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 Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:23 am
Lawr looked the two Life hunters over with a sort of tired and grim resignation. He wasn't any happier about his present state of disarray than anyone else - He was normally scruffy but never quite to this degree. The blonde guy seemed very sciency, if that was even a term, a certain amount of disparaging efficiency in the way he moved. Lawr wasn't too keen on science types, it was hard to sell them metaphorical snake oil when they wanted to know what was in it.
It was also really hard not to stare at the fact that the woman had one arm. The more he tried not to, the more he did. Had it been eaten by a monster? He'd seen plenty of limbs and more besides fall prey to the rampaging creatures. It made him queasy, he tried not to think about it.
"Hunters? What sort of hunters?" Was that the term for the people in the white coats?
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:22 am
Melvin returned shortly after with a clipboard in hand and pulling a red pen from behind his ear. "Alright. I'm back." He looked to Rin and held up his clipboard over his mouth to just speak with her. "Hope you didn't ask if he was a robot." He teased before looking up at the pod that was just opened and writing down the number. Since the place was quiet aside from the hum of runic technology, he had already heard much of what he been said.
"Hunters are who we are and who you will be. We'll explain that in a moment. Right now, we need to ask a few questions. Nothing complex. Just to see if you are okay. I'm Melvin Wood, by the way." Melvin did not offer his hand and instead went right to the first question. "What is your name, gender, and age?" He held the pen ready to jot down the answers. Hopefully this guy's brain hadn't melted in the pod.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:09 pm
Rin shot Melvin a playful smirk at his remark upon his return before looking back to Lawr to stare at him while he stared at her. No no no Lawr, it wasn't her that was the ******** elephant in this room. She tried to smile pleasantly as she allowed Melvin to take over - it was his first, after all. But behind that pleasant smile churned a distinct disgust at the state of the mans dress and hygiene. It was horrifying in and of itself but even more horrifying was the fact Melvin wasn't saying anything about it. Did she just wander into the twilight zone?
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:35 pm
Lawr was still not entirely sure what to make of the explanations, what there was of them. Who he would be, that didn't sound like much of a choice. He wasn't about to argue with his rescuers he supposed. Path of least resistance till he found out where on earth he stood.
His name. Well that was certainly a question and a half. He'd been called almost as many names as he'd worn outfits, the last name of course being Ian when he had attended Wonder Park. They hadn't questioned him using his stage name at the time.
"Oh. Well I'm Diego Weim, I'm thirty two and I'm a guy last time I checked!" he grinned amicably.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:45 pm
Melvin started to write and paused, hiking a eyebrow as he glanced back at the pod specs. Sidestepping in a way that he didn't get too close tot he man, he pushed a button to bring up the screen and the information before looking back.
Melvin wrote the names down and glanced at Rin before stepping beside her, raising up the clipboard, and whispering. "This isn't good. His information doesn't match." This man had some identity issue and that meant he had to go to the infirmary instead of anywhere else.
Lowering the clipboard, he just smiled in hopes of not alarming the stranger that he might have some brain damage and glanced at Rin.
"Your name is Diego Weim and you're 32? Are you sure? Think a little harder if you can. You just woke up after a long sleep after all."
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:50 pm
Rin reached to grab the clipboard edge and finally haul it up for herself so she could answer Melvin, "Are we just going to pretend he's not..." her head might have canted jerkily in Lawrs direction repeatedly. She was a bit more shocked by that than anything else right now.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:55 pm
Lawr gave Melvin a very bright and friendly smile, not seeming to see his hint in the least. "Yep. I'm sure as sure can be partner. Sure as the sunrise on the plains." The strange, stilted accent he sported seemed to kick up a notch and he made a sweeping sunrise gesture that set the many bangles on his arms clashing like a dropped cutlery drawer.
"I'm absolutely sure!"
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:01 pm
Melvin held up the clipboard again. "Of course I noticed. I wanted to get this paperwork done before dragging him off to the showers." Melvin groaned at their luck. The first podling he got to welcome to Deus was damaged. "Now we have to go to the Infirmary instead of giving him the tour and a weapon."
Melvin lowered his clipboard. "Well then, Uh, Diego. How about we get you to...decontamination. Follow me and we'll get you a fresh set of clothes and cleaned up before we continue. Can't having you walking around in blood all day. That...isn't your's, right?" He gestured with his clipboard for the stranger to follow and started headed to the stairs to the upper levels.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:10 pm
Rin distantly wondered if she should get a small bonfire started for the clothes but decided perhaps hunting down industrial bathwash might have been a bit more helpful at this point in time. "You take him to the showers and I'll uh... find the supplies to hand off to you, okay?" She didn't bother even trying to cover her mouth at this point. It was clear Lawr was getting a bath at this point, one way or another.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:16 pm
Showers. He didn't feel like having a shower was of monumental importance to him right now given that he had just watched far too many people murdered by creatures that shouldn't have existed in the first place and also had no idea where he was or what was going on. Decontamination was not helping him feel at ease either, it sounded like some kind of viral issue.
This place had strange and unsettling vibes, oppressive with the hum of pod like machines. A lot of them. Were they all people too?
"Um. Most of it isn't mine. I didn't kill them though, the monsters did. I just ran a bit. And swam." he held up his arm to check the scratches he'd been bleeding from pulling back his sleeve for a better look. But they had evidently healed up while he was contained, leaving only the blood behind.
Shrugging his shoulders he followed Melvin upstairs, because there weren't exactly a plethora of alternative options.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:25 pm
"Sounds good. We'll meet at the Infirmary. I'll find an empty room so he can take a shower in peace and have a room." Melvin headed off, making sure the hatchling followed behind.
As he walked, he looked back and listened. "Oh yes. Those. The monsters are from another world. We here, at Deus Ex, work to eliminate those monsters. That's why we are called Hunters, and that is why you are here. You see them when other people don't. Ah, right this way." Melvin opened the door and glanced at a few Lifers in the Infirmary who were rather alarmed to see someone covered in blood. Raising his hand for them not to rush over, he gestured and waited to bring him to a side room.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:29 pm
Rin saluted Melvin then headed off in the direction of the quartermaster.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:32 pm
Well that was certainly all very matter of fact. Monsters were from another world. The people on this island fought them. He wondered if this guy was going to try and sell him a book on how to fight these monsters or try and get him to join some kind of cult. He was figuring the latter, but you couldn't kid a kidder, he spun these scams half his life, he wasn't about to swallow anything hook line and sinker. What if wonder park itself was just some bizarre entry level cult, just a front to funnel them here? It would explain the fantastic monsters. Maybe everyone was actors.
Len hadn't been. He'd been real. Maybe he'd be here too.
He followed patiently into the side room, suspicious of showers and worried they'd be offering him kool-aid at the next juncture.
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:20 pm
Dakota stretched as he looked at the pods, then looked at Tuck, tapping his board. Long ago, when they first talked, Tuck and Dakota had decided to make a pact...if they had to wake up a trainee, they'd do it with a bang.
So both Moon hunters were scantily clad in speedo's, Dakota wearing a black with flames while Tuck wore whatever Tuck wore.
Ab's flashing, Biceps bulging, Gleaming with Baby oil.
"So what happens if a dude wakes up Tuck?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:59 pm
Tuck's speedo of choice was bright ******** pink and probably a size too small because it kept crawling up his a**.
Snapping out his wedgie, Tuck shot Dakota a look.
"Man, if a dude wakes up I'ma just run the ******** outta here screamin' about PURGE! PURGE!"
He laughed at his own horrible sense of humor.
"Bet that would freak 'em out, right?"
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