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TonyLB · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 494

"I believe you," April says, with a nod. She gently disentangles herself. "Take all the time you need. I'm here for you whenever you're ready."

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"I'm a bit thread-bare for crawling through a city," April laments. "Are there likely to be some clothes left around here somewhere?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:12 am Post subject:

"Yes, walk down the hall and look through the bedrooms on the right. Don't use the Pattern, though. I don't think the enemy has sensed us for what we are yet... Or at least I hope not."

Eric takes off his shirt and goes back into the bedroom and resumes sweeping the shells.

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April is able to find clothes that fit her among what is left in the rooms. [please describe Smile

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April returns in a little while wearing loose denim pants and an over-sized charcoal shirt half-unbuttoned over her previous top. She's rolled the sleeves up past her gloves, and cinched them around her elbows.

"When's the last time you ate?" she asks Eric. "I could probably whip up something experimental from whatever odds and ends are left around." She chuckles a little. "I mean, you're doing all the hard work here, I can at least be useful."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject:

"Uhm, yes, I could use some food," Eric says, looking at her in her new outfit. "Meat if at all possible, though anything will be nice."

Eric smiles and says, "Thank you."
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April seems distracted for a moment, her eyes drifting from Eric's face to his bare chest, then she shakes herself out of her daze. "Right!", she says. "I'll see what's still in the house."

Over the next little while the clatter of pots, the sound of a fire starting, and occasional indistinct mutterings emerge from the kitchen. Eventually April emerges, holding a pot filled with ... stuff. There's definitely chopped bacon and some rice and potatoes involved and what looks like an attempt at a baked pot-pie topping.

April sets it on the table with obvious embarrassment. "It ... didn't turn out like I'd envisioned," she admits.

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

Eric comes down the stairs, toweling his blue-black hair off and says, "The showers are off but the sink upstairs still works." He puts his shirt back on and sniffs around the kitchen. "It smells like food, April. I'm sure it can't be bad." He seems a bit chipper than earlier and though the skies darken outside, the gloom and doom realizations seem to have left him.

He sits down, remembers something and stands up again to go get a bottle of brandy from a cabinet. "Would you like any?" he asks as he fills up a small glass.
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"Little bit," she admits. "But just a little. I've got to be sharp, y'know."

She sits down and samples the food in her bowl. Her face twists up. "Okay, something went ... uh ... subtly wrong there. Ah well. It's protein and carbs."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:21 am Post subject:

Eric pours her a small drink as he chuckles. "It's fine, April. Thanks."

He sits down to eat next to her and places her drink in front of her. He begins eating quickly, powering through the strange amalgam of tastes. "It's edible and we can feast when we return to Amber." He winks at her. "Are you feeling better? Up to the task?"
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"Absolutely," she says. "The idea of getting past the front lines and getting my hands on someone at least a little bit responsible ... that's an attractive notion."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject:

"We'll at least stop them from creating more of these atrocities and forcing these people to deal with them."

He eats quietly, drinking very little, simply looking at April thoughtfully.

When they are finished, he cleans up after them as if they'll be back here after going out, making the whole thing seem a bit more casual. He also stashes the bottle away in its place.

He checks his bruises and scratches, cleans them up at the sink and sets new bandages.

He says, "Alright, let's stop this monstrous factory of theirs. We gotta go get Krugalt and I imagine he's already loaded with the equipment we'll need. Are you familiar with explosives?"
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April laughs. "I didn't grow up in Amber, remember? Yes, I am familiar with things that go 'kablooie!' What've we got on hand? Any shaped charges or hull cutters?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

"Unfortunately I haven't come across any in the things Finn has stashed away yet, but it is possible to make things available to us. He left us with enough to level the whole thing rather than targeting things more precisely. Besides I don't think Cimarron would support this kind of technology, but it might be worth a try. A sick of dynamite is as precise as it gets, I'm afraid."
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"Dynamite it is," she says readily. She takes a long sip from her brandy. "I'm guessing, though, that the main issue is going to be getting close enough, stealthily enough, that we can figure out where to place the dynamite, yeah?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:08 am Post subject:

"Exactly... Less point and shoot, more sneak and take off. There will probably be some sort of hub those things are assembled from. And I suspect the children are taken from elsewhere. The population around here is pretty low and they must have run out by now. Rebecca said most people began fleeing when things got bad and they couldn't do much."

Eric gets up and stands behind her and squeezes her shoulder muscles, making her realize how tense she is.
"Let's get Krugalt and be on our way, then."

Outside the winds pick up. The storm front is approaching.
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April gets up. She tugs nervously at the edge of one glove.

"You have ... uh ... any idea how bad this is going to be?" she asks.