NOVEMBER/DECEMBER CATCH ALL

[peoplewatch]

WHO: Kabru and some people.
WHAT: things
WHERE: places
WHEN: times
WARNINGS: None yet, will update if he starts being a lil hussy.

Comments

[wheft]

[ it's ok just get behind her when things go awry... though it seems they're still safe out here, so let's hope it stays that way.

though she blinks at surprise at kabru's compliment that came out of nowhere? hello?? ]

Er, um, thanks. You too? [ even now she still doesn't know what to make of compliments. ] Though I think we're going to have to change out of this at some point to make our work more efficient.

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Probably. Even if it's quite comfortable.

[ With how it's a style upgrade, changing back into the plug suit is a snap of the fingers. Kabru continue to walk, surveying the area for the direction they should take. ]

What about that house? A family was definitely living there. [ He points at a worn down suburban home. ]

[wheft]

[ a nod, before going on ahead and checking out the abandoned house up close. it looks like it's seen better days, with the doors and windows still boarded up with the previous occupants' paltry attempts at keeping out the kaiju. the nearby mailbox, when she wipes off the dust, reveals the surname "kitakura". ]

It looks like a nice house, too. [ the gate has been rusted over from years of neglect, making it easier to gain access. ] Watch your step. Looks like something came through here.

[ the ground has been upturned, the cracks visible on the cobblestone pathway towards the front door that's been sealed up with wood. hmm. ]

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[ The attempt at keeping out the kaiju was no doubt futile. Otherwise the house wouldn't be in the state that it is. There's a kind of melancholy he feels when he sees the state of the abandoned home. Once, it probably housed a family. Chained to the gate he can see a few bicycles. Perhaps they had children as well? It's hard not to wonder what became of this family, if they survived or not. ]

This family name ... I remember it from the list of names they gave us. They have family back in Tokyo. We should take whatever might seem important and bring it back.

[ He wanders over to the window and peaks in, making sure whatever had come through there isn't still there. Kabru then starts knocking on the wood for a particularly weak spot they can break through. ]

[wheft]

That's the plan.

[ she peeks through the window as well and, after being sure that nothing is creeping and crawling inside, steps back and waits for kabru to seek out a weak spot on the wood. and once he finds it, she pulls out her harpoon from her gloves and starts using it as a wrench to peel off the planks one by one. ]

--Whew. Okay. [ she then jumps through the window, turns around and offers a hand to kabru. ] Careful. Hopefully this place hasn't been completely looted yet.

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[ Kabru glances briefly at those gloves. Pretty useful... He should get something similar. Is she seriously using a harpoon as a weapon? What is she, a whaler?

He's happy to step back and let her handle peeling the planks off. It won't be easy with one arm. With their opening into the home, he accepts her hand and hops through the window. ]

Looters would be taking food and supplies. They wouldn't waste their time on what we're looking for. [ The insides are as trashed and dusty as one would expect with furniture turned over. There's a fallen shelf in the living room. Kabru starts walking toward it. ]

We might find something under here.

[wheft]

[ he's got a point. besides, any perishables that haven't been claimed yet would've already been, well, perished. this house is pretty much barren unless the family had left behind some precious heirlooms...

anyway, ishmael approaches the shelf, gets down on one knee and lifts up the shelf to reveal worn paperbacks, broken shards of glass and porcelain as trinkets lay smashed on the floor, a couple of dented third- and second-place trophies, and -- ]

Hm. [ she picks up a folded-up photograph underneath a picture frame, featuring a small family of two grinning from ear to ear at the camera. ] Looks like an ordinary family to me. At least on the surface.

[ she hands it over to kabru. it's your job to make up deets about them now for gossip, ]