Camp Fortitude

Um
This isn't my thing, I don't really do
Alright, listen up. There's obviously tension going on and something has to be done, but before we do that let me start off by saying this.

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My name's Lydia Martin, and I'm the one who found the bodies.

And I'm going to go ahead and agree with Derek here oh look, Hell froze over. Two people are dead. Horribly so. None of us killed them but that doesn't free us from all the responsibility.

I should have been able -

I think a lot of us have been trying to just live our own lives independent of everyone else, and I don't think we can do that. We need to come together and watch out for each other. Maybe if we had, Adamus and Sam would still be alive.

For anyone who has spent time outside of the wall, I'm requesting to book some of your time. I'm going to start compiling a database of all of the creatures people have seen out there, in as much detail as possible. If you have any experience I'd appreciate it if you could come see me (or I can come to you) so I can collect as much information as possible.

Additionally, since I lack the proper equipment to run simulations, if anyone manages to find any rats, I could really use them for testing. My apologies to animal lovers, but I'm a little short on options.

A few years ago when I was back home and things had gotten especially crazy, my friend had brought all of us together and we set off paper lanterns to honor those who we had recently lost. I know it might sound a little cheesy, but it was nice and it felt like a good way to pay our respects.

So I made two this morning and I'm going to be down at the lake just after sunset if anyone wanted to join in.

Back home, I ran support groups for war veterans who were suffering from PTSD. I know that our situation here is different from that, but it's still a difficult one and it would be reasonable for people to have trouble dealing with the things that they've seen here, especially after the events of this past week.

That being said, if there is interest, I would be willing to hold a similar group here at the community center. Or, if you want someone to talk to in a one on one setting, I am happy to listen. Either way, if you're having a hard time with anything, please don't think you have to deal with it on your own. We're all in this together and we need to work as a community to survive this.

How many of you have experience building a society from the leftovers of civilization? Maybe rather than passing judgment on the people who are making the effort to actually keep us safe, you should find ways to make yourselves useful and be productive members of the camp.

Death is unavoidable in circumstance like this. Yes, it sucks that we lost people, but it could have been a hell of a lot worse. And given the way this settlement is growing, it's entirely likely that it will be worse in the future. If you can't deal with that, then maybe you should try surviving on your own outside the walls.

All that being said, I have experience building and maintaining a smokehouse, if that is something people are interested in getting together.

[Defense]

You need to let me fight. Your rules are stupid. I have the skills you need and it's stupid not to let me do anything.

[Isaac]

You okay?

[/UNFILTERED]

This place sucks. We need to do stuff to keep people from dying. Despite what the blonde girl said, people don't have to die here.

Got some free time? I could use someone to hit.

Who: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff
What: Steve has terrible coping skills, Natasha has words about that, it's a Tuesday.
When: Tuesday night, shortly after this
Where: Their townhouse
Rating/Warnings: Will update if needed
Status: In-progress

and I had the week that came from hell, and yes I know that you could tell, but you're like the net under the ledge ( Read more... )

[CAROLINE, SARA, JOEY, CAITLIN]
We're going to have a night where nothing exists for at least two hours and we're going to drink and laugh and just appreciate that we're all still here. I'm not cooking because I'd like to keep you all still here.

[SAM]
I'm worried.

[STEVE.]
Are you alr
Of course you're not
Where are you right now?