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Nichole 'Nick' Hensley (ticknickboom) wrote in immune_ic,
@ 2013-04-07 12:57:00

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# 2013 [04] april, maddie, nick

WHO: Nick and Maddie
WHAT: The unlikeliest of duos team up to stop the zombie game.
WHERE: The Courtyard
WHEN: April 7th, 2020; Afternoon
RATING: Medium, maybe?

Spring finally felt like it was officially here. That one fact had a lot of Sing Sing’s residents crowding into the courtyard to enjoy the sun and the warmer weather. Being cooped up inside the buildings all winter had driven all of them a little bit nuts, the kids especially, or so it seemed.

Nick couldn’t really blame them though, because she felt about as stir crazy as they did. Being holed up inside the buildings for the majority of the winter had made her desire to get out and stretch her legs that much more apparent, after all she was a girl who had grown up spending the majority of her days outside racing around like a wild child. The splint on her wrist kept her from doing a whole lot, but it didn’t stop her from simply sitting outside and enjoying the sunshine and the warmer temperatures. Which was exactly what she was doing at that moment.

She was stretched out on an open patch of grass, propped up on one elbow. A book laying open in her lap, though she hadn’t been reading it for close to twenty minutes now. Her attention had been drown elsewhere, to observing the other inhabitants of Sing Sing as they all got out to enjoy the weather just like her.

Her gaze shifted from person to person, group to group, people watching in s sense. Sing Sing really was more like a little village then a safe house, and she wondered if maybe they would be the ones to reinstate a sense community in the world – one that didn’t seem to exist under the governments control. Pushing up off of her elbow to sit up straight, her attention was drawn to a group of children racing around making zombie noises – and a couple of the boys came just within yelling distance of her right as one of the boys reached out and grabbed the other, pulling him close enough to bite down on his shoulder, causing the smaller boy to yelp in pain and reach for his shoulder to rub at the now aching and probably bruised spot.

“Oh you’ve got to be kidding me,” Nick muttered as she took in the scene. She glanced around to see if any kind of parent was in sight. Nope, not a single authority figure. she sighed inwardly, frustrated with the fact that this stupid game had been allowed to continue like this. It wasn’t anyone’s fault but the parents though, or at least that was her opinion. “Someone should really get them to stop that.” This was said louder, though not to anyone in particular.

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returninspades
2013-04-07 10:06 pm UTC (link)

What was it about warmer weather that seemed to have a lightening effect on a person's mood? Maddie had always wondered that. Snow and rain equaled death and gloom, while warmth and sunshine equaled life and cheerfulness. Nature's mood ring. Nature's subtle way of getting rid of the depression and stir-crazy feelings that piled up.

Except that wasn't always the case.

Sunlight was warm on her face as she wandered around the compound, and while it was comforting to a certain degree (pun intended), it couldn't completely relieve Maddie of the thoughts circling through her head. Her brother Gordy, thought to have been gone for good years before this, would be buried properly tomorrow. Saying goodbye to him the first time had been the hardest thing in the world; she wasn't sure how she would handle saying goodbye to him a second time.

At the very least, she was grateful it wasn't a double funeral. Zach was immune to the virus. From a family who'd suffered so many losses during the zombie years, that was a huge favor. Maddie didn't like being forced to contemplate what would happen if the family lost Zach. There were times when she felt like he was the only one in the family who actually understood her.

Wandering alone today wasn't really being done on purpose. Caitie was off doing something or other, which left Maddie with the task of finding something entertaining to do for the time being. Her brief period of guilt-ridden seclusion had passed, but she still wasn't completely keen on the idea of hanging out with a group of people. That didn't mean she was hiding herself away like her younger brother was, but it was definitely more low-key than Maddie's social habits usually were.

Maddie's head turned when the sounds of laughter and zombie noises caught her attention. Frowning, she stopped walking to observe the boys engrossed in their game. That's disgusting. She crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head disapprovingly. Maddie's sense of humor generally meant that she could make anything funny... but there were some things that just weren't funny. At all.

Another voice floated across the courtyard to Madde's ears. She knew who the voice belonged to before she even looked. “Their parents sure as hell aren't doing anything about it,” she responded, raising her voice a little so the other girl could hear her. “No one's doing anything about it.” At least as far as she'd seen, anyway. Maybe other people had tried, and the boys were just idiots.

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ticknickboom
2013-04-08 07:56 am UTC (link)

The kids were still running around making groaning noises and biting at each other, but Nick’s attention was pulled in another direction when the last person she ever expected to agree with her was agreeing with her about this. It wasn’t like she thought Maddie would want to join in the game or anything, but it was a little bit of a shock that the other girl had addressed her at all.

Sure things between them had been less tense over the last few months, but Nick had just chalked that up to her injury and then Maddie’s brother being in quarantine. Kind of a temporary truce if you will, but know they were agreeing on something and it was probably the last thing she ever expected to be on the same page about with Maddie.

“Their parents aren’t even paying attention,” Nick answered as she climbed up off the ground and began moving towards the other girl, in effort to eliminate the need for raising her voice when she spoke. “And I think Kori was planning on it, but she’s been busy.” Which was sort of the story of everyone’s lives, they were always kind of busy – and she knew the older woman was starting a school or something, so that had a lot of her attention currently.

As she reached Maddie, she kind of stood awkwardly for a moment before she blurted out. “I almost want to go ahead and do something about it, you know?” she paused. “More than just telling them to knock it off, because that doesn’t really seem like it’s working.” Or at least it hadn’t worked yet, if the last time she encountered these boys was any kind of proof.