♐ 003 // [Action] - Fourth Wall

[crisisrain]

[Raven was sitting on the porch of house 12, debating whether or not to try and brave the light snow fall. He wanted to go buy some red wine and curl up in the warm, ignoring winter forever. He can't ignore the fact that there is a sudden abundance of strange wingless people walking around however.]

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[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Technology... [Like nanomachines? Yeah, probably like nanomachines. Everything is made of nanomachines.] Luceti, huh? All right, let's say I believe you for now.

If I shouldn't be here, then why am I?

[crisisrain]

I wish I knew the answer ta that pal, yer not the only one who's shown up mysterious today. Looks like the shifts are goin' a little crazy.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Hnn... It's a little anticlimactic to find out I've been brought here thanks to a malfunction. Is someone working to fix these shifts?

[crisisrain]

I'd like ta hope so, but I'm not makin' any promises. Generally, if ya don't have wings ya shouldn't be inside the barrier, you'd be dead.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Where's this barrier?

[crisisrain]

It surrounds this entire area, pretty big thing too.

Wait... yer not gonna try and destroy it are ya?

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

I might consider it if there's no other way through.

[crisisrain]

[OOC: I wrote this whole tag as Otacon before I noticed my own fail]

Hold on! Ya can't do that! The barrier isn't keepin' us in, it's protectin' us!

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

What exactly is it protecting us from?

[crisisrain]

A group called the "Third Party" are outside the barrier. They want us dead, so the barrier stops them from killin' us.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

That's good incentive to leave the barrier alone, if true.

[crisisrain]

The only logical way ta get through it, is ta break it. There's nothin' you can do about it.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

So this group... the Third Party... you're at war with them. If anyone goes through that barrier, they'll be in position to attack your peaceful little village. Is that what's going on here?

[crisisrain]

Considerin' we're being drafted against our will, I'd say that sounds about right ta me.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

What do they want from you?

[crisisrain]

I wish I knew pal, I've got no idea why we're here. All they ever seem ta do is use us for experiments.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Experiments? Does that mean they can get through the barrier, but we can't?

[crisisrain]

I'm not sure myself, but I figured they're probably inside the barrier themselves.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Is tracking them down and striking back an option?

[crisisrain]

Ya could do, but people have been tryin' that fer two years now with no luck.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Two years? I'm no expert at tracking, but there's no reason for it to take so long. Has any progress been made at all?

[crisisrain]

If there had been, then I'd be of much more use now wouldn't I?

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

So what, you just sit around and wait for time to pass? What will that accomplish?

[crisisrain]

I can be a lazy person when I wanna be. So let me make it clear, there's no point chargin' headfirst into something when we don't even know where ta go.

[solidarity.livejournal.com]

Hn. [He's quiet for a moment, thinking back on his own actions. What Raven says is true: at times, it really is necessary to lie low and wait. That wouldn't stop him from trying to figure out some way to strike back at the enemy, however.]

All right. I'll stay away from the barrier, you don't have to worry about that. So what options am I left with?