paradisalost | the fifty-first;

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jr.

the fifty-first;

[Private]

I know what I said, but she probably isn't coming back. Whatever 'answers' she had were enough to kill her over.

...Well I've been saying I want to go back out for awhile now. No time like the present.

[/Private]

[Reno Browne]

There's been an incident. Please tell me you contacted that friend of yours from the south, and that they had some awe-inspiring amount of information to share.

[/Reno Browne]

[Albedo]

Are you...okay?

[/Albedo]

[Sylvanas]

Up for another camping trip?

[/Sylvanas]

[Akihiko & Kent]

The answer seems pretty obvious since you didn't say anything immediately, but I'm just making sure... You didn't catch them, did you?

Did you at least see which direction they were heading?

[/Akihiko & Kent]

[ EDITED IN LATER ]: [Fifth Doctor]

I know this is last minute but can I use your TARDIS tomorrow morning? To get to the barrier.

[/Fifth Doctor]

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Yeah, it seems like they all do. Great.

Well they came here and killed Joy, the spider who needed our help and became Queen of the...spiders or whatever? Yeah, she's dead, and apparently she had some kind of information to share. Your 'friend' wouldn't know anything about that, would they?

There used to be; I don't know if there is now. Way back, before they got flipped, what's our territory now used to be Dead Zone, and the current Dead Zone was perfectly fine.

I think that's the worst part of it. Right now, we don't know who our enemies are and who our friends are, if it's even that black and white. Who can say why Joy was here, or what the armored people are trying to do?

Well, I do know one thing. Anyone who laughs after they've killed someone isn't a person I'd turn my back on.

I still have no idea where they've come from, though I've read up on your troubles on them. Anything in the journal, anyhow. Between that and what my contact said, I don't think you were given the real story.

I gather the suits and the spiders are working together.

I agree.

Tony's setting up a system that could let us track whenever they come into our airspace. Considering they've entered our airspace twice now and hung around long enough unnoticed, next time, we might just catch them.

...That doesn't make any sense.

Where don't you follow?

Oh good. How's he taking this whole thing?

Them working together! They attacked the spiders before, and now they've killed Joy.

What makes you think they're working together? You saying she died on purpose to fool us?

He seems alright, but I doubt he's all iron on the inside. It has to hurt, seeing something you made in the hands of someone using it for destruction.

I can understand that.

Maybe if we're lucky, we can find their base and steal a suit back for him. That should give us an edge, right?

People out here ain't all one big happy family. My contact is from a group that split from ours years ago; they take a much more... aggressive view of the castle. With an outsider's perspective, I think this whole "save the queen" idea was tripe from the beginning. A trick to get you in. Maybe kill you all, by working together. If the suits ever had anything against the spiders, they could've killed 'em outright.

Now, though, I think that relationship has soured.

Better yet, if we did that, we could get our hands on whatever technology lets them take machinery out there, and replicate it.

Well I know a lot of us were suspicious of Joy's reasons, but...

[ annoyed siiiigh ]

Guess it doesn't matter now. But if they want to kill us so badly, why did they help us with that monster? Why haven't they just tried blowing the castle up with us in it? They've already proved they can sneak up on us, and now they've lost the element of surprise.

Well Sylvanas is no stranger to tracking and stealth, and I'm no stranger to technology. Hopefully something'll come out of this.

Haven't got a clue about the monster, but do you think they're really dumb enough to waltz back to the castle and pick fights? Maybe four or five of 'em are capable of destroying the castle outright, with their abilities, but I'm willing to bet you've got a few capable of stopping them. It wouldn't do 'em much good, anyhow –– last I heard, the castle had still put a stopper on death.

...Which I guess leads me to my next question, and it's is something I've wondered for awhile.

Can we die out there? The journals obviously work, but would the magic return us to the castle two weeks later if we died past the barrier? You should know by now.

You're going after them?

[there's a heavy pause.]

If you die out here, you're a goner.

Like I said... Sitting around waiting isn't my style.

I'm not gonna be stupid and try to attack them. I just want answers. The fewer of us that go, the better. We'll move faster and have a better chance of remaining undetected.

I thought as much.

You are one of the few I know will do well on their intentions, so... I will await the day.

It is rather difficult to go at things alone here, isn't it. [hmm.] I understand the wait, if you need it, as there are provisions to be made, though... was there a set date you wished to begin our travels? I am certain, beyond all doubts, that our quarry will have quite the distance on us.

Be careful. They catch you, chances are they'll kill you. Those two girls are damned lucky they got out with their lives.

[ aw sylvanas that almost sounded...nice? ]

No doubt. But if they've got a base, then that's gotta be stationary. We'll find something, I'm sure of it.

I'll be ready by tomorrow morning, if that's good with you.

No. They were long gone before I got even a few kilometers away from the forest. Looks like they were headed north? They might have changed direction.

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