#thr: inhumanhacker

[florxdexcerezos]

"If we can make the deputy become one of us-" Meaning like herself and Jacob. "-It's probably the most productive we could make them." She explained what Jacob might have been thinking. Their peace didn't last long, with there being a rustle in the forest in front of them. Nikki pulled her rifle from her shoulder and aimed in its general direction. The forest around them was usually so quiet that any intruders stuck out like a sore thumb. Rather than speak and give themselves away, Nikki only glanced in Jacob's direction, questioning if he had heard something concerning as well. She could just be trigger happy, she has to double check.

Jacob caught the tone in her voice, hid the smile behind his beer. He lived his brothers, but Joseph had changed in the years he'd been at war. Whether it was losing his wife and child or something else. Jacob wasn't sure if his brother was crazy or had been touched by God. He didn't care too much either way, so long as he and John were safe and, to an extent, Faith too.

"If it's what the 'Father' wants, he'll get it. May be time we tried something different." Nikki knew about his messing with brain washing, using images and music to trigger a response in others. Maybe they could use the deputy to get to Eli and the other heretics, causing problems.

[florxdexcerezos]

 continued from x - @inhumanhacker

“Oof!” 

Suddenly there was a force careening into his back, sending him forward a step or two. Joseph turned to face a girl, terrified out of her mind and the big brother in him went on high alarm. His expression turned to concern and his hands reached for her shoulders - wanting to offer support but not scare her further. 

“Woah, okay, slow down.” His voice was soft, even, and a little bit Welsh for extra flavour. “What’s wrong? Y’alright?”

[florxdexcerezos]

@inhumanhacker​

“The sun makes your hair look really pretty. Like there’s flecks of gold.” She took a moment to ponder her craving for it. “You could bottle it and make a fortune. You’d be rich.”

[florxdexcerezos]

"'haps the Father wants to make an example out of them. That, somehow, after all this, they are still worthy of redemption." Jacob didn't need to be able to see Nikki's face to gather what she thought of that sentiment, the ick was clear in her tone. "Even the grandest sinner of all, cannot resist the blessing of the Father." What did she know, she was made for shooting. "Probably do wonders for his sermons." They'd never hear the bloody end of it.

"I agree though, it'd much quicker if they just let us at them. Save a lot of lives, hassle and embarrassment."

Jacob let out a gruff chuckle. Of course, she had her own stash. It was a good thing Joseph kept away from his area for the most part. He wouldn't approve of the way he did some things and most certainly wouldn't approve of Nikki and her ways.

"I'm starting to wonder why not just kill the deputy. It's be easier. They're darting across all territories rasing outposts, causing shit. John already attempted his way, and they escaped, and it doesn't seem like Faith is having much joy either."

[florxdexcerezos]

Nikki smiled as well as she came up to him, slow and careful with hands in plain sight. "Came from my personal stash." Kept safely hidden amongst other valuables that she'd rather die than let someone find. "I won't tell the Father if you won't." A comment that she certainly could not have made in front of anyone else. It was the only vice she indulged in, still.

Even as she stood next to Jacob, she avoided looking at him. Her eyes were still constantly looking for something. A stray deputy, an enemy of Eden's Gate - she was always ready to fight and was never far from a hunting rifle. "Penny for your thoughts?" She figured she'd at least offer to be a soundboard if he wanted to take it.

Good, it's what he needed to hear. He loved John, but he somehow continued to fail in keeping the deputy under control. And Faith? With her hippy dippy shit? He didn't trust it. No, he trusted his methods and his people, especially Nikki. If anyone else, any of his men had moved towards him so unflinching he'd have said something, but she loyal, to a fault.

At the offer of a chilled beer, he offered the closest anyone got to a smile from him. Taking the beer nodded. "Didn't think we had anymore stocked up. Joseph was pretty keen on everyone staying pure." And that meant no alcohol or cigarettes.

[florxdexcerezos]

"Faith's, from the looks of things, looks like the angels sunk their halos into them before we did. So that'll be an extra spice in the mix. That'll be arranged for them in the next hour." She nodded her head, before stepping forward slowly. She wouldn't do so were Jacob not looking in her direction. "In the meantime, everyone is set to work, Peaches is in his cage, whimperin' n shit." She sounded pleased.

"Care to take the weight off for a second?" She pulled a hand from behind her back, fingers curled around two tall dark beer bottles. Both were sealed and free of signs of tampering -NIkki was too loyal to her commander to even consider it. "Best kind of contraband is freshly chilled." She held the beer bottles out, one angled specifically towards him for the taking.

Jacob offered a nod of his head. "Good. Where did you locate them, Nikki? John's land or Faith's." The deputy had definitely not been on his land, that was for sure. "Let them stew in their own mess. Let them beg. And while we're at it, get someone to set up a monster and speakers in the room, I think it's time we made the deputy and little more cooperative."

[florxdexcerezos]

Nikki knocked on the door frame before speaking. "You wanted notification when we found the deputy, sir. We've brought them for interrogation." Sure, call it that. "Currently knocked out cold if you'd like to keep them waiting."

Another day, another person to take down. He was doing all for his brothers. To protect John, to support Joseph. But it was never-ending. He was barely sleeping and had little time for eating. His dreams or rather nightmares plagued him day and night. Sipping from his canteen of water, he tensed at the sudden approaching footsteps from behind. "What do you want?" His free and flexed around the pistol on his hip.