Report Two: Exploring

[derringerous]

[For the past few weeks Meryl has mostly kept to herself, still trying to understand everything that was going on and trying to get used to all the green everywhere. Today you can find her in a few places. 

 

A. In the park you can find a woman practising her shooting. She's got a few tin cans set up on some rocks and taking aim at them with the gun she got from Nina. She's a very good shot. 

B. In the flower store. She's buying some random flowers for the house. They look nice alright? Even if she doesn't seem like the sort of person who'd like flowers. 

 

C. Looking at the pool in the rec center....you ...can swim in water? Isn't that a waste?]

Comments

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Planning a tunnel system for this town right now.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[She looks interested.]

To try and get out or just for travel?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

More for defense applications. Move people secretly underground, have storehouses, hiding places; those kind of things.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[Nodding.]

That does make sense. How are your plans coming along?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much done. All I'm waiting on is the other guy to make a drill.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

Do you think you'll have much trouble digging them?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

The guy doing the digging acts like he has it in the bag and I'm not one to argue on the technical front so I'll trust him.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's good.

We'll I'd be interested in hearing how it goes.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

You can still participate if you want to. Always open slots for help.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

I probably wouldn't be much help in digging, but I'd love to help.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

With gun skills like those, I'm sure there's something you can do.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

I try to avoid using them unless I have to.

[And she's sliding towards the, 'do not kill' side of the bar.]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I generally don't like to use mine either. It usually results in fighting and running.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[She smirks.]

Isn't that true.

Well I'd love to help. Like I said, I have lots of free time. They haven't given me a job here yet.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

[Offering a hand.]

Commissar Ciaphas Cain.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

[Shaking it.]

Field Agent Meryl Stryfe

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Field agent? Sounds tough.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

I'm an agent of the Bernardelli Insurance Society.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

What is that?

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

....you don't know what an insurance society is?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Can't say I have heard of it.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

It's rather prominent on my world. We live in on a very harsh planet though.

Basically we're sort of like a bank for emergencies. People pay as so much money based on what their property or land is worth and then if a disaster happens we give them the money from their insurance.

It's a way to make sure that when a disaster happens, people don't lose everything.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I see. That kind of bank would go bankrupt where I'm from.

[derringerous.livejournal.com]

Well as long as people pay their insurance fee's we don't go bankrupt. No matter how many disasters we have.

But my job is usually to go and make sure that the claims are legit and that people aren't trying to get free money. I work with another agent of the company named Milly Thompson.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

So if an entire planet was razed, you'd be able to pay out? Where'd you get all that money from.