ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Badger]

: Right. Well, glad you're not dead!

She punctuates her sentence by slapping the part of the bed where your shins would be, if they still existed.
: So, any plans for when you're back on your feet? Stumps. Pegs. Whatever.

"Not particularly, after getting rehabilitated with whatever I'm given I wouldn't know how much time I have left on leave." Walter huffs and thinks for a moment "If I do have time I should sell those three rifles I picked up, I still have another back at Valhalla that I can keep for myself. After that I don't know, I'm not really yearning home or anything I can think of."

[Ad Bot]

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko goes to his room and begins working through his personal belongings, packing for the trip.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy materializes behind Jaakko

"nothing personal kid"

Tippy appears in his doorframe as he packs

"Yellow."

[Mr. Hurricane]

"Red," Jaakko replies, "Need something?"

He packs away his shoulder pad and jar into a bag.

[Tayasaurus]

"Just curious, got nothing better to do if you're going with me?"

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko pulls the shoulder pad out of the bag.

"Have you seen this yet?" he says, offering it.

[Qwepir]

"Not particularly, after getting rehabilitated with whatever I'm given I wouldn't know how much time I have left on leave." Walter huffs and thinks for a moment "If I do have time I should sell those three rifles I picked up, I still have another back at Valhalla that I can keep for myself. After that I don't know, I'm not really yearning home or anything I can think of."

: Well, Frisk and I are heading back to Botkyrka soon. If your legs get fixed up before we all get called back, you should come visit!

"I'm not sure what kind of temples they'll have out there, though. You'll need to ask Arkhip about that. But..." Cualli gives a bit of a shrug. "I know you've missed going to the temple."

: I only hope the people in Moratov are more tolerant.

[Badger]

Walter responds with a chuckle and a light smile  "I might stumble my way over there if that's the case, I'll let you know if I'm coming to visit."

[Tayasaurus]

Jaakko pulls the shoulder pad out of the bag.

"Have you seen this yet?" he says, offering it.

Tippy takes it and looks at it

"What is it?"

[carolcat]

"Hopefully," Cualli nods. "But I've never been there, so I wouldn't know. I'll still go with you to temple, just in case."

[Mr. Hurricane]

"The should pad of an armor I blew up when we were rescuing Pansar. I hit him with one of those new rockets we made to combat them. He exploded,"

Jaakko recalls the conversation afterwords with Virvel, and condemning a dozen pilots to being bombed. The idea redoubles the awful feeling in his chest. He looks away.

"I know I've been against Virvel's looting, and I remember bitching out Eremit when he was taking and selling stuff. But after meeting that power armor, I had to take something back,"

He looks at the shoulder pad.

"I suppose its not as personal as medals or stuff like that-- I don't know. I have it now though, and I'm not giving it back,"

[Tayasaurus]

"Well, if it has value to you... more power to it."

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko stuffs the last of his clothes in the bag and zips it shut.

"I'm ready when you are," he says, smiling faintly.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy hands the piece back and shoulders her own bag.

"Alright. Lets try to catch the nearest bus out of base."

[Qwepir]

Walter responds with a chuckle and a light smile  "I might stumble my way over there if that's the case, I'll let you know if I'm coming to visit."

: Sounds good, I'll leave you a number so you can call one of us.

"Hopefully," Cualli nods. "But I've never been there, so I wouldn't know. I'll still go with you to temple, just in case."

: Thank you.