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[charming_jerk]

[For the last week, Johnny has been included in some intense training with Coby. His roommates may have noticed that he's been practically crawling back to the apartment and collapsing into bed in exhaustion. Which is saying something, coming from the guy whose genes give him what seemed like endless stamina.

Today, though, both roommates and anyone around the first floor of the apartment building might notice a very loud noise or something breaking. Specifically, it's the sound of a door getting quiickly ripped off its hinges, taking parts of the doorframe with it. Johnny just stands there, blinking, with nothing but the knob in his hand as it falls in front of him in splinters.

Seems like this training is working a lot better and a lot faster than he imagined. Sweet. If any of his roommates or neighbors come by, he gives them a tired smirk and shrugs.]

Honey, I'm home.

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[Later he sends out a text totally unrelated to this little incident.]

So I was wondering

has anyone from our side ever try to sneak into the UE territory? you know, try to get information right from the source. see what they're up to, what they think of us. just curious.

Also i was wondering if people might be interested in helping with something. if the UE keeps bombing us or whatever they may do, we need a place to retreat to/live in/to protect people who can't fight. the catacombs are good but we need to make sure they can keep withstanding this sort of thing, plus I think we should keep a fair amount of supplies and stuff down there, etc. Thing is, i don't know a damn thing about repairs or checking to see if it's safe. i'm just a dumbass who punches shit for this army. but I think it's something we should look into, and i'd be willing to do whatever work horse stuff you needed out of me to get it done.

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[charming_jerk]

[Collette you act as if he's paid attention to things up until now. Silly girl.]

the Initiative can be creative but creativity will only get you so far when you're outpowered and outnumbered like we are.

idk. maybe. i just don't get it. and i don't want them suddenly thinking that the world really is better off without us. i know i'm not good for much other than punching stuff, but I want to be more of a help against this shit. sitting around waiting for stuff to happen is starting to drive me crazy.

[whatsupcroc]

Yeah, but if the UE isn't creative at all, that's pretty far.

They're worried and they're kind of arrogant and dumb. I mean, they let the Initiative survive for hundreds of years? Who does that?

I think being active (or is it proactive) is a good plan! Coordinating with people, too, that helps!

[charming_jerk]

Yeah but i don't know what to do or what i'd even be helpful at so that's why i'm tossing ideas around, seeing what's already been done.

[whatsupcroc]

Well what do you think helps in taking down a totalarian dictatorship by unravelling the past?

[charming_jerk]

fucked if i know

revolutions?

but they keep their people suppressed with that drug

[whatsupcroc]

And the Initiative has messed with how much of that drug can be made. it's really nasty, you've seen people try to wean off and survive withdrawals, right?

[charming_jerk]

ugh yeah, i have. jesus. there's just no way to get a leg up on these guys. this time travel shit might be our only way but it's not working fast enough imo. we need to do more on this end to stay safe.

[whatsupcroc]

Yeah, well, we've only been in this project for however long, and it's only been running for what, a year and a few months now? I say we're seeing progress already, that's pretty fast!

[charming_jerk]

i guess

maybe i'm impatient but i just

idk it's hard to take your mind off of this shit, you know

[whatsupcroc]

Trust me on this one, I definitely know! So -- you find like, something constructive for you to do. Don't have a lot of downtime if you can help it!