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Not a fic, but important to be tagged as such!

My drabble that I posted a few days ago has been rotting away in my head. I knew going into this that lots of canon events would have to be changed, but I really don't like how... different the first meeting was when Rick's group arrived. So I redid it to essentially BE those first few minutes so that my intended tone could better be set.

The pinned post was also changed up a bit, but not by much. Sorry to disrupt your scrolling, carry on! (^^;)

TLDR: the drabble was re written, plz go read again!

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001 — fresh faced

A new group arrives at Alexandria (re written cuz i hated it after a few days of letting it marinate)

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Ꮺ. fresh faced — carl grimes

note — this is the lead up to the "conversation" the reader has with the group, aka. my pinned post. a tiny little drabble, but i had to start somewhere before getting into the good bits. which means technically it's not reader x carl but it's part of the lead up to it sooooooo ┐(´～｀)┌

ps — this was rewritten, and the original post will not be saved cuz I hated it!

It's not often you're guarding the gate. You're not trusted with a gun, though you really don't blame Deanna for banning them from you. Your vision was bad before the world ended, enough blows to the head made your depth perception pretty horrible at a distance. Ammo couldn't be spared.

But you're happy to have something new to do. Can prove you're not just some kid. So you're station with Nicholas, one of the peoples who'd been a bit weary of letting new people in, even though your group was small.

So when the gate pulled back to reveal a dozen or so people behind it, you found your gaze snapping to him. He was openly staring, mouth slack. You tried your hardest not to laugh as Eric limped by, gaze flicking back to the new group.

One of the guy picks up a dead possum by the tail, a crossbow bolt sticking through its body. You didn't even notice that he shot it, hate that being behind these walls have filled your senses.

"Brough dinner," his accent is distinct, southern. If that's where the group was when it all started, they're a long way from home.

"It's okay," Aaron says, gesturing to them with a hand, "come on in guys."

The group comes in slowly, eyes scanning the area for what you can only assume is danger. You remember doing the same. You hope none of them pull a knife to one of your throats, like Kat did when Jenna had gone in for a handshake. They don't look malnourished like you guys did, they'd surely be able to put up a fight.

As the group turns to watch the gate close behind them, you take the moment to take each of them in. That's your intent, at least, until your gaze meets the little girl being held by who you assume to be her father. Her wide eyed curiosity has a smile tugging on your lips despite yourself, quickly lifting your hand to give her a quick, finger wiggled hello before letting your hand drop back to your side.

"Before we take this any further, we need you guys to turn over your weapons," Nicholas starts, "To stay, you hand them over."

"We don't know if we want to stay," the man holding the baby says, stepping forward. Aaron doesn't move, but Nicholas takes a half a step back.

"It's - it's fine, Nicholas," Arron says.

"If we were gonna use them, we'd have started already," His voice is also southern.

"Let them talk to Deanna first."

The large man in the back, with bright ginger hair and mutton chops you've only seen in movies, asked who Deanna is.

"She knows everything you'd want to know about this place. Rick, why don't you start?"

The man holding the baby, Rick, looks back at his group, but leans back to see past them. You follow his gaze to a roamer coming up the road. Probably followed the sound of their engines from miles away. You can't help but wander how many more will turn up for the rest of the day. Not like it'll be your problem, but these people don't hold the same fears you do. Haven't seen what you have.

All he says is one word, Sasha, and a woman in the back turns, shooting it dead with only one shot. The gate slides closed, hiding its body from view.

Arron moves to lead them to Deanna's, but stops when he seems to notice you for the first time.

"Fawn, you should come with us. Keep them company." You know there's no use arguing against him. He's part of the two person army intent on making you and your group, plus Enid, fit in better with everyone here. To be more social. You think it's a waste of time, but know you'd have better luck arguing with a roamer.

"Not my name," you grumble, but follow him anyways. The group is quiet, they don't ask any more questions, just follow with their eyes scanning their surroundings.

You're left outside with them when Aaron takes Rick inside. They all turn to look at you, and you have to fight the urge to turn tail and run.

Deanna better appreciate what you're about to do...

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The name (it's a nickname) and face claim used for FAWN is not important, as her personality is going to be used in all my x reader fics. The name is only used for world building purposes, or for any time I'm writing and it's not an x reader fic. It's just a name to use in place of Y/N when the reader is being referred to by the other three (2 of which are OCs, 10k is from z nation). This also goes for the face claim. As I was saving aesthetic images to my Pinterest board for my fic, it kept giving me yellow jackets characters as suggestions. One thing led to another, and now they've become faceclaims.

Speaking of 10k, this is going to be a crossover universe, cuz when I think of zombie media TWD and Z Nation are the first ones to come to mind. It'll be within TWD universe but with an edited timeline, just with Z Nation characters. That means (SPOILER START) Murphy is not immune (SPOILER END) and I have instead made the bites be from a bear mauling. I might have the rest of the team roll up to Alexandria, we'll see how that goes.

Below the cut will be links to random resources I use while writing my fics

- Reddit post detailing the members of Alexandria

- Map of Alexandria, plus my edited versions that will eventually be added

- View of the house the Memberz live in and how it's decorated (thank you sims even though you're still a broken piece of trash that I don't think will ever be fixed (looking at you for rent pack)) that I will eventually add

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The teens were given a house, one that was plain and boring with no feeling. The Settlement they lived at before was in an Elementary school, so all the classrooms that were repurposed were colourful and lively. It made them feel out of place, so they did their best to make the place feel more like home.

Maria and Fawn were the ones to do most of the decorating. When the elderly woman that lived next to them started complaining about it Kat got involved as well, sneaking out to get the girls paint and random shit to decorate the outside with. She only ever snook out when 10k was on watch, dipping out through his section and coming back before his shift was over.

That woman eventually died of a heart attack, and Kat likes to claim that it was her doing. Though she knows better than to say that to anyone but The Hideout members.

All the garden beds and trellises used to grow their crops were built by Fawn, and Deanna was very impressed with her skills, and suggested her to help build the wall.

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Fawn

building / construction & cooking

good with math so is one of the few people allowed to add notes to any blueprints. many of her suggestions have been implemented within the walls as well. helps out during celebrations, cooking for big feasts the she thinks are a waste of time, but it gets her away from the builders that don't know what they're doing. secretly she likes it though, since that's when a lot of desserts are made, and she's got a big sweet tooth. ***

Maria

gardening / beekeeping & cooking

grew up on a farm that had livestock and grew food, so knows a lot about gardening. parents made sure to teach her even out on the road, so despite her age when the world fell, she knows more than most. also helps with cooking during celebrations, but enjoys it because it reminds her of before, when her big family would all get together during the holidays and make a feast for everyone to enjoy.

10k

wall guard, medical assistant & 'hunter'

very good eyesight and skilled with a sniper, after some persuasion was able to guard the wall. isn't allowed to go beyond them to hunt, but does shoot down some animals whenever he sees them. taught himself how to use a crossbow, so uses that when he's up on the wall, since ammo is hard to come by. helps with medical stuff from time to time since he's got really steady hands and perfect vision.

Kat

storage organizer & gardening / beekeeping

hates being around the people of Alexandria, so Deanna has her working jobs that keep her isolated so she doesn't piss any more people off. reorganized the storage room the second she got the job because the place was a mess, yells at whatever poor soul works with her that puts something away wrong. hates gardening but does it because she isn't squeamish.

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Why is it always when I'm busy y'all gotta... oh. So you're the new people everyone's been talking about. Don't know why they're so obsessed when you're all so normal looking.

I'm Kat, I help with farming and harvesting honey, since everyone's too scared of the bees to do it themselves. Let's hope you guys aren't as squeamish as these idiots, it's annoying being one of the only people to do the farming just cuz they don't want to get their hands dirty or god forbid they touch a bug.

We don't keep much in the houses, so you'll have a list of things given to you for what each of you can have. Someone will go through your houses to fill out the checklist, and anything missing will be provided if we have it. You're even allowed to be picky if things come in different colours. I wouldn't get your hopes up though, all the good stuff's been taken.

Can't give you your weapons back, sorry. If you complain enough you might get some stuff back though. Deanna doesn't want anyone besides the guards or scavengers to have guns, so unless you get a job there, you won't be seeing them again. And that's only when you're actually on the job. No free carry behind these walls.

Anyways, if that's all you came here for, you should go bother someone else. The idiot who was supposed to put away the stuff that came in yesterday fucked everything up, so I've gotta fix this shit before shift change. If you need anything from here, wait 'till I'm off for the day, okay?

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Oh, hi. I'm 10k... yeah, like the number. It's how many walkers I plan on killing. I'm already at 3,561, but it'll probably take longer now that I'm here.

After I reach 10,000? I don't know, Jeff or something.

There isn't much to do here, which I guess is a good thing. It's too... normal, though, after being out there for so long. I'm glad we're safe and all, but it's hard being kept in here just because they see me as some kid, especially when I've gone through more than all of them combined...

It's fine though, I'm lucky they let me guard the walls. Kat and Fawn asked Deanna everyday to let us do something useful, she finally gave in. Putting me a the walls was the safest choice, in her mind, at least.

My shifts about to start so I'm just gonna... yeah. If you need help from someone without feeling too suffocated by all the... "normal", find Maria.

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Hi guys! Hopefully you've all settled in okay?

I'm Maria, I'd shake your hand but I don't wanna get mud all over you, looks like you guys took advantage of the hot water! We didn't even have hot water at our old settlement, so this was a nice surprise. Sat in the bath for so long my fingers pruned right up...

I heard you guys have a hunter with you, TK won't have to do most of the huntin' now. He's not even allowed to leave the walls either, it's so weird! At best he's able to get some birds or rabbits, but with how many people are here makin' noise, it's rare we get any fresh meat.

Y'all are probably going to be doin' a lot of runs, so if you could keep an eye out for some seeds, that would be great. It doesn't even have to be for food, flower seeds are real helpful too! We have bee hives in the backyard, so having more flowers will mean more honey! Fawn makes the best deserts, so it's always great to have honey on had. And for tea, too.

I won't keep y'all any longer, plus I gotta get some more worms outta this mud. There's a group planning to go fishin' tomorrow mornin' and we need them to catch as much as possible.

Oh, I almost forgot. I found some chalk in our storage the other day while I was helping out, put some in one of the houses y'all were staying at, can't remember which one. Bet the little one would love to colour. Make this place look more interestin'. Maybe make these old grouches lighten up some.

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Looks like you've made it through questioning, congrats! I'm not surprised though, we need people that know what they're doing to go on runs, but I'm apparently too young to do it even though I've been out there since the beginning...

Since you're allowed to stay, I guess you can know a bit about me...

I got here four months ago, I think, with three others. We're all about the same age, and live in that house down there. Yeah, the one in funky colours and a shit ton of plants. These people all hate it, ruined their "perfect image" or whatever, but it's ours now, so they can suck it.

Anyways, we had a settlement before this, we weren't there long. Almost two years. There was a horde, bigger than anyone had ever seen. Everyone got separated, dont even know if anyone besides the four of us even survived... Me and TK were alone at first, just wandering and surviving. Ran into Maria and Kat a month after everything went to shit.

You'll probably meet Maria before the other two, they're still not really used to how these people are, spend most of their time as far away from everyone as possible. These people are kinda nosey, so be prepared for every person you meet to ask about your time out there.

Since there's so many of you, we'll be expanding the gate sooner than we had planned. When y'all are settled in and get some meat on your bones, most of you will end up working on the walls. Here's hoping you're better than the idiots we have working on them now.

I gotta go get some work done before it gets too hot out. Make sure you tell Deanna I talked to you, she thinks I need to be more personable or whatever. Thanks.

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I'm going to give you a quick rundown of how things go here so you have the tools needed to navigate our growing community!

There are many people living here, and this here is a map marking the current occupants of each home.

You take notice of the freshly inked names on a house towards the back of the community. The woman showing you around, who's name you forgot but don't care to ask her to repeat it, points to a line of houses that are next to that one

You'll likely be living in these houses here, next to our newest members. They're a small group that tends to keep to themselves, but have acclimated pretty quickly into our community.

She continues to blabber on, but you're distracted by the door to the house you noticed on the map opening up. Three people come out, two girls and a guy. The blonde looks annoyed, glaring over at you and your group before heading down the road away from you. The guy follows after her with a wave to the last girl, and it takes longer than it should for you to recognize her as the one who you met when you first got to Alexandria.

Anyways, Deanna should be out soon to give you an official tour, you can hang around here or take a look around!

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Ꮺ. this blog posts NSFW content. some of the stuff I write could be inappropriate for some, and will be tagged as #🦴 — wink wink

Ꮺ. i take requests but I'm fairly slow at fulfilling them so please be patient

Ꮺ. i will not, under any circumstance, write for; any mental illnesses i do not have (autism and paranoia only), male!reader (female/afab or gn only), mommy/daddy kinks, pet play, angst, watersports, scat, vomit, r*pe and/or pegging.

Ꮺ. sometimes i’ll write about stuff that could make you uncomfortable, this includes somnophilia, dacryphilia, power play/dynamics, blood-kinks, knife/weapon play and/or breeding kinks. these will be tagged with #🩹 — caution

Ꮺ. all fics will be set during Alexandria era (excluding flashbacks or any character building fics), but Negan doesn't exist because fuuuuuuuuck that noise Glen deserves to hold his baby smh

Ꮺ. i honestly can't remember if Carl’s canon age is mentioned, so I'm going off of the actors age (born 1999) and ignoring the show's passing of time once they get to Alexandria

Ꮺ. a timeline to help: when they get to alexandia, the episode aired 2015 (Carl will be 16) which will be tagged #👀 (both eyes) — when Carls eye is shot out, the episode aired 2016 (Carl will be 17) which will be tagged #👁️ (one eye)

Ꮺ. any lore building/cross over shenanigans I write about will be tagged #💉 — lore building

the rules can and will change without warning, please check back regularly before sending any asks!

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Well, WELCOME TO ALEXANDRIA, I guess. You guys look like you've been through hell, but they go through a bit of a vetting process before really inviting people to stay.

Nothing too crazy, you just gotta do an interview. I know, it's kinda weird to be doing that at the end of the world, but it's not that bad once you get it over with.

After that, if Deanna thinks you're a good fit, you'll have to sit through a welcoming speech. It's a bit of a bore, just make sure you pay attention to the RULES, missing those will put you at the top of the shit list faster than you can blink.

That's all you really need to worry about, and you'll probably make the cut, so there isn't too much to worry about. Maybe I'll see you around... what ABOUT ME? Well, there's no point in telling you anything until you're an official member, now is there?