open | all I want is the moon upon a stick

[vaccination]

Date & Time: October 10th onwards.
Location: Around the base.
Characters: Ellie and you.
Summary: Ellie's hangin' around, totally over this moon business.
Warnings: Swearing.



a. the cafeteria
[Ellie sits at one of the tables in the cafeteria, a pyramid of upside-down cups stacked in front of her. It's certainly not the sturdiest of structures, but she's spent some time on it, and she's vaguely proud of her accomplishment. They only clattered to the floor once or twice.

Now that she's done, she leans back and slides down a few inches in her seat. Well. That killed twenty minutes.

She reaches out a hand to slowly nudge one of the cups at the bottom corner of her pyramid. That might be loud if she keeps going.]

b. the observatory
[Space is cool. It kind of makes her feel like she's falling when she looks out the window or through any screens, but she keeps coming back to the observatory to do just that. She's not sure if she likes that feeling or not. The wasteland where Exsilium once was is still visible, but Ellie doesn't seem to pay it much mind right now. She's lying on her back on the floor, sneakers propped up against a wall, comic book held over her face.

Every now and then she makes some sort of noise. This comic is so intense.]

Comments

[vaccination]

[It wasn't exactly an offer, but it's not like she'll say no.]

Yeah. Not much else to do around here, anyway.

[gevurah]

Not really.

[ She could focus on her training, but it's somewhat difficult when her attention is divided among so many things that need to be done. ]

These missions can be dangerous.

[vaccination]

[She shrugs.]

Walking down the stairs could be dangerous, too.

[gevurah]

[ A stern look. ]

I'm serious, Ellie.

[vaccination]

[Here's a reminder that Ellie is a teenager: she huffs, rolling her eyes.]

I get you're trying to be nice, but I've spent almost every day of the last year scavenging for food and supplies. Sometimes off of dead bodies. Pretty sure I can handle a supply run for this place.

[And whatever else.]

[gevurah]

[ Kate's frown doesn't vanish just yet. ]

Depends where people want to go. Some are talking about raiding the UE's rations.

The resurrection technology no longer works.

[ If she wasn't wary before, she's extremely apprehensive about diving head first without laying out how to get in and out of wherever people are heading into. ]

[vaccination]

They can have fun doing that. As much as I'd like to ruin those motherfuckers, I'm not going to get killed while doing it.

[They screwed with Joel, screwed with her and Tess. That alone is enough reason to want to slam and arrow into each and every soldier's face.]

I'm not stupid.

[gevurah]

I didn't say that.

[ She pauses. ]

We need to figure out a way to do this without the UE picking up on our trail.

[vaccination]

It can't be that hard. We just go to times and places where they aren't, and steer clear of them. Us staying alive is more important than getting revenge.

[gevurah]

They might be expecting it.

[ Or building their offensive capabilities to reach them up here. ]

We were able to save those being held by the UE -- we'll figure this out.

[vaccination]

Yeah. That whole thing was pretty impressive, gotta admit. I wasn't sure if we would pull it off.

[Sure, the consequence was getting nuked, but hey. They got their people.]

[gevurah]

[ The cost is seared in her memory. ]

Do you know anyone who works in the clinic?

[vaccination]

I met that magic guy with the red hair when I first got here. And there's... Donny, I think his name is? I'm gonna help him put together first aid kits.

[gevurah]

[ Kate nods. ]

Everyone should have at least one in their sleeping quarters. Not enough to go around yet?

[vaccination]

Not yet. I think the plan is to set up a table, you know, like with the cookies.

[gevurah]

[ A brief pause. Ellie lost her at cookies. ]

Cookies?

[vaccination]

[Ellie suddenly feels awkward. What.]

Yeah, cookies. Like when people would get brought in, there would be a cookie tent. Or at least there was when I was brought in, and the time after.

Though I guess there won't be any cookie tents up here. There wasn't this month.

[gevurah]

Oh.

[ She hasn't scoped out newbies in a while. She's always wary of running into Renee during those, but if Bette ever returned it would be best to see for herself. ]

Probably not. Resources.

[vaccination]

Yeah. [A shrug.] They helped, as stupid as it sounds. I never had a cookie before.

[gevurah]

[ Green orbs dawn on Ellie with bright-eyed curiosity. ]

Never?

[vaccination]

Resources. Pretty small. Food was rationed... if there was food to be rationed.

[The military boarding school was one of the better places to be, when it came to the food, but they definitely never had cookies.]

[gevurah]

[ Makes sense to her. ]

Food is going to have to be rationed on base till we get supplies flowing in.

Maybe they'll bring cookies.

[vaccination]

Just like the good ol' days. [Except not. Having to ration everything fucking sucks. She was used to getting by on very little, of course, but that didn't mean she enjoyed it.]

Cookies are great, but what I want to try is pizza.

[Teens. It's in their blood.]

[gevurah]

[ Kate might not like it as she had grown fond of the abundance of food both the penthouse and the Kane estate had, plus all the food she could eat out with her stepmother's money, but she's learned to survive on little. Like a droplet of water off a leaf and hunting and killing snakes before dining on them. ]

Pizza's alright. [ She misses alcohol, though. ] I always liked seafood -- sushi.

[vaccination]

[What is a sushi, she's never heard of that fish.]

Sushi?