Nepeta watched the human boy get ripped to shreds. The way those creatures ripped at his veins like they were those long, red candy sweets that Terezi had told her about. It was just... horrific. She'd witnessed death a thousand times, maybe more but now she felt sickened by the thought of it all. Humans eating... humans...
It was sick.
Nepeta sat on the roof before turning away. She couldn't help the boy now, if she wasted ammo on saving his life it would just be a pointless feat. She saved his life so that he would succumb to the virus. First, you developed fatigue and breathlessness. Second, you became heavily nauseated and your bones would feel sluggish and tired. Third, you develop a raging fever and can no longer stand. By this point you're a gonner. After the third step a human will begin to cough up blood, eventually coughing up more and more until they pass out, unable to withstand the trauma and pressure that their body is being put through. Shortly after, they suffer cardiac arrest and their body stops functioning.
Rumor had it that the times for transformation were anywhere between minutes and hours. But all the humans Nepeta had came across persisted that it took no longer than six hours. After then, you could be sure that they weren't going to rise up from their deathly slumber anytime soon. But it was different for the faster reactants. The fastest Nepeta had seen the change happen was a man who died. Within five minutes, he was up again. Within fifteen minutes, he'd bitten half of his camp. Within a day, Nepeta was the sole survivor.
After a minute, the screams of the boy were gone and Nepeta gave a sigh of relief. Quickly, she tied back her blonde hair into a ponytail then checked over her supplies again. This was a job she did everyday so she was ready to forage for supplies.
One box of matches
Three cans of soup, one can of tinned strawberries
One roll of bandage and tape
Four packets of medicine (Ibuprofen, Paracetamol and two packets of hospital-rate painkillers)
Two pistols (Three boxes of ammo)
Five knives (for throwing)
Seven replacement claws
One Shotgun (97 bullets remaining)
One change of clothing
One rain mac
One laptop
Nepeta sighed, pulling out her laptop just as the rain began. Nepeta was in the rainy city of Jacksonville in Florida, USA and so far, all she'd experienced was rain. Her tent, luckily, was waterproof and that was the only bonus she'd received really. So, as fast as she could, Nepeta clambered inside the tent on the roof and zipped it up. It sounded weird and slightly silly, how she'd taken refuge in a tent rather than a building but most of the buildings around the area were infested with the living dead. The rooftop here was clear of any of them, had plenty of drainage pipes to remove excess water and she'd attached fourteen locks to the only door that led up here. Every single one was bolted for the time being so she knew she was safe.
Quickly, Nepeta logged onto Trollian and looked who was online. Sadly, there were only three online at the time. TerminallyCapricious, who was always on. It was like the zombies didn't bother him! TwinArmageddons was also online but appeared busy, which he always did. Thirdly, ApocalypseArisen was online, who Nepeta began speaking to immediately.
ArsenicCatnip began trolling ApocalypseArisen at 19:32
AC: *ac clambers over a pile of dead zombies and purrs at aa*
AC: :33 how are mew doing over there, Aradia?
AA: Quite fine, thank y0u... H0w are y0u d0ing?
AC: *ac purrs sadly*
AC: 33: Fine thank mew but all it does it rain
AA: I kn0w h0w y0u feel. Fl0rida is a h0rrrid c0untry f0r rain...
AC: *ears perk up in surprise as ac pounces onto aa*
AC: :33 Mew're in Florida too?!
AC: 33: It's pawsitively pawful!
AC: :33 But where are mew?!
AA: 0rland0. I'm afraid I must depart Nepeta. I bid y0u farewell until we are both 0nline next.
AC: *ac waves paw sadly*
AC: :33 Pawright, speak soon!
ApocalypseArisen ceased trolling ArsenicCatnip at 19:59
Nepeta sighed as she closed her laptop, eager for some sleep. She'd grown bored of cold soup for now so she had decided just to sleep. And so, she lay her head down on her pillow, pulled the blanket over her and pulled the pistol closer. She wanted to sleep but sleep came with a price. And the true hunter was always prepared...
Gamzee Makara was pissed off. It had been a week and nobody had even tried to contact him. The sopor slime supply was dangerously low and Gamzee had been attempting to wean himself off the stuff under the help of Kanaya, but it was difficult. So, he swallowed a little bit of it then looked down the scope of his sniper.
This place was probably the sturdiest place he'd seen yet. First off, it was surrounded by three different walls. The outer wall was a high chain link fence that probably stretched to about 16 foot high. The second was an electric fence but it was out of power at the time. The third fence was made entirely of cement and brick, stopping any of those monstrous creatures getting it in.
Though he'd only been in the place for a week, he was more than ready to take down any zombies that got in. After all, in just a week he'd cleared the place of all the zombies and now he only had to keep them from getting in. But the best part was that the entire prison was solar-powered. His laptop was constantly online and lugged into a small generator that was fully charged all day from the solar power. So, he was always on trollian.
"Shit." Gamzee gasped, blushing when he saw Nepeta had just signed off. He wasn't about to admit it to anyone but his little flush crush had grown even more since he'd been placed in this pathetic, human body. This one was small, roughly 6'4" in height and had brown hair that stuck out at any possible angle. In fact, he had quickly grown to like it since it was like the hair he'd had on his human body. But what was weird was the fact that this human body was completely different from his troll body. If he tried to wear his clown make-up, the human body got all itchy and covered itself in red spots. It irritated him to no end.
But then his trollian went off and Gamzee's grey eyes bulged from their sockets.
ArsenicCatnip began trolling TerminallyCapricious at 20:08
AC: *nervously pads over*
AC: :33 Hey Gamzee, no hard feelings meow that the game has finished, okey?
TC: HeY, nO mUtHeRfUcKiNg PrObLeMs At AlL :o)
AC: *purrs happily and places head on lap*
AC: :33 Pawesome! How come mew are always on here anyway?
TC: I jUsT gOt Me A mUtHeRfUcKiN' mIrAcLe Up OvEr HeRe. EmPtY pRiSoN aNd ShIt LiKe ThAt. :o)
TC: LoNeLy HeRe ThOuGh... :o(
AC: *licks tc's nose and purrs*
AC: :33 Gamzee, that's purrfect! Where are mew?
TC: NoT tOo MuThErFuCkIn' SuRe PuSsYcAt.
TC: I sAw A sIgN sAy I aM 32 MiLeS fRoM aTlAnTa? :os
AC: *AC's ears perk up in surprise*
AC: :33 I know where that is! Mew're in Georgia! It's the next state over!
TC: ReAlLy? :o0
TC: ThAt'S gReAt! :oD
TC: I aM aT a PrIsOn NeAr ThErE wItHoUt AnY zOmBiEs! :o)
TC: CoMe As SoOn As YoU cAn! :o)
TC: PuSsYcAt? :o(
TC: PuSsYcAt ArE yOu MuThErFuCkIn' OkAy? :o(
TC: PlEaSe GeT hErE aNd SuRvIvE tHe ZoMbIeS! :o(
TC: DoN't DiE aGaIn.:'o(
TerminallyCapricious ceased trolling ArsenicCatnip at 20:52