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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:06 am

"And hope they don't recognize you. Though I suppose it could help... Hard to tell."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:07 am

"...that ship may have sailed with the Stantons."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:13 am

"The Sta-- oh right! Yes, don't ever call them that here, I doubt that'd go over well."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:08 pm

"I somewhat guessed that by the state of Will."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:17 pm

She nods. "Anyway, they're certainly not going to help us for nothing."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:18 pm

"And what do we even have to offer, save threats?"
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:23 pm

"That right there is the problem."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:26 pm

"Even with your abilities, I doubt we really want to help their long term plans with a glimpse of the future."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:29 pm

"That's when you make something up, but people tend to be suspicious of that one way or the other."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:30 pm

"So we hope they're more distracted by me being the second coming of the Grand Scary Bastard?"
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:37 pm

"Maybe... I don't know Faultline too well, but Legion tends to be a bit on the slow side."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:37 pm

"Seeing as she's bloody lobotomized him, you mean?"
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:41 pm

"I don't know what she does to them, but it seems inconsistent at times. Always fiercely loyal though."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:42 pm

"Suppose we might need to incapacitate a few of them, if she needs convincing."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:57 pm

"Probably shouldn't be a huge problem for you."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:03 pm

"Risky given what I've tapped into here, but the situation demands I be as scary as him, aye?"

"I don't relish that. Or rather, I'm a bit wary of relishing that."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:10 pm

"Something doesn't sit right about that though... You already met her and ran away. Regardless of the why, she's bound to remember that."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:14 pm

"Which is why we need it not to be due to weakness, aye?"
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:27 pm

"I just can't shake the feeling that's not going to work... They want to attack anyway. Maybe we just... need to offer some perceived advantage to set them off."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:06 pm

"Well with you, it's often more than a feeling."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:17 pm

"I just don't think intimidation is quite the way to go. No one likes to admit defeat and here it's even worse."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:57 pm

"I don't necessarily want to do it the hard way, either."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:11 pm

"Need to think this through a bit more... Right now I don't have any ground-breaking ideas..." she admits.
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:17 pm

"Though between you and I, perhaps the key is just to keep them talking..."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:06 am

"If we just knock on their door we'll be lucky if we can get them talking..."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:08 am

"So violence doesn't work, except when it does, and talking always works, except when it doesn't."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:20 am

"I'm just trying to look at every angle this could go horribly wrong."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:26 am

"My point was more that between the two of us, we have significant capacity for adapting this plan on the fly, given what we can do."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:55 am

"So you just want to wing it?"
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:59 am

"Given that we're second guessing our second guesses by now?"
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:03 am

She sighs. "Right, right..."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:06 am

"No offense meant."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:13 am

"I'm just being overly cautious."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:17 am

"I can see why."
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Atropha » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:24 am

"No really." she mumbles and immidiately regrets it.
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Re: Early Bird

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:28 am

"...that too, aye."
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