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Tweak says, "I'm standing right behind you."

Cameron Phillips (thats_tight) wrote in tornado_watch,
@ 2008-04-12 22:17:00

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cameron phillips, open-air market

Open-air Market ...
Whatever she supposed she should be doing with her money if she were human ... she wasn't doing that, not really. She needed only to wash her epidermal layer a few times a month to keep it suitably clean, so there wasn't much use for the bathhouses, and since she shared a room with Liir the boarding wasn't an issue.

Cameron did, of course, have her suspicions that soon enough Liir would be deciding to move into a room with that Trism. She still didn't feel as if she could trust him, which was rather strange. Things -- feelings, specifically -- were starting to come far more easily to her. It was disturbing, quite honestly.

She tapped her fingers hard on the surface of one of the vendor's stands and frowned slightly. "I got double that for the same price the last time I was here," which was a lie, but guilt wasn't one of the feelings that had been coming to her lately in force.

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	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 04:50 am UTC (link)
	"I was on a mission," he said as they walked. "I got blown up too. Then I got blown down and sideways and round and round and finally just hit the ground here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 04:51 am UTC (link)
	"You're not injured," is more of a statement than an observation. She paused a moment before she offered quietly, "Cameron." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"I was... really lucky. And you're looking good yourself." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"It was a little while ago," she answered easily enough with an arch of her brow. He was doing that complimenting thing. "...thank you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"You're very welcome," he said with another grin. "Where you from, little lady?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:01 am UTC (link)
	She tilted her head. "California, in the United States." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:03 am UTC (link)
	That got an eyebrow raise. "San Diego?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:04 am UTC (link)
	She shook her head. "Los Angeles." Arguably it didn't matter here, so she didn't feel telling him her location was a poor choice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:11 am UTC (link)
	"Lucky you. Got iron lungs then, do you?" He kept smiling. He didn't say anything for a few moments. "Do you know where you are? Do you know about Oz?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:13 am UTC (link)
	"I have surmised that it at least has the same locations as the 'Oz' series by Frank L. Baum. It seems more sinister." She paused, confused. "Iron lungs. No, I am not in possession of those." She hesitated. "I've gotten a job here to support my brother." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:15 am UTC (link)
	"You came with company? Man, that woulda been nice. I coulda used Bobby." He left that thought alone. "And yes, this is Oz. Freaky, right? It's a lot dirtier than it looked like in the movies. And, uh, not quite as nice as the books." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:18 am UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "It is logical that something portrayed through the eyes of a child would appear to be more Utopian than it actually was." She didn't mention the fact that it hadn't seemed like Liir had come through with her. She supposed it was possible, though. Cameron doesn't mention that she knows the entire first book from beginning to end. In Spanish, even. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:22 am UTC (link)
	"You some kinda geek? Maybe, uh, you know, a science geek who could figure out how we got here and how to get back home?" He bounced beside her. "Cause, uh, thankfully there's no time limit on that need but I'd really like to see my apartment again. Hell, I'm even missing old 'Fish face right now and that..." he held up a hand "that's just sad." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:25 am UTC (link)
	She had not met a man so bouncy as him. Then again, most of her interactions had been with revolutionaries or terminators. The fact he wasn't trying to kill her was change in itself. Cameron hesitated. "I am able to preform complex scientific permutations and computations, but I am not experienced with interdimensional travel." That was a 'no'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"...you don't have a computer for a brain or something, do you?" When you've seen enough science freak government projects, you start to wonder. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:29 am UTC (link)
	There was that beat of hesitation before the, "No." And then an awkward laugh to match. Great. It wasn't as if she really cared if people found out she was a terminator now -- her primary mission was to keep Liir safe. Appearing normal wasn't paramount now that she'd located her target. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:31 am UTC (link)
	"Right." He didn't quite believe her but whatever. He wasn't offering diagnostics on the Gland, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"Right." And she turned to him, a bit more genuinely curious. "You are from California?" It was a reasonable assumption. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:33 am UTC (link)
	"Not from originally, but I live there. San Diego, like I asked you earlier." He's still trotting along beside her, long legs eating up the distance. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:34 am UTC (link)
	She didn't mind the trotting so much - she was walking faster than a girl her age probably should anyway, so it evened out. She actually smiled. "It's ... good to see that others from that world came here. Perhaps Sarah will come." A boy needed his mother, isn't that what she'd always insisted? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:35 am UTC (link)
	"Sarah? Is that your sister?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:36 am UTC (link)
	"Mother." She had to stop herself from saying 'Liir's mother', because that would sound ... out of place. Cameron shrugged. "How long have you been here for?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:42 am UTC (link)
	"Not too long," he said, not wanting to be exact either. "You?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:45 am UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "Long enough to get money for food, room and board." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:49 am UTC (link)
	"Which means anywhere from a week to twelve years," he supplies with a faint grin. "Where you folks living? It'd be nice to be around people who're, you know, like me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:51 am UTC (link)
	She glances to him sideways. "The boarding house. It is not too far from here." She's deemed him 'not a threat'. Recognizing that having 'friends' might be good (and for some reason she can't quite place), "Do you have ... somewhere to stay?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 05:53 am UTC (link)
	"Right now? I'm staying at an inn. But I'm thinking a boarding house would be a lot more cost-effective." He eyed the direction which she seemed to be heading. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 05:54 am UTC (link)
	"I think..." She paused. "Do you have the money they have here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 06:00 am UTC (link)
	He grinned again. "I can get as much as I need. I don't usually get more than that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 06:01 am UTC (link)
	That clicked something in her mind. "If you try to steal from my brother and I, I'll kill you." Flatly. "I can take you to the boarding house." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 06:04 am UTC (link)
	He didn't look insulted. "Rule number one: if you do the job right, no one gets hurt. And anyone who needs to bargain like that," and he pointed to the basket, "taking from them would hurt." That was his way of saying 'I never would, death threat or not'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 06:05 am UTC (link)
	She smiled quite genuinely. "Good. Then we will get along fine." For now. Cameron headed toward the boarding house again, silent until, "...when are you from?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 06:10 am UTC (link)
	"Two thousand and three," he told her. "You?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 06:12 am UTC (link)
	She hesitated. "Two thousand and seven." Technically when she'd come here, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 06:13 am UTC (link)
	"Time traveler too. Fun." He scratches at his ear. "Government project?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 06:13 am UTC (link)
	She blinks at him. "...no." Not technically the government he was referring to, at least. Not by the time she was manufactured. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 06:18 am UTC (link)
	"Crysallis?" His eyes are a lot harder now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 06:20 am UTC (link)
	She doesn't know what that means and it's obvious. Her face is blank while she searches her databases. "...no." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quicksilvered 2008-04-13 06:22 am UTC (link)
	"Good," he said with a faint smirk. "Cause I really didn't want to have to kill you." At which point he jaunts his way ahead of her to look at something at another of the stalls. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thats_tight 2008-04-13 06:24 am UTC (link)
	Cameron actually laughs rather loudly. "You're funny." She watches him jaunt curiously and then moves to a stall opposite the one he's standing at. For really obvious casual observation. Right. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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