BORDERLANDS AU 1

[agoodname]

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[enigmaster]

So what's the look I'd be going for here? Pirate gardener?

[agoodname]

[alsdkhfs Butch barks out a laugh at that] Absolutely. No one would ever recognize you! [he grins] They're looking for a techie, not a pirate gardener. Their eyes will pass right over you.

[enigmaster]

Sounds-- [And Edward hisses quietly a moment, wincing slightly. Hm?] Sounds foolproof.

[agoodname]

[Butch blinks at that, moving to stand and move closer] Do y'need to shift? I can help if y'do.

[enigmaster]

Ah, no... No, I'm alright. It's just my arm hurts a little, that's all.

[Maybe he's been using that ECHO pad too much?]

[agoodname]

[....huh?] Did you tell Dr. Thompkins?

[enigmaster]

Ah, yeah, but it's um... [Edward grimaces a bit.] It's my other arm... you know? [So there's the problem. It's not real pain.]

[agoodname]

[Ah. That explains that] Phantom pains, then.

[enigmaster]

Yeah. Not much to be done about that, except more painkillers, and I'd rather, uh... not. [He's had enough of those.]

[agoodname]

That understandable. I try not to take those when I don't have to myself.

[enigmaster]

I think I've had enough to last a lifetime.

[agoodname]

Yeah, well, we'll get you out for a bit and that'll give you something to focus on other than all that, at least. Any requests?

[enigmaster]

Honestly, just being somewhere other than this room for a bit sounds great... [that's all he wants]

[agoodname]

"We can definitely make that happen. Wouldn't want you goin' stir crazy in here."

[enigmaster]

Too late for that, I think.

[agoodname]

[Butch barks out a laugh] "Well, you're still better off on the sanity level than most of the people out there, so I'd call that a win. But I'll definitely figure out a thing with Lee and Oswald to get you out of here for at least a bit."

[enigmaster]

Ah... thanks. [He hesitates a moment.] How're things going, anyway, back at the Citadel?

[agoodname]

[at that, Butch huffs out a breath, sitting back a bit] "Pretty busy. We've got the rebuilding, the reorganization--then outside of that, regaining the ground we've lost. Oswald still wants Meroni's head on a platter, so there's that to deal with. Everyone's working on at least two different things--at least in the Gentoos."

[enigmaster]

Sounds... hectic.

[...He kind of wishes he could help.]

No further trouble with Hyperion, at least...?

[agoodname]

"They seem to have calmed down now that they think you're dead. I mean, we did have to take out a couple Icicles who we found were informants, but they were easy enough to suss out and get rid of."

[enigmaster]

Oh. Good, I guess. [hhhhhh] ...Well, really now, if I'd known that getting hit by a moonshot was all it'd take to get them to back off... [JUST A LITTLE WRY HUMOR]

[agoodname]

[alsdhfs Butch snorts at that, a grin curling at the corner of his mouth]"Yeah. That's all, I guess. Though I don't trust 'em as far as I can throw them. I'm guessing there's bigger fish to fry than us for now, but also there's no way that we're forgotten about."

[enigmaster]

Definitely not. Jack holds grudges, he's definitely not about to stop forever...

For the moment, he's probably just distracted by the Crimson Raiders.

[agoodname]

[That'll get a blink--before he nods] "Oh, yeah. We heard about them. Never tangled with them ourselves and we sure don't intend to but...if they're keeping Jack distracted, I'll count it as a good thing."

[enigmaster]

We'll see how long the resistance thing lasts... I can't say I like their odds, but, well. A distraction's a distraction.