arboreal_priestess: Yvonne Strahovski as Verity Alice Price (Gun: Lurking Around Corners)
arboreal_priestess ([personal profile] arboreal_priestess) wrote2019-05-30 12:39 pm

From the Causeway to Washington DC, Thursday Afternoon

This was not the first time on Fandom that Verity had been glad her apartment could double as an armory, but it might have been the most acute. This week had been ridiculous, from fighting off a radroach invasion in their kitchen to the heart attack that had been discovering that the colony of Aeslin mice had been replaced by a colony of Aeslin mole-rats.

Nightmare fuel was walking into a room of giant mole-rats and hearing them talk to you, in case anybody needed a shot of that real quick. (Nobody needed a shot of that. Nobody.)

They also ate a lot more than Aeslin mice normally did and even though they supplemented their diet by eating pretty much any other creature they could find, the food levels in the Kincaid-Price household had gone from 'dangerously low' to 'practically non-existant' over night.

Which was why Liam and Verity had decided to strap on pretty much every single weapon they owned and head into the Wasteland to scavenge the remains of D.C. Supposedly, that was where the best remaining supplies were located.

Supposedly, that was where the most dangerous predators in the Wasteland were located, too. And most of them walked on two legs.

That was a problem they'd deal with when they got to it.

"All right," Verity said, securing another rusty container of bobby pins and her spare screwdriver. "We ready to head out?"

[Open to anyone who wants to join Liam and Verity on a scavenging expedition. Be prepared to self-NPC!]
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-06-02 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
Too bad if it was, because Octavia's head tilted a little like she was intrigued.

She was... uncomfortably comfortable with violence. (Wherein it was uncomfortable for everyone else.)

"Huh. Fair point."
firstofitskind: (frowny)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-02 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bound to happen eventually," he shrugged. He tried to think about how he'd feel if they ended up in a world similar to the one he'd come from. A harder life than Fandom, to be sure, but also one where he wouldn't have to second-guess himself quite so much. "Still, there's something to be said for what's familiar."
firstofitskind: (kissyface)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-02 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
“I don’t doubt it,” Liam grinned back at her. “I would still twist an ankle within five minutes if I tried to wear them. Assuming we could find a pair that would fit me.”
what_the_shock: (Spidey)

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-06-02 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The creature that walked out and sniffed in their direction was definitely not a two-headed cow.

"Maybe it won't be aggressive," Miguel muttered, not holding out much hope for that.
okteiviakom: ([neu] got cut)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-06-02 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia shrugged. A little piece of helplessness seemed to bleed out in the gesture - but only a very little bit.

"Guess I should get my turn at feeling like a belong in a landscape."

Guess she was getting it. More or less.
firstofitskind: (amused)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-03 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"That makes sense," Liam admitted.

... He'd still probably have trouble walking in them without falling over, he figured.
firstofitskind: (headtilt)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-03 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Well," he said with a shrug of his own. "I'm glad to have someone along who's in their element, anyway."
firstofitskind: (smirk)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-03 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
That was a fair point. Although Liam was a good foot taller and in possession of a different center of gravity than she'd been, a fact that would almost certainly (literally) trip him up.

"Also alliteration," he felt compelled to point out with an amused smirk.
firstofitskind: (fascinated)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-03 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
"The luckiest," Liam replied without missing a beat, smile shifting from 'teasing' to something closer to 'besotted'.
firstofitskind: (kissyface)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-03 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Listen. Hadn't it just been said that you had to take those moments when you could?

"Good thing we're not in a movie," Liam said, a little breathless, before diving right back in to that kiss.

Sorry not sorry, Octavia and Miguel.
firstofitskind: (smiling)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-03 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes ma'am," Liam said with a wink. "... I reserve the right to offer a celebratory kiss at the first good stash we find, though."
okteiviakom: ([neu] prepare for war)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-06-03 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia huffed out a... very vague sound, the meaning of which even she probably wasn't all the way sure of.

"Let's hope that translates into stuff to bring back to the island."
okteiviakom: ([pos] dumb boys)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-06-03 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia's sword was in her hands as soon she caught sight of the bloatfly. Reflex, and a necessary one, even if she didn't need to go further than that before the gross explosion.

She raised her eyebrows. Didn't smile, not quite, but there was something brighter about her expression. Maybe.

The weirdo.

"Okay," she said, nodding. "I guess that's a point in guns' favor."
Edited 2019-06-03 14:29 (UTC)
what_the_shock: (swinging)

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-06-03 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Miguel leapt the other direction, then sent a blob of webbing out to seal its mouth.

"I think you're right."

The thing thrashed and struck out with its clawed arms; Miguel did his best to cocoon it before it got close.
firstofitskind: (are you sure that's a good idea)

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2019-06-04 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
“I’m thinking of hitting up the decontamination unit at the clinic,” Liam said, making a face. “Less fun than a shower, but I’ll make it up to you once the island moves somewhere a little less...” he gestured expansively, “whatever this is.”

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