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handfulofdustDaniel is looking at a map of the Great Lakes area, from Michigan to Minnesota, with Chicago smack in the middle. His eyes are narrowed in what appears to be deep thought, but could be just a mild astigmatism. It's constant excitement, here in post-apocalyptic Chicago.
His hands are chapped from the cold, and he has dirt under his fingernails.
His hands are chapped from the cold, and he has dirt under his fingernails.
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Date: 2009-03-26 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-26 03:25 am (UTC)"How's it going?"
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Date: 2009-03-26 03:39 am (UTC)"Highway to?"
"- not bad," he remembers to add, a second later.
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Date: 2009-03-26 03:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-26 03:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-26 03:57 am (UTC)Anna's voice is deliberately light, one hand resting on the back of Daniel's chair.
"Or is that not the kind of goal you were talking about?"
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:02 am (UTC)Anna.
Crap.
"Anna. Have a seat."
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:09 am (UTC)Hey, it's not Preston's ass on the line here.
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:10 am (UTC)Then she sweeps out her skirt and takes a seat.
"This looks like rather a long drive for a picnic, doesn't it?"
She taps the map lightly with one finger.
"Longer since most of it will involve walking. You only have one horse, Daniel."
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:13 am (UTC)Suuuure it is, Daniel.
"However, it should be thought about. We haven't really had the time to reach out and find out what's going on outside Chicago's suburbs."
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:19 am (UTC)Is this good policy, Daniel, or is this wanderlust?
What he says, however, is: "Discovering other postapocalyptic civilizations, boldly going where no Chicagoan has gone before?"
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:22 am (UTC)Daniel's not getting off easy on this one.
"You're thinking about trying for Michigan?"
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:31 am (UTC)"I was leaning toward Milwaukee, actually."
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:37 am (UTC)It's probably better if the answer is 'no' than 'yes'. Less chance of massive zombie attacks.
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Date: 2009-03-26 04:40 am (UTC)He's not big on going off half-cocked.
There's usually a plan.
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Date: 2009-03-26 05:06 am (UTC)And probably nothing very populated. Considering our population density is pretty low."
Okay, so there might sort of be a plan.
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Date: 2009-03-27 02:53 am (UTC)"Though our zombie problem hasn't been too bad lately, but I guess it depends whether they die off on their own - uh, or their half-life expires, whatever you want to call it - if they're not being actively persecuted."
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Date: 2009-03-27 02:56 am (UTC)She bites her lip, then absently licks away the drop of blood that wells up.
" -- They won't be too friendly with strangers. Probably. Especially ones coming from here. Who knows what kind of things we get up to?"
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-27 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-27 03:03 am (UTC)"Preston didn't."
What?
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:08 am (UTC)"Man, you know no one invites me to those things."
Preston has, after all, gotten the least play of anyone in Chicago over the past year and a half.
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:22 am (UTC)The sad part is, well. Whorehouse. Someone has probably already done that for them!
"But- in my experience, people want to know what's going on elsewhere. I had a bad reception or two while traveling, of course. But if there's another group of people anywhere nearby...I think we should know."
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:24 am (UTC)She doesn't overplay it, though. That would be cruel.
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:33 am (UTC)"Uh, but . . . I'm guessing that's not necessarily your question."
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-27 03:37 am (UTC)There's not a lot of force behind that, but it's enough.
"There'd be no end to the in-fighting and power plays. Isn't anyone else sick of that?"
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:44 am (UTC)(And bureaucracy is certainly preferable to anarchy.)
However, that is not the issue at hand.
"So basically you're talking an unofficial scouting party. Not necessarily making much contact with anyone, but checking out the lay of the land."
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:51 am (UTC)He tries to avoid politics, himself. But he certainly doesn't have authority to speak for anyone else.
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Date: 2009-03-27 03:53 am (UTC)Boys.
"I don't think any of us have been forbidden from traveling. Or talking to people."
She gives Preston a slightly crooked smile. Close-mouthed.
"Don't be the guy with the red tape, Preston. They'll take away your free-wheeling musician card."
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:04 am (UTC)So far, Preston has successfully avoided getting roped into any specific area of government, and he plans to continue this trend.
"I'm just pointing out, we're kind of a city-state now, we might run into others. It might be good to keep that in mind."
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:05 am (UTC)If there had been a plan, that is.
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:06 am (UTC)Anna's grin is quick and full of teeth.
"Except to keep you out of trouble."
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:18 am (UTC)And then glances at Daniel and Anna.
Carefully: "On the other hand, I mean, if I'd be third-wheeling . . ."
Just say the word, is all!
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-27 04:21 am (UTC)"Are we recruiting now?"
And does this mean they need to find Claire?
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-27 04:29 am (UTC)