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#Post#: 1006--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: calliamity Date: February 28, 2025, 10:06 pm
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[center]Regina Roberts[/center]
[center]On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard, just
look around[/center]
[center]Arcane 3 | Confidence | Daredevil | Hit List:
NWO[/center]
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"In full congress..." The rogue agent squints. "So every time
you have sex, it's automatically a threeway?" Her tone isn't
even teasing; she seems genuinely curious about this extremely
stupid and off-base inquiry. "I'm- I mean, if you wanna talk
about this stuff with anyone I'd hardly say I'm in any position
to judge. It sounds complicated."[BR][BR]Their head lowers to
rest against their bicep, fingertips still tracing the tattoo.
Maybe working out the significance, in light of these
revelations. But all of that remains unvoiced. "It does make
sense. If my priorities change enough, you think I might ditch
you." A raw deal. Their expression turns apologetic as they
think it over. Would she...?[BR][BR]Yeah, maybe, she'd flaked on
anyone and everyone who'd cared in the past too.[BR][BR]"I don't
wanna let that happen," she decides at a murmur. "We'll take it
as slow as we can, let things settle. But the more involved you
get, the more that means you'll see some stuff you might not
like."
#Post#: 1007--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: Mother_Hydra Date: February 28, 2025, 10:59 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
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Lena chuckles at Reggies choice of words her eyes turning upward
to where the raven haired woman was playing along the side of
her skull, tracing the lines of the tattoo that she had gotten a
few years back, or at least, it looks like that tattoo is a few
years old at least.
"It's not easy to discuss in simplistic terms. For all intensive
purposes I am one, whole person." She said gesturing to herself.
"But, while you view the world from only your perspective, from
one angle of reality. I see it from two, ever so slightly offset
from each other. This phenomenon is the basis for a great deal
of research, including what I was doing in Chicago."
She shrugs once more. "Difficult things are not something I shy
away from, I am not concerned about what I might see or what you
have done." She gestured to Reggie now. "I am well aware what it
takes to come as far as you have, I do not know if it is
possible to come through such a thing bloodlessly. Much to my
shame."
She looked away finally, staring back up at the sky above.
"If you need to change your priorities when all is said and
done, that is your choice and I will respect it. But understand,
that I reserve the right to maintain a measure of...a buffer
lets call it."
#Post#: 1009--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: calliamity Date: March 1, 2025, 9:21 pm
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[center]Regina Roberts[/center]
[center]On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard, just
look around[/center]
[center]Arcane 3 | Confidence | Daredevil | Hit List:
NWO[/center]
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She blows air through pursed lips, not quite a whistle. "I
wouldn't hate hearing more about that sometime." But an in-depth
analysis is probably more than they have time for here, in this
stolen moment beneath the stars, with the cooling engine
clicking beneath them.[BR][BR]They pull their hand away,
finally, giving Lena a tiny nod. "I get it, makes sense. I
always..." They grimace. "I think I always moved too fast
anyways." They roll onto their back once more, then pop up to a
sitting position, perched on the fender.[BR][BR]"What it's
worth, I'm more ashamed about all that kinda stuff than I am
about the blood." She hops down, turns, extends a hand to help
Lena to the ground as well. A bit overly chivalrous. Maybe even
a bit mawkish. "Do you wanna get some snacks before we hit the
dam? Bet I can hit a truck stop or somethin'."
#Post#: 1010--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: Mother_Hydra Date: March 2, 2025, 6:17 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
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"Perhaps when we are done with this, and you are closer to your
truth we can do just that." Lena offers in regards to her
interest in hearing more about how Lena exists.
When Reggie pulls her hand away, leaving Lena's scalp the woman
tilts her head, watery blue eyes regarding the other as they
rise up and off of the hood of the charger. Lena for her part,
seems to be comfortable for the moment, the heat of the hood
still providing her more of that heat she seemed to lack, but
she knew as well as Reggie that time was limited, and so she
pushed herself up and took the mirrorshades hand.
She dropped onto the ground casually enough and an apologetic
look crosses her features as she searched the other womans face.
"I imagine, given the situation the idea of moving in any other
speed would be difficult at best." She actually initiates
contact now, her hand rising up to half cup the agent's jaw as
she offered her a smile.
"If thats who you are...than be exactly that." She said as she
hopped up and kissed the other woman's cheek. "I think youre
just fine."
At that she'd step out from Reggies shadow, moving around to the
other side of the vehicle. "Snacks would be grand. I figure we
should reach Vegas with full stomachs, rather than on fumes
wouldnt you?"
#Post#: 1016--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: calliamity Date: March 4, 2025, 10:13 pm
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[center]Regina Roberts[/center]
[center]On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard, just
look around[/center]
[center]Arcane 3 | Confidence | Daredevil | Hit List:
NWO[/center]
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"Sounds fair to me." What more could she really ask
for?[BR][BR]Their fingers briefly wrap around Lena's as they
help her down but they pull them away at a cordial pace rather
than linger on it. One eyebrow perks as she states her sympathy
with their plight, but they just give a little shrug and murmur,
"Difficult but deserved." Not just Lena, everyone who'd come
before. They hadn't gotten the best of her because she'd always
been at her worst. Ever since Gia, from whom she had to a degree
learned that behavior. But they'd get there in time. "I guess
I'm still figuring that out. Month ago, I was... not happy but
fulfilled, and now I'm here because I kicked my own ass across
time and space to remind myself that fulfilled wasn't
enough."[BR][BR]Her hands twitch; she restrains herself from
reaching for Lena, pulling the blonde in closer, after that kiss
on the cheek. Instead, she just settles for a light flush, then
swings herself into the car and starts it back up. "Princess
wants snacks, we gonna fuckin' get some snacks." She jams the
accelerator down and throws the back end into a spin until they
burn a clean crescent moon of rubber into the patchy asphalt,
then they're off, the vehicle jumping zero to sixty in about
four seconds. And shortly after that, they're back on the
highway.[BR][BR]The closest place turns out to be in a little
nothing town a ways up the road called Wikieup. No trouble along
the way, maybe getting off the beaten path for a bit had done
them some good. It's almost certainly still being swept. They
get to pull off again soon enough, rolling into the Minute Mart,
a convenience store attached to an Endron station. They pull
into the lot on the far side, away from the pumps and
strategically into what they guess is the backward-facing
camera's blindspot. "Can you get a read, see if they've got this
surveillance looped in?"
#Post#: 1022--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: Mother_Hydra Date: March 5, 2025, 7:31 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
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Reggies curious and enthusiastic statement gets a look of
amusement from Lena's features, her shoulders hiking in quiet
laughter as she slid into the car moments before their companion
kicked up dust and launched them on their way towards their next
destination.
When they roll into Wikieup Lena is attentive to their
surroundings, she didn't want to have another surprise situation
like before, and if they were alert enough, they might find the
trap before they accidentally spring it.
It seemed however, that Wikieup was far enough out of the way
that the technocracy wasn't bothering with it. Likely sticking
to bigger city centers in the area, as well as more regularly
travelled roads. "Its barely a town." Lena mused as she turned
her gaze from the street to the mirrorshades at her side.
"Is this a place you've been before?" She inquired curiously. "I
somewhat assumed by now that Nevada was a place you called home
before your induction into the technocracy." Its not a question
directly, but Reggie could hear the hint of it.
They hit the Minute Mart, as late as it was the number of
patrons besides themselves was a low three, two of them being
pick ups and the last a minivan. Lena took a moment to look
about, considering what security that was present.
Mother_Hydra Request: [6d10] Roll: [8, 7, 6, 4, 2, 1] Result: 28
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"I...I'm not entirely sure, but I get the sense that these
camera's are largely for show, so long as we avoid the pump
cameras we should be fairly safe." She seems fairly confident as
she looked at Reggie briefly before opening the passenger side
door and sliding out.
"Snack time!"
#Post#: 1027--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: calliamity Date: March 6, 2025, 8:09 pm
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[center]Regina Roberts[/center]
[center]On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard, just
look around[/center]
[center]Arcane 3 | Confidence | Daredevil | Hit List:
NWO[/center]
[float=right max=45%]
HTML https://i.imgur.com/lewTVSu.png[/float]
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There is a certain low level of familiarity in Regina's actions,
but that could just as easily be from thirty years of trips to
convenience stores, and a lot of those being while on the run
from some major force or another. As for this one... "I don't
remember. It's close but not that close." She puts a shoulder
into opening the door to make for less effort on her arm, and
almost falls out as a result. "Woulda drove right by it if I
ever took a trip down to Phoenix for something."[BR][BR]With the
green light being more or less given, they tuck the Beretta into
its inner waistband holster. "Pumps are on the other side, so I
guess we just gotta make sure to use this door to get back out."
They narrow their eyes slightly. "And avoid standing near the
other one." But Lena is already off by then, unable to resist
the siren call of snacks. Chuckling, they go after her, making
no haste to catch up. Maybe if they come in separately, that's
for the best.[BR][BR]Catching the door before it closes all the
way, she at least avoids a second chime, and slips in largely
unnoticed. It takes effort not to spot out all the cameras,
because doing so would present her entire face to them and give
facial recognition software a much easier time of it. Even if,
academically, she's sure that Lena was right, that sense of
unease follows.[BR][BR]It will follow for a long time, even if
they pull this off.[BR][BR]She scoops up some Flamin' Hot
Funyons and heads for the drink fountain to mix up several
different kinds of soda, spritzing in a light amount of cherry
flavor add-in as almost an afterthought. Then, before catching
up with the blonde, she makes a circuit of the store, pretending
to browse everything from politically-charged trucker hats to
shitty plastic toy cars with American flag paintjobs. Made in
China, of course.[BR][BR]Abandoning the obscenely marked-up
shelf of Vienna sausages, they make their way to the Chorister
at last, to see what booty she has scored.
#Post#: 1029--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: Mother_Hydra Date: March 7, 2025, 8:56 am
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[center]Lena Carsei
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/19FhIldip6oG-KbhWMoUYUm5MrNLlintHuCuOrMJRWOc/edit?usp=sharing[/center]
[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
[float=right
max=45%][img]
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Lena enters the Minute Mart with considerably less concern than
Reggie when they follow her in. She is aware of course, aware
better than perhaps the erstwhile mirrorshades might understand.
Where Reggie had lived with this for only a handful of days,
Lena had been looking over her shoulder for years. She had gone
to great lengths to disappear from the Technocractic hive mind,
and now she was closer than ever to being dragged back to it.
But acting strange was the quickest way to get on their radar
and Lena simply goes about the motions. She grabs the jerky, she
grabs some questionable looking string cheese and even more
daring, a sandwich that swears its still got a week till its
expiration date. She grabs a couple of coffee drinks along side
a gigantic bottle of water.
Her hands are filled to bursting when she approaches the
register and dumps her payload onto the plastic counter top. The
attendant looks up at her sleepily and inquires. "Lemme guess?
Road trip?"
Lena offers the man a knowing smile and tapped the side of her
nose. "You got it in one, and we got miles to go."
She'd turn then, looking to see what Reggie had found for their
own preferences and would flag them down. "Add it to the pile
huh?"
#Post#: 1030--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: calliamity Date: March 8, 2025, 3:06 am
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[center]Regina Roberts[/center]
[center]On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard, just
look around[/center]
[center]Arcane 3 | Confidence | Daredevil | Hit List:
NWO[/center]
[float=right max=45%]
HTML https://i.imgur.com/lewTVSu.png[/float]
[hr]
[BR]
"Wwwow," is Regina's verbose reply, upon catching up with Lena.
It's quite the haul, but that's not bad thinking. It might only
be a few hours to Vegas, but anything could happen between here
and there. When they get to the register, she sets her own two
items down and then offers an embarrassed grin before fishing
out some candies from the rack adjacent. Some licorice, a box of
sour gummies, and some more overpriced soft jerky (teriyaki
flavored, supposedly) to round it all out with something savory.
She can't help but eye the sandwich dubiously, though she
doesn't say anything aloud.
She just judges it very visibly.
They have some cash, and even though they wind up needing a bag
to carry it all it isn't like they're buying a certified
pre-owned car. But whether or not Lena beats them to the punch,
they grab the haul with one hand and the drink in the other,
cutting a beeline toward the rear exit that had been their
initial means of ingress. "Soon as we get to LV, I'm gonna take
you somewhere nice," they decide. "I know a pasta joint off the
strip." Assuming it still exists. Because if it doesn't... well,
there's always Appleby's.
She loads up the car, slips back behind the wheel, and starts it
up again, cracking that bag of slightly-stale Funyons and
shoving two at a time into her big dumb mouth. "Sho," she
begins, pausing to swallow her mouthful of crumbly junk food.
"There's this club I used to hang out at, my Cabal's
headquarters. They'll probably know my face there, so that's
where you come in. Just need you to slip into the back room and
grab something from a hidden cubby."
#Post#: 1031--------------------------------------------------
Re: Atomic Punk
By: Mother_Hydra Date: March 8, 2025, 1:53 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
[float=right
max=45%][img]
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Lena watches Reggie judging her choices in food, and she can't
help but chuckle at it. Did she know they were somewhat near
Vegas? Sure, did she know for sure that they would be there in a
couple of hours? This she did not. She simply scoops up what she
can before Reggie takes it all in the bag and heads for the rear
exit.
"Listen, this.." She gestures to the food in hand and in the
bag. "Is all brain food." She reaches up and taps the side of
her head. "Any time i use this for...well, you know. I get,
hungry." The word is said quickly, but there is a weight behind
it that is emphasized as she cracked open a piece of jerky
before they even made the car, the Orphan working away at the
dried meat like someone craving water in a desert.
"A restaurant would be lovely, preferably something with lots of
protein and vegetables. That said I certainly wouldn't say no to
pasta."
She slides back into the passenger seat, worrying at the jerky
with a little less intensity, and slows to a thoughtful chew
when Reggie goes into where they would be going, and what they
had brought Lena all the way to do.
"And I'm doing this because you fear that your former friends
will notice you and be...displeased? Or Am I doing this because
you fear our enemies will still be watching?" Both options
presented some manner of danger, the question was to what
degree, and from what source.
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