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[ardor]

[The feed clicks on, and the video shows a rather vexed young woman walking along the sidewalk or what there is of one. Her brows are drawn together, and her blue eyes are narrowed, displaying both suspicion and frustration at her surroundings. Finally, she grumbles and stops walking, looking directly at the screen.]

I don't know what sort of sick change this is, but I'm not laughing. What the hell is the Initiative, and why do I need a weapon now? There damn well better be some decent answers. No one's been very eager to explain much.

[She scowls up at the building behind her.]

New home, huh? We'll see. [Kallen sighs and directs her attention to the feed once more.]

It's doubtful anyone's been happy about arriving here, so it's a pretty safe bet there's no known way back yet, huh? That figures.

[Instead of going straight inside, the redhead simply sits against the wall of the building, still glaring at anything that meets her gaze.]

Just perfect.

((ooc: open to action right outside the apartment buildings 8D;))

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[helljumper]

[The tug causes him to become a bit unbalanced, before he's correcting his footing and laughing.]

Okay, okay. I'll quit.

[ardor]

Too late.

[She tugs him over again until she's meeting him halfway by leaning against his side. Kallen simply laughs now.]

[helljumper]

[A grunt in reaction to getting yanked again, before he's giving a few more chuckles. If mostly because he retaliated with a small nudge to her side, once he felt her lean against him. An action he did carefully, of course, considering the armor, but he still kept that silent, playful look.]

[ardor]

[She grins up at him once her laughter ceases. Straightening herself, Kallen readies to keep walking, hand still holding his.]

Come on.

[helljumper]

[He'll give a grin in return, tagged with a bit of an eyeroll, before Rookie will go ahead and take a step forwards to show he was ready to continue. Though not before giving her a considering look, once a thought crossed his mind.]

What about you? I'm sure you had friends back at the castle, too.

omg a bree tag!

[ardor]

[That question causes her to look down in thought as they keep walking.]

Yeah, but not from home. It's been over a year and a half since I've had any of those.

:3

[helljumper]

[Silence at that, thinking, before he's finally giving a shrug.]

Might end up being different here.

[ardor]

I don't mind if none of them come. They's seen more than enough fighting.

[She definitely misses them, though, and it's obvious by her tone.]

[helljumper]

Now you're just starting to sound like me. [He gives her another light nudge, smiling.] Personally wouldn't mind getting to know some of your friends.

[ardor]

It's true, though. Some of them are just civilians who were caught up in everything. [That makes her give him a small smile in return as she rests her head on his armored shoulder. It probably looks pretty silly.]

They'd like you.

[helljumper]

Ah. I can understand why you wouldn't want them to get dragged into all of this, if that's the case.

[And if it was silly, Rookie didn't seem to mind it. Although Kallen did get an intrigued glance from him after hearing her last few words.]

I'll have to take your word for it.

[ardor]

I know I'm right. One or two might even thank you for taking care of me or something dumb like that.

[They turns a corner, but she doesn't seem to care about their surroundings much at the moment.]

[helljumper]

[No worries there, since Rookie's doing a good job of keeping an eye on things while they walk anyway.]

Doesn't sound so dumb to me. [A smirk, giving a side glance.] But it's nice to know they care a lot about you.

[ardor]

[Turning red, and averting eye contact.]

They're good people.

[helljumper]

Might have to tell me more about them sometime. [Small, playful nudge.] Or at least give me an idea on who to look out for, if any of them get dragged into whatever this is.