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Who: HANGE!!! GArak, Coil and Zhas
Broadcast: none
Action: closed to Red Fish crew
When: sometime... when they're in range of the planet... after whenever the waystation mingle goes up...?

[She'll take a look at the spa later - after slowly going a little stir-crazy on the ship, Hange wouldn't close herself in another building (no matter how luxurious) by choice.

Now, just as she's been, she prowls and paces along the edge of the forest, looking in. She looks excited: her eyes wide, pupils dilated, grinning absentmindedly. The movement never quite stops. The whoops and cries of distant birds or other, more alien things; the smell of wet ground and the rustle of leaves... it's like home, just like home, just like being at home, all she needs is her 3DMG and her horse and her squad. If only.

Hange will head in soon. She's seen that path and - it could be a trap, but her nature is way too direct to pass up so courteous an invitation. Soon enough...]

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[yeah, this is way out of his league.

he's still hesitating by the side of the road. getting chased by this thing and getting crushed by falling timber sounds fun, sure--and in the middle of trying to piece together something to do, Hange is yelling at them and trying to bodily shove them off the road.

it's probably a really good idea, but he's still resistant to moving..]

[and Coil isn't going anywhere without Zhas.

so, when he finally tears his eyes away from the monster, it's to fiercely stare at his partner, pleading for him to tell him what to do.]

[You guys are pains in the ass. Hange will tackle Zhas off the trail if she has to, which is what she's trying next.]

[OOF WELL I guess he's getting tackled off the path, then. there's your order, Coil.]

[well. shit. that does clarify things a little!

he immediately bolts after them, snagging Zhas' sleeve and hauling him along if he has to, just so they can all find their feet and keep moving without falling into the dirt.]

[Good. Running is a good idea. She'll make scouts of you two yet!]

Alright - we need to - split up and head back for the ship. Different routes.

[okay okay he's running, jesus.

though he steals a glance back at the path--and it's gone. long gone. he can't even see it through the trees. feeling like they're all or nothing now, he taps Coil's arm to redirect him. they'll go left, mostly straight forward. he's content leaving Hange to her own route.]

[and that decides it. as soon as Zhas directs him, he veers off, and then splits a little further to put just a little distance between himself and Zhas.

he still wants to keep him in sight, but there's no reason they should be tripping over each other in their mad dash through the trees.]

[Good. Hange herself veers back towards the path, still running. She's the captain, and she's also the one who's armed; she'll beat around the brush a little more, give the boys time to get clear. She hopes.]

[they do good, get pretty far away. or so they think. the woods all start to look the same after a while, and time gets kind of... weird... so they get to spend a good hour being lost and enchanted but, happily, not eaten by a titan.]

Edited 2015-01-12 01:01 (UTC)

[Hange's trip is also a long one, longer than the boys, because she spends a lot of time winding around and sometimes randomly shooting shit, trying to attract titans if they are in the area. The woods might not like this, but it has only itself to blame, right?

It seems like she should be crossing the path back and forth, to her, but she's not. Her suspicions and her temper get worse, and when she finally gets spit out from the trees - within sight of the trail (it's right over there, seriously?), her temper hangs heavy in a palpable cloud. She's also vaguely surprised to be alive.

Now to find the boys. Hopefully they're back around the ship. She stalks that way.]

Edited 2015-01-12 02:10 (UTC)

[they're easy enough to find, hanging around the ship. they seem to be deep in conversation about something, with Zhas signing quickly and Coil watching.

they've been out for a while, talking about whether or not they should go after Hange (or maybe just get the hell off this planet), but then they started in a discussion about what followed them. Zhas is explaining what he knows about Titans--what he remembers from their drunken conversation, anyway.]

[and Coil looks deeply confused about what Zhas is trying to explain.

but then he spots Hange approaching from around Zhas' shoulder, and he interrupts the discussion to look surprised and nod in her direction.

look at that. she's still alive, and no hulking monster is barreling after her.]

[She up-downs both of them too, some of the tension easing off of her.]

Both of you all right?

[Man, they're both alive. In some senses, that's more than she expected. Under normal circumstances, a titan would be attracted to humans traversing the woods... and without maneuver gear, horses, or titan-to-human combat experience, they'd have been goners for sure.]

[he drops his hands to nod. they're fine. no reason to worry.]

[Coil nods as well and then points to her, following it up with a drawn question mark in the air.]

Edited 2015-01-14 04:47 (UTC)

The area seemed clear. I didn't see anything. [Her face is stony, though.]

Which wouldn't be normal at all...

I don't think it was real.

[he sounds very sure of himself, but that might come with the territory of having used a complete sentence for once.]

[Coil's mouth just presses flat. he's far less sure about any part of it, but he's at least not disagreeing.]

I would rather have both of you running from a fake one than getting devoured by a real one.

[She looks back towards the woods.]

You may be right, at any rate. I made enough noise out there that they should have been drawn right to me, if they were there to be drawn.

I want to go back in and check it out more anyway.

Edited 2015-01-19 20:08 (UTC)

[he nods at Hange, signs at Coil: 'You can go. I'm staying here.']

[that seems... strange to him, so he has to make sure.

he asks him 'why,' and follows it up with pointing at Zhas and drawing a question mark in the air. not that he's against the idea, but what's he going to be up to while he's sending Coil off somewhere else?]

[She watches, reading what she can. They can have their tete a tete in peace.]

['Magic'. And then he specifies: 'Illusions. You are better with Crows than I am. Someone should check the building--' and he jabs his thumb in the direction of the bathhouse, where they'd quickly established Coil was not interested in going.]

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