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John

Mar 14, 2010 18:15

The door opens from Milliways onto the tumbletown ruins of what used to be an industrial area on the fringes of Arlington. The temperature is summertime-warm, the air dry; the last rains to pass through here are long since gone. Overhead, a scavenger bird or two circles, visible only to people who know what they're looking for. A breeze listlessly ( Read more... )

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Approaching the Fort aaaaaaaagh_sky March 17 2010, 12:05:57 UTC

Come the morning-

No, that's not right. Morning would imply that there was light out. Ellen is used to underground living, and used to dimness if not the outright dark, so almost as soon as John's guard shift ends she's on her feet. So come the point when she's awake, then, it's time to go looking for a door. And, well, this is the Capital Wasteland. There are enough former houses scattered about the landscape that she finds one eventually, before the sun's even made its way up- and Milliways is on the other side...

(OOC: Tyler/Moon Shadow's player is affected by a computer virus until somewhat later in the week but may be able to tag a bit from the library. We'll see what can be done about that.)

Re: Approaching the Fort aeons_crackshot March 17 2010, 16:08:19 UTC

Milliways being on the other side means that Annabelle is on the other side.

She's wearing the body armor that Ellen gave her, and carrying the sub-machine gun, the sniper rifle, the combat knife, and ammunition. Lots of ammunition.

"Morning," she says in greeting to anyone who may be present.

Re: Approaching the Fort aaaaaaaagh_sky March 17 2010, 17:25:39 UTC

"Annabelle, this is John-117, a soldier from a very different timeline than my own," Ellen says. "John, this is Annabelle Newfield. She's come to my world and fought very nearly every kind of enemy I know of in the Wasteland along with me more times than anyone else I know."

Re: Approaching the Fort aeons_crackshot March 17 2010, 17:36:56 UTC

That's a nice introduction. "Pleasure to meet you," Annabelle says, extending a hand to the Spartan.

Re: Approaching the Fort tyler_marlocke March 17 2010, 18:36:55 UTC

And since Annabelle's already through...no sense in not showing off a little.

At least as far as stepping through the door invisibly goes. Hopefully the Spartan won't be too startled when someone appears out of thin air just behind Annabelle, dressed in a heavy duty-utility belt with some odd objects hanging from it, one of which looks like some sort of scanning device.

"Moon Shadow, pleasure to meet a man of the armed forces."

Re: Approaching the Fort luckyspartan March 17 2010, 21:57:39 UTC

"Likewise," John nods at the new faces. "I'm assuming everyone here knows what we're getting into?"

Re: Approaching the Fort aeons_crackshot March 17 2010, 22:07:20 UTC

"Well aware," Annabelle replies. "They really should have heeded the multiple warnings to leave things well enough alone."

Re: Approaching the Fort luckyspartan March 17 2010, 22:25:38 UTC

"After this, I have a feeling they'll get the message," says the Spartan. "I have a mission plan for accomplishing our objectives here, but I'd like to get your input before we discuss that. Ideas?"

Re: Approaching the Fort aeons_crackshot March 17 2010, 23:30:16 UTC

"I'd need to get a better look at the place before I come up with anything concrete," Annabelle admits. "We want to keep them off balance as long as we can."

Re: Approaching the Fort luckyspartan March 17 2010, 23:35:02 UTC

"We'll run recon before we commit to anything," John confirms. "Ellen has a good idea of the complex already, though. Ellen?"

Re: Approaching the Fort aaaaaaaagh_sky March 18 2010, 00:03:19 UTC

"I talked to Donovan, the mechanic of Reilly's Rangers," Ellen says. "He was out in the western part of the Wasteland when he ran across a Talon Company patrol and trailed them back to their base. It was a military installation before the War as far as he can tell. There's a perimeter fence, though he says it's got gaps and rents in it, and there are no completely enclosed buildings- the site took a lot of shock damage during the War. Considering how many Talons there are and how little actual shelter there is aboveground, he said the majority of Fort Bannister is probably in the underground bunkers."

Re: Approaching the Fort aeons_crackshot March 18 2010, 00:14:05 UTC

"That would make sense," Annabelle says with a nod. "We'll likely have to go in after them, then. Unless we can smoke them out or something similar?"

Re: Approaching the Fort tyler_marlocke March 18 2010, 00:32:52 UTC

"I've got some ideas on possible ways of 'smoking them out'. Either we send something in, or we give them a big shiny massive threat to come out and attack."

...That smile means no good to the Talons, but who cares?

Re: Approaching the Fort aaaaaaaagh_sky March 18 2010, 00:35:11 UTC

"Possibly more than one threat," Ellen says, "since Donovan said the perimeter's fairly large. Something to keep them on their toes in all the wrong places."

Re: Approaching the Fort aeons_crackshot March 18 2010, 00:41:32 UTC

"Maybe those goo things you used before?" Annabelle asks Moon Shadow.

Re: Approaching the Fort tyler_marlocke March 18 2010, 00:43:08 UTC

"Lucky lucky me with a dozen eggs primed...and you know what I think I could probably rig them to really scare the bejesus out of some Talons with just a little chemical alteration." The gadget hero replies. "And I've got this one idea I want to try out."

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