Marigold Station

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

There was a park near the mouth of the Metro station at Grayditch's eastern edge, long ago. A few of the rides are still present- the fulcrums of the see-saws, the rusted-out remnants of the monkey bars, even the pitted, corroded sheets of metal that had once been the slides. It lies a little lower than the surrounding road-beds, but it offers the easiest access to the Marigold Station metro entrance- and currently, the park is free of ants.

"Okay," says Ellen to the people following her. "Who wants to go in front, and who's going to guard our rear as we head in?"

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[time_dancer]

"Yeah we better go before more of the soldier ants show up to investigate all the noise!" Val says cough a bit at all the dust.

[alertcommando]

Tanya did not need to shoot more, after all: plasma bolts, grenades, forcefield, squished ant.

"Let's move then, clear the way up to the queen." She nods to Ellen, intelligence confirmations are good.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"We're not supposed to go near the queen," Ellen points out. "That there? That's the man's lab. That's as far as he needs to go. There's no farther to push than where we are now."

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

"Right, then. Hunt Leader has spoken, the Hunt is over, lets go home." Yes, if it were his Hunt he'd go after the queen.

Spoon is not sane, he knows he's not sane, and Ellen let him come Hunt in her world. He'd rather go home now than muck up a second chance. (Even if the queen sounds fun. The queen sounds fun.)

He makes sure his trophies are well settled, then turns to head back the way they came. "Oi, Yunno, you still doing alright?"

[magic_ferret]

"I'll be OK Spoon," says Yuuno, "Let's head back so we can get Bryan somewhere safer than around here."

Yuuno's not sure that there's anywhere that's actually safe in Ellen's world, but there has to be places that are better than here.

[time_dancer]

Val's feeling a bit woozily from all the fields she's been making so she just follows along quietly yet keeping her eye out for any soldier ants.

[alertcommando]

Tanya follows along, a bit disappointed.

She did not get to blow anything up properly.

Ah well, at least a boy was saved from becoming giant ant food.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

The tunnel is a relatively straightforward run from here, as the ants appear to have decided to be somewhere that doesn't involve guns and lasers for the moment. As a matter of fact, there's no hazards left between the band of travelers and the door back to the scientist's lab.

Well.

It looks like the door back to the scientist's lab. Even if it leads to Milliways for everyone who steps through it but one...