Last time on TWDWSIS
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Mason picks up the cup full of water and hands it to Rick, who accepts it gratefully and begins to drink from it. Once he is satisfied, he looks at Mason and says.
"My name is Rick Grimes, son. What are you doing here all alone?"
Mason shrugs
"Don't know, just woke up, there were my glasses on the table beside me with this stick, and I just picked them up and started looking around. I don't remember much from before I woke up here, just my name and some general knowledge about the world. I don't even know if I have any parents."
Mason rises from his chair while fidgeting with his wand and uses it to gesture towards the door as he says.
"Shall we? This place has blood stains and weird noises, none of the phones I've come across work, and I don't think there's any electricity at all."
Rick looks like he doesn't like the sound of any of that, but he gets up. We walk through the hospital and find some long-sleeve scrubs for Mason to wear, temporarily.
As they go through, Mason picks up any medical kits and supplies he can safely carry, discreetly shrinking them and putting them away, and he takes the time to transfigure a piece of paper into something to hold his wand on the outside of his wrist under his sleeve so it doesn't poke out or get in the way.
They cautiously make their way through the hospital, passing chained doors with the words "Don't Open Dead Inside" scrawled across them, and they continue with increased caution until they get to the exit, and Mason follows Rick out and through a park.
'Yes,' Mason thinks.
There's a bird call before a Raven flies and lands on Mason's shoulder, startling Rick with its cry, but he shrugs it off when it's not hostile as it starts preening itself contentedly.
Mason just stares at it for a bit and whispers. "Fuck yeah, I think I'll call you Corvo."
Mason sees the walker on the ground and dispatches it when with a quiet "Diffindo," slicing its head in half with a sicking squelch and plop that has him bending over to vomit out bile and water as he hasn't eaten, and he takes a minute to gather himself.
He sighs through his nose as he vanishes the vomit off himself with a soft "scourgify" and continues walking along with Rick, and they continue walking until they reach Rick's house and go inside, with Rick calling out for his family. "CARL, Lori," Mason cringes at his volume, but keeps an eye out for Duane and Morgan.
When Mason sees Duane about to hit Rick with a shovel, he disarms him and hits him with an "Expelliarmus" and a "Petrificus Totalus," freezing him in place and watching out for Morgan.
"Rick? You good?"
Mason calls out while catching the shovel.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What the hell was that, kid? What did you do?"
Rick replies as he moves towards the kid.
Mason furrows his brows, trying to figure out how to not sound insane, but decides that's impossible currently and says.
"I'm a wizard. That was magic. I disarmed him and froze him in place, but he can still move his eyes; he's alive and conscious. He was trying to hit you with a shovel."
The self-proclaimed wizard walked to the kid wand still in hand and started to speak to him as Rick gapes in disbelief.
"I mean an actual wizard kid, and look, we're not the undead, I'm gonna release you now, we're not your enemy, Finite Incantatum." He cancels the spell and holds out the shovel to the kid, and asks. "What's your name, kid?"
"Duane." The now named Duane says hesitantly but excitedly, as he takes the shovel back. Mason glances at Rick before looking back and asking Duane, "And are you all by yourself out here, Duane?"
Duane shakes his head in denial. Mason looks around and spots Morgan sneaking up, and before he can react, a swift spell catches him in the hand, sending his gun flying into the air and into Mason's palm. "Now, now,....why, don't you take a deep breath and come out with your hands up," Mason says as he hands the firearm to Rick while keeping his wand trained on Morgan.
"Yes," Mason replies mentally.