Thread: Stranded {jadeshaw88 and silverknight}

Alana was so excited. Not only had one person accepted her tendency to babble but this guy seemed to be okay with it too. She had been a little worried that she had offended him given the nature of her questions but he seemed to handle it well. I really meant that you were strong willed to have survived the damage done to need the cybernetics and also the process of having them installed. I had heard that that tech had a very high mortality rate because it was so new and the installation process was unrefined. That and the high risk that your body would reject the tech or that the transitions between flesh and machine would become infected. Plus it's super painful because you have to be awake for a lot of the process with very little anesthetic. She was sure she was right. She wasn't a doctor or anything but she had a tendency to geek about technology. She had even debated getting a degree in it but she liked languages more. She had the finest communication technology though and she probably could take it apart and put it back together again. Not that she would try it. -------- Jon collected a few leaves and some sap from one of the trees. As they walked along. He also grabbed a sample of the dirt around the roots and a water sample. He could guess that ithe color either had something to do with the minerals that made up the water or a high volume of algae. Minerals would make more sense though with the strange color of the trees. He also found some strange flowers near the bank and dug them up by the roots to get a full sample. Then he grabbed a piece of cloth and soaked it in the water before wrapping it around the base to keep it alive and filed a large bag with soil so he could plant it when they stopped for the day. ----------- Cat didn't really care about the birds or the plants or anything like that. She liked the route so far though. It was peaceful and she had gotten a little tense living with the other survivors. It was habit to be tense in highly populated areas and she despised being around screaming children. It freaked her out and she didn't know how to handle it. She knew that other men and women in Recon still lead normal lives when they returned from their mission but she didn't know how they could stand it. This was kind of nice too. She felt that it would be normal to jump at loud noises out here. She didn't have PTSD or anything, she just couldn't relax. While they explored, that kind of alertness would be a good thing though. Especially if they ran into hostiles. It was also kind of nice that there were so many combat ready soldiers on this mission. At least some of them would understand her attitude. Not that she really cared about making friends. She didn't. She just wanted to feel normal. Well, as normal as she got. ------- Lily watched the scientist and the botanist scurry around like children in a candy store from her perch on the wagon. She hadn't planned on riding on it but if the option was available, she wasn't going to turn it down. She would rather be close to her gear and somewhat comfortable. Plus, this position allowed her to doze a bit. She was used to working all shifts but she loved sleep more than anything since it was so rare to get it if she was on call. Rare to get it period. The landscape was interesting for a little while and she watched the bird circle above them for a little while through the trees. Then she got bored and started to nap, flinging her arm over her eyes to block out the sun. She imagined that if they needed her, they would wake her.