Siphran

Notice of Absence

Wow, thanks for that! Those are some good sounds right there, I'll bring them along.

Didn't expect anyone I didn't know to take interest, but here you are: therealsiphran (at) gmail

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Marcus listened to her narrative of a tough life, falling skyscrapers, and homicidal robots. Nodding and hmming, he raised his eyebrows at the mention of project gangs and resulting wars. Not the most pleasant sounding situation, but we've been through worse.

"Its fine, contrary to popular belief, we don't like shooting people either." He paused, then threw a glance over his shoulder to the door, behind which Tess was still talking. "Well, most of us don't anyway." He amended. "So long as you're here, we-... I will make sure that you keep living. As far as I can anyway." He reached back under the console and grabbed a bottle of water for himself, taking a long pull before tossing it aside.

"So this di-" He was interrupted as Tess reappeared in the doorway, seeming much less lively, more like a mess, ready to drop from a steady breeze. "So?" She folded down a jump seat and sat heavily. "So. Ames wants to see you. And he wants that disk, so hold on to that for now. We'll meet up with him pretty soon here. Hes going to...consider your offer." Got a good ass kicking though. She finished to herself, lapsing into an uncharacteristic silence.

"Well, that settles it then." Marcus exclaimed, putting on a big shit eating grin. "Back home it is." The craft deftly manouvered its way through the sky to one of the more industrial parts of Babylon, large wareouses dotted the landscape, seperated in neat grids by well worn roadways. The grey structure that suddenly dominated the view was almost identical looking to the hundred others; a wide hangar sized sliding door, big enough for a craft twice the size of the one they were in, concrete and metal, rusted and worn from decades of stoic duty.

The craft settled on the landing struts, the door opening up to admit it. Marcus throttled down the metal bird, then spun around in his seat as the ramp lowered. "I'll get her put away, Taleste, Tess can give you the grand tour." After getting a promise from Tess that she'd play nice, he followed them out of the cockpit, grabbing a hand truck on the way out, to pull the craft inside the warehouse.

Ugh, I'm too tired for this shit. "Come on then, if you're going to be around for a while, you'll be spending a good amount of time here. Might as well get you acquainted." Tess beckoned to Taleste, scooping up the weapons and overcoat, and walking inside.

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Sorry to do this, yet again, but I'll be leaving in a month or so for who knows how long. I'll do my best to update while on the road, but I figured that you guys might appreciate a months notice. Details in my signature if you're interested. Till then I'll be here, posting as usual(sporadically).

Notice of Absence

Hey everyone,

I doubt too many people will read this, but here it is. I've made a decision today to grab a backpack and go. I'll be leaving January 1st. I don't know where I'm going, how long I'll be gone, or what lies ahead. Really.

So this is a heads up. I will be documenting everything, as often as possible, and online. If you want to keep in contact, you know how. Some of you can text or call me, you know the number or will know shortly. Everyone else, my email is open and I'll be checking it sporadically.

As for the documenting, I'll be keeping a journal of sorts on tumblr. If you want to follow along or just see where I happened to end up on a certain day, thats the way to do it. It'll be at directions-unknown.tumblr.com.

If you want to help me out with a little something, comment or PM me with three of your favorite songs to keep me company during my travels.

Cheers,
Siphran

Also... if you've got the cash to spare, I've started a gofundme to scrape together emergency money for a flight home if an emergency happens. Just an afterthought, by all means don't feel obligated to donate if you'd rather not.

gofundme.com/hvp6r0

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(F****** double post)

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Marcus turned to the new occupant as she sat down, giving her a glance over. She doesn't look to good. He thought to himself, noticing how pale she seemed. Oh....nice. At least I don't have to clean that up. He busied himself in the controls for a moment, checking the local airspace and setting the craft on a plotted path back to home. He then leaned back and propped his feet up on the dash, turning his attention back to this new face. "You sure?" He frowned, then dug through a cubby under the console, returning with an offering of bottled water. "Getting into one of Tess' messes is pretty traumatic." He joked with a smirk, then turned to a frown of deep thought.

"So whats your story kid? We don't pick up many strays, Tess is allergic you see." Ironic, considering she was one. He added to himself. He could vaguely hear Tess' almost yelling voice as she talked to Ames, by the tone of voice he was hearing, it didn't seem to be going well.

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Agreed. I'm not participating in NaNo this year exactly because of the stress is brings when you have other things to worry about.

I'll work on a reply now.

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Good post. Sorry I didn't give you much to work with in the first place.

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Entirely your call Silver, just be Taleste.

Nice post Cathy, I really liked the intro, talking about the cultural aspect of Babylon.

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Not that far. Got to the second chapter before I had to leave.