[closed] get in losers

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Date & Time: September 7th - September 12th
Location: The northern lands of Exsilium
Characters: Nate and his motley crew of adventurers
Summary: Nate takes a bunch of people for some wilderness survival training and exploring. Things mostly go as planned
Warnings: Violence, lots of swearing most likely, grumpy people in the woods





September 7th - our brave party sets out
September 8th - in which there are woods
September 9th - 10th - now this is interesting
September 11th - badger badger badger badger
September 12th - back to town

[OOC: No obligation to use the headers I've put up for each day if they don't fit. YOU CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY. MINGLE]

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September 7th

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Meeting at the Hold

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[curiousredsoul]

[Having finalized a few points of business Celena had made her way to the meeting point that had been given for the group. Flying low over the buildings in her draconic form at its shrunken down size (around 15ft long) as she knew it best to get any surprise of as much out of the way before they set off.]

I do hope I haven't kept anyone waiting.

Bus ride north to the edge of civilization!

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

i really hope the bus thing isn't a joke

[taijiya]

[Holy crap, a bus!

AKA, culture shock strikes again! Peering, fascinated, out of one of the windows, is sixteenth-century Japanese girl wearing a black catsuit and armor, a demon cat perched on her shoulder and a giant boomerang wedged next to her.]

Sheesh, the future really is something.

[worldswillburn]

Nobody told me they were breaking out the antiques for this.

[Ah, the benefits of being from a hyper-advanced version of the universe...]

Woods

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[For tonight, Nate isn't going to stand around all imperiously and make his sort-of-trainees do the work. He'll save that for tomorrow night. Once they've picked a place to stop, he sets about clearing space for a small fire so they can have at least warm food - the nights are starting to get chilly out here]

[ringwizard]

[He has a tent! He has a tent. Shit, how does he put up a tent.

Haruto Souma: man of the wild. He's got a tent peg in one hand, looking between it and the hole things. If Nitoh can do this, so can he. ...right?

Right, he can at least try. And if anyone can actually manage to be helpful, well, there's room for two inside.]

[highfrequency]

[Raiden helps clear the space, hauling off logs that are as big as fallen trees with little effort. Once people have their tents up and fires going he hunkers down by the edge of the campsite with his visor closed over his face, scanning the woodlands for any signs of trouble.]

[He has enough nutrients in his system from Stark's gel packs to keep his brain running for a while, so he doesn't need to eat. He just stands guard.]

[curiousredsoul]

[Celena had set herself down by the edge of the camp watching over the group and ensuring that nothing untoward approached for the time being. Sitting back on her haunches in her full sized draconic form at around twenty five foot long.

Despite her size though she looked approachable enough, her expression as cheerful as ever for that time.]

[worldswillburn]

[Ever the team player, Kerrigan is keeping to herself and trying to keep other people's thoughts out of her head. She'll talk if spoken to, but for the most, she's making sure her rifle is in working order while checking and double-checking her ammo count.

Every now and again she'll make a glance towards the others, but for the most part, it's just a woman and her gun.]

September 8th - More woods

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[They've been walking steadily into a slightly more... gnarled area of forest. Nate has a good guess why, as he starts to see more dead trees, and almost on cue, the dosimeter he's clipped to his belt starts beeping faster and louder. He puts a hand up to stop the group]

Anyone got radiation shielding?

[curiousredsoul]

[Having shifted down to her elven form to better keep pace with the group, Celena stops the moment he signaled. At the mention of Radiation shielding, she shifted her vision, her eyes glowing softly as she observed the area beyond to confirm the readings.

Nodding to herself she turned to look Nate.]

I can provide shielding for those who do not otherwise have it.

September 9th - woods + an interesting find

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[About midday they come across a clearing with some rock outcroppings that to Nate's eye look a little too... neat. Not enough random debris that litters the rest of the forest floor. He calls a halt, and then turns around to eye his little crew]

Nobody go into the clearing yet, but come up here to the edge and tell me what you notice about it.

[No random debris, patches of cleared earth that could have been used for fire-building, rocks that look like they wouldn't wind up piled that way naturally, faint marks where it looks like the ground and sod has been disturbed recently]

[pauldron]

[She's no tracker, still instinctively used to tamed wilderness and even cleaner cities, so it takes Lightning a moment to realize what he wants them to see. It's the cleared patches that make her catch on, and her fingers twitch. Will they have company out here?]

It looks like it's been cleaned out or slept on. [She glances at Nate.] Someone's camped here recently?

September 11th - BADGER ATTACK

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[They're taking a different route back to the city - cover more ground that way. Which means this territory is as new to Nate as it is to the rest of the them, and suffice to say he was not expecting those animal screams. He did bring sidearms though, and his hand goes instinctively to his gun as he tries to pinpoint the source of the noise in among the trees]

[khajidont]

What the...

[Those screams are like nothing Jaime's ever heard before, and he slows down once he hears them, eyes going instinctively towards Nathan to see what he's doing. A gun sounds like a good idea, he supposes, but there's not much for him to prepare when his guns are his hands. The way his brow crinkles is clear even underneath the armour.]

Is that someone dying or did someone manage to bring a raptor back with them?

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[Once they are safely out of badger-territory with, most likely, more than one dead badger to their names, Nate tracks down a spot for them to set up camp for the evening. He's got a well-stocked first aid kit out and open for whoever needs it, too - the worse he got were some claw scrapes, which he's cleaned but has decided aren't deep enough to merit stitches]

[taijiya]

[Sango despite not being in the above thread because mun wanted to avoid clusterfuck has a couple of dead badgers to her name, and so does Kirara, still jumbo-sized and padding wearily beside her back to camp. Once set up she sits down and examines her own wounds, frowning more at the tears in her black leotard than at the wounds themselves.]

Damn, I'm going to have to take this to the tailor again.

September 12th

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Back at the City

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[Once they're far enough in to civilization again, Nate stops his little group, and turns to face them all]

Everyone performed excellently over the last few days - I look forward to working with you all again in the future.

I've got some business I need to take care of before I head back to the Hold - I'm sure you can all find your way back down yourselves, though. If someone could drop the badger samples with the Initiative and some Transport scientist before they get too decomposed, that's probably for the best.