three, four, the corpse soldier

[breqintopieces]

who: Breq and OPEN
what: Various: Monster dive-bombing, Prijata gifts, Guardwork, and more.
when: June
where: Around the Quarantine.
warnings: M for Monster fighting, probably. Warnings will be added as necessary.



i. TDM prompt: death from above

[By all accounts, it's a normal, bustling day in the Quarantine. Nothing particularly daunting is looming, it's nowhere especially near the walls of the Quarantine, the street is full of pedestrians going about their business.

Maybe it's something about the shadows passing overhead that clues her in. Maybe she just happened to look up at the right time. Maybe the alert from the Perimeter Guard, that the migrating pterodactyl-like birds have been diving in and attempting to attack or carry off people.

Whatever the reason is, the moment one of the creatures gives out a cry and starts to dive, Breq is dashing forward.]

Get down!

[If the hapless person isn't fast enough about that, the tackle that Breq's going for might just do the trick.]

ii. Prijata gifting

[If Breq has talked to your character in any degree of depth since her arrival, there is a good chance she's coming around to see them. To a house, a job, a favored cafe, somewhere convenient and common for them to be found at. It's rude not to present a gift in person, after all.

As she approaches, she takes pains to be sure she's adopted a pleasant smile, and the box in her hands (decorated simply, tied shut with a ribbon) is held neatly in both hands. As soon as she comes into conversational range, she nods in greeting.]

Hello. [She lifts the box slightly.] Sorry to interrupt. Do you have a moment?

iii. Perimeter Guard/Surveyors general

[Now that she's recovered from the injuries that had her in the hospital, Breq has been making herself a regular sight in the Perimeter Guard barracks. She's not living there-- the trip to work may be longer this way but it gives her reasons to know the city-- but from the hours she spends here, the other Perimeter Guards might be forgiven for assuming that she might stay here after all. Whether she's writing up notes from her latest surveying trip, making her way to or from one of the missions, or simply taking the time to train her strength back up, it's easy to find Breq in the barracks.

Right now, she's sitting on a bench in the side of the training areas, her equipment laid out next to her, including a bag and water bottle. She's dressed in preparation for a match in light easy-to-move-in clothing, but although she looks up every so often toward the mats where people are pairing off, it's not the focus of her attention. Rather, her head is bent over the flove in her lap and the thread and needle she's using to deftly patch up a torn seam.]

iv. wildcard

[If there's something else you'd like to do with Breq, from Prijata or just in general, feel free to go for it! Or if you'd like to arrange for me to write up a starter, you can contact me via PM or at needslineface

Comments

i

[advanced]

[He tenses when he hears the shout and immediately dives to the ground, too well trained to ignore a warning like this. These stupid creatures are really starting to get in the way, and he's had enough of being snatched at.]

Keep back.

[He draws a gun and takes aim, eyes darting sideways at Breq.]

You hurt?

iv.

[dancingmd]

[Now that the scare of the nanobot illness has passed, Beverly has someone (well, many someones, if it gets down to it) to thank for their help and Prijata seems like the perfect time to do it. So one afternoon, she'll show up at the lobby of the communal apartment complex with a gift basket in hand. She walks up to the front desk and sets the basket down for a moment to talk to the concierge.]

Excuse me, do you know where - oh!

[She stops for lo and behold, here comes just the person she was looking for! She smiles at Breq coming down the stairs and waves.]

1. winged death? really?

[tevinteraltus]

[After a few months in the Quarantine, with giant monsters and the like being a fairly common occurrence if one doesn't spend all their time idling behind the dubious safety of their walls, Dorian's reflexes haven't flagged that much. Still, Breq's shout gets his attention to her level first, and then she bodily tackles him to the ground where he nearly protests, save for the giant winged avian that swoops down from above, narrowly missing them.

It squawks and flies off and Dorian takes a breath. That was...closer than he'd like to admit.]

I should thank you, I suppose, but would you mind, awfully, getting off of me?

3

[mutant_messiah]

[Cable makes his approach clear, pausing where she could see him in front but not so directly that any sort of shadow showed up to block her sewing.]

Where'd you learn that?