Nightshift 60: West Wing, South Hall 1-B

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[from here]

Taura pondered the announcement she'd just heard as she jogged down another empty hallway. Who was she? Jill? Who he'd tortured himself, though that could have been an act on her part as well? Whose side had she been on? And what could have happened to her that would be permanent?

Death was usually pretty permanent, but even that had its exceptions around here. Taura didn't have to like it to know it was true; what had General Aguilar done that could change that? And why was Doctor Landel so angry?

It was an uneasy thought to stomach; revenge drove people like nothing else did, and being one of the people in between was a hell of a way to go.

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Chipp couldn't even begin to start answering the not-Gear girl's questions, since he himself had no idea which asshole had the bright idea of making Gears, only that the world never really healed from the destruction they caused in the first place. It was just a relief to know that there weren't any walking around at the moment, for everyone's sake.

"I dunno. I'm just glad you're not one... not that I hate Gears, but they're hard to deal with." In all honestly, he should hate Gears, but Chipp had already seen the error of blindly hating something without any regard as to why it existed in the first place. Apologizing for his behavior might have been the next appropriate thing to do, but as far as Chipp was concerned, he did the right thing by trying to check on the girl and clearing up any misunderstandings. Yep.

Except now he had no idea what to do, aside from tell Luke and not-Gear girl about Gears, except that he told them everything that he knew. In that case, then he really had no idea what to do, other then...

"Okay, I guess I'll just go then. I'm looking for Landel's office so he can tell me the way out." And so he could beat the hell out of him, but that was probably obvious enough. "You guys wanna team up?"

It seemed extremely out of place to offer a team-up when one guy thought he was insane and the other thought he was a stalker, but Chipp figured there was no need to go through the trouble of looking for some extra allies when there were two others here who probably wanted the same thing he did.

[dispersive]

Well, that had all been rather anti-climactic. Luke supposed he shouldn't have expected or prayed for anything else. Senseless bloodshed would have gotten them nowhere. So, if she wasn't a Gear or a replica or pegasus thingy, then where did they go from here?

The young man was about to make a suggestion, but Chipp beat him to it and his sounded just as good. It would be no simple task, but you may as well dream big in the face of uncertainty and oppression. Besides, Luke and his friends always had the tendency to find people that didn't want to be found. It was a developed skill and one he may as well use to help his friends, even if these two were still on shaky ground.

"I'm game! Someone needs to teach this guy a lesson!" That made two of them, but what about their third baggage. They were deliberately arousing trouble and it wouldn't do to bring someone along if she couldn't defend herself.

He turned to the oddly colorful girl and asked, "Can you, you know... Fight?" That lightened fontech was pretty heavy, maybe she could bludgeon Landel to death with it.

[rainboompow]

It bothered Rainbow that Nutty couldn't answer any other questions about Gears. They sounded like pretty serious customers. Before she could start getting properly annoyed or secretly worried about that, however, Nutty made a suggestion that she actually liked. Miracles could still happen, apparently.

If it had just been Nutty, she might have been a little more wary. Even with the misunderstanding cleared up, Rainbow wasn't completely over how he had treated her earlier, or the accusation of her being a Gear. However, with Reasonable Red getting in on the action too and putting forth just as much (if not more) enthusiasm, Rainbow felt good about her chances on this idea. Plus she sure wanted to find "Landel"'s office all right, if for no other reason than to see if she could force Discord to show himself. Either way, teaching Landel a lesson (Discord or not) sounded right up her alley.

"You bet I can!" Rainbow answered Red instantly. Never minding the fact that she was more of an athlete than a fighter, and the fact that she still wasn't totally used to this body. The desire to kick something in the face was too strong for her to think things through at the moment. "If 'Landel' or whoever he is wants a fight, then Rainbow Dash is gonna give it to him!"

[zanuff]

See? Nothing wrong with proposing a little teamwork! It was like Chipp had completely forgotten about the whole misadventure that happened only seconds ago, and to be honest, it might not have been surprising if the whole incident was already water under the bridge for him. With Luke and Rainbowgirl on his side, they definitely should have been able to catch up to that Landel bastard. At least he was already in the building, that should make things easier for him.

But where exactly was he? All Chipp had to go by was Daemon's suggestion that he was on the third floor, and when they went up to the second floor... well, on the other hand, he and Daemon kind of got sidetracked by the dude who set him on fire. If he found that guy again, he'd punch him in the face too.

"Cool, so we're all teamed up now! Let's go, we're looking for the third floor." Now that he secured everyone's cooperation, Chipp had no trouble turning around and walking out of the hallway like he actually knew where he was going.

[ moving them over here

ooc: so I figure since Chipp is leading, I can move the whole group after a round of posts, or would you guys prefer I keep going up to the second floor? XD; ]