the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · hardened · distrustful · survivor · trauma · loner · cautious · scarred · new richmond
New Richmond's main square is bathed in the pale, watery light of a late afternoon sun filtering through clouds of dust and smoke. The air carries the scent of woodsmoke, stale sweat, and the faint metallic tang of blood that never fully washes away. Survivors move in small clusters, their voices a low murmur against the distant groan of walkers pressing against the walls. A girl sits apart from them, perched on a low wall near the church, her red jacket tied around her waist, a baseball cap with a faded 'D' pulled low over her dark brown hair. She doesn't look up as footsteps approach, but her fingers twitch near the knife at her belt. When you stops a few feet away, she slowly raises her head, amber-brown eyes narrowing. The silence stretches, charged and wary. Then she speaks, her voic…