[IC] Overgrown (A Green Apocalypse)

[Jack]

Azrael looked at Arryn as she spoke to him. "Always carry this around with me, yup. Even when I'm out of ammo. I have run out of ammo a few times but luckily this thing fires NATO rounds and they're so common I'm just finding them everywhere." Azrael then placed his left hand, his right currently holding his ACR, on a sheath hanging from his hip on the left. "When I do run out though, I have this." He said, pulling the machete inside slightly out, just enough to show off the weapon. He dropped the machete back into its sheath and smiled at Arryn.

Azrael then turned his focus to Noe as he spoke. Azrael nodded in agreement. "I can promise you I'm telling nothing but the truth. If I was intent on killing you, I would have started firing already. Lead the way."

[xiledx]

"Wow, never expected to find a kid alive" Jeff said. "It's been forever since I saw one. In fact, I don't think that I have seen a kid since this thing started". "Hey, we're going to central park to their camp" Jeff says, while pointing to Noe and Natalie. "Want to come with us? Assuming that they are okay with it" Jeff says, while giving them a look that says let them come.

[Geoffrey Silt]

Realizing what he had done he stepped back. "I, I am sorry really. I just am dumbfounded a child has to be apart of this. I realize I made a sudden move, not to classy on my part, but trust me, if I were going to take any hostile actions I would have whenever this whole group met up." He said backing up a bit more to give the two some space. Jeff chiming in about where they were going he nodded along with what he said and pointed down the road in the direction of time square. "I really am sorry for that, but yeah, it would probably be best. The more people in a group can be good or bad, but I got a feeling the way this shit happened it will be a more or less 'friendly group'. Sorry for popping it like that again." He said as he turned and began moving in the direction of town square.

[Swarley]

Natalie looked at Jeff and said. "I'm Natalie, and this is Noe, a friend of mine." She said as she pointed to Noe. She then turned to Azrael. "I'm sorry, but chances are not exactly something I'm willing to take at this time. I've been through something like that before and I'm not willing to do that again. Now when we get there I'll lay some ground rules but at the moment what you're looking for is a downed news helicopter." She said as she started walking in the direction of central park.
Noe looked at the commotion erupting around a tree, he thought he had possibly seen a child but he wasn't paying much attention to what was going on so it could have just been a bush or something. He wasn't that big a fan of children to begin. They were loud, obnoxious, generally needy, and he would refuse to smoke around anyone under the age of 14 so kids meant no smoking in the group. He was only barely interested in the commotion so he started to follow Natalie, who was snapping and singing a Bratmobile song to herself.

[XxLyraxX]

Ib watched warily as the man turned and walked down the road. She glanced down at her sister then back at the direction he was going. She bit her lip, torn between keeping her sister away from others and there being a possible place where Mary might be safe. However, they really needed a place to stay, at least until Ib could find another and...these people didn't seem too bad. She sighed and picked Mary up, following behind the man at a distance.

[Jack]

Azrael shrugged. "Fair enough, I'll see you there." He said in reply to Noe. He turned and walked towards Central Park too, although taking a different route. He was going to make a quick visit somewhere before he got to the meeting point.

[Swarley]

As the remaining members of the group neared their destination they could see a downed news helicopter as promised, however it was almost completely overrun with fauna. Inside you could see an acoustic guitar propped up and a box with rations as well as several bottles of water strewn across the inside of the helicopter. A tarp had been propped up extending out in front of the chopper to create an area of shade. In this area of shade are two sleeping bags and a fire pit can be seen. The surrounding area is filled with long, unkempt grass and a wild variety of other flora making it seem that, from far enough away, no one's ever been there.
Natalie speaks up "Our basic rules are that no one touches our shit without asking. No one steals our food, no one steals our water, and no one plays the guitar without getting confirmation that you can from one or both of us. If you do then you can't stay here and you will have to leave as soon as possible. If anyone has a problem with that you can just walk away no because it's a very simple thing to follow. Other than that as long as you don't get on my or Noe's nerves then I see no reason that you can't stay here for a somewhat extended period of time, this is not your permanent home but it is a place you are welcome to stay for at least a little bit. Any questions?"

[xiledx]

"Nope. No questions" Jeff said. He then started to explore around a bit. When walking around, he found an empty water bottle. He went to a nearby fountain. "Well, having more water is probably for the best" he said quietly while filling up the water bottle.

[XxLyraxX]

Ib shook her head as she set Mary down. The little girl immediately set off to explore their temporary home, Ib keeping a close eye on her sister. Mary peeked inside the helicopter first, looking around. While Mary did this Ib went around to the back of the copter and began clearing out a space for their sleeping bags.

[Geoffrey Silt]

Walking forward and eyeing his current standings. "I have a right few questions and a few thoughts. First, it's a damn news copter, not everybody will fit in or around it. Second, I am hoping everybody has their own rations, I am willing to share and whatnot but we can't stay put too long or we will starve, or even dehydrate. Third," He continued his ranting questions, with almost no sign of stopping. "We have a child we need to take care of, infact, if you really want to think about it. Three, three children with child like problems, if they have yet to grow out of them. Lastly, there must have been other things out there who may have followed us back. I myself am volunteering to stay up as guard." He finished as he set down his backpack up against the copter, half in the shade, grabbing his 38. and then pulling out and spinning the empty chamber of the gun, suddenly stopping and pushing it back into its normal spot. He yawned putting his empty canteen on the ground, and searching his bag, he found a fresh apple he had picked up by luck and set it aside. He then emitting a worn down picture of his wife and kid, he set it in his pocket after giving it a good look.

[Jack]

Azrael walked up to the chopper as Sam was finishing his rant. "Don't worry about me, I won't take much space and I have my own food." He said. "I'll also sit guard too. Four eyes and two guns are much better than two eyes and one gun."

Azrael sat down on the grass and leant against the chopper. He rummaged in his bag until he found the bag of roasted peanuts he had found on his way to the makeshift base. He pulled the bag open, grabbed a handful and popped them in his mouth.

[Swarley]

Natalie turned towards Sam. "Listen, I just suggested this place as a temporary home, I did not expect this many people to be here nor did I expect us to have an actual child here. You don't all have to stay here but this is a relatively safe place and I doubt we'll get any looters or murderers out in central park unless they're already here. And don't you dare think me and Noe are not going to guard as well, we've already been through situations like we're all already paranoid about, so until I trust all of you I'm not going to let my guard down." She then sat down, leaning against the helicopter as she takes her side bag off and places it beside her.
Noe, on the other hand, seemed more relaxed with the situation, he pulled the guitar out of the helicopter, placed his baseball bat inside the helicopter, and sat beside the empty fire pit, quietly tuning the guitar while humming to himself.

[XxLyraxX]

Mary finished exploring and after she checked to make sure where her and Ib were sleeping she began wandering around, looking at all the new people. She wasn't as wary about people as Ib was. Sure, she was shy but she wasn't suspicious about anyone. Of course, being only 7 factored a lot of that in. She heard humming and curiously followed the sound. She saw a man playing on a guitar and inched closer, watching him with fascinated eyes.

[Swarley]

With the guitar successfully tuned Noe looked up to see the small child staring at him. "Hey." He said, a little confused as to why the child was at all near him, he'd never really been great with children but he didn't really want to be too bad this time so he'll try to make an effort. "Do you want to hear a song, I promise not to play anything too sad." He said with a smile.

[XxLyraxX]

Mary blinked, looking at him before she nodded eagerly, padding over to sit next to the fire. "Do you know any happy songs?" She asked quietly, tilting her to the side slightly as she hugged her stuffed rabbit closer to her chest.

[Geoffrey Silt]

"I understand, I understand." He said watching as Noe sat down and began playing the guitar. "You play then? My dad used to." He said standing up once again tossing his apple up and then catching it. "You sing at all? If you do, mind singin a bit of, oh I dunno....A happy song."He said as the small child asked. "I dunno, little bunny foofoo?." He said as he watched the small girl walk up and watch the man play his guitar. He looked at his apple and thought for a moment, before extending his hand to give it to the young child "What's your name kid?" He asked.

[KingOfKings]

Daldal suddenly opened her eyes, she woke up and the first thing she did was to take her blade, something woke her up, by the sound she could tell people was close, she could hear a guitar. she dusted off her chinse dress she so loved and took her backpack, aftera few seconds she found a man playing the guitar and some more people, her gun was useless without bullets so if anything went wrong she would have to trust her katana or run "hello?· she said with low voice

[XxLyraxX]

Mary turned to look at the other man sitting there. She blinked before extending one tiny hand and taking the apple. She gave him a bright and happy smile as she plopped down next to him, setting Mimzy in her lap. "My name is Mary. And this is Mimzy." She said, holding the stuffed rabbit up.

[Geoffrey Silt]

"Hi Mimzy." He said waving slightly to the stuffed rabbit. "My name is Samuel, but don't tell an-" He stopped quickly as he heard a voice saying 'hello' "Noe, I think we may have company." He said unholstering his sidearm and moving it around to where he saw it. A woman in a chinese dress, and, a sword? He thought as he aimed his gun up. "Mornin missy, hoping you intent is not to harm yes?" He said as he stood up and watched the new person.

[XxLyraxX]

Mary blinked and peeked around Sam and up at the women. Mary saw the very sharp blade and shrunk back some, hiding behind Sam as she hugged Mimzy close to her chest.