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"Who's asking?" Reese challenged the intruder warily, folding her arms. She glanced back at Jai, smiling slightly. "Cool. Come on then." she started walking back into the woods. The smells from her basket were getting to her too. She'd tried some of the fish after first cooking it, and it wasn't her favorite food, but there was something about catching and cooking it yourself that made it ten times better.

Reese, despite her usual rudeness, wasn't a bad person. She sighed and turned back to him, "Oh, come on then Colin. I have enough food for three." she shook her head with a slight grin before continuing her way, pushing forward through branches and between trees.

Jai looked back to him with a mouth full of fish and continued eating it, he found a few pieces of metal parts and rocks and figured he could make makeshift knifes out of them so he picked them up and put them in his pack and continued following.

Elizabeth wrote: "She rested her head on his shoulder, "it's okay.""

((I'm just going to switch to the lake topic so as not to interrupt the rp that is currently going on.))

((Sounds good))

After a bit Reese had found a nice little clearing. She sat down and reached into the basket, pulling out a small fillet for herself along with a small clean cloth that would service as a napkin. She set the cloth on her leg and then the fish on top, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a knife. She deftly sliced a bite off and popped it in her mouth, patiently waiting for the boys.

Jai walked over and sat down, having finished his food he put the remaining parts he couldn't eat on the floor next to him. he put his pack next to him and opened it up, he then took out a metal part and a rock. he started rubbing them together to sharpen them, "names Jai, who are you?" he asked him them both.

"Reese Wynters." Reese introduced herself. Having finished her fish, she carefully put away the remaining food before digging into her messenger bag. She came up with a collection of wires and engine in a weird mess that made sense to only her before she started tinkering again, using her knife as a screwdriver.

"alright, now we have that part out of the way at least" he said and went quiet for a few moments before looking at them again, "thanks for the food" he said, normally he wouldn't but he figured it was the nice thing to do so he did.

"alright, now we have that part out of the way at least" he said and went quiet for a few moments before looking at them again, "thanks for the food" he said, normally he wouldn't but he figured it was the nice thing to do so he did.

"The food was no problem. You're welcome." Reese nodded to Jai. She stiffened slightly as Colin spoke and concentrated harder on her mechanical mess, chewing her lower lip as she peeled back the plastic casing on part of the wire with her knife. "I dunno. Everyone here jumps down my throat anytime I say anything, even if it's 'be careful,' so why ask me?" she said a touch bitterly, prying apart the individual wires inside the casing.

Jai looked confused, "leader? why do we need a leader?" he asked them. being unconscious for the first day made him miss out on a lot of things.

"what's going on here?" he asked them, "i thought we were being exiled here for our crimes" he said

"They don't have a plan because they don't expect, or want, us to survive." Reese said flatly. She dropped the engine and wire mass, crossing her arms as she leveled her glare at Colin. "Jai is closer to right. We're criminals. They tell us we're here to explore, find out if it's habitable. But they expect us to die and they don't care. They don't have a plan. They're just waiting for us to all die so they don't have to worry about us, or people squawking to come here. We're the guinea pigs. They're using us so they can tell everyone it's too dangerous."

"Since when dis I say I agreed with them?" Reese snapped, glaring right back at him. "This is what I mean about everybody jumping down my throat. I'm going to try and save your asses- well. I was. But when everyone instantly hates me whenever I simply state a fact, or say anything... You can all save yourselves. I'm done trying to help people who hate me." she snapped. She jammed her mechanics into her bag and stood up abruptly, glancing at Jai. "Tell the others-oh hell, they won't believe it anyway. Say what you want." she shrugged, turning and starting to stalk off.

Jai just sat there, not really sure what to say, he scratched the back of his neck. of course he didn't want to die and wasn't going to just lay down and let it happen, but for all they knew they were sent here for another reason, it wouldn't make much sense to waste supplies and send a bunch of kids to earth to kill them when they could have just floated them.

he sighed, "don't let what he said get to you, I'm sure he's just scared like the others and they doesn't know how to handle it so they look for a leader" he said, trying to be nice and cheer her up if she needed it. he wasnt sure if she heard him but he said it anyways.

Jai got tired of sitting around and decided to get up, he made a few shiv like knives for himself and a bigger knife out of the metal part he was sharpening. he stood up and picked up his stuff, he figured he would just go it alone for now, he didn't care much for leaders and didn't like following others leads either, he preferred to be his own leader. because nobody could lead him better than he could lead himself. he walked over to the drop ship and walked inside it to look around for things before he left.

he walked back out about thirty minutes later, his pack was full of things like wires and rope and such and he took an extra bag of clothes too. he gave one more look around at the others before he started off for the woods. his first priority to find food and a shelter.

((I believe so))

Chloe looked around at the scattering people and rolled her eyes placing a hand on her hip. "Well this is great." She mumbled seeing a group of kids leave. She sighed tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. Sometimes is was blonder then it was light brown. Her eyes scanned the area and another sigh formed and slipped ou of her lips. "Make weapons guys. We need food and that means killing animals and killing animals means havin a weapon. Chop chop." She crossed her arms. They needed guidance. But this? Placing them on unknown ground? Was BS

Chloe rolled her eyes slightly annoyed. "Well first off, find as many sticks you can and then rocks. Do that first." She shrugged and looked around again thinking. Then she sighed and bent down grabbing a fistful of dirt and feeling it slide through her fingers.

Chloe raised an eyebrow and then froze and looked around. Then she placed her glare on him. "Me?" She asked her eyebrows coming together forming a frown. "Of course I do. Do you?" She asked crossing her arms.

Chloe's cheeks became a bright shade of red as he came closer and leaned closer. But only to pull out a coin? Her eyes became an even deeper glare. Her jaw clenched. "Oh yes? I've been in, locked up in a cell for about five years with no belongings, and a coin happened to be behind my ear.." She said sarcastically.

Chloe stared at his hand a long while before rolling her eyese and placing her hand in his giving it a firm shake. "Chloe Smith." She answered in kind of an irritated tone. Her cheeks red.

Chloe was actually going to say thank you until he leaned close.. again her cheeks turning a fire red. Then he pulled out the stupid coin again and her hands shot up to her ears covering them. "Well, I'm not talking to you! You keep making money off of me!" She joked and rolled her eyes and grabbed a rock and stick making her way into the mossy lands of trees and more. She wondered if he would follow... Part of her wanted him to, while the other not so much

((okay!))

Chloe casted him yet another glare. She didn't know any other way to look at him. She bit her lip and sighed. "Yeah sure.." she mumbled.

((To the 'Unknown Grounds?"))

Jai was walking back to camp holding a large branch in hand, putting on the finishing touches to turn it into a spear, he placed the large sharpened rock in the hole on top and tightly tied cloth from his clothes around it to keep it in place. By the time he walked back into camp he was holding a slightly glowing spear, made from a branch of a glowing tree, he was slightly hungry and figured he could probably poach some food from someone and he did need a place to sleep at least for tonight.

"Son of a bitch!" Reese snapped, yanking her hand away from her current mechanical project. She rubbed the back of her hand carefully, where a slight burn mark was appearing from the electric shock the thing had given her. It wasn't even close to the first time she'd gotten shocked, but it still wasn't exactly what you'd call pleasant. Dropping her mechanics into her bag, she walked the short bit to the river, where she dipped her painful hand into the cool water, wincing slightly.

Jai heard someone yell out son of bitch and looked around to see who it was. he couldn't see anyone that looked like they were hurt or in a situation to say it plus it sounded like a familiar voice. he walked over to where he heard it coming from, after about a minute or so he found who it was, it was Reese by the water, he walked over but stopped a tree away. he wasn't sure if she wanted to be bothered and he didn't like butting into people's personal problems or business if he could avoid it. so he stood there in thought, hoping to think of something soon.

It only took a minute of patience for Reese to swoop forward and neatly impale a fish. She set it off to the side used her small engine and wires to start a spark and light her small pile of light leaves and small twigs. She smiled triumphantly, crossing her legs and settling in front of her fire. She neatly wrapped the fish in damp leaves and set it aside, waiting for the fire to grow enough. After a couple of minutes, she deemed it ready and she set her fish on the fire and started absently tinkering with her wires again, staring deeply into the flames, obviously deep in thought. Or rather lack of it. She just... stared for no reason.

He watched and watched, thinking and thinking but couldn't come up with anything. so he decided to go with the flow, he walked towards her and stopped behind her, noticing the fire and the mass of wires with her. "umm... whats up?" he asked, decided to go with that as a conversation starter.

Glancing up behind her, Reese tensed instantly. But when she saw who it was she sagged, turning away. "I'm cooking a fish." She said flatly, like it was completely obvious. And it kind of was. She seemed to ignore him from then on, turning the fish over to it's other side. She looked down at the wires again and lightly touched two of them together, a spark jumping between them.

he rubbed the back of his neck in an awkward silence and sighed, "umm... what's the wires for?" he asked. he then crossed his arms and walked from behind her to her side, but a few steps away. he looked down at her and the wires she was sparking.

Reese glanced over at him and sighed, grudgingly giving an answer despite her obvious reluctance. "It'll end up being walkie talkies." she said shortly, bending over her tinkering again. It was harder for her to concentrate though, with him hovering.

he took a seat next to her, still a good few steps away. he watched the water moving then looked to the fire then to her, the silence going on and on. he could tell she was mad but he didn't know at what, the wires, being on earth, the people the situation or just plainly mad at him. once he figured she could possibly be mad at him he got upset and slowly furious at it. "hey Reeses" he said sudden and a it loud, "do you have a problem with me?" he asked straight out

Flinching slightly at his loud voice, Reese's grip tensed on the wires. "I have a problem with everyone. I don't specifically despise you though." She said flatly, reaching over and plucking her fish from the fire. She set it on top of a large leaf and peeled away the leaves she had cooked it in. Setting the wires and stuff back in her bags, she pulled out a knife and swiftly sliced into the fish, peeling out a chunk of meat that she took a bite of.

He crossed his arms and smiled, "good, it makes me glad to know you don't exactly hate me or anything" he said and leaned forward as he sat and laughed a bit

"Doesn't mean I like you." Reese pointed out flatly, absently picking apart the piece of fish between her fingers and popping a small shred into her mouth. She hadn't meant to shred it so completely, but she wasn't going to waste it.

"true, but that means we're not enemies but acquaintances, and an acquaintance is a potential friend" he told her, looking at her with a serious face.

"Keep talking and we will go to enemies." Reese muttered, shooting him a slight glare. Talking was not her forte, and it got really annoying, really fast. She took another bite of the fish, flatly ignoring him unless he decided to do something again.

since she didn't want to talk he just sat there in the silence, he took out a small knife and started carving symbols and such into his spear to pass the time.

Reese was perfectly content to just sit in complete silence and showed no signs of doing anything else for a long time. Her fish was almost gone by the time she finally sighed and tossed the last half of a fillet from the fish over at him, all without a word.

he smiled and turned over to her, "thanks, i appreciate it" he said and let it go back to silence, besides the noises of him eating
which he tried to be as quiet as possible as he did it.

Reese made a noncommittal sound, just kind of a "huh" acknowledging that he spoke at all. That was all she felt she needed to do. Pulling her wires closer she started playing with them again, biting her lower lip lightly as she worked on them.

he let the silence go on for a few more minutes while he ate and a few more after he finished, he looked at her and opened his mouth to speak but stopped. he sighed and decided to speak, "so why do you hate people so much?" he asked her

"People don't like me. Why let them have the first move?" Reese said without looking up. It wasn't even close to the first time she'd been asked that, although usually it was from someone yelling at her. Her response had an almost scripted tone to it.

"really?" he asked, his tone in disbelief. "it's hard to believe people would just instantly not like you" he said and shook his head, "take me for example, i like you well enough to call you a friend" he told her with a nod

Reese snorted, shaking her head. "My friends are the ones who steal and fix up the old cars and pods to race. They're the ones who are still up there because they were in for assault, murder, theft. People don't like me because my true friends have rubbed off on me to much. I don't like people. I don't trust people. A very select minority have ever given me reason to." she hissed, her grip tensing so much a small snapping sound was heard from between her hands. She opened them, the shape of the materials dug into the skin on her palm. One small plastic piece was broken, and she cursed as she set it back into her bag. It wouldn't effect it at all, but it was too close for comfort.

he whistled, "quite the life you've lived" he said, "and for the record your upbringing doesn't change how i see you as a friend" he told her in a serious tone and face, "but I'm sure you don't care either way and just want me gone right?" he asked her

Reese shrugged, the picture of indifference. Whether he stayed for a while or went now was completely up to him. She could work with either way, as long as he didn't try and distract her from her stuff.

he rolled his eyes and plopped down onto his back, he stayed in silence with Reese as he laid and watched the sky. "i have a question, why is so hard for you to be friendly to someone who is obviously trying to be your friend?" he asked her

"Why is it so hard for you to just sit in silence with another person?" Reese countered, a sharp edge to her tone. Rolling her eyes, she connected a couple of wires in her invention.