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Don't fuss, geez! I'll be careful next time. Extra careful.

[ Whenever next time is. Seeing as she's on babysitting duty for a little while first. HOW AWFUL. ]

And - y'know, I'm fine. It's nice to be out again! And not remembering anything about what happened firsthand is kinda helpful. Being alone frea-- fucking blows, but it's cool. Um, are you three still alright?

[ Yes, three, Bester counts because he is PRECIOUS ]

You'd better, or I'll feed every last cupcake I find to Bester.

[ ....aaaand the cat's name is out. You're welcome. ]

Fine. Alone? Where'd you end up?

His name is Bester?

[ Look she's not going to come out and say she's judging, but she totally is. Why not Rumplestripeskin or Fuzzy Floofbutt or Baby Kitty Cuddlebug or WHY IS IT BESTER.

Quick PSA: never let Angel name anything. Ever. ]

And I'm not too far from the bunker, actually. Same zone, just at the opposite end. The creepy cult funeral home?

Yes. Before you start, I didn't name him.

[ BECAUSE HE'S BEST-ER THAN THE BEST OF THEM IS WHY. Don't let Xanxus name anything either. Or Squalo too tbh because he just names everything some version of "Squalo", see Sharky the pet fish and Alo the pet magic shark. ]

Oh yeah. Remember that place. [ gross, but not exactly on the way so there's no reason for him to offer to pick her up. ] I was thinking we'd head for the bunker too. Do you need any more people there? Or would it be better if we cover something else?

[ you're like, the puzzle and bunker authority in this situation so ]

Geez, what do you take me for? I wasn't going to say anything!

[ OUT LOUD, ]

And, um, let's see. I can't think of anywhere else that needs covering right now, and the bunker isn't done with yet. It is dangerous, though. But I suppose having more people there would lessen that? Because then people can take shifts and don't have to breathe in so much mould?

I know more people in itself is usually dangerous, but... thinking about it, we didn't encounter one anomaly while we were there. And there was a lot of people at one point - me, both Rhyses, Beckett, Brian, Enoch, John and Sherlock, Stephen, a bunch of others... I guess that might mean the aspect of the bunker that blocks the network signal also serves to block the signals that make anomalies find us? Or maybe we've just been extraordinarily lucky? But I know at least a third of us have our beacons on too, so...

[ ENGAGE RAMBLE MODE ]

[ HE CAN READ YOUR MIIIIIND but really it's a common enough reaction. ]

Sounds like it's packed already, then. [ He makes a slight face -- he'd hoped getting there would make him feel like he's finally doing something useful again, but it really sounds like the mass of people have it covered. ] What about the room under the coffin? Maybe something in the bunker can open it up.

[ DISTRACT HER FROM DEATH WITH PUZZLES? CHECK. ]

Oh, most of them left already. I think Zell's group is the only one there at the moment? Plus Brian. Everyone else left or died, I mean - you've seen the obituaries lately, right? Bunker.

[ Not all that covered, then. Unless being covered in mould counts. HEYOOO. ]

And that does sound possible. I mean, the bunker has several doors that we haven't managed to open, so it seems feasible that one of them could lead there. Kind of as an emergency exit kinda thing?

It wasn't that long. Plus I kinda stopped reading after your name.

[ that's a lie, he saw Junpei and Magenta in there and smirked to himself for like half an hour because that serves them right tbh. ]

Not impossible, I guess. I meant more like a control center kinda thing, though. It could be an all separate place down there.

[ the place where they'd been brought for weird white room experiemnts, for example. but still. ]

You've mentioned the others left. Left where?

[ Maybe it's just a cabin fever break, but it kind of sounded like something else was going on. ]

[Reflexively:] Aww. Wait - I mean - I'm not awwing at that, that's really dumb. Keeping up with the obituaries is important! What if someone else you gave an eff about was on there? And it can alert you to patterns! Patterns like wow a lot of people are dying in the bunker.

[ GEEZ!! This is serious business and absolutely not a cover for her being weirdly touched over that heinous lie. ]

And Iunno. Apparently some left to get supplies? And - and Beckett, Enoch and Watson have taken Rhys out of there to recover. They didn't want mould getting in his wound.

[ which kinda indicates that she didn't just whap him over the head with a stick and call it a day, huh ]

Then I'd notice. Peripheral vision and shit.

[ WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT PEOPLE DYING IN THE BUNKER? NOTHING? THAT'S WHAT HE THOUGHT. ]

Fair enough. [ it really does. how interesting. guess murderapple doesnt get far from the murdertree? just tastes better. ] We'll head that way then. Meeting up with anyone?

[ no "i don't deserve company" there miss ]

Weeeelllllll...

[ The question of whether she's meeting anyone is a tricky one to answer. Partly because she doesn't know yet and partly because she's pretty sure Junpei wouldn't appreciate her mentioning it. Even though there's no reason to be alarmed. Because Junpei can't be dumb enough to antagonise Squalo again. Right? ]

...I'm not going back to the others just yet. I said I'd hang near here for a day or two to wait for Quark to revive. So he isn't on his own when he does, you know? And I can keep an eye on him until he gets picked up by his usual group.

So I'm babysitting for a while. But - but since you're heading this way, we can maybe cross paths when you're in the area? I still want the freaking cupcake even if it's bitten in half, okay.

[ WELL THAT IS CERTAINLY AN INTERESTING DELAY. Don't you trust him, Angel. After all that intense mental almost-boinking they've been through. For shame. ]

Best don't take too long, then. I've got two hungry mouths to keep off of this cupcake and one of them has fangs bigger than my thumb.

[ He knows what Quark's "usual group" likely is by now, but as long as Junpei's honoring his end of the bargain, he won't come after them. Probably. ]

Alright, so can you give me a quick rundown? What're we looking for and what's been tried already? Would be nice if we can do something actually useful while there and you seem like the best person to ask.

[ SO MUCH RESPECT FOR U ANGE ]

[ HEY WOW THERE'S BEEN NO MENTAL BOINKING, ALMOST OR OTHERWISE ]

[ Well okay maybe a little ]

Hey, I have complete faith in your cupcake-protecting capabilities. Assuming you're as much of a badass as you claim, anyway.

[ Teehee~ ]

But okay, um... There are several locked doors in there. There's gotta be something important through at least one of them! Power's out in some places, but I think Zell is trying to take care of that so it might be fixed by the time you get there. The, uh - the bugs are still around, and apparently are kinda impeding investigation a little? The ants bite, but the bigger ones just run away so you can safely ignore those. Eesh, what do they call them...? Long. Wiggly. A jillion legs. Centipedes? Anyway, killing off the ants may assist in being able to sift through things more thoroughly.

[ a teensy weensy bit ]

Hey, I don't do empty words.

[ Like, you know, when he said he would fucking murder Junpei and then he did. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ]

So physically searching the place, for the most part. Should I keep an eye for anything in particular? Any ideas on door unlocking so far?

I'm just teasing! Um... Let me think...

[ This would be a lot easier with all her memories. Probably. She thinks. ]

Obviously I'd be looking for any computers or tech in general? Um... we floated the idea of there being weapons in there, too, since it' presumably a military bunker. That'd be useful. The spiders don't seem to have ransacked the place, so. There could be all kinds of illicit things hidden away.

...If you find a nuke button, don't press it.

[ So that's basically... anything. ]

Are we assuming the bunker-weapons would affect the anomalies? Otherwise I really don't see how they'd be useful. Fuck, I can't believe I just said that.

[ HE LOVES WEAPONS it just hasn't exactly helped him here. ]

Ooooh, can't promise that. Sounds awfully tempting.

[ Except he won't, because Xanxus is here. :( ]

Iunno. But weapons are always useful for something! Maybe they'll have something corrosive or even slag-imbued so we can weaken doors and just brute force our way through them? Um, again assuming that they exist.

[ And also assuming that weapons here work like the ones from her world. Angel. Angel bb no. ]

And just remember that if we all get nuked, I will die and you'll have flouted your own durr durr no dying, Angel rules and will therefore have owned yourself. Bad.

[ the fuck is slag even ]

That does sound kinda cool.

[ Guess he'll keep an eye out, then. But he doubts it'll be that easy. It's never that easy. ]

Damn. Tripped right up with red tape. Good job.

[ u should be a ceo ]

I know, right? There obviously isn't anything there as sophisticated as the defenses on my bunker, but that doesn't mean there mightn't be something cool. Like this one gun in Jack's office? A shotgun that shoots several bullets at once, and each of those bullets splits into even more bullets. I always wanted to try using it, but Jack was all durr durr recoil will kill you if the ricocheting bullets don't durrrrrr I'm a tool..

[ Hey look, an instance of Jack being right! ]

[ did he actually say he's a tool that doesn't sound consistent with what he's learned so far but what the fuck does he know. whatever. ]

[ it is, however, super weird to hear someone referring to their father by name. oh, sure, guy was an ass, but that didn't make them not family, did it? Squalo never had any respect or proper bond for his own father but he still referred to him as one. Only person he can think of who doesn't is Xanxus, and it wasn't due to personal preference but to customs - a Don's title came first, even to family, but that was exception to the rule. He's not sure how he feels about this; he doesn't care enough to find real discomfort in it but it's... strange. maybe a bit jarring. ]

[ just gonna laugh a bit over bullets inside bullets here. ]

They do say there's no such thing as overkill.

There are a lot of bandits on Pandora, okay! And most of them are the bad kind that want to murder you and peel the skin off your face, so you need something like that for crowd control.

[ ... ]

MIRV grenades will also work in a pinch. The ones that explode more than once?

[ Ahhh, nostalgia. Blood and guts are gross close up, but that doesn't mean she can't be weirdly sentimental about watching the vault hunters kick ungodly amounts of butt through her cameras. Soooooo cooooooooool. ]

[ Ooooookay that is certainly an interesting expression to have after mentioning skin peeling. Not that Squalo hasn't done that. Both the expression and the peeling, though not quite in Pandoran quantities. More like one little piece. Ahem. ]

That sounds... special.

[ Look he's not judging but also maybe having a really hot fantasy of Angel blasting people up with an explosive shotgun. It's really messy and gorey and thank fuck it's cold here or he'd have a vertical proof of excitement right now. ]

Special? Oh. I'm. Being weird, aren't I.

[ HECK. Clearly Squalo is SUPER PUT OFF by all this talk of appreciation for the art of extreme violence andhahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ]

Would it be less weird if I mentioned that those kinda things are also really useful for taking out the local wildlife? Because, um, a lot of it is huge and basically every species that exists there wants to kill you too. Just with less face removal and mor-- you know, I should just quit while I'm ahead, huh.

[ sHIT SHIT SHOOT ]

No. Not-- in a bad way. Go on.

[ TELL HIM MORE ABOUT FACE AND OTHER PARTS REMOVAL sounds like the local wildlife is fun! Who doesn't love a good evisceration before breakfast? Also pls feed his bloodthirsty rambo!Angel fantasy some more here. ]

Oh, well then. I. Okay!

[ OH BOY, SHE GETS TO RAMBLE. Heck yeah!! ]

One of the biggest and most murdery animals is the rakk hive! Even the smallest ones are, like, fifty feet tall? And when they aren't hibernating, they're incredibly ornery due to the holes in their backs being home to entire nests of rakks. Which are - they're sorta like big leathery murderbirds. Really annoying. Those tend to attack in flocks, so that's where the shotgun with the ungodly amount of bullets would come in handy! Right? Because the idea is to pulp as many of the sons-of-wit-- bitches as you can with one shot to get them out of your hair. Especially if the hive is nearby!

But a shotgun won't do much good against that, of course, because its hide is really thick and also you'd have to get close to it, which is kinda asking to get stepped on. Super gross way to die, by the by. People just kinda pop, it's the worst. So you're best off using a sniper rifle to shoot out its eyes, or a rocket launcher to just heck it the fuck up. From range. Obviously.

...Don't tell anyone, but I always kinda thought that the rocket launchers we made at Hyperion were pretty lame. You don't go to the company known for accuracy if you want something big and explodey, right? You buy from Torgue if you want the hugest and most explodiest of explosions, or from Maliwan if you want something inflammatory. Or corrosive. That stuff melts right through the flesh, like - schwlurp.

[ That's a very graphic sound effect of a corrosive missile melting its way through a lot of giant-ass monster meat. One very obviously imitated from real life experience. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED SQUALO ]

So cool.

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