aaaaaaaagh_sky: (Vault Boy)
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Philly is, as post-apocalyptic metropoli go, a well-maintained and well-patrolled city. This is not a difficult standard to reach, however, and it tends to fall art in the face of overwhelming wildlife.

Hippos are pretty damn overwhelming. And they've apparently been sighted all over the southern roads out of the city heading towards DC.

One of the older market folks, a gray-haired woman with a face like badly preserved leather, has indicated that the easiest way to avoid the hippos is to head north into the city a ways and make for the northeast part of town. There's apparently a southbound road that swings around the worst of the hippo area and doesn't cost too much travel time by comparison.

Date: 2015-01-17 09:53 pm (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (Task Force Mako #2)
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And Voodoo opts to take it. Why waste ammunition you don't have to going through the worst part of town?

The quarter they're in right now is fairly deserted - what used to be skyscrapers and what are now half-crumbled sniper's nests surround them as they make their way to the road. The only sound is that of their boots crushing debris and detritus underneath.

"Spread it out. Don't want a single frag mine takin' us all out."

Date: 2015-01-20 04:28 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (sitrep)
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"More or less. Basically, don't get your hopes up."

Up ahead is what used to be a traffic circle, before the war and the decay. The cars here have long since become rusted-out hulks - though from the looks of it, some enterprising citizens have salvaged tires and rubber from the windshield wipers.

Voodoo points to a line of adjoining storefronts. "We'll cut through there, keep out of the street."

Date: 2015-01-20 04:53 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (Task Force Mako #2)
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"Best not to assume."

It's a quick little jog through a donut shop, what used to be a fast food join, and then a bodega before they come to a T intersection. Voodoo points down the long end of the T.

"Down this street. Hug the walls, watch the windows and doors."

He glances over his shoulder. "Everyone good so far?"

Without waiting for a response:

"Al, Kate, how's our six?"

Date: 2015-01-20 05:06 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (M&M'S???)
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-well that ain't good.

"Kill it if it needs killin'."

And with that, Voodoo jogs out of the bodega's side, slowing to a quick walk as he puts his carbine's butt to his shoulder, the barrel still pointed in a down-ish direction. Got to have a compromise between diplomacy and readiness, after all. Every window and doorway gets as thorough a checking as a few milliseconds will allow before he continues on his way, knees bent and ready to hit the deck if need be.

"Clear so far. Double-time it."

Date: 2015-01-20 05:16 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (shit just got real)
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Good thing Voodoo's reflexes are the way they are - as it stands, the bolt nearly singes his ear.

"Holy fuck-"

He drops to the ground and rolls into a storefront, firing off four quick shots at the robot as he crouches in the doorway.

"Kill that fuckin' thing!"

Date: 2015-01-20 05:23 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (shit just got real)
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"Fuck yes, grenade time."

He's pretty sure, but a quick patdown of his rig reveals that yes, indeed, he's out of frags.

"You throw, I'll cover. Make it count."

Date: 2015-01-20 05:33 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (Task Force Mako #2)
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"There's nothing better than the smell of fresh plas-"

The frag's explosion rocks the robot, and Voodoo pivots out the doorway as it's stunned, pumping round after round into the housing. Bless the full-metal jackets - they go right through the armor and into the guts of the thing, and soon it's down, twitching on the ground like a felled doe.

"-tell my m-m-m-m-omma I did my beeees-"

There's a soft POP, and it stills.

Voodoo exhales, wiping the sweat from his eyes. "Sound off. Everyone good?"

Date: 2015-01-20 05:52 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (M&M'S???)
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It's not hard to see what Al's talking about - two gray blobs off in the distance that become recognizable suits of power armor when viewed through the binos. There isn't much in the way of power armor in the Wastes to go around to begin with - and unless he's seriously out of the loop, the Brotherhood doesn't have a chapter this far north.

"-the fuck-"

He takes the binos from his eyes, then looks through them again. There's no mistaking it, not with those insignia on the pauldrons - they're Brotherhood.

"Hold fire, those're friendlies. -willin' to bet on it, anyway."

Voodoo reloads more out of a force of habit than anything, and tucks the used magazine in his vest.

"Just be cool."

Date: 2015-01-20 10:17 pm (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (sitrep)
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And Voodoo, in turn, grips his carbine by the foregrip and raises it one-handed above his head. No need to make these guys nervous.

"Just some people heading for D.C. Got pointed down this road."

He lets his arm down, the weapon hanging loosely at his side.

"Where's the rest of your unit?"
Edited Date: 2015-01-20 10:24 pm (UTC)

Date: 2015-01-20 11:57 pm (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (derp derp derp)
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There's a couple of ways to make Voodoo look at you like you're an asshole. Playing Captain Obvious is one of them.

As flat as can be:

"Y'don't say."

Date: 2015-01-21 12:09 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (speak clear and speak quick)
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A half-shrug. "Bummer, pal."

He shifts his hand to the pistol grip, letting the carbine hang as his other hand rests on his hip.

"Lookin' for Paladin 101. She still stationed out of the Citadel?"

Date: 2015-01-21 12:17 am (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (AND HERE'S WHERE WE'LL AMBUSH BARNEY.)
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"I'm one of her mole-people. Got locked outta the mole-people locker. Hoping she can set things right."

As a pre-emptive measure against Looks from Josepha, Hector, Al, and Kate:

"Long story. Half'a it's a joke. Don't mind it."

Date: 2015-01-22 01:32 pm (UTC)
boston_bruiser: (derp derp derp)
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"Lead the-"

It's the phrasing that makes him double-take.

"-the fuck? She's here?"

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