Copper breathed a sigh of relief, everyone seemed okay.
@Banana
Valix was the first one he saw, her quick sign language hard to make out, especially in the dark. If she had signed at him 5 years ago he'd know exactly what she'd said. He'd done several projects in middle school about sign langauge. Now most of it was forgotten, the stress from trying to stay alive did that. he made out the "happy to see him" part and the "not" near the end.
@kkbird123@MissCapnCrunch
Brinley and Sharlene followed shortly after, each one alive and well. "Glad your back." Brinley said before questioning, "Did you go on a scouting trip?"
"I'm glad to see all of you too," Copper said earnestly "Nah just a quick look around from the roof Brin. It looks really bad out there...But i think they're heading east, so maybe tomorrow we can all go check out the walmart for supplies. Uhmm bad news though, the supply run from this morning never came back. It's just us now." With a frown he looked over to Sharlene.
She was probably most fit to be second in command, maybe even the leader really. Alas up until this point everyone had just let the oldest be leader, and he was the oldest. "so, uhh." he turned back to the rest of the group, "I guess i'm the leader now, and Sharlene's the second oldest so she's second in command. But. uhm. Yeah we should all probably see if we can't salvage any sort of weapons from the abandoned rooms and be ready to leave early tomorrow."
He concluded his 'speech', hoping he hadn't bummed everyone out to terribly much with the news of their loss of three more people. They needed to keep their spirits high now more than ever if they where going to survive this. Everyone deserved a better leader and a good life, for now he'd just have to make do.
Moving past everyone he made his way to one of the older storage rooms. It was filled with every manner of junk: baseball bats, hand held drills, pipes, bits of wire, even a few planks of wood. There were never any actual weapons like guns or swords in the building, or to Copper's knowledge anywhere near by. The odds and ends would be fine, they were just in case the kids ran into trouble anyway, there was no telling if they actually would need them. "Better safe than sorry though," he whispered to himself, confiding in the room his worries.
@Banana
Valix was the first one he saw, her quick sign language hard to make out, especially in the dark. If she had signed at him 5 years ago he'd know exactly what she'd said. He'd done several projects in middle school about sign langauge. Now most of it was forgotten, the stress from trying to stay alive did that. he made out the "happy to see him" part and the "not" near the end.
@kkbird123@MissCapnCrunch
Brinley and Sharlene followed shortly after, each one alive and well. "Glad your back." Brinley said before questioning, "Did you go on a scouting trip?"
"I'm glad to see all of you too," Copper said earnestly "Nah just a quick look around from the roof Brin. It looks really bad out there...But i think they're heading east, so maybe tomorrow we can all go check out the walmart for supplies. Uhmm bad news though, the supply run from this morning never came back. It's just us now." With a frown he looked over to Sharlene.
She was probably most fit to be second in command, maybe even the leader really. Alas up until this point everyone had just let the oldest be leader, and he was the oldest. "so, uhh." he turned back to the rest of the group, "I guess i'm the leader now, and Sharlene's the second oldest so she's second in command. But. uhm. Yeah we should all probably see if we can't salvage any sort of weapons from the abandoned rooms and be ready to leave early tomorrow."
He concluded his 'speech', hoping he hadn't bummed everyone out to terribly much with the news of their loss of three more people. They needed to keep their spirits high now more than ever if they where going to survive this. Everyone deserved a better leader and a good life, for now he'd just have to make do.
Moving past everyone he made his way to one of the older storage rooms. It was filled with every manner of junk: baseball bats, hand held drills, pipes, bits of wire, even a few planks of wood. There were never any actual weapons like guns or swords in the building, or to Copper's knowledge anywhere near by. The odds and ends would be fine, they were just in case the kids ran into trouble anyway, there was no telling if they actually would need them. "Better safe than sorry though," he whispered to himself, confiding in the room his worries.