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[clarklike]

[Krypto and Shelby both growl as Clark opens the door, and Clark kneels to greet both dogs. When Krypto comes over, though, Clark's tone shifts from concern to surprise. There's a moment where he's checking out the room, and then he grabs both a piece of metal from the floor and the journal from his pocket.]Hey. My dog had a scrap with the people

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[encryptedlock]

Oh, kickass. Can you tell where the pieces come from? Leg, chestplate, heaven forbid power supply?

[clarklike]

[momentarily holding it up to his own arm and whatnot to check, lol.]

Looks like a forearm, but it's missing the hand.

[encryptedlock]

Awesome. What color? Any guesses on the material?

[He'd suspected it was the armor squad, but confirmation would be nice.]

[clarklike]

Red and silver, with pink streaks spray-painted over-top. Whatever it is, it's dense and not unlike Tony's suit. I can't scan it properly.

[luthored]

What?! Are they okay?

[ WHICH DOG? /PANIC oh but she's interested in the armor part too ]

[clarklike]

Both are fine. Shelby's a little spooked, but judging by the teeth marks, Krypto took care of everything okay.

[luthored]

He was actually able to rip off some of the armor? Honestly I can't believe they came here... They must have known we were gone.

[ for once she's grateful all her belongings are in her house ]

[clarklike]

Yeah. No blood, though, so the guy's lucky to have gotten away clean.

My question is how they knew we were gone, though.

dictated;

[daine]

Armor?

dictated

[clarklike]

[oh hi daine]

Armor. Like the Iron suits.

forever

[daine]

Alright.

[Pause.] Would you mind if I spoke with your dogs? I may be able to get a grasp of what happened.

[clarklike]

Sure. It's Daine, right? We've met before, when you were here last. My name's Clark.

[hard_talker]

Seriously? ... Wow, some dogs. ... So it really was the First Gens that did this?

[clarklike]

Krypto's a good dog. He's just... territorial.

[Clunk of metal as he flips it over on the desk.]

Looks like something Tony built, so I'd say yes.

[hard_talker]

Shit. So ... this place didn't actually change, like everyone says it does ... we just ... got sent somewhere else?

[clarklike]

Apparently. It's been a theory for the past year or so, but I guess we have a little bit of confirmation now.

[stopkissingme]

Armor? So they were soldiers or something?

[clarklike]

Not quite. It's a powered suit, stolen from one of our residents. The hostiles use them to get around and blow things up while in the Dead Zone.

[stopkissingme]

Dead Zone? Is that like the Twilight Zone or something?

[clarklike]

[good natured laugh]

Some days, it is. It's basically an area where everyone is made human.