Silent Wasteland

[Farewell]

Zaida placed the compass back in her pocket and left the town. The machete rested on her shoulder, her head held high, and boots kicking up dust as she walked.
Dust flew in the air, two horses ran dragging behind with a handmade carriage. A hyena and rat in control, a few anthros in the back looking for any survivors to snatch up and take back to Havoc. The town was known for having an arena, tossing in survivors to fight for their lives while being betted on...
"Shit" Zaida hissed under her breath, she was strong but couldn't take all of them especially since half of them were armed, that was just foolish. The monstress ran back to the ghost town and slide into cover behind some rubble. She eyed the group carefully as they laughed and talked out loud. She put the machete away and pulled the AR from behind her back. she took off safety and kept her finger close to the trigger, ready to fire if she needed to.

[The Past]

The bear's ears twitched "Horses... Laughter...?"

"It's them again, isn't it?"

"O-oh god, no..."

The two crept into the ruined house they were beside for a better hiding spot. The gasmasked one would have enough trouble, but the duo would have a snowball's chance in hell of escaping if they get caught. Primitive weaponry was useless against those brutes.

[Aconitum]

Name: Slug

Age: Unknown

Species: Greyhound

Appearance: soon to come

Personality: Calm, kind to very few, cunning, filterless, knows no boundaries but would much rather stay away from strangers

Clothing: a dirtied, baggy army-green mechanic's jumpsuit that once belonged to her obviously much larger father, a dirty white cut-off tank top underneath, scuffed up sandy brown combat boots, two dark-brown slightly torn knit bandanas pulled up over her snout, fingerless knit gloves, and a pair of thick aviator goggles worn around her neck

Weapons: soon to come

Backstory: Since birth, Slug was always told by her loving father that she was too pure for a place like the wasteland. She never believed him... But her love for him was always too great to oppose him, so she humored him instead. When he wanted her to explore their family's faith and become the priestess of their town, she agreed. Reluctantly, but it was only to see a smile on her beloved father's face. In becoming a priestess, Slug offered her mind and body only to her god and was forbidden to ever offer her love to anyone other than him or she'd be damned and exiled from her religion and hometown. For years, she remained loyal to her god only for her father's sake until a rouge wastelander changed everything for her. A series of unfortunate events later deemed her impure, leading to her being exiled from her home and shunned by her beloved father. Now, devastated and alone, Slug roams the wasteland, searching for some sort of meaning to her broken life.

[Aconitum]

Slug was passing through the ghost town when she too heard the horse and carriage. Her ears perked slightly as it approached and she narrowed her deep red eyes in disgust. 'Oh great. What trouble await this town now?' She thought as she swiftly turned the corner of an old building, taking cover behind the outer walls with one paw on her pistol.

[Farewell]

Zaida made her way into a building, seeing a bear and salamander. She placed a finger in front of her mask "Shhh..." Zaida peaked out of the building watching them ride around and sat back down looking down at the AR. Her ears stood up listening to any noise, it wasn't noticeable under her mask but she watched the two carefully...
"Shit, when will we find some survivors? This is boring as hell.." the bull snorted.
"Be patient." The viper hissed quietly. "Havoc will find a few eventually... we always do."

[The Past]

Geoff and Riley stared with silent fear at the masked one as she approached, but realized she was on their side, at least for now. They shivered, listening carefully along with her.

[Dr. Alka Wolf]

Alka was wandering, as he usually did, and stumbled upon the ghost town. He was a fair distance away still, but seeing some figures in the distance, he squinted his eyes and tried to make out who they were. Failing to do so, he took a small sip at the half-empty bottle of water he was carrying and then began moving towards the ghost town, making sure to do his best to stay away from those he saw. Never know when people could be psychopaths.

[[INACTIVE]]

Bailey was sleeping on top of one of the destroyed buildings roofs. He woke up too the sounds of horses and other various noises. He peered at the group then muttered, "Great... More of them." He slowly crawled away from the edge of the roof so he wasn't spotted.

[Farewell]

"Head to the ghost town." The hyena said in a serious tone. The rat nodded having the horses turn towards he town.
As Zaida heard them growing close. She looked around the building before running over to the back door and opening it, she's watched the arena before however now that she was on her own they would take capture her as a fighter.

[Aconitum]

Slug's ears swiveled as she became aware that there were definitely more people in the town than she thought.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray watched the carriage from the rooftops, slightly worried. The raccoon hid away his weapons, and continued observing.

[The Past]

Riley and Geoff followed Zaida out. They both drew their bows just in case. Bows and arrows were nothing compared to guns, but at least they had something ranged to work with.

[Farewell]

Zaida peered out from behind the corner. They couldn't just run, it would be far too noticeable. They were getting close before stopping in the middle of town. Zaida took a deep breath and aimed the AR, just about to pull the trigger on the hyena before a gunshot was heard. Her eyebrows furrowed as she lowered the gun.
 A small group of bandits emerged, jumping the Gladiators (Name of the Havoc hunters). Guns were fired and weapons were drawn, it didn't take very long for the hunters to win however the rat was killed in the fight.
"Well shit they killed Larry, it was his first week too." the hyena scoffed. "Oh well..." He took a few valuables before he lightly kicked the corpse. "Get the survivors into the carriage, we need to get these boys back, they'll do good in the arena." The hyena said crossing his arms.
"You bandits are stupid as hell, only one of you had a gun." The bull chuckled. "Damn, it's going to be fun watching you fight. Better start thinking before doing or you boys won't last long." Him and the viper tied them up and starting escorting them onto the back.

[Dr. Alka Wolf]

Alka had snuck around the ghost town to a position where he could watch the survivors being taken captive without being easily noticed. He kept his head down and hoped that they would pass soon, so he could raid what was left in the ghost town and then leave. If I don't find some more food soon, I'll being starving... Better hope those idiots had something to hide.

[The Past]

Geoff and Riley stayed quiet against the wall, bows still at the ready as they listened to the action. Geoff kept his eyes on Zaida's movements to judge the outcome with the Gladiators (and guard for potential backstabbing) while Riley kept watch around them for any other enemies.