[color=lightgray][table][row][/row][row][cell][sup][color=f1c40f][h1]☠ πšƒπš†π™³: πšˆπšŽπšŠπš› 𝟻 π™ΏπšŠπš›πš 𝟺[/h1][/color] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━[/sup] [color=f1c40f][b]Location:[/b][/color] Camp Mexico Beach [color=f1c40f][b]Weather Forecast:[/b][/color] Dawn at 5:53 A.M. - Dusk at 8:13 P.M. - High: 91F, Low: 80F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 14mph - Rain In The AM - Cloud Cover: 100% - Visibility: 9miles. [color=f1c40f][b]Notes:[/b][/color] Alright, that first round of people testing out using the skills without the Gm having to hover over you all seemed to go really good. I am really impressed with not only how smoothly it went but how good the read is. Sigil and ONL nailed it! Can't wait for more people to be in a scenario to use this. Should be a lot of fun and let us move fights along without having to go on personal counters as we wait for rolls and results. YAY US! [/cell][cell][center]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [b][color=f1c40f]Date:[/color][/b] August 1st, 2012 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [img]https://i.ibb.co/hdH3d6d/dead-towel-2.jpg[/img] [/center][/cell][/row][/table][center][sup]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━[/sup][/center] [color=f1c40f][b]Hospital (B):[/b][/color] (Information for the scene will be located in Nikki's post below to keep things streamlined and together.) [color=f1c40f][b]Education Center (M):[/b][/color] (Information for the scene will be located in Thana's post below to keep things streamlined and together.) [color=f1c40f][b]Quarantine (W):[/b][/color] Guy looked over to Ash and gave a small goofy chuckle. "Yeah, well I think the cards have it out for me if you can beat me with that hand, damn..." he said with a shrug. At the mention of S.B. his eyes widened, which was something considering Guy already had eyes that were pretty large. "Oh god no!" he exclaimed before giving a full body shiver at the thought. "Not her, no. I want to stay living." The man nearly gagged. Not that S.B. couldn't be cool in her own weird, twisted, and very scary way, but she was not his type. He wondered if she was anyone's type. Sitting there, Guy thought about what Ash said and nodded. "I know... It's just..." It was hard to put into words. No it wasn't but it was hard to put into words that he didn't think would actually hit a little too hard for Ash. Then again, he'd known the man for a while, maybe it wouldn't be as bad. "Well, what happens if something happens? Don't think I could take a loss, ya know, if'n my heart was more in it than just, well friends." There, it was out there. He'd seen what losing someone had done to Ash. What it did to others. Sure it sucked being alone but was it really worth it? Leaning forward he cut the cards as Ash pushed them towards him. He wasn't sure what else to say about it. "So, um how are ya settlin' in? How's them Officers quarters?" he asked, trying to at least partly change the subject. Wayne headed out of the main room for Quarantine and headed to the bathroom, jogging a little as he exited the room. He had needed to pee but once he stood up he realized that he needed to really go much more than he had first thought. Jamie in the meanwhile looked at Riley with his big eyes. Tatiana and Riley weren't exactly getting along and this was the first time Riley had been allowed to hold Jamie and it wasn't cause of Tatiana. Chances were if she knew she'd had had a problem with it. She was darker these day and tended to hold a grudge far longer than was needed. She hadn't said two words to Riley really since they had been let out of quarantine, that was unless she had to because of a job. Jamie, didn't know all this, so when Riley tickled him he giggled and blew a raspberry with his lips. It was wet as he was teething and spittle went everywhere. [color=f1c40f][b]General Housing (X):[/b][/color] "Yeah, if you get a chance you're going to want to see it. She has way too much fun with those but hey, everyone has ways to pass the time these days," Chase said as she tossed her book over onto the coffee table. Reaching up she put her fingers into her hair and scratched a bit, fluffing it out before brushing it back out of her face. "Yeah, isn't easy to get settled but then again once you do, get hard to be unsettled." Sighing she shrugged a bit as she stood up and walked over to the window, pulling back the curtains a bit more so she could see outside. "Will give the town this, they are pretty good at making sure people stay fit and up to date on what is going on out there. And the classes. So if this place does crumble like others, maybe we'll be okay," she mused out loud. Looking back over at Amelia she gave a thin lipped expression. "Well no worries, I'm never getting one," she assured Amelia before letting go of the curtain. It was still raining and at the mention of lunch she shook her head. "Nah, I normally skip it. Usually out on the docks and forget but yeah just going to hang around here for the day," she said as she flopped back down on the couch. Rubbing her face she looked over at Amelia and gave her a small smile. "Hey, want me to go with you to the court martial?" Meanwhile, Freeman nodded as Alexander spoke. Keeping the umbrella over the man, not that it really helped too much considering that Alexander had been out in the rain for a bit before Freeman had stepped out. "I believe that is life. Everyone we meet in this world sees something different than what we see when we look in the mirror. Some people see better than others do, some see worse. I believe in the end we can only hope that one day we see what they see and learn from it, good or bad. I know my biggest problem is when I look in the mirror I see the man I was." Shrugging he looked over to Alexander and gave a small smile from beneath the bushy beard he wore that was heavily streaked with white and silver these days. "We're lucky though, these kids see us as we are. Perhaps you would be open to a group session. Yourself, me, and the ones you traveled with. Let's find out how they see you. Maybe they need to hear how you see them as well. Struggles are easier when you have a shoulder," he added before moving to help Alexander get back to his own place. As they walked, Freeman listened more. It was what he did. He listened. It was how he learned. He gave the occasional nod in understanding of what Alexander was saying as the sound of their feet splashing over the wet roads sounded through the constant white noise of the rain falling. "No, I understand. It's the same when you have blood on your hands. You can wash but you never stop seeing it," he admitted as he looked down at his own hand. As they approached the apartment, Freeman stopped outside the door. "Alexander, I want you do to something for me. I want you to take a moment. Not now. Wait. The next good moment you have, savor it. Stop and take it all in. The colors, the sounds, the scent in the air. Seer it into your memory. Then next time you smell the napalm and hear the screams, think back to that moment. Use it to drown out the rest. It won't be some miracle mind you but slowly it may just help you fight through it. I doubt it will ever fully go away but that's life. It's not forgetting, it learning to cover come and push you. You're still here, so you've already done the hard part for the last forty years. It's time to let go," he said with understanding yet there was no pity in his voice. Reaching forward he turned the door knob and opened the front door for Alexander. "Go on, get warm and dried. I will see you later," he said before giving a pat on the mans shoulder and making his way back out into the rain and heading towards the Mess Hall. He could use a cup of coffee and something on his stomach. He would need to be at the court martial and that time was growing near. [color=f1c40f][b]Jail (AA):[/b][/color] Cage nodded towards Hunter before heading out and locking the door at the top of the stairs. Standing there he rubbed his face. He hated court martial days. He hated having to go to each and every one of them because he was the so called warden of this tiny prison. Walking into the living room area he sat down on the couch and checked the time on his watch. There was a little time left before he needed to start moving Hunter down to the Court Martial itself. It didn't used to be like this. Looking around the room he remembered back to why the place was converted into a jail. He remembered the night it went down, back when things were bad, even after the walls went up. It was hard back then. People were struggling still for food and supplies. The walls were put up not so much to keep the dead out but to keep the living out. People were always the bigger threat. And once the walls were up there were power plays in the beginning. It was to be expected, people did stupid, do stupid things when they are hungry and scared. Leaning back on the couch he remembered how a small group nearly made the town turn into a war zone. He remembered basic rooms and guards not being enough. Slowly they got things under control and the jail was built. It hadn't been used near as much as it had been needed before hand but now when it was needed it was there. Sure it played the roll of drunk tank or temporary punishment more often than being needed for a real issue. Glancing back towards the hallway, Cage knew it was being used because it was needed right now, he just hoped that in the end that it wouldn't be needed again by the end of the day. Checking his watch again, he stood up. It had been a bit more than twenty minutes. Back to the hallway, unlock the door, head down the stairs. It was a wash, rinse, repeat scenario. Coming around the corner he looked over to Hunter before heading over to the cell itself. "Done with the tray?" he asked. Normally he wouldn't bother seeing if he actually wanted to keep eating or not but today was the court martial and if things went bad this would be the last meal the kid would have here. [color=f1c40f][b]Gymnasium (K7):[/b][/color] Volts and Medic got out of the way and gave both Thalia and Nigel plenty of room. "I'm puttin' bets on the ginger," Volts said with a grin. Medic quirked a brow. "Wager?" "Yer leather duster, I'd look real sharp in it," Volts chuckled as he rubbed his chin and struck a poke. "Fine, against yer hat." "Fuck man, my hat? Ya know what, fine, you got a bet," Volts said as he held his hand out. The two shook on it and went to watching the fight. As the fight started, Volts grin began to grow. "Oh, this is easy. I'm gonna look so sweet in that coat this winter," he said smuggly as he watched Nigel land a blow to Thalia ribs. As the fight progressed Medic stood there with his arms over his chest and just watched. Volts seemed to be running a constant commentary, that was until the fight seemed to shift. The smallest hint of a smile cracked on Medics lips as he watched Thalia turn the tides of the fight and take the high ground. As Nigel yielded, Medic looked over to Volts and finally smiled fully. "I'm going to look fine as hell in that hat," he laughed as he pretended to run a finger along the imaginary line of the hats brim. "Fuck..." Volts muttered. He had not seen that coming. It wasn't that he thought women couldn't fight. He'd seen several in town put men on their asses. In fact he himself had been laid out more than once by Major. Thing was, he also had seen how Thalia was still learning to deal with the fact she only had one hand and she was still getting used to the prosthetic he and Tesla had fabricated. He figured that alone would give Nigel enough of advantage. Seemed it was wrong. "They'll do well in class," Medic added as he picked up a towel and laced it over his shoulders. "No shit," Volts said as he tilted his head to the side and looked down at Nigel. Glancing at Nigel, Medic nodded. "Very entertained," he said before glancing back at Volts. "I'll want that hat before dinner." Volts grumbled and rolled his eyes but nodded. A bet was a bet. Medic held his hand out to Nigel to give him a hand up. Volts glanced at the wall clock. "Fuck, later than I thought. Wanted round two." It was closing in on the end of lunch and then the Court Martial was taking place. "Who's up for lunch?" Medic shook his head. He wasn't eating lunch today. He had managed to have a late breakfast. Volts shrugged. He was going to get lunch. The man was never one to turn down a meal, especially these days. He was trying to get some gains in, who knew when a time would come and he wouldn't be able to do so anymore. [/color] [color=lightgray][CENTER]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━[/center][table][row][/row][row][cell] [h3][color=0072bc][i][b]Thana Martin[/b][/i][/color][/h3][i][b][color=0072bc]Location:[/color][/b][/i] Education Center (M) [i][b][color=0072bc]Skills:[/color][/b][/i] N/A [/cell][cell] [right][img]https://i.ibb.co/JdKs8wt/Thanascarred3-A.jpg[/img][/right] [/cell][/row][/table][CENTER]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━[/center] Thana did not like the sound of what Atticus was potentially implying with those last words. Her brow hovered high above her good eye as she looked at the local preacher. Thana was not a reader but the words alone were enough to get someone's attention. Were they expecting problems within the camp because of the Court Martial? She had wanted to go and read up on previous court martials in town that were available to read but she hadn't had the chance. No, that was a lie. She had had the chance but any down time she had had over the last week had been taken up by Ash, or thoughts of Ash. Perhaps she should have gone over them but it was too late now. The Court Martial was but an hour away to begin and she needed to get back to the kitchen to finish up her shift for the day. It felt weird to think that her shift for the day was just about over but Morales was taking over after lunch as Thana had started well before most others in town had been up. She had clocked her hours for the day and was not putting in overtime today. She could have but once again there was Ash. She wanted to be there for him during the court martial even though he wasn't the one on trial. And she had to admit a good portion of her wanted to see how this went so she could be better informed. Lowering her brow she finished unloading the cart before leaving the council to eat and finish preparing. She didn't wait for them to tell her they needed privacy. She knew how these closed door things went. She had been on both sides of the door when she was serving back in the Navy. Stepping out into the foyer of the main educational building, Thana started putting the parka back on by the door as it was still raining. Hopefully today would go well and not turn into what she had witnessed her first morning in Newnan. She doubted she would ever forget the look of James dragging a dead body behind him and leaving a trail of blood in his wake. [/color] [color=lightgray][CENTER]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━[/center][table][row][/row][row][cell] [h3][color=f26522][i][b]Nikola Warren[/b][/i][/color][/h3][i][b][color=f26522]Location:[/color][/b][/i] Hospital (B) [i][b][color=f26522]Skills:[/color][/b][/i] N/A [/cell][cell] [right][img]https://i.ibb.co/YXcNVM2/Nikki3.gif[/img][/right] [/cell][/row][/table][CENTER]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━[/center] Nikki laughed a little. She didn't really think that Cheers would off her but who knew what people were capable of these days and for what reasons. [color=f26522]"Well then I'm going to say something that I never thought I would say.... I'm all for more paperwork,"[/color] she said before giggling. She hated paper work, probably not as much as cleaning but it was a close second and here she was giving paperwork her seal of approval. It seemed the world was full of surprises and more than just the dead walking kind. It was odd that she even surprised herself with that little bit of confession. At the mention of her gum, Nikki stopped walking and bawled at her. Placing her hands on her hips she gave a smug look over to Lisa. [color=f26522]"Hey, I'll have ya know that this gum is a life saver. Uh-huh, that's right. I chew this stuff so I don't bounce off the walls. Ya think I'm bad now you should see me when I run out. Oh, now that's some scary shit. Like a bouncy ball you toss against the wall filled with nitrous. Pew-pew-pew-boing-boing-boing-bounce-bounce-bounce-ding-ding,"[/color] she said, making the little noises go faster and faster as she used her finger as a gun pointing it here and there and everywhere. As Lisa started talking about whether or not she thought that Nikki could actually become more than just someone mopping floors and running supplies from one place to another she stopped her antics. She had been working with Maddoc and had only just had her first taste of working security and safety. She had been figuring that was what she would end up doing for the long haul. She hadn't really ever thought of doing anything else but here was her friend telling her seriously that she actually had a shot at it if she wanted. Nodding slightly, she wasn't sure what to say. In fact, Nikki was struck pretty moved by the whole thing. [color=f26522]"Yeah... um thanks,"[/color] she said with a slight sniffle. Blowing out the emotions she waved at her face to dry the tears that where threatening to come up. [color=f26522]"So um, lunch?"[/color][/color]