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01 | Darwin | Day 45 (video)
[The display opens on the cemetery. The only interesting thing is a pile of rock and ash in front of a gravestone. How long has that been there? The cemetery isn't a wholly popular place, it could have been days. For a long moment, nothing happens. Birds chirp, wine rustles the trees.
Then-- there, do you see it? A piece of the rubble twitches slightly, then begins to roll up the pile. Another joins it in motion. Pretty soon all the pieces are shaking and rolling over each other, reshaping into the vague form of a body. A line of stones reach out towards the camera, pulling it up and in. Finally, the round shape on top solidifies into a head, complete with a face, the eyes open wide and he gasps, taking in the first breath of life he's had for days.]
Wha-- [He breathes heavily, slowly becoming more human than statue. His clothes are tattered, singed, and dusty.] What the hell?
Then-- there, do you see it? A piece of the rubble twitches slightly, then begins to roll up the pile. Another joins it in motion. Pretty soon all the pieces are shaking and rolling over each other, reshaping into the vague form of a body. A line of stones reach out towards the camera, pulling it up and in. Finally, the round shape on top solidifies into a head, complete with a face, the eyes open wide and he gasps, taking in the first breath of life he's had for days.]
Wha-- [He breathes heavily, slowly becoming more human than statue. His clothes are tattered, singed, and dusty.] What the hell?
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They don't, so she gives this her nod of approval. ]
No more combusting, what if someone swept you up?
[ Because this grown man totally needs your concern, girl. ]
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Then you'd smell too.
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Can't have that, can we?
[Though... he does smell somewhat burnt.]
You have a shower I could use?
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There's a bit of a distance between the cemetery and the house she's heading to, but it has three bathrooms and there are just two tenants at the moment so why not? ]
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But hey, here they are. ]
Borrowed and forgotten. Might find clothes. [ She'll leave you to your own devices, Darwin, while she finds a wardrobe to pilfer from. ]
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Five or so minutes later, he steps out, towel around his waist.]
You find anything? [If not, his old clothes aren't entirely unwearable.]
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They're starving us out.
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Calling through the door,]
They're what now?
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Damn, 'cause I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. [Never reassemble yourself on an empty stomach.]
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Not taking care of the lab rats well.
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Is that what we are? Lab rats?
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With the hand her communicator is strapped to she indicates a space in the hallway where obviously someone ripped out a telephone in something of a rush. She points three times: one camera in the hallway, one camera in the bathroom, one camera at the stairwell. ]
They lied, once, and asked permission. Here there's nothing said and everything done.
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Quietly,] Well damn.
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Best not here, but better. [ River shrugs. ]
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Then she grips the doorjamb in the bathroom and uses it to swing her lower body upward. One kick takes out the bathroom camera, then she pulls the door shut and the momentum lets her kick out the one in the hall before she lands soundlessly.
And a bow. ]
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Wow, girl, I'm sticking with you.
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They get fixed, somehow. While you sleep.
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Doesn't matter, we just break 'em again tomorrow.
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Best plan. Today has been a good day for making friends.
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Tony, too. Translating through a screen but it's a good face.
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