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Who: Daryl Dixon (squirrelhunter) an Open
What: Nightmare plot
When: Now
Where: The murky forests of Daryl's mind
Rating: Certificate 15. Warning for blood, gore, zombies and other nasty stuff.

You find yourself running through a forest at night. The air is cold, almost frigid, your breath crystalising in front of you as you run. There's the sound of shuffling behind you, as well as snarls, growls, moans... And they sound hungry.

There's a clearing up ahead, a man standing in the clearing, a crossbow out as he fires a bolt into the head of a shadowy figure shambling out of the woods on the opposite side, a pair of bloodied axes lie at his feet...

The path splits into several ways. Which path do you choose?

((OOC: There will be a nasty surprise per path, so the more people who choose, the more poor Daryl gets tortured. Go nuts!))

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[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss was running at full tilt, jaw tight, not looking behind her. Whatever mutts were on her heels - she wasn't going to get away from them by looking at the damned things.]

[Relief flooded her when she saw the figure up ahead -- and better yet - that he had weapons.]

[She skidded to a halt near him and picked up the axe with an achingly familiar anger. She wasn't that great with these - but her time in District 13 had taught her the value of hand to hand.]

How many? [Crisp, soldierly question, as she swung the axe up to her side, and looked down each of the paths.]

[squirrelhunter]

Fuck'm I s'posed t'know.

[The response will be all too familiar, no doubt, but there's no time. There's Walkers surrounding the area, so the man picks up the remaining axe.]

Best keep up. I ain't stickin' 'round t'become Walker-bait 'cause your ass is slow.

[And, with that, he'll take off down one of the paths.]

[the_effect_she_has]

You don't know much, do you?

[And that's a typical Katniss snappy response, right back at him.]

Please. My ass is faster than yours, drunkard.

[With that, she followed after him, hefting the axe as he headed down one of the paths.]

[squirrelhunter]

Whatever. Jus' keep th'fuck up.

[There's movement in the woods. Seems the zombies are, more or less, everywhere, shambling towards the path.

One bursts from the trees, heading straight for Daryl...

...Until the top of it's head rolls from the rest. There's no time to rest, however, as a group of them shamble out, heading straight for them, one close to Katniss reaching to grab her.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[The only thing that saves Katniss then is recoiling from the thing, and then she swings her axe down into it as hard as she possibly can, her eyes wide.]

What the hell are these things!? They look like dead people!

[squirrelhunter]

Walkers. C'mon.

[That's all the explanation you're going to get as he's starting to run again.]

[the_effect_she_has]

Oh.

[So that was what Daryl was talking about. Nasty.

She ran after him, axe up to start hacking through what was left of people - even if it made her sick to her stomach.]

[squirrelhunter]

Go for th'head, idiot.

[That's called back as he lodges his axe into the brain of another Walker.

There's the sound of gunshots in the distance, and that sound only spurrs Daryl on faster.]

[the_effect_she_has]

Okay FINE.

[She grumbles behind him, as she shifts her aim and sents her axe directly into the head of the next Walker that stumbles towards her. She too, hears the gunshots and increases her pace.]

[squirrelhunter]

[The path comes out at a clearing, Walkers surrounding a man and a woman. They're shooting at the Walkers, but more keep coming. Its like they'll never end...

Which is why Daryl is just going to go ahead and start cutting a path towards the two.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss doesn't hesitate - there are two people in trouble - Daryl knows them. She's going to help get them out of here. Training starts kicking in - her swings take more force, she moves more quickly. She uses the Walkers as body shields against the other ones.]

[... but there's so many of them ....]

[squirrelhunter]

[And they seem to be getting thicker and thicker, to the point where it's clear that they're not going to make it...

This doesn't stop Daryl from trying to get to them, however.]

Fuck, where're they comin' from?!

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss gritted her teeth together, following up Daryl's back, swinging and hitting as hard as she can, but god, they are literally being surrounded by the things.]

I don't know! [She screams as one of them grabs her arm in mid-swing, and she jerks her arm, trying not to trip and finding herself taking the thing's arm with her as she does.] ... the hell!?

[squirrelhunter]

[There's a scream. The woman. Before panicked yells from the man. Gunshots can be heard, but the man's yelling can continue.

Through the throng of Walkers, you can barely make out the image of the pair being assaulted by the zombies, the old man having one attached to his arm... Before one sneaks up behind the woman and bites into her neck.]

No!! Damn it!! [Daryl yells, starting to fight all the more to get to them.]

[the_effect_she_has]

Daryl! [Katniss is getting surrounding, and they're both being cut off from one another.] Daryl we need to get to them and get out now! We can't hold them off, there's too many!

[squirrelhunter]

I know! Damnit!

[He's going to keep trying to fight his way to Dale and Andrea, but the Walkers are cutting him off at every turn, their screams echoing around the clearing...

...Before it stops.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss is fighting for all their lives, now, and she manages to hack through the ones keeping her from Daryl ... just as the screaming stops.]

Shit.

[She stares at the spot where the two people aren't anymore.] ... Daryl, we've got to get out of here. Now.

[squirrelhunter]

Fuck... FUCK.

[He turns to leave, knowing he can't get to them, but looking torn.]

That way! Go! [He points.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss spins in the direction he points, and starts to make a run for it, kicking away a zombie as she struggled towards freedom.]

[squirrelhunter]

[A zombie gets an axe to the head as it tries to get too close, but they're still cutting Daryl and Katniss off from one another.]

Fuckin' geeks! Bring it on!

[the_effect_she_has]

God! Damn! Get off!

[Katniss growled, kicking and swinging her axe, but she was getting pushed ahead of the crowd and they were all grabbing at her.] NO! LET GO!

[She was kicking now, fighting them, but they were dragging her down.]

[squirrelhunter]

KATNISS!! Fuck! No...NO!

[Not another one. He's going to start fighting to get to her now. He's not losing another one. Not this soon!]

[the_effect_she_has]

DARYL! DARYL RUN!

[She was not going to have him go down with her. She screamed at them, her axe swinging like she was a Valkyrie.] IF I'M DYING YOU'RE ALL GOING WITH ME!

[squirrelhunter]

[And he was going to be a stubborn ass and not let her go down at all.

He's still fighting his way through the throng to get to her, despite a way out showing behind him.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[The Walkers were already grabbing her arms, her hair, and they were going for her soft flesh. She screamed as they started tearing into her, still fighting even as the blood started to spurt out of her body.]

[squirrelhunter]

NO!! No...!

[But there's nothing he can really do. He's doomed to watch and he does for a moment, before realising that he... Can't do anything...

So, he turns and runs, the Walkers distracted enough by Katniss' corpse to let him escape...]

[ino]

[She hates the cold, wow, she hates it so much. But what she hates more is being on the run from vicious creatures.

She's able to keep a pretty good pace in front of them, but when she happens upon the clearing, and a man with a crossbow, she stops short. She's not sure who this guy is or if he's going to try and kill her, so she'll grip her knife tightly and look for a path which will allow her to escape.]

[squirrelhunter]

[The figure up ahead turns as he hears Ino approach. He may look familiar, beneath all the mud, dirt and blood, but there's no real time for that, as the crossbow is raised up...]

GET DOWN!!!

/Sneaks in late

[losteveryone]

[Carol is running, running as fast as she can. She knows that sound and this felling all too well, just when she thought that she wouldn't see a Walker again here they are chasing her through the woods. She doesn't speak, she doesn't scream, she just keeps running as fast as she can concentrating on not falling over.

Then she spots a familiar figure in the distance. One with a crossbow and that can only be one person. There are weapons at his feet. No, she hasn't used one before but she runs up and grabs one anyone. It's better than not having anything to defend herself with.]

Come on, Daryl. We need to move. Now.

Re: /Sneaks in late

[squirrelhunter]

This way.

[His crossbow gets slung over his shoulder and he grabs the other axe before turning to run down his chosen path.

The walkers seem less dense around here, but you can still hear them shambling through the trees.]

[losteveryone]

[Of course she'll follow him without hesitation. He's the one that knows what he's doing when it comes to moving through the forest and...well, dealing with walkers in general really. If she wasn't scared for her life she might feel pretty useless right now.

Yes, she can hear them and it's terrifying her. She manages to keep up with him pretty well, keeping her eyes open for any sign of walkers....that is until she trips over and falls down.]

Shit!

[squirrelhunter]

[And there's a Walker right behind you that gets a bolt through the eye.]

Pick ya damn feet up!

[But it still doesn't stop him from going back to help her up.]

[losteveryone]

[Of course she would have to be clumsy right at that moment. She gets up as quickly as she can with the help of Daryl and starts to move again just as quickly.]

Where did they all come from?

[squirrelhunter]

Does that fuckin' matter?!

[losteveryone]

[I guess he makes a pretty good point with that question. So much so that she doesn't even answer him, she just keeps running down the path through the trees. She has no idea where they're going only that she can still hear the Walkers behind them.

She keeps her eyes peeled for any buildings near by or anywhere at all that they can take shelter from them.]