1st Shrug; video

[lovesthecure]

[R stares into his communicator, blue veined neck pulsating briefly as he instinctively swallows. His pale dead eyes are wide, maybe a little scared. This… is not real. This is not how you talk to people. This is not a person. Does he even want to talk to people?

He knows it’s recording, broadcasting. He should say something, right? Something a living person would say. Something not creepy, even; don’t scare the populace. Don’t let them know there’s a human-eating zombie in their midst.]

…Hi. [Is that enough? Maybe he could shrug… maybe he should share his name. Is anyone listening? Does anyone care? At all? Does he care? Julie’s gone. Why is he even bothering to talk to people? He’s probably going to have to eat one of them soon. Talking won’t help with that. Wasn’t he just promising himself he was going to blend in?]

I’m… R. [Great. Now they can shout his name while he’s tearing their arm of.]

Comments

video and then action because I changed my mind.

[grigio]

[Julie had been content to ignore the device today. Sometimes she needs a break from it. It's a weird contraption to have. All they had back home were phones and all of them were connected to Citi Stadium. There wasn't anything like this.

But then...that voice. She stops what she's doing, dropping the book on car maintenance she'd been reading before digging through her messenger bag for her device.

And the second she spots R, she almost freaks out. In a good way, R. She promises.]

R?! Oh, my God. R!

[She's happy to see him. The device is held in one hand while Julie works to haphazardly stuff things in her bag again. The aforementioned book. A bottle of soda. A bag of chips. Half a sandwich still in it's container.]

Stay where you are. I'll come find you.

I can't believe he's here. Jesus Christ!

[And the feed ends. She's seen enough of his surroundings to hazard a guess and within a few minutes, there's one very familiar blond girl searching the streets and sidewalks for R. But the crowd is sort of thick, so she may need some help.]

/threadjack (sort of)

[lefthandedgenius]

[The moment she saw this guy on the network feed that feeling slammed into Lydia's gut. Only he's up and walking, and that is...kind of a change. She's not sure it's a good change, but.

Still this blonde girl is freaking out over the network, and Lydia is surprised by her reaction.]

Excuse me!

Do you need help finding this umm, R person? I might be able to help you.

/oh hi future friend.

[grigio]

[Julie turns towards the voice, looking at Lydia for a moment before answering.]

Do you know where he is? He's from my home world.

[And he's important to her. She's leaving that off for now because it's still confusing. But there it is]

(Filtered)

[valentineluke]

[Seen you before.

Downloads a map of the subway entrances.] In case of trouble, duck down the nearest one. You'll be far safer Underground than topside.

(Filtered)

[lovesthecure]

[Underground? What's wrong with above ground? Wait. Are people going to be shooting at hi head, now?

He should probably ask.]

...Why?

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[valentineluke]

Because the topside City population is primarily human and sometimes, a bit jumpy.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

[ .................The blank face of blank blankness. ]

You don't.

Look so good.

[ Way to point out the obvious, Li. ]

video;

[lovesthecure]

[He shrugs.

No.

really. That's it.

What do you want from him, strange person?]

video;

[mortemscintilla]

[ That's profound, R. Most profound. ]

[ And earns you more blank staring. ]

[ ... ]

[ Eventually, ]

Sh-should I call an ambulance?

[favoritetraitor]

... [Nathan said to make new friends... this is what he repeats to himself often lately.]

Do you need a doctor?

[lovesthecure]

...N....No.

[Corpses don't need doctors. That's just being dead 411. It' pretty much the only advantage he gets out of it.]

[deadmanbusiness]

Huh! An intelligent zombie. Neat!

[Can I poke you?]

[lovesthecure]

[He's taring at you.

You know what he is? Everyone else seems a litle confused, still.]

[deadmanbusiness]

[Theo's a necromancer. He knows zombies. It's what he does. He's also bubbling with questions.]

Where are you from? How long have you been sentient? When did you get transformed?

video

[helsmaiden]

Tsk. Even the dead are pulled here from their eternal rest.

[Because Leah knows a thing or two about dead people, coming from the Norse Underworld. And this boy is definitely dead.]

video

[lovesthecure]

[Just a little.

Lot.

A ton.

Okay, so he's very dead. Why do you care so much, strange lady?>]

audio;

[saturniapavonia]

[Wow. Really? That is clearly a dead guy.]

Slow down a bit, okay? It is really a shock.

audio: (sounding a bit out of breath)

[grigio]

Roman. Meet R.

My zombie.

[...really, Julie? You couldn't think of a better way to say it? Of course, lack of breath might be the issue because there's the sound of an inhaler a moment later and then...]

Gotta go.

[And she logs off because what is talking and running at the same time?]

Re: audio;

[lovesthecure]

...........[What? This is him slowing down. He's pretty much only got two speed.

Slow.

And stop.]

[mightbeconcussed]

[ Lucy tilts her head to the side. He looks like a zombie.]

Hi, R. I'm Lucy.

[ She's pretty sure at one point she was a sort of zombie minus the brain eating. No judging here. ]

[lovesthecure]

Lu. Cy. [Most people hate zombies. So. It's okay if she wants to be a little judgy. Promise.]

[Video]

[spaghettiokay]

Are...you okay, dude? You look kind of...not.

Re: [Video]

[lovesthecure]

f...f..[Come on. You can say it. Say iiiiit...] Fiiine. [Perfect.]

[orangetoughguy]

Ar....chie?

[lovesthecure]

[Have an uncertain look.

What?]