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exsiliumlogs2014-01-05 12:48 am
gevurah) wrote in exsiliumlogs2014-01-05 12:48 am
( closed ) said you would never give up easy
Date & Time: from early to mid-january
Location: various locations
Characters: kate & various
Summary: doing things and running into people: the rp life.
Warnings: there will be some violence eventually
Notes: while there's prompts for those from the CR meme, if anyone else wants to do something don't hesitate to ask. feel free to PM me on this account or through plurk.
Raiden
[ Richard Lawson's parting words have left quite an impression on Kate.
Don't let them find you.
Her nights are a lot more restless than usual. The bottle of wine she gifted Ros is tempting, but she knows better than to turn to alcohol again while there are pressing matters. As usual, she dons her layers and boots and heads outside. She goes for a jog again today. Without any kind of workout facility she relies on the cold terrain.
The shelters are her first pit stop. They need to be cleaned out and stabilized, but at the forefront of her mind the UE's stash of bombs render shelters useless if they can easily drop another nuke on them.
If they know they're here, why haven't they? She stands with her hands on her hips, lost in thought. ]
Lightning
[ She's grown somewhat rusty with hunting. In spite of her intensive training that pit her around and against the world in various death traps and unfamiliar land, until last year she's lived a life of luxury.
The elderly woman she and Roslyn have been residing with lent her copper wire to ensnare rabbits with. She stalks the snow covered land for a rabbit trail, following their footprints into a good clearing where it appears they pass through.
As quickly and quietly as she can, she cuts down branches thick enough to hold any large rabbit. When she's done with setting up the branches and placing the wire, tying a noose and letting it hang in the center.
There are heavy footsteps in the distance. Yeti, she concludes, and hopes they don't frighten off the rabbits. ]
Seiya
[ Another grey and cold morning, but Kate's out for her usual jog. She warms up with basic stretches outside her current residence and half a minute after she's completed them, she's off. She sticks to a familiar path, edging along the outskirt of the town, but never wandering too far off.
She breathes through both her nose and mouth, but exhales through the latter only. Always breathing through the stomach or diaphragm to ensure she's getting enough air.
It's not always the most quiet run; there's always someone, be it Transport or one of the locals. A yard away from her she can hear dogs barking and the loud crunching of snow as the dogs run forward, pulling along a large sleigh with dead their master and his bag of what appears to be his hunt for the day. ]
Actual Damsel Martin
[ Today's jog is quickly disrupted by deep rumbling and the ground beneath her shaking to a point Kate nearly loses her footing. She stands with feet spaced out, applying as much weight as possible to keep herself upright while her eyes scour the clearing to spot whatever large animal it is stomping across.
It doesn't take long, but it's not exactly difficult to miss the mammoths bursting into the clearing. She's ready to hightail it out of here when she catches a glimpse of something else running ahead of the pack.
No, not something. Someone.
Kate's heart is almost ready to leap from her chest as she shouts: ]
Martin!
[ There's no hesitation, no second thoughts. She breaks into a sprint to meet the boy halfway, maneuvering with her bag to dig into its content, reaching for the grappling hook she always has on hand.
Cue. ]
Roslyn
[ Kate shudders one last time as she pushes the door in behind her. She notes the silence in the house, cocking her head to one side curiously and wiping excess snow off her boots on the rug. Then she begins to undo the buttons on her jacket, angling her head the other way. ]
Anyone home?
[ Home. It's almost laughable. God knows how long this setup will last this time. Lawson's disappearance reminds her the kind woman who owns this house may someday vanish before her own eyes. It's an unsettling feeling, not knowing it will happen and if it does. ]
Ros?
Location: various locations
Characters: kate & various
Summary: doing things and running into people: the rp life.
Warnings: there will be some violence eventually
Notes: while there's prompts for those from the CR meme, if anyone else wants to do something don't hesitate to ask. feel free to PM me on this account or through plurk.
Raiden
[ Richard Lawson's parting words have left quite an impression on Kate.
Don't let them find you.
Her nights are a lot more restless than usual. The bottle of wine she gifted Ros is tempting, but she knows better than to turn to alcohol again while there are pressing matters. As usual, she dons her layers and boots and heads outside. She goes for a jog again today. Without any kind of workout facility she relies on the cold terrain.
The shelters are her first pit stop. They need to be cleaned out and stabilized, but at the forefront of her mind the UE's stash of bombs render shelters useless if they can easily drop another nuke on them.
If they know they're here, why haven't they? She stands with her hands on her hips, lost in thought. ]
Lightning
[ She's grown somewhat rusty with hunting. In spite of her intensive training that pit her around and against the world in various death traps and unfamiliar land, until last year she's lived a life of luxury.
The elderly woman she and Roslyn have been residing with lent her copper wire to ensnare rabbits with. She stalks the snow covered land for a rabbit trail, following their footprints into a good clearing where it appears they pass through.
As quickly and quietly as she can, she cuts down branches thick enough to hold any large rabbit. When she's done with setting up the branches and placing the wire, tying a noose and letting it hang in the center.
There are heavy footsteps in the distance. Yeti, she concludes, and hopes they don't frighten off the rabbits. ]
Seiya
[ Another grey and cold morning, but Kate's out for her usual jog. She warms up with basic stretches outside her current residence and half a minute after she's completed them, she's off. She sticks to a familiar path, edging along the outskirt of the town, but never wandering too far off.
She breathes through both her nose and mouth, but exhales through the latter only. Always breathing through the stomach or diaphragm to ensure she's getting enough air.
It's not always the most quiet run; there's always someone, be it Transport or one of the locals. A yard away from her she can hear dogs barking and the loud crunching of snow as the dogs run forward, pulling along a large sleigh with dead their master and his bag of what appears to be his hunt for the day. ]
Actual Damsel Martin
[ Today's jog is quickly disrupted by deep rumbling and the ground beneath her shaking to a point Kate nearly loses her footing. She stands with feet spaced out, applying as much weight as possible to keep herself upright while her eyes scour the clearing to spot whatever large animal it is stomping across.
It doesn't take long, but it's not exactly difficult to miss the mammoths bursting into the clearing. She's ready to hightail it out of here when she catches a glimpse of something else running ahead of the pack.
No, not something. Someone.
Kate's heart is almost ready to leap from her chest as she shouts: ]
Martin!
[ There's no hesitation, no second thoughts. She breaks into a sprint to meet the boy halfway, maneuvering with her bag to dig into its content, reaching for the grappling hook she always has on hand.
Cue. ]
Roslyn
[ Kate shudders one last time as she pushes the door in behind her. She notes the silence in the house, cocking her head to one side curiously and wiping excess snow off her boots on the rug. Then she begins to undo the buttons on her jacket, angling her head the other way. ]
Anyone home?
[ Home. It's almost laughable. God knows how long this setup will last this time. Lawson's disappearance reminds her the kind woman who owns this house may someday vanish before her own eyes. It's an unsettling feeling, not knowing it will happen and if it does. ]
Ros?
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When he sees Kate he stops his busy trudging and looks back at her. For the moment he does not appear to be a cyborg, but a flesh-and-blood man. Mistaking him for one would be easy if not for the fact that he has a log the size of a tree under one arm with claw marks gouged in it. He's using the Old Initiative holo-technology to look human. Best not to scare the natives into thinking he's a weapon from the United Earth.]
You okay?
[His rusty voice, however, has not changed.]
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Fine.
[ She quirks an eyebrow at the log. ]
You good?
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[He shifts the weight of the log under his arm.]
Just doing a lumber run. Wood is pretty useful when you're trying to build a shelter.
[His faded blue eyes flick upwards and he watches the sky.]
...It'll keep people safe from the cold for a while at least....
[Nuclear threat not so much. The UE and their bombs are always on his mind.]
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The underground buildings?
[ Kate finally tears her eyes away from the sky, refocusing on Raiden. ]
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[A shrug. It is an uncomfortable looking movement for him.]
Because there are more natives down there, I guess.
Still, probably best for us to use the surface as little as possible. A couple shelters, sure, but nothing else.
We don't exactly want anyone to know we're here.
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Don't let them find you. ]
Lawson's last words hinted they knew.
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Right.... I remember he vanished.... but...
[But he had been too scatter brained to really look into it. The appearance of Sunny in his life again had distracted him. Has been distracting him. Kate's words snap his mind back into focus.]
He was the one that used to be on the Cabinet of the UE, right? What did he say?
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[ Kate can only shake her head after a long, suffering sigh. ]
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[He hefts the log and sighs, there is a thrum of machinery under his breath.]
If they know we're here and haven't struck by now then they're biding their time. Not exactly a pleasant thought...
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[ It's possible they're waiting to see if the population fluctuates again. ]
We should be getting shelters up and ready, just in case.
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[He puts the log down and is quiet for a moment.]
Were you there?
When Lawson vanished, I mean. Or did you just hear about it when it was announced on the Network?
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From Stanley.
[ She licks her dry and cold lips, but no sooner does the cold and dry air settle back on it. ]
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Wonder if he sounded like he was coherent or if he was panicking..
[He rolls one shoulder.]
Either way, it seems like he knew something....
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[ She says rather flatly; it makes it all the more frustrating.
She inhales slowly, exhaling quietly through her mouth. ]
We can sit around speculating all day, but it's not going to get us anywhere right now. We don't know anything about the UE in this timeline.
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Well, there's an Initiative here, and an Exsilium, so we at least know there is still a United Earth around. That alone is a reason to be careful.
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[ She looks past Raiden for a moment before her eyes settle back on his deceiving form. ]
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They might have information we need.
[ She doesn't know if anyone's made any progress there. However, she pauses, realizing she forgot to introduce herself. ]
I'm Kate.
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[He holds out a hand, one that is actually metal and clawed.]
Raiden.
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Good to meet you.
[ Properly. ]
The lack of information is a problem. The AI's useless without data.
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Yeah. That's the trouble with AIs. They're only as good as they're programmed.
[Though he's not sure that's really true. The AIs he knew back home seemed to find ways of evolving.]
Not sure there's an easy way of getting the New Initiative's intel to it, if they don't wanna share it.
((ooc: Considering recent developments you don't have to respond to this if you don't want to.))
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[ She's not too sure how it will work with this AI, but it's better than nothing. ]