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JANUARY TEST DRIVE MEME
You awaken to godawful static overlaying a female voice that's too monotone to be anything but a recording. The static makes it difficult to understand the warning, but it's clearly a warning if your surroundings tell you anything...
You're buckled into a sturdy seat bolted to the wall behind you. Around you, there are dozens of others like you, some awake and others still unconscious, but it seems most of the seats lining the walls are occupied. The lights are dim, likely auxiliary lighting, leaving you mostly in the dark. You smell smoke and hear the sizzling crackle of electrical systems popping and shorting out. Some of the seats were jarred off the wall, leaving the occupants either wounded or dead. Count yourself lucky all you have is a headache and various aches accounted to whiplash.
You appear to be in a drop ship or an escape vessel of some form but the pilot is dead and the hull bears a massive gash where it buckled under the impact and sheered off. Through the door-sized opening, you can see vegetation. The air that wafts in is heavy with a humid heat, but it's obviously breathable.
Once you make your way outside, you'll see greenery: Trees, grass, and shrubs tangled with vines that grow wildly and suffocate the trees they climb. In the distance, behind the ship, you can make out a sandy desert that seems to stretch on endlessly. Forward through the trees, however, you may see a crumbling wall, but more importantly, you'll see signs of civilisation. Buildings and other structures seem contained within those decrepit walls. Maybe the natives can fill you in on what's going on, because the last thing you remember isn't being in an escape shuttle. As a matter of fact, you don't remember much about your arrival or where you are. But it's going to be a bit of a hike, better get moving. Though you might want to grab the backpack of supplies under your seat before you go.
With that, the power dies, leaving the drop ship in the dark, crackling and groaning as the hull cools from its catastrophic re-entry.
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And as strong of a look as it was in both cases, Clint had grown use to having to stay strong in the face of it.
"Once we get someplace safe, then we can do all the talking. But if this crash is a pretty messy one and it'll no doubt draw attention. We can't stay here."
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"No offense taken. But you must realize that while some of us tend to the wounded, the others will have to do something, as well. And we can't afford to leave this ship without knowing we've taken everything worth taking with us." Because with a crashed ship like this... they can't know if the engine has been damaged, if the ship is about to blow up any second. They can't rely on the idea that they can come back and find the ship intact later on.
"And not everyone might agree to stay together." She frowns as she says that, knowing it would be in everyone's best interests... but there are always those who don't trust people, who want to stay alone. And they can't force them to stay if they don't want to.
"But you're right - we must find shelter."