[OPEN] The exact moment things went off the rails

[fuhrinkaed]

Who: Ed, Susan, YOU??
When: During TSI: Train Scene Investigation
Where: Somewhere along the tracks of the VIP train
What: Train Investigations
Rating: PG-13 at worst


[The job had seemed simple enough, 'just head out and look for some of the missing rail cars.' However, the battle had lasted for a while and the train was quite long--in the chaos several cars could have gone all over the place. With the wilderness around the area, it made finding everything a bit difficult.]

[After something like a whole lot of searching, though, there's a crater on the ground next to the tracks.]

[Ed's hand goes to his chin as he looks at it, then over towards the wilderness.]

Okay. I think maybe we should look around here this time.

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Re: 15 minutes late with starbucks (also ota)

[suzinkazan]

Of course.

[Not that Susan is exactly Hercules herself, be she did come prepared, even having a long dowel with her to be used as a lever, to make moving any pieces of rubble.. well, exactly like this, easier.]

[rememberher]

[ Really, she should have come better prepared herself. Lux wasn't used to being on the cleanup crew. The dowel was hardly necessary here; it was her injuries that held her back, not the size of the debris. ]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[suzinkazan]

Anytime.

[She crouches to start looking through the smaller debris... and her expression fades a little more each bit she pushes some aside.]

[rememberher]

[ Lux was slower moving, fighting back a wince as she crouched as well. Taking shadow blades to the legs is not fun. 0/10 would not recommend.

Seeing the older woman's expression darken, Lux dims a bit herself, avoiding eye contact. ]

I know that there was only so much that we could do, but...

[suzinkazan]

That doesn't help make me feel any better.

[She sighs, pocketing stuff that looks like it could be useful for study.]

[rememberher]

[ ...you know, she should say something about this stranger looting a site like this, but she's tired. Just don't let her catch you too often, Susan. ]

I know...

[suzinkazan]

[She's not looting, she's gonna turn the pieces in like a good girl!]

I just hope we find some survivors... a train wreck like this, there has to be some.

[rememberher]

[ She had better.

A grim look crossed Lux's face. If there were survivors, they were likely gone by now. But... she couldn't say that. Her grip tightening around a bit of rubble as she tried to move it, the blond was oddly quiet. ]

...We'll make them pay for what they've done here.

[suzinkazan]

[She pauses. briefly, as she moves the rubble.]

I just want to make them stop. To make sure this never happens again.

[rememberher]

They won't stop until we make them stop.

[ By any means necessary. ]

[suzinkazan]

[Please dial back the Ryder a little, Susan thinks.]

I know that.

[rememberher]

Then you agree.

[ It wasn't a question, but a statement. Things like this were black and white to her, and her conviction was strong. ]

[suzinkazan]

[She would like to know more about Noir before going all scorched earth on them, she thinks.]

Yeah.

[She guesses. Maybe??]