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Post by Tally Cat on Jul 26, 2018 23:24:59 GMT -5
Pepper stepped out from her shower stall and looked at Amber.
"Oh, sorry. You just throw it down one of the three chutes, one to each bathroom. Metal hatch on the wall," she said loud enough for the others to hear as well and returned to her shower stall again. Once she was there, she heard something from the stall next to her where she had heard a young girl enter before. She froze for a moment and realized that the girl was sobbing. She stepped out slowly, her movements jerk-y, and then knocked on the divider wall from outside the girl's stall. "H-hey, honey. You al--..." she started to say but stopped, putting her hand over her mouth and feeling tears forming in her own eyes. Of course she wasn't alright. She couldn't have been more than thirteen years old. Pepper had seen her before. She hadn't even seemed to have been outside with her parents. And now she was alone inside. Pepper moved the curtain aside slowly and sighed, seeing that the girl had some clothes on still. She got down on her own knees in front of her and pet her hair gently with one hand. "Don't worry 'bout a thing... 'cause every little thing... is gonna be alright," Pepper sang softly to the girl, resting the hand that was petting her on her shoulder instead. "I'll take care of you in here, honey. I don't know what happened to you out there but... I promise you'll be safe in here. I'll keep you safe," she said quietly and nuzzled the top of the girl's head.
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Post by Toto-san on Jul 26, 2018 23:56:34 GMT -5
Wayne stepped into the males' bathroom and took off his clothes quickly, tossing them down the chute that he heard Pepper mention and hurried into a shower stall to close the curtain. He set his new clothes and pack down on the bench between the main bathroom and the shower that would be his for now. He sighed, glad that he hadn't had to be naked in front of anyone else, even another male. He imagined others would be in shortly. He also hoped that none of them would choose a stall next to him. Shivering at the thought, he pulled the next curtain open. He saw a shower head, a knob, and some body wash and shampoo ahead of him. Stepping forward, he turned the water on and immediately a torrent of cold water poured onto his feathers, soaking him to the core and causing him to shiver for different reasons. He turned the knob toward warm, careful not to turn it too far. Wayne didn't want to waste the hot water OR to have it be TOO hot as it was just a moment ago too cold. He sighed again as he poured some body wash into his hand and rubbed it over his chest and into his armpits. His mind started to wander, thinking of his day at the hospital before the bombs hit. He had heard of the tensions rising on the news. He knew, though, that the Cuban Missile Crisis and many other Crises like it had come and gone throughout history without much to do. It was obvious when it had finally happened, though. Air raid sirens blared from the retired Air Force base nearby. Wayne remembered that exact moment in time. He had been looking at a chart over a patient with Ovarian Cancer. Her prospects were not great. Then his mind moved to a side-thought. Her prospects had gotten worse when he'd abandoned the hospital with Lydia. And that went really well, didn't it? He pressed one of his hands against the wall and gave it a swift and hard punch a moment later. His knuckled pulsed with pain and he started to sob, the sound muffled by the shower itself. Lydia... if only he'd been paying more attention. Maybe he could have told her to move out of the way in time. Then they'd both be here. Both of them were medical personnel... but at the same time... that sounded selfish. If that had happened, one of these other people would not have gotten in. Wayne forced himself to continue washing himself. He did it with a numb lack of emotion and thought. Wayne knew that water had to be limited.
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Post by Shani on Jul 28, 2018 17:29:40 GMT -5
Passing by Pepper, who was kneeling by the young vixen, Callie recognized the song she was singing, and joined in for a little while, forming a duet. But then, when Pepper had finished, she moved on, not wanting to crowd the child. She was sure that the salamander had the situation under control anyway.
Callie stepped into one of the bathroom stalls, put the clean clothes down on the bench, and took off her guitar and backpack, setting them down on the floor next to it. Cleaning her guitar and all the contents of her backpack was going to be a pain, especially because she'd have to wash her hands so many times in between! She would have to remove the strings, acquire a clean cloth, or better yet - two, to rub the instrument down, wash her bottles of lemon oil and guitar polish, apply them to the guitar, and restring it anew.
She decided to shower herself first, so she began to strip, revealing her spots. Gathering up her clothes, including the extra pairs of undies from out of her backpack, she went and deposited them in the chute. Turning around, she skipped back towards her curtain, not caring if anyone saw her naked. Of course she was the type of person to sing in the shower - it always put her in a good mood, and soon everyone could hear her voice bouncing off the walls, echoing throughout the bathrooms.
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Post by azirik on Jul 30, 2018 0:35:12 GMT -5
Noah took stretched a glove on each hand so his thumb and fingers were covered, collecting a few clothes from the table he turned and moved away from the crowd. He had seen the young vixen enter and then lost sight of her in the bustle to move down where they were now. His hight giving a good view he saw her move with the group and then into the women's showers, seeing Pepper go in he knew there was at least someone there to help her if needed. As he walked to the men's bathroom he saw Amber hurry out of a bathroom and peek her head in and ask about the clothing, then came Peppers reply. Noah raised his brow at the nude coyote as he went to the men's showers and saw Wayne there getting into a shower. Noah walked to a shower and removed his clothes carefully and disposed of them down one of the chutes, the few scares he had were very noticeable on his back and lower left leg. He then got into a shower and washed up and made very sure to extra scrub any area exposed that would have gotten heavy exposure to radiation. Noah gave a chuckle when he thought about the couple and how stupid they looked in the duct-taped and X-ray apron get-ups, though he realized they were probably the most protected from the radiation that was outside. He finished up and sat for a few minutes on the bench and collected his thoughts.
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Post by azirik on Jul 30, 2018 12:44:42 GMT -5
With Peppers reply Amber smiled and said thanks then turned, she noticed Noah entering the men's bathroom and noticed how he had duck as he entered. "That's a tall guy," she said and hurried her nakedness back to where Morgan was.
It was while the two were showering and washing each other to get everything clean that Amber started crying, this made Morgan stop washing her back and turn her to face him. Where Morgan was an only child and whose parents died a while ago, Amber had a big family and the hard realization of their losses had just hit her. The sounds of sobbing soon came from the bathroom along with a few screams of "NOOOOOOOOO! ! " Morgan could only do his best to help his beloved wife and let her let out the sorrow and lose. Only twice did she cry out and then only sobbing after that, the faint sounds of Morgan softly singing to her may have been heard by anyone that came near the entrance but otherwise his singing was for her. Morgan held her close as the two were cuddled down kneeling in the shower, the water raining down on them for a little while before Morgan reached up and turned it off then returned to holding her close.
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Post by Ichigo on Jul 31, 2018 22:41:44 GMT -5
Pepper's song, her gentle touch and kind words helped soothe the girl's troubled mind. There were terrible things that had happened to her, terrible thoughts that had passed through her. And all of that could be put on hold for later, while there was still someone who cared for her. Misty held up a trembling hand to her shoulder where Pepper's hand was resting. The girl wiped the tears from her eyes with the hoodie and set it down on the ground in front of her. There was a pause, as she steadied her breathing. "It's okay... I'll be okay." Her voice came out in a hoarse whisper.
Leaning on Pepper for support, Misty rose to her feet, and continued to remove what clothing was left on her, not paying any mind to the fact that she was undressing in front of a stranger. After removing her panties and undershirt, she folded them into the hoodie.
"The chute is out there, right?" she asked quietly to confirm what Pepper had said earlier, and left the curtained off area to drop off her clothes. She wondered if the limit of twelve people excluded Pepper's servants. It must have, considering the amount of work it would take to keep this place in working order. Or was everything in the bunker fully-automated and the moment she let go of the chute door, her clothes would get whisked away and sent into a washing machine that could sense when it was full enough to start a load, close itself, and start washing - like magic? Did things like that exist?
Misty re-entered her shower stall. She turned on the water and tested its temperature with her hand before stepping in. Her shower was then spent absently listening to someone's singing while her body moved automatically, like on autopilot, performing the motions of washing herself gently.
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Post by Tally Cat on Aug 2, 2018 0:24:10 GMT -5
Pepper sighed and nodded at the girls question. She walked back into her own stall, wiping her tears away, and taking off her own clothes before depositing them in the chute as well and beginning her shower. She had hoped that she might find more solace in the shower after this day, but the warm water and the clean feeling did little to make her feel any better. She wanted to collapse on a couch or in her bed but she knew that she still had to show these people to quarters and things like that. When she was finally done washing her hair and the rest of her she dried herself off with a towel and then pulled her new clothes on, pulling the curtain open and stepping out into the open outside the bathrooms again. She began her wait for everyone to be done with their showering business and anything else they had to do while they were here.
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Post by kepora on Aug 5, 2018 23:10:52 GMT -5
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"Mmmhrrr..." Scrounge grumbled to himself, holding his gut with his right hand - it and his white shirt dirtied with blood - as he drove down the last stretch of road. The driver side front tire was deflating fast, the whistling of air through bullet holes in the door and fender a constant reminder of the shootout that had happened within the past half hour. The other guy was dead, and he got the bullets out already - but he was still hit, and not doing so hot. His old car rumbles loudly as it finally pulls to the location that the radio had been pinging about all day. With Richter's help, the car door was opened and the older rat stumbled out and onto his feet. Keys in his pocket and revolver in hand still - thank you, asshole, for the free ammo - he marches to the door, rearing up and banging on it with the butt of his pistol.
"HEY! OPEN THE [i]FUCK[/i] UP!"
Richter just looked around worriedly - almost huddling up to the adult nearby, looking around frantically for any other potential attackers. His cheeks were soaked in tears of terror, the poor teenager having had more than a handful of close calls with death today. The events that had transpired that caused all of this, sneaking into Scrounge's car, a near-shootout, an [i]actual[/i] shootout, near car wrecks...Richter wasn't sure if he had any tears or piss left in him at this point. "Please, open..." He mutters to himself, shaking, knife still clutched in his hands.
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Post by Riana on Aug 6, 2018 22:53:15 GMT -5
As soon as the warm water enveloped her body, Winter's tense shoulders relaxed and she let the water slide over her with great comfort. Winter's shower was quick. It didn't take her too long to rinse her dense, woolly fur, and she even turned the water off while she was lathering up to conserve it. While she did so, she quietly hummed along with Callie after she learned the skunk's melody. That girl did wonders for their morale. The music kept her from brooding too much about things that were beyond her control anyway. When she was done with the shower, she dried herself off as best she could with a towel, and put the clean t-shirt and jeans on her still damp fur. Even though the shower was quick, it and the clean clothes went a long way toward making her feel close to normal again. Pulling the curtain aside, she stepped out and was one of the first to join Pepper.
"Ma'am," she said, standing at attention.
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Post by azirik on Aug 10, 2018 22:01:23 GMT -5
After Amber calmed down and cleared her mind, they finished their shower and dried off. Morgan did his best to bring Ambers spirits back up with little playful things. Swatting her butt or walking up as she was getting ready to put her top on he came up behind her with his pants half on and cupped her breast, then telling her he
"I'll dedicate my paws to being your bra for now."
Amber smiled and turned to face him and wrapped her arms around him and gave him a small kiss on the nose
"Yer a complete derp . . . you know that right?"
These little acts of playful goofiness did bring a smile to her. The two then finished getting dressed and then left the showers and found where and joined them. Seeing Pepper and Winter they walked over to them, Amber gave a smile to Winter and extended a hand
"Hi..I'm Amber and this is Morgan."
Morgan nodded and gave a wave
"Hey."
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Post by azirik on Aug 10, 2018 22:22:35 GMT -5
Noah finished his shower in a normally fast military fashion, he then dried off and ran a hand over his main a few times to get any excess water from it. He then began to get dressed and found that even with Peppers best intentions the clothing she had laid out was less than a perfect fit. He had grabbed what looked like sweatpants and a shirt that looked rather large, with putting the pants on Noah found them well fitting and would work fine. The shirt, on the other hand, was a good size too small but long enough to work. With that Noah left the men's bathroom and went to where he heard talking, walking up to the group the tall massive draft horse looked, even more, intimidating with the t-shirt tight on him showing that even though he was older he still had a very wide well-defined chest and arms that definitely put the sleeves to a stressed look. He walked up and nodded to the group then looked at Pepper and nodded with a lil smile
"Cloths fit good enough ma'am."
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Post by Toto-san on Aug 16, 2018 16:46:24 GMT -5
Wayne finished his showering, turning the knob to the off position and stepping out. He dried his feathers and hair with the towel and sighed as a few of them fell out onto the floor. That might be awkward. He was probably the only avian in the place. Picking them up swiftly, he shoved them in a pocket of the sweatpants he had chosen and then slipped them and the other clothes on. Hesitantly, he drew the curtain aside and put held onto his towel, uncertain if he should put it down the chute or not. Wayne stepped out with it draped over one arm in a sort of classic butler pose, and stepped up to Pepper. He very much wanted to lie down and relax instead of standing around here, but he could wait.
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Post by Tally Cat on Aug 18, 2018 22:54:20 GMT -5
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[b]World Description: Some time after the end of the world
As some of the group finished taking showers, a shrill alarm echoed through the bunker. It could also be heard from outside to a lesser extent.[/b]
Pepper, who was about to speak, jumped as the alarm sounded.
"That's not the alarm I was expecting... I need to check that. You," she said and pointed to Noah. "Make sure everyone stays calm and doesn't wander too much. I need to check on this. And you two," she said and turned to Winter and Wayne. "I need you two to come with me. That's the proximity alarm and I want a doctor there in case someone really needs help," Pepper continued and pointed up toward the ceiling vaguely and spoke the last part quietly. She ran quickly through the tunnel back into the old command center turned living area and pounded up the stairs, plopping down into the seat amongst her computers. She clicked on the screen that showed the rat pounding on the door and a young skunk behind him. The rat looked badly wounded and his mouth was moving as though he were yelling. "Shit... I can't let them in... at least not for long," Pepper muttered to herself, stifling a sob mid-way through the sentence. Her eyes passed quickly over the system that would allow her to launch a flashbang out in an emergency. Hopefully that wouldn't be necessary today.
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Post by kepora on Aug 18, 2018 23:09:00 GMT -5
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Scrounge glared up at the camera, sneering a bit. "What fucking part of OPEN UP don't you fucking understand?!" He hollers again, banging away at the door with the butt of his pistol again. His breathing was becoming faster, though notably more ragged as well. He clenched his gut, hammering away on the door still, even with the growing paint he stress was putting on him. He snaps a glare over his shoulder, though - spinning on his heel and pushing the skunk down. He fires off a round as a few fired by another strike the side of the bunker, and one in his arm. he yelps, then pulls back the hammer to fire another - then seems to calm down a bit. "For fuck's sake, I've been shot TWICE now!" He yells at the door, then looks at Richter. "Fucking...check him! See if he's got more bullets, or bandages or SOMETHING!" The frightened boy nearly jumps out of his skin - but quickly obeys, running off-camera. Scrounge turned to stare into it again, a glare in his eye. "I fucking swear, if I went through all of this for you to lock the goddamned door on me, I WILL break shit to get in if I have to! I don't fucking care if I bleed out from it, I'll fuck this up just to spite you! ...boy, [b][i]hurry the fuck up already![/i][/b]"
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Post by azirik on Aug 19, 2018 12:18:15 GMT -5
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Noah nodded to Pepper and replied with a simple "Be careful ma'am." he then looked to Winter and Wayne
"You two as well...watch each other back and be safe."
he turned to those there as one by one the rest came out from getting cleaned up. He made sure each had put their dirty clothing down one of the chutes, and if not that they left them where they put them to be taken care of as soon as possible. He then took count of those that were here and after seeing that Callie and the young vixen were not yet present. He looked about and seeing Amber and having seen Amber and Callie seemed to be friends he walked over to her and Morgan and looked down at her.
"I need you to go into the women's bathroom and see how your friend is doing and how a young vixen is doing......if you'd please."
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