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Mar. 14th, 2012 10:13 amThe door opens on a vista of rocky landscape punctuated here and there by yellowed, rough-edged grass and low, scrubby brush. There's a hint of coolness on the breeze in the otherwise warming air, and a scent of distant rain. "We are," Fawkes rumbles, "some hours' distance from the Citadel. We're likely to stop at the town of Megaton first, and then make for the Arlington route the rest of the way."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:00 am (UTC)"The dangers don't concern me," she says mildly. "I have been told of them, though."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:05 am (UTC)There may, perhaps, be a certain air of 'better her than me' among the armored soldiers currently present.
"How much have you been told of the plan beyond that?"
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:10 am (UTC)She can't fight the feeling she's being examined, but that's probably just habit more than anything else.
"It's more efficient than killing them one by one."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:17 am (UTC)"There is, however, one complication."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:21 am (UTC)Teresa glances to Fawkes to see if he knew of this complication. even as she does so, however, she asks, "what is the complication?"
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:27 am (UTC)"It is," confirms Lyons. "Vault 87's front entrance is barred to most humans thanks to the deadly radiation levels. Its emergency exit, however, opens onto Lamplight Caverns- the home of a community of children. We've attempted to make contact with them in advance of this mission, to warn them of the possible dangers, but their leader refuses to speak with... ah... 'mungos'. Most of us, anyway."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:32 am (UTC)If she looks worried, it's because her experience with children so far has pushed her out of her comfort zone rather.
"'Most?'"
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:35 am (UTC)"If they cannot be warned," says Lyons, "or, preferably, evacuated, then we must take whatever measures possible to seal and lock down the chambers leading to the Vault's emergency exit. Either the explosion or the mutants themselves will escape otherwise, and either one would be disastrous."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:39 am (UTC)There's a thing now. Something awoken just before her death. At one point she wouldn't have minded about the kids, but not now.
"We'll let them know."
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Date: 2012-04-24 02:55 am (UTC)He's thinking of Sid, who he and Ellen encountered. Sid had gone so far around the bend that he tried to attack one of the centaurs with his teeth.
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Date: 2012-04-24 03:37 pm (UTC)She's not famed for mercy, after all.
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Date: 2012-04-24 04:35 pm (UTC)Another glance to Fawkes. She wasn't counting on too much accompaniment, but Teresa figures it will be OK.
She's getting bored now, though. It'll be nice to get out.
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Date: 2012-04-24 04:47 pm (UTC)"Speaking of which," says an armored fellow with dark brown skin and just-barely-past-the-stubble-stage black hair, "the devices've been loaded onto the Vertibird. My name's Kodiak, and I'm going to be flying this mission, so if you don't mind following me I'd like to get started."
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Date: 2012-04-24 05:00 pm (UTC)Teresa turns again to Lyons and honors him with a bow, before turning back to Kodiak. "I'm ready."
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Date: 2012-04-24 05:31 pm (UTC)"Ever flown before, ma'am?" Kodiak asks over his shoulder. "I know Fawkes has."
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Date: 2012-04-24 06:43 pm (UTC)Jumping doesn't count, and Teresa never had that ability that some full-yoma have.
"Do I needs to do anything?"
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Date: 2012-04-24 06:52 pm (UTC)As they reach the Bailey, he gestures towards a big, metal thing with a vague resemblance to some sort of insect.
"-sit down, and hold on tight. Once we take off, we'll be at the Vault 87 drop zone in about ten minutes."
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Date: 2012-04-25 01:15 am (UTC)It's a vehicle. A flying device, that she's going to get in and a human is going to use it to fly somewhere, with her in.
It's remarkable.
Still, you wouldn't know it from her lack of expression.
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Date: 2012-04-25 01:20 am (UTC)It's not her head that's the issue, of course, but the hilt of her oversized broadsword, for which she bends forward at the waist in order to step through.
Inside, she stands and looks around for a few seconds, waiting for the others before she chooses a place to sit.
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Date: 2012-04-25 01:30 am (UTC)The door closes behind Teresa, and a whup whup whupwhupwhup sound begins, as the whole thing starts to vibrate...
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Date: 2012-04-25 01:35 am (UTC)When the vehicle begins to move and to rise, her smile reappears.
"This is flying?"
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