Jack Hudson
Location: Northern Parking Lot of Building 4 (Repair Shop)
Jack grinned as Tatiana's laughter, glad to see the smile on his wife's face. He returned her kiss and was so tempted to hold her with one arm and stroke her hair with the other, but he figured it'd be best not to push his luck. The radio announcement for the pair of them to stay on honeymoon helped him relax a bit more. It wasn't that he didn't love his job, of course. He just happened to love Tatiana more, and the three day honeymoon they had been granted was a wonderful slice of normalcy.
His face fell, almost in time with Tatiana's, as he heard the news over the radio. James was a good pal of his and so was Bryn. While he didn't know Sana well, his heart had always gone out for her, seeing how much pain she carried. He didn't really feel that bad for Dick, however--he mostly felt bad that the man hadn't had a trial. The justice system may have been different from what it was before, but it still wasn't James' call to kill Dick. It was murder for him to have done so.
Jack held Tatiana a little tighter, seeing the pain in her eyes. James was family to her, even if they weren't blood. He wanted nothing more than to make everything right, to bring the smile back to Tatiana, but there wasn't much that could be done. James was lucky to have been exiled instead of killed. But either way, it'd amount to a death sentence all the same in the end. People didn't last very long outside of these walls, as the odds against them increased. He wasn't surprised as Tatiana pushed her way out of his arms, but he still hurried after her, seeing the bloody trail she left on the ground. He couldn't help but worry about her--she was pregnant, after all, and running barefoot outside with a cut.
He stopped a few feet away from Tatiana, letting her have her moment with James. After an hour, he couldn't help but feel they'd never see him again. It broke his heart to see the crestfallen look on James' face, knowing that his friend had just been trying to protect the people of Newnan, even if he went about it the wrong way. Yesterday had been perfect. Today seemed to be shaping itself into a tragedy.
"For what it's worth, sessions and intahviews would be a good safety measuh," Jack said, agreeing with Froggy and Tatiana. Mental health was just as important as physical health, especially when it came to preventing situations like these. But at the same time, he was worried that Tatiana would end up blaming herself for this situation. That she would take on the guilt for Sana's suicide that had resulted in Bryn's death, Dick's murder, and James' exile.
He also, of course, wholeheartedly agreed that Tatiana's foot should be checked out first. He couldn't help but worry over her. A part of him wanted to take Ryan's cigarette and stomp it out on the ground, but he held his tongue. Tatiana hadn't told everyone she was pregnant, after all. And now wasn't the time for him to lecture Ryan about the dangers of secondhand smoke to the fetus....mostly because Jack was only assuming there were dangers.
Chloe Ridgeway
Location: Building B (Rejects House)
Chloe nodded, chuckling a bit at Riley's nickname for Ash. In her experience, it was quite fitting. The man always seemed to be in work mode, never relaxing and cracking a joke. And of course, in her opinion, he was one of the many people in Newnan who only
pretended to let the past go. There was a reason she was sent to live in the Rejects House and not with her sister, after all.
"Maybe he's going nutty," Chloe mused, as Riley put her gun away.
"I dunno if checking it out is a good idea..." Sure, she didn't like that Ryan had told her to stay home, but she also wasn't certain if crowding the scene was the best move at the moment. For Captain Tight Ass to fire a shot inside the walls, things had to be serious. Going to the scene just felt like looking for trouble at that point, as they'd most likely get in the way of the security and domestic teams. Of course, as Ash's announcement came over Riley's radio, Chloe felt more confident that going to the scene of the crime was a
shitty idea.
But she also felt strange at the same time. She wasn't all too broken hearted over Bryn's death. Sure, no one deserved to be eaten by a walker in the middle of the night, but Bryn had always given her the creeps. The quiet girl never trusted Chloe and the sentiment was mutual. She couldn't help but be paranoid. As for Sana, while Chloe wasn't friends with her, the news that someone had taken their own life was never easy to hear. She knew Sana was good friends with Riley, and she put a hand comfortingly on Riley's back.
"I'm sorry," Chloe said, but the words felt hollow. She had been on good terms with Dick, the two of them sitting in the same room at home together on several occasions, never talking but still enjoying the other's company. It wasn't enough for them to call each other friends, but they certainly weren't enemies. Chloe sighed slightly, thinking back on the loss of life that day.
"You hungry? We could go see if breakfast is ready or something," Chloe offered, not too sure how Riley was feeling, but hoping that her sister would be alright.
Ravi Chakrabarti
Location: Northern Parking Lot of Building 4 (Repair Shop)
Ravi clapped Gavin on the back awkwardly and then put his hands in his pocket, as he tried to think of the best way to handle his friend. The more he watched Strawberry Wine, though he knew now her name was Commander Martin, the more he felt this was going to go horribly for Gavin. It might have been military posturing and he could have been wrong, but he wasn't certain that Commander Martin returned Gavin's sentiments. It had been years since Gavin ended things with her, after all, and the heart's a fickle thing.
"Look, mate, I think it's best if you prepare yourself for the possibility that--" Ravi began, only to be cut off as Ash announced what happened in Newnan that morning. Had it been back in his day as a Medical Examiner and the crowd not been comprised of friends and loved ones of the deceased, he would've cracked a joke about it being the first Suicide-Murder he ever heard of. But it wasn't the time or place.
Besides, his fellow Brit had arrived on the scene, still wearing her slippers. Ravi couldn't help but admire the woman's strength, going from kind grandma the night before to military like down to business figure the next morning. But the outbreak did that to people, he supposed, and he couldn't help but imagine that the outbreak wasn't the first series of tragedies Miss Sally witnessed.
"Let's go get some breakfast," Ravi urged Gavin, hoping to get him away from Commander Martin and Captain Holloway for a few moments. Ravi was a candid and blunt person by nature, and while he hoped he was wrong, he also didn't want to see his friend get his heartbroken. He wanted to protect Gavin from that, if he could.
"Give these people time to sort things out, to mourn and grieve. We'll just be getting in the way here."
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