"Maybe we should try to speak with them?" I whisper in a quiet tone bow and arrow ready at side in case of needed use.

I reply quietly, "If we choose to speak with them, I'd rather it be at a distance. If they choose to attack, then I could resopnd in kind... Though I don't really want to have to harm another of our kind... Besides, the store's big enough that they should be willing to share, no?"

"I'm going to go look for something in the lower levels, stay safe here, ok?" Echo said.
"Don't let yourself die before I come back!" And with that, Echo had left to check the lower levels.

city group B: so are you going to attack or talk, if so is it from a distance or closer up

country group: the next person to post something will have their way...

I was edgy, wanted to leave the city as soon as I got my hands on some supply's. "Let's just move on shall we? I'd rather not get eaten!" My hand stayed close to my side, ready to grab either of the two girls should the start feeling suicidal. Sometimes people saw things they just wanted to forget. Like my mothers corpse falling to the ground, my hand still outstretched, waiting for her to take it. Like the look on the solder's face when I'd told him that she hadn't been undead. When I'd spoken to him through my disguise, right before he killed me too. When I told him how I was just as alive as he was, just as sane. I'd explained our desperate attempt to survive, how my mother was a makeup artist.
I forgave him, because there was nothing else to do. We did all we could, until we couldn't anymore. I hoped that Kit was all right, especially after killing all those zombies.

country group: (finally the actual advancement)
Anna begins walking back toward the convenience store and the way to the further country, walking a few feet she turns around noticing that the other two are standing in a daze. "Come on" she says taking Kit and Crystal by the wrists and lightly dragging them in the same direction, it looks like your decision to go to the country is paying off, within 15 minutes of walking you have only spotted 3 zombies which you easily avoid. "I still think there may have been something valuable in the station" Kit mutters to herself. another 5 minutes of walking and you find yourselves nearing a small suburb (maybe 20 one or two floor houses) down a hill from where you currently are, there appears to be one main road that leads straight through the whole thing and several smaller roads branching from it. You see a forest beyond this...

this appears to be the last obstacle between you and your objective.

overview: from here there are two main choices you have to think about before leaving the suburb, one, do you want to stay in one of the houses and fortify it and attempt to survive there or do you continue into the unknown wilderness? Just think about this for now and maybe discuss it between you two.

more immediate: with what intention do you approach? loot some houses or go straight through, if you're gonna go straight through do you want to rush it or try stealth.

((Sorry, super duper busy and all that stuff..nearly forgot about this with the event.))

I eyed the figures on the other side, and then tried to find hiding places (like a shelf) closest to the entrance that we came in from. I tugged at the sleeves of Talyn and Cerb, motioning my head to the shelf. "If we try to talk to them," I whispered, "we should probably be ready to defend ourselves if things go bad and the attack us..."

I nod, "Truthfully, I think the best route would be to go about gathering supplies without interacting unless we have no other choice. We are more heavily armed and more intimidating. There is a chance that should we approach, they will respond defensivly, and that gun doesn't seem to be silenced. If we do confront them, I'd rather it be where we don't have to yell but far enough that Cerberus or I would be able to respond to any acts of agression without trouble." I say, having had time to think the situation over.

still waiting on the country people, but Ill post the next advancement today.
if nobody corrects me then

City group A: Echo is going down to floor two

City group B: you're attempting to talk to them from behind shelving

City group A: Echo quickly and quietly goes down the staircase, which turns into another staircase, after this however you're in a hallway identical to the one you saw upstairs, however this one has two differences, one of the doors (the third one down to be specific) is flung open and the staircase is on the opposite end of the hallway (past all four doors). Ren begins counting the corpses on the street below for the third time, or was this the forth time? Either way, there still isn't much to do. Daemon continues holding pressure on the leg, the bleeding appears to be stopped completely for the moment.

City group B: The three of you stealthily get behind the nearest shelf. "hello?" Flute says, only loud enough to be heard inside the store, Talyn puts two fingers on the bridge of her nose, shakes her head and sighs indicating her dissatisfaction to Flute who just shrugs in return, Cerberus and Talyn peak out barely enough to see the two men, the two of them draw their weapons, the revolver apparently being a side-arm, as they pull out two AK-47 assault rifles from the table they were hunched over, the one to the left says "Jack get over here" another man carrying an AK comes up from behind a self all of the weapons are pointed in your general direction however they appear to have no Idea where you are exactly. Flute looks over the shelving as well.

All three of you see the guy on the right motion forward with his rifle and Jack begin walking towards you beginning to check all the aisles in between you and the small group of three, you quickly count out only 9 aisles in between you and him, the guy on the left begins talking again "come out into the open slowly, with your weapons pointed at the ceiling were just here to scavenge some parts for our car, we just want to take what we need and get out" He still appears to have no clue where or how may of you there are but you're going to have to decide what to do, and fast.

Country group: waiting...

City group A: (Echo) if you search a room which one, and if you go for the stairs? and if you do, how are you getting past the open door, with stealth or as fast as you can?

City group B: so what now, do you get up slowly like he asks, come out shooting, or bolt from the store as fast as possible?