Lady Absinthia

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: Repeat from last update: Alright we basically have two locations right now: The Mess Hall and the Jail. Jail is pretty straight forward. The Mess Hall is a bit of a cluster fuck because we have a lot of mini scenes unfolding at different tables. So let's roll with it. If there is any confusion don't be afraid to ask, should be okay - we've been at this a while now. I am thinking after dinner we can do a quick wrap up for the day. Having said that - That means next day will be a small time jump, probably a day or two. I will roll for it to get the Court Marshall together for Hunter. So make sure if you haven't already to start getting on those possible future relations so they are, if anything at least partly hammered out, before we are done with the Court Marshall.

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Mess Hall (C): DoLittle snorted a little bit. "I'm sure it was," she said in reference to Williams being a bit more blunt in his delivery. She had listened to some of his stand up, the man was direct when he was speaking. It was funny as hell if you weren't thin skinned. As Manny went to go to Amelia she quirked a brow. "Good luck," she said before taking another bite of her food. Looking back at Lisa she nodded. "Shit, we could have a kill of the week or maybe a contest for most creative ways to kill a walker," DoLittle laughed. "I mean, it's better than sitting around with our thumbs up our ass." Shrugging she took another bite of her food. Her eyes darted around a bit. "Yeah well be careful going into the apartment, don't know if Nikki left the dog in her room or the apartment in general," she said. Granted Nikki did leave a note on the door explaining but DoLittle didn't know that.

Atticus spotted Thalia first and got Joaquin's attention as she headed over. Joaquin, who was normally very talkative was suddenly very quiet. Shoveling a fork full of food in his mouth. "Oh hell, yer really gonna make me do this ain't ya?" Atticus scoffed as Thalia sat down. "Hey Thalia," he said before looking back at Joaquin who had only swallowed about half of what was in his mouth before shoveling in even more. Atticus huffed before looking back at Thalia. "Yer brother is being a chicken shit. Joaquin looked at Thalia before looking back down and nearly shoveled another mouthful in. Reaching over, Atticus grabbed his hand and slammed the fork down on the tray, splattering some of the food on the table. "Just tell her." Joaquin sighed, snatching the fork from one hand with the other and going back to shoveling.

Letting go Atticus rubbed his temples and let go. "Fine," Atticus snapped before looking at Thalia. "Well if he won't tell ya I will. Don't know why this is a damn issue but fuck it. We're a couple, have been fer a while." Looking back over at Joaquin he rolled his eyes. "See, not hard. Now she knows." Joaquin swallowed his food now and held up a finger before motioning towards Thalia as if to say, wait for it.

In the meantime Rossie was nodding. "See, yes! My point exactly! Thought it would be something different and fun." Craning her neck and leaning back some in the direction of Edna, Rosie let her voice raise. "Not everyone wants to play an bow wielding elf!" Edna rolled her eyes and took another bite of her food, ignoring what was goi8ng on right then with Rosie. Rosie on the other hand looked back over at Amelia. "Hell we always got room. We got a few campaigns going, I'm only in two but Edna runs a different group most nights, so each campaigns meets once a week. It's really damn popular these days. Even Doc and Roy get in on it," she said with a chuckle. "Hey, just grab a sheet from the library. All the core books are there and she's got some things written out. She usually spends lunch in there, could catch her then."

Rosie was going to say more but it seemed that Manny was checking up on Amelia. Looking over to Nigel, Rosie chuckled. "Hey, sword play is fun in all forms. Personally I prefer a mace," she said with a grin. At the mention of Hunter she groaned. "Oh you mean that new kid? Yeah, he fucked up. He got written up and taken in, don't know what happened from there. Heard he was taken to the jail. All I know is I got a fucking Court Martial meeting tomorrow morning," she said rolling her eyes before shoveling another bite of food in her mouth.

Aeron shook his head. "Well all the main debt is paid, someone took care of it for you all but in general I feel just seeing the relief on her face when she found out you all were here was payment enough. It is rare to see happiness, true relief, in this day and age. It does an old heart good," he said between bites of food. "How about you and I head out, grab a drink, and I can show you those photos and clippings I have," Aeron suggested. There had plenty of time for them to eat and it seemed to him the place was getting a little crowded as it was the main dinner time. Standing up slowly, he picked up his tray. Leaning on is cane he moved to put his tray away. He also wanted to get back outside, the pain relief was starting to wear off. He knew he needed to do something before it became evident.

Pushing the door to the mess hall open, Major walked in with a few others that were newly off the wall for the evening. Heading over to the line, she grabbed a tray and had a seat in an open spot before she started eating. She didn't seek anyone out to speak to or sit with, she just sat and ate.

Jail (AA): Pretty much a repeat from last update since it still applies: To help the scene flow better I just posting the scene with Nikki below in her header. Figured it would be easier that way instead of only being able to get one back and forth per round. Thinking it will help move things along. (And since there are no longer other characters around those two right now I can treat it as a collab. Will break it back up later on.)

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Thana Martin Location: Mess Hall (C) Skills: N/A

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Thana shrugged a bit. "Think it just shows people are comfortable. When you are safe enough to be bored ya find shit to fill yer time. Some people work out, some learn new thangs, others go back to one of the easiest forms of entertainment, gossip," Thana said as she sat there and let her eyes scan the room. Thana didn't like people gossiping about her but in the end it was harmless as far as she was concerned. People didn't have soap operas to watch anymore, or Jerry Springer, so they made up their own stories. She imagined it was much like the way people did hundreds of years ago, around the fires during the winter, telling stories that had been passed down for generations. Something that started out true went through grape vine after grape vine until only a seed of truth remained and it was wrapped up in a forest of fiction. Looking back at Thalia, Thana smirked. "Who knows but we could always start our own and see what gets back to us and how much it changes, like the post apocalyptic version of telephone," she said with a chuckle.

As Ash came over Thana couldn't help but look over to him and smile as he climbed up and sat beside her. She was eager for a kiss and quirked a brow when he stopped. She nearly snorted as he talked to Thalia. Nodding, she held back a laugh behind her fist. "Right, see ya Angel," she said as the laugh eeked out before looking back at Ash. "Happy?" she asked. It could have been taken that she was a little miffed but in truth she wasn't. She liked talking to Thalia but she was very smitten right then and felt like a teenager finally getting to see her boyfriend during lunch at school. Sliding a bit closer she snuggled up to him some. "So how'd yer first day in camp go?" she asked before taking a bite of her food.

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Nikola Warren Location: Jail (AA) Skills: N/A

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Nikki's eyed narrowed and her lips thinned. "Fuck you asswipe." It was terse as she jumped up from where she was sitting. Hr words came fast, leaving no time to respond unless Hunter was going to scream over her. "Listen and you listen good you fucktard. I never once said to gossip. I never once asked for anything but the fuckin' truth. I'm going to get all the information when they release it. The whole fucking town will. I wanted to hear your half of it. Not some fucking report. Not to fucking gossip but to know, from your mouth, when you aren't in front of the whole town having to testify! Just you and me." Nikki was livid and her face went red as she balled up her fingers into tight fists that caused her knuckles to go white. She only paused long enough to take a short breath before her beratement continued.

"Short patience with you? Oh fuck that, it's yo0u having so much fucking distrust in everyone and everything I am betting. You can't be nice to save your fucking life. No wonder you are in here. Oh they just don't understand me. Well I do. You are a fucking prick. Thinking everyone wants something from you for some sinister reason. I wanted the truth and it looks like I fucking got it. Even when you are down or when you are up, you're a cock sucking self absorbed oh whoa-is-me ball tripping thundercunt." Nikki had flipped her top and was screaming at this point, pacing around, spinning around and pointing at him with every insult she flung. Her words were coming faster and faster.

"Got drunk and acted like a fool last night, then the whole so called apology while interrupting earlier today. The way you acted in fucking quarantine. And that's only the shit I've seen over the course of a handful of minutes around you! What the fuck else have you done that pissed people off? Ya know what, fuck it. I don't even want to know what the hell comes out of your mouth because it is a fucking lie and I hate liars. The biggest lie so far is peo0ple not having patience with you, bitch please. You can't even be nice to someone visiting your ass in jail for five minutes. I hope they do kick you out! Izi deserves a better owner than your ass! You'll get her killed!"

Nikki kept screaming, louder and louder. "You really want to die don't you? No, you want to, oh fuck, who cares since you don't give two shits in the wind about anything or anyone, even yourself you twaddledick!" It was enough to get someone elses attention as well. How he knew something was up was left up in the air to anyone that didn't work in the jail but the door to the stairs flung open and Cage ran down them. "What in the fuck is going on?"

Spinning around Nikki pointed to Hunter. "Have fun with his ass, I'm done. I wish I had never kissed him." Cages eyes widened. He had seen Nikki go off before but not like this. He didn't know it was possible for someone to turn that shade of red. He had to jump to the side as she stormed off, up the stairs and out of the basement. "GOD DAMN IT!!!" she screamed blood curdling as she stood at the top of the stairs before her feet could be heard stomping off. Nikki flung herself into a chair and chomped on her gum, she was livid beyond belief.

Wide eyed and confused, Cage slowly looked from the path of Nikki back to Hunter. "Wow... you have a way with people..."

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: Alright we basically have two locations right now: The Mess Hall and the Jail. Jail is pretty straight forward. The Mess Hall is a bit of a cluster fuck because we have a lot of mini scenes unfolding at different tables. So let's roll with it. If there is any confusion don't be afraid to ask, should be okay - we've been at this a while now. I am thinking after dinner we can do a quick wrap up for the day. Having said that - That means next day will be a small time jump, probably a day or two. I will roll for it to get the Court Marshall together for Hunter. So make sure if you haven't already to start getting on those possible future relations so they are, if anything at least partly hammered out, before we are done with the Court Marshall.

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Mess Hall (C): DoLittle glanced at Thana. "I'm not so sure. Heard some things, I ain't sure she is as stable as people make her out to be. Heard she was glad her sister was dead," DoLittle said quietly as to not really be heard by anyone but the two she was talking to right then. Shrugging she looked back over to Manny. "Maybe, sure as hell know I wasn't anyone's friend when I came in here. Only could deal with Animals, still prefer to but I try. And yeah, booze makes people do some dumb shit," she added before taking another bite of her food. This was a bad idea because at Manny's next statement she nearly choked on it. "Oh god, ain't that the damn truth," she snorted as she held a napkin to her mouth to keep from spitting her mouthful out all over the table.

Looking over at Lisa, Dolittle laughed. "Well in all fairness not many can handle a Nikkiliear explosion. Thinking it would be more damaging than when they dropped the bomb on Japan. Just be glad she's on our side. Could you imagine how hard she would be to handle if she didn't like us? Or at least you. I am still not sure about me. Think she tolerates me because I am the gate keeper to the kennels," DoLittle admitted with a shrug. Glancing over to where Amelia was and who she was sitting with she shook her head. "Oh fuck no, this is all you Lisa. I ain't getting within ten feet of Rosie the Wide," she said before shoving another forkful into her mouth and grinning broadly with puffy cheeks.

Rosie picked at her food. "Yeah, well Edna runs them. She's got like four going. How she passes the time," she said motioning with her fork towards the Professor. "She's dry as hell usually but when she Dm's the woman is a one person stage act. Voices and all. She's like damn good," she added before lowering her fork when Edna started eyeballing her. She grinned and waved before looking back at Amelia and Nigel. "

Okay, well reason being is the Dragon Lance series. Okay, fuck general 3rd Edition. They're buff there but not what I'm going for. Have to start at like level six to even play one. I wanted something more, fun. Dragon Lance nerfed them. Not totally but enough to play a level one. Ain't smart but they get a +2 to Intimidate, Swim, and rope checks. Seriously. That is a fucking pirate right there, with the strength bonus and negatives to charisma why not a Viking. Yeah, was a Greek thing, on an Island. Island. Yup, sea people is what I am shooting for. Imagine it, big ass bull creature, can only play a bell, swabbing the deck, setting the sails, being the Fezik to the Dread Pirate Roberts! Fuck yeah, this would be a blast!" It was obvious that she was excited.

Aeron nodded. "Of course. I hope we can find something but if anything perhaps we can, well provide you with some closure. Even that can be better than the unknown at times I have found." Turning his head he looked over to his Granddaughter before his eyes drifted to his two sons. "That I am. Losing my wife was hard, and then to find out my other granddaughter, Thana's twin, passed away was hard. The hardest though is not knowing about my grandson, Thana's little brother... We may never know." Sighing he shook his head. Thana wasn't one to talk about her sister and she never mentioned her brother to anyone.

Looking down for a minute Aeron composed himself a bit better before looking back at Alexander and nodding. "Yes, she is your family. You, Mr. Manuel, Thalia, yes, she considers you family. Brothers, or perhaps uncles in arms?" he added with a smile. "She speaks highly of all three of you."

Jail (AA): Pretty much a repeat from last update since it still applies: To help the scene flow better I just posting the scene with Nikki below in her header. Figured it would be easier that way instead of only being able to get one back and forth per round. Thinking it will help move things along. (And since there are no longer other characters around those two right now I can treat it as a collab. Will break it back up later on.)

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Thana Martin Location: Mess Hall (C) Skills: N/A

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Thana wasn't exactly sure how Ash was going to react with the situation. It was a joke, through and through. Thalia and her were friends, nothing more. Nothing more than that had ever crossed her mind. Sure, maybe if she had met the woman before she had met Ash she might have but no. By the time they had met, Thana had already pretty much fallen for the guy and that was all that she wrote. Having said that, it didn't mean Thana wasn't going to screw with him. Sure, she had told him nothing had happened with anyone during their time apart but she in truth still didn't know Ash as well as she would like. Part of that meant she didn't know just how much he trusted her word. This could back fire horribly, in epic proportions.

So when he leaned in and gave her a kiss she returned it but let out a small breath she hadn't realized she was holding. He took it for the joke it was. Pulsing her lips against his she nodded. "I will," she affirmed as she patted the stage next to her before watching him walk off.

Thana half snorted out a laugh as soon as he was out of ear shot though. It was funny to her, especially his little huh at the end it. Granted she had an odd sense of humor. At Thalia started in, Thana laughed and waved it off. "Shit, that was funny. And I don't care, people always gonna talk," Thana said before shrugging and adjusting her tray a bit in her lap. Picking up her fork she glanced over at Thalia and chuckled. "I've already heard rumors about. Know what I say when I hear one?" She paused for a second before opening her eyes wide and going in mock shock. "I did? Shit, what the fuck did I do next?" Thana didn't care. She wasn't in charge here, and she had heard a lot of rumors. Many about herself. Nikki was good about running her mouth.

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Nikola Warren Location: Jail (AA) Skills: N/A

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Sitting there, Nikki chewed her gum and popped a bubble. Glancing over her shoulder she looked back towards the stairs before turning her attention back to Hunter. "She's good," she said as she crossed her legs and rested her hands on the end of her knees. "Put her in my room and left a note for my roommate. Hopefully she won't freak out," she added as she picked slightly at where her knee was starting to poke through the fabric of her jeans. Too many days of someone in them had frayed them. Granted it was hard to tell who had done it because the clothing in the camp got handed out randomly mostly. Sizes were matched each week but no one had an actual closet of clothing they called their own. It was a bit much to keep up with considering the size of the camp and wanting to keep things as easy as they could on the people who did the laundry.

Sighing she pulled off a bit of fuzz and let it fall from her fingers, only to catch it with her other hand. "Speaking of which, I ain't got a lot of time. Cage is gonna be back shortly and I gotta walk her before I get to dinner." Biting her bottom lip she looked at Hunter and quirked a brow. It took her a moment to form the words but eventually she did as she let her lip slip from her teeth. "What did ya do? Ain't ever seen anyone get thrown in here this fast. I mean they're gonna release the report probably tomorrow so the whole camp knows what's goin' on but dude... I don't want to wait that long so spill it. Favor for a favor. I got Izi, least ya can do it tell me why."

It was that simple for Nikki. Sure, people said that curiosity killed the cat and all that but at the end of the day Nikki saw no reasons to hide her curiosity or any reason to lie about it. She wanted to know so she just said that. She hated when people beat around the bush or lied, she didn't even like bending the truth. Shit like that had gotten one too many people killed. Sure there were probably times when it was better to lie about something but the guy was already being charge, the town would know anyways, so she didn't see any problem for him to actually tell her now instead of waiting. Looking at the guy she wondered if he even understood why he was in there. He hadn't exactly seemed stable in quarantine. Not off his rocker like that fucker who talked to a unicorn but still.

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: It seems that things are going well. We now have the whole dinner thing fully underway. Going to play it by ear. I will only be updating the areas now with active PC's in. If you are going to have your character head to different areas and want to know what will be up, let me know so I can put it in an update or message you back with some details if you are unsure how to go about it. Overall most main buildings are closed up for the evening: Mechanics and Fabrication, the Distillery, Supply, etc. Other will be open overnight but limited: Armory, Electrical, Education (a library is inside). Sun is still up but cresting along the horizon at this point. It will not get completely dark for some time as it is Summer in Florida: around 8:30 at night.

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Mess Hall (C): DoLittle looked over to Manny and chuckled. "Well we might be in more trouble than I though then," she said in a lofty voice before taking another bite of her food. She chewed it quickly, pocketing part of the bite in her cheek as she covered her mouth and kept talking. "Sugar was a huge in Louisiana and there's a settlement out that way that's been working on getting it and the mills back up and running," she added before swallowing what was in her mouth. Most smaller settlements tried to be self sufficient. Small farms if they could, hunting wasn't a big pay off these days thanks to the ways the walkers took out anything in their path, like blood thirsty locusts. However, some larger ones tried to have some sort of specialty these days. Something they could do that was rare these days, something they could trade for. CMB had small things they could trade, booze and fuel here and there, fish from time to time, but their specialty was medicine.

"Oh come on, pets keep us young. Or so I'm told. Find the older the person the more patience they tend to have with pets." DoLittle shrugged a bit before looking over at Lisa. "And kids," she laughed. "Maybe we should put Nikki with Manny if she gets to be too much," she teased.

Aeron took a deep breath. He didn't need his youngest sons ability to read people to tell there was something weighing on his new friends heart. It was out there, raw and open. Anyone could see it. He had to admit it pained him. Aeron never liked to see anyone suffering. It just wasn't in him, even enemies out on the battle field had been treated well by him when taken prisoner. Seeing someone that Aeron was starting to consider a friend in pain hit a lot harder. Then the question came. "I wish I knew but we have man here and far more have come and gone."

The General did know everyone in the camp one way or another. He tried to make sure to talk to everyone at least from time to time and he reviewed all the files but there were so many. Singling out one location or one person was hard. Not to say it was impossible though. Camp Mexico Beach had several things going for it, the least of them being paper work. Paper work was a good thing though, it meant records. It meant things could be looked up and cross referenced. It meant if there was or had been it could be found with the right amount of digging, as long as people were truthful. Even with everything they did to try to keep people on the up and up some lies still got through. Some they knew about and ignored because it wasn't a big deal. Others, more dangerous ones though had been a problem in the past. "I will have Rolo look into it," he said quietly to Alexander. It perhaps wasn't an immediate search but it was something.

Edna's head snapped around so quickly one might think it was about to snap as Nigel spoke up. "Don't encourage her!"

"Ha! See! I told you people would be interested," Rosie laughed as the two women took their trays. Edna had gotten the salad as well while Rosie was loaded up with Sushi.

"Fine, you two have fun, I'm out of this conversation," Edna quipped before walking off all hoity.

Meanwhile, while Amelia was up for her turn, Cook shook her head. "Nah, one tray but don't worry I'll make sure to set something aside for her so she doesn't miss out," Cook assured Amelia.

Rosie didn't care about Edna walking off, she had someone new to talk to, she was excited. "Come on, let's have a seat," she said motioning over to an open table. As she turned she caught the look on Amelia's face. "Oh you wanna head it? Come on, I can regale two for the price of one," she laughed before she continued walking. "I'm talking viking like. Sailor type, sea worthy. Staff with a bell on the end," she started. "Metal Urn of with Ashes of a hero for a trinket. Ya know, last surviving party of a ship wrecked vessel, every so often his dead ship mates come to him in a dream to go finish things they had left undone in this world? Whether it's really them or not I don't care. He could be mad for all I care. I just want a staff weilding Cow running around dinging his cow bell and inspiring those around him with his baritone voice of gravel while he chews cud," she said as she took a seat. She seemed to be really into this idea.

Now back to the Fuck Hunt. You see this was what DoLittle really wanted to hear about. It had gotten around the camp, people were funding it funny and there were even some bets being laid. DoLittle started laughing. "Why does the good shit always happen when I am on shift," she chuckled. "Okay, well fuck hunt sounds like a bag and tag operation. Though yeah, I'd imagine Bass was looking for more than a one night stand with Nikki, you see the way the guy watches her and such. He's totally smitten. Kind of feel bad for him, no, wait I don't. Everyone knows Nikki ain't the settling down type," she said before glancing over at Thana sitting up on the stage and Ash bee lining it for her. "Then again, if she does start taking more after that one she might. Oh this is some Days of Our Lives shit," she said with a smirk as she looked back over to Lisa.

Stopping for a second DoLittle started looking around. She spotted Amelia. "Hold the phone..." she said before looking between Lisa and Manny. "Wasn't Nikki working with Amelia today? So where is the little fire cracker?" she asked as she perked a brow. Oh it seemed the games had just begun.

Jail (AA): To help the scene flow better I am combining both Cage and Nikki below in her header. Figured it would be easier that way instead of only being able to get one back and forth per round. Thinking it will help move things along. (And since there are no longer other characters around those two right now I can treat it as a collab. Will break it back up later on.)

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Thana Martin Location: Mess Hall (C) Skills: N/A

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Other coming in and out of the Mess Hall didn't really have Thana's attention. She kept tabs on a few people. Those she had spent time in the trenches with to be exact. Manny seemed to be settling in fine. He was sitting with Lisa and DoLittle. Thana hadn't really gotten to know either of them too well. She knew Lisa better than DoLittle tough. Lisa worked in Medical, so they had crossed paths. Plus she was Nikki's roommate. She seemed alright. Thana imaged she would be the type of person she wouldn't mind being outside the walls with. Someone that could handle themselves. DoLittle she wasn't so sure about. There was something about the woman she just didn't like.

Alexander seemed to have found a new friend with her grandfather and that did make her smile. Her grandfather was personable but he didn't exactly sit down and shoot the shit with people. Seeing the two of them talking and the occasional laugh put her a little more at ease. Thalia was still in line but at least now the woman could get some training. Thana figured this was a good thing. Otherwise Thalia might just gut someone. Not to be mean but so she didn't get rusty as it were.

All Thana's trains of thoughts quickly derailed when the door opened and she spotted Ash come in. She couldn't help but smile as her eyes fell on him. Thana was so used to be emotionally detached through everything it was odd. She really had no practice keeping her emotions in check now that they were out there. It was like once the dam broke how did one keep the waters back. She swore she had a better hold on her emotions when she was a teen than she did right then. So as Ash came over to her that smile only grew. Sliding her tray off her lap she set it down next to her.

"Missed you," Thana admitted. She had. In fact she had been rather disappointed that Ash hadn't been in the Mess Hall when she showed up. She was sure she was the one that was going to be late. She had figured she was going to be the one apologizing to them over it. Turned out the scene was flipped, so while disappointed she wasn't mad. There was nothing to forgive, especially when she learned where he had been. It made sense. Hunter had been arrested and someone had killed themselves the night before from what she knew. Cage wasn't exactly pleasant. He wasn't bad but he was trying to deal with. If Ash was only a little late getting to dinner Thana figured they both had gotten out lucky.

At his question if she was off duty she nodded and started to lean in for a kiss. God she wanted a kiss. Even if it was only a quick one before he went to get his tray. Though it seemed that would have to wait because before she knew it Thalia was there. Thana straightened up and cocked a brow. Just what in the hell was the woman up to? For a moment Thana figured Thalia was finally cornering her so they could talk. That was fine. She could handle that. Ash and her had all night together. Okay, kiss can wait, a kiss can wait. Then she felt an arm around her shoulder and her eyes widened. Slowly her head turned to look at Thalia as if to ask, _{"What in the actual fuck?"} This is where Thana had two options. Roll with it or start a brawl. Either would work, one would take longer. Turning her head she looked over to Ash sheepishly and shrugged. "Well we did spend a lot of time alone out in the woods together..."

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Nikola Warren Location: Jail (AA) Skills: N/A

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Seeing Nikki come up to his side Cage let out a short huff of a breath through his nose and one could feel the glare even as he closed his eyes to prepare for whatever was about to come out of the kids mouth. Thing was when she spoke he hadn't expected that. He stopped dead in his tracks, eyes slamming open, and a confused look etched across his face as he stared her down. "What in the hell do you need to see him about?"

Nikki was direct and wasn't one to beat around the bush about things so she answered him rather matter-of-factually."Want to make sure the clown hasn't shot himself in the foot." Chewing her gum she popped a bubble as she stood there.

"That ain't a fucking need kid." It wasn't a good enough excuse for him.

And it could easily be argued that it wasn't exactly a need. Needs these days included food and water. Shelter wasn't a need to some, it was just a want. So going down the line of wants that were considered needs, this didn't even make the top ten. That was unless you were Nikki. "Yeah it is." Cage tilted his head to the side as he crossed his arms over his chest and stared her down. He wasn't buying it. "Either you let me in to see for myself or you know what's going to happen," she said with a smile that was a bit too bright and a voice that was a bit too disturbing.

Sadly, Cage did know what would happen. Nikki would be Nikki. Last time Nikki didn't get the information she wanted she spent three days herself in the lock up. Breaking and entering. Though her time in the cell was probably worse than most considering she had drank so much she was dealing with a hell of a hang over and Cook during that time had come across some spices and onions, so every meal was heavy, had a lot of heat, and a strong aroma that made the girls hangover even worse. "Fine... but you have to take his damn tray back to the Mess Hall," he said.

"Deal!"

Shaking his head Cage and Nikki moved the cart inside of the house that was the makeshift jail for the camp. Cage knew he could say no and just wait to bust Nikki before she even got close to picking a lock but this was easier. It wasn't against regulations. Nikki was still on duty, she knew the drill, she had cleaned up in the jail before. She also had passed enough of the safety courses to be allowed to work in Safety from time to time now. Added bonus was now Cage wouldn't have to deal with another tray tonight.

Pushing the cart over to the corner he pulled his keys out and headed to the door. Nikki in tow. Unlocking it, he pulled it open and headed down the stairs. "Wait," he said over his shoulder before coming around the corner and in view of Hunter. "You have a visitor. Try anything and you'll regret it," he warned Hunter before snapping his fingers.

Peaking her head out from around the corner Nikki grinned and then hoped down the last two steps and puffed up. "You have a visitor. Try anything and you'll regret it," Nikki mocked and wagged her finger towards Hunter.

"I'm too old for this shit... 30 minutes," Cage said before storming off.

Nikki turned around and watched him vanish around the corner, hearing his boots on the steps, and then the inevitable door slam and lock. Rolling her eyes she turned back around and walked over to the jail bars and had a seat on the floor. "Izi's with me."

How come there are so few Table Top Roleplayers here?

@thecatinaction Sure thing, here ya go: The Walking Dead: Year 5 - it's also linked in my signature and on my bio page. And @BrokenPromise is right. It boils down to what works for you. Every Gm is different as are players. Heck even each Rp can be. I've run them heavily diced and free form, each worked great for their own reasons. Also had both ways crash and burn. Frankly, every pun intended, it's the roll of the dice and Lady Luck is a gamble.

How come there are so few Table Top Roleplayers here?

@thecatinaction Actually you can and it can work very well. It depends on how in-depth you want to get with it. I have run over the decades everything from straight up ADnD TT rules on a forum to my own systems. It depends on what you are going for and how much you want to invest in it. For many they find it not something they like to do. For me personally, I adore it. I find it helps opens up so much for control for the players as long as you have a set system and good character sheets set up with stats. If you do that you can execute it with ease.

I recently changed over my Walking Dead Rp from Gm full control to a full stat and skill based system with rolls for actions. The group took a bit to get switched over but in the end it was seamless and now they don't have to worry as much for me waiting to get back to them. They have tables for success and failure, certain scores remove the need for some rolls because they are proficient enough. I was a bit worried since we had been in the Rp for years already, so to make such a dramatic change (including a fully redone CS), was daunting but damn it paid off. I am so happy with the results I will be continuing the same system in future rp's.

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: Dinner is under way - Same menu as lunch - Tuna: Salad, Casserole, Sushi. Oranges and a clear broth are available. This will stay the same through dinner unless a roll denotes something runs out. Right now everything is going well and there are no issues to report. Heat is still a factor but it is cooling down a little bit, not enough to really make a difference at this point but still better than it getting hotter. Make sure to get with your fellow Rpers so we can have things in order for time jumps. Any story arcs or ideas you have message me privately about either in PM or in Discord Direct Message to discuss how to make it happen or how to play it out.

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Camp Mexico Beach (General Streets): As before most are dealing with dinner. There are crews on the walls and people milling about the main area. Past the distillery will be a mostly empty zone save for the people working in said zone. Streets have kids playing. Down at the beach are a few people swimming and body boarding. Others are out at various picnic tables set up talking, playing cards, various board games, etc. This will continue until the day start wrapping up.

~Picking up from the Jail Below~ Ted waited for everyone to pile in and let things settle before turning on the golf cart. "Sure thing," he said to Amelia before pulling out and back. It was a pretty uneventful drive back through the area. Between the main road of camp and the jail the area was pretty much not in use. It was maintained if they needed more housing or to expand but for now everything between the Distillery and the Jail was empty and for the most part off limits unless you were on your way to one or the other specifically on a job.

Ted looked out for the kids playing as he pulled onto the main road and then detoured across the street to the Mechanics shop. Pulling up he turned the cart off. "Alright, you don't have to go home but you can't stay here," he said as he exited. "Who am I kidding, do what you want, I'm getting lunch. Well dinner, your dinner, my lunch, fuck it, food," he said as he gestured across the street before turning around and jogging over.

Mess Hall (C): DoLittle chuckled a bit and nodded her head. "She's like a box of dynamite tied to a run away cat." Sighing slightly she continued. "Don't get me wrong, Nikki's a great kid. She's just a bundle of energy and very nosy. But she's a straight shooter. Can't stand lies, even bending of the truth grates on her nerves. She just doesn't have a filter yet or figured out how to pace herself. It can be a lot to handle. Probably why in supply they assign her to my office so much, she has the same energy as a new puppy. Helps wear her out sometimes," Dolittle admitted.

By the door Joaquin and Atticus came strolling in. Both were looking around. Tapping Joaquin on the shoulder, Atticus pointed to Thalia when he spotted her. Joaquin gave a crooked grin as the two of them moved up into the line itself and waited to get their trays. Thana was ahead of Thalia in line, she hadn't decided what to get yet but it was her turn. Once she made a choice she was given her tray and the next person was served. The same went for Thalia who was several people behind Thana. As Thalia came up to the main area where the food was being served she was given the options for the evening and then handed a tray of what she asked for. It was still early enough in the day to have full choice so that wasn't an issue.

Heading into the Messhall, Ted glanced around and got in line. Once he was through it he took a seat over with some other people around his age, they had recently been in the Education building. Some working, one of them asleep. Ted took a seat and started eating, he was beyond hungry and he did have to get back to work as soon as he was done. He still had another four to five hours to work today before he could call it quits for the day.

DoLittle started laughing. "Oh god, if we could some how find a way to harness that girls energy we could power every settlement from here to the Bayou," she chuckled before taking another bite. "And I bet she is. I don't know if I could handle her energy levels but imagine she's pretty good about keeping things in order. Especially after she started shadowing that Thana woman when she got out of the hospital," she added motioning towards Thana standing in line. "Anyways, so what was this I was hearing about from the party last night, something about a fuck hunt? What the hell was that about?" she asked eying both Lisa and then Manny. She hadn't been able to really spend any real time at the party but the rumor mill was flying today. "Did Nikki actually hook up with Bass?"

While the rest was happening Aeron sat happy, and stoned out of his mind, listening to Alexander. This was nice. The man was not asking about his health, wasn't pestering him about reports. Two guys just talking. "Ah, yes, my granddaughter says old school is where it's at, whatever that means," he chuckled before taking another bite of his food. "Hipster? Is that like a hippy who stubbed their toe? Sounds positively horrid," he added with a smile. He hadn't a clue what a hipster was but it seemed that Alexander was more in the know of pop culture than he was. As Alexander mentioned his wife, Aeron gave the man his full attention. He thought for a moment and then nodded. "Yes, there were but I am not sure we know of any active. We seem to be the third most eastern settlement along the panhandle that we know of, that is alive and running these days. There are remains of others, some of which we have had to go to for supplies. We can go check the maps tomorrow if you would like," Aeron offered. It was the least he could do for a new friend.

It wasn't long after Nigel entered the room that the Professor and Rosie entered and took their place in line behind him. The line was starting to thin out by now but it wasn't moving any faster. The initial rush was over so the workers could breath a little more, refill the hot areas, reice the cold ones. "What will you have?" each person was asked. Behind Nigel, the two women were conversing with themselves. "I am telling you a Minotaur Bard would be a perfect addition," Rosie said surely.

The Professor looked at her and rolled her eyes, "I am going to regret asking but why should I allow that in the campaign?"

In her best impersonation of Christopher Walken... "Because if anyone gets a fever we have the cure: more cowbell! Eh? Eh!" Rosie laughed at her own joke. The Professor palmed her face in her hands, Rosie elbowing her as if she had just made the joke of all jokes.

"Someone kill me now..." Edna groaned.

Jail (AA): Cage looked oddly at Hunter when he said thanks to him. He wasn't sure what to think about it so he didn't say anything. Upstairs once he locked up he put the keys back on his belt loop and rubbed his face. He was tired and understandably so. It had been a long day, a long set of days. He knew though the extra long shift would be over soon. He was supposed to have the night off, Roy would be sending someone over to cover. It was an easy shift. One just had to monitor the area. Basically one just had to stay awake and make sure something didn't happen. No meals to make sure, no needing to check on the cells come night unless something happened. Cage would still be in the building, he lived upstairs. So he was technically still going to be around but it let some of the mental weight come away for a few hours so he could sleep. It was something he really needed right then.

Outside Ted chuckled. "Shit, don't be putting your lateness on me. Be glad we had the cart, walking would have just put us further behind," Ted said with a chuckle. "And no worries. I ain't got a date. I'll deal with Auntie after dinner, this is just a dump, dash, and dine, it'll hold. My shift isn't over for another four hours. I'm mid shift," he explained. Teds day was only half over. He would work late into the evening, which could suck, but it also meant that he got to sleep in and didn't get up until much later than the rest of the place. This he was fine with. He hated mornings.

Remembering that there had been a knock at the door, Cage checked his watch. "What the hell now," he muttered to himself before heading to the door. Opening it he snapped, "What the fuck..." he started before stopping himself as he spotted that it was Nikki. "Oh, right," he said as he walked outside and down to the supplies to start the check. It wasn't a lot and he was done rather fast. Signing off on it he handed her the paper and took the cart. "See ya kid."

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Thana Martin Location: Mess Hall (C) Skills: N/A

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It seemed it didn't matter how many times Thana looked around she still couldn't find Ash. Sighing she moved up some more in line. She hadn't put a lot of thought into what she was going to eat this evening, more concerned to see how Ash's first day went. That got pushed to the back of her mind for a moment as it became her turn in line. "The pasta salad," she said. She was still overheated a bit from being outside. The sushi was good but she wanted something else right then, that or at least she really hadn't thought about the sushi much. Her eyes fell on the casserole and then the pasta salad. She wanted something cold. Pasta salad it was. As she moved forward after getting her tray she half wished she would have gotten the sushi but too late now and it wasn't something to be overly concerned with. It wasn't a tin of dog food, she was good. Then again she had once thought dog food wasn't so bad. Hunger can be a hell of a spice.

Taking her tray she glanced around. She spotted some people she knew, turning around she saw who was in line. Still no Ash. Sighing she turned around and went around to try to find a place to eat. There seemed to be plenty of places but none that were standing out to her. Instead she walked over to the far side away from the line, the Mess Hall had a small stage. The building itself had once been an old school and they were in the lunch room that doubled as theater for the kids plays. There was nothing but boxes on the stage pushed against the wall. There Thana took a seat on the floor. It gave her a decent vantage point to see and be seen from the doors. Maybe she could spot Ash when he came in.

The stage usually had a wall up in front of it, one of those ones used in conference centers to divide up huge rooms into smaller ones. Today the wall was down and it was open, Thana hadn't been told not to use it and there were no signs. This place was good about warnings, so if there wasn't one she was sure she was in the clear. If not, someone could tell her move. Sitting on the edge of the stage, Thana crossed her legs: criss cross applesauce and set her tray in her lap. Sighing she took a bite of her food and kept an eye out on the door.

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Nikola Warren Location: Jail (AA) Skills: N/A

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Nikki looked over at Amelia and quirked a brow. The woman apparently didn't like dogs. That was something she really couldn't understand, not liking dogs. Dogs were awesome. Their owners not so much half the time but dogs were cool. Then again Nikki fucking hated bears. Even a bear skin rug would cause her to break out in a sweat. So she didn't judge Amelia for not liking dogs. Everyone had their own hangups these days, more so than ever. Fear wasn't always a bad thing. It did make her curious to why she would hate dogs. Was there a story behind that? That was something she would have to ask on later because right now she had something she was far more curious about: What the hell happened with Hunter to get him tossed into the stockade. Dogs could wait.

"Alright, no doggo around you and yeah, if there's dessert have them save me some," she said giving a small wave before turning her attention back to the door and waited as the others left. It was a few minutes before she heard someone coming towards the door. Okay, this was her chance. As Cage opened the door she took half a step back. She wasn't afraid but she hadn't expected him to yell. Startled was more like it. Well there went the hope he was in a good mood.

Sighing she jogged down the stairs and followed him. How to put it, how to put it. How to ask? This kept going through her mind. She figured it wouldn't take time long to check everything but she didn't think it would be that fast. Rushing forward she jogged next to him mas he pushed the cart. "I need to talk to Hunter," she blurted out. Well, so much for the gentle approach, or feeling things out more. Hell she didn't even ask. Said she needed to talk to him. It was the truth, she did. She needed to talk to him. She needed to find out. Curiosity killed the cat and if that was true she had better have nine lives because as soon as the words left her mouth she was pretty sure they could be her last.

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: Dinner is under way - Same menu as lunch - Tuna: Salad, Casserole, Sushi. Oranges and a clear broth are available. This will stay the same through dinner unless a roll denotes something runs out. Right now everything is going well and there are no issues to report. Heat is still a factor but it is cooling down a little bit, not enough to really make a difference at this point but still better than it getting hotter. Make sure to get with your fellow Rpers so we can have things in order for time jumps. Any story arcs or ideas you have message me privately about either in PM or in Discord Direct Message to discuss how to make it happen or how to play it out.

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Camp Mexico Beach (General Streets): As before most are dealing with dinner. There are crews on the walls and people milling about the main area. Past the distillery will be a mostly empty zone save for the people working in said zone. Streets have kids playing. Down at the beach are a few people swimming and body boarding. Others are out at various picnic tables set up talking, playing cards, various board games, etc. This will continue until the day start wrapping up.

Mess Hall (C): DoLittle nodded. "Yeah, there are other settlements but they don't have the resources we do. And definitely don't have the people. We do monthly check ups with them, go out, provide medical care, do what we can. Someone gets bad enough we bring them in here under guard and keep them in the hospital until they are good to go, then take them back to their camps," she said between bites. "Anyone with medical experience with clearance is on rotation. I mean I'm a vet but mammals are mammals," she chuckled before shrugging and taking another bite of food.

"If you can handle Nikki, you can handle the dog. The dog is more laid back than she is," DoLittle laughed.

Aeron smiled and took a bite of his food. After a nice chew and swallow he nodded. "I suspect he would. Seems a colorful fellow and have yet to receive any complaints on him. I look forward to seeing who he is. Along with many others that are new here. You can read a thousand reports but in the end they never truly show you a person. That takes face to face interactions," he said motioning between himself and Alexander. He knew he needed to speak more directly to others but right now he was getting to know Alexander a bit more and it seemed to be going well. Then again it was easier to talk to someone that remembered the same presidents as you did.

"Oh that you would need to talk to Tesla about. He's the one who has been gathering parts and getting them working again. Some of the equipment is older. Most of it is older, which is what he has been after. Less working parts and easier to fabricate if we need to," Aeron added. "I'm sure he could better tell you than I."

Education (M): As the new students as they were left, the Professor gave half a glance but went back to her paperwork and making sure things were filed away. She would drop off the signed papers when she went to dinner in a bit but she had some papers to grade first and she preferred to stay on top of that.

Out in the main room, wadded ball of paper ended up smacking against Mr. Sawing Logs head. He just snorted in, not even half stirring before settling back down and sliding down a bit more in his chair. The others groaned and started gathering up their stuff. "Fuck this, I'm getting dinner," one mumbled. The others seemed to agree as they put their things up. Another purposefully and heavily dropping a thick text book on the ground.

"So! Where we were?" the sleeping one yelped as he sat up and tried to act like he wasn't sleeping.

"We are going to dinner," said the one who dropped the book.

"Sweet, food," he laughed as he folded his stuff up haphazardly. The others just rolled their eyes.

On the board were several classes. Many of them seemed to be full already as the lines for sign up had been filled in fully. There were some that were still open though: Quilting circle, Gin Rummy, Beginners Swimming, Scuba, and one DnD session was still looking for players. There was also a notice: Sheets updated weekly on Monday Morning, must resign up each week. So that was good, even if something filled up you could try again in a week.

Inside Jail (AA): Cage groaned and crossed his arms over his chest. "Kid, you're a damn twig. Eat your fucking dinner," he said before turning around and shaking his head. "Or don't, your choice." Taking a few steps he then stopped and glanced towards Ash. "Yeah, go on." Sighing he glanced back at Hunter once Ash was gone. "That one has a screw loose." Seemed out of left field but it didn't stop Cage from saying it. "I'll be back in an hour to get the tray," he added as he headed towards the stairs. Climbing them quickly he hit the top step and closed the door, locking it up. "Damn it," he muttered under his breath.

Outside Ted propped his foot up on the so called dash board of the golf cart waiting. He quirked a brow as Ash came out. "Shit, I'm going to mechanics to drop this off and then hitting the mess. You can walk that right?" he asked with a chuckle. "Or your date gonna pitch a fit?" he added with a grin.

Turning his head he looked over to spot Nikki and some new girl coming over. "Hey," he said to the new girl before looking back at Nikki. "No, had to clean up Dimshits remains," he said motioning to the cleaning supplies and the bag marked hazardous waste. "And frankly it's good Cage is on duty, I ain't got his patience," he added as he pulled his leg off the dash board and put it down. Sitting up a bit straighter in the process.

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Thana Martin Location: Education Center (M) -> Mess Hall (C) Skills: N/A

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Thana glanced over to Thalia and then stopped walking. She was thinking. Where was the Major on the wall right now? Her thoughts were quickly derailed as she watched the guy get hit in the head and barely move. Her brow quirked. Then she tried to go back to the topic at hand. "Um, I think she's.." she started but that got cut off when the book hit the floor and Sleeping Beauty finally woke up. She felt kind of bad for the others. That one seemed like the one asshole in every group project that never did anything. Shaking her head she looked back over to Thalia and finally was able to complete a thought. "Anyways, I think she has Western Gate duty today but she should be off the wall around 1900 hours to get dinner when the Wall shifts change for overnight," she said before heading out the door.

The heat hit but it wasn't as bad as it had been thankfully. It was still unpleasant but nothing like it had been earlier. The biggest issue was the fact she had just come from an air conditioned building out into the heat. That would take some adjusting but then again she didn't plan on staying out in the heat long enough to get adjusted. The Mess Hall wasn't too terribly far off. Chances were by the time she got there she'd be sweating but not adjusting. It was just par for the course right now. Some days she missed not having air conditioning. That was until night fell. She always hated trying to sleep when it was hot. It was miserable.

"Oh careful, the needle might be mightier than the sword," Thana chuckled as she walked past Nigel. She gave him half a wave to both Thalia and Nigel. "See ya later, gotta run," she added before she started jogging. She paused just long enough to check the road before she continued across it. The Mess Hall was just across the street. Checking the time she grunted, Ash was probably already half way through his dinner she figured as she stepped into the Mess Hall.

Taking a step to the side she got in line but her eyes were scanning the room. She couldn't find Ash anywhere. She was probably just missing him. It was busy and people were milling about, she couldn't see the whole room from the line. Maybe he would spot her while she was in line. Either way, she kept looking as she waited her turn, slowly stepping forward as the line progress. Her brows furrowed some. Where the hell was he?

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Nikola Warren Location: Jail (AA) Skills: N/A

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Nikki looked over at Amelia and shrugged. Don't know much. Just know I got the dog that Hunter came in with I have to watch now. Heard he was taken to the jail. And something about a Court Martial. Hoping I can find out when we drop this off," she admitted. Nikki liked to know what was going on and she knew that they would do a full release to the camp once everything was in order but Nikki was impatient and she wanted to know now. No use hiding it she figured. Maybe Cage would be in a good mood and let her into the jail to see what the hell was going on with Hunter. He sure has pissed her off this morning, more than that had made a fool of himself the night before but she had never seen someone go to jail so quickly in town. Not even Ted had.

Speaking of Ted. Nikki quirked a brow. Her eyes went to Ash for a second and waved before going back to Ted. Wow.. okay, next time I won't ask," she said before glancing at Amelia. "Hey I'm gonna try to get the dish on this. Why don't you hitch a ride with Ted back? It's cool, right Ted?" she asked. She knew Ted would be fine with. He was as he motioned to the back. "See? Told ya. I'll see ya later," she said before pushing the cart forward. Stopping at the steps she ran up the stairs and knocked. "Come on, be in a good mood Cage," she muttered under her breath before popping another bubble with her gum. Maybe Violet would have been a better nickname for her considering how often she chewed the same piece of gum.

Let's Gush!

Hard to believe it has been going on for so long but as of today The Walking Dead has reached that nearly unheard of milestone of hitting the 5 year counter on the forum. I am floored. It has been a wild ride, ups and downs. This time even more so as we did a complete reworking of the Character Sheets, Layout, and game mechanics just a few months ago. It has all paid off in spades and the story telling and execution has never been better. I am so excited to see what happens next. Huge thanks goes out to EVERYONE that has ever been part of the RP. Seriously, been some amazing rping over the years. And a special thanks goes out to the current crew for being there through all the changes and handling it with all the patience and awesomeness I could ever have hoped for: @Sigil @Rivaan @ONL @Remipa Awesome. It's time to party! (Well after Hunters court martial ~hugs~)

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: Dinner is under way - Same menu as lunch - Tuna: Salad, Casserole, Sushi. Oranges and a clear broth are available. This will stay the same through dinner unless a roll denotes something runs out. Right now everything is going well and there are no issues to report. Heat is still a factor but it is cooling down a little bit, not enough to really make a difference at this point but still better than it getting hotter. We are continuing from the previous post to move things forward. Pleased remember to be thinking about future character development as well as relation development. Where do you see your character down the road? Where do you want to see them? What do you need to make happen to see these things through? How can it be worked in with your characters personality and skills?

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Camp Mexico Beach (General Streets): As before most are dealing with dinner. There are crews on the walls and people milling about the main area. Past the distillery will be a mostly empty zone save for the people working in said zone. Streets have kids playing. Down at the beach are a few people swimming and body boarding. Others are out at various picnic tables set up talking, playing cards, various board games, etc. This will continue until the day start wrapping up. Amelia and Nikki will make it to the outside of the Jail this round.

Mess Hall (C): DoLittle shrugged a little bit. "Not sure what all he did," she admitted before continuing. "I caught him putting his dog up and not cleaning up after her. It wasn't a big deal. He's new, people forget. I went and reminded him to clean it up. Was just going to let it slide and not report it. Then I got the call that the dog needed to be housed elsewhere and he was being arrested. So I relayed what had happened then," she said as she sat down at a table and put her tray in front of her.

"I guess we'll find out when the make the charges public," she added as she picked up her fork. That was standard. If someone was brought up on charges a general announcement was made after all paperwork was done and the charges would be placed out on the announcement board for public knowledge. After that anyone wanting to speak for or against the person charged would be heard before the Court Martial took place so everything was open and above board.

"Anyways, after that I took the dog over to Nikki and asked her. She said she would talk to you but seeing as the carts were still in Supply when I stopped by I am figuring she is still out on delivery." There was another shrug as she took a bite of her food.

"Oh, kid ended up being a medical fill in for a long run. They got hit by a hoard. Only three made it back, he wasn't among them," she said finally answering Manny's question about if the kid stopped doing dental work.

"Um, couple of years now. I'm an in the walls person only about a quarter of the time. We don't get a lot of pets but when teams are out they have run across sick animals and one settlement has cattle and horses. So I'm an inbetween. That and well if there are sick animals we nee to run tests to see if it is something that can be passed along. I think most of my work though is just running tests on meat brought in to be sure it is safe," she added before taking another bite of her food. "Ya know, make sure people don't get worms," she followed up as she chewed her bite.

"General," came from a few behind the serving line.

"Evening," he said kindly to them. "Everything good here?"

"Yes sir."

"Wonderful, ah yes, I believe I will have the casserole, that does look tremendous," he added and was served. Alexander was served after him. Looking around he found a table and had a seat, waiting for his new friend to join him. He gave a few nods and hello's as he sat there.

"Actually you are not far off there Alexander. There are other settlements. Communication can be a pain. We are hoping to utilize long dead towers as way points and start a network of communications. But first we need to have something working in town before we can expand. Long term my friend. I want to build something that can last and I feel communication is going to be key in that endevour. We are well set up now for the short term but years? Ahh, that is what I am looking at. Adaptation is one of our greatest assets as humans, we adapt and over come. We have adapted, now it is time to march forward and pave a nedw future. Perhaps not one I will see but many a tree were planted that one never sat beneath."

Distillation/Fuel (L): Cheers shrugged. "It was either that or have you waiting out here until tomorrow morning, as funny as that might have been I did not want to hear Auntie bitching about her not having her paper worked signed and a day behind," Cheers said as she took the board and started going over the cart.

Her eyes cast towards Amelia and she quirked a brow. "Seriously, don't worry about it. Pretty sure that boat coming in didn't help," she said as she went back to checking over things. "Fuck between that and the funeral detail and that one kid getting tossed in the slammer it's been an active day," she added as she moved a few things around on the cart to double check her numbers.

Sighing the paper she handed it over to Amelia and took the cart. "Looks good, see ya later," she added as she pushed the cart into the distillery.

Education Center (M): The professor eyed the three as the papers were signed. "Right," she said as she gathered them up, mostly ignoring what they were saying to each other. She had been a teacher long before the whole world came to an end. She was used to people talking in class and as long as she wasn't teaching they could say or do whatever they wanted. Up until a point. That point was then. "Dismissed class," she said as she turned around and started filing things away.

Outside of her office the same group was still studying. Well mostly. Half were gone, probably off to dinner. Two were asleep in their chairs, one with his legs fully spread out in front of him and snoring. The remaining three were studying. Or trying to. One had her nose in a book, one was glaring at the one snoring, and a third was wadding up a piece of paper. He looked very much as if he was about to bean someone in the head with it.

Inside Jail (AA): Ted didn't think it was too soon. Perhaps it wasn't soon enough. "That's your answer to everything isn't it? Fuck'em. No wonder you're in here," Ted said under his breath. "If that had been the camps attitude towards you, you would still be out on the road. Wouldn't have had medical attention, food, safety of the walls. No, why don't you fuck off mate. You obviously don't want to be here unless you can be a cunt to everyone while being treated with respect you haven't earned you snot nosed entitled little fuck traweler. In this town you get what you give. And now I know exactly what you've given."

Shaking his head he stood up and pushed off the wall as he heard the door above start to unlocked. Cage was back. "Looks like we can get the hell out of here," Ted added as he headed down the stairs to the supplies they had brought down and started gathering them up as Cage came in and shut the door behind him. Coming down the stairs he eyed Ted.

"What? Sounds like you aren't having fun," he said as he carried a tray in one hand and keys in the other.

"Yeah, loads," Ted said as he picked up half the supplies. "Oh look at that, a meal, delivered. Hope he chokes on it," Ted said before he headed for the stairs.

"What the hell Ted, someone piss in your cheerios?" Cage asked looking slightly shocked.

"Something like that. I'll be in the cart waiting Ash," Ted added as he climbed the stairs and headed out. Outside he tossed his things in the golf cart and flopped down into the driver seat, lighting up another cigarette and taking a long pull from it.

Cage turned around and eyed Ash for a moment before looking at Hunter. "Aww, you made a friend," Cage snorted as he walked over to the cell and slipped the tray through the opening midway up the door. He balanced it there before letting go and stepping back. Shaking his head he motioned to Ash. "Alright get out, I got shit to do," he added, waiting for Ash to leave so he could lock things back up.

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Thana Martin Location: Education Center (M) Skills: N/A

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Thana smirked over to Thalia as she righted herself. "That'll have to wait until after dinner," she said smugly. She had missed this. Messing with Thalia. If one didn't know better they might think that Thana didn't like Thalia half the time but in truth the woman was probably her closest friend before they got separated. The both of them seemed to have an mutual understanding. Thana had an odd sense of humor and it never seemed to phase Thalia. At least it hadn't as far as she could tell. Plus there was something about spilling an enemies blood together that just was far more cementing in a relationship that a mutual love.

Looking over at Nigel, Thana nodded. "You got one of them right," she said as she stood there waiting for all the paper work to be finished up. It seemed that it was done and that the Professor was ready for them to get out of there. Thana had been ready to leave for some time now. She hoped she hadn't kept Ash waiting, but even if she had she figured he would understand once she explained.

"Yeah, I'm ready to eat," she said to Nigel before she turned around and started heading down the hallway. Coming to the main area she quirked a brow at the noise from the one kid snoring. Her eyes widened slightly. That kid could cut some logs. She looked at the other remaining. She didn't know what was more impressive right then. The fact he was snoring that loud or that another one was able to stay asleep in the middle of all that noise. She couldn't exactly blame the one girl looking at him like she might murder him. It was like nails on a chalk board. Shaking her head, Thana headed for the door.

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Nikola Warren Location: Distillation (L) -> Jail (AA) Skills: N/A

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"Uh? Slammer? Oh.. right..." Nikki said. She hadn't been really paying that much attention to what all Cheers and Amelia were saying after they arrived. Her mind wandered a lot. The mention of the jail got her attention. It took her a minute to remember that she already knew that Hunter had been thrown in jail. She hadn't gotten any details yet so she wasn't sure what was going on but she wanted to know. She was curious that was for sure.

Then something else crawled into her mind after Cheers took the cart and headed back into the building. "Fuck a duck. I have to talk to Lisa about the dog," she remembered. She was glad she left a note attached to the front door of their apartment just in case she wasn't able to find Lisa before she showed back up. It would at least let her know the dog was there and why. She didn't think Lisa would have a problem. At least she hoped she didn't. She wanted to talk to her already about it but she hadn't seen Lisa all day and hadn't had a break.

"We should move, last stop... The jail." The jail itself was still a couple of blocks away, that is if this part of town was laid out in blocks. It wasn't. The road went up and curved around, they had to walk over a bridge and then head to the last house. If one didn't know it was a jail one wouldn't have known. It looked like any other house on that street. Nikki spotted Ted sitting in a golf cart smoking a cigarette. "Yo Ted, they got you on jail duty?" she asked a bit confused considering he worked in supply like she did.

🧚🏻‍♀️ The Walking Dead - Year 6 Part 1

☠ 𝚃𝚆𝙳: 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝟻 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Location: Camp Mexico Beach Weather Forecast: Dawn at 5:57 A.M. - Dusk at 7:41 P.M. - High: 87F, Low: 72F - Winds SW at 4mph - Gusting to 10mph - No rain - Cloud Cover: 26% - Visibility: 9miles. Notes: Dinner is under way - Same menu as lunch - Tuna: Salad, Casserole, Sushi. Oranges and a clear broth are available. This will stay the same through dinner unless a roll denotes something runs out. Right now everything is going well and there are no issues to report. Heat is still a factor but it is cooling down a little bit, not enough to really make a difference at this point but still better than it getting hotter. No rolls this during this update for World - Pushing forward. Make sure to read carefully so all times in your posts end up on the same page as it were. Remember to be talking to each other about character relation development for the next time skip and thinking about how and where and why you want your character to progress. After this day is over we will be pulling some single scene days where people are paired off and we colab a bit to get some in depth development going but fast tracking it so we can get everyone settled before the next story arc.

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Camp Mexico Beach (General Streets): Things are as they were: calm, hot, kids playing in the streets. The majority of traffic is heading into the Mess Hall at this time, seems this is peak time for the dinner meal. Nikki and Amelia will have no problem getting to Distillation this round.

Aeron stepped around the building and headed towards the Mess Hall. "Thank you Alexander, very much. I don't want to worry some right now. Everyone needs a bit of happiness to get through these days," he said as he leaned on his cane a little less. It seemed that the pipe helped with the pain and made him lean less. Thankfully he didn't look plastered but he felt it. The stuff they had was pretty good but that was to be expected as they had several people in camp that knew what they were doing when it came to drugs and growing plants.

"The menu should be the same as lunch. We try to use everything up before moving to a new menu. So we may have the same lunch and dinner for several days as we used the fish. Breakfast is the only menu that changes daily, helps to start out the day better if people are not stuck with the same thing at the start of every morning," he said with a smile. He was older so he still lived by the old adage that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. Granted these days every meal was the most important.

The General started laughing and had to stop before they entered the mess hall. "Feisty? Why yes she is that. A cougar I believe is what some call her. She is sweet though, just a bit brazen," he said blowing out the laughter. Shaking his head. "There are stories, that may or may not make you blush, all from her of course," he added before starting to walk again. Holding open the door to the Mess Hall he waited for Alexander. "After you."

Mess Hall (C): DoLittle chuckled a bit. "No, well yes. We had a problem with that new kid that came in with the dog. He's been hauled off to jail and there's a court-martial coming up. I got enough in the office right now and needed someone to watch the dog. Nikki did well with her during the guys quarantine so put her with Nikki, she said she would talk to you soon as she could. Guess she hasn't had a chance yet," DoLittle said in passing as she took her tray and had it filled up with her dinner for the evening. She chuckled a bit. "And no, she hasn't caught the mouse yet. You know if she does she's gonna keep it. I think she likes that little rodent," she laughed.

Cook shook her head as DoLittle talked to Lisa. "Nothing that hasn't been calmed by now. Just a long day. Sorry, funeral details always put us a bit stretched thin is all," she said before making sure the line kept moving. It was rush hour for them.

DoLittle looked over to Manny and chuckled. "Dentist? Nice, I mean we had one kid here that was fresh out of school but best he could do was pulling a tooth. I mean could have been worse but be nice to have a real dentist and not the medical and me trying to piece meal it together from text books," she said before turning. "You two wanna join me?" she asked motioning to an open spot at a table by the far wall

Distillation/Fuel (L): Standing outside, Cheers had her cover alls rolled down to her waist, a tank top clung to her skin drenched in sweat as she took a long drink from a bottle of water before checking her watch. "They better get here soon," she mumbled to herself. She was hot, tired, and all this traipsing around for a funeral detail meant she had to put double time in on fuel today to replace the used portion. She was done. She just wanted to get her paper work turned in and get something to eat.

"What the hell you waiting on?" Cage asked as he passed by.

"Supply, what are you doing carrying food?" Cheers asked as she motioned towards the tray.

"I'm fuckin' meals on wheels baby," he said with a chuckle.

"You're deranged," she followed up with. Cage shrugged and kept heading back towards the Jail. Shaking her head, Cheers watched Cage until he was out of sight before glancing back at the other end of the road and checking her watch again. "Nikki better not be surfing again..."

Education Center (M): The professor glanced at Thalia and laced her fingers together. "No it isn't required." She paused for a moment as her eyes drifted down to Thalia's prosthetic. A brow raised as she leaned in a bit more and put her glasses on. "Though you can be taught to with that hand," she pointed out as she pulled her glasses back off and let them fall to her chest as they were secured on a chain that hung around her neck loosely.

"I am interested to see you prove yourself academically but this will do for now," the professor said to Nigel as he took to signing as well. Once all the papers were signed she collected them and signed them herself before dating them. "Sparrow, witness please," she said as she held out a pen loosely towards the scared woman.

General Supply (R): After Amelia came in, Auntie peaked her head out of her office hearing voices. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she walked out front. "You two ain't done yet? Get yer asses movin'! Don't want to see ya again till mornin'! Git!" Auntie snapped as she waved a handful of silverware at them that she had been cataloging.

Inside Jail (AA): "Nothing that didn't deserve being stuck down here," he said as he propped one foot on a step and the other on a lower one. Sliding down he sat on the stairs out of sight but within ear shot. Leaning back against the cold concrete that lined the walls he sighed. "Was supposed to clean down here. Said I was. Cage checked. Didn't like the job I did, told me to fix it. I gave it all of five more minutes. He let me get away with it one more time. Third time I tried to storm out. He wouldn't let me go until I did it. I refused. Was being a little shit who thought scrubbing was beneath me. So he locked me in down here. Said he'd let me out either in the morning or when it was clean, which ever came last. You can bet this place was spotless by the time dawn rolled around." It had been a hell of a day that day, Ted could still remember it. Didn't matter the job that came after that, he did it, did it right, and never had to sit overnight in cell again. Hard lesson but lesson learned.

Hearing Hunters bold faced about face caused Ted to chuckle a bit and shake his head. "Yeah, keep tellin' yerself that kid. Maybe you'll start believing it. I can smell the bullshit from a mile away," he said not believing what Hunter was saying. It wasn't that he could read Hunter but because Hunter had said things before knowing Cage had left. Because of his attitude from the start. It was very telling. Maybe cooling his heels in a cage would get him to see straight. Maybe not. It wasn't his problem or his job. His job was simple. Clean up the mess, which was done. And file a report on everything said while he was down here. "First you bitch he isn't doing his job. Soon as you find out he is you switch your complaints Noid. I can't decide if you are a drama king or a liar but seriously, shut the hell up. Your attitude stinks worse than Rosie's Bathroom." Rubbing his hands along the back of his knees.

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Thana Martin Location: Education Center (M) Skills: N/A

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Thana stood there silently and just watched as things were gotten together. This really didn't concern her but she was there for more or less moral support at this point. In case Nigel needed anything, or Thalia at this point. She figured it would just be an in and out thing. It was turning out a bit longer than that but it was okay. She just hoped that Ash wasn't sitting in the mess hall done with his dinner and waiting for her to show up. She'd get to dinner as soon as she could but she wasn't about to leave the two of them high and dry, not until she was sure that they were both signed up. She was kind of surprised that her Uncle was already accepting Thalia for D Roster but she wasn't going to say anything. She knew Thalia could fight, she just needed some rehab.

Nigel she didn't know about but he was fit and with all his limbs so him signing up she didn't think would be a problem. Thana smirked as she looked over towards Nigel. "And just who do you think I mean?" she asked. She wasn't about to tell them both straight out. If either guessed she might nod but for now this could be a little more fun. If anything it was a way to pass the time as she waited for things to get finished up around here before she could head out. She really wanted to head out. Thana was a patient woman but she was finding these days she wasn't as patient as she wished she was, or as she had been in the past. Then again, she had a good reason these days.

Thana's brow quirked as the Professor called her out specifically. She hadn't thought she would be needed and was two seconds from saying see ya and rushing off. It seemed however that it was a good thing that she had held her ground and stuck around as long as she had. She got to play witness to these two signing papers. It made sense but then again to her it was a waste of time. If they got hurt or died, who the hell was going to sue? Shit like that wasn't something they needed to worry about anymore. Yet this was how things were done here, she wasn't in charge, and it didn't hurt anything so she didn't bother even voicing why she thought it was pointless. Instead she stepped forward and signed, in cursive before grinning and sticking her tongue out at Thalia, on the dotted line.

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Nikola Warren Location: General Supply (R) -> Distillation (L) Skills: N/A

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A bright smile came over Nikki's features when she spotted Amelia coming down the road. She held the door open for her. "No worries, it's just your first day," she said before letting the door close behind them as they both got inside. She remembered her first day on supply runs. She got lose so many times. She took forever and barely made it to the mess for the last bit of left overs in the kitchen late that night. Amelia was still more or less running on time so this was a good start. The place was big and made for a lot of running. She'd get the hang of it and was already off to a better start than Nikki had been.

"Two carts left. Distillation and the Jail. Their the furthest out but if we go together we can knock it out quickly and hopefully be done even faster. It's a bit of a trek to the jail. It's on the back side of the place, north side, other side of the water way. Why I left it until last," she explained as she pointed to the two carts. They were full of supplies and covered with clip boards hanging off them, much like the one for the armory had been. This meant a check and signature was required. Grabbing one Nikki jerked her head towards the other. "I got this one, you get the other, then we can get the hell out of here before Auntie says anything."

It seemed that Nikki spoke too soon. Auntie yelling made her cringe but the words made her smile. "Don't have to tell me twice!" she said before pushing her cart around and quickly backing up into the door. Pushing it open with her rear end and pulling the cart out. She held it with her foot for Amelia until she had the door herself and started to head down the road. Nikki waited for Amelia before pushing it down the street and towards the Eastern Gate.

"Just let me know if you need me to slow down," Nikki said with a wink. Amelia had mentioned needing a breather, so she didn't want to push too hard but she also wanted to get this over and done with. At a decent pace she made her way down to the road near the Enlisted Housing, making sure to stay on the sidewalk and out of the way of the kids playing stick ball before turning.

"It's just up the street, Distillation," Nikki mentioned as she pointed past the trees ahead. She'd keep her pace unless Amelia needed her to slow down. Nikki had the cart for the Jail, leaving Distillation's cart for Amelia. She hoped that Cheers was still there, last thing she wanted to do was track down the woman to get a signature. She let out a sigh of relief when she spotted Cheers standing there outside having a break. "Hey, sorry, were backed up today. Thanks for waiting around," Nikki said, trying to be sweet. Cheers already ragged her enough, she didn't want to make it worse.