001 Violent Outburst - dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

[Enjoy muttering while the journal is flipped open and flipped rapidly through, as if looking for instructions, directions, explanation..anything. The voice is clearly disgruntled and female but it sounds filtered as though through a speaker or headset.]

…Fuckberries.

This isn’t Valhalla, it sure as hell isn’t Blood Gulch, so where the hell am I? I see some giant thing that looks like a castle, ok I’m just going to call it a castle until it turns out to be something different.

Who the fuck builds castles now? Alien architecture sure, but Camelot? Wonderful, just great. I’m stuck in the middle of who the fuck knows where, with a castle and a bunch of unarmed civilians.

So, hey out there…anyone seen Blue base? Hell anyone seen Red base? [Rueful laughter] I must be bad off if I actually want to see those assholes.

(OOC Note: I apologize for the gratuitous profanity but I swear to you it is canon based. Please be aware this is an f-bomb minefield.)

Comments

[hatesgoodbyes]

Obviously it's going top shelf.

Well I don't think it helped that everyone thought I was in the Director's pocket...or worse.

No...I never really thought about it. How would I find out?

[encryptedlock]

It's hard to blame them for thinking that, with how competitive he made everything seem. Kind of a bum deal for everyone else.

Each of the floors has a bunch of rooms with nameplates. You should be able to find yours that way. Room's yours to do whatever you like with, and if you want to redecorate it, just ask.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Yeah, he made us all believe a lot of things that turned out to be bullshit. He used us, all of us. [Clearly she's still bitter.]

So just walk around a castle till I find a door with my name on it. Sounds like a thrilling afternoon. [a low chuckle] I don't decorate, I'm sure whatever it has will be enough.

[encryptedlock]

And people wonder why I skipped out. [Okay, not people. Carolina. Which he's still upset about.]

Ha! It won't take you long. Maybe you'll get lucky and not be in one of the towers like I am. Towers don't have elevators.

[hatesgoodbyes]

I know why I left, and why I went back in. The Director had things so twisted that no one still in there knew the truth. I wanted to set everyone free. [Wanted to, and failed.]

[The helmet angled up and she whistled as she took in the height of the towers.] Antigrav would help on that climb.

[encryptedlock]

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth. [Which sucks, but it does explain why Carolina is the way she is.]

Yeah, fortunately we're a little more advanced than the whole castle motif would make you think, but no luck on the antigrav. If it's more advanced than 21st century, good luck finding it here.

Except teleporters. There are a couple of teleporters around.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Or they can't deal with it.

Great, so I guess parts for the suits and maintenance are based off that tech? Or is this one of the times that you can wish for things?

Church warned me about those, Dead Zone isn't some place I want to end up.

[encryptedlock]

You can wish up parts, but you pretty much have to take care of maintenance yourself. We used to have a guy around who'd fix and upgrade it, but he's been gone for a while. [Though thanks to Tony Stark, York can totally fly and has an arc reactor installed.

Yeah, speaking of people who can't deal with the truth + Church and the Dead Zone...yeah.]

Armor won't work out there, so yeah. I can have Delta give you an app that will mark it clearly on your HUD, but it's a couple hundred miles out so you're probably not going to run into it by accident.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Thanks for the heads up on that. I think I know enough to get by, details specs loaded and all.

[Yeah, dealing with things was never Church's strong suit, in any life.]

That would be pretty good. I get the feeling that being around the general public [Read that as Carolina and South specifically] is probably not the best idea. Might want to keep my distance until I get to know the place. Besides I have that whole mysterious rep to hold up you know?

[encryptedlock]

[Bleep bloop, Delta will transfer the app to her over the wireless network.]

There's always enough going on here at the castle that you shouldn't need to head near there out of boredom, anyway.

[And finally he'll add a filter.]

[Tex]

And, well, I'm sorry about Carolina. Just. In advance. Blanket apology. She's not in a good place right now.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Thanks Delta.

Yeah, never have had enough down time to get bored so I don't think I'll start now.

[York]

I get it. She's got a lot of reasons to be angry, just glad to see her...in good company. [Because saying 'alive' would have been really awkward.]

[encryptedlock]

You are welcome, Tex.

[Honestly, if she can stand Blood Gulch without being bored out of her gourd, she shouldn't have to much of a problem here.]

[Tex]

[He's glad to see her alive again as well, but that wording needs a little work.] I might agree with you if she didn't reject all company. I know she has a long way to come back, but I still hope she can. You know?

[York]

[hatesgoodbyes]

She'll come around, just don't give up on her.

Look I'll keep to myself, try and minimize things if I can. This place is fucked enough already and I get the feeling I have enough to get up to speed on to keep me out of trouble-

[Muffled voices and a rushed response.]

Or things could go to shit right now, I'll have to call you back.

[Tex set the journal aside and from there on out it sounded like one hell of a fight.]

[Tex]

[encryptedlock]

I'll try. Frustrating as hell, though.

[Speaking of which.]

All right. Take care of yourself.