The Union RPG

"Now they're going to worry I'm going to corrupt you," Audrey replied. "So you'll be seriously questioned, making sure you're really not against the union."

"That see seriously paranoid to me." He said with a shrug. Would it be this easy to be here...to lie every day?

Audrey shrugged. "I've been here for a while just because I was with a rogue union worker. You never know what they're gonna do."

oxford girl wrote:

Brit looked down at the water. "How cold do you think it is?" She asked as she leaned over the edge and looked at the water

" probably fairly cold." He smiled, " you scared?"

Liam shrugged, " they seem nice enough."

Brit straighten and put her hands on her hips. "Do I look scared? But maybe you should go first, just to make sure its safe."

"Sure, I'm sure they do." Audrey agreed.

" how about we go together." He smiled

"You hungry?"

"I could eat," she shrugged. "They do give plenty of food, I'll say that for the union."

"And good food too..." he smiled pulling out the chair and offering her to sit, "I mean look at it. full slabs of meat, fresh veggies and fruit...its been forever since I've seen food like this."

She took the seat. "Thanks." she said. She watched him a little warily, there were few that even used manners like that anymore. "So why are you here?"

he shrugged, "I was cold and...hungry...and tired of hiding." that was the hard part and it came off so easily. why was this so easy. there were traces of truth in things he said but so much of it were lies and yet they were coming off so easily

"So you just turned yourself in." it wasn't a question.

he nodded sliding to sit on the floor with his back to the wall, "its better than starving. and maybe the whole resistance movement was wrong." he shrugged his stomach joining into the conversation again

Audrey lifted the tray off the table and set it on the floor, sitting on the other side of it. "Perhaps it's better than starving, at least being here on your own will."

"Why didn't you come in willingly?" he asked picking up some green beans with his fingers

"Because I hate the union. And because I was doing fine on my own. Well, with Xavier. But we were fine."

"Xander?" finally they were off talking about the soul sucking union. it was like taking a deep breath

"Together?" Brit asked. "Okay," she said as she took her shoes off and her jacket.

ooc: woops.

"Yes," Audrey nodded. "Neither of us were great with survival tricks, but we got along and were able to find food."

ooc: woops?

"Not sure anyone did." he said taking some more food

he took her hand and smiled, "One...Two..."

ooc: Xander, not Xavier. I knew that wasn't right.

ic: "True. But there was a lot of food around if you knew where to look. And we figured it out."

"Three," she closed her eyes and jumped, pulling him with her

"Nice." he didn't pry. if there was food out there like the geek kid brought then he wanted it to be out there for the rest of them. the union would go and clean it up as soon as they knew where to look, "sounds like it was working out alright."

The water was freezing. it wasn't temperature controlled like the fountain. his body felt like it was going into shock for a minute then. he swam to the top of the water gasping at the air that now seemed actually warm

ooc: oh..lol I wouldn't have noticed I red Xander because I knew what you meant...:p

Brit gasped when she surfaced. "Bad idea, bad idea," she said as she started shivering.

he chuckled as he gasped, "it...could grow...on you."

"So could hypothermia," she said. "Next time I want to do something crazy, don't let me."

"It was. But we got caught," Audrey replied. "And I haven't seen Xander yet."

"I'm sure...he's...ok." there wasn't much confidence in that statement

this made Loren laugh even more causing him to bob under water for a second. he came up sputtering, "ready to go back?" he asked after he was done caughing

"I hope so. But the way they were talking to him.... It didn't sound good, they weren't happy that he had left them."

"If someone left me I wouldn't be happy," he said with a shrug, "have you had the strawberries?" he asked changing the subject, "they are ineradicable." he wanted to get her out of there. she wasn't there by choice and she had even made it away from them and now she was back. it wasn't right. he had to figure out how to get her out of there

Audrey nodded and took one of the strawberries. "They are very good."

Brit nodded, "very ready," she said, shivering.

Keller smiled taking another berry, " nothing quite like fresh produce."

Loren pulled himself out and reached down offering her a hand

Brit grabbed his hand and pulled herself out. "It feels warm now," she said as she gathered her shoes and jacket

Picking up his jacket he pit it around hr shoulders, " that's just perseption. We need to get inside." Maybe it hadn't been such a good idea

Brit nodded and hugged his jacket closer. "Yeah, before we freeze." She smiled slightly, "thanks, that was fun, crazy but fun."

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Liam smiled taking another berry, " nothing quite like fresh produce"

Audrey smiled as she ate another berry. "Yes, it's amazing how good it tastes after only having dried fruit."

He walked quickly and pulled her into his apartment before she could object," we need to get you warm." Was his short explanation as he started filing the tub with hit water.

" dried? Man you had it good." He said a little surprised, "what I would have done for fruit of any kind."

She nodded, shivering. "You too," she said. She touched his hand, "you're freezing."

"That was really just at the beginning," Audrey smiled. "Fresh anything tastes like heaven at this point."