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Background Reading
Posted:
Mon May 08, 2017 3:50 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
Tereza sits in the briefing room, feet propped up on the table and a keyboard in her lap as she uses one of the monitors to read some information. Another monitor shows a map of a location labeled as "Madripoor" and yet another monitor seems to be showing images that seem to change occasionally to accompany what she's reading.
((Open))
Re: Background Reading
Posted:
Mon May 08, 2017 7:07 pm
by Chase Delacroix
Chase wandered in and curiously glanced at the monitors.
"What would you want with that stain on humanity?"
Re: Background Reading
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Mon May 08, 2017 7:15 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"Family business, maybe," she says, looking up. "You remember the cryokinetic we ran into in Crimea?"
Re: Background Reading
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Mon May 08, 2017 7:53 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"Of course," he nodded, "I take it you believe her story about being... well, your mother."
Re: Background Reading
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Mon May 08, 2017 8:09 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"Believe is probably too strong a word. I need more answers and I know she has associates in Madripoor."
Re: Background Reading
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Mon May 08, 2017 8:22 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"And you're hoping one of them can shed some light on her past?"
Re: Background Reading
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Mon May 08, 2017 10:11 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"I'm hoping I can get some confirmation. I'd rather know than not, I think."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 12:01 am
by Chase Delacroix
"I can sympathize with that. There's a lot about my past I still don't remember. But..." he began before shaking off a distant look, "...most in Madripoor wouldn't give such information freely, even the vigilantes."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 12:06 am
by Tereza Rozanov
"Probably not, but Laura should be able to get some answers. She seems to know some of the people I need to talk to."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 12:13 am
by Chase Delacroix
"Is there anywhere she doesn't have contacts?" he commented.
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 12:18 am
by Tereza Rozanov
"Russia maybe? We're all kind of SOL there."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 12:25 am
by Chase Delacroix
"True. So you're trying to find a starting point for her then?"
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 12:33 am
by Tereza Rozanov
"Trying to make sure I'm not going in blind when I go with her."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 1:42 am
by Chase Delacroix
"Right. That... makes more sense," he admitted.
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 1:47 am
by Tereza Rozanov
"I went in blind once and everyone here got to pay the price for that. Not happening again."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 7:04 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"None of us could have guessed the Russian mutant program was infested with aliens."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 7:07 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"Doesn't excuse my stupidity."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 7:19 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"Maybe not. But going off alone felt right at the time didn't it?" he asked, his own poorly thought solo 'mission' having turned out alright.
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 7:27 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"To go into a controlled city, yeah, more or less."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 7:58 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"It's difficult, isn't it? Remembering you have a team to back you... that would be upset and hurt if you never came back."
Re: Background Reading
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Tue May 09, 2017 9:10 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"I have someone who insists on coming along on things, even when it would probably be better if she didn't. I'm not sure she'd understand how hard it is to make *smart* decisions when she's around or how hard it is to do the bad things that need doing where she can see."
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 12:28 am
by Chase Delacroix
"Is that because you feel guilty in front of her or because you don't want to... darken her?"
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 12:43 am
by Tereza Rozanov
"Yes," Tereza says, leaning back in her chair.
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 1:11 am
by Chase Delacroix
"Do you really think you're that bad an influence?"
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 1:52 am
by Tereza Rozanov
Tereza shrugs, "I don't know, but I'm afraid I might be."
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 3:05 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"Are you... afraid the bad things you've done, no matter how little choice you may have had... are more a part of you than you want anyone to know?" he asked, hesitant to put words to the idea.
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 3:22 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"Something like that. At the time, I even thought I was doing them for the right reasons," Tereza says, fidgeting with the edge of the keyboard.
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 3:32 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"Most people do. Even the Lotus in a twisted sort of way... as much as I hate to admit it."
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 3:33 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"I worked with the Brotherhood right after they broke me out of the Russian school. Not anything major, just small time stuff."
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 7:16 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"So... no blood on your hands?"
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 7:29 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"Nothing permanent, no, but I didn't really show a lot of concerns for them either."
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 7:42 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"Then you've got a leg up on me. I did monstrous things and no amount of telling myself I wasn't in control will make me feel clean."
Re: Background Reading
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Wed May 10, 2017 7:46 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"I suppose we can form our own support group then," Tereza says, trying to lighten the mood ever so slightly. "I guess I keep trying to tell myself this place is my second chance."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 12:54 am
by Chase Delacroix
"That's because it can be if you let it. People with worse baggage than ours have gotten theirs through Xavier's. Kinney included."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 1:18 am
by Tereza Rozanov
"I guess that's one of the things I struggle with. Especially since I was bitten. Violence feels good... it's where I feel at home. Maybe I just need to pick up my guitar again, try to lean on something else in addition to the violence."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 1:27 am
by Chase Delacroix
"Music soothes the savage beast eh?" he cautiously teased. "For me it's books."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 3:39 am
by Tereza Rozanov
She sticks her tongue out at him, "Not really, but Sam seems serious about wanting to start up a band. And I just haven't had time to focus on much else lately beyond missions and not eating people."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 2:50 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"Not going on missions is always an option," he suggested, "Though if you're anything like me you're lost without something to punch."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 2:52 pm
by Tereza Rozanov
"Yeah, I am. And I don't think my lodger," she says, tapping the side of her head, "Would stay very well behaved without some occasional punching."
Re: Background Reading
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Thu May 11, 2017 3:05 pm
by Chase Delacroix
"I guess we're just hopeless then," he chuckled.