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Who: Juliet & Connor
Where: Calderville --> Crossroads --> Acoste
When: Week 0, Day 3
What: Traveling, meeting Connor, returning!
Status: Thread WIP



Juliet dropped the comms unit onto the floor as the steering wheel bucked in her hand, right in the middle of talking with the latest new arrival, Connor. "Christalmighty!" she growled, grabbing the wheel and getting the vehicle headed on toward the lip of the crater again, the road disappearing over it. She carefully ignored the very, very steep drop to the right, a few stones having been dislodged by the SUV's wheels when it had veered that way momentarily.

"Keep going, keep going, keep going!" she muttered under her breath, the lessons she'd had all those years ago in advanced driver training coming back in a rush, thankfully. Her initial response had been to jump off the accelerator and slam on the brake when the wheel had whipped around crazily, wheels being sent in crazy directions by the massive ruts in the road's dirt surface this far up the wall of the crater. But the driving instructor's steady tone had cut through and her foot had remained on the accelerator, both her hands grabbing a hold of the wheel again, and her arms bringing it back around and holding on as the heavily laden vehicle lurched up the last few hundred metres.

Finally the two peaks she was going between, the broken edges of the caldera, were behind her, and the huge expanse of the bowl was spread out in front, visible over the bonnet. The buildings of Crossroads nestled on the southern side of the lake, and Juliet paused for a moment to take in the view. She remembered then that she'd dropped the phone on the floor and after making sure the handbrake was on, scrambled around beneath the seat to finally locate it. She hopped out, climbed onto the roof, and took some pictures of both the town, a small speck in the distance, and the crater, before climbing down and setting off again.

The road inside the crater was a little better, but was still fairly rough until she was on the flat, finally. A small plume of dust trailed behind the vehicle, making her arrival easy to be seen by anyone at Crossroads. It enveloped the SUV when she slowed and pulled up on the road, not bothering to pull over, given at that moment as far as she knew this was the only vehicle being used. Opening the door she jumped out and looked around, trying to remember the name of the guy she'd talked to. Connor!

"Hello? Connor?" she called out, looking around then figuring she'd check the ring building first.