002 [Video]

[lady_adventure]

[Lara comes onscreen, and she looks tired. Tired and disheveled. Tired and disheveled with some cuts and bruises.

But mostly so, so tired. Perhaps a better word would be "beat" or "disheartened."]

... I was wrong.




About leaving, to clarify. The Initiative is ... well-protected. But to be fair I am not often wrong.

[She gives a sigh.]

... I am going to explore the area, then. See what has happened to my homeland.

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[vaudevil]

A valiant effort, though a futile one.

You wouldn't be the first to have made the attempt. So far, no one has been able to succeed that I know of. Though I suppose the persistence of ignorance does amount to something.

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[lady_adventure]

They clearly are keeping things from us, it's particularly rude. If they refuse to inform me then I refuse to work for them.

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[onemoredeath]

Ah, still here?

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[lady_adventure]

Apparently.

[solitaire]

Look at that--y'managed ta admit it, and everything.

[lady_adventure]

I'm not going to deny my own failings. Only seek that they never happen again. I will get home, it will simply take longer than I wish.

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[raisedbybirds]

[Nice try, blanco nino. Too bad your ass got saaaaaaaaaacked.]

The Outlands are worth exploring, though dangerous.

[Also hey it's some robot guy.]

I wouldn't go unprepared or without an escort.

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[lady_adventure]

[Shut up, Maschinenmensch.]

I will be fine on my own.

[But that suit really does have her curious.]

Are you some sort of ... robot?

[whatsupcroc]

Ah, I wondered when I saw you talking before how that'd end up. Be careful if you get into the Outlands!

[lady_adventure]

I am always careful. Or at least I attempt to be. I have little sway over what other environmental factors intend for my safety.

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[skennen]

You all right?

[He's not much one for "I told you so's".]

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[lady_adventure]

[And she's grateful. Everyone else seems to be slinging it down her throat.]

Cuts and bruises always heal.

[gamora]

Could have told you so.

[lady_adventure]

And yet you didn't, which I am glad for.

[Video]

[gamblinman]

[Why, hello there, gorgeous]

Not much to see outside this place, from what I've heard. Lots of rubble and dead plants.

[Video]

[lady_adventure]

Rubble and dead plants are still something. They might hold more of interest than you realize.

[text]

[debugerror]

your homeland?
aren't you a transport?

[text]

[lady_adventure]

This country used to be where I lived before I was brought here. Or a version of it, I suppose, since now the idea of alternate realities has been thrown at me.

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[alittlesweptup]

There's a fair bit of the old city down in the catacombs.

Bring a gun.

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[lady_adventure]

It's a convenient thing, then, that I have two.

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[reconnaissance]

( Slow clapping. )

Good on ya. Looks like you got the situation heaps under control.

( Shut up, Ellie. )

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[lady_adventure]

My God, do you have nothing better to do?

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[tipsygnostalgia]

How about that autograph now??

[Did you think she forgot?

DID YOU??]

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[lady_adventure]

[ ... Seriously. Right now. Right the fuck now.]

Not a good time.

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[bittertears]

Ah, you're from England as well?

Dreadful what's happened to it.

[though she doesn't sound too sad to be honest.]

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[lady_adventure]

Yes, it is dreadful. But also quite interesting. It provides a means to see just what about our land will survive the rigors of time and what will fade into obscurity.

[She sounds actually a little excited. So ... not sad either, no.]

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[painfeels]

First time for everything.

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[lady_adventure]

Yes, I suppose. Not really a great silver lining, however.

[video]

[assworthsaving]

[Well she's certainly quick. Colour him impressed- so impressed that he won't gloat. On the contrary, he actually sounds somewhat concerned.]

You okay?

[video]

[lady_adventure]

It is nothing hydrogen peroxide cannot take care of.

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[trustycrowbar]

Wasn't as easy as you thought, was it?

[The voice isn't taunting. If anything it sounds sympathetic.]

What did you do, exactly? To be frank, you look like hell.

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[lady_adventure]

I never thought it was easy. It simply wasn't as doable as I had thought.

I attempted to infiltrate and shoot. They had bigger guns.