Ooc So...this story seems to have died if you excuse the pun xD I hate leaving a story unfinished though so if no one minds I will make a quick ending post for my own character.
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"And then we did just so." Xia says as she cuts into the steak. She mixes the meat with mashed potatoes before drowing it in steak sauce.
There is a lull in the conversation as the foxes around the table exchange glances. "And...then what?"
Muzzle full of food Xia gives them all a confused look. "And then what what?"
"Well...what happened after you fled to the church?" says one russet colored fox. They were all gathered in a rather fancy and rather overpriced resturaunt to celebrate the coyotes return. And perhaps to work off some guilt since it was their house Xia was watching when the outbreak...broke out.
"Oh that..." Xia says after another bite. "Then we hid out in a church until the military finally got its tail end together and came and rescued us." And in the months since Xia has never talked about what happened. At least, not all at once and not with out effort. In the time since the coyote has bulked up, to the point most would not reconize her by now. Everyone deals with stress in different ways, Xia's was ben and jerries ice cream.
"That...that can't be it." says another fox. "I refuse to believe that is all that happened."
Xia chuckles merclessly. "I'm sorry but life isn't like holiwood. Sometimes there is no epic conclusion, no struggle. Sometimes...things just work out..." the coyote leans back in her chair, drinking down wine to give her a moment to calm her nerves.
She lived. She survived. Perhaps her tale really did end that way...perhaps it didnt. In the end all that mattered was that they survived. It didnt matter what happened along the way to survive...and she would tell herself that every night to get herself to sleep for years to come until the night mares subsided. But in the end, all that really did matter was that they lived...
Ooc(huzzah! That is ending 1. The happy ending. This is ending 2...the not so happy ending and generally how we all expected Xia to meet her fate anyway xD)
Gone. They were all gone. Just like her dwindling ammo. Xia had no idea if her friends survived. After the horde fell down on them Xia managed to pull herself free and ran, never looking back. She never saw the group again.
In the days...weeks...possibly months that followed Xia found refuge in a local food processing and distrabution center for Little Dingo's Sweet and Tasty Snacks! It was a large building, but already made to be locked down from break in. It didnt take much to fortify her new home from the waves of undead that only grew each day.
Or so she thought. As it turns out Xia was not very good at fortifications, if the sound of the growling horde out side the office door was any indication. All that kept Xia from being swarmed was the a thin wooden door to the office above the factory floor. There were 20...maybe 50 zombies outside. They caught her scent but couldnt find her...not yet...
Her only hope now was to make a run for the door across the cat walk, out the back of the exit. There was a truck outside, the walls prevented her from escaping the city but not the area. She could start over again...she had to start over again. The trouble was as soon as she got up the zombies would see her, break down the door, and give chase.
After spending the last few months in a twinki and pastry factory and combined with the fact that she was a nervous eater the coyote was not exactly in 'fleeing from zombies' shape. She was obese now, but malnurished from a diet of only sweets and probibly suffering from a few cavities as well.
Xia was not a healthy puppy.
Hopefully the fear of being eaten alive would fuel her with enough energy to make it out alive. Xia bolted from her hiding place and the horde became active. She didnt look back as the zombies began to break down the first office door, working on the second. The coyote doesnt even pass a second glance at the horde below the catwalk or their collective howl. With her belly hanging to her knees Xia was already panting, gasping for breath.
She hits the door, throwing it open and...then nothing. The door opens only half way, catching on a box outside. "No, no no!" she yells, pounding on the door to force it open. With the horde fast approaching Xia forces herself through the narrow opening, becoming wedged halway through due to her girth. She dares to look behind her. The zombies are closing in. She can just imagine the grand ol feast they will have if they catch her.
Being torn appart...eaten alive...
No! Don't think like that! She was a survivor! She was not going to die! Not like this! She sucks in her gut, inching her way closer to freedom. She can hear them, they are so close now. She can feel one grabbing her tail. Xia screams and forces her way through. Her tail comes free from the zombies graps and she is quick on her feet to slam the door in its face.
She leans against the door, panting heavily. She turns around and slumps against it. "Heh...heheh..I...I'm still..." and then she sees the massive horde waiting for her outside. Hundreds...thousands of zombies. They seem to pause, just looking at her in shock.
"That...that just isn't fair..." As the horde swarms in on her Xia turns to the door and yells, clawing at the door to get back in. When that fails she leaps over the railing of the stairs and hits the ground running. Xia...doesn't get far to put it politely. She dies not even in sight of the truck. The zombies swarm her from all directions and move in for the kill. A loud yelp cuts through the air as the first bits sinks in, and then another. After a half hour the coyotes yelps cease. After an hour there isnt enough left of the poor yote to even re animate.
And then the next day the military stormed the city and drove back the deadly swarms of undead. But such is life.
Ooc (that was...a bit darker than intended but hopefully not too gory. Thank you all for the rp! It was fun! If you want to continue this one or start a new one story elsewhere let me know xD)
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