempt to tear more of her clothing off, but it was unsuccessful. While the zombie would be an easy kill, she should worry about the large mutated Golden Retriever making its way to her, it will very soon be in striking distance. Zan succeeds in recovering his weapon, and charges off to help Hakkyou. He fortunately kept an eye on the zombie at O5, as it looks like it will reach him, the same time he reaches Hakkyou. Hakkyou, who now crushed the undead skull and made her way to fight off the zombie closing in on Zan. Her attack to throw her tonfa got the creatures attention, but did little else as it rushed toward her now putting them both close enough for melee combat. Alvina made her way inside and saw the battle taking place before her. Currently she did not have a good shot at any enemies, all were either too far away, or close enough to her allies to make her shots dangerous. Cassie was unable to find a back entrance to the particular store she was looking at, the front of the store was secured by just a drop down metal cage.
she was able to lift it up and jump inside, she can now leave it open or close it to help secure them, either way. the room is mostly deserted and empty apart from a single zombie standing between her and a large go-devil. There were also some gardening tools in that isle as well, and maybe some work clothing.
(A go-devil is a gardening tool for cutting, resembling a halberd)
(Officer Silent needs at least two more post turns before he can finish making Molotov cocktails)

Updated Battle Map:

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Zan: R6
Hakkyou: P4
Ak'Vit: O8
Alvina: O11
Cassie: Hardware store
Jessie: Hardware store