Year 5: Part 2 Update
Date: July 19th, 2012
Map in Original OOC post - NPC's In CS Tab
Location: Camp Mexico Beach: H6 (Quarantine: W)
83F (28C)
Humidity: High (Around 73%) - No Rain
Wind Speed: 12 MPH (19 KPH)
Cloud Coverage: Overcast
All NPC images are updated thus far.
Panama pointed to a chair and nodded. "Fuck yeah, more the merrier!" he exclaimed. He was bored out of his skull. Granted this wasn't as boring as Quarantine used to be when they first started doing this but it still got monotonous after a few days. If people were willing to play cards he was all for it. "Pull a chair over sugar," he said Amelia. Shuffling the cards he shrugged. "I figured just straight up poker for now, everyone knows how to play that?" he asked looking around. He figured Hank did, the man looked like the type to play poker while smoking a cigar on Thursday nights to avoid the wife.
Atticus nodded towards Thalia and Alexander before glancing over to Panama. "Hey, Eric, don't forget interviews start soon so try not to lose your ass before your cover arrives," Preacher chuckled. Panama perked a brow and thumped his hat back a bit as he leaned back in his seat.
"Who the hell is covering for us?" he asked. He hadn't bothered checking the roster this morning. Picking up his coffee cup, he went to take a drink.
"Wolverine and Checkbook," Atticus said with a big grin. Panama coughed and had to turn his head to keep from drowning everyone as he spit it out.
"Checkbook!?!?! General lost his damn marbles?" he asked as he wiped his mouth with the back of his sleeve. Atticus just laughed and shrugged before turning towards Thalia and Alexander and motioning for them to follow him. Walking out of the room, Major held the door open until they were all out before closing it again. "Think Maddog knows?" Panama asked towards Major. She gave him a nod. Shaking his head, Panama set down his cup and dropped a hand towel on the ground, letting it soak up what he had spit out.
Atticus was still chuckling as he lead both Thalia and Alexander out of the Quarantine building. Compared to how it was inside, it was like an oven walking out the door and it hit hard. It was hot and humid. The only good thing was that it was overcast and the sun wasn't blinding them. "This way," he said as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it. Taking a puff as he walked. He kept a slow pace so Alexander wouldn't have trouble keeping up. They hit the side walk and started heading east on the main road. "It's just a couple of blocks to Fabrication and Mechanics," he said pointing down the street.
Two people were crossing the street towards them. One was an middle aged man with broad shoulders and brown hair. The other was a girl that looked to be in her late teens,
maybe early twenties with blonde hair on a skateboard. "Yo Preacher," the man called out as they got within ear shot. "Where you headed?" he asked as he snatched the cigarette out of Atticus's lips and took a puff.
"Taking these two to see Tesla and Volts," Atticus said as he took it back and ashed it. The girl clipped the curb and jumped her board before coming to a stop near them. "Oh, Thalia, Alexander. This is Roy and Nikki," he said introducing them. Roy nodded, the girl looked them over, tilting her head to the side.
"What up?" she said. Not so much actually asking but more in greeting. "Come on, we gotta go," she said towards Roy, tugging on his shirt impatiently. Roy didn't move at first. Then she grabbed a good chunk of the fabric and started dragging him. Atticus laughed and gave Roy a look that said
you're problem, not mine. Screwing his cigarette in his lips he waved before he started walking again. "Come on, Volts hates to be kept waiting," he said. It wasn't long before they got to the building. Fabrication and Mechanics looked to be what used to be an old car repair shop with four stalls. Two were still open, but the two towards where the offices would have been were closed off and sealed behind windows and a door. Atticus opened the door to the Fabrication area and the AC hit them. Telsa was sitting on a stool and there was a tall large dark skin man standing next to him. "Volts, Tesla," Atticus said as he held the door open for Thalia and Alexander.
"Hey man, sweet you brought them," Tesla said as he jumped off the stool. Volts looked over and nodded slightly. "We got your gear," Tesla added brightly. "Okay, who's first?" Tesla asked.
Atticus looked over towards Thalia. "Why don't you two take Alexander first, I promised Thalia I would talk to her," he said as he stepped towards another door with a window in it. It looked like it lead to what used to be a waiting room and was used not as a break room. Opening the door, he motioned for Thalia to follow him and have a seat.
"Come over here," Volts said as he stepped over to a chair that had a stool in front of it. Volts squatted down on the stool and waited for Alexander to come over to the chair and sit down. Tesla grinned and walked over to the bench where two items were sitting covered with a towel. Picking one up, he pulled the towel off and held up the
prosthetic leg. "Managed to make the foot the same shoe size, so as long as you wear pants, no one will tell."
"The ankle joint angle can be changed," Volts said as he took the leg as it was given over to him. "Just press here," he said showing where. "Three angles. Flat for basic walking and standing. Slightly bent, and furthest. The other two are good for running, just will have to find what you like better as you get used to it."
"Now, the socket here, where you stick your stump in. You fold that down and get good pressure when you put your stump in. It's padded but the pad will have to replaced. Usually good for about six months around here, let us know if it rubs away faster than that," Tesla chimed in as he pointed. "Then once you get your stump in there, stand up and roll the rubber up. It will suction to your real leg and hold snugly in place."
"Now don't think it will be magic. These things getting used to. Saw your other and damn. Adjustment period coming up but at least one will last. Rustproof. Titanium rod. If the rubber tears or starts stretching let me know so I can repair it before it rips. Don't swim in it if you can and take it off before showers. Just causes wear and tear that you can avoid," Volts said as he sat there.
"Right and oh here," he said holding out a plastic bottle full of white powder. "Baby powder, will help keep you dry so you don't get heat rash." He grinned. "So, let's get this baby on!" Clapping his hands together and rubbing them. Volts handed out the leg to Alexander once he was seated and the two would help Alexander get it on safely and snugly. Explaining how to care for it and such. Once it was on, they would help him stand on it for the first time and then let him take a walk around the room to get a feel for it. First with crutches and then without. The whole process would take about 45 minutes until they were sure he was good to go and it was time for Thalia. Once Alexander was all done, he and Thalia would switch places and she would go through hers. (Sigil and I will be collabing her talk with Atticus and getting hers.)
Back in Quarantine, the door opened and Roy walked in. "Yo, Wolverine!" Panama called as he spotted them, in the middle of dealing cards. Roy nodded and held the door open, the round of something rolling across the floor was getting closer. Then Nikki came in on her skateboard and came to a stop, blowing a bubble with the gum she was chewing. Both of them had side arms. Flipping her skateboard up, she tucked it under her arm. "Checkbook..."
"Deliverance," Nikki said with grin as she bounced on the balls of her feet. Roy rolled his eyes a bit as Panama set down his cards and walked over to them. Reaching into her back pocket, Nikki pulled out a folded sheet of paper and handed it over to Panama. Unfolding it he looked it over before handing it over to Major, who took a quick read and nodded as she handed it back. Turning, Major went ahead and left the room.
"A'right, gonna get this show on the road," Panama said before looking down at the list. "I'm gonna take you, one at a time, to your interviews. We only have six today so shouldn't be bad. Most of y'all will be goin' tomorrow," he said before continuing. "This is Wolverine," he said pointing to the tall man standing there in jeans and a button down brown shirt with the sleeves rolled up. "And this is Checkbook," he added gesturing towards the rather young girl with the skateboard, dressed in black skinny jeans, matching tank top with a maroon tinted oversized men's t-shirt over it, the neck had been cut wide open so it hung off her shoulder. The sleeves were cut off as was half the shirt at her waist so it didn't hang low. "They're yer guards while this is goin' on." Roy looked like he didn't want to be there, Nikki was grinning.
"Up first, Maldonado," Panama said and waited for the man. Roy leaned back against the wall where Major had been standing and crossed his arms over his chest. Roy was used to this type of detail and usually things remained calmed. He hoped they would, he didn't want any incidents. As far as he was concerned, the end of the world was the best thing that could have happened considering where he was from. Justice, California needed to be wiped from the map.
Nikki popped a bubble with her gum and leaned her skateboard against the wall behind Roy before going to one of the chairs and pulling it out, slightly between the pool table and where people were playing cards. Sitting down, her legs went loose in front of her and she slouched down, looking over at the people at the pool table and giving a nod of her head. "Sup?" she said, once again more as a greeting than an actual question.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Remember how I said to hold those interview to post until later? I am changing that - You will
NOT post your interviews! Again DO NOT POST YOUR INTERVIEWS! So what do you do? Simple, look at the list below. If your characters name appears you will post being escorted out for the interview and then being brought back after the amount of time posted next to your name. What happens in the interview is between you and the interviewer. (After a lot of thought on this and seeing how all the interviews turned out, I decided this could be a lot more interesting and cut down on chances of metagaming. So what happened in the interview and who your character was interviewed by is up to you to reveal or not to the rest of the group.)
- Wayne Maldonado - 15 minutes
- Hank Wright - 1 Hour, 45 minutes
- Erica Monroe - 30 minutes
- Nigel Cooper - 45 minutes
- Emmanuel Newman - 30 minutes
- Beatrice Decker - 1 hour
~Doesn't matter the order they are listed here - when you post just check who has posted before you, they would have gone already if they are on the list and are back now. Then your characters name is called, you react to what is posted already, and then go, come back, and end there.
Tatiana Newnan
Location: Camp Mexico Beach: Quarantine (W: Conference Room)
Skills: Psychology, People Reading
Glancing over and up, she spotted Froggy. Coming over and looking for a book. Hadn't it been made obvious that she was trying to get Ash away from prying eyes? And yet he still had to come over. Maybe not to look at Ash but still. It irked her. The man supposedly had some training in psychology, but apparently not anymore. She hadn't really wanted to talk to Froggy since he showed up. Initially she had been overwhelmingly happy to see him, now she wasn't so sure. Something wasn't sitting right with her. She hadn't really tried to see who he was anymore. Little glimpses were beginning to bother her. Granted it took her a while for her to really be on much of speaking terms with anyone, including Jack. Still, even now, she was more open with Ash than anyone. Everyone in Newnan had lost people and lost their home but for her, she felt her and Ash had lost something else. He was no longer in command, she was no longer a counselor. In her mind, they would never be those things again. Things that were a huge part of who they were. It was one of the reasons she gravitated to Ash over the others. Tati figured everyone else form Newnan could either go back to what they had been doing in way or the other in time. She could never bring herself to be a counselor again and from the looks of this place, Ash would never been in command again.
Looking away she looked back at Ash and sighed. Giving a slight nudge back. She kept her voice quiet as she spoke. Unless someone came over and tried to eavesdrop they wouldn't hear her. If they did, she'd shove the bookcase on top of them and do the Nutcracker Ballet.
"It's vhat sisters do," she said as she turned her head and looked at the wall across from them. At his words she quirked a brow.
"Vould you really vant to?" she asked as she glanced over to him out of the corner of her eye for a moment.
"Love come slov or quick. Love never leaves easy. If does, it vasn't love." Shrugging she picked at the nail bed of her thumb.
"Stronger the love, longer it take." Resting her head back against the wall, it rolled until she rested it on his shoulder.
"You cared for Alicia but admitted you tvo not in love. Dat took year after knev sure she gone. You feel much stronger about this, take much longer." Leaning forward as people either left the room or were taken, Tatiana peeked her head out to take a look at their new guards. Looking them over before resting back again and getting comfortable. During the whole thing, neither her or Ash were called, so they had time to talk and with less people in the room. During all the walking in and out, Jamie was having none of it. Slipping down out of Jack's arms and plopping on his rear end. He wanted mamma. Little hands and knees scurried along the floor as he went over the book case and past it. Grabbing Tatiana's toes and squealing. Tatiana smiled and held her hands out to him, he laughed and bounced on his rear a few times.
"You excited?" she asked watching him. He was one of the few things that made her smile these days.
Gripping her toes harder Jamie rocked and bent over. Tatiana sitting up from the wall and watching him.
"Don't chev my toe!" she warned but that wasn't what the little tot was up to. Slowly he stood up on his chubby legs. This wasn't the first time he had done this. He had been holding onto things and using them to stand and try to walk but he had yet to take his first steps without help. That was all about to change. Letting go as he stood up, Tatiana waited for him to fall flat on his diaper. Then it happened and her eyes widened.
"Yes, come momma," she said holding her arms out and bent her legs to get them out of the way. One wobbly step, then another. The kid was walking and Tatiana couldn't help but giggle. It seemed though, he wasn't going for momma, at least not exactly. He was facing her but his butt was to Ash. His little legs and he had had enough, knees bending as he planted his rear onto Ash's leg and squealed in delight, hugging onto his godfather.
"Vell I be damned, you vanted Ash," Tatiana said surprised. She wasn't exactly sure how this was going to go over with anyone else but she in awe. Not so much that Jamie had walked, she had been waiting for it, but who she went to. Seemed the kid wanted Uncle Ash.
Wayne Maldonado
Location: Camp Mexico Beach: Quarantine (W: Conference Room)
Skills: Detecting
Wayne looked over towards Jack and rose a brow.
"What'd I say? Shit," he asked but shrugged. He wasn't too concerned. Leaning back he yawned slightly. Now he was bored and yet he still wasn't going to put in any fucking John Hughes bullshit. It was a good thing to, seemed people were getting read to be taken for interviews. As Major left and the two new people showed up, Wayne watched them both. The man obviously used to be a cop. He just had that stance. The girl, god she had to have been in middle school when the outbreak happened, maybe High School. She was young. Like by far the youngest person in the room besides the baby. He glanced towards Hank, Nikki or Checkbook as they called her, looked like she could have been just about the same age Hanks daughter would have been now if she were still alive.
Turning his head he head the baby squeal and looked over. Only seeing the feet of the two sitting behind the book shelf. Then the kid stood up and started to walk.
"Aww hell, he's mobile!" Wayne laughed a bit. That was pretty cool. He didn't know for sure that was the kids first steps but after the last four days of watching him crawl or only waddle holding onto something, he figured it was. That was pretty cool, even in his book. He had missed watching his own kids first steps, so seeing this was a little bitter sweet but Wayne wasn't one to dwell. He grinned and nodded as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Nothing stopping that kid now." Then he heard his name. Stretching as he stood up, he strode over to the door and followed Panama out. It was time for his interview. He didn't know what to expect or who was interviewing him. He was hoping it was Daytona. Rawr. Yet, about fifteen minutes he came back. That was fast. He looked a bit confused and walked over to his recliner and sat down. Lacing his fingers together he placed them behind his head and just sat there quietly. Apparently, even if it had been a fast interview it had left him a lot quieter than he normally was.
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