Thread: The task is at hand...

"Never send a wolf to do a thief's job, eh brother?"

Sam says leaning on a cabin, staring to the east, into the dawn. He had been standing their silently, sipping his coffee, staring into the blazing sun since it had breached the treeline, as he has every morning since he arrived. He turns and smirks at the Adren.

"I'll help you get your trucks. And I'll help scout the city."

He grins at the thought of what the next days may bring.

Tala shivers as she wakes in her lupus form in the brisk morning light. Her white fur being shook out as she rises. As always, the klaive wound in her belly itches and aches and she finds herself gnawing at the area around it a bit before wandering over to a pail of water for a drink. Finishing her 'breakfast' she stares at herself a moment before shifting back to her breed form, homid, and begins washing in the same pail.

A voice, speaking with an air of command, draws her attention. Snagging a towel off a tree branch where it had been left to dry the night before, she walks towards the voices drying off her hands and face. As the towel comes away, and she rounds the outside of the Tech Cabin, she can be seen wearing blue jeans, a 3/4 sleeve gray cotton shirt, her white blonde hair hanging loose around her shoulders and brushing against the battle scars on her throat.

She stands off to the side, listening to the man who is giving out the day's instructions and when he's done, she steps forward. "I've never seen Kansas City... if you'll have me I'd like to tag along." She extends her hand to the man. "I'm Tala Gaurav," She adds her deed name as an after thought, "Pain of the People... I just arrived yesterday from New York state."

Claudia sits on the porch of her cabin, sunglasses hiding her eyes, sipping on coffee, as she listens to Drahcir. She sputters as she is announced as a team leader for this scouting trip.

"I'm what?! You want me to lead a team? Are you fucking nuts?"

Eimile emerges freshly showered from the cabin she shares with her packbrother Ashalyn. She is a tall, lanky red haired girl with amber eyes dressed in faded jeans and a deep green hoodie.

She stops and breathes the morning air as she listens to Drahcir speak; she had met the man last night and she trusted him to lead them true. When the girl across the way in sunglasses had her outburst, Eimile rolled her eyes and waited for the confrontation to come.

As those present respond and step up, Drahcir smiles a bit watching as life and purpose begin stirring in the place he's began to know simply as "Hell".

He turns his head as his Tribesmate responds and smiles wider. "Of course not...we have thumbs." He snaps a wink off playfully and turns to see the new woman come from around the corner. His eyes narrow for a moment as she speaks, listening to her and generally gauging her mien. The smile grows again on his face and he nods his head low like an informal bow to a peer. "I dont take tag alongs...thats why their called tag alongs..." he winks and flashes the genuine smile again, "but you're more than welcome to come with us and help strengthen our position...and some limited sight seeing." He continues smiling and as he moves past her places a hand gnetley on her shoulder, with a slight reassuring grip. "Its good to have you here."

Moving down the line he stops and shakes his head, still grinning. "Yes Claudia, you...and Emilie...we need Theurges to lead these packs. Sasha knows the Umbra better than anyone else around here, so she'll oversee the operation." He pauses and motions to for Emilie to join them...((assuming she does))....he continues..."We're all new here, so its imperrative that you all take note of what you see, hear, smell and touch...If my suspicions are correct, we'll know in relatively short order..." He begins to move around the clearing and pauses again, turning to Claudia...."You uh...you spilled some coffee right there..." He winks again and continues on.

"Alright, so thats Sam and Tala...I need one more to..." He pauases again and looks to both..."You *do* know how to drive, right?"

If Tala is offended by the tag along comment, she doesn't show it, she smiles in return as the man reassuringly takes her shoulder and agrees that she can lend aide to the mission.

When he asks if she can drive she shrugs, "Of course, my car is out there in the parking area. I suppose it can bring back some smaller supplies but if you want me hauling wood, I'll need a truck to drive. I'm more than willing, able to even drive a stick shift but, I don't own one."

Drahcirs eyes light up at her suggestion, "Excellent, lets do that...we'll have quite a bit of tools and supplies to get as well, so extra wheels will be an asset. Thanks for mentioning that."

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Sam turns at the sound of an unfamiliar voice. He cocks his head slightly, then smirks, waiting for the others to finish talking.

"Well enough, I'd wager. Have the vehicles been bought or are we foraging?"

Drahcir sits back down on the cabin steps and takes his coffee cup, sipping it. "We'll be taking the "beater" into Kansas City and picking up the second truck, then getting supplies."