[IC] Death In The Air

[DriveEMOut]

Aaron woke up as soon as dawn came upon him. He got frustrated at his lack of ability to stay up. "Why do I have to be guard?" He muttered, adjusting his beanie and scarf. He walked downstairs and took his gas mask off. When he entered the control room he opened the vents, sighing. He walked towards the storage room and picked up the nearest box of cereal. He also grabbed a bowl and a plastic spoon. All the milk had expired, so him and his sister threw it away during the first year. He poured out some of the cereal and wolfed it down, pulling on his boots. He decided to leave Audrey sleeping. I can go on this one myself. He left a note telling her where he had gone. He ran upstairs, and grabbed the rifle from the chair he had been watching from. When he arrived at the double doors to the small grocery store, he opened them slowly, rifle raised. The doors had been locked, but who knows could be outside. He walked slowly toward the only car in the lot, fishing the keys out of his backpack. The black SUV had been a main asset in their survival, and he would be devastated if it were to break. He hopped in the driver's seat and started the car. He pulled out of the parking lot and got onto the main highway, smiling at the Video Store. He had been wanting to find some videos for a while. They had a TV, a DVD player, and a portable generator, but no DVDs. He pulled into the small parking lot and locked his car after he got out. "Well, time to go looting."
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[Nikki Moonlight]

Sarah was in the store with her adoptive parents who owned the store, looking through some DVDs when she heard the door opening. She saw her neighbor come into the store. She turned back to the DVDs and she continued looking through. Sarah didn't talk much, not since her parents had died. She kept glancing at Aaron though. But she pretended not to.

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@Nikki Moonlight
"Hey, Sarah. Can I have a couple DVDs? I brought a kitchen knife. It was the best I could find." He adjusted his coat, and shoved his hands into his pockets. "I can pay you with more later if you want. I'm flexible."
He said, his cool grey eyes watching her movement closely. He shifted the rifle on his shoulder a bit, showing his makeshift bayonet.

[Nikki Moonlight]

@DriveEMOut

Sarah turned and spoke to Aaron for the first time and took the knife. "Take any three you want. My, uh...parents won't miss anything. They're helping another customer currently." She took the knife into the back of the store. She had not shared her story with anyone. As far as anyone was concerned she just appeared in the house of the video store owners. She was as mysterious as she was quiet. But because of her rare condition others didn't try to get to know her. The conspiracy theorists considered her an alien, while paranormal enthusiasts considered her a witch. No one had seen albinos for a long time. So people didn't remember about the condition.

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@Nikki Moonlight
Aaron selected the original trilogy of Star Wars. "Thanks!" He then walked out. It was about 8:00, and Audrey was most likely awake by now. He walked to his SUV and drove it back to the grocery store, locking the car and walking inside. He locked the doors behind him and announced his arrival. "Hey, Audrey! Guess what I got?" He smiled. He knew Audrey was going to be excited. "You'll like it!"
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[MissCapnCrunch]

Audrey had heard Aaron leaving in the morning but she decided not to say something. She had often tried to be protective over her younger brother but she knew he didn't want her to try to replace mom. She couldn't ever do that. When she woke up she arranged things a little bit around their room. Though it didn't need to be done, she liked the feeling of having a bit of control over their life. Going through the grocery store she picked out a granola bar as she walked around doing inventory. This was a good source of trade for them, and kept them having the things they needed. Hearing Aaron at the front of the store, she wondered what he possibly could have gotten. "I'll like it?" she questioned, calling back to him with a small smile on her face. She walked towards him, her eyes lighting up knowing that he was safe. "What is it?" she asked, her hands on her hips waiting for him to show what he had.

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[DriveEMOut]

Aaron smiled. "The original trilogy of Star Wars." He held the three CDs and boxes up, grinning. "Finally something other than board games and books. He walked to the storage room, eventually finding the place where they had stashed the ingredients for this new entertainment. He grabbed and grinned.
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[LordofthePies]

Gabriel shuffled into a grocery store, feeling like he hadn't eaten in weeks. This was of course not true, since he had a whole box of cheese crackers just yesterday. He had pulled off a couple air vents and removed the metal, and now carried around the frames for trade. Someone would want them. They made excellent makeshift... Well nearly anything.

He adjusted the frames under his arm and began looking for more cheese crackers. Maybe even pickles this time. He gave a small smile to the store's camera before quietly shuffling off to find something to eat. He was new to this whole trade system, people would now kill for their possessions.

Gabriel picked up a pickle jar and examined it, back to another of the store's many cameras. He wondered if anyone was even watching.

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Aaron heard a slight noise and rushed out, his rifle raised. "Who the fuck is there?" He said, his voice chilling. "I swear to god I'll blow your brains across the wall. Audrey, search the rows! Come on, I won't hurt you if you come out now. And drop anything you've taken." His cool grey eyes, scanned the store. He ran to the door and guarded it. "Just come out, you bastard."
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[Vortex]

Charles Banesworth, the second of his name, walked into the main street of the town as he kept a watchful eye on his bird Martel that flew a little ahead. Or at least he assumed he was on the main street, due to the fact that he had never had a need to enter the main street when he had others to do it for him. His mind drifted to those people and he was fairly sure that they were all dead now, he knew that at least a few had escaped but their chances of surviving he guessed were pretty low. "Well at least they dont have to walk when they're dead" he sighed to himself as he once again noted his sore legs, despite not walking very far.

The first shop that he saw that had not been barred up or looted to its core, was an ancient relic from the early 2000s, what the common folk called a "Video store". Before he entered he called for Martel to come sit on his shoulder and also unsling his gun from his shoulders, as a precaution for what ever might come next.

He entered the store with his rifle slightly raised, and was greeted by the sight of a peculiar, yet also cute, looking girl. "Oh Hello" Charles said to the incredibly pale girl as he lowered his rifle.

@Nikki Moonlight

[MissCapnCrunch]

"Star Wars!" Audrey exclaimed, "That's sooo old." she groaned, but let out a happy chuckle. It was nice to have something other than reading books and playing the same board games over and over again. She shook her head with a smile across her lips, happy that Aaron could find pleasure in this. She watched him scurry off to the back room before a noise in the store sent a chill up her spine. Aaron was already on the guard with his rifle pulled out. Though he was younger than her by a few years, he was a natural born leader. He directed her to search the rows as she spotted the boy with a jar of pickles in his hand. He looked to be about her brother's age as she called out.

"Found him!" she said, before saying to the boy, "Hey, don't move. Do you need food? We can trade but you can't go around stealing from us. Don't try to make a break for it either. My brother doesn't fuck around, and he'll end up killing you. I don't want to clean up anymore blood then I already have." she warned. Putting her hand down and into her boot to grab her switch blade from in case the boy decided to charge.

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[LordofthePies]

Gabriel set the pickles back on the shelf, but didn't look at the girl. He figured it might go this way. At least he was semi-prepared for it. He moved away from the shelf, now standing in the middle of the isle, and set down his frames. He did want food, but could get it somewhere else. He just wanted something that wasn't already growing mold.

Gabriel raised his hands and waited for the rest of the people in the store to come. He wondered how many there were. Can't be more than ten.

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@LordofthePies
Aaron rushed to the other end of the row. "Tell us your goddamn name, or I'll kill you." His rifle was aimed at the boy. "Audrey, corner him." He took stopped aiming at the boy, but kept his bayonet at the ready. "Listen, I won't hurt you if you give us the vent covers and the pickles." He said, his cool grey eyes hard, but pleading for the boy to do what he asked.
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[Nikki Moonlight]

@Vortex

Sarah turned from checking the DVDs and her emotionless eyes took in this man who looked like he'd never worked a day in his life. "Hello." she said flatly, pushing her snow white hair away from her face as she stared at him unblinkingly. "Did you want to buy or trade for something?" she asked in that same emotionless voice. Her thin yet busty body was tensed slightly, the only emotion she was showing. "My...parents are helping someone else at the moment but I can help if you're looking for something." She folded her arms over her rather large chest, looking him over again.

[Vortex]

A hot bath and foie gras would be nice, Charles thought to himself keenly aware that such a decrepit place was lacking in providing such things. "Trade? Not quite, I was more hoping that I would be able to simply take whatever I please from this place. But now that you're here, and I'd rather not paint the walls red so to speak, so thats a little problem isnt it." He said as he watched the unflickering gaze of her rose coloured eyes and the slight movements of her body that rose and fell with her breathing. Martel shifted on his shoulder, forcing Charles to return to the matter at hand "So unless you wish to simply give me all you have, then I would like it if you could provide me with directions to the local market. Unless it has completely been ransacked that is."

@Nikki Moonlight

[Nikki Moonlight]

@Vortex

Sarah folded her arms tighter over her ample chest her head lifting high. "Now, what makes you think you can talk to me like that?" She asked him, her voice flatter than ever. She wondered if she should tell him. "You are not above the trading system, no matter who you think you are. No matter how much better you think you are. We all are equals now, all survivors. So no matter how damn rich you were, you also have to barter and trade." She spat. She was sure this was his first time being talked to like that. She hoped he would leave or better yet try to hit her, then she would have an excuse to shoot the damn prick. Wipe the rich jerk from the face of the earth.

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@Nikki Moonlight

Charles was, needless to say, quite taken aback about such undignified and uncalled for treatment towards him. Never before had a person, let alone a goddamn peasant, spoken to him in such a way, never before had one of them dared to spit at him. "Screeee" Martel remarked in a way that Charles was almost sure was in mockery of him. Fuming, and almost at a loss for words Charles said "How dare you! How dare you speak such insolence towards me! For I am Charles Justinian Banesworth the Second, new master of the North Eastern region, descended from William de Normandie himself, child from the house of God and all things just, and you girl are a damned pauper!" Charles stopped and collected himself, brushing back his blonde hair and straightening his collar. Looking back into her deep rose eyes, he said more calmly yet with just as much disdain "So no, you are not my equal and I never will be. Now, are you going to move aside or no?"

[Nikki Moonlight]

@Vortex

Sarah said flatly, "I could care less who you are. Now get out of my store before I shoot you, prick." She took out a sniper rifle and held it up at him. Her expression said she would do it too. Her rose eyes were narrowed. She was aiming for his head. One pull of the trigger and he would be on the ground dead. "If you want to die, by all means try to take my videos. I have no qualms about shooting anyone who tries to steal my stuff."

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@Nikki Moonlight

As the girl reached for her gun, by God a sniper no less, Charles raised his to aim at her as well. They were both now at a standstill. With loaded guns and high tension in the air, so thick it could be cut with a bread knife. Martel fluttered on his shoulder, letting out a small caw his feathered friend was ready to swoop at a moments notice. "And unless you wish to have Martel here pick your corpse clean then I suggest that you lower your weapon. I will do what I please." Charles looked the sniper up and down and then up and down the girls body, the difference was noticeable "By Lord, do you even know how to use that thing? Drop it before you hurt yourself or I do."

[Nikki Moonlight]

@Vortex

Sarah laughed coldly. "Oh trust me, I now how to use it." Her adoptive parents came in. "Sarah, what-" They saw Charles and picked up guns as well. Sarah said, "This guy here is trying to rob the store." Her adoptive parents aimed for the young man and his falcon. "get out of our store, son. Or we WILL shoot," her adoptive father said. Sarah's face was stony as she looked him over. He was handsome on the outside, but he was just a jerk on the inside. Those kinds were the worst turn offs for her.