august mingle;

[thecommissary]

This is the general mingle log for August. Feel free to post open top levels for: new arrivals, job duties, general hanging out in common spaces, bonding with your block, and anything else you can think of. There will not be a catch all for the event, so you can put event starters here or in their own separate log!

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[violenti]

Hey, he's fine- he's just... been through a lot, that's all.

He shares Dinah's excitement, though, poking his head out. God, but the fresh air is nice. The smell of musty pine needles is, for once, surprisingly refreshing.

"No, I'm good." He climbs the last little bit out of the hole, and leans over to offer Dinah his hand before taking a good look around. "The island isn't that big... the fog is thick though, isn't it? Can't see more than twenty feet."

[killersong]

"This is an island?" Dinah peers through the fog - not that it helps. She can't see jack except hulking great shapes. Trees, she presumes, and old ones, tall and dense and damp and dark.

"What the hell is this place? Why would anyone build a bunker on an island? Even your survivalists?"

[violenti]

"Dutch's Island, square in the middle of Hope County, Montana. I suppose Dutch- the man that owns this land- wanted an island for himself. He's got cameras set up all over. Nothing goes in or out that he doesn't see."

Rook shrugs casually. "You learn to stop questioning preppers after a while."

[killersong]

Dinah looks around again as if suddenly she'll be able to see anything through the fog.
"So he's getting us on camera right now?" She shivers in the damp. "Nah, something feels off about this. He gonna be pleased you've busted open his hatch, or that some random woman's showed up here?"
Honestly, it feels like someone who is trying their best to keep everything locked up and the outside, out.

[violenti]

"Dutch is paranoid and hates the government with a passion that's hard to match, but he saved my life. He's not going to mind if you're with me."

Rook shrugs. "Not to mention I keep hearing him, but I've only seen him once or twice." It makes more sense if it's a dream, but it's still unsettling.

[killersong]

"What do you mean? On that radio?" Dinah asks. She starts to walk, picking a direction at random. "What else is here then?"

She waits for Rook to catch up. There's an amused smirk on her face. "D'you often find yourself in situations you need saving from then?"

[violenti]

"No, talking into the radio."

He follows her, and it's bizarre that he can see Dinah just fine, but hardly anything else once they get more than a few feet into the fog.

"Just the once when trying to arrest a cult leader led to our helicopter getting downed, and then after escaping I ended up surrounded in an old trailer, then escaping that in one of the cult's trucks while being chased down finally lead to getting bombed by the cult's plane while driving over a bridge and I ended up in the river. That was the only time." He sounds very tired and deadpan about the whole thing.

"Wait- we just passed that tree a minute ago."