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From the Lands Turned to Soot



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Wed May 11, 2022 12:20 am
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She stayed quiet, suddenly seeming a bit more irritated. She looked up over the rocks as the shadows grew longer. It was getting later.
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Wed May 11, 2022 12:38 am
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"What's the matter?" Jackson asked, turning.
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Wed May 11, 2022 2:13 am
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"Getting dark." Was all she said. She checked her pistols. Of course they weren't loaded. They'd need to be cleaned after all they went through as well. Once they made it to wherever they were headed she'd clean them up, after dealing with the Roland fellow's shackles. That would be a job.
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Wed May 11, 2022 2:19 am
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"Yep. But do you see that?" They pointed toward the horizon. "We're aiming for that rock formation to stay the night. It'll provide some cover from the wind."
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Wed May 11, 2022 2:37 am
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She could see the formation. They were right, it wouldn't be so bad out of the wind, and she was tired. While the chattering would be irritating after weeks of silence, there was something to be said for being able to rest while others kept watch.
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Wed May 11, 2022 2:42 am
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"So." Bug sidled up to her. "You're a human, then. You eat human food?"
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Wed May 11, 2022 7:04 pm
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She frowned and looked at him directly in his optics, not impressed with his apparent reasoning capabilities. "What little of that is left lying around."
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Wed May 11, 2022 7:08 pm
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"Don't you get tired of having to provide yourself with constant sustenance?"
"He's setting you up to lose," Jackson warned Rhys. "He did this with Roland, too."
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Wed May 11, 2022 7:16 pm
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"Yep." She turned away, hardly paying him any heed. He was added to her list of those she didn't like already. Him and that scarecrow.
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Wed May 11, 2022 7:17 pm
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"So why do you eat, then? It seems like a struggle."
"Give it a rest, Bug." Jackson dropped back to walk with Rhys. "I'm sorry about him. His programming is....unique."
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Thu May 12, 2022 2:50 am
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All of them were. They were an odd group of individuals. But then again, you never knew what you might run across. At this point, anything was believable. She continued on in silence. She didn't seem like she was interested in holding up a conversation.
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Thu May 12, 2022 2:57 am
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"Uh..." Jackson hesitated. "So do you like weapons? Bug likes weapons."
"Clubs and sticks," Bug clarified.
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Thu May 12, 2022 3:07 am
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"I like my pistols. I'd use them more if powder wasn't so hard to come by." Scraps of cloth and rocks vaguely the size of a ball would suffice in a pinch, but there wasn't much one could use in place of the explosive.
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Thu May 12, 2022 3:09 am
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"Best to stick with close combat weapons or wind-up projectile weapons," Bug said primly. "They don't need much in the way of material."
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Thu May 12, 2022 3:12 am
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She sighed. "That's what the crossbow is for."
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