Zone B -- Forest

[Dust]

Full Assault was in place just as they had done the first time. Shinmen Takezo was out in the open just begging for a fight to break out, Erika had argued about taking a place in the canopy, but she reluctantly took position with the gun at the ready, and Dust rummaging through the muck and mud trying to search out the prize they'd been seeking at the time. The half naked man was covered in sweat once more, and while he wasn't particularly bothered by his pores producing an alarming amount of moister he was a little concerned about his health. He continued, running his long fingers through the soft earth as he began to get desperate to find the item just as he did before. He was suddenly aware of a growling and purring, as well as the sound of something tumbling across the uneven surface; to him, it sounded like something hollow thumping across tree branch and root. His guess was it was a large box being dropped off, so he rushed towards the sound.

Dust's feet sank deep into the soft earth as he came to a rounded bowl in the forest, catching just the bare end of a panther leaving unsatisfied. And deep in the hole in the earth, he saw the same comically colored man as he saw leaving the safe house from before. A frown cut into his lips and he thought about challenging the previously wounded man. A one on one, he might take the happy-go-lucky clown. That is until he saw the other two push through the trees and confront the troll. As Lycan watched with observing eyes while the two men shook the battered man down for the item, he decided against an attack. He could have picked off the weakened prey by himself, but the other two would have caused him trouble and he was a bit far from Yuki and Takezo. He pulled back a bit further just to watch but out as much out of sight as he could. If they saw him, they didn't show it.

The trio stalked away without any confirmation, and Dust sulked back to his group. He had to face the two of them with disappointing news, and after their heart to heart about coming together again. Only to be greeted by Erika's position where Takezo had been, inspecting the points in the mud where he had been standing like the bad ass that he had been before something else caught her attention. Her head tilts back and she stares into the darkening sky where the coliseum was, where she had been yesterday. Her frown deepened on her face, and then she looked at him. If she was looking for good news, he didn't have it for her. SW-808 shook his sweat covered head as he looked down at his mud covered feet. "We need a new plan.." She responded, and then began to lead the way to the nearest safehouse.

"First you, then Takezo." Dust said, casually as they began. "I guess that means I'm up next.." Whenever that was. He wasn't afraid to fight, nor was he afraid to die. He had died once, and it wasn't that bad. A little cold. He tried not to think about it. "Maybe we can pick off someone on the way." He announced his wishes rather clearly and loudly. Anyone listening in on them might be put off a bit by how blunt he was being. But the honest truth was they needed points, they needed these quest items, or they needed to eliminate some of the competition themselves. Hopefully gaining one or the other in the process..

The assassin in front of him nodded in her silence, agreeing. They needed to keep moving, to keep playing the game they all signed up for, and more importantly, she needed to get paid. If she didn't start ending some of these people, she wasn't going to get paid. And when she didn't get paid, she wasn't happy, and an unhappy Erika was bad.

Dawnika Snow and Dust move from B9 to B10