Grey Path 2

[22:39]	GM-Kiri	[the group finds themselves in the frozen plateau of frigid north in the just-separated-itself-from-russia-land voznikstan. The forest is thin, and there's nothing but a loooooong road and snow. Snow everywhere. The fact that they are hauling bigass cargo in the truck alone in snowy plain doesn't help a bit.]
[22:40]	GM-Kiri	is sleeping in the front seat. She shouldn't be sleeping, really, since she's the one holding map.
[22:41]	Quenby	is totally old enough to drive a car!
[22:43]	Quenby	is totally not used to driving a big truck in the snow. They're fishtailing pretty bad right now...
[22:43]	Nain	is watching the map. Unfortunately, she can't read Russian.
[22:43]	Quenby	"Nnngh, freakin' snow, freakin' roads..."
[22:44]	Aliza	Zzz... Can't eat anymore...
[22:44]	Quenby	"Can't... keep it straight!"
[22:44]	Aliza	even got the nerve to say the classic sleepmumble thing.
[22:45]	Quenby	is losing control of the vehicle! They've lost traction and are heading for the ditch!
[22:45]	Nain	looks up from the map to scowl at Quenby.
[22:45]	Nain	Figures.
[22:45]	Quenby	"No nonono dangitdangit HEEELP!"
[22:45]	Aliza	[and to the ditch they go. Head first!]
[22:45]	Nain	is buckled up and assumes crash position!
[22:49]	Quenby	white-knuckles the wheel; this is scary!
[22:49]	Aliza	[the car make its presence known by making a loud crash, introducing its face to his new friend, Mr.Ditch.]
[22:49]	Aliza	Whohah!?
[22:50]	Quenby	grits her teeth and glares into the snowy ditch.
[22:50]	Aliza	rolls around in the cabin, being wake up by this ruckus
[22:50]	Aliza	What the-?
[22:50]	Quenby	"Fffffffff."
[22:50]	Nain	opens her eyes again. Checks arms, legs. All intact.
[22:50]	Aliza	Hey why am I upside down like this!'
[22:51]	Quenby	"...my bad."
[22:51]	Quenby	"The roads are crap. Hit a ditch."
[22:51]	Nain	checks others. They, too, are intact. Well, every sliver lining has its cloud.
[22:51]	Nain	Her driving stinks.
[22:51]	Aliza	We got shot by russian or wh--- oh, that's the cause.
[22:51]	Aliza	Check the cargo! Check!
[22:52]	Aliza	scampers to her feet.
[22:52]	Nain	unbuckles herself, and climbs over Aliza.
[22:52]	Nain	On it.
[22:52]	Quenby	unbuckles while yelling at Nain.
[22:52]	Quenby	"I don't see you driving any better!"
[22:52]	Nain	accidentally steps on Aliza's face as she climbs out.
[22:53]	Nain	It is definitely an accident.
[22:53]	Aliza	Aagh!
[22:53]	Aliza	I am totally not a footholder, baby-doll!
[22:53]	Aliza	Now get me out of here, will you?
[22:53]	Quenby	shlumps down into the snow. Eucgh. Wet and cold and stuff.
[22:53]	Quenby	"Maaaaan... this sucks."
[22:54]	Nain	ignores her and opens the door, slithering out.
[22:54]	Quenby	stomps over to the back and checks "the cargo".
[22:54]	Nain	peers in, on the opposite side from Quenby.
[22:55]	Aliza	hey! Get me out!
[22:55]	Aliza	....please?
[22:55]	Quenby	looks at Nain.
[22:55]	Aliza	is still upside-down.
[22:55]	Quenby	"...Flip ya for it?"
[22:55]	Aliza	Any help will be appreciated.
[22:55]	Aliza	smiles.
[22:57]	Quenby	rolls eyes.
[22:57]	Quenby	"Oh fine, I'm comin' ya baby!"
[22:58]	Quenby	stomps back over and helps out Her Highness.
[22:58]	Aliza	scampers off.
[22:58]	Aliza	h hey thanks.
[22:58]	Aliza	One jelly bean for you.
[22:59]	Aliza	put one in Q's mouth.
[22:59]	Aliza	So how's the cargo?
[22:59]	Quenby	noms. :T
[22:59]	Quenby	"Mmm, thanks. Cargo's good."
[22:59]	Quenby	"Nain, check under the hood!"
[23:02]	Aliza	Just so you know, I'm totally NOT a mechanic!
[23:02]	Aliza	So i can't fix a totaled flatbed truck, nope!
[23:02]	Aliza	says so, smiling while she's at it.
[23:02]	Aliza	nothing's better than a totaled car in tundra wasteland!
[23:02]	Aliza	laughs.
[23:02]	Aliza	oh man, i'm so dead!
[23:03]	Quenby	"I think we all are, Boss."
[23:03]	Aliza	Thought so.
[23:03]	Quenby	frowns. She's actually freaking out inside, but that's not how a tough mafia girl should act!
[23:03]	Aliza	sulk.
[23:03]	Aliza	awwww. The delivery's going to be delayed...
[23:04]	Quenby	"Hey, Boss, don't get so down. The truck might still be good!"
[23:04]	Quenby	"NAIN! I said check under the hood!"
[23:05]	Nain	is checking.
[23:06]	Nain	It's an engine.
[23:06]	Quenby	"Aaaaugh!"
[23:06]	Quenby	stomps over and does it herself.
[23:07]	Quenby	"Okay, yeah, we're screwed."
[23:07]	Aliza	This is troublesome...
[23:08]	Aliza	This is right where the border is, and russian army often clash with voznikstan's force in a small skirmish around these part.
[23:08]	Nain	cannot into cars.
[23:08]	Aliza	What we're going to deliver is also voznikstan's. Said they want to strengthen their border patrol.
[23:09]	Quenby	walks back around and hops into the car so she can think.
[23:09]	Aliza	And it's going to be bad if we broke the merchandise... They even paid in advance...
[23:09]	Quenby	"I thought we were just delivering the Hind, Boss."
[23:09]	Quenby	"The Hind's good."
[23:10]	Aliza	Oh. Cool.
[23:10]	Aliza	Anybody can pilot a hind?
[23:10]	Aliza	Hand up please.
[23:10]	Quenby	looks at :| girl.
[23:10]	Quenby	"Now's your chance to show me up, Quiet Girl."
[23:10]	Quenby	:J
[23:11]	Nain	Sorry, loudmouth.
[23:11]	Nain	I shoot.
[23:12]	Nain	That's about it.
[23:12]	Aliza	Gee.
[23:12]	Aliza	thinks.
[23:12]	Nain	delivers what is practically a speech.
[23:12]	Quenby	looks at Aliza.
[23:12]	Aliza	Oh!
[23:12]	Quenby	"How 'bout you?"
[23:12]	Aliza	Oh right!
[23:12]	Aliza	My only experience is "need for speed". Wanna try?
[23:13]	Quenby	". . ."
[23:13]	Quenby	"No."
[23:14]	Aliza	Good.
[23:14]	Aliza	So hey!
[23:14]	Nain	doesn't know what that is, but assumes it is bad.
[23:14]	Aliza	Since voznikstan's force will be expecting us...
[23:14]	Aliza	Should we signal them?
[23:15]	Quenby	"Uhhh... But won't they be, like, pissed at us for screwing it up?"
[23:15]	Aliza	Making something big, easy to spot.
[23:15]	Aliza	eyes the car.
[23:15]	Aliza	like...
[23:15]	Aliza	A big, big fire.
[23:15]	Quenby	scratches her head.
[23:16]	Nain	Radio?
[23:16]	Aliza	Snowstorm. Not working.
[23:16]	Aliza	blehs.
[23:17]	Nain	...
[23:18]	Quenby	"Man this SUCKS."
[23:25]	Aliza	is eyeing the totaled truck with interest...
[23:25]	Aliza	I mean, the truck is not in their deal. They don't really care about it as long as the heli's fine...
[23:26]	Quenby	"Who's is it, anyways?"
[23:26]	Quenby	"Can we, like, set THAT on fire instead?"
[23:26]	Quenby	"Or is... that not cool?"
[23:27]	Aliza	That? What's 'that' you're speaking of?
[23:27]	Quenby	"The truck. Duh."
[23:27]	Quenby	lowers her eyelids.
[23:27]	Aliza	Yeah. The truck's mine.
[23:28]	Aliza	It pains me to part with this, but i'd rather not freeze to death here.
[23:28]	Aliza	And i'd like a big bonfire right about now!
[23:28]	Quenby	shrugs.
[23:28]	Aliza	is back to her jolly self.
[23:28]	Quenby	"You're the boss, Boss."
[23:28]	Quenby	"One problem though."
[23:29]	Quenby	points to the Hind.
[23:29]	Quenby	"Can't set the truck on fire if that thing's on it."
[23:29]	Aliza	Oh right.
[23:29]	Aliza	Gee... What to do?
[23:30]	Aliza	Can't lift it off in this weather, too!
[23:30]	Aliza	notes the storm. It is fucking windy, cold, and white.
[23:31]	Quenby	"Suuuuuuuuucks."
[23:31]	Quenby	"QUIET GIRL!"
[23:31]	Nain	Loudmouth.
[23:32]	Aliza	You two are so friendly.
[23:32]	Aliza	rolleyes.
[23:33]	Quenby	"You, like, learned a buncha stuff as your secret training facility place right?"
[23:33]	Nain	So. Shelter?
[23:34]	Nain	Not arctic survival.
[23:35]	Quenby	"Man, you're like no help at all, girl."
[23:35]	Quenby	shivers.
[23:36]	Quenby	"Any idea where the friggin' hell we are, Boss?"
[23:36]	Aliza	Achoo!
[23:36]	Aliza	sniff.
[23:36]	Aliza	guh. Is the heater working?
[23:36]	Aliza	I kinda not care about the schedule now. Can't be helped, no?
[23:37]	Quenby	fiddles with the instrument panel. Hmm...
[23:38]	Quenby	"No heat. Engine won't start."
[23:38]	Aliza	Drat
[23:39]	Quenby	"But seriously, where are we?"
[23:39]	Quenby	"There any place in walking distance?"
[23:39]	Nain	snorts.
[23:41]	Quenby	starts rubbing her hands together. Coooold.
[23:41]	Aliza	Yeah
[23:41]	Aliza	2-3km down south.
[23:43]	Aliza	Well, I have my own personal heater so i'm cool.
[23:43]	Quenby	"In American numbers, please."
[23:43]	Aliza	hugs Nain from behind.
[23:43]	Aliza	nope. Metrics.
[23:44]	Nain	growls.
[23:44]	Quenby	"Grrrr. you."
[23:44]	Aliza	Warm, warm~
[23:53]	Aliza	I'm cool with whatever~
[23:53]	Aliza	Pun not intended.
[23:55]	Quenby	"You're not takin' this very serious, Boss."
[23:56]	Nain	What a surprise.
[23:56]	Aliza	Hm, so.
[23:57]	Aliza	Walk?
[23:58]	Quenby	"I... guess."
[23:58]	Quenby	"Better just be one walkin' though. The choppers the big thing. Gotta keep it safe."
[23:58]	Aliza	Nain? Your thoughts?
[00:00]	Nain	Cold.
[00:00]	Quenby	looks at her.
[00:01]	Quenby	"...You're supposed to be an elite sniper trained in secret?"
[00:01]	Quenby	"Damn, Nain, you suck."
[00:01]	Nain	is bundled up for the weather, but still, man. It's the Russian fucking tundra!
[00:01]	Nain	flips Quenby the bird.
[00:01]	Aliza	Ahaha, Nain dear. I mean should we walk?
[00:01]	Nain	Blow me.
[00:02]	Nain	Fine.
[00:02]	Quenby	is more childish than that; she just sticks her tongue out.
[00:02]	Quenby	"Nyeh."
[00:04]	Aliza	I'll stay here in the car.
[00:04]	Aliza	See if the radio works.
[00:04]	Aliza	You two go on this direction along the road, okay?
[00:04]	Aliza	Sheesh. So cold...
[00:05]	Aliza	mumbles as she climbs back into the car.
[00:06]	Quenby	rolls her eyes and grabs her table leg and Tec9 she stole from that one dude that one time.
[00:06]	Quenby	"Nainnie get your gun."
[00:09]	Nain	lifts her other hand, the one carrying the long case in which her disassembled rifle rests.
[00:09]	Nain	Done.
[00:09]	Nain	is always packing her Sig, anyway.
[00:10]	Aliza	Oh hey Q.
[00:10]	Quenby	"Mmm?"
[00:10]	Aliza	pops her head out of the car's cab.
[00:10]	Aliza	next time i'm going to buy you a cricket bat or something.
[00:11]	Quenby	"I'm not gonna use it, you know."
[00:11]	Quenby	"But thanks~"
[00:12]	Aliza	hides back inside.
[00:13]	Quenby	shoves one hand in her pocket and climbs up onto the road.
[00:14]	Quenby	"Come on; burning daylight quiet girl."
[00:16]	Aliza	[they travel along the showy, windy road. Only a short distance before they reach voznikstan's border patrol base sitting on the road. Only thing that leads them further is eliza's map and the road in front of them.]
[00:20]	Quenby	is freezing many parts of herself off right about now.
[00:21]	Nain	is unsure if she has parts left to freeze.
[00:22]	Quenby	"H-h-h-hey, i-i-s th-that it up-p-p therr-r-re?"
[00:22]	Quenby	shivers as she talks.
[00:24]	GM-Kiri	[something whizzes past Nain's face and embedded itself into the snow.]
[00:24]	GM-Kiri	[and followed by a distant gunshot.]
[00:29]	Quenby	"...D-d-did you... h-here s-s-something?"
[00:30]	Quenby	is really hoping they can be someplace warm soon.
[00:35]	Nain	Gunshot.
[00:35]	Nain	is on the ground.
[00:35]	Nain	punches Quenby in the ankle to get her to drop.
[00:35]	GM-Kiri	[another one blows the top half of Q's stick away.]
[00:35]	GM-Kiri	[and again, shortly after, followed by a distant gunshot.]
[00:35]	Nain	Down, loudmouth.
[00:37]	Quenby	wobbles to the ground as her table leg gets owned.
[00:37]	Quenby	"Gggnn!"
[00:46]	Nain	No idea where the shooter's at. Too much snow.
[00:47]	Nain	Might have an IR scope.
[00:47]	Nain	We're quite likely fucked.
[00:47]	Quenby	"Then get off the road!"
[00:48]	Quenby	runs to the side of the road, looking for a good tree as cover.
[00:50]	Nain	skedaddles
[00:55]	GM-Kiri	[third shot carves a hole in Quenby's right forearm.]
[00:56]	Quenby	stops being cold.
[00:56]	GM-Kiri	[the interval between the shot is less than 20 seconds. The enemy is a pro.]
[00:56]	Quenby	"Gah gaaaaggghh owowow, ARM!"
[00:56]	Quenby	instinctively buries her arm in the snow to numb the pain.
[00:58]	Nain	is getting irritated
[00:59]	Quenby	"Nain! Can you see anything?!"
[00:59]	Quenby	"Ow MY ARM!"
[01:00]	GM-Kiri	[another shot to halt Nain's advance. Pinning her in place.]
[01:04]	GM-Kiri	[the shot stopped after its five shots. Reloading?]
[01:07]	Nain	White.
[01:11]	GM-Kiri	[save for further continue]