[b][i] – Mercy – [/i][/b]

Mercy bit her lip attempting to look apologetic as she realized Bandit had successfully sprayed Chris as well, though she ended up succumbing to the amusement of the situation as Bandit swung his head away from them. She glanced at Chris noticing the smile that had crept onto her features, she was completely unaware she was border lining staring by the way she was looking at her. It was rather nice seeing her smile, Mercy concluded as she switched her gaze to Bandit who had returned for more petting. 

Her nerves seemed to ease away as Chris agreed to come with her, her smile switched to a grateful one before she mentioned riding. She was acutely aware of her inability to hide her intentions, it was a tweak in her character Ash often chastised her about. In this new world they needed to be more closed off and defensive if they wanted to survive. She watched Chris lead Bandit back to his stall, idly passing her fingers through her clean hair as she watched the Pinto eagerly follow along behind the other woman. Realizing she didn’t need to be watching she turned away moving a little closer to the door, she reached down to pick up a small silver bucket a 1/3 filled with what she thought was chicken feed...it had a chicken on the bag so she’d had to guess. She glanced up at Chris as she approached her gesturing towards the front of the barn, Mercy smiled and nodded her head once tilting her head to the side as the other woman jogged out of the barn. A dull ache ran the length of her body at the sheer thought of trying, she shook her head and made after Chris at a brisk walk to catch her up.
Once out of the barn she did quickly scan the horizon, glancing at the farmhouse as she made her way over to the chicken run, swinging the bucket quietly beside her, she slid her free hand into the pocket of her jeans. 

It wasn’t far to the chicken coop, she took a deep breath before coming to stand just behind Chris slightly off to the right placing the bucket down quietly she watched the beady eyed demons merrily cluck and peek their way around the run. [i]Maybe they’re not as bad as I remember...they look kind of-[/i] Her thoughts were cut off as the chickens all hobbled towards Chris clucking expectantly, Mercy flinched away from them inaudibly exhaling a sigh of relief when they didn’t begin flapping around. She glanced at Chris with a raised eyebrow as she spoke, leaning forward and resting her hands on her knees there was still a respectful distance between the two as she peered down at the chickens. Thinking the other woman had asked her that as a question, she adopted an amused smile and answered. “I reckon it depends on how attached to them they are” She answered her, brilliant blue eyes inspecting the chickens in front of her. “Judging by Lloyd, I wouldn’t be surprised if at least a few of them had names” She stated, tilting her head to the side by now the chickens had started to get a little restless clucking louder and ruffling their wings the simple action caused Mercy to take a hasty step backwards, clearing her throat she slid one of her hands into her pocket pulling out a hair tie, she quickly pulled her hair back into a pony tail. 

“Hey Christina, do you think you could feed them?” She asked a faint pink tint returning to the tops of her cheeks as she did, she reached up sweeping a lock of her fringe behind her ear. “Lloyd asked me to empty the egg boxes as well” She explained with a small smile. “I think it’d be easier if I do that whilst you feed them...just warn me if they start to come back into the house ok?” She added shifting to the edge of the house glancing at the egg boxes. “One surprise is more than enough for one day hmm?” She smiled with a quick wink before returning her attention to the task at hand; a few of the chickens had followed her along the fence unsure of where the food was going to be coming from. [i]I’m pretty sure if one of these things flies at me my heart will just stop beating[/i]

[b][i] – Tamashii – [/i][/b]

Tamashii's smirk grew as she noticed him cover his face in embarrassment after her teasing, rather enjoying how easy he seemed to be to tease. Although the smirk fell from her face as he moved his hand away from his own and looked down at her, catching her eye. She felt a prickle of discomfort course up her spine causing her to look away first as she retracted her hand [i]What was that about?[/i] Was the only thought she pulled up from her mind, refusing to entertain any of the other questions that plagued her mind as she checked her corners glancing at Remy questioningly for a moment as she noticed he was merely watching her as she did so. "What? Pays to stay aware" She mumbled at him after a while, her tone matter of factly. 

She noted the hesitation in his voice as she reached the top of her stairs, she didn’t comment on it however. She didn’t share Mercy’s naivity she was more than sure they were merely on borrowed time at the moment, nothing was ever simple...her view on things had always been gray but in this new world it had rightfully slid to a darker shade. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs she stepped to the side, spinning to face Remy as she listened carefully to his theory, noting an optimistic edge to his words...it was true of course, theoretically it would work like that. She sighed heavily lifting her hand to her forehead running her fingers through her hair, her expression remaining in a tense frown. [i]Everyone is a threat...especially to Mercy. If they knew-[/i] She was pulled from her thoughts as she felt a hand slide onto her shoulder, her hand jolted up as if to grab his wrist she pulled out of the movement halfway through, lifting her eyes to his face briefly checking his sincerity. Even if he was sincere, her issues with trust ran far deeper than one could see and simple reassurance wasn’t enough...despite the fact he’d saved her life and lead her back to Mercy. “It’s not that easy Remy, I trust you more than the others but I’ve known you for all of 48 hours...it just doesn’t happen that fast” She sighed, lifting a hand to her head she wanted him onside so lying to him wouldn’t have been wise perhaps honesty was a better way forward. 

She had just folded her arms back across her chest, closing off her body language when he caught her eye and grinned. She blinked in surprise taken aback by the sight, his current look reminded her of a child waking up at Christmas to find Santa had visited. Although she couldn’t deny that smell was heavenly...bacon and eggs? It just wasn’t something she thought she would smell again. In answer to his question a smirk crossed her lips as she reached out towards Remy. “I’m not sure let me check” She jested easily as she went to pinch him for good measure. Regardless of his reaction she [i]almost[/i] allowed a smile to replace her smirk as she turned towards the kitchen eager to explore the source of the smell. She walked into the kitchen after checking her corners, her judging eyes falling on Olivia and the dog by her side first before shifting to the woman in the blue...outfit. 

Tamashii’s shoulders instantly tensed as she watched Kaylah move around the kitchen noticing how fleet footed she was as she moved, the brunette had taken an instant dislike to the veil that the other woman seemed to always be wearing it hid too much of her face which made Ash uncomfortable. She glanced back at the dog, trying to contain her hostility in case the animal reacted badly to it, she wasn’t about to randomly attack anyone but she was clearly on edge. “Morning Olivia...” She murmured to the red head stood by the stove before nodding her head towards Kaylah. “Morning” She offered in greeting before moving towards the kitchen table moving around it, to the trained eye when she finally came to a standstill she had positioned herself at an equal distance between both the back door (?) and the hallway door, keeping her back to a wall and all survivors in front or just to the side of her. “Is there...enough there to go round?” She asked awkwardly.