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[5e IC] Where Angels Fear to Tread

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« Reply #45 on: <09-09-14/1756:56> »
Quote from: Wide Eyes
And on that note, Wide Eyes guns it, driving off towards Port Augusta. He was an outrider, after all. Only made sense that he'd lead the way.
Jackie is still in stitches from his own humor when Wide Eyes finishes his own short lecture on mana storms and pulls ahead. Fuck! I can’t let the mojo man show me up like that on our first fucking day out. He immediately guns his own bike in an attempt to catch up to Wide Eyes.
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« Reply #46 on: <09-09-14/1804:00> »
JD walks over to the edge of the garage and grabs his bags. Ones a duffel with all of his clothes and all the personal gear he owns. The other is his tool bag. He tosses the tool bag in one of the bins for the tools and his gear in with the others. He picks up his Radio Shack RCC and plugs it into his datajack. Now that he has a DNI to the controller he pulls up the maps to the area. 

He was glad to be done with the classes. He never was a bookworm. He preferred to be out in the real world putting his hands to use. He couldn't wait to make it back out to the bush and away from the stench of the city.

Delilah fires up before JD even finishes checking that all the gear is secure for the rough roads ahead.

He stands up on the running board of the old gal.

"Guess that means I'm in charge for now." he coughs and grunts, "I ain't never considered myself management of anything. So don't do something stupid and I won't have to give you any adjustments. And don't be afraid to speak up unless we are in a time crunch. I don't know everything and you are probably more of an expert than I am in your job."

JD then throws himself into his seat and slams the door. "Load up, we're outta here."

He gives everyone a chance to get on board then he gives Delilah. "Next stop, Port Augusta."
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« Reply #47 on: <09-10-14/1646:47> »
Snap regards the weapon first with an analytical eye and then approaches it in a more personal way.  He checks the action, the condition of the springs, and with the breech open, he peers down the barrel to see the rifling.  Satisfied, Snap opens each ammo container in turn, inspects the contents and pulls the belt from the nearest box and places it in the feedway.  As Delilah lurches forward, Snap tries the action on his seat, pulling up to the turret position and then back down next to JD, a process he repeats until it feels second-nature to him.  Yeah, this'll work.

"It's JD, right? Snap says to the driver.  "Snap.  Far as I'm concerned management don't make a leader, and that goes both ways.  You wanna reach out and touch sum'n, you let me know.  Otherwise, you let me know if you want eyes or eyes on anything, and I'm on it."
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« Reply #48 on: <09-11-14/1942:19> »
JD looks over at Snap with one eye, keeping the other on the road. "Yeah, Snap. It's JD. And I agree with you completely. I'm just here to do a job. I'm not in the mood to be a babysitter. So I am only gonna bark commands if there's a time crunch and we need a decision then and there. Otherwise I'll listen to whoever has the experience with the task so we get it done right the first time. I've been in the field long enough to know I don't know it all. And I'm not some jackass bean-counter that is so worried about numbers that people get hurt in the process."

He nods up to the gun, "So is that contraption gonna work, or do we need to spend some time tweaking it to our needs?"

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« Reply #49 on: <09-12-14/1115:56> »
"Chip truth," Snap says.  "As for this contraption, I like.  Every other rig I've been on, I had ta abandon the turret and scramble around to the cab to get out of a mana storm, losing speed, wondering if I was gonna fall off and get trampled.  This will work nicely.  I wish there was a little more bang in them ammo boxes though.

"What about old Delilah here?  I saw you giving her the once over.  She gonna be good ta us?
he finishes, keeping his eyes on the road.  After all that time in the classroom, it's good to be out again, heading for work, and not just for the paycheck -- though that's certainly a big part.  Snap had just felt listless all through the training.  He knew it was important and all, but now that he's out, now that's real, now that there's a team that he's going to rely on and one that will need to rely on him.  This is what he's been missing.
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« Reply #50 on: <09-12-14/1929:52> »
With a quick once over, you can tell that the gun is not as old as Delilah, but its old. Most of everything that could malfunction that wasn't needed was stripped off, giving you a beating stick that shouldn't break unless your stupid with it. As you guys would know, the three hundred with the truck is something that is expected to be in there and that reports had to be filled out after firing to get replacement ammo. You want more than three hundred, you are going to have to pay for it yourself. As you get out of the yard, you all meet up for the last time at the storm gate, an enclosement of steel and plascrete as a way to fend off the bushmen that think raiding larger cities would be fun and somewhat lessen the damage of mana storms. Whether this was a placebo effect or actually helps, you can't tell.

Bout 20 minutes into an hour and a half ride, you know you guys are being watched. They don't try to hide the fact. They don't showcase any outward hostility, but there are men on bikes on either side of the road watching your group. They are too far away to tell exactly any distinguishing features, but you know that there are at least ten, with most of them having a humanoid physique, with a couple looking larger. The roads are strewn about with wrecked cars and relics of the past, the pavement still there enough to allow a smoother ride than off rode, but its still choppy as hell. Then in some parts its just sand and as JD can feel, the tires are not the best for grip. Its not the best situation for a fight right now, as they have you flanked and you need to weave in and out of debris. There is no other traffic right now, as not many people like to head north and you have now about a forty minute drive still ahead with Delilah still going along no problem.
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« Reply #51 on: <09-12-14/2023:55> »
JD opens up the comms channel for the entire team, "Looks like we might have some company. Keep your eyes open but your guns down." He lays his head back against the cushioned seat. Or at least what counts for a cushioned seat in Delilah.

"Jacking in, everyone. I'll be monitoring everything from VR."

JD slips into VR and jacks into Delilah. He gets the rush of the engine pumping through his veins. The sand under tires like grit under the souls of his feet. He laughed to himself. Now this was going to make things interesting.

>>>"Everyone give me a quick status check."
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« Reply #52 on: <09-12-14/2215:51> »
Jackie is weaving his way effortlessly around the debris on the road, sometimes running ahead of Delilah, other times slowing down to let her pass him by and then taking a circuitous route by the side of the road to get in front of her again.

>>”I’m just cruisin’ JD, these guys don’t seem to have their mind made up yet whether we’re worth hitting. You want me to go take a slightly closer look at the bastards?”
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« Reply #53 on: <09-13-14/0032:17> »
Donger doesn't like the looks of this at all. I know bullies when I see them and those are bullies. Yes-siree. He checks to make sure his rifle is loaded, and of course it isn't. Steven hadn't even remembered to put rounds into the clip. He leans down and pulls his suitcase out from under the seat, puts it in his lap and opens it up. After a little rummaging, he locates a small white cardboard box full of rifle rounds and starts hastily loading them into the clip. He's about halfway through when the comm lights up.

>>>"Everyone give me a quick status check."

He shouts into the comm a little louder than is needed, probably due to the nerves. "I'M KINDA SCARED!"
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« Reply #54 on: <09-13-14/0041:03> »
"No need to be scared and no need to provoke'em. Just hold the course steady. They are just watching us pass through, They don't fuck with us, an' we don't fuck with'em."
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« Reply #55 on: <09-15-14/1128:32> »
>>Hear ya loud and clear.  You want me in the cab, or should I pop up?  If they're wondering if we're worth hitting or not, seeing the ol' LMG might make 'em feel different on that whole cost benefit analysis.
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« Reply #56 on: <09-15-14/1534:14> »
"No need to be scared and no need to provoke'em. Just hold the course steady. They are just watching us pass through, They don't fuck with us, an' we don't fuck with'em."
"Roger that JD, I'll stay close to home. Wide, you think we should take one side each a few meters out to have a bit of a buffer for old Delilah?"
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« Reply #57 on: <09-16-14/0013:03> »
Wide Eyes frowns at what he sees, especially the adepts among them, and the sense that they are definitively not friendly to them. How easy it would be to reach out to the loa, maybe show one of those adepts some humility.

"I don't like the look of them, and they're magically active. We might want to seize the initiative, scare them off before they get brave." Wide eyes suggests over the radio, eyeing them suspiciously.

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« Reply #58 on: <09-16-14/0033:18> »
JD watches them through the Delilah's sensors. He's seen their kind before.

"Trust me here. They're just a pack of wolves looking for an easy kill. We don't provide a target and they'll let us be. Just hold the line, your triggers and your bladders and we'll just pass on through. The second we clear a weapon, they'll have to prove this is their turf. Just keep moving and give them the respect a coiled viper deserves."
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« Reply #59 on: <09-16-14/1135:15> »
Snap thinks that the best way to deal with a coiled viper is to take it out at 100 M, but he also knows that JD didn't get to be his age by being stupid.  Fair enough.  He relaxes his hold on the LMG and flexes his fingers.  >>Alright, JD, I'm with ya.  Let me know if it's time to go hot.
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