– Mercy – Mercy felt her smile widen as Chris accepted the plaster, feeling as if she had finally done something useful...slightly useful. “You’re welcome” She murmured as Chris wriggled her fingers, the bright yellow band aid was rather visible. “Definitely” She agreed with the other woman’s statement, there was a teasing edge to her voice however as if she were merely returning the jest. Chris’s sudden laughter caused more color to enter the blonde’s cheeks; she hadn’t heard another person laugh for quite a while. Chris’s promisingly soft laugh was very much something she wasn’t averse to hearing in the slightest.
“Thank you” Mercy thanked her with a small inclination of her head as Chris waved a hand and went into the coop with the wicker basket. Mercy shuffled uncomfortably as she waited for the other woman to reappear, she cast her gaze over to the pond and its surrounding grassland subconsciously checking for the tell tale signs of the shambling creatures that haunted their lives. Hearing a shuffle beside her she brought her attention back to Chris, the worried look she had adopted gave way to a warm smile as she presented her with the basket, amusement danced across her expression as she noticed the odd strand of hay sticking out of Chris’s hair.
“What did you do, roll around in there?” Mercy teased in a light manner, accepting the basket with one hand her other lifted up as if to alleviate Chris of a blade of hay from her hair, she fell short of course quickly disguising her intent by pulling her hand round and threading her fingers into her own hair. “You've got hay...” She murmured, pointing at her own hair in indication as to where it was, thinking to that had been a close call, in her excitement of being around another person she had almost forgotten the first rule of personal boundaries, she should know better. “This is great by the way, saved me again for sure” She grinned, glancing down at the chickens with a mistrusting eye as she said the last part.
Mercy glanced down at the locket she had been playing with a moment ago. “It is” She agreed, reaching down to run a finger over one of the
dark silver wings . “I don’t have a good story to go with it I’m afraid” Mercy shrugged, offering up the small slither of information though she was aware it wasn’t interesting. “It was pretty and available” She stated with another warm smile. Mercy’s mannerisms and body language had a habit of betraying her, like now for instance she knew there was a chance she should be more withheld but she was already displaying signs of being happily comfortable in Chris’s presence. “Don’t feel like you have to answer this but what did you do before...this happened?” Mercy asked in a small voice, aware it was a very open ended question, in fairness that had been her intent it gave the option of a vague answer if Chris was at all inclined to say anything in response to it. “If you wouldn’t mind we could walk and talk...this thing is kind of heavy” Mercy added with a sheepish smile, indicating the egg laden basket she had in her hands she took a step backwards in the direction of the house only hesitating if the other woman decided not to follow her or spoke up.
– Tamashii – Lovely lady...? Can tell you don’t know me Was possibly the first thought Tamashii got as she munched through her breakfast. She was surprised when the twin announced ‘she’ was in fact a he, she had instantly pegged the young chap as a woman because of his slightly feminine features. Her natural suspicion kicked in, she wasn’t often wrong about people though they could surprise her on a regular basis, her instincts were usually pretty spot on. She had already decided to keep a close eye on the twins and was especially keen on keeping them away from her companion...bloody woman was the type to attempt to befriend
everyone even if this twin seemed fairly harmless ‘his’ brother made Tamashii’s spidey senses tingle. She offered up a half smile at Dog once ‘he’ had introduced himself, though amusement danced across her face at the concept of 'his' brother being called Cat.
Heh CatDog...what kind of parent calls their children Cat and Dog? Must be codenames She thought to herself looking from Dog to the woman in blue as they spoke, she was almost finished with her food by now.
Tamashii looked at the woman in blue with a raised eyebrow and a rather blank look indicating she had no idea what she was on about. “Blue it is then” She stated with a rather matter of fact nod, she would remember Kaylah’s name but Blue was a nice quick alternative to it usually she would stick with what people preferred to be called...but Kaylah had offered it so she was going to stick to it. She placed her cutlery down still watching Dog out of the corner of her eye as Kaylah piped up with some good ideas about earlier. They were all good ideas, she leant forward and propped her elbows on the table a frown etched onto her face as she processed the information.
Good bonding experience? Spare me She kept that thought under wraps.
God don’t let her meet Mercy either... Another one to keep away from the friendly blonde, Tamashii’s reasoning’s behind these thoughts were ultimately selfish of course. If Mercy were to attach herself to anyone here, there was no way Tamashii would be able to convince her to leave with just her, her gaze slid to Olivia briefly she was already going to have an issue convincing her to leave the girl behind. Tamashii felt her shoulders tense up as she thought over a game plan.
“Perhaps a schedule would work, we need something tall enough that can be used as a lookout putting it somewhere central...there has to be binoculars around here somewhere, we can work out a routine for that unless there are willing volunteers. We also really need to get those vehicles checked out as soon as possible to make sure they run ok as well as getting the fence fortified. Two people each for those jobs, Remy and I are going to check out the boundaries make sure there aren’t any of those things trying to break in” Tamashii laid out for them, taking control of the situation though she had no intention of fighting anyone else or passing up their ideas she continued on. “As for the backup plan, first we’ll need a map. We should decide on a place to meet up again if things go pear shaped, a maximum time to wait that sort of thing. Once the vehicles are checked maybe we can even work out a code red escape plan, whatever you guys want. I’m serious about deciding on a place to meet though” She also offered up to them.
Just in case we get separated again the thought crossed her mind as she clasped her hands together in front of her, resting her chin against them, she let her words sink in and offered the others a chance to lay down their opinions.