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. (mareas) wrote in rooms,
@ 2014-08-23 17:40:00

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*journal, amelia thorne, clementine murphy, graham ross, isaac franklin, shane alexander

Isaac F, Shane A, Graham A, Amelia T
[Locked to Isaac F]
I ain't going out in this. You can be fussed all you want.

[Locked to Shane, Graham and Amelia]
Man from the building's coming to board up everyone's windows, and he says they're doing the same to the front door and lobby. Best be here, if you want to hide inside. I got a feeling they ain't opening those doors again once they're closed up tight.

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	Clem M/Isaac F goodboy 2014-08-23 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Wouldn't expect you to. You someplace safe? I can send people/supplies if you need anything. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Clem M/Isaac F mareas 2014-08-23 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	They're boarding up this apartment building nice. It's owned by rich folk, and they aren't risking a thing. I'll be fine as can be. You? You got somewhere safe to be? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem M/Isaac F goodboy 2014-08-23 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	Don't go worrying about me, love. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem M/Isaac F mareas 2014-08-23 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	You're kin. I'll fret no matter what you say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem M/Isaac F goodboy 2014-08-27 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Of course you will. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem artisticthorne 2014-08-23 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	How are we looking for supplies? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem mareas 2014-08-23 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Mostly your things. The rest of us don't have much in the way of grocering. Power's still good, but the news is saying that might not hold out real long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem artisticthorne 2014-08-24 12:13 am UTC (link)
	We'll have enough go get by, but not for too long. At least we're experienced now in surviving off the bare essentials. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem mareas 2014-08-24 12:20 am UTC (link)
	They closed the city up tight last night. Best hope it lasts. You heard from Graham or Shane today? I haven't heard a thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem artisticthorne 2014-08-24 02:07 am UTC (link)
	No. [...] They must still be out there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem mareas 2014-08-24 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Graham'll check in real soon, just soon as he's able. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem artisticthorne 2014-08-24 02:44 am UTC (link)
	How long before it'll be boarded up entirely? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Shane/Graham/Amelia/Clem mareas 2014-08-24 02:45 am UTC (link)
	By morning, I reckon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 02:52 am UTC (link)
	And what if they're not back in time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 02:55 am UTC (link)
	We stay just where we are. If Graham could get here, he'd already be here, honey. I got no doubt in my head over that. If he does get here, some wood ain't going to stop him getting in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 03:40 am UTC (link)
	I'll just have to trust your instinct on this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 03:48 am UTC (link)
	Maybe Shane's with him. Graham's been working out of town days. He probably doesn't even know it's gone bad yet. The alternative, honey, is going out there, and we ain't dying for no men. We sit here unless supplies run out or something breaks through. Then we fret some. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh I'm not going anywhere. I have a child to think about, and what good would we do anyway? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	Some folks get real romantic when things go bad, and they want to go saving people. Course, I been living with you and Shane for a spell now, and I can't tell if you're romantic together or not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	[...] We're not really together at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	I figured when the man didn't come checking on you soon as the first window broke. Just the change of coming back to being with the living done it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	We weren't ever together. We nearly were in the other world, but nothing came of it. And I suppose coming to the real world made me less of the only woman around for him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	That's a real stark way of putting it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	Shane's been a good friend to me, and there were never any promises. It hurts, but I'm not mad. He's been kind enough to let me stick around while I get my feet off the ground. Although how that's possible in this town, considering this happens, I don't know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like the other place has been a whole lot worse, honey, the other big door. Least no one's drugging us up. It don't matter where Shane's got himself to. Graham'll come on home, and we'll all be fine. Love's not a thing anyway, not in my experience. Folks are fickle, and it's just lusting that don't last. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	All the more reason no one seems safe in either of these doors. Maybe going to another one would be a smart idea after this. [...] I believed in love and I was married thinking it would last forever. That turned out to be a giant mistake, although I don't regret it, because it resulted in my son. I don't know what I think anymore about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Clem/Amelia

mareas
2014-08-24 06:16 pm UTC (link)

Seems like jumping from one pot to the next, is my way of seeing it. Figure best thing is find some leverage somewhere. Safety lives in pockets, honey, and doors ain't no different than anyplace else in that respect.

Never did believe in love. Believed in family once, but didn't work out near as well as I thought. But your boy's real sweet.

Guess what I'm saying is don't count on men staying. Fickle as summer showers is what my momma says. If it's hurting you, then best you take control of it somehow.

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Re: Clem/Amelia

artisticthorne
2014-08-24 06:24 pm UTC (link)

The hotel wasn't kind enough to save me my millions, so there aren't any pockets.

I'm sorry about your family. Mine was never terribly close to start with. I had the whirlwind sense of love at the time, married without a prenup, thought for certain I had it all figured out. As soon as I was married, I learned exactly what he wanted out of me. It was a very expensive mistake. He traded full custody of our son for a yacht.

It's a bruise, that's all. But I don't want him to feel obligated to look out for me, so I'll have to figure out something else.

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	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Mine neither. Got to make new pockets. Or find ways to fill the old ones some. Living like this, it ain't for me. Small and cramped and hearing folks breathe through the walls. It's a real nice building, though. Good for a little boy. You could go after him, if you were inclined, but it sounds like you're calling it a done thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Clem/Amelia

artisticthorne
2014-08-24 06:38 pm UTC (link)

After living in a prison, I think I can make anything work. I thought about teaching art, maybe at a school where I could put him in daycare or to cover him for the younger years at school. I'm not sure, but my priority has to be him. I wouldn't know any other way of getting new pockets. What were you thinking?

To be honest, it always felt like he was reluctant. I never knew where I stood with him, but I thought I was starting to get it. We nearly had sex, but that was right before we had to move the prison, so there was an emergency and we didn't talk about it again. I don't think Shane's one for pursuing. And I'd rather not make a fool of myself by doing it instead.

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Re: Clem/Amelia

mareas
2014-08-24 06:57 pm UTC (link)

Teaching won't make you rich, but it's steady. This place is clean and good. You want me to see if we can clear out of it? It's not really my thing, and I figure I can whine at Graham to upgrade some after all this. I wasn't thinking anything yet. I can go work at a hospital some, but I don't know I want to go that route if I don't got to. If our wood don't hold on the doors, though, that's where we'll go. We take the boy, and we go on to Gotham General. They'll need doctoring, and you and Joshua can come on with my stitching fingers.

Honey, don't never chase a reluctant man.

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	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	I don't want to put anyone out, I figure at this point just getting out of this situation is most important. Any other details can come later. Working at a hospital will definitely make you some money, why wouldn't you want to go that route? That's good advice, and I plan on taking it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not made for working, honey. Maybe acting. My momma's life, but it's better than sweating hard for anyone but myself. Could go shifting your interest to one of the other zombie men. Not hard to look at, some. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	I loved working. Or I should say I loved what I was doing, so it never felt like work to me. How do you think you'll go about getting money if you don't work? Or maybe no men for now is the better option. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-24 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Acting, like my momma. All you needs a real pretty face, and men fawn and put you in front of bright lights. Ugly place like this, I bet pretty goes a real long way. Depends on what you need, honey. Some women need a man around, and some don't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-24 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Well you are beautiful, so you shouldn't have much trouble with that. How about modeling? I think I'm done with needing men for anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia mareas 2014-08-25 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Acting, like my momma. I can't tell if that's bitter or sad talking, but I guess either is fine just now to get through this at least. Time enough to go sorting after. We got candles? They're saying power won't hold real long now we're cut off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Clem/Amelia artisticthorne 2014-08-25 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Acting, like your mother, got it. A bit of both, probably, with some pragmatism and weariness sprinkled in there. We should get water while we can, out of the faucet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Clem/Amelia

mareas
2014-08-25 02:20 am UTC (link)

I'm real sorry it didn't work out, honey. I was sure it would, seeing you two together in that prison.

Water. I'll handle that. Candles will be harder to come by, I reckon. But the dark's not so bad for me. Save any you find for you and the boy, so he won't be scared bad.

Best get moving. Noise is getting worse outside. [And she reluctantly leaves the perpetually locked sanctuary of her bedroom.]

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