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[adoredmarigold]

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[the-delta-42]

The Walking Dead Game What Ifs: What if the New Frontier stole from the Saviors?

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Settle the Score

What if the New Frontier stole from the Saviors? (TW: Violence and Negan)

Clementine swallowed, Javi was at the base of the gallows, while Tripp, Ava and David were being held hostage. She hadn’t been at her best, especially since she saw the Saviors mark on some of the supplies in the warehouse.

Then, without warning, a flare went up, cutting Joan off and making everyone go silent. Then she heard it. The whistle. That fucking whistle. As if everyone knew who it was, the crowd parted and he casually strolled up to the stage.

“Hello.” Drawled Negan, looking around the group, “Now, I usually wouldn’t just, invite myself in.”

More people started to appear, with Clementine freezing, recognising some of the faces.

“But,” Negan grinned up at Joan, “a little fruit told me that you,” he pointed Lucielle at Joan, “had your people stealing.”

Clementine looked down, ashamed of how fast she told Negan.

“Clementine,” Sighed Joan, before Negan cut her off.

“Oh no, she’s smart.” Negan looked around, “I mean, your surrounded by a bucha guys and you just happen to have stabbed their leader? Ooh, she was in a really bad position.”

Negan looked around, “Alright, round ‘em up.”

Everyone in the square soon found themselves on their knees, with one Savior roughly shoving Kate down next to Javi.

“You okay?” Whispered Javi, getting a brief nod from Kate.

He pointed his bat at someone, “Eeny.” He pointed his bat as he counted them off at random, walking up and down the line up, leaving a word for each person, “Meeny. Miny. Mo. Catch. A tiger. By. His toe. If he hollers. Let him go. My Mother. Told me. To pick. The very. Best one. And. You. Are. It.”

Negan looked down at his victim, “If anybody moves, anybody starts something,” he pointed at Clementine, “cut her hand off and feed it to that prick next to her.” He looked back at his victim, “It’s okay, you can breathe, you can blink you can cry. Hell, you're all gonna be doing that.”

STS

Gabe sat in the church; Clementine had fallen into an uneasy sleep. He saw the council sitting towards the front. Clementine’s hand was in bandages, Lingard managed to sew up most of the damage, so with some hope, it would heal, even if it would take the better part of a year and it wouldn’t be as strong as it had been.

“Their definition of half isn’t half,” Said Eleanor, “it’s most of what we have.”

“David?” Lingard looked at Gabe’s father, “Anything to add?”

David didn’t respond, instead getting up and walking out of the building.

“Does he usually do that?” Asked Eleanor, getting a scoff from Clint.

“No, but Joan did get people killed.” Clint glared at her, “We should’ve listened to him.”

“I was going what I thought was best.” Sighed Joan, trying to ignore the blood on her clothes.

Clint glared at her, before leaving after David. Lingard sighed, “Clint has a point. Your…greater good got people killed, and, if what Clem told us is true, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill the rest of the community if we fought him.”

Joan sighed, before she looked over at Clementine, “Why did she tell them where to find us?”

“Who knows.” Eleanor glared at Clementine, getting a snort from a guy lounging in a pew at the back of the church.

“He probably already had this place cased out,” The man sat up, “he wouldn’t have a force this big if someone squealed to him. He was coming already, he just wanted to play mind games with someone who managed to get away from him.” The man glanced at Clementine, “She’s probably scared out of her mind, given she’s just a child.”

STS

Tripp scowled, getting up and walking off as Eleanor approached him, while Gabe helped a limping Clementine to the truck.

“Dr. Lingard told us that AJ’s at a place called McCarroll Ranch.” Said Gabe, as Kate looked on from the truck, “He’s given us some supplies, but we’re going to need to scavenge for stuff.”

“You’re leaving?” Eleanor spoke up, walking up to them.

“Er…” Gabe looked around, “Yeah, I mean, look at this place, it’s not safe.”

“That’s because—” Conrad cut her off, “People got killed? Yeah, that’s why we’re going.”

“Javi got them killed.”

“And you sold us out.”

“Because the plan was going to get all of us killed,” Eleanor looked around them, “I was trying—”

“To save your own neck.” Kate snapped, glaring at Eleanor, “You might like living in a prison, but some of us prefer to live freely.”

“Richmond isn’t a prison.” Protested Eleanor, as the group joined Gabe and Clementine in the truck.

“Maybe,” Kate looked around, “but, from what we’ve been told about…them, it’ll soon be.”

Kate got back in the truck, before they drove off, leaving Eleanor staring after them.

STS

Clementine winced as AJ tugged on her hand, collecting AJ had gone more or less smoothly, she supposed having David with them helped.

“Clem.” Babbled the toddler, prompting Clementine to readjust him.

“Hey goofball.” Clementine’s response got a giggle from AJ.

To the group, the change in Clementine’s demeanour was like whiplash, especially since they hadn’t actually heard her laugh before.

“So,” David looked back at them, “about…what happened back there…”

“At the ranch or Richmond?” Asked Tripp, returning David’s look.

“At… at Richmond.” Clarified David, “I…I know that I should’ve done more.”

“Negan’s a psychopath.” Said Clementine, “He’s the type of crazy that keeps everyone afraid.”

“He’s not gonna chase us, is he?” Asked Conrad, looking at Clementine.

“No.” Clementine shook her head, “He chases large groups, not small ones or individuals. I ran into him a couple of years ago, the woman I was with got hurt, so I took some of his group’s medical supplies. He caught me and, in a panic, I stabbed him. It was almost funny, he seemed more amused than angry and had me sit down and tell him what I was taking them for. It was like a teacher finding you taking crayons or something.”

STS *Three Years Later*

“So,” Clementine looked over at Kate, “about… Gabe.”

Clementine noticed the others stiffen up, “I’m not going to break every time he’s brought up.”

“You get angry though.” Said AJ, getting a flat look from Clementine.

“Seriously, I’m fine.” Clementine stood up, before looking around, “Where’s David?”

“He’s watching Mari.” Answered Kate, “He’s… going through losing Gabe.”

“You don’t have to speak like I’m going to go crazy.” Said David, returning to the group, gently cradling the new born, “There’re signs for a school nearby, hopefully, we can have separate rooms to sleep in soon.”

“If it’s clear.” Said Clementine, giving him a look as she took the baby from him, “I don’t think Tripp want to deal with another Walker while he’s…”

“Taking a shit.” Finished AJ.

The group stared at the toddler, before Tripp sighed, “Why’re children like sponges?”

STS

Clementine looked around the school grounds, they, somehow, managed to get the people to let them in. Apparently, they survived since the outbreak, with the help of the school Nurse, Clarissa Martin. Unsurprisingly, she and Conrad hit it off and the residents slowly came around to them, especially since they managed to drive off those raiders that’s started giving them grief.

“So,” Louis leaned against a wall next to her, as the group sat around a fire, “Do you want to talk about that day?”

“It’s pretty sickening.” Warned Clementine, “But, we might as well. You see, David and I we were part of this group, called the New Frontier. I was kicked out for taking some medicine for AJ and David found out that the New Frontier was raiding and stealing from other communities, one of which being the Saviors.”

Clementine swallowed, “They were led by this man, Negan. He followed the who ‘eye for an eye’ approach. So, when he found out that the New Frontier had stolen from him and killed some of his men, he decided to settle the score.”

STS *Flashback*

He raised his bat, as Clementine tried to move to stop him. As he brought his bat down on Ava’s head, Clementine was shoved to the ground and had her left hand struck by a Savior’s machete.

Negan continued to beat Ava over the head, until she collapsed forwards and Negan smashed her head into a bloody pulp of shattered bone, brains and teeth. Clementine grasped at her bloody wrist, with one of Negan’s followers making sure she watched the beating, tears running down her face.

“Whoo!” Yelled Negan, stepping away, “Now that—”

David rushed forwards and punched him, making Negan stumble back and laugh.

“Ooh,” Negan touched his face, “that was uncalled for.” Negan looked down, “Now, I’ve got to show you that there are consequences to your actions.”

Without any warning, Negan brought Lucielle down on Javi’s head. Kate let out a short scream, as Negan gave another blow, making one of Javi’s eyes pop out of its socket.

“Oh, god!” Negan laughed, “Look at this gross shit!”

Javi tried to speak, turning to Kate, getting a laugh from Negan, before he brought Lucielle down on Javi’s head again. Kate screamed and cried and pleaded, as Javi’s skull split open and Lucielle pulled his brain out, killing him.

Negan looked around, as Kate started screaming herself hoarse, “You know what, I don’t think that does it. Kill half of ‘em.”

Almost immediately, the Saviors gunned down half of the residents of Richmond, leaving the remaining line up member in steadily growing puddles of blood, with Kate trying to get Javi to speak to her, despite his head being destroyed.

STS

“He didn’t kill any children,” Said Kate, “but, he made his mark.”

“We had a friend, Eleanor, she seemed to think that Richmond could be saved.” Tripp continued, “We left her behind and haven’t looked back since.”

“What about that Gabe guy AJ mentioned?” Asked Tenn, making Clementine look down.

“He was David’s son and…” Kate glanced at Clementine, “and Clementine’s boyfriend. He got bit on the back of the next while looking for supplies about three or four weeks ago and…had to be put down.”

“Whoa.” Muttered Louis, “So…It was a horrible few days for you?”

“That’s the understatement of the century.” Muttered Clementine, as Mari started fussing.

“Are you still thinking of moving on or…” Violet looked around, “because it’d be nice to have all of you around.”

Clementine and her group shared a look.

“Yeah,” David spoke, “We’ll stay.”

Next Story: What if the Bandits captured the Motel group? (TW: Rape/Non-Con, somewhat Graphic Violence and homophobic language)

[thecrusadercomrade]

The Long Road Home Chapter 56: A New Perspective

One last chapter before the end of November! Very glad to have gotten this out in time, and I hope you all enjoy it!

Read on AO3!

Read from the beginning!

[yellowsugarwords]

Ok. Angsty request time. Set before Javi and co find Richmond. David, Ava, Lingard and the other new frontier people find out Clementine died after they kicked her out.

OH HOLY SHIT LET'S GOOOO (ima make this a headcanon)

David seldom thought about people once they left Richmond.

Why bother?

But something about the look on Ava's face told David something was wrong.

Seriously wrong.

"Ava?"

"I'm gonna need to round up the group," Ava said.

Her voice was low. Almost solemn.

"I have some news to share."

By the time everyone had gathered, David felt deeply unsettled.

Lingard, Clinton, Joan, David, and Ava all huddled together,

Ava's expression was low and hesitant.

"I have some bad news."

David crossed his arms, squeezing,

Hoping it might distract the anxiety rising in his gut.

"Clementine's dead."

Silence lingered overhead.

David was taken aback, head shooting straight up.

"What?"

"How do you know?" Joan pressed.

Ava sighed, closing her eyes to regain composure.

"One of the new guys that just joined. Said on the way here he passed by a dead girl in the forest to the west."

Lingard's shoulders fell, knowing what was coming.

"I asked what the girl looked like. She was wearing that same damn hat."

Ava hesitated.

"It was her."

"Shit," Clinton whispered under his breath.

They wanted her gone, they hadn't wanted her dead.

"I'm telling you guys because I think it's best if we don't tell any others."

"Why?"

"We don't need an uprising." Joan hushed, lifting a single hand.

It was true.

Maintaining order in a lawless society was not easy.

They needed to keep members of New Richmond at ease.

They needed to be trusted to maintain power.

Lingard wiped a hand over his face, expression pale and lifeless.

"I can't believe it," he muttered under his breath.

"There was nothing we could've done," Clint remarked,

Passive and defensively.

"She didn't wanna play by the rules, she didn't get to stay. She made the choices that left her dead."

David said nothing.

Joan nodded in agreement.

"We offered her a home and she refused it. We did all we could."

Ava raised a brow but dropped it before Joan could notice.

That isn't exactly the way Ava would put it.

Then again, it was classic Joan.

David's arms fell to his sides,

Horrified at the revelation.

"We kicked her out."

"And we had to," Joan furthered.

She needed him to not wallow in self-pity.

There would be many more people killed indirectly by him.

He needed to get used to it.

"God dammit," Clinton turned around,

Running his hands through his hair,

Stressed as hell.

He was putting on an act about how they did all they could do,

That he wasn't to blame for Clementine's death,

But David could see right through him.

It was tearing him up inside knowing he sentenced a teen girl to her death.

"We need to keep going," Joan said,

Placing her hands on her hips matter-of-factly.

"We need to keep working and keep ensuring Richmond's security."

"Understood," Ava said,

Offering a small nod of understanding.

"Good. Then get back to it."

With that, Joan turned and vanished,

Off to do another task.

Lingard turned to David.

"Holding up?" That was all he said.

David finally met someone's gaze, and he frowned.

"This world is fucked up."

"I hear you," he said quietly.

He placed a hand on his shoulder,

Offering silent support,

Then went on his way back to his office.

David stood idle, arms crossed,

Ava passed him a look of pity before leaving to take time for herself.

How could David ever forgive himself for this? Truthfully, he would never be able to.

He would live with this tarnished memory forever.

Until his time comes too.

━━━━━━

𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜!! ₊˚⊹ 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝐣𝐚𝐫   ♡    𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫

[plamglam]

Inspired by @adoredmarigold's ANF art I decided to try and draw Ava. She's such a cool character, definitely one of my favorite characters from that part of the game. I'm still a bit angry over how Telltale screwed her (classic).

Before someone might ask WHY IS SHE SO RIPPED the answer is because it's in character for her. That's how I see her. In fact, I'd like to use that post to talk a bit about her appearance and overal design. I feel like Telltalte wanted to "push" the boundaries a little and introduce a butch, masculine woman. Which is awesome! But unfortunately, to me it looks like they chickened out last minute and they didn't go all in, that's why her character model is quite feminine and slim rather than jacked and masc, which "balances" it out a bit. Almost as if they wanted to eat the cake and keep the cake, have a masc character and don't go too far on that spectrum on the other hand- which is why if you look at her face, haircut and how she behaves, she's masc, but if you look at the rest of her body, she's really rather fem. But that's not androgyny or something, that's just inconsistent design.

I mean come on, there are so many moments in the game that point to the fact that she should be ripped. Like she's been designed and written that way. She served in the army (duh). Also she knocks out Tripp with one punch, who's like a head taller and probabbly double her weight. Sure, I know she's a skilled fighter, but I don't think she could pull that off really. She'd have to be more ripped. Maybe like Abby from TLOU, that'd be good.

I also gave her a bit of rags here and there and more scars. Because that's cool.

Ava deserved better

[thecrusadercomrade]

This is basically identical to my usual playthrough of ANF, except for choosing Ava over Tripp. Right down to the Alone Ending from season two.

Finished replaying A New Frontier

Here's my final stats:

[madsipie]

i miss javier garcia. like what is up with that. where did he go. come home please.

[willemdafinky]

Behold White Ava

[realmofthewd]

Realm of The Walking Dead - Chapter 3: Working Matters

The University of Richmond's residents get to know their newest members, all while some of their own mix up with people from other corners, with an interaction to remember.

[thecrusadercomrade]

Tripp gets laid out by Ava at one point, who is absolutely tiny compared to him. Tripp is the definition of a paper tiger, one good hit from Larry would knock him out cold.

Larry or Tripp in a fight

Fully healthy, Larry. Never seen Tripp fight in my life and hes more concerned about kissing Eleanor than helping Javi out and trying to make things right, while Larry lays out both Kenny and Lee in the space of like 2 hours, after having a HEART ATTACK in between 😭

[the-delta-42]

The Walking Dead Game What Ifs: What if Clem found out AJ was at McCarroll Ranch before she met Javi?

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What if Clem found out AJ was at McCarroll Ranch before she met Javi? Prompt Submitted by Worker72 on AO3

Clementine quietly walked along the dust covered road. Her mind was on AJ, she should’ve fought harder to keep him. Ava had given her some supplies, as well as the drawing he’d done. Sighing, Clementine looked around, before walking over to a small clearing. Deciding it was safe enough for her to get some sleep, she dropped herself down on the ground, silently taking AJ’s drawing out of the bag Ava had given her.

The drawing was a mess of squiggles, Clementine couldn’t discern what they were supposed to be, but she stared at it intently, before she idly flipped the piece of paper over, revealing a note.

He’s going to McCarroll Ranch – D.

Clementine blinked. One. Twice. McCarroll Ranch wasn’t far, hell, it was just a couple hours walk from where she was currently. Clementine jumped to her feet and continued down the road, before breaking into a run.

C

Clementine found getting into McCarroll Ranch was easy. She found some car keys and located the car they belonged to. She’d managed to get some guns and supplies into the car without being noticed. Quietly ducking her head into rooms, she found a lot of sleeping children, but none of them were AJ. Frowning, Clementine wondered if David’s note was lying, before she ducked behind a cabinet as a couple of people walked past.

“That kid is terrifying,” Said a man in a beanie, “why did the guys ask us to look after him.”

“He’s been sick.” Shrugged another, “I’m just glad that Helen has him in time out, away from the other kids.”

Clementine frowned, slinking out of her hiding place and looked at the doors. Each door had a small sign saying what it was for. Clementine finally found the door that said Time out room, and quietly pushed the door open. She could hear the sound of a toddler throwing a tantrum, she didn’t need to listen long to know it was AJ. Looking around the room, Clementine spotted a woman asleep in the corner. Quickly and quietly, Clementine snuck across the room and crouched down in front of the toddler. She smiled as he started to calm down, before his crying started up again. Frowning, Clementine picked AJ up, only for something to drop off him producing the foulest stench she’d ever smelt.

Looking down, Clementine located the source of the smell. AJ’s pants and diaper had come off, scowling she held AJ out and looked him over. They’d left him to sit in his own filth and they were saying he was trouble? Looking around the room, Clementine spotted some diapers and some clean clothes roughly AJ’s size. Quickly walking over, Clementine cleaned him up, dressed him and started calming him down. Quickly making sure the woman was still asleep; Clementine grabbed a bag and stuffed the baby stuff into it.

Without anyone noticing, Clementine hurried back to the car, carefully put AJ in and drove away. Leaving the people to find AJ’s dirty clothes and some weapons, supplies and a car missing.

C

Clementine finally managed to find Prescott, AJ was asleep, and she’d managed to get them entry. A woman, Eleanor, was checking them both over. AJ, somehow, managed to sleep through being manhandled, although Eleanor frowned at the rash he had.

“So,” the leader of the community, Tripp, “you got separated from your boy, found him again and came here.”

Clementine nodded, “I know it doesn’t sound very believable.”

“The dead getting up and walking doesn’t sound very believable,” Scoffed Tripp, “a kid knowing how to drive doesn’t sound very believable. Trust me, your story about your journey probably the most believable thing I’ve heard in a while.”

“What condition did you find him in?” Asked Eleanor, as AJ let out a small snore.

“He was in timeout because he was ‘misbehaving’,” Clementine gave air quotes, “they’d left him to sit in his own shit so long that his diaper fell off when I picked him up.”

Eleanor frowned, before handing AJ over to Clementine, “He’s got a rash, but that should go down in time. Any other issued can be fixed by some food and sleep.”

Clementine tried to give Eleanor a smile, “Thank you.”

Eleanor blinked at her, “You… er, you might want to get used to smiling, because you look like you’ve stood in a bear trap.”

C

Clementine scowled, she’d gone with a couple other people to an old junk yard with the plan on finding a vehicle in decent enough condition and using it to help guard Prescott. Instead, they found a girl hiding in a car and Clementine got flattened by one of the guys from Prescott landing on her after they were shot at. Clementine, the surviving guy from Prescott, and the girl, who gave her name as Mariana quickly got behind a car, with Clementine and the guy, Gus, returned fire. Clementine recognised them as New Frontier, taking the opportunity to nail Badger in the face. She continued firing at the other grunts, before her gun clicked twice. She pulled the trigger a third time and the gun fired.

“Fucking Eli.” Cursed Gus, as a bullet hit him in the neck.

Grabbing his gun, Clementine killed the last couple of New Frontier grunts. Sighing, Clementine looked at Mariana, “We’ve got to go.”

“Wait, I, I need to get Gabe and Kate.” Said Mariana, running off.

Clementine groaned, before snagging the keys and following after her. Clementine took out some Walkers, allowing a woman and a boy roughly her age to hop out.

“Mari!” Gasped the boy, hugging Mariana, “Thank god you’re okay.”

“Where’s Javi?” Asked the woman, as Clementine walked up to them, “Who’s this?”

“I’m the one that dealt with those Walkers,” Said Clementine, “you’re welcome, by the way.”

“Is Javi with you?” Asked the woman, looking around for someone.

Clementine looked around, “Nope, who’s Javi? Please don’t tell me he’s your dog.”

“Javi’s our uncle.” Said Mariana, “Those guys took him.”

“Oh,” Clementine frowned, “No, he might be at the community I’m from, Prescott’s not far from here.”

The woman looked conflicted, “We… we need gas to get the van to run.”

“What van?” Asked Clementine, frowning.

“They torched the van, Kate.” Said Mariana, looking at Kate, “But, Clementine’s got a truck.”

Kate looked Clementine up and down, before gesturing for the girl to lead them to the truck. Now, Clementine watched as Eleanor checked Kate, Mariana and Gabe over.

“You’re certain that it was the New Frontier?” Asked Tripp, getting a nod from Clementine.

“When I was with them, they didn’t have the numbers to hold onto multiple places.” Said Clementine, “I would’ve thought that the junk yard would’ve come under Richmond’s control. Then again, I spent most of my time in one of their other camps, Richmond itself could be New Frontier for all I know.”

Tripp nodded, looking at their new guests, “Thanks, for not confronting Eli before talking to me. I know you can get carried away when you’re angry.”

Clementine rolled her eyes and walked off, ducking into Conrad’s bar and finding AJ, who had a jar of, what Clementine hoped was, red paint. Looking him over, Clementine looked at Conrad, “What happened?”

“It’s tomato sauce.” Said Conrad, “I was hoping to use it, but he took off with it.”

AJ messily stuffed a fist into his mouth, freezing and looking up as Clementine loomed over him.

“Okay, Goofball,” Clementine picked him up, “you’re getting a bath.”

AJ suddenly started wriggle, whining and starting the throes of a tantrum, before he hit Clementine in the face. Clementine stopped walking, as AJ stared up at her, sighing, Clementine looked down at AJ, tomato sauce smeared on her face. AJ continued to stare up at her, before he started whining again, letting out hiccups, and AJ started to full on bawl. Frowning, Clementine adjusted him and checked him over. Sighing, Clementine grabbed the baby bag and continued to a bathing area near Tripp’s office.

Kate watched the girl walking off with a crying toddler, as Eleanor tutted, “What?”

“Clementine needs to get him on a tighter leash.” Said Eleanor, “He acts like he’s spoilt.”

Kate frowned, as Tripp snorted, “You know that’s bullshit. We all saw her control him with a look.”

“How old is she?” Asked Kate, looking at them.

“Thirteen or fourteen.” Shrugged Tripp, “Don’t know how she got a hold of the kid, but she cares for him.”

“I think he’s playing it up,” Said Eleanor, as AJ screamed, “he wants attention, doesn’t want to something, he’s caught doing something he shouldn’t—”

“OW!” Clementine’s voice echoed over to them, followed by a smack and AJ throwing a tantrum.

“She needs to spank that brat some more.” Muttered a guy walking past them.

Kate looked around, before frowning, “Where’s Gabe?”

Over in the bathing area, Clementine sighed. Thankfully, AJ always calmed down when he was in the water. Glancing as her hand, Clementine winced, before grabbing a rag, “Do you wanna tell me what happened, Goofball?”

AJ stared up at her, obviously feigning stupidity.

“AJ, you know that’s not going to work on me.” Deadpanned Clementine, looking at him, “I know you can talk.”

AJ huffed and splashed the water around.

Sighing, Clementine ran the wet rag over AJ’s face.

“Clem.” Whined AJ, giving her a reproachful look.

Clementine raised her eyebrows at him, “You’ve got food in your hair. Do you want to deal with maggots?”

AJ shook his head.

“Then let me clean you.” Said Clementine, simply, as she pulled a piece of tomato out of AJ’s hair.

After she finished cleaning the toddler, Clementine turned around to grab a towel. Which was enough time for AJ to run off, giggling as Clementine gave chase. He rounded a corner and ran into someone’s legs, giving Clementine a chance to cover him with the towel. AJ started wriggling, ready to start throwing a tantrum, only to stop at the look Clementine gave him.

“I’m sorry about him.” Apologised Clementine, looking at the guy AJ ran into, “Gabe, right?”

Gabe nodded, “Er, no problem. How old is he?”

Clementine glanced at AJ, “Almost three.”

AJ glared up at Gabe, getting a sigh from Clementine, “AJ.”

AJ huffed, before there was a loud bang on Prescott’s gate. Sighing, Clementine walked back to the bathing area and dressing AJ, “Look, I know you don’t like new people, but if you keep acting out, I’ll stop going on supply runs.”

AJ grinned, getting a glare from Clementine, “No, AJ. That’s not a good thing, it means I’ll be watching you like a hawk. You won’t be able to explore, you won’t be able to play for more than an hour, you won’t be able eat what you want. You’ll be staying within my eyesight at all times, until I’m satisfied that you can behave yourself while I have someone else watching you. Do you understand?”

AJ gave Clementine a hesitant nod, his smile falling, “Okay.”

Clementine sighed, “AJ, you have to behave yourself, I don’t want to take those things from you, but I’ll take them if you keep misbehaving. Okay?”

AJ nodded, as Clementine stood up.

C

Javi stared at David’s back as the man talked to the guy in charge of Prescott. He had an unexpected reunion with his brother, which was made tense when David found out that Javi had been stealing from the junkyard David’s group owned.

He spotted Mariana and Kate, before Gabe appeared with a girl in a dirty hat carrying a baby. The girl’s face soured, before walking over to them. David looked at the girl and the baby, “Clementine.”

“What’re you doing here?” Asked Clementine, frowning, “I thought the New Frontier didn’t go this far out.”

“Javi said my wife and kids were in a junkyard near here.” Said David, getting a sigh from Clementine.

“Yeah, they had Badger shooting at them, he killed the two guys I was with.” Said Clementine, “We were looking for anything that could help keep the Walkers out.”

David frowned, before nodding, “Okay.” He looked around and his eyes settled on Gabe, “Gabe.” David rushed over to the boy, with Clementine giving Tripp a funny look.

C

David had left with his family, taking them to Richmond. David and Ava had turned up a week later with about a dozen people, saying they were redirecting a massive herd of Walkers. Clementine frowned as she looked through her binoculars.

“Have you given Joan’s offer any thought?” Asked Ava, making Clementine look up at her.

“Not really.” Said Clementine, going back to looking at the herd, “Kinda surprised it was even made.”

“You’ve matured Clem,” Said Ava, “the council—what the hell?!”

Clementine watched in horror as the herd changed direction and hit Prescott. She heard Tripp, Conrad, Javi and David join them.

“No.” Gasped Conrad, before he started rushing towards Prescott.

Clementine scrambled to her feet and ran after him, before they knew it, they reached Prescott. The Walkers had cleared out and many of their friends were lying dead and devoured on the ground. Feeling her throat get tight, Clementine ran around, looking for survivors. They found Francine and Eleanor, while Clementine ran to where she left AJ. Skidding to a halt, Clementine looked into the room, taking out a couple of Walkers, looking for any sign of AJ.

Then she heard it. A sniffle and a small sob, spotting a cupboard, Clementine ran over and wrenched the doors open. AJ sat curled into a ball, sniffling a rocking back and forth. Sighing, Clementine gently touched his arm, getting a flinch from him.

“AJ,” Said Clementine, softly, “it’s me.”

“I-I-I-I’m-m s-s-sor-r-ry.” Bawled AJ, “I-I-I-I d-did-d-dn’t m-mean t-t-to!”

Clementine frowned, before looking around, aside from the mess made by the Walkers, nothing seemed out of place. Clementine heard Eleanor and David enter the room.

“Is he alright?” Asked David, as Clementine continued to look around the room.

“He seems to be,” Answered Clementine, “but he keeps apologising for something.”

“We…” Eleanor looked around, “we were trying to toilet train him when the Walkers hit.”

Clementine frowned, before gently removing AJ from the cupboard, sighing when she saw the stains on his clothes. AJ continued to bawl his eyes out, his voice turning into babbling nonsense, making Clementine adjust him, “AJ. Goofball, look at me.”

AJ hesitantly looked at Clementine, the girl sighing at the mixture of fear, embarrassment and shame on his face.

“You have nothing to apologise for,” Said Clementine, firmly, “you were scared and there were Walkers. It’s not your fault.”

AJ hiccupped, as Clementine hugged him.

“You might want to clean yourself up.” Said Javi, from the doorway.

“I’ve walked around covered head to toe in Walker guts.” Said Clementine, throwing a glare at him as she picked AJ up, “Besides, it’ll wash off. Okay?”

AJ gave her a small nod, as they left the room.

C

Clementine quietly cleaned AJ up in the quarantine area in Richmond, David had managed to get a small bath and some new clothes down so Clementine would clean AJ. AJ quietly sniffled as Clementine washed him, she thought she heard someone come up behind her.

“How’s he doing?” Asked Conrad, making Clementine look around at him.

“I think the Walkers really scared him.” Said Clementine, turning and grabbing a towel. She started to get up, only to realise that AJ hadn’t moved. Sighing, Clementine dried him off, dressed him and picked him up, the toddler gripping tight to Clementine as she walked around the room, burying his face in her chest.

“Clementine.” David’s voice came from the doorway, “You’ve been okayed.”

Clementine nodded at him, carefully adjusting AJ as she walked past. Wincing as the light hit her, Clementine wandered around, absently bouncing AJ as she walked. She thought she heard Max arguing about something with someone, she thought she heard something about raiders or raiding. David had mentioned finding people who survived the attack on Wellington, and that there were people who mentioned three other cities that survived the outbreak, so maybe it had something to do with that.

Deciding that it wasn’t her problem, Clementine walked into the hospital, wincing slightly when she felt a stab of pain in her abdomen. Exhaling, Clementine continued on her way until she reached Lingard’s office. Pushing the door open, she saw Lingard going over some things with Eleanor.

“Clementine.” Lingard noticed her presence, “Do you need something?”

“Yeah,” Clementine awkwardly shifted, “AJ’s gotten… clingy, since Prescott. I was wondering if you had anything that could help him.”

Lingard frowned, before walking over to Clementine and AJ. After some coaxing, and gentle reassurances from Clementine, AJ was sitting on one of the beds.

“Eleanor said he was being toilet trained when the herd hit,” Said Lingard, “and that he was embarrassed about having an accident.”

Clementine nodded, “He’s had them before, but he’s never reacted like this.”

“But none of them were when a herd overran us.” Said Eleanor, as AJ started whining, “I know I’d behave differently if I was halfway through something, and Walkers attacked.”

Clementine frowned, as AJ started hiccupping. AJ’s hiccups turned into small sobs, before turning into loud wails. Stepping forwards, Clementine quickly scooped AJ up, checking the diaper and finding it was dry. Slowly, AJ started to calm down, as Lingard frowned at them.

“In some high stress situations,” Said Lingard, “people will regress to a younger mental as a form of defence. Especially if they were in a vulnerable position. It should pass in time, just try to continue the routine you’d started and, hopefully, he’ll get back to normal soon.”

Clementine nodded, as AJ started chewing her shirt’s collar.

C

Clementine didn’t know what was going on outside the apartment block she’d be placed in, since someone had started yelling about something, but she was trying to coax AJ into walking towards her. AJ had started crawling around and babbling in baby talk, which wasn’t ideal. Especially when he hurt himself and Clementine had to awkwardly check him over, while he bawled and wailed.

“Maybe he needs some motivation.” Said Gabe, getting a flat look from Clementine.

“With what?” Clementine looked at Gabe expectantly, “There isn’t anything here he’d want.”

AJ squealed and rolled onto his back. Sighing, Clementine gave up trying to get AJ to walk. Picking the toddler up, Clementine set him on the couch and walked towards the kitchen. AJ stared after her, before he started to whine, feigning hiccups, getting a flat look from Clementine, “That’s not going to work AJ.”

The toddler stopped and huffed, giving her a scowl and crossing his arms.

“Y’know,” Gabe leaned against the counter, as Mariana, Kata and Javi arrived, “maybe we could find something he likes and use that.”

“Like what?” Asked Clementine, grabbing a bottle of water, “We’ve got flip booming all.”

Everyone stared at Clementine.

“I’m not swearing in front of him.” Stated Clementine, before going through a draw, “At least, I’m not until he’s grown up a bit.”

“I’m hungry.”

Clementine paused, before looking at AJ, “What?”

“I’m hungry.” Repeated AJ, just as his stomach released a loud gurgle.

Sighing, Clementine started checking the cupboards for some food.

C

A few days later, Clementine was looking through a draw when Joan walked in.

“Clementine.” Said Joan, making Clementine look up, “What are you doing here?”

“Lingard’s asleep.” Said Clementine, “Or high, or both and I’ve started bleeding.”

“Where?” Questioned Joan, as Clementine shifted uncomfortably.

“Er,” Clementine coughed, “down… there…”

Joan frowned, before pointing at a draw, “In there.”

Clementine nodded, “Thanks.” Opening the draw and taking some of the pads.

“How’s your boy?” Asked Joan, making Clementine look up, “I heard he had a bad experience with the Walkers.”

“He’s moving past it.” Answered Clementine, “He’s back to normal, for the most part. He’s still getting nightmares about Prescott.” Clementine paused, “He… he said some of the Walkers spoke.”

“Maybe he imagined it.” Said Joan, crossing her arms.

Clementine was quiet, “In my time wandering around, I heard, and saw, Walkers that could climb and use tools. Almost like they evolved or something.”

“Well,” Said Joan, after a moment, “everyone’s safe in Richmond.”

Clementine gave Joan a nod, before leaving. Joan watched after her, she hadn’t ordered Max’s men to lead that herd into Prescott, they’d managed to salvage the supplies and weapons from the community, but they had to take the surviving members in, as not make people suspicious. Some, like Eleanor and Clementine, were assets. Eleanor with her medical experience and Clementine with her experience with Walkers.

She’d initially wanted to fit one of them up for killing Badger, but the man had started to become a liability. Given how he’d gone about killing everyone he came across, he’d almost brought the Saviors down on them, fortunately, Max had managed to stop him. Shaking her head, Joan glanced at Paul and left the room.

C

Clementine frowned from the roof of the apartment block, someone had blown a hole in the wall, letting a massive herd of Walkers into the city. David and Ava had managed to stem the casualties by getting the place locked down.

“Any thoughts, Clem?” Asked Ava, as Clementine looked amongst the dead.

“This is going to screw up all the progress AJ’s made.” Remarked Clementine, “Is Javi’s friend still herding the Walkers?”

“Yeah,” Ava nodded, “Eleanor’s managed to contact Lingard in the hospital.”

“He’s sober?” Snarked Clementine, wincing at the glare Ava gave her, “Sorry.”

“Clint’s safe too,” Continued Ava, “Joan’s missing, though.”

Clementine hummed, “I take it there’s been no word from David.”

“He left with Tripp and Javi, they’re bringing the truck and some stuff to block the hole.” Said Ava, “You did good down there, covering people so they could get inside.”

“I’m just glad I got to pick off some of the Whisperers.” Said Clementine, “You know, for how they all preach about keeping quiet and becoming ‘one with the herd’, they screamed really loudly.”

Ava let out a snort, as a truck and a bulldozer carrying a large vehicle drove towards the hole in the wall. Ava and Clementine started picking off the Walkers in the bulldozer’s way, with Javi and David doing the same from where they were standing on the bulldozer. From their position, they couldn’t see a Walker grab David’s leg, but they did see him fall off the bulldozer.

After plugging up the hole and helping Jesus herd the Walkers out of Richmond, the church’s bell tolled twice, signalling that the threat had passed. Clementine and some others spent the next few hours cleaning up the dead, they found Joan with her throat ripped out, as well as some others. Clementine had to put down a little girl that had been bitten, she recognised her as Rufus and Fern’s daughter, she wasn’t looking forward to breaking the news to the girl’s parents but knew she had to. Ava found David, barely alive with his guts scattered around him. It occurred to Clementine that she never thanked him for telling her where AJ was.

In the following days, Clementine found herself working closely with the council, with Ava filling David’s role and Francine and Conrad filling Joan’s. Clementine, Javi and Tripp were given some leading roles, Javi was in charge of recreational tasks, particularly sports, Tripp was in charge of expansion and repair efforts, while Clementine was tasked with teaching the younger, and some of the older, members of the community how to deal with Walkers. Clementine managed to find some thick clothing, so the supply runners would have some more protection against Walkers while outside Richmond.

In the next couple of years, they’d managed to set up supply/trade routes with Wellington, Portland, Omaha and Philadelphia, as well as set up some satellite communities, reestablishing Prescott in the process. They’d gotten into a ‘war’ with a group called Delta, with Clementine taking a group to West Virginia and stumbling across a group of survivors holed up in their boarding school, losing a leg in the process. They’d managed to end the war, with Clementine discovering that Richmond had fired the first shot. She went back to Richmond, taking a couple of the boarding school survivors with her, and relayed that news to the council. They’d investigated it, leading to Max and some of his guys, revealing that Joan had ordered raids on other communities for their supplies.

After coming to an uneasy peace, with the Coalition of The Kingdom, Alexandria, Hilltop and Oceanside acting as a neutral third party, Delta settled itself in West Virginia and adopted the boarding school as a satellite community. They’d set up supply lines and, were working on setting up phone lines.

Sighing, Clementine glanced over ay AJ, the toddler scribbling on a piece of paper with a crayon. He hadn’t had any of the turns he did when he was younger, which Clementine was happy about, although he’d taken what he’d learnt in the Walker lessons and applied it to people.

“Penny?” Asked Javi, dropping into a seat at the table Clementine was working on.

“Just going over the past few years.” Said Clementine, after a moment before looking at Javi, “Has something happened?”

“No,” Javi shook his head, “just thought I’d drop in.”

Clementine let out an amused huff, “Well, Dan suggested I make a lesson plan for the next few Walker classes, said I shouldn’t be ‘winging it’ to them.”

“He said the same thing to me, too.” Said Javi, glancing at AJ, “Gabe’s going to be out of the hospital in a couple of days.”

“That’s good,” Said Clementine, looking through the notes she’d written, “I get the feeling AJ’s bored without him.”

“Am not!” Protested the toddler, looking up from his scribbles.

“Oh, really?” Clementine raised an eyebrow at AJ.

AJ paused, “Well, maybe a little bit.”

Clementine let out a short laugh, before getting up and limping over to AJ. Javi looked at Clementine’s prosthetic, before sighing. Getting up, bid goodbye to Clementine and AJ and left the apartment, he had his own lessons to plan.

Next Story: What if Howes fell before Carver returned from the ski lodge?

[boundtoconstantcraving]

following my streak on the definitive edition of twdg i finally finished s3/ a new frontier and let me tell you i had a blast !!! i will say the controls were not my fave compared to s1 and s2 and i did miss some of the tension of dealing with characters that are virtually strangers yet become family along the way (goodbye kenny luv u), cause this actual family dynamic however interesting becomes a little boring after some playing, like yeah yeah there's the kate romance and the fighting brothers but you know how things are gonna end up cause you KNOW this people from before....but it was interesting interacting with clem from an outer perspective once again and unlike s2 not be essentially a child therapist to a bunch of crazy adults 💀 not so emotional but interesting enough to keep me going

[thecrusadercomrade]

What-Ifs of Telltale's the Walking Dead Chapter 35: What If Mariana Survived?

Summary: While Javi and his family celebrate being reunited at the junkyard, Clementine remains alert. Her seeming paranoia ends up saving Mariana's life, inspiring her in the process.

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Read from the beginning!

[thecrusadercomrade]

You'd think that with Clem not being the main playable character that they'd at least let her act her age (and be treated as her proper age) for a while, but I guess not. I kinda get why things happened the way they did in season two, with Telltale not knowing how to handle a player character that was a child, but they have even less excuse in A New Frontier.

So uhh, idk if this was just bad writing, but why did David and the new frontier exile a 13 yr old to fend for herself in the apocalypse AND take AJ to boot when they thought he was gonna die anyway?

It's just wierd how everyone in season 3 acts like clem is 30 especially while treating gabe like a child. She acted out once to save an Infant in her care

Idk why did Bonnie and co expect an 11 yr old Clem to save a grown ass man from cracking ice.

Honestly the weirdly high expectations and adultification of Clem starts all the way back in season 2 so in a sense I do chalk some of the kicking Clem out scene to bad writing, but it’s bad writing that stems from a deep rooted issues i’ve had with the game since season 2.

As for why they kept AJ. I mean from Lingard and Avas lines that where like “AJ can’t travel all we can do is making him comfortable” and “let him go he’ll only drag you down out there.”

I honestly think it was a weird and messed up way to give Clem a better chance of surviving after kicking her out and also to ensure that AJ wasn’t gonna suffer a horrible death once Clem was kicked. Taking AJ away would ensure that Clem could focus on herself and her own safety and not have to worry about putting AJ’s needs first. And keeping AJ with the new frontier ensures that AJ could’ve at least died a comfort death. It’s complicated and messy and I honestly feel like nobody was in the right in that situation, it was just a shit show and honestly I think every character in that scene knew that.

Another reason for why they where so harsh with Clem is that I think the New Frontier leaders are EXTREMELY paranoid about thieves because of what happened on the Shenandoah river. Obvs we barely know anything but from lines Joan and David said in ep 3 it was something like “we had a good run there.” “For as long as it lasted…” “what always happens, we trusted the wrong damn people.”

Just from that I can put together that they trusted some people that ended up fucking them over and forced them to move locations, the people probably stole their land, supplies, or something else. Either way I think that’s what made them so cautious about who they let in from that point on and when they’re specifically so harsh when it comes to any perceived thievery.

[thathottopicaesthetic]

Not me doing one of those spinning wheel picker things for which person I should save in twdg

[bizlybebo]

I AM ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR ZOMBIE AUS 🤲🤲🤲🤲 I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THEM !!!!!!!!!!!! i looooove a good zombie au

HOORAYYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okok so both my riptide and pd one are heavily inspired by two different zombapoc video games,, being telltale's walking dead video games and the last of us. buuut i've put a lot of original thoughts and ideas into them and i. love them so much ^__^

the riptide one is pretty messy but the PD one is the one im prouder of :D (both AUs have heavy spoilers for both campaigns)

Riptide

-basically, this AU is inspired by the dynamic of Lee and Clementine from the first walking dead game, but it's branched out a lot further than that.

-at the start of the zombie apocalypse, Arlin teamed up w/Drey and Finn under Captain Rose, and they all formed a lil survivor group (rest of the black rose pirate are there too-- minus chip.)

-when the trio's scavenging through a neighborhood, Chip manages to steal from them, and Arlin's the first one to catch him. Chip, being himself, thinks Arlin is insanely cool and basically makes him adopt him.

-essentially the entire AU follows Arlin trying to find Chip's parents, while Rose is moving the group north through the city to reunite with his lover (and external evidence points to Chip's parents potentially being up North too, in one of the big survivor bases).

-all is fine until, yk. zombies attack them. but these are more distorted, creepier zombies, and they work in more of a coordinated spooky hivemind instead of being the typical braindead zombies as is typical of twd/twd-inspired stuff.

-rest of it vaguely follows the plot of the hole in the sea but. zombies.

-essentially, ten or so years later, Chip appears in Featherbrooke, a navy-ran (the navy still exists here don't ask) base that Jay lives in. And then it's like Origins but. zombies.

-Chip convinces Jay to join him on the road while also talking big about how he's out searching for the old Black Rose group, and is also convinced that Finn Tidestrider could create a cure for the zombies.

-gillion fucking Shows Up.

-etcetc. stuff happens.

-basically, the dynamics here are heavily inspired by the TWDG series, but grew and branched out etc. Chip and Arlin are kind of inspired by Clementine and Lee,, Chip and Ollie are kind of like Clementine and AJ,, etc.

-also. Drey is immune. He gets bit the last time that Chip ever sees him which is why Chip thinks that he's dead, but. nope ^__^ this is also why he's kept in prison by the navy, but also kept largely a secret.

-The Ferins in general in this au are all entirely fucked up and have weird connections to immunity/resistance against. becoming zombies.

^^^- Jay got sent out with Chip as a spy because he kept talking about Finn and finding a cure (+ Jayson also has the knowledge of Drey, etc.) and basically, Jayson thinks that finding a cure could help cure Ava, who died to a zombie bite around 5 years ago.

PD

I ACTUALLY HAVE A LONGFIC OF THIS ONE IN THE WORKS. BUT IT'S TAKING ME A SECOND. it's inspired by TLOU but my TLOU knowledge is actually pretty lackluster </3

-basically, the barebones of this AU is that it's TLOU. Mark is like Joel, Dakota is like Ellie, and Ashe is like Sarah.

-Instead of straight up zombies, it's demons.

-Superpowers and superheroes still exist in this AU, but they are definitely pretty different.

-The apocalypse started when Ashe summoned the trickster, killing their mother etc., but wasn't able to push the trickster back. The chaos zone opened which caused the world to fall to ruin.

-People live in safe zones put together by WATCH, and are all heavily discouraged from leaving due to the. yknow. posessions.

-William is "dead" at the modern day of the AU. He and Ashe were friends before the end of the world, but William was killed by Ashe/The Trickster.

-The closer parallel to Riley is Katori/"rooftop girl",, this part of Dakota's backstory is still pretty similar.

-The AU actually starts when Mark is tasked by Overlord to smuggle "cargo" across Prime, said cargo being Dakota.

- The Overlord is doing all that weird human experimentation shit like in canon, but this time is trying to combine human and demon DNA for the purpose of finding a "cure"/ a way for people to resist being posessed.

-Here's my favorite part of this AU. Dakota is immune to being possessed by demons cause he literally just fucking eats them. This is only possible because of fucking Fartbo i hate it here

-Anyways, William suddenly wakes up alive after being dead for 20 years at the start of the AU. He sees a wisp guiding him and follows it.

-Around the same time, Vyncent still got isekai'd. As one does. Cantrip robbed him on his first day in Prime because I think that's funny.

-Tide is a hero in the Rockfall safe zone, who adopts and mentors Vyncent and William when they first show up.

^^ okok i have. more of the AU planned out from here but since i plan on turning it into a fic pretty soon i dont want to talk more about it past this point cause. i have a really cool plot idea that i dont wanna spoil ^__^