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It was a bright and sunny day, Bailey had just woken up and the first thing he did was grab his old companion Tex.
He looked around to see his room as empty as usual and passed a gaze towards an old photo of his past comrades, giving it a solemn nod
before climbing out of his bed only to be stopped by a splitting headache.
"Damn hangover" he thought himself as he grabbed his wrinkly clothing off of his chair and started his daily routine.
As he walked towards the well-hidden entrance of the cave he noticed that there wasn't any food left in the vast storage of the cave.
"We'll take care of that" he thought to himself as he left his home to patrol.
As he was walking through the vast forest filled to the
brim with tall trees and bugs he noticed a small white rabbit hopping across only to be caught by a coyote.
"Well the forest is clear... probably should go hunting" bailey thought.
After finishing his patrol, Bailey stepped back into the cave and yelled out:
"We ran out of food, I'm going out for a hunt. If anyone wants to tag along please do!" He then left without giving it much thought.
Sticking together was important, but he knew at least a few would heed his call.
Soon enough, Suz, Yaren, Book and Fruity had caught up and were now stalking through the forest by Bailey's side, looking rabbits, hogs
and anything they thought of as tasty (or edible, they weren't picky).
Any wild animal that was unfortunate enough to cross their path was shot on sight and dragged back to the cave.
As they got further and further away from the cave, they lost track of time.
As the sun started to set our group of hunters realised it was getting late. As they were getting ready to return
Bailey heard a commotion:
"Don't you have anything better to do like jumping off a bridge?"
"The anti" he thought.
Bailey said "You guys go, i'll catch up later." before dashing away towards the sound of the commotion.
On his way there he saw a group of Seven anti with blades attacking a blonde man.
His expression seemed like he was enjoying the experience a little more than he should.
For a second he thought: "Whoa this guy can fight." only to realize he stopped running and should be helping the man who is currently
being attacked by a group of antis.
But by the time the veteran could get there seven people were already on the ground groaning in pain.
"He could be of use" Bailey thought to himself.
As Bailey approached the man who took out a group of seven anti on his own. The stranger took a fighting stance.
Bailey: "Calm down big guy, not here to fight"
Stranger: "Oh i thought you were one of the muggers"
Bailey: "The what?"
Stranger: "Yeah, the muggers. They've been having a good time this past few years raiding places and trying to steal my shit"
Bailey: "Man, those are NOT muggers"
Stranger: "They've been coming after this" *Takes out sandwich coupon*
"They're tasty as fuck"
Bailey: *Visible confusion*
Stranger: "Yeah people go crazy over this stuff. Anyways they haven't
opened up in a while the guy is like 4 hours late"
Bailey: "Wait have you been waiting the past 4 hours here?"
Stranger: "Yeah"
Bailey:*Takes a look behind the internet cafe to see
its almost completely destroyed* and thought:
"Oh my god this guy is fucking dumb, i'm just gonna go along
with it."
Bailey: "Do you think they're gonna open up anytime soon?"
Stranger: "I mean they havent opened up this week so probably not
buy my coupons are gonna expire in 9 days i don't wanna miss
this"
Bailey: "Y'know i have another place you can get sandwiches."
Stranger: "Yeah but i can get these for free and they're REALLY
good"
Bailey: "I mean we have good cooks where we are and you're gonna
be eating free."
Stranger: "That does sound pretty good. So what's the catch?"
Bailey: "You have to guard the place and don't tell anyone about this."
Stranger: "That's it?"
Bailey: "Yeah that's it."
Stranger: "Deal then."
As He followed this strange man with a crossbow strapped to his back another stranger welcomed them to the cave:
Yaren: Who the fuck is that?
Stranger: hello im fl-
Bailey: I saw him fight a group of antis-
Stranger: You mean the muggers?
Bailey: Yeah a group of 7 "muggers" and win so i brought him along.
Yaren: How do you know we can trust him?
Bailey: *Whispering* I don't think he has the intellectual capacity to betray us, not intentionally anyways.
Yaren: *Whispersing* Okay if you say so but I still dont trust him.
After a long walk through what seemed to be an unending corridor of darkness, They came accross a small counter made of wood with a
sign above that says: "Enter at your own risk"
Sitting on top of one of the stools behind the counter was a person in a tuxedo with a friendly smile, pouring a drink.
They looked up, reached out with a glass of what seemed to be alcohol and said:
Clover: "Welcome to the survivors! Here, have a drink!"
Stranger: "Oh thanks."
Clover watched with curiosity as the man in front of them drank an entire glass of the alcohol concoction that was at least 22% poisonous
without it a second thought.
Stranger: "That was refreshing. Thanks."
After what felt like forever, they finally arrived to see a small gathering of people chatting, sparring and
overall enjoying themselves.
Bailey being the good guide that he is immediately went into his room leaving the stranger with a group of people
that are hostile to unknown people.
Of course the stranger immediately said hi to the nearest person that he didn't know, resulting in the other
person who so happened to be the easiest to scare in the entire community.
The stranger leaned down to talk to a survivor, who seemed to have zoned out while sitting on the ground.
Stranger: Hi my name is Flvoq, nice to meet you im new around here :D
Sweet: H-Hi... welcome
Flvoq: So a guy in military clothing lead me here and apparently theres sandwiches and im supposed to guard this place?
Is there like a guard post i can stand by?
Sweet:*What the fuck did bailey drag in here?* Y-Yeah sure, do you want to guard first or the sandwich first?
Flvoq: I'm hungry so a sandwich would be nice
The timid survivor got up from their spot and lead Flvoq through what can only be described as a
maze of corridors only to end up in a regular kitchen. As the survivor started preparing the ingredients
and the tools required to make a sandwich, Flvoq was hypnotized by the level of expertise that a "cave-dweller"
seemed to be able to express while making a simple sandwich.
After the survivor put this masterpiece of a sandwich together they turned around and said:
Survivor: "Oh, sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Sweet nice to meet you"
Flvoq: "Oh it's fine,nice to meet you too.
It's gonna be my first time guarding a cave so im trying to get used to the environment.
Like... who mugs people in a cave?"
Sweet: "That's what we thought too until it actually happened"
Flvoq: (That sounds serious) "Was it actually that bad?"
Sweet: "Well by mugging you mean burning our entire cave down, then i'd say it's pretty bad."
Flvoq: "WHAT?"
Out of the corner of his eye Flvoq noticed a tall figure peek into the room for less than a second before
turning back.
Flvoq: "Okay so first of all, i thought they were regular muggers. NOT terrorists. Second of all
i think someone was following us?"
Sweet: "Oh yeah that was my wife, don't worry about her. Also those were definitely not muggers."
Flvoq: "What actually are they? Random terrorists? Just assholes looking for fun? Do i need to kill them or
subdue them?"
Sweet: "We call them the anti and they're people out to get us for simply what we believe in."
Flvoq: "The anti? I think Bailey said that before apparently the people attacking me for the past 2
years have been the anti?"
"Also since they seem to be extremely violent i think i need to aim to kill instead of just to subdue them."
Sweet: "Try not to attack unless they attack first. They do not take kindly to attackers."
Flvoq: "Got it. Thanks for the info and uhh how do i get back?"
Sweet: "I'll show you. You'll figure it out soon enough."
Flvoq: "Okay tha-"
Flvoq was suprised to see at least two new people up at arms ready to attack. Thankfully, the tall figure seemed
to have stopped them before a fight could break out.
Flvoq: "Hello! I'm new around here sorry for the noise. I wasn't really aware that this place was
in serious danger and that was me finding out about that. Also where are my manners? My name is Flvoq. Nice to
meet you."
Suz: "Oh. HELLO NEW MINION >:D"
Book: "Flvoq? Thats not a name."
Flvoq: "I don't know what to take from that and it definitely is a name. Nice to meet you."
After more introductions and potential deaths avoided, Flvoq found himself lost inside the numerous tunnels of
the cave and eventually fell asleep in a particularly large crevice.