Early Bird

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:53 pm

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.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:03 pm

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.

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:05 pm

"As unsettling as the birds were, I couldn't sleep anyway." she says, not looking up from her cup.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:07 pm

"...birds?" She asked, puzzled.

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:09 pm

"The ravens. They were all over the room."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:12 pm

"That... that shouldn't happen. I've been..."

"...normally I can hold them in for you."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:16 pm

"Hold them in." she says flatly. "Well, no more need to go out of your way for me, I suppose."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:18 pm

"You yourself said it, a room full of them is bloody disturbing..."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:22 pm

"It's... unsettling, yes."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:23 pm

"So it always just seemed... better that way."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:26 pm

"Well I'm glad I'm not being a nuisance anymore then." she says, taking a sip from her coffee.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:28 pm

"That's not how I meant it..."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:32 pm

"I know. And I'm sure you were always happy to do so." She actually means that but she is pretty grumpy overall.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:33 pm

"I just... know not everything about me is easy to live with."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:41 pm

"It is. Because you always go out of your way to hide those things."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:43 pm

"Not without reason, I should think..."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:48 pm

"I never managed or bothered to contain my weirdness around you."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:50 pm

"I'm... I'm sorry," she said with a sigh as she walked over and sat down.

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:54 pm

"I know..." Could probably throw my coffee at you and you'd be sorry for that too.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:16 pm

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.

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:21 pm

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.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:24 pm

Samantha flinched, then exhaled.

"...I'm just making it worse."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:27 pm

Nailah sighs. She seems annoyed, though mostly with herself.

"It's... You're better company than the other two here."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:32 pm

"Not much to talk about, with those two."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:34 pm

"Can't stand one's idealism and want to break the others neck and probably will if I stay here much longer."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:38 pm

"...then we'll put one more in the 'leaving' column."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:41 pm

"We're going to need more of a plan than that..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:47 pm

"I know. I'm not certain I trust my sense of tactics right now, though."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:02 pm

"Well, at least we won't have to rely on Croyden being honest about what he knows."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:04 pm

"Likely wouldn't be a bluff if I questioned him now..."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:13 pm

"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..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:15 pm

"Standard configuration?"

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:24 pm

"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."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:26 pm

"...lovely. Perhaps I should trust my instincts on this..."

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:31 pm

"Which, it seems, someone else had been intending to rely on as well so there's that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:34 pm

"What's this, now?"

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:38 pm

"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.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:40 pm

"So, she wanted out as badly as you did?"

by **Atropha** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:45 pm

"Before you start feeling bad for her you should probably take a look at this." she says, sliding the book over towards Sam.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:49 pm

"Who said I felt sorry for her? If she'd succeeded..."

She looked to the book she was passed.

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