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[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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[assworthsaving]

[He's never been there (in his timeline), but knows the location. He nods, doing a quick mental map, though she probably already knows this much.]

That's within the city limits at least. Which means it's probably gonna look like everything else around here. That's the 'homeland' you were talking about?

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[lady_adventure]

We shall see.

[She frowns. He's being nosy.]

This entire island is my homeland.

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[assworthsaving]

[He catches the frown and puts his hands up in mock surrender. He couldn't help mentally putting things together.]

All right, all right- just going with what you've already announced on the network. Anyway, don't think I caught your name yet.

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[lady_adventure]

We all know what assumptions do.

Lara Croft. You are?

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[assworthsaving]

Nathan Drake-- Nate. So how much trouble did my assumption land me in?

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[lady_adventure]

Well, it certainly confirmed that you are not what I would consider to be a good conversational partner.

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[assworthsaving]

Ouch. [He makes a pained expression, merely goofing off.] But, to be fair, you aren't exactly the chatty type. Or do you want me to ask more probing questions about where you're from?

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[lady_adventure]

It is because I have tact Mr. Drake that choose when to talk and to be silent.

But if you insist on continuously asking probing questions I may have to insist on letting a bullet probe your leg. I am in no mood.

[Says the woman with "tact".]

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[assworthsaving]

Well, speaking as someone who's been shot before, I'm gonna have to politely decline that offer. Also I think your 'tact' might need some work.

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[lady_adventure]

Well can you think of any other time more appropriate to threaten maiming? I think it was quite tactful.

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[assworthsaving]

Ah, well, let's see... How about when someone's pointing a gun at you or someone you know, or threatening your life? Neither of which I've been doing, in case you haven't noticed. Threatening to shoot someone for asking a couple of harmless questions just makes you seem a little unstable.

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[lady_adventure]

Oh, now I am perfectly stable! I don't just go around shooting at anything like a loon. I simply calculate the best possible reasons.

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[assworthsaving]

And harmless questions fall under the category for 'best possible reasons'?

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[lady_adventure]

Probing questions, of course. Who knows, you could try and use any answers against me. So I can simply nip any idea of that in the bud by shooting you.

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[assworthsaving]

Nothing wrong with being cautious. Maybe try being a little less trigger-happy. But, hey, you advertised this information on the network. If you don't want to risk people asking questions you don't want to answer, then don't volunteer the information.

[Sure, he's just as cautious and he'll likely give bullshit answers before real ones, depending on how he feels about someone or the situation. But this girl really did like threatening people with her gun. Guns. Or seems to, at least.

Or maybe he just has that effect on people lately.]

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[lady_adventure]

[She gives a long and dramatic sigh.]

Most people would have stopped talking to me by now.

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[assworthsaving]

[That gives him slight pause. Honestly he had been caught up in making a point and not wanting her to snap and shoot up the place, if she was even capable of that. But there is a certain fieriness to her that he admires, finds intriguing. It's also nice seeing someone else from his own planet. And networking is never a bad idea; he's just picky.

Not that he is jonesing for a partner or looking for another comrade or anything.]

You overestimate just how much there is to do around here. [But last thing he was going to do was admit anything and actually compliment her, of course.] And last I checked you can just as easily end this call if you're that annoyed.