Cranberry Soda 10

[21:19]	BigSis	[We rejoin the scene essentially as it was left, with the women getting ready to pack up and get the hell out of Utica.]
[21:21]	Karan	Throughout the process, Karan takes care to keep tabs on Big Sis. The news hit hard...
[21:21]	BigSis	gives Medes the thankless task of looking under all the furniture and little hiding spaces and making sure they're not forgetting anything obvious.
[21:22]	BigSis	seems to be in a somewhat more normal state, which is to say, bossy.
[21:24]	BigSis	"Merry, do you have your phone?  If you leave it behind you don't get to bum off ours the rest of the trip!"
[21:26]	BigSis	"And Karan, where the hell did MINE run off to?"
[21:30]	Karan	Karan hands it over immediately.
[21:31]	Karan	"It was wedged between the mattress and headboard."
[21:31]	BigSis	"You mean YOU wedged it there, you little rat."
[21:32]	Karan	The tall one frowns.
[21:32]	Karan	"I could swear you brought it to sleep..."
[21:33]	Agamedes	"You know what they should fix, touch screens for people without arms. Maybe free pizza too... Ohh, Pizza that feeds itself!" Medes returns shortly grinning wide. "Found my phone at least."
[21:33]	BigSis	throws her phone at Medes.  Impact-proof things are awesome.
[21:34]	BigSis	"They fixed that like ten years ago.  They're called Glasses.  Learn to smart."
[21:36]	Meredith	pats herself down. "I have my phone."
[21:37]	Karan	Karan continues about the business of helping the others move out, her lone bag already prepared and ready.
[21:41]	BigSis	heads down to the basement to pick up a stashed Haliburton case, containing the bare essentials for the working man or woman.  Several thousand cash, fake IDs, disposable phone, pistol, silly little things.
[21:43]	Meredith	puts a makeup and hair dye kit in the car. "At our next stop, we should dye our hair different colors."
[21:44]	Karan	"Thats..."
[21:44]	Agamedes	"Ow, my feeling sister nun Sis." She would rub her head at the small bruise. "Impact proof, but not feelings proof it seems. "
[21:45]	Karan	"Actually a good idea," Karan admits slowly. Her extensive study of combat left litte consideration for hair dye and makeup.
[21:47]	BigSis	comes back up the stairs.
[21:49]	BigSis	"Don't go thinking you'll get to choose the color, girls; I've got photo IDs."
[21:49]	BigSis	clicks in the combination to the case and starts passing out the very legitimate credentials.
[21:51]	Agamedes	"They should make phones that don't hurt people's feelings too sis. Call it... Oh! Maybe.. I Eyephone? So it goes into your eye and stuff... but wait that sounds like it hurts alot too."
[21:52]	BigSis	"Uggh, my name is Evonne?  How drunk was I when I chose THAT name?"
[21:52]	Meredith	"Also, Medes, when we do our mkeovers, you should get out your prosthetics. Your chains are somewhat distinctive."
[21:54]	Agamedes	"Oh I plan to anyways, gotta pass as an annoying little sister after all. Maybe. Should be more annoying I think." She nods in approval.
[21:58]	Karan	Karan withdraws the card labelled "Katherine". It's easier to remember being undercover if there is at least a little familiarity.
[22:00]	Meredith	looks at her card. "Hmm, Johanna."
[22:01]	BigSis	"Now remember, the point it's were not supposed to TRY and use these.  And anyone who's going to give us trouble probably won't be fooled by 'em anyways."
[22:03]	Agamedes	"Oh! Oh! I wanna be Alice! Like that one lolita girl who decided to go down a Rabbit's hole... sounds kinda lewd if you think about it.. Oh god.. did.. did they do it!?" Agaemdes would show a sign of shock, before shaking herself off and looking around in case there would be anything that may give thier trail away.
[22:05]	Karan	Karan simply takes a deep breath (her canned response.)
[22:09]	BigSis	pats Medes on the head.
[22:09]	BigSis	"Don't you go changin'.  Just remember to kill things and not die one day."
[22:10]	Agamedes	"B-but.. I want blonde hair! Oh wait, the original Alice was pedobait anyway. Oh well." She takes another look around browing through her room and finding her shortly lost whistle and to take this time to put on her arms. "They're getting smalllllll!!"
[22:15]	BigSis	turns to Meredith and points to her head.
[22:16]	BigSis	"Your ears are showing, dear~"
[22:18]	Agamedes	"Ohhh she lyin' now gurlll! Busted!!" The girl throws her hands up in the air like she cared. "Woop woop!"
[22:20]	Meredith	"Oh, okay." She puts on a wool cap to hide her ears.
[22:24]	Karan	Karan simply dons a different outfit, putting off makeup changes.
[22:26]	BigSis	walks past the bay window and looks at the plain mini-van with the back hanging open, suitcases half-packed inside, like they're a proper family...  She stands there, thinking...
[22:27]	Meredith	changes her clothes, putting on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. In this outfit, she looks a lot like a boy.
[22:34]	BigSis	"Hey girls...?"
[22:35]	Meredith	"Yes?"
[22:36]	Agamedes	"Yes Oneesan?"
[22:38]	BigSis	"...Where are we going?"
[22:39]	BigSis	actually seems at a legitimate loss as she stands there staring out the window.
[22:40]	Karan	Karan walks up beside her.
[22:40]	Karan	"We have other safehouses, right?"
[22:41]	Meredith	"Crossing the border would be a bad idea, right?"
[22:42]	BigSis	turns to look at both of them, seems about to say something, then catches herself and turns back to the window, sighing.
[22:42]	BigSis	"I don't know WHAT'S a bad idea any more..."
[22:46]	Agamedes	"Whatever we do sissy sis. There are wrong decisions~ Just one we took is all!~"
[22:50]	Meredith	"And now I'm conemplating heading north all the way to the ice sheets, where there probably isn't another person for 10 miles around, and living off fish, building a small house, that sort of thng."
[22:54]	BigSis	"Please, contemplate...  God knows I haven't done enough of that."
[22:55]	BigSis	squeezes the back of the sofa as she leans forwards.
[22:55]	BigSis	"DAMMIT I'm such an idiot..."
[22:58]	Agamedes	"Oooh.. fishing!~ Sis! I've done lots, like.. everything.. I even had  shark pull me into the water but he didn't want to bite me for some reason. Maybe becuse he bit into the metal.. no good huh. " The girl shrugs it off and is ready to leave at her master's notice.
[23:01]	Meredith	"I think for now, taking exits and roads at random is a good strategy. If we don't know where we're going, the enemy certainly can't."
[23:02]	Karan	"And we don't need to some wasteland to get away from people and see anyone coming our way. Just out in the country."
[23:04]	BigSis	"Is that...  Is that really what you want?  Just hide?"
[23:05]	Meredith	"Nah, it was just a thought. But we should do our thinking on the road."
[23:06]	Agamedes	"Awwww, I wanted to do some backcountry camping too.. and here all my survival training is gone to waste. Fucking Bear Grylls's a god damn scam artist that's what he is."
[23:08]	BigSis	kneels down and props Medes' chin up, looking at her in the face.
[23:08]	Agamedes	"S..sis?" She for the moment of her life, looked really worried now. Not unlike other situations. "What is it?"
[23:09]	BigSis	"Medes.  For once.  FOR, ONCE.  Stop joking.  Just tell me what you want to do."
[23:09]	BigSis	"I mean it.  We have to decide.  As a family."
[23:10]	Agamedes	"Umm.. okay. W-well, let's see... we have one maid to look and or take or we can go into hiding for a while. Before I answer, how do you feel about going to get taht other girl?"
[23:11]	BigSis	sighs and closes her eyes.
[23:12]	BigSis	"Agamedes, we have THIRTY-SIX other maids to look for."
[23:13]	BigSis	"Some of whom are looking for us, and some of whom might very well die if we don't look for them."
[23:13]	Meredith	"And some of whom will try to kill us when we find them."
[23:14]	Karan	"If we don't have any other leads or resources, we can't do much but run or hide. A frontal assault is always possible, but is generally a bad idea..."
[23:14]	BigSis	nods to Merry.
[23:14]	BigSis	"And the last time we looked for one, it landed us here."
[23:14]	BigSis	stands back up and starts pacing, glancing at Karan.
[23:15]	BigSis	"I have...  leads.  Enough leads."
[23:16]	Meredith	"Well, we should hide for about a week, to get the heat off us."
[23:17]	Agamedes	"I'd say camping then, serious this time. Get some neutral looking clothes, carry as little gear as possible, we'll nearly be untracable!"
[23:19]	BigSis	"And when they send snipers?  When they send thirty snipers, and two or three Maids on top of them?"
[23:19]	BigSis	waves her hand almost immediately.
[23:20]	BigSis	"No, no, sorry, forget it I just...  We don't know that's what they'll do."
[23:20]	BigSis	pulls at her hair.  (We don't know ANYTHING...)
[23:21]	Karan	"Big sis?"
[23:22]	BigSis	composes herself again... somewhat.
[23:22]	BigSis	"I'm here."
[23:23]	Agamedes	"How would they even know we're in the middle of nowhere? That would mean someone's giving away our location or has been following us for some time rather closely.. "
[23:26]	BigSis	"How did Shrew find us?  Satellites, phone-tapping...  Hell, they can probably track trace radiation off of Karan and Tyro's augments."
[23:27]	BigSis	"I just...  I don't like the idea of waiting for 'them' to maybe or maybe not make the first move, okay?"
[23:28]	Karan	"At the least, if they had those kinds of resources, we'd all be dead already. But if they don't, maybe we can surprise them...?"
[23:30]	Meredith	"Shrew did say the only way to survive is to come out on top. So bold decisive action might help."
[23:31]	Meredith	"It has to be right action, though, where we're least expected."
[23:34]	Meredith	"We should get moving while we ponder it, though."
[23:34]	Agamedes	"Right or wrong, I don't think we have much leeway in that otherewise. We either do it, or we don't they don't know to expect us, nor do we expect them either. I think. And okayyyy"
[23:36]	BigSis	tosses the car keys to Karan.
[23:36]	BigSis	"Don't let me drive."
[23:37]	Agamedes	"So, what's teh plan? Keep driving until we run out of gas and hoof it from there?"
[23:38]	Meredith	"I imagine we can refill our tank at some point."
[23:40]	BigSis	"You can talk in the car.  Make sure you've got everything.  Medes, did you close all the windows like I asked?"
[23:41]	Karan	Karan double checks her bag in the back before taking the driver's seat and warming up the AC.
[23:42]	Agamedes	"Even the doors! maybe except the bathroom door.. the next people can get a surprise instead." She looks leerily around before nodding and hopping into the car. "Hup Hup! Off we go!"
[23:42]	Karan	"We can get at least a couple hundred miles from here without refilling, which should be distant enough to strain their ability to track or intercept us. That alone will buy us some time."
[23:42]	BigSis	finds herself looking at the non-perishable foods they're leaving in the cupboards.  The housekeeper will restock them after they leave, but all the same she wonders if they shouldn't be bringing it with them...
[23:49]	BigSis	tries to give up worrying about the little things and locks up the house, putting the spare key under a loose brick on the walkway before getting into the car.
[23:50]	Meredith	gets in the back, since she's small and doesn't take up much room.
[23:53]	Agamedes	"I think heading up north where there's less people would be ideal. That wayt if they come for us, we can see them too... I think."
[23:54]	BigSis	"If we want unexpected...  Ohio."
[23:55]	Agamedes	"WOOOO! ROLLER COASTERS OF THE WORLD! Oh.. right, we;'re on the run and stuff. But why there.?"
[23:56]	Meredith	frowns at Agamedes, which then becomes a thoughtful frown. "She actually has a point. When's the last time you saw a group of fugitives on a roller coaster?"
[23:56]	BigSis	"There's a Maid there, a civilian maid.  Duchess.  I guarantee you that whoever 'they' are, they don't know she's there."
[23:56]	Karan	"Let's go, then."
[23:56]	BigSis	"Stop."
[23:57]	BigSis	leans over and grabs Karan's shoulder.
[23:58]	BigSis	"She's untrained.  She barely knows anything about what Maids even ARE.  Her augments are... well she doesn't know how to use them."
[23:59]	Karan	"Then she needs our protection even more than the rest, right?"
[23:59]	Karan	"If we've touched off an... 'arms race' of sorts, the first to learn of her will pursue her."
[23:59]	BigSis	nods.
[00:00]	BigSis	"I'm just letting you know, she's a kid.  Dead weight."
[00:00]	Agamedes	Agamedes raises her hand looking at Sis. "Sis, quick question about that."
[00:00]	BigSis	"Mmm?"
[00:01]	Agamedes	"Would she want to be rescued or taken?"
[00:01]	BigSis	"Ahh, yes, about that..."
[00:01]	BigSis	scratches her neck indecisively.
[00:02]	Agamedes	"I mean.. as nice as it is to have a cute little sister to molest and cuddle with at night, I don't wanna do anything the girl might not enjoy. Especially if we end up failing to get her."
[00:03]	BigSis	"Well, I haven't had the chance to visit her in years.  She was a good kid back then.  I wouldn't call her a fighter, but...  Well she's a good kid."
[00:04]	BigSis	"Told her I'm her biological aunt and her mother gave her up for adoption for reasons better left undisclosed.  I... think she's cool with it?"
[00:05]	BigSis	"Like I said it's been years."
[00:05]	Karan	"No matter her situation, I doubt she would like armed guards or another one of us breaking down her door."
[00:06]	BigSis	looks at Karan, confused, before laughing.
[00:07]	BigSis	"Pffhawah, oh, you meant THAT?  Oh, that's easy.  I can just call her mom ahead."
[00:07]	Agamedes	"Well then, that works too. Alright so... we game for taking this girl? And then retreating for a few days?"
[00:11]	Meredith	"I'm for it."
[00:12]	Agamedes	"Duchess huh... sounds cute!~" Medes grins thinking about molding her into the perfect annoying little sister too.
[00:12]	BigSis	"She's taller than you~"
[00:13]	Agamedes	"Ehhhhh!? Whyyyy!" The look of shock would fill the girls face. "NOooooooooo! THIS CAN'T BE!"
[00:13]	Karan	"... Is she taller than me...?"
[00:13]	Karan	A hint of worry worms its way into the question.
[00:13]	BigSis	grins devilishly.
[00:14]	BigSis	"Well, it HAS been a few years."
[00:14]	Meredith	"Everyone's taller than me, so I'm fine with that."
[00:15]	Agamedes	"Then lets go and find out then! Hmph, probably just lying to us all." The girl pouted and crossed her arms awaiting for the driver to decide on thier destinatiuon