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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 14:59:23 GMT -5
"Right, cause you know so much about the military." said Ryker, grabbing the rope and tying Sawyer's hands behind her back.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:06:19 GMT -5
"Actually, yeah." The older man cocked his head to one side, a definite note of pride slipping into his tone. "Your kind has always held something of an interest for me, what with the hive-minded workout routines to the apparent addiction to getting shouted and shot at, you're an interesting group. So what, did your team die after the world blew itself to smithereens?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:09:36 GMT -5
"Buzz(yeah, not buzz but censors) off." said Ryker simply. Not shouting, but clearly a bit more annoyed than he'd been previously. "Go find yourself something useful to do."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:18:09 GMT -5
(The things we have to put up with, cx. )
"Oooh. Touched a nerve, have I?" Seth remarked triumphantly, albeit unwisely. "Well, you shouldn't wear things like that if you wanna keep a low profile, now should you? Anyone could come along and put the pieces together." He shook his head, exhaling noisily and glancing at the window. "You know, we should probably get out of here."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:19:11 GMT -5
"By all means, go ahead." said Ryker, sitting down on the floor near Sawyer.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:23:35 GMT -5
"I mean because of the Vidiians." Seth sat down as well, folding his arms stubbornly. "You know...attracted to the gunshots and all that. The ones that were entirely your fault."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:25:18 GMT -5
Ryker leaned easily against the wall, examining his matchbox for damage. "Why do you call them that, anyway?" he asked.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:29:25 GMT -5
"What?" Seth frowned, he had slipped so easily into the term that he had to think for a moment before he knew what Ryker meant. "Oh, that. It's just a reference, and the monsters made me think of it. Why, what d'you call them?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:34:03 GMT -5
"Why in the hell you'd ever think to call them a stupid-tailed name like that, I have no idea." said Ryker, rolling his eyes. "Why do you wanna know what I call them? Why does it matter to you?"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:38:31 GMT -5
"No need to boil over, just passing the time." Seth answered easily, showing no sign of offense at the other's scorn. "Since it doesn't look like Goldilocks here is getting up anytime soon, my choice of company's a bit limited, although I dunno if I'd exactly say your chattiness factor beats the dead."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:41:29 GMT -5
Ryker shook his head. "I'll be in the next room." he said, wandering off.
A few moments later, Sawyer started to stir.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:44:32 GMT -5
"Hey there, welcome back." Seth greeting her, taking care to keep his voice down on the off chance Ryker wouldn't hear. "We took your gun by the way, so I'd stick with a good old-fashioned introduction this time, if I were in your shoes."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:47:41 GMT -5
Sawyer's eyes widened, then narrowed. "What are you still doing here? There's barely anything useful left, and I'm NOT hiding anything. That guy, your bodyguard or whatever, wherever he went, should be able to tell you that.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 15:52:33 GMT -5
"Right, well, you'll forgive me if I don't take your word for that." Seth replied, raising his eyebrows at her. "There must be some reason you decided to start screaming and shoving the muzzle of that pretty gun down our throats. "Name's Seth, by the way. And I don't need a bodyguard."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2017 15:56:31 GMT -5
Sawyer raised her eyebrows, a slight smirk turning up the right side of her mouth. "Sure, sure."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 7, 2017 16:00:47 GMT -5
Seth stared meaningfully at her for a minute, raising his eyebrows and inclining his head very slightly. "And you are...?" He prompted at last, mentally rolling his eyes. Getting names was like pulling teeth with these people, almost as if anyone actually cared about names anymore. What did they think he was gonna do, look them up on Facebook?
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 12:53:13 GMT -5
"Name's Sawyer." she said, staring at him. She gestured around at the store. "So yeah. This is where I crash, and what I'm trying to tell you is that it's pretty much useless. I was gonna move on any day now, so breaking in was a really bad bet. Especially with all those dead-eyes on the way towards that gunshot you fired off."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 13:54:51 GMT -5
"Why we're you so careful about keeping them out, then?" Seth nodded towards the room where Ryker and Ginger had gone, glancing back at Sawyer with a curious expression. "Wait, he pinned you down, right? You didn't think you could slip past?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 14:07:41 GMT -5
"That's about right." said Sawyer, shrugging. "Why are you with him, anyway? He doesn't seem the 'yay, teamwork' type."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 14:12:09 GMT -5
"He's not so bad. A big old puppy really, once you get past his walls." Seth answered earnestly, impulsively granting himself the decision to lie for pretty much literally no reason. He leaned forward slightly, as if letting her in on a secret. "He's been hurt before. Doesn't like to talk about it." He continued in an undertone, shaking his head sadly. "I wouldn't bring it up if I were you."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 14:35:00 GMT -5
Sawyer's eyes widened, taken in. "Really? What happened?"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 14:48:26 GMT -5
"It was bad." Seth answered in a mysterious, confidential tone, nodding wisely. "He was in the military, you know. Had three others in his team, but they didn't make it..." He closed his eyes, glancing away. "I'm sorry...I really shouldn't be talking about this. Nothing personal, but it doesn't feel right, you know?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 14:52:48 GMT -5
"It's fine. I get it. Gotta stick by our people, especially now." said Sawyer.
Ryker returned to the room. "There's barely anything here - we gotta move on soon." He paused when he saw Sawyer awake. "Oh. Hi there."
Sawyer glared at him silently. Apparently the sob story Seth had regurgitated hadn't done much to soften her up.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 14:57:31 GMT -5
"Really? C'mon mate, there must be something." Seth stood up, bouncing restlessly on his heels. "Yeah, not buyin' it. I call those peanut butter sandwich cracker things." He headed over to the snack aisle, which was only one away from where he was anyway, with an air of confidence.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 15:03:10 GMT -5
"Seth, will you stop messing around?" said Ryker impatiently. If we're gonna survive the night and not freeze to death we need to start a fire by this window. Now go see if you can find some matches."
Sawyer raised her eyebrows at Ryker. "Are you seriously not gonna untie me?"
"You'll only take back my gun the moment I fall asleep." replied Ryker.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 15:06:44 GMT -5
"Wait, you're thinking of staying here all night?" Seth turned, staring at the younger man in disbelief. "What, did you flunk Monster 101? They're attracted to noise, like, oh I don't know, gunshots for example."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 15:12:46 GMT -5
Ryker stared at Seth as if he was very stupid. "Outdoors cold. Cold bad. Cold dangerous. Us stay here. Us live."
The corner of Sawyer's mouth twitched.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 15:19:46 GMT -5
Seth pointed out the window. "It's still day, you moron, it'll be safe until it gets darker-safe from the cold, that is. You want matches?" He turned, walking purposefully over to the utility aisle and returning a moment later, waving a box of matches around. "Well, will you look at that? I can bloody carry them. You wanna stay indoors with a cosy li'l fire? Pretty sure we can bunker down somewhere that doesn't have a high chance of being mobbed by the dead."
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 8, 2017 15:28:49 GMT -5
"Then go get yourself killed! I don't give a damn." said Ryker angrily. "But quit blabbing to me about your idiot plans as if you have any idea what you're doing."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Jan 8, 2017 15:33:31 GMT -5
"Oh, you're not scaring me off that easily." Seth retorted, his face flushing with colour as his temper began to slip. "There's got to be some reason why you don't wanna leave this dump. What about you?" He added, turning on Sawyer abruptly. "You seem pretty smart, who's plan sounds more like common sense to you?"
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