#chat:mack

[rush--knox]

"People like to start at the beginning" Rush hummed. "But that's a bit boring, so let's start in the middle" he grinned. "All the floors between the lobby and the roof are just districts, really, but I found a secret room between four and five, it's in the stairwell, it's where they keep all the backup snacks" he told her with wide eyes.

Mack glanced around the hallway, trying to suss out of this man was trustworthy or not. If she could take him in a fight if he tried anything. She decided maybe on the first front, and definitely on the second. It was good enough. "Yeah, alright," Mack nodded, gesturing around. "Where do we start?"

[rush--knox]

"Sorry" Rush said immediately, looking down at his bare-feet which he realised now had made him a silent follower, so no wonder she was startled. "I wasn't sneaking up on you, I just usually walk the full length of the tower each day" he explained. "It's not exactly the same as the land in eleven, of course, but my legs need to be walked or they get all jittery" he shook them to show her, as if she might understand.

Mack hated the feeling of stillness beneath her. The mechanical clanking train-cars, rattling around with her inside or atop, was the only safe sensation. Stagnation made you vulnerable. They could catch you that way, if you slowed. But if her environment couldn't move, her mind and body would. This was unfamiliar territory, with dangers abound, and it needed thorough vetting.

She slipped from the Tower lobby down a hallway. It was unnerving, being somewhere unmarked. It meant there was no clear depiction of who to trust, where to go, how to escape-- Because, of course, there was no escape. Mack frowned, stalking toward a staircase to further explore, but it was short-lived. She startled as she heard someone behind her, and she spun, eyes wide and skittish.

[rush--knox]

“That’s normal” he smiled. He at least knew what it was like to be tribute on the first days after arriving at the oh so big and scary tower in the big and bold capitol. Jittery was an understatement. “I suppose I do, I can show you a bit?”

"Sorry" Rush said immediately, looking down at his bare-feet which he realised now had made him a silent follower, so no wonder she was startled. "I wasn't sneaking up on you, I just usually walk the full length of the tower each day" he explained. "It's not exactly the same as the land in eleven, of course, but my legs need to be walked or they get all jittery" he shook them to show her, as if she might understand.