Grayditch

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

The scene that presents itself to the people arriving from Milliways is one of devastation old and new. The shattered, weathered remains of what had once been a city street spill out to either side, and half-standing, half-slumping outer walls are all that remain of most of the buildings. There are no people here, no animals, no life to be seen...

Well, no. That's not necessarily true. Here and there, fires burn merrily, and the occasional scratching scuttling sound can be heard on the sullen August winds that wind through the empty streets.

"This is it," Ellen says. "Welcome to Grayditch."

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[magic_ferret]

"That should be fine Val," says Yuuno before he crouches a bit a springs up into the air. He'll do a quick check for clusters of ant, blocked streets and any obvious signs of survivors before dropping back down to report.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"All right. Um." Ellen chews on her bottom lip, thinking. "Val, can you go with Tanya? Spoon, you and Yuuno, please, and Red, come with me? This is good armor-" It's the black stuff she got from the Talon Company merc, although she's taken some effort to remove the white claw logo and replace it with '101'. "-but it's not fireproof."

[alertcommando]

She nods to Ellen and the others, ready to move out the moment Yunno reports with a general view of the area.

[bprd_agent_red]

"You got it."

He moves to stand beside Ellen, glad for the pairing because now he shouldn't have to mess with any map.

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

Spoon grins at Yunno and nods, "Right. Any problems with me for a partner, lad?"

He promises not to talk about cows.

Probably.

[magic_ferret]

"Um, the streets are mostly clear and it looks like there's about fifteen of the ants," starts Yuuno, "They keep heading in and out of the transit station over there-" he points east"-so it was hard to count them. North and south entrances to to the town are barricaded and it looks like the houses are as well. There's also the diner and some cars in a yard that's fenced with a shack."

Briefing done Yuuno joins up with his partner, "No problem with it Spoon."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Okay then," Ellen says. "Let's see what we can find. Oh, um, just so you know- try not to be near any of the cars if you hit one when you're trying to shoot an ant, okay? They might not be workable any more, but the fusion plants inside them make a pretty spectacular explosion if a bullet or something breaches their cores."

[time_dancer]

"Nice to know," Val says as she walks over to stand near Tanya. "How are we going to keep in contact? Or should we just rendezvous at a certain time?"

[alertcommando]

Tanya locks the gun again, before opening her backpack and pulling out three slender, minimalist headsets. "What about these? They should work unless we trip into any strong radioactive residues." But they are just three: she had no idea how many people would come in total.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"One for each pair, I think," says Ellen. "Sound good?"

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

"Won't fit under me helmet. Yunno, you want to take our set? Less likely to get broken that way, too."

See Spoon assume that Yunno is less likely to dive headfirst into danger. Spoon likes safe assumptions.

[bprd_agent_red]

He'll have to remember that thing about the cars. It's not uncommon for vehicles to get smashed when Red is working so he'll have to be careful.

It might also be something he can use if things get rough.

Looking at the headsets Tanya is holding and nods to Ellen.

"You'll probably wanna wear ours." She's leading after all, and he'll just lose it. Or break it. Or both.

[magic_ferret]

The thing with the cars is, well, at least they aren't fission.

"Right Spoon, that makes sense."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"All right," says Ellen, and accepts the headset. "Okay, let's go. Those Pulowski shelters are kind of nasty. I don't want that poor kid to have to wait too long."

(OOC: Shall we split up into subthreads by pair from here, to avoid tagging order troubles?)

[alertcommando]

"Let's go." Tanya will show them how to operate the headsets: they are military comms gear, so they are made to be easy to use, having push-to-talk and voice-activated modes.

That done, she moves off with Val.