~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/>On the<b> Canyon Valley and Ridge</b><br/>D, as ever, walked calmly up to the top of the ridge, his movements steady as he radioed to his men about the situation, being very explicist about where the weapons needed to remain. The tone in his voice was not angry or frustrated in being dictated to by the Project, but more along the lines of determined not to let anything or anyone fuck this up. He nodded to Annie once she recovered and walked semi-close to her, not with the intention to keep an eye so much but to give her a little personal strength from the people around her. Make sure she didn't feel alone. That was important to him. Annie was hired by Fanya and he was put in charge of protecting her as well as Scrap. "<span style="color: blue">Let <i>not one thing</i> happen to them.</span>", Fanya repeated to him, and even in the state of her undress, he<i> had </i>to take her seriously. She did care for her employees like none other that he had met.<br/><br/>As he walked he swung his arms from side to side, scanning the horizon for any approaching dust storms. Any signs of the Legion at all... or worse. But so far so good. He held himself tall and didn't seem to be in the least affected by his lack of weaponry that he most recently divested himself of. He thought of Mi... Becca as he noticed her swaying hips somewhat distant in front of him heading up the hill. Honestly, he didn't think that this could have gone as well as it had without her help. He made a mental note in his head to make sure to do something special for her at a later date to show his gratitude.<br/><br/>That Jynx kid was something else... He's seen that look in her eyes before. That and in combination with her gaunt rail thin look, and other tell tale sigins, he took a good guess at what it meant and given that, he knew how much danger he posed. He also made another mental note to speak to Fanya about Jynx's needs... she would know what to do and how to help Jynx without risking those that he had just met in this mission. Fanya always knew what to do. He took a glance at Jynx who was not too happy with his look and gave her a knowing wink. '<i><span style="color: red">Best I can do for now... if she decides to eat me, well, at least it wasn't someone who was not even human.</span></i>'<br/><br/>Then there was the gang at the ridge. The one he overhead called Loretta... the sniper type guy who helped with the deathclaws, and of course, the one known as the Turncoat.. that was the next big challenge on this list for today.<br/><br/>Finally when they all arrived on the ridge,<br/><br/>"<span style="color: red">So... shall we all get aboard? Did we come to an agreement about having the Tur... </span>" He had to get use to using names..."<span style="color: red">I'm sorry, what was your name miss?</span>"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>