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[ Although she's not as bad as she's been the past few days, Wichita still looks pretty beat up and worn out. The fear gas kept her running most of the time, which meant crashing into things and falling down with the disorientation that came with it. She may or may not be hoping for some pathos points here, but it's an effortless attempt for it. She really does feel like shit. ]

I'm not even going to get into the what the hell was that factor of the past few days, but instead there's just one thing I've been wanting to ask, and haven't had a very good reason to until now:

-- If I say "zombie apocalypse", you say..?

Not trying to just stir the pot here, still just... trying to figure out why we're all here. What's their play. Whoever "they" is, I dunno. How many of us are from cookie-cutter happy worlds, and how many were dealing with ridiculous shit before they woke up in the tubes? Spill it.

... Oh, and um. [ sniff. ] If we've talked before? Let's do that again. Like, right now. [ check in with her you bastards. ]

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[ someone's using the program JARVIS hooked her up with~ the key is 'student' herderder. and here's that. ]

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[swisspoetgoatherd]

[ At least Christian can figure out how to use the video part of this comms device. He doesn't look too bad; tired, if anything, but he hadn't gotten the worst of the fear gas. ]

We haven't spoken before, but I suppose now is probably as good of a time as any. My name is Christian, and hearing 'zombie apocalypse'... I honestly have no idea what to think about it.

[ He sighs, clears his throat. They might all be a lot different than he thought. ]

I was in the year nineteen-oh-one before I came here, and to say this is all still confusing would be a gross understatement. I don't think there's any purpose to all of us being here, really; there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.

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[cons]

Hey, Christian. I'm Wichita.

[ 1901? Jesus. Wichita's a terrible history buff, but. That's. Interesting, to say the least. ]

Yeah, I'd imagine this place seems kinda nuts for you. And everybody keeps saying it's all random, but I'm still not totally into that idea. [ (UNSURE) ] I guess, for me, the chance of there being some connection between all of us means there's a way we can... use it. To get home.

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[allucinator]

I say what the hell are zombies?

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[cons]

Seriously?

"Mmm, braaains", that doesn't ring a bell?

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[saidhe]

And here you've come 'round, once again, to revisit the same tired issue.

[ It's not a question, but his voice certainly piques as though there's one. ]

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[cons]

That was months ago, shut up. And there are new people here, so.

[ she does laugh though ]

I saw zombies this weekend. All over the place, really. Thought I was sick.

[ like this is a nice change of topic. ]

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[blondeandperky]

[Buffy stares, startled, for a moment, and then she shrugs.]

...The Rising. Kellis-Amberlee. 2014.

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[cons]

[ ... Wichita understands 1 of 3 parts of that sentence, great. ]

I, um. I'm from 2009. I'm honestly surprised to hear the planet is even still a planet by 2014.

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[yardbird]

Not too long ago, if someone were to say "zombie apocalypse" to me, I would've said Dawn of the Dead...

[Nowadays, you say "zombie" and Murphy says "AXE ME A QUESTION."]

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[cons]

So you have some experience with them..?

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[foresaw]

You did say "zombie apocalypse", and I'd say that I wouldn't be surprised.

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[cons]

[ HAR HAR sir you are hilarious. she's just going to ignore that comment hmph. ]

Really? Why?

[consulting]

Define: Zombie.

SH

[ SUP MY BOYFRIEND'S CRIMINAL PROTEGE. B( ]

[cons]

In fiction: undead humans, stumble around, eat brains, brought back to life by magic. see: Thriller by Michael Jackson

My world: alive but severely ill with no known cure (mad cow disease gone rabid), angry, eat brains/flesh of the living, runners. travel in groups.

[ hello crimedaddy's detective boyfriend! (unsure) ]

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[cloy]

[ A tuneful little hum. Ros always sounds a little amused whenever she talks, though this time it's more like bemused. ]

I'd say: 'what's a zombie, dear'.

[cons]

Do you really wanna know? Or are you just answering my question.

[ wichita's amused. mostly at her own wording, she should have figured this would happen. ]

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[target]

[Welcome to one of the few times that Wesley's ever going to attach his face to his feed. Hey, it's not like they haven't already been through a whole lot together already.

So when the feed flips on, he doesn't look much better than her; bruised, beaten, and above all, tired. A day in the life of a zombieassassin hunter.]

Think it's pretty safe to assume everybody here came from a fucked up world.

locked forever~!

[cons]

You'd be surprised. Apparently some people had it pretty okay before they ended up here.

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[heterophobe]

I'd say bullshit. [ he's looking a little worse for wear but aren't they all? ] Is that your coming out story, of what your world's like?

[cons]

Guess so. After this weekend I don't think there's any point in not talking about it. [ considering she stumbled around with her gun asking whoever she made eye-contact with if they were infected or not, oops. ] Though it's not bullshit.

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[sammyskeleton]

Zombies are a nuisance at best and a legitimate threat to the entire world at worst, and in either case, I'm not very fond of dealing with them.

Are you?

[cons]

Am I fond of dealing with zombies? Hell no. I do know a guy that's pretty obsessed with killing them in creative ways, so. I guess it's not that unheard of.

My world is almost entirely dead because of zombies, though, yeah. Legitimate threat is... pretty accurate.

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[redhotsummers]

I say I really don't want to see those fuckers again.

[Alex? Really not interested in living the Zombie life again.]

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[cons]

I don't blame you. It's the one catch twenty-two about being here. Part of me wants to go home, part of me doesn't want to ever see another zombie again.

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[cheerioless]

[ zombies? why zombies? thanks to the fear gas, quinn can't get the image of the rotting and bloody corpse of her baby daughter out of her head. and then of course the corpse started gurgling and then it attacked her and oh god...

quinn vomits right before she replies. ]

There were no zombies where I was from that's for sure.

[cons]

[ aw quinn D: ]

You're definitely with the majority on that one. Guess it's not that much of a shock, though.

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[fly_like_pie]

You say "zombie apocalypse," I say "movies I never touched." Or plan to. At any point.

In time.

[Seriously, if he watched zombie flicks? That's just messed up. All the feels on this topic, he's even capitalizing and everything.]

[cons]

Not a blood-and-guts movie kinda guy?

[mediumdrip]

I think I'm one of those from a 'cookie-cutter happy world'. There's war and bigotry and starvation, but no zombies.

[cons]

[ small frown at that ]

Guess there's no true happy 'worlds' out there, if you're from Earth, anyway. Always something going on. [ sigh ] Mine just went from bad to completely nuts, I guess, cause of a virus. So it's kinda weird thinking about people who haven't gone through it, since it was the whole planet. Though if zombie viruses can be real, I guess alternate realities can be too.

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[kingofbabylon]

Aye aye, cap'n. [ Checking in and giving a salute because they talked before, sup ] You say 'zombie apocalypse' and I say 'Cillian Murphy's skinny nude ass running around in empty London.' ...The place I came from was pretty tame.

[cons]

Ah, 28 Days Later. Not that far off from what I'm talking about. [ squint ] Actually that's kind of exactly what it was like. Only not a movie. [ more weird faces. ]

How're you feeling?

[bottlearum]

[Hey Witcha, have you missed him? Have a raised eyebrow.]

Zombies, luv?

[cons]

Walking dead.

[ ALL THE GRINS THOUGH ]

Hey, Cap.

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[jilt]

I imagine most of us had troubles before arriving here.

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[cons]

Everybody's got something, yeah. Though I wasn't using the term 'ridiculous' lightly, I guess. Like maybe somebody on this ship thought they were doing us a favor when they brought us here, just a thought.

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[onteamdyson]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that "party" is not the response you're looking for.

[cons]

[ laaaughs ]

Literally any other time I would accept 'party' as an answer, but. Not so much, no.

/slides in late

[player_not_slayer]

I'd say boring.

[Simon had other shit to deal with back home, sure, but after the fear gas had had him stuck in his own imagined version of a Slayers deathmatch, he's reaaaallly not wanting to think about home all that much.]

What counts as ridiculous shit in your book, anyways?

/WAVES

[cons]

You think running from ravenous freaks is boring? [ 'ravenous freaks'? jesus, maybe she hasn't forgotten columbus afterall. ]

Ridiculous shit is watching a movie about a zombie virus killing off the human race, and then a few years later having that become a reality. Also being in space, that's ridiculous.