>>2218295
"Well I don't have access to a real tat guy, so this is the next best thing," Lofi grinned, "I mean I usually have my guy do it every once in a while."

"Cool story bro," /b/lackula said.

"I'll need help with the back when I get to it," Lofi said, "Hey Dymatrex, you wanna do it?"

"I'm not having you fuckin' me in the ass," Dym said, clearly not listening to what was being talked about.

The whole group started busting up with laughter.

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Elsewhere at that time, Mikado was talking with Miyu about the housing arrangements and other matters within CGL. Moogie was with Gamie, Manly Kittan, and JJ in the courtyard playing with the corgis. Anon of LA and Yaso where in their apartment with Pinguin Bra Penny, Iori, SlowMope, Da0 and Oshi playing video games. Volpin, Dr. Freeman, and Sagey McSagerson were in the second floor of the garage working on a new weapon. Soni and Ai-honey were cooking at Ai-honey's place. Everyone was trying to busy themselves, trying to take their minds off of the quietness.

Everyone but one person.

Masa lied on the couch. It was a cold day and the indoor heating was far better than the bitter wind on the roof. He didn't mind that there was nothing to do and nothing going on. Masa sat up and decided on a cigarette. He left the apartment and leaned against the railing outside of the door. He pulled out a lighter, lit the cig, and breathed in the toxic fumes. He watched the group down in the courtyard. Moogie was currently yelling at Manly Kittan for stepping on a corgi's foot. Down on another floor Oshi was storming out of the apartment yelling about how much of a cheater Anon of LA was at BlazBlue. Hearing the words blaze and blue, Kittanon looked outside of her door. "Oh fuck this," she said and promptly shut the door. Soni and Ai-honey could hear the racket and started shouting to stop all the fighting. Soon everyone was shouting about something and the entire complex was watching.

>>2218298
"Shit," Mikado said, walking up to Masa, "I hate days like these. Too much of nothing to do is a bad thing."

"Everyone is tense," Masa pointed out, " It won't be too much longer."

"Wait, what do you mean by that?"

"There's a large group headed our way, from the north."

"How do you know?"

"I can sense them. I don't know how far, I just know they're getting closer."

Mikado sighed, "I'm not really taking all of this in, you being... you know."

Masa took a drag from the cigarette, "You know, they tried to convince me that whole thing never happened. They made up some story about how I went nuts killed all my friends. They told me that the invasion was something my mind made up from the shock of killing everyone."

"That's cold," Mikado said, "If someone told me that, I'd think they were insane. Having lived through this, there's no doubt, this is real."

"I never doubted, too many flaws with how they were carrying themselves. Strangely enough what was keeping me sane this whole time was my burden."

"Burden?"

Masa said nothing but gripped his shoulder with his hand. Mikado understood. At that moment the group from the garage burst out into the courtyard.

"Everyone!" Saku shouted into the megaphone, "Shut the fuck up!"

>>2218300
Saku handed the megaphone to Manly Kittan.

"We have a situation," MK said, calmly, "A radio tower was taken out recently due north of here. Several people were able to call and warn the other stations. There are about 25 of them, all runners. The good news is that unlike them, we have a head start. The bad news is that we've never faced that many runners at once. We're going to be upping the security tonight to prepare for tomorrow. They will be here tomorrow so you can all stop bickering!"

Several of the others were mildly glad that there was going to be something to do. Lofi, who was behind MK, stood there grinning ear to ear. He had made a deal with Volpin, Freeman and Sagey to try out the new weapon. It wouldn't be finished by tomorrow, but at this point he didn't care. Out of all of them he would carry the most weapons, never being satisfied with using just one kind. That's the way he did things.

Everyone departed and started getting ready. Soni had left Ai-honey to the rest of the cooking and started walking back to her apartment. She lightly waved at Mikado and Masa.

"You're hair sure is long," Soni said to Masa. While by this time he had shaved his facial hair, he had done nothing with the hair on his head. "Come on, I'll cut it for you."

Saying nothing Masa followed her into the apartment.

>>2218303
Soon Masa was sitting in the kitchen with the tablecloth around his neck and hair scattered about on the cloth and floor. The light snipping of small scissors was all that was heard.

"You weren't lying?" She asked.

"About Chris?" Masa said, refuring to 4ng31.

"Um, yeah," she paused, "Is he still alive?"

"It's possible. I haven't seen him in over three months, however."

"Oh. Well, at least there's a possibility. I've been clinging to only a little hope that he's still out there."

She put the scissors on the table and took the table cloth off his neck. Masa dusted himself off and stood up.

"You know, as much as I love seeing you alive," Soni said, "I still wish you hadn't come back first."

Only slightly bewildered by what she said, Masa quickly understood what she meant, "I'm sorry."

Soni frowned terribly. She put her arms around his chest and sobbed into his chest.

"Why you?!" she cried, "It's bad enough I've waited this long, believing that he might still be out there! A nagging thought that he'll come back. Everything was fine until you showed up! I had everything under control. Hearing only now that he may or may not be alive, it's too much. Why did you have to come back first?"

Masa said nothing, he just let her cry on him. He put his arms around her, comforting her. Masa could smell the light fragrance of food that she and Ai-honey had been cooking. Just for a small moment, he forgot himself.

>>2218305
Suddenly a sharp and all too familiar pain struck him. All to quick he could only smell her and the scent she gave off. The oils and spices she had cooked with were gone. He could smell the salty sent of having worked hard in a hot kitchen. He yearned to know how her skin tasted... He immediately took hold of Soni's shoulders and pushed her off him.

He looked down at Soni, her face in terror and shock. Masa's own countenance was what frightened her the most.

"Sonnya," he said, looking into her eyes, "You need to be strong, Chris would want you to be. He wouldn't like it knowing that you worried too much."

With that Masa quickly left the apartment. Mikado was still outside, enjoying a cigarette. He noticed Masa walking rather quickly down the hall.

"What happened?" Mikado said.

"I need to be alone," Masa said, clutching his shoulder. Mikado saw this and quickly went after him. They continued down the hall to the stairs. They climbed up all the way to the roof. Just as they exited Masa fell to his knees, his hands at his head. His shoulder throbbed terribly. The truth was that he was hearing things. An all too loquacious voice nagging at him.

"What's the matter?" Mikado said.

"Leave me alone," Masa growled.

"I want to help you fight this."

"I said leave me alone!!" Masa shouted, trying to take a swing at Mikado. He stepped back in time not be hit. Mikado backed away and left him. Mikado stayed just on the other side of the door listening to Masa as he shouted at nothing. The whole while Mikado stood behind the door, hoping he wouldn't have to use the gun that he started to carry around....

>>2218307

The time finally came. The next morning the report of the runners reaching the city limits came in. The alarm sounded and everyone on call went out. The others sat at the windows of the side of the building that faced the street. Several on the 3rd and 4th floors were at the windows, sniper rifles ready. The plan was for them to take out as many as they could before withdrawing and letting the ground force take over. The ground force included Lofi, Masa, Maguma, Manly Kittan, Zal, Saku, NinjAttorny, and KaZzu. Moogie was the medic on call and was on the window cleaning platform a good fifteen feet above the ground. She had all the med supplies along with a few more weapons just in case.

Lofi currently was standing in the middle of the street, grinning as he awaited the horde of zombies. Maguma was stretching out a bit to the side. Zal and Saku were currently taking. Manly Kittan was making sure his chainsaw arm was fully functional, his back up was one of the new machine guns from the government. NinjA and KaZzu were talking up towards Moogie about dinner later that night. Masa was standing with Lofi off to the side staring down the road before them. Yesterday's incident was long gone and he was focusing on the task ahead.

"Alright guys," they all heard Mikado say," I got a good view of you from here and the team with me is ready. Remember not to stray too far and be careful of where you' re pointing your guns. I'm turning the siren on now so be ready."

The loud blare of the siren was heard. After a good 10 seconds it was shut off again. The group waited under the cloudy and gloomy sky. Soon they could heard the moans coming down the road....

>>2218310
END OF CHAPTER 9

this is fucking retarded.

>>2218325 bawwwww

>>2218331

No, it really is.

this is great

I hope we're developing this...

>>2218555
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>>2218555

wait

so I'm Rebecca.

k. Lmao everyone's characterizations in this make me so happy. AND GAMIE'S ALIVE YAY

:>

>>2218555
Hahaha oh wow

>He had made a deal with Volpin, Freeman and Sagey to try out the new weapon. It wouldn't be finished by tomorrow..

hey hey hey now! I never miss a deadline!

>>2218555
oh. hell. yes.

MASAXSONI

>>2219185
already happened bro

>>2218298
>Pinguin
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>>2219349
I think that was a Chimpokomon!

>>2219376
It appeared alongside Mitochan in episode 46

>>2219349
Terribly sorry about that. I thought I had gone back and fixed all of the name errors. I'm using an off brand word possessor for the time being and it has a poor spell check.

>>2219390
S'alright, I was actually pretty thrilled to actually be included in one of these. Its just kinda hard to search for my name when its spelled wrong.

bumping this

>>2219390
>I'm using an off brand word possessor for the time being
>off brand word possessor
>word possessor
JESUS CHRIST COMPELS YOU (tospellcheck)!

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>>2219949
No kidding, but I think that's auto word fail this time

>>2219978

ready now

i just read it all....i'm going to a con holloween weekend, onicon, here in houston texas, theres already a zombie walk planned saturday at 11pm, holy crap am i gunna be paranoid....

yay. I'll be at Oni-con as well. I know some people are planning to do a thriller re-inactment there.

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