Event | Turtle Dive | January 20 - 23 | Underwater zombies crave your briiiiiines

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all PCs
Date: January 20th - 23rd
Location: All Sectors
Situation: Tu Vishan continues swimming along the ocean floor after his monumental dive, but it turns out there are a whole bunch of undead that want in on the party!
Warnings/Rating: Underwater situations, violence, potential gore; to be updated as noted.

>See the comments of this post for various situations and areas available for tagging.
>Each header will be set for a date and/or area.
>Feel free to start your own header for specific situations.
>The Palace subplot will be run in a separate log.
>Refer to the two OOC posts for further details. 01 | 02

Comments

[zerotoawesome]

[Santo doesn't reply right away, feeling like he was close to dozing off for a few minutes until he notices Victor sitting down next to him. He sighs.]

It's pretty crazy, dude. The zombies are actually pretty tough, and I think they're learning too, since I had to stop punching them after a while and go back to old tricks like launching my fists at them.

[He sinks down a little more, looking over to consider Victor for a moment. Despite how tired he felt, Victor looked way worse than he did right now. He knew that the cold must have been getting to him.

Without saying a word, he pulls off his old gray Xavier Institute sweatshirt and holds it out to Victor, giving him a look that tells him that he better take it. It would be way too big on Victor, but it was warm, and Vic could use it more than he could. He could feel the cold, but it didn't both him or slow him down. Just ignore the fact that it has some bloodstains, dirt, and holes from where Santo had to explode in it.]

How are you holding up here? Any problems?

[alpha_squad_leader]

They're learning? What do you mean?

[Yes, he's worried.]

Why'd you ever stop that, anyway? Learning new tricks is no reason to give up on old effective ones.

[The sudden sweatshirt makes him jump a little and give Santo a look. The sweatshirt gets another before Vic just takes it and drapes it over him with the other blankets. It's big enough on him to be one anyway.]

Thanks.

[He shakes his head.]

Things are alright here. The police force is surprisingly not completely useless. A couple got through but they get put down and tossed back out quick.

[zerotoawesome]

I mean that they get better or something. Not enough to make much of a difference, but I've never seen a zombie dodge a punch before on purpose.

[He shrugs it off though, not wanting to scare Victor.] They still suck, though. Not even a challenge for an awesome guy like me. [He offers Victor a small smirk, but it still somehow shows that he's feeling tired.

He doesn't say anything in response to the thanks. He didn't need to be all touching and sentimental with Victor. The guy knew that Santo cared.]

That's a shocker. [He laughs.] Next, you'll tell me that we're not going to be blamed for this somehow.

Do you have everything you need? I'm going back out, so I'll try to find something if you need it.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Whatever they are, they aren't normal zombies. Nita said they were swimming around after all and zombies tend to not do that.

[Victor's too cold and tired himself to even tease Santo after the smirk. Instead he just leans back against the wall a little more.]

Surprisingly, we're not being blamed. I think they knew this was going to happen. [Which just annoys Victor more than he's saying.]

I'm fine. You should stay and rest up for awhile.

[zerotoawesome]

Yeah? You can add to her info that the things are fast, and I'm pretty sure they tried to counter my attacks, for what little good it did them...

I'm pretty sure exploding won't work on them anymore either. They were hesitant to pile up on me after that.

[Which is kind of unsettling for Santo, since he's been tearing through the monsters. If they were still living people, more than mindless corpses, he'd be pretty messed up about it.]

I can't stay, dude. Someone has to make sure those things to reach the palace and help get people to safety. I'm immune to them... It's gotta be me.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Great. I'll add it to their wiki entry.

Surprise them from now on then.

[He sighs.]

Yes, you can stay. You want to help people, fine. Running yourself ragged won't help. Rest up and recharge so you'll be at the top of your game and better able to help out.

[zerotoawesome]

[He looks over and lightly hits Victor's shoulder, the punch lacking even in its usual force.]

I guess that I could stay here for a little bit... [He trails off a little, sinking down to get more comfortable.]

What are you doing around here? I'll help with that.

[alpha_squad_leader]

[Gives a little half-hearted noise in reply to the punch.]

Right now I'm not doing anything. Taking a rest break, like you should be.

[zerotoawesome]

You have an excuse though. You're no good when it's cold like this. Hell, I can still see you shivering under all those blankets.

[He sighs.]

I can keep going.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Santo, you might be able to fool other people but I know you still get tired. So just rest, alright?

[zerotoawesome]

[Santo just frowns, huffing and looking off to the side.]

There's not time to rest... And I can't let the others see me tired.

[alpha_squad_leader]

It is for you and anyone else that was just out there. And if you're that worried, we can find you a place to rest out of the way where no one will see you.

[zerotoawesome]

[He considers this for a moment, and even though he doesn't want to be, he does realize that he's tired. He hasn't slept in a while, and it was taking his toll.]

I suppose I could eat something at the very least... And you can show me somewhere we can stay... You know, since home is out of the question for the moment. [Yeah, it's implied that Vic isn't getting out of this.]

[alpha_squad_leader]

[Victor sighs.]

We? I'm not the one that needs to sleep. Though I suppose someone has to stick around to make sure you aren't trying to sneak back out.

[zerotoawesome]

I'm not sleeping. I just want to rest my eyes for a few minutes. [Stubborn as always.] Besides, you look more exhausted than I do.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Sleep or I'll find a way to knock you out. [He shakes his head.] I'm cold, not exhausted.

[zerotoawesome]

[Santo just rolls his eyes. He isn't going to say anything more about that. If they can find a place, and Victor is going to insist, then figured he'll at least try to rest his eyes for an hour or so.]

Either way, you look like hell.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Gee, thanks. That makes me feel so much better. [He's not really bothered by it, he's just keeping up the banter with Santo. Slowly, Victor gets up and waits for Santo to do the same.]

[zerotoawesome]

Hey, aren't you glad I'm being honest instead of trying to hook you up like this? [He manages a small smirk before slowly, and kind of staggeringly pulls himself back up to his feet, rubbing the back of his neck as if it was actually sore.] A lime green Vicsicle isn't sexy.

[alpha_squad_leader]

I'm glad whenever you're not trying to hook me up. [He frowns as he watches Santo stand and then starts to lead the way to another area.] Please, if Iceman can make the frozen look sexy, so can I.

[zerotoawesome]

[He follows after Victor, staying behind him so that the other can see him putting his hand on the all for support or the occasional stiffness in his step.] Iceman has ice in his name, though. If he can't pull off sexy in the cold, then he'd be screwed.

You, on the other hand... Your junk goes back up inside you when the AC is on too high.

[alpha_squad_leader]

[That comment just gets a withering look shot over Vic's shoulder at Santo.]

It does not. We do not need to be discussing my junk for any reason.

[zerotoawesome]

[Santo just pretends not to notice the look. He's obviously not tired enough to stop joking around.]

Yeah, but you get my point.

[alpha_squad_leader]

I'm not sure you get your point. [He's joking too.]

[zerotoawesome]

The point is that you plus cold equals suck. [He catches up to Victor and claps his hand onto his best friend's shoulder.] Are we there yet? Or is there anything to eat?