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alyx_vance in dear_multiverse

Where did the time go?

Sep 22, 2007 15:59

A rapid report of gunshots can be heard from a recently darker-than-usual part of the Nexus. A bit later Alyx emerges from the darkness, holding the very pistol responsible for the noise. Maybe she was attacking the darkness? She looks exhausted and high-strung, always good signs to look for in someone entering a populated area bearing small ( Read more... )

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__ryu September 22 2007, 09:03:09 UTC

"Conquer the Nexus? It's been tried a few times, for various reasons. Invariably by people with no understanding of the Nexus, which results in their failure."

He holds out a white plastic bottle.

"No need for violence."

alyx_vance September 22 2007, 09:45:53 UTC

Oh hey, a person. "Yeah? What kind of numbers are we talking about here? What level of tech?" She's doubting that it's anywhere near what the Combine sent through.

She lowers her pistol so that it's not pointing it at anyone, but she's not putting away just yet. "Figure of speech, but thanks muchly." She taps one out onto her palm, knocking it back with a dry-swallow and a grimace once she's determined it with a critical eye to be nothing more than common head-ache medicine.

"Ugh. Feel like a Strider stepped on my head."

__ryu September 22 2007, 10:28:19 UTC

Ryu shakes his head. "I didn't pay that much attention, as they were irrelevant. Anyone who attempts such a thing ignores a very important rule here: There is always something bigger than you out there. There are gods that frequent this place, and I would not be surprised to learn that there are beings as far above them as they are above you and I."

The aspirin is indeed mundane. It was probably purchased in an airport somewhere, Sydney maybe.

"Had a run in with something disagreeable?"

alyx_vance September 22 2007, 10:56:56 UTC

"From what I've seen the Combine are pretty high up on that scale, but I hope for everyone's sake you're right."

Yay for Sydney. "She rubs a temple with her finger. "It's been a long day. Last thing I remember is climbing up the side a building and getting jumped by a dropship of Combine troops."

__ryu September 22 2007, 11:14:53 UTC

"Within the scale we can perceive, perhaps. But I have no doubt that if they attempted to take this please they would be defeated. This place is so inherently chaotic any effort to impose one's will on a large scale is doomed to failure."

"I can see how that would be... tiring."

alyx_vance September 23 2007, 01:52:05 UTC

"I have a feeling the wouldn't give up so easily if they really wanted to try."

She shrugs. "I could've taken them if they hadn't gotten the drop on me."

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