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[ladybirdbook]

(April 21st-24th)

Wow, happy reunion. You lost some, you gained others. Two of them are meatheads. Awesome. Give them shit to carry since you don't have any horses. Once you've all made acquaintance and had tearful reunions and UST encounters, it's a good chance to sleep in for the night. It's a very deserted city so you can sleep peacefully.

When the sun rises then, time to tie your shoes and set off to adventure! Hurrah! Tumbataure's season three premiere!

[Mission: No more lazy! Decide what to do and pack your bags, you're back with the fellowship. LOTR walk montage. I bet you missed that.]

Comments

[theanimalside]

[pretty good at Not Being Seen, but not so great at Not Being Seen in broad daylight in an open space. suddenly there are audible footfalls.]

You with the others?

[you seem future-y.]

[overthewall]

[ doesn't even tense up when he nears, just kind of looks up from her machete project. it's pretty clean now, though. she's just killing time. ]

Not typically a group kind of girl, but I'm slowly realizing that may need to change.

[theanimalside]

[might be raising his eyebrows at her. it's hard to tell. the goggles do move a little.]

Know the feeling.

[alien planets necessitate character development.]

[overthewall]

Are they a hassle to deal with or worth spending time getting to know?

[ genuine question. either way, they'll probably all die on her and she's ready for it to come to that if it has to. she's come across enough already to figure that one out for herself. but she'll definitely try to keep to herself a while longer if they're going to give her hell the entire time she's with them. ]

[theanimalside]

You tell me.

[shrugs and frowns at her a little.]

You've known 'em longer than I have.

[overthewall]

[ ah. flicks the ashes off the end of her cigarette and sets her machete down beside her. ]

Newly arrived?

[theanimalside]

Yep.

[this place and dangerous women with sharp things, i swear. he might like it here.]

Riddick.

[not gonna try for a handshake, she seems like someone with a big personal space bubble.]

[overthewall]

[ he's accurate. ]

Sinclair.

[ also on the last name basis level, too. they're perfect for one another. ]

You might have better luck with the lot than I did.

[theanimalside]

[laconic tank top bros.]

Now why would you say that?

[genuinely curious. he knows for damn sure he doesn't come off as all that pleasant at first glance.]

Is it them that's hard to get along with, or is it you?

[overthewall]

[ tank tops, last names and weird eyes!! ]

Well, me-- [ she laughs a little. it's really not that funny and she knows it. ] and the brief time I spent with them was a bit... bizarre. You haven't made such a first impression yet.

[theanimalside]

Nobody's started any fires, so I guess there's that.

[don't ask him how long he's been following them, but he definitely has no idea what the hell happened in apfelstrudel.]

Some of 'em didn't like getting snuck up on in the dark.

[shrugs like this was a personal defect of theirs and not a reasonable thing to object to.]

[overthewall]

Who can blame them for being uncomfortable with what lurks in the dark?

[ she's not though. ]

[theanimalside]

I tried not to take it personally.

[lurks in the dark.

not right now though, it's too sunny for that shit. starts nonchalantly strolling, still talking.]

You military when you're at home?

[overthewall]

Recently retired.

[ the corner of her mouth twitches as she fights off a grin, shoving her machete through it's spot on her belt before casually strolling alongside him. she has absolutely no idea where they are going. ]

[theanimalside]

Little young for retirement.

[there is a weird smell to her, though. kinda similar to the swordswoman and the guy with the crossbow, but not as strong. so maybe she's older than she looks. maybe that's what that is.

he knows where they're going.]

[overthewall]

[ thirty, but thank you kind sir. also was a major. she really moved up those ranks fast........... ]

Last task ended up being a bit more permanent than expected.

[ became leader of a group of wild Scottish cannibals. life sometimes becomes a bit interesting for a gal. ]

[theanimalside]

[planet full of virulently heliophobic pterodactyls.]

So you retired, or you were retired?

[actor or acted upon? from someone who apparently knows that feeling.]

[overthewall]

Retired. My choice, for once.

[ though with what she knew, definitely could have been the latter at some point. ]

[theanimalside]

Congratulations.

[welcome to your post-retirement vacation i guess? not really watching her as they talk, though it's hard to tell exactly what he is looking at. constant vigilance ADD.]

[overthewall]

If you knew where I ended up, you'd retract that statement.

[ another laugh at something that clearly isn't funny. ]

Where are we going?

[theanimalside]

[shrugs. never got that much in the way of choice, not sure he regrets the ones he did get to make. even if they did lead in a way to aforementioned pterodactyl planet.]

Castle Rigel, downtown Arunafeltz.

[overthewall]

The way out wouldn't happen to be there, would it?

[ not that this place is much different from her place. aside from the weird puppets. ]

[theanimalside]

How I hear it, there was one but they broke it.

[this planet is way nicer than the one he just left. so far. looking sidelong at sinclair now but it's not so easy to tell.]

Apparently they've got a map leads them to another way, though.

[overthewall]

[ :| oh that's nice. kind of rolls her eyes. ]

So working with the group is the only way out. Great.

[theanimalside]

[shrugs. he's not even a little chalant today. so far beyond nonchalant he's like antichalant.]

Might not be the only way out, but might be the surest bet. You get the short version in your head when you showed up?