<div style="text-align: center">《 Ezra 》&amp;《 Tobias 》&amp;《 Rachel 》<br/>
<i>Location: Shuttle pick-up location<br/>
Addressing: Rebel, Anise, Kennedy </i>​</div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify">The group was in the midst of decision making and it was not going well.<br/>
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Ezra wanted to go back. Tobias was unsure. Anise was adamant they stay. Rachel knew her fate.<br/>
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“Enough!” Ezra shouted, nearly surprising himself. “We’re not discussing it anymore. We are going to have to live out here, okay? In the fucking wilderness with just our clothes on our backs.” He gestured down to his sister’s feet, his voice cracking with exasperation, “And you’re wearing fucking slippers!” <br/>
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Tobias raised his hands in a similar fashion to Rebel, palms facing outwards to calm the man. “We were-”<br/>
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“Shut up, Tobias.” He glared and reached down to free the gun holster from around his thigh after Anise had addressed the weapon and its potential confiscation. “Here. You can keep it until I get back. I don’t care if I go in alone. I’m going.” Ezra held the weight of it in his hands and looked to Anise for a fleeting second. “Since you can’t shoot for shit,” His gaze swung to Rachel, who stood with her bright eyes on him, mouth slightly agape as she processed his reactions. “You can wear it.” <br/>
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Ezra approached the nurse and stooped to fasten it around her thigh. He stood and gestured to Rebel. “If you get bored, I’m sure Rebel can give you a quick lesson. I don’t plan to be gone long enough for anyone to actually use it, but after what happened in the lobby, everyone is a target.”<br/>
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Ezra could feel Anise’s eyes on him, but the sensation soon went away as Kennedy was dragged across the yard to where they congregated. Armando looked peeved as hell. Tobias was drawn to the movement and knew the altercation between them must have been serious if he dared to approach Rachel when she was still stewing in her anger towards him. The man was quick to dump Kennedy on them, punctuating the action with a few shouted words. <br/>
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Armando stalked off and Ezra was left with a man at his feet. He took the man by the arm and helped him to stand, leaving him to brush the dirt and twigs from his clothing. “What the hell?” <br/>
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“Kenn, what did you do?” There were a myriad of things Kennedy could have said or done to the guard, none of which would have been surprising to Tobias. On the other hand, he wasn’t sure any of it would have been much appreciated by Armando, which explained his response. <br/>
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“We have plenty of time to gossip later. Nothing that Kennedy said to Armando is going to do us any good before nightfall. Now,” Ezra huffed, pushing his hair back away from his forehead, “if anyone wants to join me, you are more than welcome to. It is not a requirement and I really don’t want to hear any protesting.” He kept his eyes off his sister, but she must have realized the subtle jab was for her. <br/>
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He didn’t waste a second on listening to responses. People were gathering at the shuttle and eventually, the service would no longer be available to them. They needed to act now and finally get away from this place. If the forest was going to be their new home, then it was time they bite the bullet.​</div>