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14 days ago
Current A roleplay not for the timid: "The quest to restore the abandoned Waffle House"
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1 mo ago
I do agree with Yandere's sentiment that words not wording workingly do be a problem this time of year.
1 mo ago
Scratch that, place your bets on polymarket.
1 mo ago
Looks like I'll be working on memorial day weekend. And no, this does not mean place any bets on polymarket.
3 mos ago
due to a typo on my part I was nearly convinced I owed the IRS nearly $3000 in excess taxes this year.
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Bio

-There will be delays in replies. Largely due to working overtime, voluntary obligations; other RPs and online-things may compete for my attention.

'Bout me:
Started RPing (badly) back in '05, mostly doing nation-RPs with an emphasis on technology and strategy, later edging out to character-espionage and military-tactics before doing "less serious" character roleplays that were outside of the 2005-2008 continuity.

That's when I went to Dead-Frontier, and found the RP community there, joined a clan, did some pretty good roleplays and pretty much loosened-up my online-personality. When the clan-leader decided to move her RPs here, most of the clan followed.

Took a course in technical-writing back in '08, so now I may sometimes use the semicolon correctly.

In 2010 I dusted off the old nation-RP continuity I had, doing a few hetelia-esque RP-shenanigans there..

RP-Habbits: I tend to geek-out on little technical-details, and sometimes infer how those details would impact the background of the roleplay. Great for world-building, not so great when you had a perfectly good plotline and I just MacGyver it off the rails (though I usually er to the side of amusement, sometimes it creates very grim side-stories).

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"Could be something about knowing how to please her." Twombly stated with a shrug, before readjusting his mask and tied-off a safety-line to the building, "Or just the fact that I can out-run her when I don't." He then added, with a concealed smirk, before heading back out to collect some hardware to salvage in the relative safety afforded by the building they could lay claim to for the duration of the storm. The rope line came in handy, as the zero visibility, and the severe gusts of wind could quickly blind and disorient a person, the tether to safety being the only surefire salvation before the storm grew too intense to venture out on foot.

Another flick of the ear of irritation from John caused by the quip from the other male but found himself smirking as well to his light shot at Aeron.

"Well, I'm just surprised anyone would even try to out run her." He quipped as he picked up his disabled gun, managing to find the slide not to far away from the rest of it. With his pistol parts in his hand he placed them in his pocket and went to grab his rifle case. It now adorned a couple of scratches, nothing that would heavily damage it but the outside was his least concern rather what the damage was to its contents. He would worry about that later.

Working on the ground floor, Twombly located an old fallout-shelter, something from some old leader's days of putting an emergency-shelter in nearly every large public-access building in the country. These sorts of places were often well-looted, as they'd been known and on public record ever since the troubles began. However, what they lacked in supplies, they made up for in accommodations. Although long without power, the manual air purification system was still functional, and a few good minutes of cranking flushed all the bad air out with a dank, yet breathable air... the smell hinted at the filter starting to mildew, and should probably be replaced, but it allowed everyone to take off their masks and filters for awhile and enjoy a bite to eat without getting creative in finding ways to shove a morsel of food through a gas-mask.

John had followed the wolf and jackal to what seemed to be like an old bunker of sorts. Despite its run down nature that matched that of the surroundings its structure looked fairly intact. He considered traveling back to the Dome on foot but the sandstorm had other plans as it had intensified. The wolf went with his better judgement and followed them inside. It would seem that he would have to deal with them a bit longer, though, he did at least have Aeron to keep him company, sort of. Once the wolf had gotten what John guessed to be an air filtration system he watched to see if the other wolf would take off his mask. John didn't like the idea of removing his mask out in the wasteland in any sense of it, even if there was a chance for this thing to hold. Should it fail, the toxic wasteland air would kill them in minutes and for that reason he let the maned wolf be the proverbeal guinea pig.

Without much warning, Aeron reached up from behind John and yanked his mask off, haven taken the one she was wearing off shortly after the air had been cycled. "Stop being a scared little pup," she teased before removing the cloak she had been wearing and setting on the floor as a sort of blanket so she wouldn't have to dirty herself, "Tommy-boy and I used to hit up this old bunkers all the time when I scavenged a bit more, all of them have proven safe, and this one we've used more than once." Kicking back, she stretched out her legs and wiggled her toes a bit as she had gone barefoot, like normal.

John's eys shot wide open as he held his breath, turning to Aeron with a glare, more or less at the pup comment but it didn't take long for him to turn it into a more playful glare. He really couldn't get mad at her, he knew her for some time before she went off on her own. If anything he was just glad to see her again. He started to hear the other one pipe up, turning his goldish yellow eyes on him.

"Besides, this place works on the same principle as the climate inside the dome..." Twombly started, chastising the wolf a bit further with such flawlessly obvious observational skills, pausing only because Aeron's legs had caught his eye mid-disassembly of probably the 10th rifle he'd brought in "Just not to the scale of its inhabitants becoming self-sufficient." He added, setting his work down long enough to walk over to the Mafioso and nuzzle her cheek in the confined space.

"Well that's pretty neat, I guess you been in the wastelands longer than in the city I suppose." He sighed. He really didn't like coming out to the wastelands. If he wasn't so keen on keeping up with his rules he would have added "No jobs in the wasteland" but money is money.

Behind the dealer laid a pile of 'good' parts, and a pile of 'bad' parts all from presumably the same model of firearm, or at least ones common enough to have interchangeable components. He tossed the upper part of 'Cujo' to John, figuring he knew how to re-assemble his own gun, even though it was a bit dark. "So... 'John'. How long have you known Aeron and why aren't you dead yet?" He asked, in a playfully teasing manner.

Johnathan Wolf planted himself against a wall opposite of the two. One leg stretched out while the other was bent to allow him a make shift resting place for his arm. His hand was limp but gestured to Aeron. A smirk starting to form on his face as he looked towards Aeron's body. He replied back to the other one however his eyes didn't leave Aeron's body...



"Don't know. She's a glass cannon. Just need to know how far to let the fuze go before it blows up in your face i suppose. Kinda hoping that she would've stayed with me. Had alot fun with her." He sighed and shook his head.

"But that's in the past now. Anyway. You know my name thanks to her but I don't know yours. Then again to be fair I haven't properly. Name is John, and you are?" He now cocked an eyebrow at the wolf, a subtle squint of the eyes.

"Twombly." The spindly canid grunted as he racked the charging-handle of a freshly assembled FAMAS, giving it a final function-check before tossing the ammo-less rifle over to John and starting work on an MAT-49. "I fix things. And don't worry about your secrets being spilled, that little bit of mystery helps sell merchandise, first to your enemies trying to protect themselves from a hit, then to those who wish to hit them." He paused, almost sure that the reason why helping keep his clients identities a secret were a thing... "Imagine I told some paranoid rich target the residencies of every hitman in New Earlton. He started, pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose and casting a deadly serious stare at John, They'd contract out all the best hitmen to battle-royal each other, then go after their friends and families, everyone they ever cared about... and that would be the end to it, no more sales. But keep the names and numbers of clients a secret, and they'll be dancing in an eternal arms-race with their assassins."
@Foster
This thing about John and 'Kaitra'...
It just sounds weird with other people saying it. xD

Luciel is, in ways, self-defeatingly lazy since he could just get an apron that ties instead of slips over his head.
MADNESS! BEDLAM IN THE STREETS!

-invites Ansel over for the rest of their cut in the salvage-

-cuts neck-string-

-sews on a clasp or button-

-puts it back on Luciel-

*Forces Ansel to deal with emotional consequences*
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O///o;
Wh-what?


Funny, Zverda gave me that exact same expression when I was about to explain why I had a zucchini in my bedroom on chat.

Although I suppose you'd rather I tell @FallenTrinity about that technique so John can help a very flustered Kait out of their apron instead.

BTW, apparently not only can maned wolves run... like... ridiculously fast (48 mph)... they can hold that speed for quite awhile.
-this landspeed is, incidentally, faster than an arctic hare (37), race horse (44), or honey badger (19).
Taking the fire escape up to the roof of the bar was straightforward, as the route appeared to be used quite frequently by anyone who didn't want too much trouble. Naturally, he went first largely because of Aeron's state of monility-focused attire. He'd heard of a major weapons-shipment, and figured security would be super-tight as every dog and their mother would be wanting a piece of that action.

Instead, he would pick through the remains like carrion, only needing to worry about the other scavengers. Thankfully, many of them had established a gentleman's agreement to only take what they can fix, or barter it for easier to fix equipment. As hiesting 'hot' merchandise that did not work, and thus could not be sold, was wasted effort that painted a very large bullseye upon your back.

Still, there were the desprate and the stupid, or the stragglers coming to re-secure their shipment, and it paid to come armed well enough to enforce a civil interaction, as well as dressing appropriately for the occassion. Although the Sacremento Drive Exit laid directly ahead, Twombly's workshop was only a slight detour to their left. Stopping on a rooftop, he made sure to stop Aeron and pointed back towards his place, and then pointed at his beloved silenced 9mm Krinkrakata, quietly suggesting she should probably get something a bit more substantial than knives and ribbons before heading out.

Aeron nodded her head to show she understood what he was implying with his motions, her left ear twitching back slightly as she turned her head in the direction of his home, a place she actually had only been to once, maybe twice, the entire time the two had known each other. Stetching a bit, she figured she would continue to let him lead the way as she was not 100% sure she would be able to recall which home was his, as she normally sent her guards to get him for her. "So, do you think we will find anything good?" she questioned as they continued their travel over the rooftops to his abode.

The rest of the trip was generally uneventful, with him offering no answer to her question, aside from marveling at each others monility as they raced each other back to his place, understandably working up a bit of a sweat by the time Twombley could open the door and let his house-guest in through his little workshop. The shop itself was lined along the walls with various weapons, most in various states of repair for lack of parts, but a fair number of them were almost literally up for grabs if someone was willing to scrounge ammunition and sight it in. Leaving Aeron here as the flourescent lights began to cycle-on in the usual factory-staggered startup, he ventured deeper and fetched an old green cloak with red trim and his silenced 'Grizzly Bear' slung over his shoulder with a few spare magazines and his own gas-mask in-hand. He tossed the cloak at Aeron, offering explaination only after she caught it, "Dust storm out there is one of our biggest worries today. Aside from you being recognized by anyone with a grudge."

Aeron wasn't exactly pleased that he pointedly ignored her question, but there also wasn't much that she could do about it at the time. However, she did catch the times he would pause to watch her jump, something she more or less planned on getting him back for... eventually. "Not that many people should... unless there is another Mob boss out there who just wants my territory... which is actually very likely. Anyway, got anything assault rifles that aren't horrible when they aren't Zero'd?" she questioned as she started to rummage around his workshop, "Preferably something light weight and easy to use as a bat if I need to."

Twombly unslung his rifle and handed it to her, along with ammunition, lil Grizzly wieghed-in at somewhere around six kilograms with all its attachments, but a nod and the fact he was going to be using it himself was enough confirmation that the gun was indeed sighted-in and in working-order. He also pulled a somewhat beaten-up looking Mac-10 off the wall and handed that to her as well, then palmed a few extra magazines for his little beastly sidearm. Nodding quietly, he flicked-off the lights and led the way back out into the night, locking the door behind them.

Walking out into the street, Twombly leveled his gun to oncoming traffic, a truck of some sort headed for one of the lesser domes with medical supplies and whatever other things this town made that the outlying settlements found useful. He personally wasn't interested in hijacking the shipment, just that leveling a gun was quite a bit more effective at convincing drivers to stop than simply sticking your thumb out by the side of a road.

Aeron raised an eyebrow as Twombly leveled his firearm at the incoming vehicle, though she did not complain about his methods as it ensured the vehicle came to stop. Inside was a rather flustered looking Cheetah that looked like she had had entirely too many cups of coffee ontop of her already jittery nature. "C-can I h-help the two of you?" she stammered out just before Aeron told her that they just needed a ride through the dome and out into the wastelands. On top of that, the Cheetah wouldn't even have to bother with stopping, she would just need to slow down enough for her two passengers to jump right off.

Once the Cheetah agreed, after some more persuasion and a promise from Aeron that they wouldn't take a damn thing, the two were chilling in the back of the truck and driving away. "Welp, here we go, mask up and we can go see all the goodies we can find," she stated as they neared the exit, pushing her to cover her face with the mask. Once it was nestled properly, she relaxed and scanned around, only to spot a commotion not too far away. Curious, she tugged on Twombly's coat and motioned to the location before she banged on the truck to signal the driver to slow down.

When the truck reached a reasonably safe speed, she hopped off and kept the momentum going as she ran a bit before slowing to a stop. Turning, she waited patiently for Twombly to catch up, not at all pleased with the fact a dust storm had kicked up. If anything, it meant finding their way back would probably be a bit of a pain in the ass.

Twombly was quickly out after Aeron, and was first to find cover in some buildings, staying put only long enough for his partner to find cover and get herself into a position for him to start a bounding maneuver from one ruined building to the next, trying their best to stay out of sight and cover some decent ground, but never allowing themselves to get too far apart if anything were to happen.

Up ahead was the grissly scene of a fresh firefight, a burning truck was still smoldering with bits and pieces of weapons and ammunition stewn about the wasteland, the howling sands already threatening to swallow up these treasures forever, what few bits of intact munituins left in the truck were already starting to cook-off from the intense heat.

Working quickly, they made it to the nearest building to the carnage, a busted and blown-out factory, roughly 2 to 4 stories tall depending on whether or not you wanted to bother with an intact roof over your head, it provided some shelter from the wind and a bit more concealment from any stragglers. Or so he hoped. He hadn't counted on someone else having precisely the same idea, and soon came face to face with a black hearing-impaired wolf with a sniper-rifle.
@FallenTrinity
Oh derp, I didn't see Birb's post >_<



@Zverda@Foster

Collab in the wasteland?

John, Aeron and Twombly?

On it!
@Midnight Howl

Well. John's like in an abandoned factory three floors off the ground. Hence why he has the ability to see the entire area. Now with the blast his location might have been altered enough for dee to see where he was but prior he was not liable for detection


...

John is going to be seeing two lovebird-scavengers picking through the remains for carrion.
No, I'm pretty sure the Skype call started before the interest check.
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Does anyone hear the sound of wind going over their heads? lol


Me, Zverda, still on Skype. Is now 2PM.
So you're saying the aimpoint scopes are still gud?

[wuld post pic of ACOG and IED-smashed M4A1]

One testimony includes an ACOG surviving 37 IED blasts in about a dozen Humvees in 2008. It then served on another replacement rifle, got run over by a truck, got placed on yet another rifle, and apparently still is that person's go-to scope.

Lessons learned: As much is said about not dicking with a rifleman's rifle, their scope is their baby.


Plus, not all the weapons will have identical damage, meaning he can cannibalize undamaged parts to make a few working models.

Speaking of which, would any of the trucks happen to have an 8-ball decorating their gear-selector?
Just MIA, they're in another bigger RP which is also on hold on their account.
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