Excerpt 007: Lay of the Land

[rekindledtitan]

TYPE: Patrol log

LOCATION: Nexus

PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Ghost-type, [1] Guardian-type, designate Blaze-37, Class Titan [rekindledtitan], One [1] Unconfirmed, designate Costas, Adia [chiron_survivor]



ASSOCIATIONS: Multiversal Nexus; Costas, Adia; Blaze-37; Cylons; New Caprica; Demeter Effect



Blaze’s patrols in the Nexus have become less frequent, but the need to keep the place monitored and safe hasn’t diminished just because she wants to distract herself. So she still arrives, on a schedule dictated by strategy and calculated variations. All the better to be unpredictable.

Still, there are certain people they’re not out to surprise, and by the time her boots hit the paved Nexus streets this time, Ghost has already sent a text message well ahead of them:

Hello Adia! If you’re free to come along, we’ll be on patrol in the Nexus three hours from now. Hopefully the temporal variations won’t throw that estimate off by too much. If you can make it then we’ll arrange a rendezvous. -Ghost

Comments

[rekindledtitan]

"Haha! It is that! Ready to go again?" Adia only has to give her the nod, and Blaze will take them bounding up on to the next roof - and the walkway of the tower - and then up again for a slightly gentler touch-down on the uppermost maintenance platform, around the roof. She'll give Adia a second to adjust before she relaxes her hold again, the Titan right there to grab onto if she feels unsteady. Although the platform does groan conspicuously under her weight...

"This is more like the view we need," she says, turning to give the Industrial District below a good look. Ghost floats out above them and turns in a circle, scanning the area. "Take a good look at the streets, see what landmarks you can pick out."

[chiron_survivor]

"Okay," Adia says, once she gets her bearings. She doesn't make any more sounds during the jumps, although she's holding onto Blaze's shoulders like her life depends on it. (Which it does, technically, but Blaze could likely keep her safe without her enthusiastic contribution.) She recovers from the last landing more quickly than the others, although she's not about to let go of Blaze until she can transfer her grip onto the safety railing.

Gosh, they are up high. Untroubled by heights, Adia admires the view as a whole before she tries to identify anything. Everything seems stable, but perhaps not as orderly as she had assumed on foot. The Plaza and the Wilds are easy to spot off in the distance, distinct from the compactness of the Shopping District. "I see the Plaza's fountain... and the Wilds over there. Oh! That meadow is where I went horseback riding on Shadow." She points it out eagerly, a pleasant open space between the Shopping District and the Wilds.

[rekindledtitan]

"Right there? It's closer than I thought." Ghost stops scanning to peer that way. "Just a couple of minutes and I'll have all the data we need for Cayde."

"Looks like a nice place," Blaze notes. "Good spot for a beacon. Hey, see that part of the residential district? You can't see it from this angle, but there's a river running right through it. And there's an underground shopping area that's good for taking shelter in a hurry. Got an armorer with some interesting designs in there too."

[chiron_survivor]

"I didn't want Paladin to have to go too far out of her way," Adia explains. The meadow looks so small compared to the vast expanse of the Wilds, but it had been more than enough space for a horseback ride.

She re-directs her attention to the residential district. "A river? Wow. I didn't know about the underground shopping area, either." The shopping district is another part of the Nexus she hasn't explored much. Having no currency of value, she hasn't bothered to window shop much, not wanting to be tempted by things she cannot have. "Oh, I see Crossroads Cafe, too." Where's the weird place where she got lost and surrounded by ice mirrors? She doesn't see any evidence of that anywhere, no matter how hard she looks.