Have a car thief with no cars

[vengeance_driven]

[Do you know what happens when you put a confused Serb Yugoslavian expatriate in the middle of a strange building in a strange place while he's in the possession of his favorite carbine rifle? He skulks through a hallway quietly, looking for a way out.

Niko nears a window with his back to the wall. And off in the distance? That jungle? That sure wasn't Middle Park. Not long before he heard something that sounded like the most fucked up war-zone he's ever been near. More rushing fire, less bullets. So he's just playing it careful until he finds some sort of damned map.

First he finds a soda machine, though. And that soda machine is not a Sprunk soda machine. He ventures closer, pokes it with the gun as if that's going to help anything, and moves to look behind it as if he's searching for the mechanism for a bomb in an obviously fake piece of inexplicable equipment. Surveillance maybe?

He's pretty sure he's not in Liberty State, anymore.]

Oh, here we go. [Traces of his Balkan accent in those sarcastic sounding words he goes back around to the front of the soda machine, not creeping along for the time being and with his rifle lowered at his side. He's ready to hop behind that thing defensively though.]


((OOC: New person, new character. Niko Bellic from GTA IV. Snarky bastard but pretty friendly and easy to reason down.))

Comments

[thumbsdown]

Yeah... too cold to stick around here.

[At least, it's too cold in what he and Elle are wearing now. They're both still freezing, and it's obvious.]

Couldn't see anything dangerous in the trees, but that doesn't mean there's nothing out there.

[It just means he couldn't see it. There are a lot of trees, after all.]

[quixotically]

[in dark agreement:] Never saw the spore carriers until they decided to move.

[And that's all she has to say about that. Fuck you, jungle. You look too much like Vault 22 for Elle to even give you the slightest chance.

Also??? if. that's all that there is to see out here. she's just. gonna. pick up her pack and scurry inside. YOU KNOW. WHERE IT'S WARM]

[vengeance_driven]

[He moves to follow them in, more slowly because he's still looking around and calculating ways to get up there.]

I could try to go alone. [They don't really look up to it.] I would guess if people placed mines, it would be in the same way as my homeland.

[thumbsdown]

[Boone glances over at Elle when Niko offers to go alone, rubbing his hands together despite being inside now. He's still cold.]

Don't mind heading out with you. I just... need something warmer to wear.

[Speaking of which, he shrugs off Niko's jacket and holds it out for him.]

Not gonna be much use out there if my hands are shaking.

[quixotically]

[Elle is glancing at Boone at the same time, so she ends up catching his eyes, and she can't help but grin.]

There's no reason for you to go alone, [she declares. She sticks her arms straight out at her sides for emphasis, which looks ridiculous, because the sleeves flap dramatically past her hands.] That'd be stupid. What kind of new friends would we be if we let you run off and explore something probably dangerous by yourself?

[Yes, they're all friends now. She's decided. No, the rest of you don't get a choice in the matter.

Yes, she does this all the time. Sorry not sorry, yolo, can't stop won't stop, etc.]

[vengeance_driven]

[And Niko just ends up laughing in his throaty way even before she's done talking.]

Maybe if you flap your arms hard enough like that, then we won't even have to go. You can fly!

[Your new friend is a little bit of a dipshit. But still a dipshit who is willing to pull off his extra layers if he sees someone freezing and giving big chunks of money to people in need. He puts his coat over his arm for now]

Until then we can figure out the layout of this place. At least now we know the shape.

[thumbsdown]

[Boone is honestly not surprised that Elle has decided they're all friends now. He offers her a quick, exasperated look.]

Yeah... we're better off checking out the inside first.

[He sure as hell isn't gonna be outside much, that's for sure.]

Better keep an eye on the people, too. Figure out if anyone's gonna cause us trouble down the line.

[quixotically]

[Elle goes from sticking her tongue out at Niko (super mature) to giving Boone a big, cheesy smile.

here, Niko, have your other jacket back, btw]

I wonder how many people are even here. Won't hurt to try to get a head count.

[vengeance_driven]

Everyone can cause you trouble. [Niko doesn't think twice about that. Good intentions, bad intentions. But the point is taken. He props his gun to the side and pulls on his track jacket and then the bomber jacket. He watches them as he straightens his collar.]

Should I regroup with you later? Exchange information.

[thumbsdown]

Yeah, they can.

[He nods, this time without looking over at Elle. He knows she'll be up for it, and even if she wasn't he could just meet up with Niko again on his own.]

If we find anything we'll let you know. Got a time in mind?

[vengeance_driven]

When it starts to get dark. I will go meet you beside of that soda machine.

[He finally offers his hand to shake, now that there doesn't seem to be any immediate threat.]

[thumbsdown]

Sure.

[He takes his hand and shakes it, nodding.]

We'll see you then.

[Assuming they don't get sidetracked and forget what the time is.]