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01 | Video/Action | Day 108
[It's been a week since Anita's arrival in the Cape, and all that time, she's managed to monitor the network without actually making herself known, taking the opportunity the blackout and the defunct network had provided her to move around town unnoticed and get the lay of the land. By now, she's more or less settled -- she has housemates she gets along with reasonably well, one of them a stray Allison brought home after no less than two days after their arrival. She has a potential ally in a man she's still not entirely convinced isn't a yeti, and a woman who practically reeks of magic but without that undertone of malice.
All things considered, there's something of a silver lining to this new situation, though she certainly has plenty of choice words for their captors if she ever gets the chance. She's determined to make that opportunity arise sooner or later.
When she addresses the feed, she's sitting on the front steps of House 10, arms resting on her knees.]
I haven't been here long, but I think I've got most of the details by now. [People had been helpful, for the most part.] The food supply is low and it sounds like people are doing whatever they can to help supplement it. I hear people hunt. I'd like to get in on that, but it would help to know what's available to us in the way of weapons.
[She has her knives, and her guns with their limited ammo, but she's never been much of a trapper despite being vaguely outdoorsy. She'd done a lot of field work during college that had required her to spend time out in the woods and knew well enough how to forage, but hunting anything that wasn't, you know, monstrous was entirely new. Animals couldn't be all that different, could they? Just... smaller. Potentially less vicious.
Right.]
Do we have the resources to replace or even forge spent ammunition, for instance? Or do we get to play pioneer and do it the authentic way?
[You know. Bows and arrows. That kind of thing.]
Any kind of feedback would be appreciated. If I'm going to be stuck here, might as well pitch in and do what I can to help.
[The feed ends. She'll be sitting outside of House 10 for awhile if anyone comes by or wants to pester her, and later in the day, she can be found at the docks, doing a little investigating.]
All things considered, there's something of a silver lining to this new situation, though she certainly has plenty of choice words for their captors if she ever gets the chance. She's determined to make that opportunity arise sooner or later.
When she addresses the feed, she's sitting on the front steps of House 10, arms resting on her knees.]
I haven't been here long, but I think I've got most of the details by now. [People had been helpful, for the most part.] The food supply is low and it sounds like people are doing whatever they can to help supplement it. I hear people hunt. I'd like to get in on that, but it would help to know what's available to us in the way of weapons.
[She has her knives, and her guns with their limited ammo, but she's never been much of a trapper despite being vaguely outdoorsy. She'd done a lot of field work during college that had required her to spend time out in the woods and knew well enough how to forage, but hunting anything that wasn't, you know, monstrous was entirely new. Animals couldn't be all that different, could they? Just... smaller. Potentially less vicious.
Right.]
Do we have the resources to replace or even forge spent ammunition, for instance? Or do we get to play pioneer and do it the authentic way?
[You know. Bows and arrows. That kind of thing.]
Any kind of feedback would be appreciated. If I'm going to be stuck here, might as well pitch in and do what I can to help.
[The feed ends. She'll be sitting outside of House 10 for awhile if anyone comes by or wants to pester her, and later in the day, she can be found at the docks, doing a little investigating.]
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[Okay, lame, she knows, but she's always been pretty awful at small talk.
She smiles grimly in reply. Her life is what it is, and she's not sure she would know what to do if she was what people back home considered 'normal.' Probably live scared, always in fear of the unknown, of what monsters could do. Being a freak meant she'd had to face everything behind the curtain head-on, and when the curtain had been lifted for society at large, she was right there on the frontline, taking on the monsters without batting an eye.
Mostly.]
I think I've forgotten the meaning of the word 'comforting,' to be honest. I can't decide which brand of crap I like better right now. Being trapped in this hamster ball and being watched by scientists or constantly getting dragged into vampire politics.
[Which, for the record, never make any fucking sense.]
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[ it's all good. charlie could probably muster up enough small talk for everyone. she's pretty good at that. ]
Alright, well, while that sounds like some very interesting fanfic, I'm not sure I'd want to get up close and personal with any kind of vampires, let alone the double-whammy. Please tell me all politicians aren't vampires because I've had enough of the 'finding out the man is actually some kind of creepy monster' for a lifetime.
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Fanfic?
[She squints a little. What the hell is fanfic?
Or the internet?]No vampire politicians yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if one tried before too long. The anti-vamp sectors would probably shut it down pretty damn fast, but that doesn't mean they won't try. Mostly they keep to themselves, though. They've got their own culture. One they exploit in the name of tourism and make a killing off the locals. Except not literally, most of the time, because then they have to deal with me.
[Hey, wait.]
What kind of creepy monster?
[She's curious. Bring it on.]
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[ that's a talk she doesn't really want to have at this certain moment. ]
Sectors. Right. I'm going to throw up the 'we're not from the same world' sign right now because I've definitely not heard about those outside the internet.
[ oh whoops. uh. ]
Leviathans, actually.
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[Didn't take her too long to piece that together, really.
She raises an eyebrow at 'leviathan.' Huh. Interesting.]
Like the biblical leviathan?
[She was one of the few kids that paid attention in Sunday school.]
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[ not like that took charlie a good few days or anything nope. ]
Like the uh. Shape-shifter, man-eater, likes-to-pretend-he's-a-guy-named-dick leviathan? But yeah, same ones. I think.
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That's a little different from the description I remember.
[But she's interested. Really interested.]
Granted, that description was always pretty vague. It's funny how 'shape-shifter' and 'man-eater' seem to go together so often.
[And by that she means NOT FUNNY AT ALL.]
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[ charlie's not all that worried. that's not her problem anymore (hopefully) ]
Also had an issue with decapitation. At least they didn't require exorcisms or anything, right? [ bright side charlie. that's her! ]
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[One eyebrow goes up, curious.]
Were they like -- major hoarders?
[Kind of a great mental image, actually.]
Decapitation seems to be a pretty good, all-purpose method of killing the baddies, though. There aren't too many it won't work for, at least to some degree. [Aw, Charlie, you're so hopeful. It's precious.] Exorcisms are a pain in the ass.
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[ it's whatever. ]
Yeah, see, decapitation is nice and all except for the whole getting close enough to de-cap them bit. I like my POV shooters. Especially when I can get a screen to go with it.
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[She smirks. She feels you, Charlie, minus the screens.]
I prefer guns, too. Hence the hoping I can keep myself in ammo, but I don't think I'll be that lucky.
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[ charlie shrugs. ammo might be important, sure, but she's got like, an army of winchesters (a.k.a. two plus some friends of theirs ) who she can very easily just hide behind when things get tough.
she feels pretty settled in. ]
Good luck on the ammo front. If I was less of a human-type and more of a dwarf I'd help with the whole [ she makes a motion like she's metal-working. no idea of anita picks up on it or not. ] I'd help out.
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I'll figure it out. If I can get the components, I can make more. If I can't? I'll just have to find other means.
I'm resourceful. I won't let a lack of bullets get me down. I mean, it'll suck. But I'll forebear.
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Never thought of it that way, but yeah, I'd say that's accurate.
I shouldn't keep you, but -- thanks for the input.
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No problem! Wish I could help more, but sometimes I just gotta take the role as the snarky sidekick. Someone has to, right?
[ not that she's, you know, your sidekick or anything. ]
Good luck on figuring it out!