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countermeasures) wrote2022-02-13 08:23 am
countermeasures) wrote2022-02-13 08:23 am
chroma | catchall for vin
i haven't had coffee yet so this won't be pretty yet
[well, coming back to the lab was a mistake.
but sometimes you don't know everything's gone to shit because you weren't there when it happened? so jiuqing, casually as anything, heads into the lab for another look around - only to duck down one of the halls, eyes wide, as she sees a monster lumbering past.
what the heck.]
What...
but sometimes you don't know everything's gone to shit because you weren't there when it happened? so jiuqing, casually as anything, heads into the lab for another look around - only to duck down one of the halls, eyes wide, as she sees a monster lumbering past.
what the heck.]
What...
[she knew she didn't trust those tubes to hold them in!!
vin doesn't understand most of what's in the lab, but there's little to do here other than wander around in the hopes of finding something useful. that's what brings her back to this area, but when she sees the monster and jiuqing (who she's assuming, perhaps unfairly, based on her clothing and general looks is a noblewoman who won't know how to fight), she's immediately pulling out a shard of glass from her belt. tugging her sleeve down so she isn't handling the makeshift weapon barehanded, she beckons the other woman back. in a hushed tone:]
It would be better for you not to approach.
vin doesn't understand most of what's in the lab, but there's little to do here other than wander around in the hopes of finding something useful. that's what brings her back to this area, but when she sees the monster and jiuqing (who she's assuming, perhaps unfairly, based on her clothing and general looks is a noblewoman who won't know how to fight), she's immediately pulling out a shard of glass from her belt. tugging her sleeve down so she isn't handling the makeshift weapon barehanded, she beckons the other woman back. in a hushed tone:]
It would be better for you not to approach.
[well, vin isn't entirely wrong; she was born a noblewoman, and she's a medic, not a combatant. she falls back when vin directs her to do so and lowers her voice to a whisper.]
I suppose the things they were contained in aren't nearly as sturdy as that door in the shrine...
I suppose the things they were contained in aren't nearly as sturdy as that door in the shrine...
[her first instinct in this kind of situation, with an enemy she doesn't know, is to leave rather than attack, so she's hoping the monster doesn't notice the two of them. her voice stays a whisper, and she doesn't move her eyes away from the creature, ready to move quickly if she needs to.]
Things here are becoming very strange. [...] I wondered if they might get out.
Things here are becoming very strange. [...] I wondered if they might get out.
[she purses her lips, watching the creature as well. for now, it just lumbers along; their voices are low enough not to catch their attention.]
It was likely only a matter of time. [...] I'd hoped to see if I could find anything of use in there, but now I'm concerned that someone else may have encountered them further in... if they did, they may need help.
It was likely only a matter of time. [...] I'd hoped to see if I could find anything of use in there, but now I'm concerned that someone else may have encountered them further in... if they did, they may need help.
[ah. this feels familiar, somehow. she looks towards jiuqing with a frown.]
Surely you aren't thinking of going to look... We should leave quickly.
Surely you aren't thinking of going to look... We should leave quickly.
I don't see any reason not to look as long as we're careful about it. I'm a doctor, so I wouldn't feel right just leaving if there might be people who need help.
That's why we need to be careful about it.
What is more careful than simply leaving?
[she says, with a sigh, but. despite her Tired energy, she's not making to leave, either. it seems too cruel to her. she's been wrong in her estimations of people before, so just in case she's off base, she asks:]
Can you fight?
[she says, with a sigh, but. despite her Tired energy, she's not making to leave, either. it seems too cruel to her. she's been wrong in her estimations of people before, so just in case she's off base, she asks:]
Can you fight?
Perhaps not as well as a soldier, but I've been in enough tricky situations to be able to defend myself in a pinch.
[she looks towards her again, appraising, as she sighs. once it seems like the monster has moved far enough away:]
Move quickly and quietly.
Move quickly and quietly.
[she nods!
quickly and quietly it is. she's used to moving about delicately because blah blah that's accepted of a noblewoman from her country, so it's not too difficult to do; she gets a little further down the hall without attracting a monster's attention, then ducks to one side so that she can look out and plan her next move.]
quickly and quietly it is. she's used to moving about delicately because blah blah that's accepted of a noblewoman from her country, so it's not too difficult to do; she gets a little further down the hall without attracting a monster's attention, then ducks to one side so that she can look out and plan her next move.]
[vin's following beside her, maybe a step or two back, as she goes. her grip on the shard of glass is tight, though not tight enough to cut, and she looks ready to move into action quickly if she needs to.
as they glance around the corner, another monster comes into their field of vision, not too far away - and vin shrinks back slightly, hoping it hasn't seen them.]
as they glance around the corner, another monster comes into their field of vision, not too far away - and vin shrinks back slightly, hoping it hasn't seen them.]
[me: haha let's have them encounter monsters and get hecked up!!
also me: keeps rolling in the 16-20 range.
jiuqing crouches slightly, her knees bent, poised and ready to run - but there doesn't seem to be any need for that. the monster looks from side to side, gives a sniff, and - lumbers a bit further away from the two of them.
she gives a very small sigh of relief.]
also me: keeps rolling in the 16-20 range.
jiuqing crouches slightly, her knees bent, poised and ready to run - but there doesn't seem to be any need for that. the monster looks from side to side, gives a sniff, and - lumbers a bit further away from the two of them.
she gives a very small sigh of relief.]
[britt your rolls
vin exhales quietly, too, a fraction of the tension easing out of her posture. she jerks her head in the direction the monster is moving away from, starting to step carefully towards the next area.]
vin exhales quietly, too, a fraction of the tension easing out of her posture. she jerks her head in the direction the monster is moving away from, starting to step carefully towards the next area.]
[she nods, and hurries after her.
her steps are light and quiet - it's mainly the swishing of her skirts that's making noise, although that's soft. jiuqing frowns slightly and lifts her skirts a bit to help quiet the noise.]
her steps are light and quiet - it's mainly the swishing of her skirts that's making noise, although that's soft. jiuqing frowns slightly and lifts her skirts a bit to help quiet the noise.]
[she turns towards her to suggest just that as she picks up the noise, but jiuqing has it covered. nice. vin's pretty used to moving in a way with a goal of not being detected, so she's sticking close to the walls as they walk, bent low to make herself smaller, footsteps light enough to not echo out into the hall they're traveling down.
quietly, once they're a few more steps away from the last monster:]
How much further do you want to look?
quietly, once they're a few more steps away from the last monster:]
How much further do you want to look?
Hmm...
[she glances back the way they've come, and then looks to the way forward. they're pretty decently far in at this point, and they haven't come across anyone in distress.]
...just a bit further, I think. If someone was hurt, they'd probably make some kind of a noise that we can hear, but we haven't heard anything or seen anything just yet. That's promising, but I'd like to be thorough.
[she glances back the way they've come, and then looks to the way forward. they're pretty decently far in at this point, and they haven't come across anyone in distress.]
...just a bit further, I think. If someone was hurt, they'd probably make some kind of a noise that we can hear, but we haven't heard anything or seen anything just yet. That's promising, but I'd like to be thorough.
[onwards indeed!!
luckily, no one seems to have been hecked up by the monsters. they don't find anyone grievously injured or exhausted.]
...it appears people have been staying away from here, or at least avoiding the monsters if they've had to come.
luckily, no one seems to have been hecked up by the monsters. they don't find anyone grievously injured or exhausted.]
...it appears people have been staying away from here, or at least avoiding the monsters if they've had to come.
[nodding.]
Then let's go.
[and hope they don't run into any monsters again on the way back.]
Then let's go.
[and hope they don't run into any monsters again on the way back.]
[i rolled a fckin 19 so i guess they don't
once they're out:]
...thank you for accompanying me. I feel a little better having checked that no one was stuck there.
once they're out:]
...thank you for accompanying me. I feel a little better having checked that no one was stuck there.
[here they are for speed dating! they've been hustled over by some friendly(?) zombies. jiuqing is staring down at her soup, which has what looks like a nose floating in it.]
...I think I've lost my appetite.
...I think I've lost my appetite.
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