A frown took over his features as he looked down to see a switchblade, his dark eyes returned to the person behind the unusual gift. That was a word he knew. "Why?" Not only the gift was something random but it was something useful against the undead, of course he would have prefered a gun but a knife wasn't bad, he had undergone training fight with it aswell. His fingers slided on the handle before putting it on his pocket just in case the man had a change of heart.

"Does anyone really have the training to survive this?" Wes countered. It's not a strong argument by any means, but he did not need a reminder. He was in good shape, physically, but that only went so far against this threat. "My wife's out there. My daughter. What kind of man am I if all I do is sit on my hands and wait? Wouldn't you do everything you could for your family?" He wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't try.

Family, now that was something Richard could understand. Yet, what he could not understand is how this person ended up here without them. Richard had traded many things for a safe travel for him and his wife, prioritizing her presense on the safe zone. "My wife is here, safe." He had done everything for that. "But if she was not, not even hell would be able to stop me from bringing her here."

He noticed an uncoming undead, swearing under his breath as he avoided them. This would certainly be easier if he had a weapon. His eyes moved to the person already there, another one who had snuck out. "Shibal." He swore again on his mother tongue, fuck, they needed them gone if the two of them wanted to keep going. Jaeha picked a rock, heavy on his hand "Distraction?" Not speaking much english or even understanding it was a problem, he just hoped his new found company would understand his plan. "We throw far away." He whispered, hopefully the sound would guide that undead somewhere else.

"you've got to be kidding me..." sett mutters under their breath, shaking their head at the announcement, of course, sure, they're doing this to make sure people are safe, but one can be skeptic, yet they try to stay in the middle of it, complying to these new rules set for them, but to be this uptight...no one in or out, the curfew... "s'gonna drive people nuts, i'm telling you." sett turns to the person standing beside them, letting out a sigh, watching as the crowd disperses, going back to the things they were doing, yet whispers about the recent rules, complaints, can be heard. "what are you plans now?"

A sigh left his lips at the words of the person next to him, this was going to be a nuisance. He wasn't going to stop anyone from leaving, the more that left, the more resources left behind for him and his wife. Richard was a practical man after all, and had no problems in saying it. "my plans?" He asked, his plans were quite obvious for him as he wouldn't even entertain the idea of leaving the safe zone like that, without the promise of another safe place to be? Never. "I'm going back to my tent." Richard shared. "Any idea of leaving is foolish...to not say plainly stupid." Why run to a certain death? He couldn't understand.

He had been ignoring those foolish enough to believe they could last a day out without any training, without any protection other than their positive thoughts and no braincells. Richard hummed in agreement not realizing they were thinking of different people when talking about the stress, in his eyes, the ones distrusting were the civillians wanting a way out. "This will just blow them in their face." Richard said as he looked in the direction where a group was with a soldier not so far from them. Leaving wasn't the great option they all thought to be. He frowned at her words, why would anyone care if he was staring? They were the ones talking about leaving as if it was something smart to do, he believed they wouldn't even notice his judging stare.

the sun felt bright when reappearing outside the hospital area of the small safe zone, causing saerom's eyes to squint out of slight irritation. her hand rose to rest her wrist against her brows as she created a temporary shield for her eyes, though they still squint as she'd blink to get used to seeing the surroundings. there were a bandage across her forehead to keep her wound and stitches wrapped, at least it was no longer bleeding. a sudden intake of air as she did her best to not get overwhelmed by the surroundings about her, the crowd of people that had gathered to listen to the announcement. the foreign words hitting her ears weren't making too much sense, but she knew that curfew meant something like a bedtime, and then some of the people around her were talking of leaving? why would people want to leave? she wanted to understand that part, weren't they safe, where ever they were? concerned brows furrow in placement as she turned her head at first, before deciding to try and approach someone that was near her. "..hello?" her tone was quiet, and they didn't seem to hear her as she lingered a little longer before removing herself from their side to hug her ribcage some. where did she go? dark hues shifted among the faces for one in particular, a woman who's name is taylor - however, a sudden familiar face caught her attention when her heart began to slowly race, the longer she stared. who is that? saerom let out a very tender breath as if it was knocked out of her, the familiar rattling against her ribcage starting up and she couldn't dare to look away from him. the sight of him was like a mesmerizing scene before her, a sense of longing of some sort and she wished she could understand why there was a part of her desperately wanting to reach for him in that moment.

Jaeha turned around, ready to leave for his tent. To pack whatever little he had when he saw her... A scene that he had seen so many times in his dreams, in the day. Her standing right in front of him. Alive. A scene that made him wary of his own eyes from the times his mind had played him tricks of finding her, of wishing for her. "Saerom-ah." Her name left his lips like a prayer, frozen in his place as his eyes watered with hope and only when his body finally reacted he rushed to her side, his hand moving to cup her cheek. With a sob racking though his body when he finally touched her and she didn't disappear like all those dreams. She was real. "Saerom-ah" He repeated the name he had been calling for weeks. She was here.

"This is unconscionable," he remarked with a shake of his head, frown deepening across his expression. "Do they really expect us to just be okay with this? There are people out there - good, fine people - who they're fine with just damning?"

"It's their job to bring them here, not ours." the man spoke with nonchalance, easy to do so when his family was in the safety of the protected zone, though Richard had never been the one to care about others either way and he wasn't about to start in the damn apocalypsis. "Do you have the training they do to survive out there? To be of help instead of going head first to your dead?"

after managing to find sohee to talk about it, she wasn't able to find jaeha anywhere of his usual spots. causing the other to spur into a sprint to go through them once more, until she came to the last spot that she remembered another spot that she would usually meet with him in. "you're so stupid, hyejin." she spat in frustration beneath her breath, turning to make her way through that direction. it was more easier than most thought to slip through things with ease, to wound up in a secret place and that was exactly where they ended up in. "jaeha?" she breathed, more quiet than she admitted when walking further into the room.

Jahea tended to miss most of the announcements, after all he could only catch up some few words until Hyejin or Sohee translated it for him. This time had been one of the few times he had attended and there was one word that was resonating in his head ever since. Leave. He understood that one and his mind was made up in that instant. Jaeha had been sitting on the ground, bag in his feet when hyeji found him, fiddling with the ribbon tied on his wrist. "Oh, hyejin." He greeted as he stood up. Doe eyes staring at her. "What did they say?" He asked, while he was set in leaving, he still wanted to know the full extent of the conversation.