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"Nothing, just...seems like more stations are down than usual is all," Waverley replied when asked about her suspicious radio-activity. 'I have a pirate radio station I plan on hopping on ASAP even as the world falls apart around us,' didn't seem like it'd start the kind of conversation Waverley wanted to have. Plus, lying about the Manhattan Underground had long since become instinctual.

"Yeah - right over there." Waverley nodded towards a narrow brick building on the corner. A sign dangled out in front of the front door with words stacked on top of one another: Pierce the Veil. In dark purple neon, a pair of slanted, cartoonish eyes straddled the sign's 'the.' Other than a fair amount of graffiti on the outside walls, the place was otherwise unmarked - no windows either. "It's, uh, bigger on the inside. I swear." With that, Waverley's hand lowered back to her phone, pulling up the bar's group chat. 'Weird shit's going down - brought a few strays home. Who all is still at the bar?'

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"You keep track of how many stations are up?" Juniper said. It was clear he was impressed by this.

Juniper looked over to the building. The building looked cool. He didn't quite know what it was, but something about the cartoon eyes and musical reference of the title brought him slight comfort, despite the seriousness of the current situation. He watched as Waverly started typing on his phone, wondering how many more would end up joining them. He was a little nervous about being around more strangers in this situation...but Waverly seemed trustworthy enough, and, well, better than the alternative of trying to survive in the zombie apocalypse alone.

As Waverly texted her friends, he looked outside the window that faced the streets, noticing the military vehicles for a moment before turning back to face the bar, not wanting any of the military people to notice him.

Mandy grabbed her packed suitcase and Vet Tech bag. Both would be useful. She re-joined Hermes in the kitchen. He let her know that he had found ways out of town.

"Thank you. I'll play the radio in the car if you can listen to it for updates." Mandy was scared of the fact that she wouldn't be able to hear the updates. She wouldn't know. She was thankful she and her cousin had connected so they were here today. Without him, they'd probably be doomed.

"As soon as Mom and Dad are down here, we'll go out to the car together." She grabbed the tin of cookies from their neighbor. They didn't have room in the car for her too. She felt bad. They couldn't help everyone. They would have to be just the family.

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Finding the car, Verity looked around upon hearing the noise. They had very little time and a big car that would need a lot of ga. She looked over to Flynn who volunteered to keep them distracted. "Ok, but let's hurry." Verity quickly sped around the lot, keeping an eye out for gas containers. The lot itself was a cluttered mess, it was surprising anything could be found.

After a little bit of searching, Verity found six jerrycans. "Found some!" she called over. She quickly scooped one up and ran over to the car, filling up the tank. The car itself was going to need a lot. Once she empited the one can she ran over. "We'll need all of them." Gus started helping her move and soon they got all of the cans emptied. She unlocked the door and opened the driver's side. "Flynn, we're good!" She got in and closed the door and started up the car.

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Kali nodded at Isaac. They needed to get out of town as soon as possible. The streets were bound to fill with traffic from evacuees, and who knew what dangers awaited them out there. However, when Gladys decided she'd rather stay, Kali felt conflicted. Their apartments may be safe for now, but ignoring the evacuation order, Kali believed, was unwise. What if another one of those crazies, like the kid from before, showed up at her doorstep? There wouldn't be anyone able to help her, and the thought of it churned Kali's stomach. Staying together as a group had to be the smarter play. After all, safety in numbers, right?

And yet, Kali felt she couldn't force the issue. Gladys didn't want to leave her husband behind. It wasn't Kali's place to decide what was right for her neighbor, and she had to accept Gladys' decision even if she disagreed with it.

"I'll leave the key for you when we leave." Kali told Gladys, as she handed Isaac her husband's old rifle. The weapon was daunting, especially for someone who had never fired a firearm before, and Kali could only hope they would have no need for it. "Take whatever you need, alright? It's the least Liana and I can do for you."

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@Trainerblue192@Kirah A few minutes later Mandy's mother and father came down with a set of bags, both containing food as well as clothes, he looked at the two of them. "Are you two ready to leave?" He signed to the both of them the little kitten at Hermes feet meowed louder clearly wasn't happy that it wasn't getting any attention from Hermes and started to claw at his pant legs and started to climb up his pants and up his shirt. Mandy's father shook his head slightly as he looked at her. "Lets get going now." He signed as he left the house and made his way outside. There was a bright flash of light just down the block and noticed a big ball of fire as an explosion happened and a plume of smoke could be seen as well to. "Hurry up." He signed as he made his way towards Mandy's car and got in.

@Carlyle "Thank you, and be safe child and thank you." She said as Isaac looked at the gun once more. "Won't you need this?" He asked her as she shook her head slightly. "I'll be fine, now go." Gladys insisted as Isaac nodded slightly, he looked at Kali and motioned for her to follow as he shouldered the rifle over his shoulder and started to get out and leave the older woman's apartment. "Do you need anything from your apartment?" He asked her as he could hear some shouting down the hallway, from a few of the other residents, a few were getting ready to leave and he would see Hannah the girl from earlier leaving with her parents as well to.

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Gus left two of the jerrycans full and went towards the back of the massive truck and opened the back which was spacious, he stored the two cans in a place and made sure that they were secured using the straps. "Hurry up!" Gus yelled as Flynn nodded slightly hearing the zombies as he looked around seeing a shelf of tools and equipment. Once the zombies were in position he quickly used all of his strength to cause the entire thing to come tumbling down. The zombies were caught under and trapped under it effectively keeping them from moving, as he started to make his way towards the mrap.

Flynn quickly got into the back where Gus had stored the two gas cannisters and pulled the door shut, Gus got in shortly after climbing into the drivers seat quickly snatching the keys from Verity and started up the massive truck. "Alright lets get out of here." Gus said as he drove the truck out of the yard, crashing through the front chain-link fence gate. He started to notice that there was a plume of smoke in the distance. Verity would get a text from her personal assistant Trudy with a route out of the city with a text saying. "If you are getting out of the city, i'm taking this route, it's a bit slower but it'll have less traffic be safe boss.". Flynn would be in the bench seat closest to the two front seats where Verity and Gus were.

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Kaitlyn looked around for a moment wondering what was going on exactly as she looked over at Waverly for a moment, she would get a text reply from one of her friends and coworkers Stacy. "Why are you still doing here Waves?" Was what the text said, before a second reply came through. "It's just Ameer and I here, go through the back door we boarded up the front." Was what the text would say, Kaitlyn would approach Waverly looking at her phone seeing that the back door was open. "I guess they are prepared." Kaityn said as she started to lead the way towards the back door there wasn't much going on in the back alleyway as Kaitlyn found the back door open revealing Ameer.

"Waverly thought you would have left by now." He said as he looked at the two strangers before waving the two of them inside, as Kaitlyn looked around for a moment, Stacy was busy doing inventory on a few things, counting the food that was there as she turned to Waverly and the two strangers. "Welcome lock the door behind you." Stacy said, Waverly would be able to see a very old looking ham radio.

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”Been ready. Mom knows to expect us, said to be safe. We've got a few supplies in my room i always keep packed up just in case. You never know in New York, city like this anything could happen so I always tried to stay safe about it.” Hermes signed as he finally grabbed the small kitten and placed it between the crook of his arm as he began to absentmindedly pet it while he made his way out of the apartment with his family. He held his phone in one hand and the cat lay in the other which made it a little difficult to sign at times. Needing to place his phone down each time he wanted to speak. Another thing he figured hearing people didn't consider when in conversation, the ability to keep at least one hand free. Made it harder during dinner or lunch when wanting to utilize a fork and knife.

He saw the explosion and pointed it out to his Cousin, Uncle, and Aunt. Refreshing the app on his phone to ensure that they weren't going towards that fiery mess. He reread the new instructions and pocketed his phone for now. Signing towards them once he got their attention again. ”We are going to be driving towards that. But it's ok, the route veers away before we hit the area on fire so we should be safe and should avoid the build up happening there. But we need to hurry before others change route too ok?” Hermes said before getting into the car and settling in, phone back out to read the instructions for them.

"Yes," she agreed she was ready. Quickly she loaded the car with her suitcase, vet tech bag, and the supplies for the kitten. She looked at the plume of smoke that Hermes pointed out. "Thank you," she told him. Relieved that he was there and could help them.

Mandy hopped into the driver's seat and started driving. Following the route and instructions that Hermes provided. She was nervous and drove cautiously. Probably slower than she should, but considering how many people had been out and about earlier, well she didn't want to press her luck now. She wished they had left earlier. That instead of taking Hannah home they had left then. But she was glad that Hannah had been delivered safe.

"Will Hannah be okay?" she asked a bit worried about the girl.