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The end of the world is upon us and we start at the very first day. After a nightmare, you wake to find everything silent and that you're quite wet, perhaps from sweat? Either way, you know you're alone, everyone you know is dead.
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Down and Out « Thread Started on Aug 11, 2008, 1:56pm »
Wind whistled through trees lining the streets. Smoke rose through their branches, the source, almost always, being a car, which had crashed into the tree's trunk. A fire or two burned in the distance, but other than mother nature herself, the entire town seemed to be desolate, engulfed in an eerie silence.
Jason continued down the sidewalk, stepping over the occasional body, never stopping to give a second glance. It'd be better, for sanity's sake, if he didn't see the tragedy apparent around him. His head hung low, he finally stopped and looked up, spotting another car, rammed into a tree lining the street. He shook his head and looked up, spotting a large, decorate sign above the building he was standing next to. 'The Back-Alley Pub' had been sloppily painted on the sign nearly thirteen years ago, and whenever he needed to drown out something in his life, he went there. Seeing nowhere else to really go, he entered the Pub, and shut the door behind him.
Like the town, the Pub was nearly desolate. A TV above the bar picked up no reception, but a jukebox in the front of the room was softly playing a couple Flogging Molly songs. Jason continued through the Pub, until he reached the bar, and took a seat against the wall. The TV's static got to him faster than he would've though, so he quickly shut the TV off. "Hello?" he called out, knowing no one would respond. He sighed to himself and reached over the bar. He grabbed two bottles of the cheapest beer he could reach and popped one open, solemnly downing its contents.
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Re: Down and Out « Reply #1 on Aug 11, 2008, 2:16pm »
Dennis tore his head from the pile of cocaine he had gathered in the bar's backroom in response to the distinct sound of the pub door opening. Other than a few survivors here and there, all about his age, Dennis had seen relatively few people among the streets after...... whatever happened happened. Most of them were insane, dangerously even. With twitching hands, Dennis picked up a handgun lying on the table, checked if it was loaded, and carefully made his way to the door. He lingered here for a few seconds, resting his palm on the door knob. After almost a minute, he threw open the door and aimed the gun directly at the newcomer's head. "F-f-f-f-f-freeze, you son of a bitch!" He stammered out, slowly and carefully walking out from behind the bar, keeping his aim on the man's forehead constant.
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Re: Down and Out « Reply #2 on Aug 11, 2008, 2:21pm »
Jason quickly downed the entire bottle and tossed it behind the bar. It smashed on the floor, generating a quick chuckle. Slowly, he turned his head to the man with the gun and frowned, though he didn't stand. He merely cracked open the other bottle and took a drink.
"Well, congratulations. You're the first guy I've seen all day who could actually breath," he started, surprisingly happy. "All the other people I've seen are dead. Dead in the streets, dead in their cars, dead in their houses. Everyone." His tone dropped to one of sadness. He cleared his throat and turned back to his drinking, not giving the man a second glance.
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Re: Down and Out « Reply #3 on Aug 11, 2008, 2:25pm »
Dennis dropped his aim for a second, bewildered at the stranger's unusual behavior. He quickly reestablished it however. "Who are you?" He demanded, punctuating the sentence with sporadic twitching. Dennis could feel the onset of a nosebleed bubbling.
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Re: Down and Out « Reply #4 on Aug 11, 2008, 2:28pm »
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you," he retorted quite dryly. His wiped his lips and tossed the second bottle behind the bar. "Jason," he responded, seriously. "I'd ask you your name, but I don't think I care about anything right now. Y'know?"
He burped as he reached over the bar for another bottle. Cracking it open, he took a small swig from it and sighed. He rubbed his eyes with gloved hands and continued drinking, stopping occasionally to let his mind wander off.
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Re: Down and Out « Reply #5 on Aug 11, 2008, 2:41pm »
Dennis raised his eyebrow yet again at Jason's obvious intoxication. "You're drunk." Dennis said matter-of-factly, lowering his handgun but keeping it at his side. He walked over to the bar and sat next to the stranger, laying his weapon in front of him and sighing. With a frown on his face, Dennis picked up a bottle of beer and downed it in a few gulps... just as Jason was. He opened his mouth a few times, as if to say something, but nothing came out until around the third attempt. "What.... happened? Do you know?" Dennis inquired, picking up another beer as he asked the question.
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Re: Down and Out « Reply #6 on Aug 11, 2008, 2:47pm »
"I'm not drunk, I'm merely... Feeling good," he responded, though he had to blink a few times to see straight. He shook his head, trying to clear it of his intoxication, and put the bottle down. He turned towards the man and cleared his throat.
"At about... Midnight. What was yesterday? Or the day before? One of those days was... August 12th, I... I can't remember. Anyway, at about midnight, I got home, and I... I was checking my messages, and I looked outside..."
He paused to catch his breath. He shook his head again, feeling his head begin to spin.
"Then everything went dark. To darkness. Or to, essentially, nothing... ness. It was like a nightmare, and when it was over, I woke up. I... I ran outside to see what had happened, but everything was quiet, and... There were bodies. Everywhere."
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