Jail Break! (Action/Video)

[4letters4ninja]

[So, with Ziva gone, Fluffy and Abby have been in Wash's care. But, that doesn't mean the behave. They break out at least once a day to try to find Ziva. Why no, she totally didn't teach them how to pick locks. This time is slightly different though.

They brought Ziva's comm with them.

It's currently in Fluffy's possession, and he's in flight somewhere in Traverse Town. Every once in a while, Abby can be seen on the ground in the lens of the comm. They're talking back and forth to each other, mostly Where haven't we looked? and Hey! Over there!.

Then, there's the sound of gunfire off in the distance. Their person had a gun! And it sounded kind of like that sometimes. So, immediate direction change and off they go that way. The comm is tossed down to Abby and she catches it as he lands on her head, taking a break from flying for a moment.

The camera shows a glimpse of someone, in armor...some not-so-blue shade of blue, but not enough to show who it may be. Just...it's not who they were looking for.]

Comments

[brodakota]

A few months is enough to get adjusted to anything I guess.

[Cactus is indeed confused at the lack of spirit. Didn't all persons have one? He looks at North kind of confused. He wanted someone new to pounce on and play tag with.

Winnie, in the meantime is just happy to be acknowledged.]

That's kind of odd, since there are usually a few around. The nightmare versions anyway, but a few people have the spirit kind. Cactus has been pretty loyal since I got here.

[guerriera]

[ Yet again, 'months'. She wasn't sure what to make of that. ]

That's a long time to be sleeping.

[ Carolina doesn't seem to notice Cactus' confusion, or perhaps is simply ignoring it. ]

I suppose that was simply a matter of luck over judgement. I'll have to wait and find out for myself.

[She falls quiet a moment, then:] York showed me the Hotel in the Second District earlier. Apparently, that's where most people stay when they get here?

[brodakota]

I know. I'm a little worried I'm passed out in a hallway somewhere, to be honest.

[If he was, hopefully someone had the decency to move him. Or draw obscenities all over his face and armor. Either was fair game he figured.]

Yeah, it is. I'm there to.

[guerriera]

As long as it's a hallway, and not the hanger bay.

[ If he was lucky, perhaps when he woke up he'd find someone had used permanent marker to give him a moustache as glorious as Wyoming's. IF he was lucky. (479er's crew were somewhat...notorious, after all. Never mind certain pranksters within their own company.) ]

Seems convenient. Is it the only place to live here?

[brodakota]

I don't think I made it that far, for what it's worth.

[Given what he knows about those pranksters, he doubts it.]

Some people have been finding other apartments. Apparently the moogles charge rent, but I figure it's about the same price either way. You still have to fight nightmares to get munny after all.

[guerriera]

Let's hope for your sake that's a good thing, then.

[ You're so doomed, dude. ]

That is true. If nothing else, it sounds like I won't have to be concerned about opportunities for keeping in shape. [stand back and let her dream eater handle the fighting? Pft. He'll be the one that sits and watches. ..once she's made him, anyway.] That's useful to know, though.

[brodakota]

Yeah, no kidding.

[His armour's going to be a mess when he wakes up.]

There's more than enough fights to be had here. Trust me, you won't get rusty.

I've been debating an apartment, but I'm pretty well situated in the hotel for the moment.

[guerriera]

The monsters I've encountered so far haven't proved particularly challenging. But they seem plentiful.

[ Of course, Carolina's definition of that word is..certainly not the same as most people's. ]

Hmm. Must be handy.

[Not much she can add there. And it'd be rude to say she needed to get back, that hotel rooms and living spaces (such mundane concerns) simply weren't on her timetable.]

[brodakota]

It's the plentiful part that makes them tough. They always come in large crowds.

It works as a starting point well enough.

[He's referring to the hotel. He's debated a number of times whether to rejoin York and Wash, but he's still not sure about that situation, and finds he doesn't mind living on his own.]

[guerriera]

Sounds challenging. I'll look forward to it then.

[She always did have a unique perspective when it came to 'challenging'.

Having your own personal space was never a bad thing. Own quarters, same builing - not all that different from a barracks situation, save the beds were probably more comfy.]

At least it isn't difficult to find. The numbered districts seem easy to travel between, too.

[brodakota]

[Same old Carolina it seems. North's grateful for that.]

They are, once you get the layout. I think York and Delta made a map of the area, so you should ask them. Also shows where the nightmares hang out.

[guerriera]

[ The more things change... ]

Really? That does sound useful. I'll ask Delta about that later.

[After York had gotten some sleep, at least. And she'd gotten some rest. ...This was totally resting, by the way.]

[brodakota]

He'll probably supply it happily.

[guerriera]

Probably.

[ Her weight shifts, head canting to one side. ]

Given this is, supposedly, a dream, I'm still not sure how he and Theta are here. They don't sleep.

[brodakota]

I'm not really sure, but I'm glad Theta's here.

[But thinking back to somewhat recent events.]

It might have something to do with the fact that they're implanted directly into us. We share thoughts, so it would make sense to share dreams as well.

[guerriera]

[ Her mouth quirks upwards at the corners, not that North can see it. ]

I'd imagine he's been pretty useful with fighting the Nightmares.

That does make sense. So I'm guessing he sees and remembers what you dream here, too?

[ Dreaming within a dream. Did she really just think that. Carolina's hand lifts to her helmet, as though to forestall the headache this entire setup is threatening to brew for her. ]

[brodakota]

He really is.

[Theta sort of brightens at this, and then dims at Carolina's next comment.]

Yeah, he does.

[He doesn't really want to get into how much trouble that caused.]

Don't try to think about it too much. This whole place is weird so it's better to just go with it.

[guerriera]

[ She doesn't miss how Theta brightens, then dims considerably. Asking doesn't happen. It's none of her business, not yet, at least. (Not any more, part of her whispers.)

There's a frank stare, then a genuine, if slightly hoarse chuckle. ]

Weird is putting it mildly.

I should probably head back to the hotel before something else decides to greet me.

[ or that obnoxious night mare comes back. ]

[brodakota]

It's a bit difficult to outrun the nightmares sometimes. I can come with you if you don't mind. I was heading back there anyway.

[guerriera]

[ 'Outrun'? Her head simply tilts up at him at that one.

She stiffens at his request, before common sense reasserts itself, and Carolina nods agreement. This is North, after all. ]

I don't mind. I'm still getting familiar with the layout of this place.

[brodakota]

[There are times when you just don't want to fight nightmares okay?]

Right, then let's get out of this back street and onto the main one. It's a bit easier to figure things out from there.

[guerriera]

[ Wuss. ]

All right. Lead the way.

Do these streets lead anywhere else?

[ They certainly seem pretty extensive, and the town seemed rather large when she got a partial view from one of the roof tops. ]

[brodakota]

Mostly to the other districts. There's about four of them.

[guerriera]

You'd think there'd be more people, given the size of the place.

[brodakota]

No kidding. I've heard from people who've been here before in the waking world, that there are, but I guess they didn't get dragged here like the rest of us.