14 Search for Survivors (1/2)
The following morning, everybody was getting ready, Apple and Mabini finished cooking breakfast for everyone. Everything else seemed normal as everybody grabbed their food, besides Boni who had a huge smile on his face, with Elise seemingly stopping herself from smiling, and was blushing the whole time.
In the midst of everybody wondering, someone very nonchalantly commented, ”Elise-chan, Boni-dono, it seems like you both 'got lucky' last night.”
”Pft!!!”
”#@%#”
”EW YOU SPIT YOUR FOOD ON ME!”
”WATER! I'M CHOKING, SOMEBODY GET ME WATER!”
Whether it was the fact that somebody who had such a stoic expression on her face, or the fact that nobody would have expected Hana of all people to make such a sudden comment of that sort, everybody was caught off-guard. Regardless, it was enough to uplift everyone's mood, as if the apocalypse wasn't going on all around them and they were just a bunch of friends having fun.
”Oh, by the way, Elise. You mentioned that your father is in the military, correct?” Luna inquired.
”Yes. I never actually spoke about the specifics, but we were actually originally from Belgium. He retired as a General, in order to better take care of me, and moved to America, where I was actually born. It's a long story, but, what with such a predicted long-term peace, after my mom passed away, he dropped everything for me.” Elise had a proud expression on her face, seemingly confident of his father's capabilities.
”Mn, I see. What was his name?”
”Gerard Mathieu Leman. He was responsible for the military education of King Albert III, of Belgium. He was contracted by the Philippines to help train the troops, and gain more experience on modern guerrilla tactics as well. I knew he was passionate about it, so I encouraged him to take the offer and I told him I'd like to enjoy the beaches here as well.” She added.
”I understand. Boni, keep a lookout for that name, and put out a notice for Elise as well, along with welcoming survivors that are farther from the government evacuation site. A lot of people don't trust Buencamino, so they might welcome the option of coming to us instead.”
”You got, bro. I'll put it out now so we can have it up before we leave.” Boni patted his chest to assure that the task would be carried out completely.
After all that was done, the group headed out in the direction of the schools. Specifically towards the USLS and CSA campus*. His goal wasn't necessarily the schools themselves, but because the area is full of local businesses, that would have iron gates to close down shop after every business day. That would give people some sense of security, along with enough food in the storage, which would be more likely of a hiding place that some scared survivors would go for.
With that, the group set out. The plan was simple, Luna still felt that leveling should be his priority, but he didn't want everybody to fall behind either. With his current body's constitution, it wouldn't be an issue for Sura and himself to take turns murdering zombies and evolved zombies all day long.
Boni lead the rest of the group to look for survivors, while hunting down zombies, and looking for more supplies, since more wouldn't necessarily hurt.