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Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:53 pmby Atropha
Nailah is sitting in the main room of the hideout, early in the morning. By the looks of it she spend most of the night here, awake and nursing cups of coffee that smell suspiciously of alcohol.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:03 pmby Samantha McManus
Samantha stepped out of her quarters looking... well, she slept in a chair. Was that... a black feather tangled in her hair? Regardless, she probably had slept more than who she then set eyes upon.
"...I could have left," she said.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:05 pmby Atropha
"As unsettling as the birds were, I couldn't sleep anyway." she says, not looking up from her cup.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:07 pmby Samantha McManus
"...birds?" She asked, puzzled.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:09 pmby Atropha
"The ravens. They were all over the room."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:12 pmby Samantha McManus
"That... that shouldn't happen. I've been..."
"...normally I can hold them in for you."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:16 pmby Atropha
"Hold them in." she says flatly. "Well, no more need to go out of your way for me, I suppose."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:18 pmby Samantha McManus
"You yourself said it, a room full of them is bloody disturbing..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:22 pmby Atropha
"It's... unsettling, yes."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:23 pmby Samantha McManus
"So it always just seemed... better that way."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:26 pmby Atropha
"Well I'm glad I'm not being a nuisance anymore then." she says, taking a sip from her coffee.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:28 pmby Samantha McManus
"That's not how I meant it..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:32 pmby Atropha
"I know. And I'm sure you were always happy to do so." She actually means that but she is pretty grumpy overall.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:33 pmby Samantha McManus
"I just... know not everything about me is easy to live with."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:41 pmby Atropha
"It is. Because you always go out of your way to hide those things."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:43 pmby Samantha McManus
"Not without reason, I should think..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:48 pmby Atropha
"I never managed or bothered to contain my weirdness around you."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:50 pmby Samantha McManus
"I'm... I'm sorry," she said with a sigh as she walked over and sat down.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:54 pmby Atropha
"I know..." Could probably throw my coffee at you and you'd be sorry for that too.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:16 pmby Samantha McManus
For a moment it seemed Samantha was going to say something, but ultimately she held her tongue. The hurt look on her face likely gave an idea, though.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:21 pmby Atropha
It doesn't go unnoticed and Nailah actually does throw her cup. Just across at a wall though and the fact that it's a metal one kind of deprives her of a vaguely satisfying shattering.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:24 pmby Samantha McManus
Samantha flinched, then exhaled.
"...I'm just making it worse."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:27 pmby Atropha
Nailah sighs. She seems annoyed, though mostly with herself.
"It's... You're better company than the other two here."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:32 pmby Samantha McManus
"Not much to talk about, with those two."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:34 pmby Atropha
"Can't stand one's idealism and want to break the others neck and probably will if I stay here much longer."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:38 pmby Samantha McManus
"...then we'll put one more in the 'leaving' column."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:41 pmby Atropha
"We're going to need more of a plan than that..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:47 pmby Samantha McManus
"I know. I'm not certain I trust my sense of tactics right now, though."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:02 pmby Atropha
"Well, at least we won't have to rely on Croyden being honest about what he knows."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:04 pmby Samantha McManus
"Likely wouldn't be a bluff if I questioned him now..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:13 pmby Atropha
"I didn't play Harbinger's pet for nothing." she says, pulling over a notepad that's been sitting on the table. "I lost my book, but I've been putting together what I remember. Guard schedules, the 'standard' configuration of rooms and hallways, those kind of things..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:15 pmby Samantha McManus
"Standard configuration?"
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:24 pmby Atropha
"This world's Deirdre controls the walls and floors at all times. She's their alarm system and first line of defense in one. There's no guarantee the walls are going to be in the same place they were yesterday, especially in the basement."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:26 pmby Samantha McManus
"...lovely. Perhaps I should trust my instincts on this..."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:31 pmby Atropha
"Which, it seems, someone else had been intending to rely on as well so there's that."
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:34 pmby Samantha McManus
"What's this, now?"
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:38 pmby Atropha
"I may have lost my book, but I found hers..." she says and pulls a book from her pockets and places it on the table.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:40 pmby Samantha McManus
"So, she wanted out as badly as you did?"
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:45 pmby Atropha
"Before you start feeling bad for her you should probably take a look at this." she says, sliding the book over towards Sam.
Re: Early Bird
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:49 pmby Samantha McManus
"Who said I felt sorry for her? If she'd succeeded..."
She looked to the book she was passed.