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Post by El Sterling on Jul 16, 2011 2:16:53 GMT -5
She stood and watched as the sun began to set behind the rubble within the city. Dust stirred faintly in the distance from what dared to continue to travel at this time of day. But she knew better, she knew never to walk alone so long as the monsters continued to exist.
It had only been about a month since she had met Alyson. They were certainly an odd pair together but it had been them who decided to work together and gather a group of people to survive. With her own creativity and Alyson’s instincts to avoid danger, they felt that they stood a strong chance at making it through this. Now they even had the perfect place too. Just outside the city was a decent sized hotel with a basement the size of the upper floors, the first floor in fairly good condition besides the peeling wallpaper and filth. Then the top floor where most of the guest rooms stood while one held a branch that crashed in some time ago. Whether it was from the bombings or from a storm that had taken place, El hoped that at some point she and Alyson could work to cut it down and use it during the winter; or just get it out of the damn house.
She turned and entered the building, careful to secure the door shut with the bolts she had snatched from other rooms upstairs and made her way to the basement where safety was more certain and company waited.
Words: 254
Tagged: Alyson/(later will open)
Note: FINALLY POSTED!! *shot*
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Post by Alyson Parol on Jul 16, 2011 2:55:57 GMT -5
•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘• Running her sleeved arm along one of the walls in the basement Alyson was making some kind of an effort to make this space more livable. It wasn’t much but if she could move this closer to a spiderweb and dust free environment then she would feel like she wasn’t just wasting her time. Okay maybe starting down here wasn’t the brightest idea...at least not before I had a chance to make up some kind of a duster.
Pulling her arm from the wall to inspect her sleeve she was slightly displeased with the fact that she had managed to find so much filth on the wall, but at the same time that was the point. The only light note she could pull from this was that the shirt she was wearing at the time was not one of her favorites.
Before she went back to her dusting she caught the sound of footsteps making their way to the head of the stairs and then descending. If she hadn’t already known who it was coming down then Alyson would have typically grabbed the nearest projectile and prepared for the pitch.
“Hey there El, whats going down up on the surface? Being down here nearly all day has almost gotten to me a couple of times...it’s no wonder Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his family execution style in their sleep...if I had to live in a basement for any length of time I would go crazy too...”
Aly had almost gone back to dusting somewhere in the middle of her rant, but instead she pulled back once more to look at El, now giving her, her full attention.
“Yah know now that I think about it, maybe that’s not the best way to put it...that was a true story after all...”
Removing her plaid over shirt and cap Alyson felt immediate relief from the excessive heat her layers and manual labor had caused. The nice thing about El was that she knew by now that Aly was weird, but she took her in anyway.
“Back to my original train of thought, how are things?”
•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘• Tags: El / Soon to be open? :] Word Count: 3-6-5 BEBE! XD Outfit: Here!Notes: Hope this is okay! Horror movie reference #1! ((Amityville Horror)) Gotta keep to my quirk! : ) |
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Post by El Sterling on Jul 17, 2011 15:41:44 GMT -5
El couldn’t help but laugh at the murder comment. In normal circumstances that most likely would have been more disturbing but it was actually rather amusing despite all that had been happening lately. “Well if I start seeing signs of you losing your mind I’ll have to remember to take you on daily walks to get some air.” It had been a long day walking around so on-edge so coming ‘home’ to the ‘familiar’ was relaxing and a comfort.
“Nothing’s cleared up outside. At least today I didn’t have any run-in’s though which was nice.” A wrinkle appeared above her nose as she looked at the filth in the room. Then she noticed the streak of filth on Alyson’s arm. “You know this in an Inn right? There should be cleaning supplies around up stairs do you want me to look?” A long yawn escaped her lips as she reached above her head and grazed her finger tips over the ceiling.
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Tagged: Alyson
Note: not 300 some words but I hope it works :D [/blockquote][/right] |
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Post by Alyson Parol on Jul 17, 2011 17:04:10 GMT -5
•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘• “Walks to get air huh? Why did I just picture you putting me on a leash and taking me out like some kind of pent of bulldog?”
There was no avoiding the almost-laugh that followed, it wasn’t something Aly would put past El. The chance to make some fun out of what they had been given would be well worth having to wear a leash for a short amount of time.
“Why weren’t you hear to remind me of such and obvious fact earlier?”
Alyson took one more look at her shirt, which was now at her feet, an exasperating sigh accompanied the action. Of course there were cleaning supplies somewhere nearby, only Alyson would have managed to miss that.
“And as many horror movies as I’ve seen that took place in a hotel. All those cleaning ladies walking around with their cart...in the wrong place at the wrong time...most wound up hung or with a knife in their neck, maybe I should go with you.”
Quickly Aly gathered her hat and shirt, the hat found it’s way to her head and the shirt went around her waist. Something she hand’t done since like middle school. Still no one of consequence was around to see her fashion fail, and anyone left would be wise to worry about other things anyway.
“Lead on boss.”
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Post by El Sterling on Jul 17, 2011 23:31:38 GMT -5
“You know I think I did find a collar today on my runs too. Though, if I’m correct it still had the remains of a dog at the end, but I’m sure you wouldn’t mind?” The laughter continued as she turned and headed back up the stairs from where she came. Making a quick scan of the room, El grabbed the stick leaning against the door she used on her walks as they headed down the hallways cautiously. “I think I’d be pretty safe looking for the cleaning stuff since I’m not a big lady in a maids outfit cleaning rooms.” Her cheeks puffed up and she crossed her eyes while using a gritty voice, “House keeping? House keeping. Hello house keeping?” She snickered at her own poor joke while she opened every door on the left side of the halls until they came across a cleaning room, assuming that Alyson would cover the right. Some of the rooms could be skipped since they still had their numbers on them and obviously weren’t storage rooms.
“Maybe someday I can take a break from my outings and help you around here. We could drag some furniture to the basement and dress it up. Make it homier? Maybe get some curtains to cover the dingy walls. Oh wait, then we would have to wash the curtains when they got filthy…” The more she continued, the more she zoned and failed to hear anything that Alyson may have been saying.
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Tagged: Alyson/Open Finally :D
Note: Dunno if anyone is going to see that they can join now lol [/blockquote] |
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Post by Alyson Parol on Jul 19, 2011 13:30:46 GMT -5
•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘• “You’re right El, my sense of perception has been skewed by the horrible tragedies of this world and now my already crooked sense of reality is worse so the collar of a seemingly recent dead dog sounds great! Who needs to wash it, the matted fur and rotted flesh give is character!”
Alyson’s banter led right up to the realization that El had momentarily gone crazy herself and was now impersonating an over weight cleaning lady that also seemed to be a chain smoker. All the same she had to hand it to El, it was quite comical. Nothing more funny then a pretty blonde girl acting obnoxious.
Seeing as El was assuming the left side of the hall Aly, without verbal direction, moved to the right ignoring doors with numbers, all the while listening to her companion carry on about cleaning and making things more homey soon. Several times she wanted to interject but there was no sense. Chances were she would go unheard anyway so she waited for the topic to blow over.
“Okay Martha Stewart...did yah find anything? I almost with you could have heard yourself just then.”
Smiling at her friend, Aly cut across the to the left side of the hall. The right side had proven fruitless meaning El would have almost certainly had to have found something unless they were in the wrong part of the Inn which was equally likely.
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Post by El Sterling on Jul 20, 2011 0:39:46 GMT -5
As if on cue El opened the last door on her side and behold a large room of cleaning supplies. “Whala.” She grabbed the cart and slid it out from the door, spotting two aprons hanging in the back of the room. With a smirk she looked and wiggled her eyebrows at Alyson. “House keeping?” El snagged them off their hooks and tossed one to Aly as she tied the other around her waist.
“Now my dear friend, we are in a horror movie. Because well… the big scary guys doing experiments and mutated monsters that want to pick us out of their teeth weren’t enough.” She grinned widely showing all of her teeth and then started down the hall with the cart, doing a prissy walk and swinging her hips as she went. “Snag a few brooms and be quick before leather face decides that he wants to make a comeback and slaughter us in the most gruesome way imaginable.” El smiled, despite the chaos it was nice to be sarcastic even if horror flicks weren’t her thing. Even before all that had happened, she struggled to find a friend that she could truly depend on and be close to. Hell she struggled to even make friends at all. She wasn’t much of the religious type but she felt that this could be a blessing in disguise even.
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Tagged: Aly/ Still open
Note: Kinda pulled this one out of my ass sorry :( hope it works? [/blockquote][/right] |
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Post by Alyson Parol on Jul 23, 2011 16:15:31 GMT -5
 •◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•◘•Without any kind of demonstration of her distaste of the idea of having to wear and apron Alyson took it in her hand quickly swapping out the over shirt around her waist for her new uniform. Just before El had time to walk off with the cart the brunette ditched her spare shirt on the cart as to not have to carry it around while working the cleaning supplies.
“Your walk there is a lot more mortifying then anything lurking in the shadows....also Leather Face? I think we should be more worried about an ax wielding lunatic named Johnny...on the other hand if we just stay away from doors we should be okay. By the way is there a shrub maze outside?”
Aly thought it highly amusing that El was trying to make horror movie jokes to. It was nice to not be the only one that had and interest in the idea of scary. Perhaps what made the gesture so nice was that she knew El wasn’t super huge on horror.
As requested she grabbed a few brooms and started to follow El who was well on her way to another part of the hotel to do whatever was next on her list. She wasn’t one to break routine, something Aly would have to work on with her.
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Post by El Sterling on Oct 14, 2012 18:03:50 GMT -5
 A world I once knew, I home I once had
I WON'T ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON AROUND ME TO PERISH
The halls filled with the echoing sound of clatter as the cart bounced down a flight of stairs. A world that had already been consumed with violence and darkness was now desolate of other survivors while they were left to strive for their lives and fight with every ounce of their being to live. In such twisted times, being capable to come back to this building, this home every day, helped her in her outings and gave her strength to fight knowing she wasn't alone. Little jokes and taunts about people who were once greatly feared were now comical in comparison to today’s gruesome situations.
As they entered back into the basement, all she could do was let out a laugh while she shook her head. “I don't recall seeing any shrubs outside but there are plenty of trees if that counts.” Her eyes scanned the surroundings as two by fours neatly covered the windows, two rather large chairs sat in a corner and then across the room were two wooden chairs and a small table. It was nowhere close to looking like a home but there were hopes that it would eventually. Next to the staircase was a door that once was the freezer of the Inn. Now they used it as their food storage and a panic room incase anything were to ever come in.
It bothered her how vacant the room was and it made her wish that maybe she could stay to fix things up more. But with just the two of them, one needed to go out every day and frankly, El was too concerned about something happening to Alyson to let her out of the basement without her. If only she could find more survivors…
After so long, the amusement had escaped her features while her gaze was lost staring blankly at one of the many walls. Hands were still gripped tightly around the bar of the cart as she stood motionless. There was an incapability to move, whether it be the long day catching up to her or an overwhelming feeling of so much more to do within their space.
"Do you think we should stay here...?"The blondes voice was low as her gaze stayed straight ahead. An expression of concern consumed her features as she stood in place.
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Word Count: 356
Tagged: Alyson/Open
Notes: dflksjdfsldfj Had a hard time replying :[ my bad
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