54 Fortifying the Motel (2/2)

”Mechanic” Lily answered.

”Fishing captain” Kenny answered.

”Teacher” Lee answered.

”Reporter” Carley answered.

”I used to be an IT technician” Doug answered

”I was a veterinarian” Katjaa answered with a small smile.

”I used to be a commander in the army” Larry answered with a grin, as he ate, ”What about you four?”

”I was actually looking for a job before this” I answered.

”Bodyguard, Tom here's father saved my life a few years back, I owe his father my life... so I swore that I'd protect his son with my life” Zabuza answered.

”Lieutenant in the army before all of this” Riza answered with a small smile on her face, peaking Larry's interest in her.

”I was a researcher before all of this, we were actually working on creating an AI before it all got overrun, Tom here saved me,” Orochimaru said, peaking Doug's interest in him.

”Wait, how close were you to discovering AI?” Doug asked Orochimaru.

”It could think for itself, the chief researcher Edward named it after his dead brother, Alfonse... we almost made its own human-like body before this whole thing,” Orochimaru said, looking down with a solemn expression, ”Nobody else made it out of that lab...”

”Ah, I'm sorry to hear that...” Doug said.

”It's fine... we were just coworkers, and I didn't know them for that long, I got onto the project when it was nearing completion, so I didn't really know them,” Orochimaru said.

”Ah, alright...” Doug said.

We continued to get to know each other throughout the night, it helped boost everyone's morale, which is admittedly incredibly useful.