[Network] username: leonskennedy | ota

[needsabreak]

[The camera angle isn't the most flattering, hinting that the tired looking young man isn't too used to camera phones.]

Hi. My name's Leon Kennedy. I'm new. I know a handful of people here are new too but some have been here before. I guess, I'm hoping to talk to a few people who are returning about the things you know about this place. Talking over this thing is fine but I'd prefer to meet in person.

Anyone who's returning who'd be alright meeting in person, I'll throw a drink on me into the deal. Your choice, beer or coffee.

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[artistwithasickness]

[For the level he was on, Leon wasn't wrong. But the fear of being overpowered, the fear of being killed wasn't something that lived inside Devi D anymore and it hadn't lived there for more than a decade. She doesn't blame him for the opinion, and she understands, but their situation isn't the same.]

You shouldn't make your face do that, it looks painful. [Utterly unbothered by his discomfort-] It's not likely that the dome will be broken down any time soon. It needs to take the abuse first. Then you can worry about the endless hoard of creatures waitin' for us out there. Statistics are useful here, believe it or not.

Which is why tryin' to take it down yourself is kinda a shit idea. [It wasn't said cruely, just pointing out fact.]

[needsabreak]

[He rolls his eyes at her snide comment, reacting in kind.]

I'm not talking about hoards. And I'm not talking about wanting to fight anything on my own. I'm talking about maybe having a chance of survival when I, or someone else, is attacked. [Maybe now she'll understand why her secrecy is infuriating him. In his mind, she has information that might be the difference between surviving and dying, even if death here is only temporary.]

I've talked to two people who've had run ins with those things. That's statistics enough for me.

[artistwithasickness]

[Her eyebrows lift a little, the humor of the whole thing starting to creep away.]

I am. That's what's outside that dome, Leon. That's what we're being protected from by being here in the first fucking place and if you think a couple in the streets is bad, wait until there's no bit of street that they're not covering.

Two people who've had run ins with demons aren't shit for statistics of when a break in the dam is likely to happen for the entire pocket universe, that's not even correlating data. You want stats on the low level creatures here? Shoot 'em, they bleed, basically. Nothing special there that a skilled person can't handle.

[needsabreak]

A break in the dam? You just said the dome wasn't likely to break and, sounds like, if it does we're fucked anyway. [He doesn't see any point in even worrying about that and he's really not sure why she's so hung up on it.]

Well, it definitely mattered to those two people. And yeah, that's what I asked - how to take down one of them. [He doesn't look placated by the answer, brow furrowing as the information he's getting doesn't seem to be lining up.]

You're sure? Nothing special about kinds of ammo or where to shoot them? [He really wants to believe there's some piece of the puzzle he's missing. ] One of those people I was talking about said it didn't seem to care when it was shot.

[artistwithasickness]

They're strong as shit and durable as shit and you better have a hellva good aim if guns are the way you're goin' and plenty of ammo to match - stay in the light, stay out of the shadows, that kind of things. [But they were still small fish in the greater whole of the argument.]

It's not likely to, at least not as it stands now but that shit is just as likely to change if you go charging around the Tower- [Which was really her point here-] and if it breaks and you're already in the 'we're fucked' category, I've got some objections to your general constitution, Leon. Which really is a shame, I was almost starting to like you.

[needsabreak]

Strong and durable. Alright, nothing I'm not used to. [He's used to most of the things he's fighting taking multiple head shots and being deadly as hell. He is hoping to pick up a shotgun soon, maybe he'd look into a rifle as well.]

Charging around the Tower? Didn't have any plans to do that. [He was curious about it, for sure, and, honestly, part of him wants to just go talk to the entity that was this city.] Yeah, I don't really give a shit what you think about me. [It's not even said with any malice, he just really doesn't care.

He'd be fighting tooth and nail but it sounded like a baseline human, even as well trained as he was, didn't have much of a chance.]

[artistwithasickness]

[Devi's head pulls a little eyebrows lifting.]

Great! Well good fuckin' day to you too. Good luck- [she says it with a wink before lifting off.]

I'll be sure to come bug you when shit hits the fan again, see how you're takin' it, big man.