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For a dreamer night's the only time of day

Jun 09, 2011 07:50

Who: Quorra & anybody else who'd be up that high
Where: Rooftops
When: Some time after the last EoL post (and her encounter with Clu)
Warnings: Shouldn't be any, but I'll update if anything comes up

( When the city's finally sleeping all my thoughts begin to stray )

lizor (disc_warrior), kevin flynn (creator_man), !open, location: tron city, quorra (quorrious)

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disc_warrior June 9 2011, 20:39:01 UTC

Lizor was restless. As normal - when he could not get any sufficient down time, he would leave his apartment and go out for long walks or a run. An effort to clear his processes and to at least try and physically tire himself so that he could catch some rest. He didn't really have any idea for a specific destination. He just wandered wherever his feet took him, randomly choosing a direction and going that way.

He had considered going to the Arena to practice...exert himself to get tired that way - but memories of his meeting with Aadi and Clu were too fresh - and he didn't want to go into a training room right now.

And so, the disc warrior strode through the quiet streets at a brisk pace, pensive and rather distracted by his own processes. His proximity scans were up however, he rarely deactivated them. Anything coming within range would be felt, and would alert him if it was hostile or friend.

quorrious June 9 2011, 22:02:10 UTC

She was probably high enough up not to set off the warrior's proximity warnings at all, granted, she wasn't as high up as she could be, and she'd been thinking about going higher when the movement below caught her attention, and it only took her a moment to recognize him.

"Lizor." She called down in greeting, unfolding to her feet on the corner of the roof where she'd been crouched a moment before, "Don't usually see you out this way." She added smiling faintly, "Wait there, I'll come to you." And so she did, in a series of quick, efficient movements she made her way down from her perch to ground level, looking only a little windblown when she landed.

She tilted her head, studying him for a moment, brow creased in something that was most likely concern, though she wasn't going to voice it just yet, "What brings you over to this side of the city?"

disc_warrior June 10 2011, 02:42:25 UTC

Lizor halted in mid-stride at the sound of his name. He glanced around, then up, spotting a familiar silhouette. He felt a brief dart of pleasure at the voice. It had been a while since he had seen Quorra - though he had exchanged messages with her via the comm terminal. Their run times had just been busy as of late ( ... )

quorrious June 10 2011, 05:52:18 UTC

She couldn't help but smile at the familiar greeting, returning it just the same and nodding at his statement, "I'm sorry to hear you're still having trouble with that."

She tilted her head again, "Do you think an exploratory expedition would help? I could show you some of the things I've found out this way." A shrug, "It's an older part of the city, so a lot of it's just fallen into disuse, which is understandable, really, things grew a different direction."

disc_warrior June 10 2011, 10:56:59 UTC

Lizor shrugged at her words. "It has been this way since I rerezzed - and I do not recall enough to know if it was the same before." He inclined his head slightly. "I do appreciate the concern, but I doubt anything can be done. I just have to deal with it as I can." Despite the fact that Lizor could not find solace in rest right now - his dark eyes looked weary. Tired and drained ( ... )

quorrious June 10 2011, 20:00:32 UTC

She nodded, "This used to be a low-density residential sector." She explained, already heading off along the walkway, she'd take the high road soon enough, there was rubble blocking the way ahead, "One of the first places ISOs started living, actually, I remember that." It was probably part of the reason it had fallen into disuse, really, that was her theory about it in any case." She moved easily, like she belonged there, or like she knew exactly where she was, totally aware of her surroundings. It was a little more high-strung than she usually was, a little more wary.

All in all it wasn't anything overt, just the sort of readiness and awareness that made sense in a somewhat unfamiliar sector. She shrugged as she walked, "Maybe people will come back, with the way there keep being people arriving because of the Portal, you never know, might be a nice neighborhood again."

disc_warrior June 10 2011, 23:07:19 UTC

Lizor fell into easy step with Quorra, walking with her along the walkway. He was happy to let her take the lead on where they were to go. Even though the area had a familiar feeling, he wasn't as confident on the layout as the ISO seemed to be. A part of him processed though that he should have. He should have known this area as well as his own.

"During my wanderings I have heard that there were repair programs working on fixing some of the more salvageable areas." Lizor noted. "Perhaps this area is on their list for reconstruction..." It was a speculation, for he wasn't privy to such things as a combat program. He sighed slightly - looking about with a slight frown. "This area does feel familiar to me somehow.." He mused thoughtfully. "Perhaps it is because it used to be an ISO sector.."

quorrious June 11 2011, 02:04:38 UTC

"I think it's on the repair list, the damage isn't too bad, and most of it's just from age and disuse, nothing too unstable, anyway." She shrugged, "Well, there's the one building that's down, we'll have to get over that, but it's not that bad otherwise."

She smiled at his musing, nodding once, "If you were friends with a lot of ISOs, or even just a few of them, you probably knew the ISO sectors pretty well." And she knew he'd been friends with at least one of them, and given what she knew of Aadi, he'd probably had a good-sized social circle, "We'll have to head up here, get over the collapse." They'd just reached the edge of the scattered rubble from where the building had fallen and not been cleared away.

She moved easily again, catching a handhold on a windowledge, swinging herself up to the security catwalk above, waiting for Lizor to follow."

disc_warrior June 11 2011, 10:07:18 UTC

Lizor supposed that made sense. As close to Aadi as he was now...but especially back then - it was logical to assume he knew many ISO's in her circle of friends. Was connected with them through her and to their communities. Even though he didn't remember it - it warmed his circuits anyway. He reached out to brush fingers against the decayed wall of the crumbled building. No, he couldn't remember a physical memory - but this place felt right. Familiar. Fond memories were made here ( ... )

quorrious June 11 2011, 17:29:56 UTC

The catwalk was along the second-floor windows, likely used as an evacuation course when there was a power outage or anything of the sort, it at least was still sturdy, even if the buildings around had fallen to disrepair.

Upon reaching the corner, and the worst of the fallen building below, Quorra said: "This is where things get a little tricky, because we've either got to go up another level and over, or back down and through, she pointed out the walkway on the next building, it would be a jump to get to it, but an easy one.

disc_warrior June 12 2011, 00:24:41 UTC

Lizor glanced down before studying the gap they would have to jump. He gave a curt nod - knowing he was capable of it quite easily. "Not much different than my physical routines.." He noted. He darted forward and leaped across the gap, landing in a roll before standing up and reaching out to grab the rail to steady himself. Nothing showed the faint fluttering of unease in his systems. He tried not to process on it too much.

"It has been a while since I've...tried it on buildings however." It didn't feel too foreign at least - and he cursed the holes in his memory, not able to know if he had done this before.

quorrious June 12 2011, 03:36:54 UTC

She laughed softly at his movement, following easily, her own leap at an angle towards the building so that she could push off to the opposite platform, almost as if using the wall as a springboard, it was enough that she didn't have to roll when she landed, touching down lightly, rolling her shoulders, "It's been a while since I've done it on anything but buildings."

She took the lead again, "The place I want to show you is about a block up and two blocks towards the city center."

disc_warrior June 12 2011, 07:59:52 UTC

Lizor watched her jump - using the building to take some of her momentum as she angled onto the platform next to him. Though his features were subdued and tired, especially around his eyes - the disc warrior nodded with a small curve to his lips in approval. She appeared natural at this, choosing angles and curves while he was straight and linear.

He fell into step behind her with a soft "Heh" at her comment about her and buildings. His quiet version of a laugh. More just a syllable than the actual expression. "Lead on...I am curious as to what you have to show me." Perhaps once they got there he could ask her how she'd been lately. It had been a while since he had seen her.

quorrious June 12 2011, 15:53:27 UTC

It wasn't long before they'd passed over the worst of the rubble, and she moved to the ground once more, "Usually I'd just stay above." She said, "But this is really more impressive going through the front gates."

She was a little more relaxed now than she had been before, the sector, the walk, the company or some combination of the three had done her some good, "How have you been? It's been a while since I've seen you."

disc_warrior June 12 2011, 18:20:35 UTC

It actually surprised Lizor how good it felt to have his two feet on solid ground again. He hadn't been that uneasy on the second story catwalk - but it was nice just the same to be on ground level. Front Gates? He wondered internally. He was even more curious now to see what Quorra wanted to show him. Maybe it was a building that had been important to the ISO's.

He kept walking, but his eyes lowered as he strode alongside the ISO at her question. He knew that was coming sooner or later, the trick was how to answer. "Well enough." He said softly. "Nothing out of the ordinary at the End of Line...I had been helping Aadi with her warehouse space on my downtime..." He hesitated slightly.

"It has been a rough millicycle..." Maybe a little more than that. Meeting Clu, going through that upheaval - suffering through a seizure on the way home...He mentally shook himself out of those processes. He did not want to suffer through another one. Especially as vulnerable as he was now. The hardest was not seeing or speaking to Aadi since then. ( ... )

quorrious June 12 2011, 18:45:10 UTC

She almost told him about having met Clu at the End of Line the last time she was there, but for the moment she refrained, mostly because she was still trying to figure out exactly what the meeting might mean herself.

"How's the conversion coming along? I haven't had an update from her in a while." She tilted her head again, studying him for a moment, "And is it anything I can help with? Or one of those things you've got to process on your own?"

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