{I am up against the wall

[forasecond]

Who: Five + Various
When: Month of September
Where: Around town
What: Various threads through the month.
Warnings: Depression/anxiety/PTSD mentions or descriptions; assassination/mass murder/themes of war; flippant references to child abuse/neglect/violence; mentioned and played out use of alcohol (which looks like underage use, all considered); will clearly mark if-when anything comes up.

I have killed a man and all I know

Is I am on the run and go

Comments

[solitarysoul]

"I don't know if you can plan for this sort of thing." He sighs, and turns to look towards the town. "I've been scouting. Just the town so far, but we can't stay here forever."

At some point somethings going to come and drag them deeper into whatever trouble this was.

[forasecond]

"You're probably right on that," he follows the other's gaze to the town at large. "Yeah, I've got myself about as settled as I'll get, so..." he trails off. There's not really an end to that sentence. The truth is, he just needs something to do, something to focus on and occupy his time with.

He tilts his head a little to one side, "You don't happen to know anything about cartography, do you?"

[solitarysoul]

That's why Levi's been scouting. It gives him something to do to keep everything at bay.

"...that's maps, right? Not really. I've never tried to make one."

[forasecond]

He nods at the question, "Yeah... me either. Hopefully, someone around here does, though. It'd be useful to be able to map things out as we find them." Maybe he'll put that up as a note on his board, too. There is a distant thought about people discussing their personal skill-sets, but... organizing that sort of thing is really not his forte. He works best alone, if you ask him.

[solitarysoul]

"...hopefully. I can probably give directions but I don't think I could draw it out." He shrugs. "I wonder if someone's already started one..."

Oh, no, he'd have to ask around for that. He doesn't really want to try to talk to many people.

[forasecond]

"Well, a map maker can't make a map for an unexplored area," he says, pushing up to his feet, and securing his satchel across him. "so I guess we better get started on our part."

Without another word, he starts heading South.

Five has no idea what he hopes to find, not really. Sure, it would be nice if they could come across someone else, maybe even someone from this godforsaken tundra. Someone besides the elusive Methuselah. Something about him just did not sit quite right with Five, though he couldn't put a finger on it yet.

He isn't much of an idle chatterbox, so it's silent as they begin their journey, unless Levi decides to break it somewhere along the way.

[solitarysoul]

"Yeah." He nods and follows after Five. It was weird, following a kid instead of the other way around. But things were strange here and if this guy has an idea he doesn't care how old he is or appears to be.

Levi is also unsure what they're looking for. The bunkers around Prehevil had been obvious, but he doubts he can expect something like that here. He just hopes that if they find something useful at least one of them will notice it.

He doesn't seem particularly eager to break the silence, at least not yet.

lmk if silent tags don't work for you <3

[forasecond]

His pace is casual as he's in no real hurry. He's still lamenting the loss of his powers and pretty grumpy about that fact, but he isn't the type to lay his woes at another's feet. He'd rather suffer in silence, thanks.

As they start to ease away from the town, a little off the beaten path, so-to-speak, Five starts taking more careful notice of things. Namely, just how desolate everything really seems to be. The whole town seems to have been abruptly abandoned and there's an uncomfortable dissonance in the evidence of lives being lived here and finding no real signs of life at all.

It reminds him of that post-Apocalyptic wasteland he was stuck in for so many years. The thought settles heavy in the pit of his stomach and he forces it back down with a bitter-pill swallow.

They're fine <3

[solitarysoul]

The whole thing reminded him of the Festival at Prehevil, just with no gods or their servants taunting him in dreams. He's not really sure what that means, since as far as he knew only a god could do something at this scale. Or...what was it Karin was trying to say happened in Prehevil? Gas and radiation or something. Their doctor had disagreed, but things were different here. Maybe he could ask one of the doctors.

Whatever it was it made him uneasy, so he moves his rifle to his hands. He knew he had to conserve ammo, that had become a familiar feeling during the Festival, but it made him feel a bit better. And maybe if they found people instead of monsters they could use it to intimidate them. Maybe.

[forasecond]

Five is vaguely aware of the shifting grip on the rifle in Levi's hands somewhere in his periphery, but he doesn't call attention to it. He probably should have armed himself, he did have an axe, after all, but it would have been more cumbersome than he wants to deal with. If they run into trouble, he'll just have to rely on other skills.

"Really hoping you don't need to use that," not least of which because, honestly, he'd like a simple, nice, uneventful day of scouting.

[solitarysoul]

"Me too. Buy I'd rather have it out just in case." Becuase he's pretty sure letting his guard down, especially outside of town, would end badly.

"If the animals are normal they might avoid us. But if it's people or...something else thats dangerous out here...yeah."

[forasecond]

He nods his agreement because he can't argue against pragmatism. "How limited is your ammo situation?" Maybe they could find some lying in one of these houses, if they looked hard enough.

"Something else... like what?" he asks, glancing over at him with a curious squint before focusing on where he was going once again a moment later.

[solitarysoul]

"I found some, but I'd still prefer to save it if I can. We don't know what's out here."

"Uh..." Does he just say 'momsters?' That sounded crazy. Mutated people or animals sounded unlikely too. Damn...what does he say here?

"...you know. More dangerous things. Or something."

[forasecond]

He nods again, it's the smart plan, and he's glad if the kid's got it, he knows how to use it.

The hesitation makes him glance back over, one eyebrow quirked upwards in expectation of the rest of the sentence–

– which is finished a second later on a pretty disappointing note. Five's nose scrunches a bit and he looks ahead again. "If you think it's aliens, just say you think it's aliens." Sort of a joke, sort of not at all– a subtle nod to the fact that things in the general realm of 'weird' by most of society were not unheard of in his own life.

[solitarysoul]

"...aliens?" He doesn't know that word to mean 'spaceman,' his world hadn't quite hit that point yet.

[forasecond]

"You know, weird little guys from space or whatever- ?"

A beat.

"No?" He shakes his head and waves a dismissive hand, "Nevermind, it's not a big deal. They're probably not even real."

[solitarysoul]

"From space?" He looks up. The only thing he really knows in soace is the moon. It could probably be said that those effected by Rher--the moon god--'s powers were sort of from the moon.

"...yeah. Something like that."

[forasecond]

He nods a little and falls into another bout of silence, then. Keeping conversations going is just- hard for someone as antisocial as Five. He sees no point in wasting time with passive, idle chatter.

The wind picks up and Five tugs his jacket closer in an effort to trap in some warmth against the sharp chill of it. There isn't much to note for the first leg of their journey, a few landmarks that he scribbles down in his notebook to keep an eye out for on the way back later.

He doesn't have any set list of things he's specifically looking for, not on this first journey out into the wider area of the town they've found themselves trapped in. This is just a general scouting mission- seeing what there is away from the center of town.

[solitarysoul]

Levi's not very talkative, or good with people. Silence is fine for him, both because he doesn't have to try and say things and because it let him hear if anything was around. He'd seen a few glimpses of rabbits and deer, and birds, but nothing very interesting or worrying. He knew there were predators out here, but it seemed they were safe enough for now. Possibly being stalked by wolves or whatever, so he's not going to relax.

Nothing that seemed really useful or like it'd answer anything. But he did learn he should really find gloves after that get back to town.