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[fireofunknown]

[A man stands out in the open rainstorm, blond hair matted to his forehead as his head leans back to let the drops hit down on his face.

There would be normally nothing unusual about this...except for the clouds of steam rolling off from his body and a faintly audible hiss.]

Nice weather we're having.

[He looks down, puts a cigarette into his mouth and exhales. The tip burns bright, then dims and smokes. He covers his free hand over it to avoid the rain.]

So now that the ice is broken-- [He takes a drag and exhales out his nose.]

Someone wanna give me directions to the information desk? I seemed to have lost my tourist information on random-ass-padded-wall-worthy-oh-my-fucking-god-is-that-a-space-ship land.

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[femshep]

Fantastic. [All of the sarcasm. At least she doesn't sound too serious about it.]

Show me where you're at. I'll see if I recognize it, give you directions from there.

[fireofunknown]

[He spreads his arms out, gesturing to the surrounding woods.]

Be my guest.

[femshep]

[She's taking it in, and after a bit she lets out a slow chuckle.]

Congratulations. You went the wrong goddamn way.

[Which is funny, because the city was right there when he got off the ship. More or less.]

You want to head north, back past the ship. There's a city. What's left of one, anyway.

[fireofunknown]

Son of a-

[He grumbled, turning back towards the correct direction and heading that way.]

The "Old City" right? That's what the other girl called it. So when she says Old does she mean old? Starting to wonder if the woods is that bad of an idea.

[femshep]

It's definitely old. But shit, I'm probably biased. Anything that doesn't fly through space is a little too old for my tastes right about now. [She's mostly joking. Though she definitely misses her ship--this 'planetside' thing is by far not something she's used to.]

On the other hand, we've got food, guns, and a dry place to sleep.

[Although she's soaking wet, herself. She came in out of the rain to talk to him. No use getting her communicator wet on the inside, she hates taking shit like that apart.]

[fireofunknown]

Fly through space? Shit and I thought my motorcycle was top notch back home.

[He should be surprised, his inner mind scolds, or else all this weirdness was going to become normal.]

Not that I'm very nor- hmm. [He trails off realizing he's thinking out loud.]

Food and a dry place to sleep sounds awesome. You think their is room for one more?

[femshep]

Plenty. The city's not exactly bustling.

[fireofunknown]

Small favors. Can't exactly say I like crowds.

[Less people to catch on fire.]

Thanks for the info. You got a name you care to share if I wind up in a swamp pit? Or I could just call you the Kiosk or GPS Lady if you prefer your anonymity.
[Which was a backwards way of saying he most likely would forget it anyway. He is terrible with names.]

[femshep]

It's Shepard. How about you?