The Binding of Isaac

[gamemakers]

Who| All those who signed up for the plot!
What| Capitol rebels attempt a break in and dismantling of dangerous weaponry.
Where| In a warehouse just beyond the very end of the cityline
When| Some time following Arena 13
WARNINGS| Please specify warnings in tag headers.
NOTES | Remember that if you did not sign up, it will be assumed you are not participating in the plot. Plotting can be found here! IC plotting is here!

Comments

Hope this is OK, just ignore if not. ^_^;;

[ruffntumblenut]

"I heard they shave our heads and poke our brains with needles." Ruffnut commented idly, either mistaking Eowyn's question as being directed at her, or not caring.

The girl's hair was a pastel rainbow of pink, sky blue, sea foam and violet and it rolled down her back in shiny silky tresses. Half of it was tied around the front of her face like an unconvincing beard. Still her rough rounded features gave her the impression of being a scruffy boy trying to look like a grown up Capitolite.

Totally okay! :D

[shieldofrohan]

Éowyn looked at the girl who'd spoken, taking her in thoughtfully as one eyebrow rose. "I, too, have heard such things," she admitted, after a moment. "I do but seek to understand whether, should it come to it, they are so certain that I would sooner kill and die than face that fate."

Yay! I've been meaning for these two to meet for awhile <3

[ruffntumblenut]

Behind the "beard" Ruffnut's eyes widened with understanding and then relaxed.

"Guess that's up to us really. I don't wanna spend the rest of my life cleaning up after those losers." She reasoned imagining herself as an Avox and visibly shuddering.

"Though if it's all the same, I can't die easy either. I've gotta get home and save my tribe after we're done with this stupid place." As much as a heroic and glorious death in battle tempted all vikings, Ruffnut had been tasked with a mission that she'd worked very hard to keep in mind.

[shieldofrohan]

"Good." Behind her makeshift mask, Éowyn's smile was sharp, and some of that flinty determination reflected in her eyes. "I would hardly wish to be teamed with anyone who wishes for death. But one with people to fight for, well..." That was someone she could understand, someone who had a reason to fight their hardest.

She shook her head, glancing back up at Shepard. "We can but hope fortune favours us, and none of us must make the choice."

[ruffntumblenut]

"Yeah, and hope that this plan goes better then the last time I tried to sneak into an important Capitol building." She chuckled thinking back in an odd sort of fond way to her first big screw up in the Capitol.

"If they do catch you and lock you up? Don't try touching the glowy walls unless you like getting zapped." She warned grinning behind her brightly colored fake beard.

[shieldofrohan]

"My thanks for the warning," Éowyn replied gravely, adjusting the scarf around her head and raising one eyebrow. To tell the truth, she wasn't entirely sure what zapped even meant, but she would take it as a bad thing, given the context. "But I have no intention of letting them lock me up. I am too confined already." Now it was her turn to smile, her grey eyes flinty. "I don't intend to let them catch me."

[ruffntumblenut]

"Well sure, none of us intend for that." Ruffnut grinned at the woman's confidence and then adjusted her fake beard.

"The confinement is what gets to you I guess. It's like...sure I can walk around the city and stuff but there are still too many rules to follow. Too many people going "Don't touch that. Don't eat that. Stop breaking things." She pulled a face of disgust.

[shieldofrohan]

Éowyn nodded, reaching over to retrieve the curtain rail she was using as a makeshift quarterstaff. "Don't speak as you wish. Don't defend yourself. Don't demand your due, for nothing is due to you." She looked around at their rag-tag little army, her smile gone. "At least a gaol would be honest."

[ruffntumblenut]

Appreciating that it felt like this woman understood her, Ruffnut leaned heavily upon the broken broom she would be using as a spear.

"Which is total garbage. Because a warrior is always worth their due. We kick butt, we deserve respect. I kicked all kinds of butt last round and they still treat me like a muddy boar coming in during dinner."

As an afterthought she added. "Who Agol?"

[shieldofrohan]

"I said a gaol. A cell." Éowyn looked, for a brief heartbeat, almost amused. The look passed quickly. "It is a poor enough thing to disrespect anyone so. Worse to disrespect those whose sole purpose is to fight and die." She shifted her weapon, tightening her grip on it for a moment. "Foolish, too. Particularly when you train them to fight better by the day."

[ruffntumblenut]

"Ah, OK I get that." It was not uncommon for Ruffnut to encounter words she didn't know so that one was filed away with the rest.

"I don't think they care that much about disrespecting us. It'd be nice if they were as foolish as we are once in awhile though." She grinned crookedly. "We're just crazy enough to take risks you know? They're too uptight for that."

[shieldofrohan]

Éowyn nodded her agreement, glancing around them. People were readying to move, so she joined them in that, slinging her curtain rail over her shoulder. "And it will be their downfall, I have no doubt."

Short and sweet~ Seems like a good end. They can hook up again after it's all over :)

[ruffntumblenut]