[table= //////= EXIT'S POST DESIGN v5 =\\\\\\][row][sub][h1][right][sub][sub][sub][sub][sup][color=gray]b1.ch03.r04.p01 · v5.2 [/color][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][/sup][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/right][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img=/// TOPIMAGE \\\]https://i.imgur.com/KKCWanr.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][color=0b0d11][sub][sub][color=2e2c2c][sub]...[/sub][/color][sup][b]▇▇▇[/b][/sup][/sub][/sub][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][sub][color=white][sup]Team[/sup] K Y O S H I[/color][/sub][sub][sub][color=2e2c2c]__[/color][sup][b]▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇[/b][/sup][/sub][/sub][/color][/sub][center][sup][sub][sup][sub][color=555555][color=888888]A TLA Collaboration[color=2e2c2c]--------------------------------------------‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ [/color][/color][/color][/sub][/sup][/sub][/sup][/center][/h1][/sub][/row][row][cell][sup][center][b][color=0b0d11][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][/color][/b][/center][/sup][/cell][cell][color=888888][color=2e2c2c].[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=steelblue]vietmyke   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=steelblue]”Mire’s been working me like a dog.”[/color] Jin complained in response as he pulled the car into the rest stop next to Feyi. The Kyoshi’s engine hummed to a stop, the digital light filtering in from the armored windows flickering off, shrouding the interior of the car in darkness before Jin popped the door open. [color=steelblue]”Between that and bending, I’m pretty sure I’ve been putting in longer hours than when I was actually employed.”[/color] [sup][color=2e2c2c]___________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/color][/sup] [color=white]”You [i]like[/i] being busy.”[/color] Sumire retorts, [color=white]”You said it makes the days go by faster.“[/color] [color=steelblue]”Yeah, when I’m getting [i]paid[/i],”[/color] Jin grumbles as he pushes the driver side door open, natural light quickly flooding the dark interior of the car. [color=steelblue]”Stretch your legs.”[/color] Jin said- more a command than a suggestion, [color=steelblue]”Especially you, Stickball Star. It's a long drive, you guys’ll thank me later.”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=firebrick]canaryrose   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] As soon as the car came to a stop, Chu popped the car door open and hopped out, unfolding herself from the backseat and stepping out into the sandy parking lot. [color=firebrick]“I think your pay might be being alive,”[/color] she joked, a small smirk coming over her face. It faded as she turned her head to look at their surroundings, her gaze softening as she took it all in. It was so [i]wide[/i] here, so open. Chu could see all the way into the horizon, the blue of the sky uninterrupted by skyscrapers or tall buildings. She had lived in the Middle Ring all her life. All this space felt… overwhelming. Chu stretched some, touching her toes and walking around the Kyoshi. She [i]did[/i] need to stretch, after all that time in the car, and all the time in the car in her future. After a moment of idle exercise, Chu noticed something on the horizon. … Buildings? Her first instinct was that she was looking at Ba Sing Se, and a jolt of terror ran through her, before she realized that they were nearly on the other side of the continent. She pointed to the outline. [color=firebrick]“What’s that?”[/color] she asked. [color=firebrick]“Looks like a city.”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=white]”[i]That[/i] would be Goa Ling. The next largest city outside Ba Sing Se other than Old Republic City, as far as [i]I[/i] know at least. I haven’t really had the time to see more of the world other than just this desert.”[/color] She paused for a moment as she continued to stare into the distance through her binoculars. [color=white]”But from what I’ve been told, I really want to avoid getting close to that city,”[/color] she said, dropping the binoculars. She walked back around to the driver side door of the jeep and pulled it open before retrieving from inside the vehicle a folded map. Walking back around to the hood, she folded it open, laid it on top and used the binoculars to hold down one of the corners. Her fingers traced a dark line that marked the road they were on. That road split into three with one turning sharply Southward and the other two continuing west. The center line skirted around the edges of the city while the last line seemed to enter the city proper. [sub][sub][u][b][color=f5cbcc]Theyra   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Reman stood by, studying the outline of the city. [color=f5cbcc]”Goa Ling, I have heard of that city and I do know some about it.”[/color] He could know more on his part but his family’s library is limited on that subject. If only the wasteland was safer then he could maybe explore and see what remains in the old city. Reman thought to himself as he continued to look at the city. Then he joined up with the rest and started looking at the map. [sub][sub][u][b][color=firebrick]canaryrose   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [i]Gao Ling?[/i] The name rang a bell, but Chu had never paid much attention in high school history class. She [i]did[/i] know, though, that there weren’t supposed to be cities habitable outside of Ba Sing Se. That all other places were dangerous, contaminated with the raw power of the synergy bombs they themselves had dropped on the rest of the world. She had assumed that Tu Zin might’ve proved that wrong, but… maybe there were some fundamental truths about this world. Looking at the jagged skyline in the distance and hearing Feyi’s words, Chu too thought that she’d rather not find out if anyone lived in Gao Ling today. Or any day. [sub][sub][u][b][color=02ffff]Passable Writer   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=02ffff]“The sooner that we can pass the city, the better,”[/color] Vasra said, shivering despite the warmth of the day. Concrete teeth cut into the skyline, reminding her of the maw of a predatory creature. Some extinct beast from the old books that she had once read. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=white]”I’m seeing smoke on eighty west. Hard to tell exactly what it is but it could be blocking our path or we could be dealing with something else. The road North of it will put us in the city but there are side streets we should be able to use to keep our stay short.”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=f5cbcc]Theyra   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=f5cbcc]“I am not sure of what to pick since I am still new to the wasteland so I will be leaving my vote up to you Feyi.”[/color] Saying with confidence as he trusted her and she knows more than he. Then a thought came to mind, [color=f5cbcc]”You think Mova could be of use here to see what the smoke is Feyi? Like some recon just in case it is more than smoke?”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Feyi’s eyes lit up. [color=white]”Oh yeah. Absolutely. We could get closer to about here…”[/color] She pointed to a spot on the map where the line marking the highway split into two. [color=white]”And deploy Mova. Then decide which way we’re going after we have a look. You sure the drone is going to be okay though? She’s been acting weird, you said.”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=f5cbcc]Theyra   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Reman sighed, [color=f5cbcc]”Yeah, I know Mova is starting to glitch, but I figure that she is still useful despite her condition. It is not bad now, so I think we can risk using her.”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=firebrick]canaryrose   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=firebrick]“Can’t be that bad,”[/color] Chu said. [color=firebrick]“She found Feyi and then came back for us after the sandworm. Sounds like she works just fine.”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=f5cbcc]Theyra   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] He nodded and smiled, when Chu, spoke up for Mova. [color=f5cbcc]”Mova would appreciate the confidence boost.”[/color] Reman looked at the map again, scanning it and then speaking to the group. [color=f5cbcc]”So, unless anyone objects to using Mova, I think we have a plan. At least up to the smoke, and well, is there anything else we missed or need to discuss?”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=firebrick]canaryrose   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Chu took a moment, looking at the map again, and then Gao Ling in the distance. There were two strategies here, two outcomes. Both were complete unknowns. It unsettled her. [color=firebrick]“Let’s see what’s up with the smoke first. Then we can decide,”[/color] she said. [color=firebrick]“I’m not keen on fucking with the synergy nightmare city over there, but if we have to, I think we can deal.”[/color][/color][/cell][cell][img=//////SIDE IMAGE HERE\\\\\\]https://i.imgur.com/UkY9VaQ.png[/img] [sub][color=bfbfbf][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][color=303030]Location.[/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181702][color=404040]The Wilds,[/color][/url] Westbound from [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5598604][color=404040]Tu Zin.[/color][/url] [color=303030]Time.[/color] Noon, SE+12 [color=666666]___________________________[sub]...[sup].......[/sup][/sub][/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/canaryrose][color=303030]Canaryrose[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181677][color=404040]Chu Hua[/color][/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/vietmyke][color=303030]vietmyke[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181688][color=404040]Jin Wei[/color][/url] and Sumire Lin [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/Theyra][color=303030]Theyra[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181678][color=404040]Reman Xuoshi[/color][/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/passable-writer][color=303030]Passable Writer[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181680][color=404040]Vasra Dermok[/color][/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/Exit][color=303030]Exit[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181678][color=404040]Feyi Sinoh[/color][/url] [color=303030]Summary.[/color] The group takes a quick fifteen minute break at the rest stop as Feyi reviews their path ahead. Spotting a strange pillar of smoke, a decision is made to utilize MOVA to investigate it and to help determine which path forward the group should take. [/cell][/row][/table][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][color=303030]Prompt.[/color] The group are back on the road and the convoy continues West until they reach the junction Feyi had pointed too earlier. From there, Reman deploys Mova who scouts the source of the smoke. Not unlike the overpass of the rest stop, there is another similar overpass ahead with yet another assortment of abandoned vehicles huddled around the base. There is a little more room for vehicles to pass through, however, there just happens to be an SUV currently in the way. Judging by its outward appearance, the vehicle seems to have been only recently abandoned. There are treads on the tires that all seem to be in fair condition. It seems relatively clean and well maintained compared to the other vehicles around it that had been left to rot for 100 years. Upon closer inspection, the interior seems mostly empty. Smoke is billowing from under the hood. The SUV looks as though it could possibly be moved out of the way. There are no other paths around this blockade besides the alternate route into the city. [/cell][/row][/table][/color][/sub][abbr=Six hours outside Tu Zin][img]https://i.imgur.com/VKZUYkW.png[/img][/abbr] [color=2e2c2c]_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _[/color][/cell][/row][/table]