♤ Cause and Effect

[deal_me_in]

WHO: Cayde-6, OTA
WHERE: The Library, the Hangar, the Clocktower
WHAT: A bored Hunter is a restless Hunter
WHEN: Now throughout the week
WARNINGS: N/A
NOTES: Will match tagging preference!


The Library (Closed to Jon and Tony)
If there's one thing a Hunter's good at, it's sneaking around. He's scoped out his destination, made sure key parties were present. It would be a wasted effort if he went through so much trouble and found himself without his intended audience, after all.

And so it is that Cayde hauls along a couch, of all things, which might be an odd sight in itself considering he's seen pulling it out from the Whale Comb Sent Her. He has it resting over his back part of the way, and by the time he gets to the library itself, he's simply dragging it by one end, rather noisily once its feet leave the weed-ridden, patchy earth and start to screech across the smoother floors. But his intention is not stealth, not now. Now? He's clearly asking for attention.

He pulls that couch right up into the most open space of the library, looks around, and then sets it right down. Then picks it up and turns it about to adjust it just so after consulting his hidden Ghost for something or another. And just like that, he walks right back out.


The Hangar (Open)
Some time later in the week one might find the Exo skulking about the hangar. Mainly he's prowling around the Starduck if not ineffectually pawing at the door hatch. His Ghost hovers nearby, watching.

If no one comes around to open the thing up for him, then he'll be wandering around the other ships, holding his tablet as he squints between the screen and each ship he passes as he looks for a certain one.


The Clocktower (Openish?)
Cayde's been seen with a giant coil of rope slung over an arm, fresh from the replicator. He's made a beeline for his tower (not the nest of buildings the bar's in), humming along. If Ikora's about the lower levels that she's claimed, then he wouldn't be surprised if she'd try to hold him up for questioning. Which is why he goes up to his own levels the usual way- jumping. Dare someone brave the Warlock's domain to head up those stupidly tall stairs to find him? -it's fine, she won't bite.

If you catch up to him at the top floor of the clocktower, you'll find him setting the rope down as he looks on out of one of the gaping holes that face the neighboring tower by the flood plains, stroking his chin thoughtfully. After a moment he turns to you, grinning as he picks up the rope and starts pulling half of it loose before tossing the rest over. "Hey, do me a solid and hold onto that. -and make sure to keep feedin' me some line!" And then without further explanation he leaps out the hole, somehow jumping again in midair just before he can hit the ground and break his ankles, rope winding out in his wake.

Comments

[on_repeat]

"Zipline?"

The word is echoed because that tells him nothing. And with Cayde hopping his way down a floor, he's obviously not getting an explanation. "Cayde-- "

Echo sighs heavily, cutting it off with another "Cayde!" as he tries to tie off the rope to one of the bent rebars protruding from what was left of the wall. Hands free, he heads down after him, jumping down at the last step. "I just found those today!"

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"How do you just find these?!" the Hunter sputters, tossing the pack he'd been holding back at Echo once the ARC Trooper comes down the steps. He's plunked himself down by the crates brimming with packages of spicy ramen, looking like a cat that's been slighted its gravy dinner.

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"They fell," comes Echo's answer, catching the pack right as it smacks him as hard as a noodle pack can in the torso and fixing the Exo a Look, "right on top of me." Every word is evenly weighted, there's no way he'd lie about this.

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Cayde stares again at him then, silence weighing heavily into the space that fills after Echo speaks. Then the Hunter bows his head as his shoulders begin to shake with barely contained snickers.

"Heeheehee! You just- You sound so personally offended-! They fell. Right on top of me," he managed to grunt out, pitching his voice low as he tried to affect Echo's slight accent before doubling over with laughter.

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Echo's gaze slowly becomes lidded, flattening out as Cayde laughs it all out. It's a look that tells he's been through this before, more or less, going through the same strokes as he would with any of his clone brothers.

Sighing, he proceeds to shoo the Exo away, returning the pack by stuffing it into the remaining cratespace. "I'm more offended by that attempt to sound like me," he frowns. "I know it sounds crazy, but they actually did fall from the sky!"

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"Not my best, I'll admit," Cayde says as he wipes an imaginary tear from his eyes, dancing away at Echo's shooing, only to drift back to poke at the ramen packages.

"So if I'm understanding this correctly, all this ramen nearly got the drop on you."

He manages not to laugh for all of three seconds.

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Echo refrains from completely rolling his eyes again, only glancing upward for a brief second as he pulls a face.

"You know what, these are gonna sit here untouched for the remainder of time we're in Temba," he says dryly, replacing the lid on one of the crates. "So why a zipline?"

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"NO!" The Hunter exclaims then, practically throwing himself over the other crate as he glares at Echo. "Wow! Everyone's a critic! See, this is exactly why you need a zipline!"

That makes absolutely no sense but it seemed like a good plug-in at the time. He gets up, putting the other lid over the crate he's been selfishly guarding before sitting himself on top of it as though he expects Echo to just grab it. "But why not a zipline? It'll be a quicker way to come visit than jumping out the window."

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Good thing Echo stops as Cayde bounces between things and shuts the other lid for him. A few seconds later and it would have been resting on top of the Exo.

He instead balks. Slightly. "That makes no sense at all!" Because stating the obvious without a logical connection gives him time to go back over it again. Especially when the actual answer lends a hand to the pinched space between his eyebrows. "A shortcut? You cover a good amount of distance jumping, though."

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"True, true," Cayde concedes, nodding. "But it's still a wee bit out of my range even if I try popping over from the top of the clocktower." He points towards the window. "You should be thankful that I hooked it up to the observation deck and not personal quarters," he grins.

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Following his finger, Echo now sees how far the distance really is, steepness included since they're looking at it from the inside of the building.

Shifting his gaze back at Cayde, he frowns. "At least you're being considerate. We'll need to make sure the line's secured."

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"Well, won't be a problem from my end unless people decide to use my way up instead of chancing past Ikora's- oh, you mean like-" Cayde lifts his hands and grasps the air as though holding an imaginary line, pulling it taut. "-that kind of secure. Yeah, still needa find a good place to tie off my end but I think I got enough rope to loop around and double it back at least. Just the where that needs to be figured out."

He hops to his feet, scooping up the crate of ramen before heading towards the steps, back up a floor to where he'd made his entrance.

[on_repeat]

The flat look softens as he concedes. "Yes. Although it's nice having one less thing to worry about, when you put it that way."

Having one crate of ramen lifted right there in front of him, he sighs, nudging the other crate to the side before hiking back up the stairs after Cayde. "Sure! Go ahead, Cayde. No way I can eat two whole crate-loads of ramen by myself."

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"You're welcome!" comes the shout from further up the stairs. See? He's oh-so-helpful!