[Open] Choosing A New Path

[kree_soldieress]

WHO: Lauri-Ell, Open
WHERE: Around Temba, Hospital
WHAT: Patrol and New Datapoint
WHEN: Mid-June to end of the month
WARNINGS: N/A

I. I Walk These Lonely Roads | Roads of Temba
No matter the decision as to whether her purpose here was changing or not, there was still some inherent things that were not going to change. After Lauri's morning work out she put up a sign at the civics center training area saying to contact her if someone wanted work out help. And then she set out to do the normal. Hammer in hand, Accuser armor wrapped around her, Lauri-Ell walked confidently through the early morning streets. It was time to do her patrols.

But she was getting started a little later today, and she was happy to see others around, raising her free hand in a greeting and offering them a smile.

"It grows warm in the mornings, yes? Very lovely."


II. Learning The Ropes | Hospital
It had taken time to come to this conclusion. Time and soul searching, and the kindness extended to her by Omega and Billy recently. And the realization that she did not need the weapons the Agrii provided to protect others. Which meant she could learn to protect people in more ways.

That didn't mean she entirely knew what to do with this knew knowledge. Lauri-Ell removed her hand from the datapoint and just... stood there for a moment.

"I still don't understand," she said, a bit frustrated before she turned and entered the hospital. "But I suppose I should see if there is a means to learn properly."

Comments

I. / as discussed prior!

[buildingitsir]

York was still upset at Calibrations. Lured down into a hellhole with other humans, trapped there for a month? Detroit was starting to seem like a paradise compared to this. At least back home he knew what he was getting into. Not this bullshit. So the android had stalked around off of the main paths to try and get some of his anger out in a... healthier way. Just walk it off. Walk it off and then go back to the factory.

Only the ordeal with Calibrations had left him... off kilter. York didn't pay much attention to his energy usage as he should have as he stomped about. He hadn't a need to pay attention to it too much in that bunker, having plenty of time to recuperate his power to stave off boredom with a nap.

Not this time. There was no way to get back to the factory in time, with it still blocks away, he had laid down in a wild patch of greenery and simply... took an android nap. He looked like an abandoned teenager, laying with his hood up despite the heat as his system repowered. By the time he came back online, he blinked to make sure his optical units were configured properly.

Where was he?

Mm, temp memory said not home. Still the city at least, and outside with the greenery around him. Leaves fall from him as he sits up to look around. What time was it?

[kree_soldieress]

Lauri-Ell sees the unexpected motion and immediately makes for it, expecting some sort of a fight. Only to find York there. Her concern fades to a bit of a smile.

“Hello there. Is all well?”

Because an android sleeping on the streets is not normal

[buildingitsir]

York startles a little as this very tall woman comes towards him. Holy shit she was tall. But he doesn’t move from his seated position as he blinks up at her. She was very blue but familiar? He had seen her down in the tunnel but like, familiar from something else. Finally he stands in the growth around him.

"…‘m Fine. Unexpected stasis." He runs his chest where the biocomponent was hidden before realizing he was way too hot. Shedding the hoodie and folding it over an arm, he squints up at Lauri-Ell. "I think we’ve met somewhere before, but I can’t place where."

[kree_soldieress]

Stasis. That sounds familiar. But he's clearly not human then. When she sees the glowing thing, though, she gets it.

"You are the man in the too small room," she notes, her voice full of remembered pity.

[buildingitsir]

York brushes himself off, with leaves still stuck in his synthetic dark hair before he looks at her. What did she say?

The room she mentioned. He remembered that room. A workshop that he had destroyed in fury. Smearing his blood on the wall to remind himself that he was sentient, that he was alive. People had came and went, but trying to remember them was like trying filling a colander with liquid. There but gone too quickly.

Then she says that and York remembers seeing her there. She had barely fit.

"...It's you. You had trouble moving... you touched the hoodie..." But what was her name?

I.

[renoreactor]

Without her movies, her collectibles, and her patrols, Reno was finding herself rather bored in a way she had never quite been. Sure, there were hero things she could do, but there seemed to be a lack of heroes around to show her those things. She's a good sidekick, she just needs direction! Therefore, she decided this morning, it was high time for her to find others that could guide her in said direction.

So, as Lauri is on her patrol, she'll find one quite awestruck girl wandering the roads as well. Her rigging is nowhere to be found, as presumably the roads are mostly safe and she could always summon it if needed. As people do tend to double-take at girls wearing battleship parts, this should also make her appear more approachable! Alas, it doesn't make her appear any less a newbie, as she's consistently wide-eyed and dropping stunned 'wow's at the crumbling ruins and the plants that have seemingly decided that its their city now. And when a six and a half foot wall of muscle approaches, well...

Her jaw just drops. "W-Woooow! I- I've never met anyone as huge as you before!"

[kree_soldieress]

Huh. Lauri-Ell was not expecting this. A small human woman, looking around in such awe. And that was definitely a comment there. It leaves her staring in a bit of confusion. What’s going on here? Was that offensive or just… eager?

“It seems you have now met such a person. You are a newer arrival then? I do not know you.”

[renoreactor]

Reno is comparatively rather small, for the most part. That she caused such confusion leaves her somewhat perplexed for a brief moment before Lauri explains and there's a surprised blink. "Yeah, I've never seen anyone your size outside of movies! Huh, I guess I'm gonna have to get used to others around here being bigger!"

That leads into her introduction with a friendly wave, "And yeah, I just arrived. I'm Reno, its a pleasure!"

[kree_soldieress]

How interesting.

"I am Lauri-Ell," she answered, looking down at the young woman. "I don't think my size is that important."

i

[tyrants_son]

"Hopefully not too much warmer once the sun hits its peak," the shadow perched at the edge of a crumbled rooftop commented as he gave the armored woman a nod. "I think it is about this time the previous year that I first found myself in this city, if this place holds to seasonal cycles as does Earth."

Felwinter straightened from leaning over a knee as he surveyed the streets. It wasn't the most ideal place for watching, not when it wasn't even a second story, but he'd not too long ago stood atop the roof of the flanking building that shadowed this one. This was not entirely a patrol for him so much as an excuse to stretch his legs and exercise his abilities.

[kree_soldieress]

“Yes, to my experience it holds seasonal cycles very well. Intense ones. Kree worlds do not,” she admitted as she looked up, trying to find the speaker. The voice, it’s familiar.

Yes, from the dreams.

“You seem to like high places, Lord Felwinter.”

Yes, that was his name.

[tyrants_son]

"...it is easier to see what's coming from high up," he replied. But it seemed rude to speak to someone while standing at a different level. The warlord stepped off the ledge, drifting rather than outright falling, until his boots stepped lightly onto the ground.

"Accuser Lauri-Ell," Felwinter greeted.

[kree_soldieress]

Yes, she supposed that was true. She misses being able to fly. WEll, she's never done it, but she knows the Weapon should allow it. But she stares in shock at the way he comes down so gently. That was impossible!

And yet clearly it had happened.

"You remember me I see. Wonderful. Hello again."

[scienceofthearcane]

Viktor had decided that since he had not had it for all of the calibrations ordeal, it didn't make any sense to use his crutch again when he had the chance. As such, he was without it now and keenly felt its lack since it had become something of a security blanket rather than necessary for him to walk. He had already planned to move into a specific factory and was moving with his only real belonging; a rather ratty-looking blanket. He had already resolved to look for some sort of more suitable bedding and to that end was making a pile of mattress-topper pieces of foam outside the alien Target - which was the only way they would be free of grime and glass. Both blanket and foam pile were now starting to block the way a bit, and Viktor was mildly surprised to see that his foam pile was in the way of anyone.

"Oh. Yes, it has been warmer, which makes for the warmer evenings that I prefer."

[kree_soldieress]

Yes, that is absolutely in the way, and she is intrigued.

"It will remain warm, and become more so. Yet I must find myself asking this. Why are you obstructing the road?"

[scienceofthearcane]

"There is something sticky spilled on the flooring in there and I believe it is one of the lightbulbs has broken further down the laneway. Because I will have to bring it outside to transport it anyway it seemed prudent to put it here."

At the moment Viktor is picking up a roll for each of his arms to clear Lauri-Ell's way.

"But I didn't expect anyone else to be out here so I do beg your pardon."

[kree_soldieress]

"There are plenty of people here, and we move around," she notes, watching him. He didn't ask for help, and she's on patrol, so doing so may not be the wisest. "Had you considered asking assistance to move things? There is young Thomas, he is fast and strong."

ANd could probably help move things.

Hospital

[wearingthestars]

Billy understand that feeling intimately. And even after all this time working in the hospital, he still felt like a fraud. He'd hoped with enough hands on experience that would start to fade, but he was starting to think that might just be how every one felt all the time, and adults really didn't have the masterful understanding and confidence it seemed they did when he was younger.

He was trying again to make sense of one of the broken machines when he spotted Lauri, offering a wave and abandoning the task. He knew what it did once the thing was working, but he didn't have a clue how to fix it. Or if it could even do anything for humans (etc). They'd need to get an engineer in here one of these days.

"Hey-" he greeted, "What are you doing here?"

[kree_soldieress]

Oh yes, adults were definitely less confident than they seemed, at least in Lauri-Ell's case. Confidence was something one could project, but that didn't mean it had to be there in your heart already.

Still, it is nice to be noticed by someone she has faith in knowing what they are doing. Perhaps confidence comes from the faith others have in you. She beams at him, because yes, she does have faith. And this will assist her.

"Is the hospital not the right place for those with the medical data point to learn?"

Now if only she knew things were broken, she'd probably take the engineering thing first so she could help him fix things between learning sessions.

[wearingthestars]

"No, it's perfect," Billy agree, "You really took it?" he looks excited, glad to have more company around here. And maybe a little less pressure.

"Are you ready to be Doctor...El, I guess?" he fumbles with a small laugh.

[kree_soldieress]

"I really did," she says with a smile. "The way you and Omega have helped me makes me really wish to learn. Consider me your student."

Though she is given pause as she comes up with a response to him. No, that doesn't sound right.

"Medic. I am not suited to true medical care."

I

[heeeyadora]

Catra squinted up at her, the increasingly sunny days hurting her eyes which were for more suited for the dark, and she twisted a contrary face that was pretty much to be expected by this point when speaking to her.

"I dunno what's so lovely about it," she grumbled.

[kree_soldieress]

Oh come now, she smiles at the young woman.

"I have found purpose, the world is beautiful today, and I know myself better. Plus we are free. I believe this is rather good for us."

ANd she was not going to refuse her own happiness from the day.

[heeeyadora]

Those...are all good points, and Catra can't really find an argument for them, though that in itself makes her a little bit sullen, giving a faint hum, determined to hold onto that contrary mood.

"Purpose, huh?" she asks, "And what's that?" Frankly, Catra's been struggling to find her purpose. A problem both here and back home.

[kree_soldieress]

"I'm going to heal people," she says, grinning at Catra. Helping take care of people will be wonderful!