Event #4 "I'm still hungry..." [Tag: Chris, Esmeralda]

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

Dee Dee was snoring in her sleep, a stream of saliva trickled down from her mouth. "No, mom- hrr-r-r-r-r. I want jam not-" she mumbled, dreaming. She was debating on what kind of jam she wanted with her mom's pancakes for breakfast. They always smelled so delicious like...

A strange, heavy scent hit the roof of her mouth. It smelled so... odd. Like somebody literally died in here. What the fuck?!

The girl opened her eyes sharply, her body coated in layers of sweat. What the hell? How the fuck did she end up here?! When did she fall asleep? What is this place? In a moment she realised that she was laying down on the floor cuddling with another girl with big, fluffy black hair. Without hesitation she checked the girl's pulse! Okay, she was warm and definitely breathing. Good. So where the hell this fetid smell was coming from?!

The girl stood up, shaking her head in all directions. "Oh, no!" her hands clasped around her mouth.

"Oh my gosh!"

She saw blood.

A young guy was sitting at the bloody table, his body bent, head laying down on the surface and... his temple and neck all covered in dried blood. Holy shit! Did HE lose all this blood? Was he still alive?! HOLY SHIT! Dawn bolted towards the young man, checking on his pulse, shaking his shoulders only to make herself sure that he was still alive. "Come on, come on! Hey, buddy! Wake up! Can you hear me?" she plead as she slapped the young man gently on both cheeks.

She saw that people in the movies didn't let the wounded to fall asleep so they wouldn't die... or something like this. Either way he BETTER be alive and breathing! They can't just go on jumping down the holes and dying like flies! They just can't!

"Wake up!"

[Esmeralda Ortiz]

Again? The blackouts happened AGAIN? Esmeralda stirred from where she had been propped up. The good news was she was inside. In the cafeteria. Oh great, where it all began. She glanced to the table where she, Tara and Amanda had been having tea. Her heart clenched. Amanda...Tara...were they okay? She would find them, Huh then, do whatever it took when this nightmare was over.

She sat up, glancing for anyone else in the cafeteria. Usually people were split into teams. A blonde figure was near someone crouched over. Esmeralda recognized her voice.

“Dee Dee right? Listen about-“

But Dee Dee was focused on someone else. She could explain the situation later. Because she immediately recognized the young man that Dee Dee was trying to shake awake. There were a lot of people Esme had wanted to see come out okay, Chris was one of them. The Latina sprang up, her voice raw with emotion. Rawer than the bleeding gash on Chris’s head.

“CHRIS!!”

Her eyes flooded with tears as she practically mad dashed across the cafeteria to kneel by Chris. Her mocha colored hands swept aside the red hair in Chris’ face.’

“Oh Chris...not you.”

[Christopher Kresh]

After the whole fight nancy and thalia had and his stupid ass tripping over his teacher, chris was still holding his head as he walked towards the door. Maybe it was smart to go look for some medical supplies if he could find them in this shit hole that was. His head was pounding as he felt a bit light headed. Did he need to get it stitched up? He sure hoped not.
He got to the door and walked through. He bit his lip feeling bad about leaving the others, so he turned.

A sudden white noise rang in his ear as he held his head and shut his eyes tightly trying to block it out. “HN..!” He held on to the door post as this feeling made his knees go weak. Shit. Were the others okay?! “T-thalia..?! N-nancy..!?” he however did not have the strength to keep standing as he felt how his legs gave in.

Darkness all around him. What was happening to him.. to everyone. A thousand thoughts pained his mind adding to the pounding in his head. He was tired. He wanted to go home and see his father. He .. missed his mother. A feeling of pain hit him. He was so scared. Scared of not being able to get home and see his father again. Scared that tara due to his dumb fault of leaving now was alone and hurt.

Vaguely he heard a voice. “wake up..! Can you hear me?” he frowned slightly as everything became clearer. His temple was hurting a lot and the boy smelled something earthly and metal like. .. blood. “CHRIS!?” a hoarse sounding voice was calling out to him. Then he felt someone slap his cheeks.
He slowly opened his eyes. “ugh..” he groaned trying to ignore the pain in his head “w-what..” he looked up. His body was still slightly weak. He looked at the blonde girl. Wait. He remembered her. Dawn. That was how peyton had called her. “D-Dawn..?” he asked softly. He had felt how someone brushed the hair out of his face and moved his head to look at the other girl. Worried eyes met his. “E-Esme..!!” he said surprised as he tried to sit up. His neck was stiff. “ng..” he held it. “where are we..? G-god.. a-are both of you okay?” he only then noticed the blood smell came from him. Is neck and uniform were stained with it. He was honestly pretty shocked. “jezus..”

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

"...Esme?" the blond got distracted from her slapping activity by a familiar voice, when finally: “W-what... D-Dawn..?” the guy said in a soft manner, making her turn around with a gasp and slap (that was an accident!) the poor ginger fellow one last time.

"OH MY GOSH YOU ARE ALIVE!" Dee Dee yelled as soon as he showed some signs of life. In excitement, she hugged the poor fellow tightly, his face buried in her chest, probably making it difficult for him to breath. "OH MY GOSH! I AM SO SORRY," she let the poor ginger fellow go and gave Esmeralda a smile. So his name was Chris... good to know!

"Oh, wait, I remember you!" the girl was so exited she couldn't stop yelling, "You actually were there in the hall with Peyton and others, right? Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH!" She hugged the guy once again, more gently this time and turned on her heels to face the raven-haired girl.

"Esme! Didn't expect to meet you so soon, ha ha!" she winked jokingly at her and embraced the girl, holding her tightly. Holy fucking shit. Fuck this smell, fuck this place. The only thing that mattered that they all were still alive and breathing!

[Esmeralda Ortiz]

Oh, so THAT was DeeDee. Esmeralda remembered that Becca and her had a very tense and awkward relationship. Oh great, the phone was probably making her hit on her best friend's biggest enemy. Well, this was absolutely peachy. But then again, what Becca didn't know wouldn't hurt her. DeeDee was just smiles and hyperactivity. What was so wrong with her again? Esme would never know nor did she want to turn the thing into a big deal. What mattered was coming out of here okay.

Even better was Chris was stirring. Her fears for the worst were gone. Chris was okay. She let out a breathy sigh and bugged him tightly. He smelled like pennies but that was the least amount of concern. She had washed her hands of Madonna's blood, and she figured cleanliness was the last of her needs.

"Oh, wait, I remember you! You actually were there in the hall with Peyton and others, right? Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH!"

"So Peyton and her crew are safe..." Esme sighed in relief. "Thank God."

As she was breathing, DeeDee had thrown herself into hugging Esmeralda. Her hug was tight and all Esme could do was let out a feeble high pitched choking noise. "DeeDee...too tight..."

[Christopher Kresh]

The last slap in his face made the boy blink. He sure was awake now. “OH MY GOSH YOU ARE ALIVE!” dawn yelled as she suddenly pulled him in a tight hug. “Uh-" Their height difference made the hug more awkward then it had to be as he found his face pressed into her breasts nearly suffocating him. He immediately blushed as his face got a bright red color to contrast the deep red color of the blood. “OH MY GOSH! I AM SO SORRY” Dawn exclaimed as she noticed what was going on. She let go of him giving him space to breathe “t-thank you" he said in a shy manner. As he tried to hide his red face a little. He looked at esme as she moved in for a hug. He gently hugged her back glad to see she was okay. “nobody got hurt..?” he asked softly the hug with esme felt nice. It felt.. familiar and he needed that for a bit.

“ Oh, wait, I remember you! “ Dawn then said. He looked at her. They had not really talked or whatever but it seemed he wasn't really memorable. Not that he minded. That was how things usually went. So.. she had hugged a complete stranger. That was kind. But also dangerous for her. Luckily chris wasn't a creep. "You actually were there in the hall with Peyton and others, right? Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH!" Chris nodded. “yes..!” he said. Then he remembered. Dawn had been the last one with tara before he ended up with nancy and thalia. Dawn hugged him again. Gently this time he gently hugged back making sure dawn knew that her kindness was appreciated
"So Peyton and her crew are safe..." He heard esme say. “.. I am not sure.” he said softly. “its.. so easy to get hurt and.. crazy things are happening. “ he said. He wanted to spare them the details. Also he didn't want to make nancy look bad. He gently let go of dawn. “ Dawn..? Do you know what happened to tara..?” he asked the blonde.

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

"DeeDee... too tight..." the raven-haired squeezed the words out with difficulty. "OH!" the girl immediately let go of the poor suffocating soul. "Sorry!" she tilted her head to the right and gave her a sweet smile, showing her cute dimples.

"Dawn..?" now Chris grabbed her short-span attention, making her spun around in one spot like a prima ballerina. "Do you know what happened to Tara..?" he continued, making the slowly fading memories of that awful day regain their colors.

"No," the blond shook her head, her smile wavering. "B- but I'm sure she is okay! I- " she let out a frustrated sigh and ran her hand through her blond unruly hair. "I honestly am really confused by all of this," she made a broad hand gesture. "I was a part of a group already TWICE and I... I don't really remember how I got here."

"Well... all that it matters that we are here! And WE need to take care of your forehead!" she winked at the boy and gave him one of the most cheerful smiles she had. They should keep moving forward. No matter what or how little sense this whole fucking mess made - they just should keep going.

Grrrrrr.

"And our stomachs," she added inwardly as she heard her tummy rumbling.

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming," Dawn sing a silly song inside her head while she was trying to find anything of use around the room.

[Dawn made a perception check]

[Esmeralda Ortiz]

Esmeralda just sat in silence watching DeeDee imitate a great Russian dancer. She frowned. DeeDee was taking all of this far too lightly. On the one hand having someone be happy as oppose to all doom and gloom was refreshing. On the other hand, this was not the timevir place. Chris asked about Tara and she rubbed the sore spots on her arms.

Tara. That insecure girl. Had she found Amanda? Was she okay?

DeeDee commented on the blackouts and transportation and Esme rolled her eyes.

“Tell me about it. All I want is for this game to be over. Too many people are getting hurt.” Her stomach gurgled like a monster. “And to go home to Abuelita’s tamales,”

Talking about food made it worse. Well, they were in the cafeteria. Maybe there could be some food around. But there was also Chris. As DeeDee sauntered around, Esme settled next to Chris. The gash was treatable but it would leave a nasty scar. She sighed. Well, her mom could yell at her later. She undid her vest. No use in keeping it on if it was only going to be used against her. Wedding up the fabric, Esme pressed it against Chris’ wound, dabbing at any liquidy spots. Her vest smelled like her amber musk perfume. She sighed, giving him another reassuring smile.

“Remember when we first met in science class?” she asked gently, trying to lighten the mood..

[Administrator]

Dice result: 1D10 => 6
Success; you found an item!

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Dawn was wandering around the cafeteria quite rapidly. The nasty smell of something rotten made her feel a bit uneasy about the situation... Though the stench was probably coming from all the foul meat in the freezer, so there was nothing to worry about!

"A-ha!" the girl has finally exclaimed as she has found something under one of the metallic desks, "Jackpot!" It was a lunchbox filled with plastic-wrapped candies. It was half empty, but, still! Better than nothing.

Item: a lunchbox (+ 1 health)

[Christopher Kresh]

The redhead gave dawn a hopeful look only to have his hopes crushed by her answer. “no. But i'm sure she is okay" chris bit his lip. “ ..I .. really hope so.. her glasses broke and i'm just.. worried for her safety” the boy admitted. He was a little tense but tried his best to play it calm.

He looked up at esme as she sat next to him. He then looked back at dawn who complained about how frustrating the whole passing out thing was. He nodded slowly. “ Tell me about it. All I want is for this game to be over. Too many people are getting hurt.” he heard esme say. Chris looked down. “ .. you have no idea..” he mumbled. He actually felt a bit scared. So far everywhere he had gone.. people had gotten hurt. And he felt as if he should have done more to help them. He felt.. responsible in a way. And now he was here with Esme and Dawn. Esme was really nice. She had her heart on the right place and chris just hoped she didn't feel too bad.. Dawn he didn't know too well but the girl had good intentions and seemed to also be nice.. just a little bit of an airhead. But that was cute in a way. He just didn't want anything to happen to both of these girls and so far he seemed to attract bad things.

“Well... all that it matters that we are here! And WE need to take care of your forehead!" Chris looked at dawn again as he was snapped out of his thoughts and was back into reality. “Oh..! It's okay really.. uhm..” he didn't know what to say. He really didn't want to bother either of them. Besides the fear of something happening was still there as his phone burned in his pocket. “.. I.. really.. d-don’t bother I will be fine..!” he wasn’t used to all this attention. The girls should worry about themselves not about him. He didn't dare to tell them the details. Not after what happened to nancy. Somehow he seemed to be making all the wrong choices. First he left tara on her own. Peyton had made clear how bad of an idea that had been. Then andrei fell.. if only he had been closer maybe he had been able to pull him up. After seeing what happened with that message he could only PRAY alejandra was alright. If something would happen to her because of his stupid fault he would never forgive himself. After telling nancy all of this she had gotten so scared she had hurt thalia.. and thalia had hurt nancy in response. Nancy would have never done it if he had not scared her that badly by telling her. So in a way.. the whole fight was his fault.

The boy looked down holding the table a little tighter. See? This is why he should have stayed in the background. He couldn't do anything right. Even the people he had tried to comfort didn't get anything out of his help. Tara was on her own without eyesight. Peyton got mad at him for leaving her. She had the right to be. It was dumb. Nancy and thalia had gotten into a fight. He should have stayed out of it. Chris didn't know if it was his own mind and low self esteem that was getting to him or if he was simply right about the matter.

Chris jumped a little startled by the feeling of something soft against his head. He looked at esmeralda. She was now only wearing her blouse as she used her nice smelling vest to help him out with his injury. He looked at her a little shocked. “ Oh esme.. you.. you didn't need to do that..” he said softly in a shy way. “its.. incredibly nice of you but.. now your vest is stained with blood.. i.. heard those stains are really hard to remove from clothing.. especially white clothing" he said softly. It was such a kind gesture. Esmeralda didn't look annoyed however. She smiled at him. “Remember when we first met in science class?” she asked.
If the blush from being shoved into dawns breasts was gone, well, It was back again. “yes..” he mumbled. “when i dropped those chemicals" he added as he felt dumb. Another great clumsy chris moment huh? .. well the only nice thing about that was that he actually got to talk to esme and get to know her a little.

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

"A-ha!" the girl has finally exclaimed as she has found something under one of the metallic desks, "Jackpot!" It was a lunchbox full of sugary goodness! Of course, sugar wasn't the best option, but hey, it would restore some of their strength!

“...dropped those chemicals," she heard a brief snatch of their conversation as she presented the opened box filled (well almost, half-filled) with candy like it was some kind of treasure chest!

"Ta-daaa!" she gave them a wide smile and snatched only one piece of candy for herself and one - in the bright blue wrapper - for Esme. "I'm on a diet, so here!" she giggled and pushed the box closer to Chris. He needed it more.

She took a sit in front of them and threw the candy at the raven-haired girl. "Bon Appetit!" she winked at the girl and opened her own bright yellow wrapper to ate the candy whole. Mmmmh! Chocolate! She would like to take more, but for real, there wasn't that much to share.

[Dawn gave the lunchbox to Chris]

[Esmeralda Ortiz]

Esmeralda shook her head with the shadow of a smile emerging on her face. Honestly, it had been so longsince she last smiled that the corners of her lips were starting to hurt. The muscles were straining, almost fighting to push back down into a neutral rest like she had been putting on. Yet having cried in the hallway in front of Dawn was opening the door to actually feeling something. Something other than fear. Chris acknowledged the incident and looked down with his face as red as a tomato.

"Well, I helped you back then, right?" She had been one of the few classmates not to laugh. Okay, she did, but just briefly. She had fetched a broom and helped him sweep up the salt and baking soda that had fallen into a white pile. Speaing of white, her vest was starting to ger red and Chris' concern was touching, but that didn't matter. "I'm not going to let more people get hurt. That includes you. You're...far too nice to be victimized like this!"

No body deserved to be treated like this. When she found whoever did this, she would kick their ass. Madonna was stabbed. Becca was cut. God knows what happened to other people. Something was targetting them, too, but why? Messed uo notions of revenge? Esme pulled the vest away. Chris looked better, not as beat up, but the gash was still pretty bad. As she set it down, Dawm returned with a triumphant;

"Ta-daaa!"

Esme was offered a piece of candy wrapped in a pale blue wrapper.

"I'm on a diet, so here!"

"Nice find! We should stock up on a few of these in case we run into others. Chances are they haven't eaten in days like us." She still had the box of painkillers. Maybe she could fit some of the candies. It was a new drug. Pick your healing factor; sugar or migraine relaxant. She carefully pulled back the wrapper, breathing in delight at the sweet rich smell. Chocolate. It was perfect. She popped it into her mouth, smiling as it melted and warmed her body from the inside out.

"Ah...that's the stuff."

[Christopher Kresh]

When chris dared to look up to esme he could see she was smiling. It calmed him down a little. She didn't laugh at him. She smiled as if meeting him was a nice memory.. he liked to think that esmeralda appreciated it. He certainly appreciate how she had helped him after the whole incident. And how she was helping him now. "Well, I helped you back then, right?" Chris gave her a sheepish smile as he nodded. “yeah.. you did.. i remember that" he said. “thanks again “ he added. He looked at her vest with concern. "I'm not going to let more people get hurt. That includes you. You're...far too nice to be victimized like this!" Her words made him feel .. nice. Ofcourse , esme was someone who would help any kind soul in trouble but somehow it was extremely nice to know he had someone like esme behind him. Both she and thalia had been nice enough to try and stop the bleeding and he couldn't express how thankful he was. “wow.. t-thank you esme..” he said with genuine gratitude in his voice. “.. i sure hope nobody else will get hurt.” he added.

“Tadaaa!~” dawn got his attention as she held up a lunchbox and got out some candy. "I'm on a diet, so here!" Dawn spoke as she gave him the lunchbox. Chris looked up. “D-Dawn are you sure..? It's really nice of you but don't you want to keep it around?” he asked as he gave her an unsure look. It was so extremely kind but didn't she want to keep it? It was her find after all. What if she got hungry herself? “ Diet..? But.. why? You don't need to diet.” he said with a small frown. Dawn looked nice the way she was. "Nice find! We should stock up on a few of these in case we run into others. Chances are they haven't eaten in days like us." Esmeralda said as both girls got a piece. Chris nodded “yeah..” he said as he agreed. He decided to pick one piece just like the girls and keep the other ones like esme had suggested. “i will keep them safe" he assured dawn and esme. He got the wrapper off and ate the piece of chocolate. The girls were enjoying it too. He could tell. The rich chocolate flavour was so nice and it was only now chris indeed realized how hungry he was. He had been too stressed and too much had happened around him for him to think about food. However. This little moment the three of them had..it was nice.

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

“D-Dawn are you sure..? It's really nice of you but don't you want to keep it around?”
The girl did her best to not let herself go all "dawh" on the boy. "Yes! I am 128% sure!" she nodded with excitement.

“ Diet..? But.. why? You don't need to diet.”
Dawn got a little perplexed by such a sudden compliment on her appearance! "Ow-kaaaay, is he flirting with me or..." she thought and raised an eyebrow in suspicion. Guys just can't be THIS nice just because, can they?

Thank god her mind was almost immediately distracted from that "problem" by yet another compliment coming from Esmeralda! Chris nodded back in agreement and so did Dawn. They should keep an eye on their stocks indeed. Who knows how long it will take for the police to find them?

"I will keep them safe" Christopher assured both of the girls.
"Awesome!" Dawn gave the redhead a thumbs up and a big happy smile.

"Ah...that's the stuff," Esmeralda commented on the chocolate flavor of their late breakfast! "Or is it dinner?... Gua-h, Whatever!" Dee Dee brushed this annoying thought away and gulped the chocolate candy down.

"So what's the stitch? Should we go investigating or?.." without hesitation the girl got up, looking around for supplies or food. There were probably even more lunchboxes just laying around, waiting for them to be open! They just like to play hide and seek...

[Dawn made a perception check again 8D I apparently so SO want to get hurt, ha HA!]

[Administrator]

Dice result: 1D10 => 2
Failure; you didn't find anything useful.