ALTERED FATE [CLOSED]

[soldier_in_red]

Character(s): Dilandu, Murphy
Content: Dilandu makes his first foray in the streets of Manhattan and meets Karrin Murphy.
Location: East 54th Street (east of its intersection with Park Avenue)
Time: Early afternoon on Monday.
Warnings: Swearing, destruction of public and/or private property, mentions of alcohol, sexist and mentally unstable teenage

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[justmurphy]

Karrin Murphy suppressed the urge to sigh as she made her way along the nearly-abandoned sidewalk. There were still people living in this area, mostly native Manhattanites that she could see, but they kept mostly indoors if they could help it. That made it easier for her, she supposed, even though every part of her that believed in justice hated to see people forced to stay inside their own homes, like they were living in a warzone.

In some ways, she supposed that was true.

She didn't normally patrol this far North, and Harry would probably throw a fit if he knew she was going without a partner, but let him; he was her friend, not her keeper. She was staying careful, avoiding the shadows and low places where the crabs could overwhelm her, and she had brought a friend: a heavy policeman's baton that she'd picked up from a precinct. It made a nice companion to the fully-loaded pistol she carried

[soldier_in_red]

This place is so different... Not like anything I've ever seen in Gaea... It's probably not Asgard after all. Musing as he walked, Dilandu's delicate face twisted into a thin scowl. He didn't like to be confused or uncertain - he liked control, which he had very little of in this world.

I wonder if Gatti and Shesta and the others survived the fight, he thought, those idiots... I trained them better than that! How could they go and die like a bunch of--"Hey

[justmurphy]

"Good to know," Murphy said, leaving kid off the end of her sentence. She'd seen enough touchy, rebellious teens to recognize one when she saw him, and there was no point in antagonizing him into not accepting help when he might need it. Besides, she'd been here long enough to know that teenagers could be capable of some serious damage. "I'm sorry, but that rank doesn't mean anything to me here," she said. "Or anyone else. This is Mnahattan-part of New York City, on Earth."

[soldier_in_red]

Dilandu scowled at this, but had the good sense not to berate the woman for her tone and general manner. As stubborn as he was, even he knew when he was too far out of his element to risk fighting with someone who might provide him some information