Thread: Stranded {jadeshaw88 and silverknight}

Cat nodded and turned toward the wagon to look through her trunk and cases to ensure that she had everything that she had planned on taking. She assumed that everyone was old enough that they could take care of their own things so she didn't bother checking on anyone else's stuff. She wouldn't have the first clue what half of them would need either. She knew that there was one other specialist on the team besides her and she knew that some of the others also had weapons training. The doctor and the communication specialist had also served in the war, she knew but she would rather that they stay out of any action if there was any. Especially the doctor since only one of those were coming with them. She had some field training and she was sure the scientist and the botanist could help but that was a far cry from an actual medical professional. ------- Jon nodded eagerly as the man spoke. It would be nice to sit down and pick his brain a little bit. It was not often that he ran into published scientists beyond his professors in college and they had a tendency to be pretentious and plugged their own works into the lessons. He still respected the hell out of them but it just wasn't the same. Plus, he had enjoyed the fact that the man was well traveled and had seen many different kinds of plants around the world. Of course, that was only a small portion of his works. He had gathered that it was more of a hobby or a random observation than a point of interest. It was still nice to know that there was someone else there that he could work with without having to explain everything. Not that he wouldn't try his damnedest to get a lovely assistant to help him out. They all had to be pretty smart, right? Well, even if they weren't, he could work with that as well. ---------- Alana was ecstatic that Hana actually talked back at her with the same amount of enthusiasm. She would have to be careful how much she babbled around her because it was so hard to find friends that she could actually get along with. She had been told on more than one occasion that she was better in small doses and it was kind of hard not to let it effect your self esteem. Whatever, though, she was too happy right now to worry about those things. Her eyes widened when she Hana told her what she did. How interesting! She didn't get to work with the combative soldiers much and she thought that fact that such a tiny person could be so bad ass was awesome. On one hand, she hoped that they wouldn't actually have anyone to fight but at the same time, she wanted to see her in action. She bet it was epic. Oh my god, that's so cool! ------- Lily raised an eyebrow when she was given the order to look after the boys. She was not a babysitter. At the same time though, she was rather no nonsense so she supposed it wouldn't be a horrible job. It wasn't like she had anything else to do at the moment. Though she did plan on getting a physical on everyone when they stopped for the night. She also wanted to implant a GPS tracker and vital monitor in them, if they would allow it. It was one thing if they told her that they weren't feeling well and another if she could actually see it. It had been her experience with the military that most soldiers didn't like to tell anyone when anything was wrong until they were too sick for an easy fix. She would have to talk to the leader about that when they stopped. Perhaps he could convince everyone. ----------- Alana skipped over to the wagon and dug out two ear plugs. The main part went into the ear while a small disc on a wire, curved around the jaw to rest on the throat right underneath. They were extremely comfortable to the point that you almost forgot you were wearing them and it made the fact that you were communicating discreet. She hooked one in her own ear and then went off to hand the other to the pathfinder...taking a look at him though, she didn't know if that would be necessary. She followed him when he started walking, fully planning on rejoining the group once she had gotten the communication part taken care of. Normally, I would have you put this in your ear but I don't know if you need it. Do you have a pairing feature? If you do, what is the range and how far ahead do you plan on going? Do you have a lot of maintenance with that tech? Oh! Do you have super human strength? I'm sure you do, it would be silly not to give you that feature with all the robotics. Do you need to charge the tech or are you solar powered? Oh, I heard that they were working on self sustaining power for prosthetics, is that what you have? She stopped talking for a second and bit her lip. Sorry, I just get excited about these things. You're pretty awesome. I mean, I'm sure you don't feel like it a lot but a lot of people don't survive the amount of work that they've done on you and I think that's just amazing. You must have been a really strong person to begin with. ------- Jon decided to walk instead of ride in the wagon. It would be easier to see the plant life and any changes in the soil that way. He also pulled out a sample kit and some gloves and pruning sheers so that he could collect anything that looked interesting or that could be edible. He wouldn't actually be able to do any tests until they settled down for the night but he fully intended on having enough work to keep him awake for most of that time. The more information that they could gather about this place, the better. -------- Cat waited until the party was a fair distance ahead of her before she began to follow. She wanted to be far enough back to give fair warning if there was danger but close enough so that she could still see the group and help out if danger came in from the front or the sides. Her weapons were primarily long range but she had other weapons as well. One could never be too careful. Especially in unfamiliar territory.