- judith . female . 19 . krityan . location - city (apartment) . tags - brigitte, open .
Judith had to admit that she was in agreement on what to call those things; it was...difficult to think of names for things that didn't already have an established term. However, when Brigitte spoke again, the term zombie came up and the Krityan cocked her head, a small smile on her lips.
"'Zombie'? I like that word," she replied simply; it seemed fitting enough. A little odd, but that certainly fit the bill of the creatures. "How very creative of you." She followed behind Brigitte without protest as the girl carried on about finding somewhere safe from the creatures as well as promising to tell her tale -- which was fine. Judith supposed that it would pass the time just fine.
When they approached the building, she looked up at the sheer height of it, her reddish eyes bright with wonder -- and she didn't hesitate to step inside, looking around slowly. Bodies were scattered inside, all with mushrooms sprouted and grown over them in
a large haze, but there didn't seem to be anything lurking just yet.
"I believe it's safe to go up another floor," she remarked, though she did keep her voice quiet; while she was reckless, she wasn't stupid. She was aware that other real people could have just as easily been a threat, should they be trying to hide, too.
- yuri lowell . male . 21 . human . location - city (outskirts) . tags - flynn, souma .
Yuri shook his head, letting out another rough breath to clear his head. It wasn't fair to the kid to be acting so uptight about everything; had anyone been doing this to him, he'd have slugged them a good ten minutes ago.
"Don't worry about it, kid. Spending time with Mom here just starts to wear me thin, that's all," he replied, gesturing with a tip of his head toward Flynn as if stabbing back at him for the joke he hadn't actually missed.
He did agree with Flynn's thought to keep moving, however -- standing around for too long was bound to draw out more of those things, and he didn't exactly look forward to fighting even more of them after the close call he'd had earlier.
He did stay rather quiet to listen to Souma and Flynn talk, though, his brow furrowed slightly, until he finally interjected, speaking to Flynn.
"Doesn't this...I don't know, kind of make sense? After what I guessed earlier?" he asked vaguely; he didn't mind Souma and all, but he didn't need to know every speck of conversation he and Flynn had. And even so, he had a weapon - he could've been playing the role of a helpless kid to get them vulnerable. "I mean, none of what he's saying is making any sense."
Glancing back at Souma, he added, "...yeah, go ahead and answer him. And...do you have blastia? Is the reason this town is so run-down because it didn't have a barrier?" That was the only thing Yuri could think of -- some illness or monster outbreak happened in a town, and it wiped them out without the help - or blastia - it needed. Those poor people, though. I wonder if they weren't able to be helped, or if they were ignored, he thought stiffly.
- estellise sidos heurassein . female . 18 . human . location - city (central) . tags - open
"H-hello?" Estelle hadn't felt this alone in...months. Years, even; ever since she'd gone off with her newfound friends, she had never been by herself for so long, and so the lack of companionship was starting to get to her. Where had everyone gone? "Anyone..?"
The odd note left with her, as well as the mask, had done little to help her growing concerns. On top of that, this place was like nothing she had ever seen in her life; not even Heracles had been so...advanced. Had Myorzo? The Krityan city that lives atop the back of an Entelexeia. An advanced civilization that has spent years developing their technology and culture, she thought to herself with a soft frown, distantly remembering the book she'd read over the subject. But, this hardly looked like Myorzo; that place had been beautiful, soft and prim and proper with Kritya of all ages and gender spread throughout -- this looked...rundown. Defeated. A lot like Caer Bocram.
Uneasily gripping the soft fabric of her dress, the princess stepped out of the alley she'd awoken in, looking around with slight fear in her bright green eyes. How had she even ended up here, now that she thought about it. She'd gone to sleep in her room in the castle -- and yet, here she was, surrounded by nothing but confusing buildings covered in overgrowth and odd mushroom growths wherever she looked. I must be dreaming! How fascinating. I wish I could document this.. Maybe Rita would like to hear about it when she woke up.
That was about the time when she spotted something in the distance stumbling about, an odd noise coming from the person. Oh, dear. Were they hurt?
"Excuse me! Hello there..!" she called. "Are you injured? I can help you!" She started to approach without hesitation; at least she could be useful here! But..how many more were injured?
Her thoughts paused when the...person..?.. turned upon hearing her voice and seeing her, a shriek coming from them as they charged at her -- and fear raced through her body as her eyes widened, turning and running as fast as she could -- was it a monster!? A bandit, maybe? She couldn't think straight -- she just had to run-!!
