The Babylon Display: ACT ll (O/A)

[ChickenBear]

RUE STENBURG
STAGE MASTER



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As Rue played he lost himself in memories, before Jaxx joined the Display, back when Rue's dad was still alive Rue had a slot in the Display's shows where he would play piano. He loved the sound of every key, just note adding to a symphony that entertained the crowds. But Now Rue barely played anymore, on rare occasions, when everyone was busy he would play a piece by himself, most of the crew would think it was Jaxx composing, but know one seemed to catch him in the act. Rue was so lost in thought he didn't even noticed Lexi walk up. When he realized he hit the keys slower but didn't stop, he glanced at her over his shoulder then returned to the steady pace he was playing at. "Just needed to do something that doesn't involve sand" Rue smirked. Rue moved over his seat to make room for Lexi knowing she would join him, remembering that it had been even longer for her since she saw him play. Rue kept silent and let Lexi say her piece and sit down. She was right, it was suggested to look for a town in the first week, Rue refused the idea because he didn't want anyone to get separated or lost in the desert, but now they were getting desperate. Rue let Lexi taken over the keys he was playing and stopped to look down at her foot. He'd not found out how she hurt it, he just knew that Jaxxon knew and she didn't want him to worry. Of course he would worry but he couldn't stop her doing what she wanted. Her leg healed well by the look of it. But now she was willing to put herself out in danger again. Rue thought about lecturing her but knew himself that he was just playing the protective big brother. Lexi was right, they would need to do something soon and if they went with her plan she was their best hope. "I've decided on something Lexi, we're going to talk to the others, I can't decide for them about what we do next" Rue stood up and put his hand on her shoulder a moment before taking his leave.

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JULIAN HARVARD
THE GUARD

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Slashing his blade low, down on one knee Julian looked up to see Elsa jump and somersault onto the rail. Julian smiled, it seemed she indeed had gotten better, she was reacting to his moves up till now, now she was thinking using her natural abilities and new tactics, tactics Julian didn't like but tactics that could work. Julian rested his sword over his shoulder and rested one hand on his hip. She must have forgotten something about him otherwise she wouldn't had taken Theo hostage. "You know Miss Elsa, this is a strong tactic indeed, you realized that I was trying to exhaust you and now you're giving me a choice, do I let Mr James suffer your wraith or drop my sword" If this were a life or death situation, if Elsa really intended to hurt Theo Julian might have let him die before he joined the Display but now he was with them and would save him, hypothetically. But the Elsa was forgetting something important about him, he is Julian Harvard, the Princess's personal guard. His job is to prevent and resolve any situation that could harm the princess, if she were to be taken hostage for example, Julian knew how to act. "Well fought Elsa, you bested me" Julian held out his sword, its tip pointing to the floor, smiling he willing let go.
Julian wasn't one to lie but with a few lessons from Lexi Julian was learning to act. "Think fast" Julian said under his breath as he kicked the broadside of the sword quickly as it fell, the sword span and hulled towards Elsa. She gave him a choice, now he was giving her one, she could either take out her hostage or protect herself, she couldn't do both. True, Julian had let go of his weapon, and by his own rule lost the spar but, that didn't mean he couldn't make it a tie.

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[Kymberlaige]

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❀Taking a dramatic bow Elsa was more than happy to take the praise. As suspicious as she'd been before, she was arrogant in her 'victory' now. It was nice to hear Julian admit he had been planning on tiring her out though. She made sure to keep her rapier in place lest Julian decided to take advantage of the situation. "Oh, it really would be better for all if you just dropped your sword." Theo could more than handle himself, Elsa knew, three years of living with someone means you get to know each other quite well. Julian still had an air of innocence about him so far as she was concerned and Elsa was pretty sure she could eat him alive. Theo could give as good as he got, as could most of the Display members. She wasn't sure what it said about the crew that she had that kind of impression, but either way it worked. Or it had been working till now anyway. "If it helps we could get Theo a dress, pretend he's the princess." The teasing note was for Theo's benefit, not Julian's, though the idea was amusing. She was sure they'd be able to find some kind of ladies attire to fit the magician. If nothing else they could always fashion a curtain into a dress or something. Elsa wasn't sure if Julian trusted the troupe enough yet that if she really had taken the princess 'hostage' he wouldn't have reacted similarly. While Elsa had come to accept Julian as a member of the Display, the same couldn't be said for Evangeline. Elsa definitely wouldn't be pretending to take her hostage any time soon.

It was a show of just how much more training she would have to do that Elsa accepted Julian's defeat so easily. It was about damn time she finally got one over on him after all. She was ready to make a victory speech of sorts when Julian took her by surprise kicking his sword at her. Like most people caught up in the moment she didn't realise it would be logical to avoid the oncoming object by moving to the side, it made much more sense for her to go backwards. Taking her sword back away from Theo, Elsa pushed off from the rail only realising after the fact she'd literally jumped ship. It didn't help her pride any that she was sure she'd made a sound of surprise. Luckily she'd taken falls from much bigger heights and was able to right herself so she could land nicely. The sand below rather helped, she supposed. Getting back to her feet Elsa brandished her sword at the now empty rail. "Dammit Julian, thats cheating! You can't kick a sword!" Never mind she hadn't exactly been playing by the rules when she involved other people. Of course what she had done was fine, it wasn't hypocritical or double standards at all. "I'm covered in sand! Sand!" The way she'd landed meant she'd gotten sand in her shoes as well as on her. It took moments to brush her legs off but it wasn't the point. "You stay right there, I'm coming for you!" Threat promised and fueled by her frustration, at having her victory snatched away more than the sand, Elsa sprinted back onto the ship shouting expletives as she went. She wanted the guard to know she was coming for him and would take that much more delight for it. "This isn't over, Julian! Your a** is mine!"



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ChickenBear




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[ChickenBear]

JULIAN HARVARD
THE GUARD

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Julian expected her to dodge, which she did with her talent but Julian was just expecting her to go to the side and not over the side of the ship. As Elsa went over the side Julian's head was screaming at him to reach out and try grab her but his body was in a state of shock, he wasn't sure how to react. Julian darted to the railing, grasping it with both hands as he looked down to the sand covered Elsa, thankfully she was okay. He found her wiping sand off herself and yelling at him which was understandable.
Over the past month Julian had gotten to know the crew better Elsa more so than others because of the time they spent sparring. He'd seen her drunk, happy, irritated but as he thought about it he hadn't seen her angry. The bite in her voice made Julian question the position he was in. Looking to Theo and Jaster Julian asked them with a expression of genuine worry "I should be hiding now shouldn't I?" Julian pushed off the railings, forgot about his sword that had gone over and into the sand, his primary goal in that moment was to avoid Elsa, he'd pushed her and he was beginning to regret it. Without excusing himself Julian left the two men and ran down into the lower decks of the ship. He could hear her yelling out to him. It didn't take long to hide himself, he had placed himself in a storage cupboard with a mop and bucket, cramped in the dark. Hopefully Elsa would walk on by back to the desk and Julian could run place and go fine his sword. "What am I doing, I'm the Princesses guard, hand picked by the king to protect her life, I've faced more fearsome foes then Elsa" Julian heard Elsa's voice ring throughout the ship calling his name. "Okay maybe not"

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Jaster Kafka King

The Freak

Jaster busted out laughing when he saw Elsa leap over the railing of the Display. " That's the wrong way dear." he laughed too hard and coughed loudly and violently. " I'm getting real tired of that...." he muttered under his breath as he stood up as quickly as he could. Jaster limped over to the to watch Elsa hit the ground. He smiled as he watched her pout over falling into the sand and laughed again, much more softly this time

"C'mon Elsa, we don't have all day!" Jaster exclaimed as he waved towards her. The cool breeze that was blowing earlier had finally ended, leaving a arid deadly heat that irritated Jaster's lungs along with the obnoxious amounts of sand that was billowing. Jaster would give anything to be out of that damn desert. He looked down at Elsa and waited for her to climb back up to the display, wondering how many bottles of his alcohol have been stolen from his personal stash over the last few weeks and if Julian finally learned how to hold his liquor. Jaster doubted it, but there is only one way to find out. Alas, the middle of the desert is the worst place to get drunk.

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♦ι fєєℓ тнє ѕαℓту ωανєѕ ¢σмє ιи, ι fєєℓ тнєм ¢яαѕн αgαιиѕт му ѕкιи.
αи∂ ι ѕмιℓє αѕ ι яєѕριяє вє¢αυѕє ι киσω тнєу'ℓℓ иєνєя ωιи.

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Theo continued to watch the duel. Of course, he should have known not to stand so close to the two. Before he even really had time to react, Elsa had jumped on top of the railing, her sword smack dab in the middle of his chest. Theodore was quite used to these types of things happening, and so he simply continued to stand there, his arms crossed. He knew that neither of them would hurt him, and if they did she would just owe him even more. As Julian spoke, Theo looked in his direction, "Oh save me, Sir Julian," he said, his voice was hinted with a tone of sarcasm. In reality, Theo could have simply walked right out of under her sword. There was enough space for an escape, however he knew that she had things he wanted. Alcohol, to be more specific. If he played along the benefits would be plenty. As Elsa joked about Theo wearing a dress, he frowned. "Hey now, I am no cross dresser," he argued. However his argument seemed to be lost in translation as Julian kicked his sword and Elsa fell overboard.

Most would see to look what had become of the poor girl, but Theo knew better than that. His only movement had been to avoid Julian's sword. After knowing Elsa for three years he was aware she would survive the fall, and she would do so gracefully without much effort. Being an acrobat she had learned how to handle herself in such situations. When he heard her yelling threats and profanities at her duel mate, his suspicions had been confirmed. She would definitely be back and when she did return, Julian had better watch out. As the young swordsman voiced his concern for the acrobat, Theo smiled, "You better believe it," he answered and just like that, Julian was gone.

While Jaster was preoccupied, he snatched the bottle of vodka, and took a few long swigs. It made him feel nauseous at first, but the burning sensation soon subsided and then it was like an instant relief. When he was drunk, the sun didn't seem to burn quite as hot and his hunger could be ignored quite easily. Not that being drunk in the sun was necessarily a good idea. They were all dehydrated as it was. Setting the bottle back down, he excused himself, and returned inside the ship. He could hear the music better in here, it was echoing throughout the walls. Theo figured it might have been Jaxx, as it usually was. Maybe he was feeling better, last he'd checked the musician had come down with a fever.

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♠ Location: Aboard the Display
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♥ѕтσρ тнєяє αи∂ ℓєт мє ¢σяяє¢т ιт, ι ωαииα ℓινє α ℓιfє fяσм α иєω ρєяѕρє¢тινє.
уσυ ¢σмє αℓσиg вє¢αυѕє ι ℓσνє уσυя fα¢є, αи∂ ι'ℓℓ α∂мιяє уσυя єχρєиѕινє тαѕтє.
ωнσ ¢αяєѕ ∂ινιиє ιитєяνєитισи, ι ωαииα вє ρяαιѕє∂ fяσм α иєω ρєяѕρє¢тινє.
вυт ℓєανιиg иσω ωσυℓ∂ вє α gσσ∂ ι∂єα, ѕσ ¢αт¢н мє υρ σи gєттιиg συт σf нєяє.

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Playing the piano side by side with Rue made Lexi feel a bit better. She couldn't help but smile, but her smile soon faded when she heard Rue stop playing and he rose from his seat on the bench. Ever since he had found out about her injury he had been a bit more distant from her. Of course he would worry, thats what she had been trying to prevent but when everything went wrong and they were on the run she couldn't focus as much on hiding it. And now that Jaxxon was sick... She shook her head, snapped out of her own thoughts when she heard Rue's voice a bit more distant. Speaking of how he couldn't make the decisions for everyone else and started to walk out of the room. Quickly rising from the piano bench, she rushed after him residing to his side before her hand slipped near his and she gently grabbed it. "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about my ankle, honestly. But...you have so much to worry about all the time. I didn't want to add to the list of worries you already have. I just want to help you big brother so...let me. Please." She said softly, knowing how worried she would have been if he hid an injury from her. Pulling him a bit, she pulled him down the hall to his room and shut and sat on his bed. "Why don't we write down a list together about what needs to be done and then talk to the others about what we should do about it all?" She asked softly, wanting to help Rue get destressed as much as possible.

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Nicolette 'Nicki' Spark
The Pyro
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Nicki had been sitting just outside of the display, running her fingers through the hot grains of sand. Her thigh length hair was tied up into a pony tail as she stared at the sand in her hands. Sighing a bit, she stood up from where she had been sitting before shaking the sand off of herself and going back into the display. Walking through the ship, she saw Theo with a bottle of a clear liquid in his hand. Hmm she could definitely go for some vodka right about now. Giggling a bit, she went up behind Theo and gently tapped him on the shoulder. "Care to share?" She asked playfully before quickly taking the bottle from him. Putting the bottle up to her lips she took a quick swig before handing the bottle back to him. "So Theo, what are you doing here all alone? People abandon you or something?" She asked softly, wondering where the others had gone. No doubt she would find Lexi with Jaxx or Rue. "She's so obvious." She muttered softly and Elsa was most likely with Jaster if she wasn't with Nicki. And Julian...where was he? At this point he had been her favorite person to play with so where was he when she was in the feisty mood that she was in? Oh well for now Theo would have to be the outlet to her feistiness.
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Evangeline of Quallus

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Evangeline stood on deck of the airship, that for the past month she had called home. Her eyes stared off into the endless ocean of sand before her; it reached out as far as the eye could see and then some. Evangeline gazed far ahead of her for a few moments before a soft breeze came and blew her red hair into her face and about her person. She had died it back to its lovely red color since Haskieer, now that the guards had seen her as a blonde it was best to throw them off again. They wouldn't be looking for her to go back to having the same red hair as before; at least in her mind they wouldn't. She sighed gently; her thoughts bothered her, all the trouble she had caused just because she didn't want to suffer the consequences of her royal duties. A town had burned because of her selfish-ness. Since she had made it back to the Display and escaped her escorts in all of the Chaos, these troubling thoughts had been on her mind. The members of the Display would likely not be in such danger had she just been brave and swallowed down her responsibility. Evangeline swallowed harshly, she was angry with herself for not being able to do as was her duty; but deep down, she had never been so happy.

This had been everything she had wanted, adventure and intrigue, and danger. It was nothing like the life she had left at the palace and she was very thankful for the chance to experience it all. Evangeline closed her eyes and sighed to herself softly; eventually she was going to have to come to terms with all of this. She couldn't run forever, her father would never give up, she was his bargaining chip in a hand he couldn't afford to lose. With no other heirs to the thrown, she was all that remained, she was the continuance of his line on the thrown. Evangeline felt a wave of nausea sweep over her, there had to be some way for her to get out of this. She didn't want to marry some stranger that she didn't know, someone she didn't love. Her father hadn't given her any option, it was do as he commanded and that was the end of the conversation. Evangeline turned to head back inside the airship; she needed to talk to Rue. This was his ship, his family and perhaps he would be able to shine some light on her situation. As of right now she didn't have much to go on; making her way down into the ship she started to look around, hoping to catch sight of Rue.

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ChickenBear

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♦ι fєєℓ тнє ѕαℓту ωανєѕ ¢σмє ιи, ι fєєℓ тнєм ¢яαѕн αgαιиѕт му ѕкιи.
αи∂ ι ѕмιℓє αѕ ι яєѕριяє вє¢αυѕє ι киσω тнєу'ℓℓ иєνєя ωιи.

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As Theo continued to walk the corridor of the Display, he was curious as to what everyone else was doing to beat the heat. Even though the inside of the air ship was out of the sun, it was still humid and he found himself sweating more than he ever knew he could. Without the oasis he was sure that everyone would be too dehydrated to do anything, let alone train and have any sort of fun. Just as Theodore thought he was alone, he felt a tap on his shoulder, which nearly made him jump. "Not mine, go ahead," he said, willingly giving up the bottle to Nicki. When she asked why he was alone Theo shrugged. "Well, I was spectating a duel and then accidentally became the damsel in distress. I escaped when Elsa fell over board, and now I'm here." he explained rather simply, "I might ask the same of you, Nicki." Theodore raised an eyebrow with his inquiry. Taking the bottle back, he unscrewed the cap and drank more. The burning had stopped for the most part. Either he was getting used to it, or he was buzzed. Probably a bit of both. He would probably face Elsa's wrath later, but oh well. He had things to offer in return, though what she wanted from him would be up to her. "Enjoying the weather?" he asked. If anyone were to be able to deal with the heat, he had no doubt it would be Nicolette. She was the pyro after all.

Running a hand through his hair, Theo could only let out a laugh as some sand fell to the wooden floor. Perhaps he was bit more tipsy than he thought. Maybe chugging that wasn't such a good idea, it had been quite sometime since he had indulged on alcohol. Usually with their performances he spent more of his free time perfecting his act and pickpocketing skills.

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♠ Location: Aboard the Display
♣ Company: Nicki
♠ OOC: ~

♥ѕтσρ тнєяє αи∂ ℓєт мє ¢σяяє¢т ιт, ι ωαииα ℓινє α ℓιfє fяσм α иєω ρєяѕρє¢тινє.
уσυ ¢σмє αℓσиg вє¢αυѕє ι ℓσνє уσυя fα¢є, αи∂ ι'ℓℓ α∂мιяє уσυя єχρєиѕινє тαѕтє.
ωнσ ¢αяєѕ ∂ινιиє ιитєяνєитισи, ι ωαииα вє ρяαιѕє∂ fяσм α иєω ρєяѕρє¢тινє.
вυт ℓєανιиg иσω ωσυℓ∂ вє α gσσ∂ ι∂єα, ѕσ ¢αт¢н мє υρ σи gєттιиg συт σf нєяє.

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Nicolette 'Nicki' Spark
The Pyro
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Nicki couldn't help but chuckle a bit when Theo jumped from her tapping his shoulder. When he spoke about spectating and then becoming the damsel in distress she covered her mouth with her hand to stifle the short burst of laughter that was trying to come out. "I'm sure you would have made such a beautiful damsel. Sorry I missed it." She said giggling before he asked her in return why she had been alone. "Well you see...I was taking a nap outside in the sand. So I think I can understand a little why some people wouldn't join me. I'm loving this weather but hopefully we can plan to move on soon. Too much of a good thing, ya know?" She asked before she looked around. "So other than drinking all of the good stuff, what would you like to do? I mean we can keep looking for the others but they all seem so busy at the moment." She said with a small shrug, not caring one way or another. If Nicki didn't see the others now, she would see them sooner or later. So she wasn't really in a rush as long as she had some sort of entertainment.
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♦ι fєєℓ тнє ѕαℓту ωανєѕ ¢σмє ιи, ι fєєℓ тнєм ¢яαѕн αgαιиѕт му ѕкιи.
αи∂ ι ѕмιℓє αѕ ι яєѕριяє вє¢αυѕє ι киσω тнєу'ℓℓ иєνєя ωιи.

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"I am for one glad most people missed it, I'm sure that title is much more fitting to Evangeline's name," he said, hoping that him becoming a hostage momentarily wouldn't result in a new nickname for him. If it did, it would be hard to live down. However, he laughed a long with Nicolette regardless. "I could have escaped if I wanted to, but why would I when the benefit was this?" he said, holding up the bottle and giving it a light shake. Oh this bottle was so worth it, even if he hadn't technically been given it, he'd just taken it at it own leisure. Leaning up against the wall, he continued to shake the sand from his hair while she explained her situation. "How can you stand that grainy crap? I can't seem to get it out of my clothing," he asked, a tone of frustration added. It rubbed against his skin and made his skin dry, drier than it normally was.

When Nicki asked what they should do, Theo shrugged, "There's never much to do around here anymore," he said. He would suggest drinking, but they were already doing that, "I'm really good with anything that doesn't involve sand in my underwear."
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♠ Location: Aboard the Display
♣ Company: Nicki
♠ OOC: Sorry, not my best post.

♥ѕтσρ тнєяє αи∂ ℓєт мє ¢σяяє¢т ιт, ι ωαииα ℓινє α ℓιfє fяσм α иєω ρєяѕρє¢тινє.
уσυ ¢σмє αℓσиg вє¢αυѕє ι ℓσνє уσυя fα¢є, αи∂ ι'ℓℓ α∂мιяє уσυя єχρєиѕινє тαѕтє.
ωнσ ¢αяєѕ ∂ινιиє ιитєяνєитισи, ι ωαииα вє ρяαιѕє∂ fяσм α иєω ρєяѕρє¢тινє.
вυт ℓєανιиg иσω ωσυℓ∂ вє α gσσ∂ ι∂єα, ѕσ ¢αт¢н мє υρ σи gєттιиg συт σf нєяє.

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Jaster Kafka King

The Freak

Jaster backed away from the railing as he saw Elsa run into the display. He smiled and started to walk back towards his room when he ran into Nicki and the Illusionist. He tipped a invisible hat towards them as he walked past them. "Nicki, good to see you're up and about......Glad at least one of us doesn't look like they've literally walked through hell."
Jaster gave a little smile as he continued on, played with some kids on the Display.

Jaster was a changed man after Haskier, he was still the freak of the Display, but it didn't mean that he had to act like one outside of his shows, which since recent events, wouldn't be anytime soon to his knowledge. He continued on to his room, gently holding his side gently as every step caused him slight pain. The trigger for the fire bombs that set Haskier ablaze failed, and Jaster stayed behind to trigger it himself, hence the burns that covered a good portion of his body, the rest of his wounds were from his fighting the army soldiers of Haskier while partially on fire.

Reaching his room, Jaster opened the door gingerly, having been in the doctors office for a majority of the month under critical care. He blew dust off of his pillow and lied down and sighed a heavy sigh. Jaster reached into a tank in his room and pulled out one of his snakes, he didn't know how long it has been since their venom have been milked. Jaster would usually sell the anti-venom produced by his snakes in order to make enough money to purchase some supplies for the Display. Now that they're on the run, he's going to have to milk all of his snakes to help them get by for the next few months. "Well, let's get to work..." Jaster sighed.

[ChickenBear]

RUE STENBURG
STAGE MASTER



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Letting Lexi take his side Rue felt bad towards Lexi. She just wanted to help him, which was something that he needed. Rue forgot it from time to time but Lexi could read him better than himself. He’d been caught up thinking up and re-thinking plans, calculating, their next move and trying to keep everyone alive that he forgot that he can’t do everything by himself, sometimes he needed to cool off have a clear head. Lexi’s idea to write up a list seemed like a good way to figure things out. “Thanks Lexi” Rue said before Lexi dragged him into his quarters.
Pulling his chair out from his desk Rue then opened a draw and pulled out some paper and a pencil. He quickly dotted down some key priorities to act as guidelines, boundaries. Knowing that they didn’t know their exactly location, they at least knew which way was north. After realizing that Rue knew they couldn’t head west or east as they were likely run into hostiles. South was safer but there was the chance they’d run into a Quallus patrol, the best option was to head north, further into the desert. It sounded bad but as barren as the land was there were villages scattered all over, the Display would just had to keep their eyes open. Sighing, Rue tapped the pencil on the paper as he thought about the supplies, in terms of water they could last a while but food along with fuel for the ship was low. “Lexi, how are we with medicine?” Rue figured she’d have a better idea then him because she’d been checking up on Jaxxon, he fell ill after leaving Haskieer but he wasn’t the only one, a few others on the Display had become ill just like him. They didn’t seem to be getting worse but they weren’t getting better either.
Continuing with the list, he’d checked supplies and the able bodied, jotted down the ship’s condition and calculated how long it could fly for, it only had enough power to take them a few miles, to the coast if they were close enough, which meant when they next flew they head to go somewhere where they could resupply. As Rue went through his list Lexi’s idea was becoming to best course of action. They would need to form a scouting party who would head out into the desert, find them a heading and let the rest of the Display know. Putting down the pencil Rue looked up at Lexi “Let me know if I’ve missed anything” Rue got up and let Lexi take a look at the list, she’d set him straight if he messed up. Opening his door Rue walked down the hall to the kitchen, he grabbed a bottle of whiskey, he’d drank it a few time but warm whiskey was bad whiskey. On his way back to the room Rue noticed Evangeline close by. “Something wrong Eva?” Rue’d started calling her since Haskieer at it stuck, to him at least.

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Nicolette 'Nicki' Spark
The Pyro
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Nicki nodded a bit in agreement before her amber colored eyes fixated on the bottle that Theo had claimed to be his benefit. "I see. Well that does appear to be quite true." she said softly before he leaned back and started to shake of the sand free from his hair. Before she could think of something else to say to him, Jaster crossed their path. A smile formed on her lips at the comment before she laughed a bit more. "Of course. What type of pyro would I be if I couldn't handle a little heat, right?" she said simply before she looked back at Theo. "Well the sand thing is simple Theo. If you don't want it in your underwear, then stop wearing underwear." Nicki replied with a playful wink before she playfully took the bottle from him once more, sipping at it a bit. She hadn't seen him drink much and was wondering how much more it would take to make him drunk. Perhaps it would be entertaining if she could have a little fun with him while drunk. "Want to come hang out in my room? Or...yours perhaps?" She asked playfully before giving him the bottle once more.
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Lexi smiled a bit when Rue thanked her. She was happy that she could finally be of some help to him. Recently her attention had been on Jaxxon and the other sick members of Babylon, playing nurse and doing her best to get them back to full health. "You don't have to thank me big brother, you know I'll always be there for you." She said before they went into his room and started to brain storm ideas. From her spot on his bed, she could tell that he list idea was really helping him. The pencil he held in his hand flew quickly across the parchment, and besides a few words spoken to her, Rue stayed pretty quiet. When asked about the amount of medical supplies they had left, Lexi furrowed her brows a bit in thought. "Well with the amount of sick people we have had, along with injuries...I say we only have enough supplies to last three to four more days. Given than no one takes a turn for the worse or gets injured." she said softly. When Rue finished the list, she got off of the bed and took the list, looking it over. "I'll let you know if I come up with anything else or if anything is missing." She said softly as he left the room, her blue eyes glancing down at the list, she folded it up and put it into her pocket. God was it hot..and her long hair was definitely not helping. Going over to the corner of the bedroom where she kept some of her stuff, she grabbed a pair of scissors and some black ink. "If I'm going to be helping out I want to go to a town too. And what better way then to do it with a disguise." She said before she went into the bathroom. Tying her thigh length hair up, she took the scissors and cut away at her hair until it barely passed her shoulders. Taking the ink, she looked at herself in the mirror before exhaling softly and putting it in her hair. If she could try acting a bit more, perhaps she could even trick the others. Well that would be entertaining, wouldn't it? Using her towel, she absorbed the excess ink. Her hair drying quickly due to the heat. Walking through the ship, she gently knocked on Jaster's door, wondering if he could think of anything that needed to be added to the list.