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genessia2018-09-06 09:54 am
rookie_turk) wrote in genessia2018-09-06 09:54 am
[Accidental video and actions]
[Action A]
[Waking up in a pod is a new way of getting kidnapped or transported somewhere, though the whole experience of it was brand new and not something she was keen on learning anymore about. A frown crosses her lips as she's wiping herself off with an irritated noise in the back of her throat, hands immediately moving to see what is still on her person once the cleaning had been done. Pistol, a bit of ammo, that seemed more than enough to put her somewhat more at ease than her predicament otherwise would have been.
Of course Elena had the unfortunate experience of being kidnapped previously and every time further enforced certain things in her and this was no different. One hand rested just above where her weapon was tucked away as she finally moved for the exit, far too jumpy to be safe even once realizing she was in a city. Probably not the best time to be encountering new people.]
[Accidental video]
[Hopefully no one minds the screen spinning before settling on the ground, nothing particularly interesting about it.]
How much of this information can you even trust? Seems suspicious but what else is there to really go on? [The voice is more muttered to herself than anything else, but clearly audible.]
... Man, what am I even supposed to do here by myself? [A soft huff of annoyance is heard before the video is going to pitch black before shutting off, probably being shoved into a pocket.]
[Action B]
[The best course of getting any actual reconnaissance in a city setting? Check out the bars and listen into any small conversations or bits and pieces of mutterings from those with looser lips than her's. Which is exactly why she's keeping her head low at the bar top with a mostly untouched class in front of her. At least blond doesn't tend to stick out of a crowd as much as other hair colors, nor does a suit for that matter.]
[Waking up in a pod is a new way of getting kidnapped or transported somewhere, though the whole experience of it was brand new and not something she was keen on learning anymore about. A frown crosses her lips as she's wiping herself off with an irritated noise in the back of her throat, hands immediately moving to see what is still on her person once the cleaning had been done. Pistol, a bit of ammo, that seemed more than enough to put her somewhat more at ease than her predicament otherwise would have been.
Of course Elena had the unfortunate experience of being kidnapped previously and every time further enforced certain things in her and this was no different. One hand rested just above where her weapon was tucked away as she finally moved for the exit, far too jumpy to be safe even once realizing she was in a city. Probably not the best time to be encountering new people.]
[Accidental video]
[Hopefully no one minds the screen spinning before settling on the ground, nothing particularly interesting about it.]
How much of this information can you even trust? Seems suspicious but what else is there to really go on? [The voice is more muttered to herself than anything else, but clearly audible.]
... Man, what am I even supposed to do here by myself? [A soft huff of annoyance is heard before the video is going to pitch black before shutting off, probably being shoved into a pocket.]
[Action B]
[The best course of getting any actual reconnaissance in a city setting? Check out the bars and listen into any small conversations or bits and pieces of mutterings from those with looser lips than her's. Which is exactly why she's keeping her head low at the bar top with a mostly untouched class in front of her. At least blond doesn't tend to stick out of a crowd as much as other hair colors, nor does a suit for that matter.]
video; private
And so she's treated to a clear tut as he response to her not entirely intentional broadcast, relief at no longer being the only Turk here masked beneath something sterner that he doesn't entirely mean.]
Yo, 'Lena. If you're gonna throw the freebies around, make sure none of 'em are switched on first, yeah?
video; private
Oh thank god, it's at least a familiar face. Even if it's not the one she was hoping, oh well.]
Hey, hey, it wasn't like I meant to hit the button to make it record or something! How long have you been here? [Straight to the point and to the most obvious question, of course she would.]
... Is anyone else familiar around or is it just us?
video; private
Dunno, maybe like a day or so? Not long enough that I got any clue what's going on outside of Ms Hologram's words.
[To which his tone adds: for as much as they're worth]
An' far as I know, it's just the two of us. Better than you by yourself though, right?
video; private
She's quiet for the moment as she's moving to find an alley to move into and lean against the wall of, smart girl. Sometimes.]
Wonder if there's a rhyme or reason to how they kidnap people and why they'd bring the two of us around the same time. You... can probably already guess my feelings on whether to believe that hologram or not. [She doesn't trust it. At all. Or any of the "reading materials" that were next to it, either.]
Right.
... Where do we go from here? I don't know if anyone here really can be trusted because if it's a group running this or something, then how would we know who is or isn't a part of it?
video; private
[He's never been fond of those who are too helpful. Makes him question what it is they have to hide.]
An' really, drag a bunch of people here and just shove 'em out and tell 'em to go live life? Who wouldn't think something's up with that.
[Dumb people, that's who, and despite what his actions may occasionally suggest he is not a dumb person.
His response to her question is fairly immediate - almost protective, as far as Reno ever does that.]
We got each other. That's a start. For the rest, maybe we'd better discuss that face to face.
[Where they can't be hacked or monitored or whatever else these devices can do.]
video; private
She should have expected that quick reaction and is just rubbing at her face for a brief moment.]
Name the place. Also you still have what you had on you back home, right? [She mostly means a weapon, but she's not stating specifics here, just in case.]
video; private
[On the plus side, the surface goal is safer than some of their more recent ones. But that just usually means there's something to dig into underneath.]
How far've you wandered from where we woke up? I can meet you down there. And yeah, no worries on that one.
[He's got his e-mag, that'll do him for now.]
video; private
Yeah, there's an alley about ten steps in front of the hologram that I'm currently in, shouldn't be hard to find. [A brief pause on the weapon comment and she's just letting out an almost relieved sigh, at least something is in their favor.]
Good. Shows that there's certain things they don't take away, at least.
video; private -> action
[No sense discussing more over these things than they have to. Not when he's already making his way back to the bay area because the longer he stalls on that, the more chance there is of Elena getting herself into trouble.
Call him all the more paranoid after all that went down back home, but he's just that little bit more protective of her right now.
Not that he's going to show it when he arrives, strolling up like there's nothing wrong at all - but that's not to say he isn't still on alert for anything that might be lurking where it shouldn't be.]
Yo.
action
Either way, she's remaining true to her word and staying right where she said she was, leaning against the wall of whatever building is nearby and pushing herself off of it when she sees that familiar red hair.]
After all of that you're going to act that casual? [There's just the faintest hint of relief and amusement in her tone underneath the annoyance, but that's for him to catch if he feels like it.]
Have you found a better place to talk than, you know, out here in an alleyway that's still open to prying ears? [She does have a point there, even if she still seems ridiculously on edge about all of this.]
action
[Part of what had always made Reno so dangerous is the fact that his laid-back attitude tended to make people underestimate him. And by the time they figured out he's not as sloppy as he might make out, it tended to be too late for them to do a whole lot about it.
He won't deny her point about the alley not being an ideal spot, especially so close to where everyone seemed to shore up. He nods, cocking his head for her to follow as he heads back out and towards one of the bars he's already scoped out, a dive bar with plenty of shady corners and people happy to keep to their own business instead of prying into anyone else's.]
[video]
[He puts a hand to his chin for a minute.]
That hint of worry may be fueled by my life back home, though.
I can tell you that the citizens around seem to be friendly, for the most part, so you won't be alone for long.
[video]
It's not. Think for yourself and do whatever the hell you want. Because you know what? Despite what you think we are all truly alone all the time. So get used to it.
[Came a grumpy growl from this red-headed Demon]