theoregontrail aw shit son. --- wip
PLAYER
NAME/NICKNAME: Chrissy.
AGE: 23.
PERSONAL LJ: butterflyclip
TIMEZONE: EST.
EMAIL ADDRESS: chrissyfulmer@gmail
IM SCREENNAME AND SERVICE: AIM: gostarmie
CHARACTER
NAME: Wichita. Just Wichita. Well, Krysta is her real name but that's not even relevant cause she says so.
AGE: 21.
FANDOM/MEDIUM: Zombieland, film.
CANON PULL-POINT: She's going to fall asleep at the casa de Murray, then wake up in 1800s. Bummer.
ABILITIES:
I think her ability to manipulate/con others when she has to could be considered above-average. It's all about attitude (cut-throat, as Columbus put it) and both she and her sister have plenty of that. Judging by the events in the movie, Little Rock was good at coming up with quick plans on the fly (getting to the Rock It ride to avoid the zombies), but Wichita was all about execution. Once she had her mark set, she would get the job done. That said, I think it will take her a bit to get used to working as a one-woman team (since she sure as hell won't trust her wagon-mates for a while), but not having her sister around won't be crippling. ..To her ability to con, anyway.
Also, after living in Zombieland for a few months, she was forced to give herself, and her sister, a crash course in gun training. She's got a great shot at this point, scarily accurate because she has to be, although she knows little to nothing about actually servicing a weapon. Whenever her gun started acting up back home she just ditched it for a new one.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND:
- There are two very important things one needs to know about Krysta: First, that the Earth she knows is quickly being destroyed by an elevated strain of Mad Cow disease. Somebody bit into the wrong hamburger, and now there's a virus being passed on through the human race that literally turns them into flesh-hungry, angry zombies. There's no cure, and there's really no avoiding it either. Zombies are everywhere, and it's going to take some time before she accepts the fact that there are lots of people from worlds that aren't going through the same thing.
Second, the only thing she cares about in this zombie-ridden world is her sister. She will do anything and everything to protect her sister, even if that means leaving you to be killed by the zombies so they can get away. Krysta's never killed anyone that wasn't trying to rip her limb from limb, but she doesn't cut slack for anyone either. Even before the virus she put her sister before everyone, even herself (which probably counts more towards a personality thing, but, that's okay.) so there's really nothing that can change that.
-Before the virus struck, she and her sister used to run cons against... well, any sucker that would fall for their schemes. It was never said in canon why they were doing it, but it seemed like they would just con guys out of their money so they could road trip around the country.
- The virus has killed off all of her friends and family without exception, as far as she knows, and it's changed Krysta a lot. She won't really talk about what (and who) she's lost, but it'll be obvious to anyone that gets to know her that she's buried a lot of sadness in order to keep herself focused on surviving. There are glimpses of the part of her that knows keeping people close is important though, in the way she tells Columbus not to let go when he finally finds who he's looking for.
- Only recently has she opened up to someone that isn't her sister, a guy that goes by Columbus, but she does still keep a sort of barrier in the back of her mind that will keep her from fully trusting anyone. Columbus and Tallahassee are slowly starting to become a part of her 'family', and she's more protective of them than she realizes. The four of them travel together now, fighting off zombies and just trying to get by.
Tallahassee (who she sometimes calls 'Florida', just to mix it up) has become a kind of older brother, if not weird uncle figure. She's convinced he's harmless, if not completely insane. After finding out about Buck, she's gained a new respect for him, in a way. She might not voice that respect, but she knows now that he has emotional limits, and that changes things. As for Columbus (sometimes 'Ohio'), she will probably always think of him as a guppy with a heart of gold. The poor boy is too trusting for his own good, but he's survived, so obviously he's doing something right.
---- The first time Wichita met Tal and Columbus was while she was running a con on them. (She gave Little Rock a very convincing zombie-bite mark on her forearm, made up of mostly strawberry jam, and tooth paste, for texture.) It didn't take the girls very long to convince them that they believed Little Rock didn't have long before she'd turn into a zombie, and with tear-filled eyes, Wichita asked Tal for his gun so she could shoot her sister before she started to get sick. Like she promised.
Once she had his gun, it was very easy to snag his car keys and leave the abandoned supermarket. From this experience, she concluded that Ohio was pretty damn gutless, and Florida was pretty damn dumb. She never expected to see them again.
Then about a day or two later, the car they stole from the pair over-heated, forcing them to pull over and run another con to snag another vehicle so they could continue on their way to California. As it just so happened, the next car to come driving down the road was a ridiculous yellow Hummer, driven by none-other than the same saps they stole from already.
"Bummer" was her only response to the fact that they just managed to screw them over again. The sisters didn't leave them stranded, though, which is the first sign that Wichita isn't a complete bitch. They decided to stick together as far as California, then they'd go their separate ways.
While in California, Tallahassee suggested they sleep in style, which leads them to the one and only Billy Murray's house. Well, mansion. It's at Bill's house that we see more of Wichita's old self, in the way she joins Bill and Tal in acting out a scene from Ghostbusters (..okay she was also a little high, but the fact that she even trusted them enough to get high with them is saying something.), then later on when she asks Columbus to drink with her.
The two swap stories about their 1997s, and it's really the only solid backstory we get besides the one flashback of Little Rock and Wichita pulling the ring con on the same poor Gas And Gulp bastard that got eaten at the beginning of the film. She talks about how much fun her year was - seeing her first R rated movie, her first kiss, her first tattoo - and I think it paints a pretty good picture of her pre-Z-land lifestyle/mindset without actually just telling us. She had a lot going for her back then, and as such, a lot to lose. After Columbus shares his (admittedly terrible) 1997 memories, she asks him to dance, wanting to make up for the fact that none of the 8th grade girls asked him out that year. The moment is actually really sweet, even after Wichita admits that she'd 'hit that', and they almost share a kiss-
But then Tallahassee interrupts them and ruins the whole moment. They all build a fort together, and fall asleep. ..And then Wichita wakes up in 18blahblahbloo! ..What's the year? Who knows!
CHARACTER PERSONALITY:
Wichita, believe it or not, is not your typical stuck-up bitch. At least Columbus sees through her sarcasm and scowls well enough, and there are even times when she seems kinda normal and fun, despite the whole zombie apocalypse deal she's found herself in. But more often than not, when she's around anyone she isn't close with, she tries to seem pretty closed-off, unimpressed, and jaded. And she actually can be, when she has to be. She's learned how to keep herself detached from a lot of her feelings, since most of the time they can only be used against her. After nearly kissing Columbus, she immediately brings up the one rule she has with her sister;
"I can't believe I almost kissed him. What's our rule?"
"Trust no one, just you and me."
"Just you and me, yeah. You and me."
The zombie virus hasn't turned her into a cold hard killer or anything, but there's little in the world that can really get under her skin or make her question any decisions she's made. She doesn't let things about herself or her plans slip, and if it seems like she did, it was most likely intentional. The world she lives in has forced her to become a manipulator, a con-artist, and she's not ashamed of it either. If not just because most of the time, once she cons someone, she'll never see them again.
There's no room for second guessing when your life is on the line. She believes there's also little room for making friends, let alone actually trusting anybody they cross paths with. Her trust issues are deep rooted now, and most of the time even if it seems like she's warmed up to someone, she probably hasn't.
"Better you make the mistake of trusting us, than us make the mistake of trusting you."
Survival is her main focus in Zombieland (which is what she and many others have come to call Earth), and her sister's survival comes before all else. Most if not all of her decisions are made with her sister in mind. Krysta would risk everything to keep her sister safe, and happy, and she's done it before. She tries not to be too over-bearing on Little Rock, but to an outsider she really might come off that way. The sisters have become best friends through all of this, so (at least, in Wichita's eyes) the control is pretty evenly distributed between the two of them. Little Rock comes up with plans on the fly, and Wichita usually maps out the bigger cons. They work as a team, no matter what.
Throughout the film we are constantly reminded that her sister always takes first priority, but she slowly drops her hard exterior around the boys the more time she spends with them. Granted, I don't think she'll ever be convinced that Tallahassee and Columbus aren't severely lacking in the brains department, but she's no longer convinced that they might screw her over eventually.
Although she hasn't gotten to the point where she'd rule out screwing them over again.
I think it's very telling that she asks Columbus to drink with her, considering she seems to be pretty gabby when she's buzzed on wine. Not only does that moment bring the two closer, but it also reveals a little bit of what I think she was like before the virus.
Zombie apocalypse aside, Krysta can be pretty likable. Really! It takes some time (or some booze) for people to get to see the "old" her, but before the virus hit her hometown, she was social, popular, and all the other things you can expect from a pretty girl. She's used to getting her way, but she's not a complete brat when she doesn't. Krysta's very grounded, but she definitely likes to have some fun when she gets the chance. Which is rare, in Z-land, but if the opportunity is there, she's on it. She's got a cutting, sarcastic sense of humor, and a cheesy side, even if she has to be a little drunk to let it show. While she doesn't put much thought into relationships or 'hooking up', she does have a bad habit of flirting without meaning to, or caring much about the aftereffects. She likes being the 'cool chick', and she'll rapid fire pop-culture references at you to prove it.
Other:
She's a huge comedy flick fan, with a particular liking for Bill Murray movies, and has a habit of laughing at all the wrong moments. Her first temporary tattoo was of a porpoise, first kiss was with a hottie named Scotty Lynch, and 1997 overall was a pretty damn good year for her. Wichita is an awesome shot with a firearm, and she's pretty fearless when it comes to defending herself. She doesn't consider herself 'risky', but if she needs to leap without looking, she'll do it. Nine times out of ten though, her moves are all pretty calculated.
WORLD:
Earth she knows is quickly being destroyed by an elevated strain of Mad Cow disease. Somebody bit into the wrong hamburger, and now there's a virus being passed on through the human race that literally turns them into flesh-hungry, angry zombies. There's no cure, and there's really no avoiding it either. Zombies are everywhere, and it's going to take some time before she accepts the fact that there are lots of people from worlds that aren't going through the same thing.
OCCUPATION: Actress? That's putting it way nicely. Wichita's always been a conartist, so, kinda need to ..figure that out. Like if she could get away with kinda lying about what she does? Whatever she thinks will get her ahead. If nothing else though, she could be considered a hunter. Yeah.
SAMPLES
THIRD PERSON:
Well. That was almost a complete disaster. Despite the fact that she was definitely a little buzzed, overtired, confused, and did we mention buzzed? She still knew that it was for the very best that Tallahassee interrupted her make-out session with Columbus before it even started. Finally, the overgrown 13 year-old man who thought snake skin jackets were cool did something right. Momentary period of frustration aside, it was the right thing.
However, that didn't make what had almost happened any less awkward to have to deal with, nor did it make her feel less like running away from this whole situation, as fast as she could. Running away was the easy thing to do, she knew this, but there were more important things to worry about than trying to dodge some guy with a crush. Even if a tiny part of her didn't exactly want to run from that, but instead thought that it might be nice, letting herself enjoy the type of normalcy she hadn't in a long time with a guy that maybe, actually, wasn't all that bad.
But that was exactly why she had to run.
I like you, Columbus. But, um. My sister and I are going to do whatever it takes to survive.
Of all the random things she said to him during that brief stroll down memory lane, that was the one piece of their conversation that made her realize that maybe she had said too much. In fact, she hadn't looked at him once while they helped build the fort out of Bill's living room furniture and blankets, because she was sure he'd know that she wasn't planning on sticking around the next morning. Little Rock didn't even have to ask - all it took was a certain look (Wichita's expression was back to its old mask, instead of the comfortable half-grin she had adopted after spending some time with the guys) and they both knew not to let themselves get used to sleeping in the big, comfy bed they'd be sharing (they always slept within eyesight of each other, it was a rule) that night. This might have been the first time they ever teamed up with anyone, but it wasn't the first time they needed to plan an escape without ever saying anything out loud.
Wichita turned in pretty early that night, feigning a headache, like sharing a bottle of wine could really even have that effect on her, but whatever. Tal and Ohio didn't question it, and that was the important part. She was quick to tug off her boots and leather jacket, dragging one of the oldish-looking chairs in the bedroom they chose to sleep in (on the first floor, always) next to the bed so she could pile them, and her gun, onto it. Easy access.
The last thing she saw before she fell asleep was the back of her sister's head from where she slept, about a foot away, like always.
FIRST PERSON:
You're kidding me, right? I'm supposed to just spill my soul on this thing? The only journal I ever owned had maybe three entries in it, then after about a week I got bored with it, and it was never seen again. I actively avoided Facebook and Twitter when those things still mattered - I don't want random people reading about my life. Plus, I'm sure nothing I put here is going to go over really well with the masses. But! Whatever, I'll try it.
"Dear internet diary,
Today I had to unload a shotgun in the face of this kid I used to go to school with, because he decided I'd be cool to eat for lunch. It was messy and brutal but it had to be done. Then we broke into a 7-11, killed a few more zombies, only to find out that the Slurpee machine was empty anyway. Go figure! Zombies enjoy an ice-cold, blue slushie to wash down their human flesh and guts. Yum."
Yeah, no. I can delete this, right?
[the entry is deleted, and later replaced with this:]
Ran into an old classmate today. Wasn't the epic reunion it could've been, but I wasn't really expecting it to be. Still, where it lacked in fun it made up in gunfire excitement. I guess.
And now I'm craving a Slurpie but have no means of getting one. Bummer.
NOTES: raaaaah can there be a zombie invasion on the oregon trail y/n.
NAME/NICKNAME: Chrissy.
AGE: 23.
PERSONAL LJ: butterflyclip
TIMEZONE: EST.
EMAIL ADDRESS: chrissyfulmer@gmail
IM SCREENNAME AND SERVICE: AIM: gostarmie
CHARACTER
NAME: Wichita. Just Wichita. Well, Krysta is her real name but that's not even relevant cause she says so.
AGE: 21.
FANDOM/MEDIUM: Zombieland, film.
CANON PULL-POINT: She's going to fall asleep at the casa de Murray, then wake up in 1800s. Bummer.
ABILITIES:
I think her ability to manipulate/con others when she has to could be considered above-average. It's all about attitude (cut-throat, as Columbus put it) and both she and her sister have plenty of that. Judging by the events in the movie, Little Rock was good at coming up with quick plans on the fly (getting to the Rock It ride to avoid the zombies), but Wichita was all about execution. Once she had her mark set, she would get the job done. That said, I think it will take her a bit to get used to working as a one-woman team (since she sure as hell won't trust her wagon-mates for a while), but not having her sister around won't be crippling. ..To her ability to con, anyway.
Also, after living in Zombieland for a few months, she was forced to give herself, and her sister, a crash course in gun training. She's got a great shot at this point, scarily accurate because she has to be, although she knows little to nothing about actually servicing a weapon. Whenever her gun started acting up back home she just ditched it for a new one.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND:
- There are two very important things one needs to know about Krysta: First, that the Earth she knows is quickly being destroyed by an elevated strain of Mad Cow disease. Somebody bit into the wrong hamburger, and now there's a virus being passed on through the human race that literally turns them into flesh-hungry, angry zombies. There's no cure, and there's really no avoiding it either. Zombies are everywhere, and it's going to take some time before she accepts the fact that there are lots of people from worlds that aren't going through the same thing.
Second, the only thing she cares about in this zombie-ridden world is her sister. She will do anything and everything to protect her sister, even if that means leaving you to be killed by the zombies so they can get away. Krysta's never killed anyone that wasn't trying to rip her limb from limb, but she doesn't cut slack for anyone either. Even before the virus she put her sister before everyone, even herself (which probably counts more towards a personality thing, but, that's okay.) so there's really nothing that can change that.
-Before the virus struck, she and her sister used to run cons against... well, any sucker that would fall for their schemes. It was never said in canon why they were doing it, but it seemed like they would just con guys out of their money so they could road trip around the country.
- The virus has killed off all of her friends and family without exception, as far as she knows, and it's changed Krysta a lot. She won't really talk about what (and who) she's lost, but it'll be obvious to anyone that gets to know her that she's buried a lot of sadness in order to keep herself focused on surviving. There are glimpses of the part of her that knows keeping people close is important though, in the way she tells Columbus not to let go when he finally finds who he's looking for.
- Only recently has she opened up to someone that isn't her sister, a guy that goes by Columbus, but she does still keep a sort of barrier in the back of her mind that will keep her from fully trusting anyone. Columbus and Tallahassee are slowly starting to become a part of her 'family', and she's more protective of them than she realizes. The four of them travel together now, fighting off zombies and just trying to get by.
Tallahassee (who she sometimes calls 'Florida', just to mix it up) has become a kind of older brother, if not weird uncle figure. She's convinced he's harmless, if not completely insane. After finding out about Buck, she's gained a new respect for him, in a way. She might not voice that respect, but she knows now that he has emotional limits, and that changes things. As for Columbus (sometimes 'Ohio'), she will probably always think of him as a guppy with a heart of gold. The poor boy is too trusting for his own good, but he's survived, so obviously he's doing something right.
---- The first time Wichita met Tal and Columbus was while she was running a con on them. (She gave Little Rock a very convincing zombie-bite mark on her forearm, made up of mostly strawberry jam, and tooth paste, for texture.) It didn't take the girls very long to convince them that they believed Little Rock didn't have long before she'd turn into a zombie, and with tear-filled eyes, Wichita asked Tal for his gun so she could shoot her sister before she started to get sick. Like she promised.
Once she had his gun, it was very easy to snag his car keys and leave the abandoned supermarket. From this experience, she concluded that Ohio was pretty damn gutless, and Florida was pretty damn dumb. She never expected to see them again.
Then about a day or two later, the car they stole from the pair over-heated, forcing them to pull over and run another con to snag another vehicle so they could continue on their way to California. As it just so happened, the next car to come driving down the road was a ridiculous yellow Hummer, driven by none-other than the same saps they stole from already.
"Bummer" was her only response to the fact that they just managed to screw them over again. The sisters didn't leave them stranded, though, which is the first sign that Wichita isn't a complete bitch. They decided to stick together as far as California, then they'd go their separate ways.
While in California, Tallahassee suggested they sleep in style, which leads them to the one and only Billy Murray's house. Well, mansion. It's at Bill's house that we see more of Wichita's old self, in the way she joins Bill and Tal in acting out a scene from Ghostbusters (..okay she was also a little high, but the fact that she even trusted them enough to get high with them is saying something.), then later on when she asks Columbus to drink with her.
The two swap stories about their 1997s, and it's really the only solid backstory we get besides the one flashback of Little Rock and Wichita pulling the ring con on the same poor Gas And Gulp bastard that got eaten at the beginning of the film. She talks about how much fun her year was - seeing her first R rated movie, her first kiss, her first tattoo - and I think it paints a pretty good picture of her pre-Z-land lifestyle/mindset without actually just telling us. She had a lot going for her back then, and as such, a lot to lose. After Columbus shares his (admittedly terrible) 1997 memories, she asks him to dance, wanting to make up for the fact that none of the 8th grade girls asked him out that year. The moment is actually really sweet, even after Wichita admits that she'd 'hit that', and they almost share a kiss-
But then Tallahassee interrupts them and ruins the whole moment. They all build a fort together, and fall asleep. ..And then Wichita wakes up in 18blahblahbloo! ..What's the year? Who knows!
CHARACTER PERSONALITY:
Wichita, believe it or not, is not your typical stuck-up bitch. At least Columbus sees through her sarcasm and scowls well enough, and there are even times when she seems kinda normal and fun, despite the whole zombie apocalypse deal she's found herself in. But more often than not, when she's around anyone she isn't close with, she tries to seem pretty closed-off, unimpressed, and jaded. And she actually can be, when she has to be. She's learned how to keep herself detached from a lot of her feelings, since most of the time they can only be used against her. After nearly kissing Columbus, she immediately brings up the one rule she has with her sister;
"I can't believe I almost kissed him. What's our rule?"
"Trust no one, just you and me."
"Just you and me, yeah. You and me."
The zombie virus hasn't turned her into a cold hard killer or anything, but there's little in the world that can really get under her skin or make her question any decisions she's made. She doesn't let things about herself or her plans slip, and if it seems like she did, it was most likely intentional. The world she lives in has forced her to become a manipulator, a con-artist, and she's not ashamed of it either. If not just because most of the time, once she cons someone, she'll never see them again.
There's no room for second guessing when your life is on the line. She believes there's also little room for making friends, let alone actually trusting anybody they cross paths with. Her trust issues are deep rooted now, and most of the time even if it seems like she's warmed up to someone, she probably hasn't.
"Better you make the mistake of trusting us, than us make the mistake of trusting you."
Survival is her main focus in Zombieland (which is what she and many others have come to call Earth), and her sister's survival comes before all else. Most if not all of her decisions are made with her sister in mind. Krysta would risk everything to keep her sister safe, and happy, and she's done it before. She tries not to be too over-bearing on Little Rock, but to an outsider she really might come off that way. The sisters have become best friends through all of this, so (at least, in Wichita's eyes) the control is pretty evenly distributed between the two of them. Little Rock comes up with plans on the fly, and Wichita usually maps out the bigger cons. They work as a team, no matter what.
Throughout the film we are constantly reminded that her sister always takes first priority, but she slowly drops her hard exterior around the boys the more time she spends with them. Granted, I don't think she'll ever be convinced that Tallahassee and Columbus aren't severely lacking in the brains department, but she's no longer convinced that they might screw her over eventually.
Although she hasn't gotten to the point where she'd rule out screwing them over again.
I think it's very telling that she asks Columbus to drink with her, considering she seems to be pretty gabby when she's buzzed on wine. Not only does that moment bring the two closer, but it also reveals a little bit of what I think she was like before the virus.
Zombie apocalypse aside, Krysta can be pretty likable. Really! It takes some time (or some booze) for people to get to see the "old" her, but before the virus hit her hometown, she was social, popular, and all the other things you can expect from a pretty girl. She's used to getting her way, but she's not a complete brat when she doesn't. Krysta's very grounded, but she definitely likes to have some fun when she gets the chance. Which is rare, in Z-land, but if the opportunity is there, she's on it. She's got a cutting, sarcastic sense of humor, and a cheesy side, even if she has to be a little drunk to let it show. While she doesn't put much thought into relationships or 'hooking up', she does have a bad habit of flirting without meaning to, or caring much about the aftereffects. She likes being the 'cool chick', and she'll rapid fire pop-culture references at you to prove it.
Other:
She's a huge comedy flick fan, with a particular liking for Bill Murray movies, and has a habit of laughing at all the wrong moments. Her first temporary tattoo was of a porpoise, first kiss was with a hottie named Scotty Lynch, and 1997 overall was a pretty damn good year for her. Wichita is an awesome shot with a firearm, and she's pretty fearless when it comes to defending herself. She doesn't consider herself 'risky', but if she needs to leap without looking, she'll do it. Nine times out of ten though, her moves are all pretty calculated.
WORLD:
Earth she knows is quickly being destroyed by an elevated strain of Mad Cow disease. Somebody bit into the wrong hamburger, and now there's a virus being passed on through the human race that literally turns them into flesh-hungry, angry zombies. There's no cure, and there's really no avoiding it either. Zombies are everywhere, and it's going to take some time before she accepts the fact that there are lots of people from worlds that aren't going through the same thing.
OCCUPATION: Actress? That's putting it way nicely. Wichita's always been a conartist, so, kinda need to ..figure that out. Like if she could get away with kinda lying about what she does? Whatever she thinks will get her ahead. If nothing else though, she could be considered a hunter. Yeah.
SAMPLES
THIRD PERSON:
Well. That was almost a complete disaster. Despite the fact that she was definitely a little buzzed, overtired, confused, and did we mention buzzed? She still knew that it was for the very best that Tallahassee interrupted her make-out session with Columbus before it even started. Finally, the overgrown 13 year-old man who thought snake skin jackets were cool did something right. Momentary period of frustration aside, it was the right thing.
However, that didn't make what had almost happened any less awkward to have to deal with, nor did it make her feel less like running away from this whole situation, as fast as she could. Running away was the easy thing to do, she knew this, but there were more important things to worry about than trying to dodge some guy with a crush. Even if a tiny part of her didn't exactly want to run from that, but instead thought that it might be nice, letting herself enjoy the type of normalcy she hadn't in a long time with a guy that maybe, actually, wasn't all that bad.
But that was exactly why she had to run.
I like you, Columbus. But, um. My sister and I are going to do whatever it takes to survive.
Of all the random things she said to him during that brief stroll down memory lane, that was the one piece of their conversation that made her realize that maybe she had said too much. In fact, she hadn't looked at him once while they helped build the fort out of Bill's living room furniture and blankets, because she was sure he'd know that she wasn't planning on sticking around the next morning. Little Rock didn't even have to ask - all it took was a certain look (Wichita's expression was back to its old mask, instead of the comfortable half-grin she had adopted after spending some time with the guys) and they both knew not to let themselves get used to sleeping in the big, comfy bed they'd be sharing (they always slept within eyesight of each other, it was a rule) that night. This might have been the first time they ever teamed up with anyone, but it wasn't the first time they needed to plan an escape without ever saying anything out loud.
Wichita turned in pretty early that night, feigning a headache, like sharing a bottle of wine could really even have that effect on her, but whatever. Tal and Ohio didn't question it, and that was the important part. She was quick to tug off her boots and leather jacket, dragging one of the oldish-looking chairs in the bedroom they chose to sleep in (on the first floor, always) next to the bed so she could pile them, and her gun, onto it. Easy access.
The last thing she saw before she fell asleep was the back of her sister's head from where she slept, about a foot away, like always.
FIRST PERSON:
You're kidding me, right? I'm supposed to just spill my soul on this thing? The only journal I ever owned had maybe three entries in it, then after about a week I got bored with it, and it was never seen again. I actively avoided Facebook and Twitter when those things still mattered - I don't want random people reading about my life. Plus, I'm sure nothing I put here is going to go over really well with the masses. But! Whatever, I'll try it.
"Dear internet diary,
Today I had to unload a shotgun in the face of this kid I used to go to school with, because he decided I'd be cool to eat for lunch. It was messy and brutal but it had to be done. Then we broke into a 7-11, killed a few more zombies, only to find out that the Slurpee machine was empty anyway. Go figure! Zombies enjoy an ice-cold, blue slushie to wash down their human flesh and guts. Yum."
Yeah, no. I can delete this, right?
[the entry is deleted, and later replaced with this:]
Ran into an old classmate today. Wasn't the epic reunion it could've been, but I wasn't really expecting it to be. Still, where it lacked in fun it made up in gunfire excitement. I guess.
And now I'm craving a Slurpie but have no means of getting one. Bummer.
NOTES: raaaaah can there be a zombie invasion on the oregon trail y/n.