<span style="font-style: italic">You have a guest</span>the voices spoke echoing off each other as Inga stared uncomfortably at Nikolav. Looking up from her book the voices in her head swirled and argued over what they thought Inga was going to say<span style="font-style: italic">she hates us, no she's going to ask for a favor, maybe she wants that knife for herself</span>. As Nikolav was about to speak Inga spoke up surprising the taller girl. Nikolav listened as the girl spoke, her eyes squinting slightly as Inga mentioned falling from a tree.<br/><br/>"oh, you noticed the knife did you? I was hoping to keep that mind trick a secret for now, don't go telling anyone ya hear? A girl's got to have her secrets after all. And nah kid, that wasn't me. I didn't join with you all until the underbelly. Besides, my mind trick only lifts up to five pounds sadly, and not to be rude, but you look a lot heavier than that." Niko said, her eyes scanning over Inga. "Unless of course Viktor hasn't been feeding ya." Nikolav chuckled at the thought. "But maybe someone nearby saved you, or maybe Viktor himself did it, have you asked him yet?" Nikolav shut her book as she waited for Inga's response.<br/><br/>------<br/><br/>Flora followed behind the group of Stalkers who had found her home as they lead her into the base. Their eyes focused forwards while hers wandered over the walls and behind the trees surrounding their home. The group talked amongst themselves and joked the entire time Flora was traveling with them but now they seemed far more relaxed, but more tired she thought. Her shoulder ached as the vines that made up her left arm tightened, clenching her fingers beneath the leather surface of her glove and jacket.<span style="font-style: italic">Calm down girl, it's just a meeting, nothing bad is gonna happen</span>She thought as the Stalkers she was following stopped to talk to their friends on watch.<br/><br/>"Anyone seen Viktor?" The Stalker who had been in front asked his friends. "We've got a girl here that we think he'd be interested in meeting."<br/><br/>"Why'd he be interested in her?" Another one asked, Her eyes sizing up Flora before looking back to the first Stalker.<br/><br/>"We found her while out on recon, she was livin' in a bunker all by herself. You shoulda seen it, the room was filled with plants, and she was carrying animal hides and meat when she showed up right as we started searching."<br/><br/>"No way, you've gotta be pulling my chain."<br/><br/>"No I'm serious, no chain pulling here."<br/><br/>"Well shit then, Viktor was in the medical bay last I heard, something about him gettin' sick or something".<br/><br/>"Alright, we'll head over there immediately then, thanks." The stalker motioned for Flora to follow him as he walked. "The med-bay is this way". The rest of the stalkers stayed behind as Flora followed the man through the base. She'd noticed lots of people relaxing and interacting with each other. She wondered how they managed to keep so peaceful as she looked around the rest of what she could see while she followed the Stalker. It wasn't long before they had found Viktor, he was sitting with a very tall man, at least Flora assumed it was a man. Based off the Stalker's confusion she assumed the large man was fairly new here too. "Hey Viktor, I've got someone here you should meet, Her name is Flora. We found her living alone in a bunker filled with plants while we were out, like you should have see the thing man, I think she'd be a good addition for the farming crew."