closed w/ @sterlingsargent
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Steel wasnāt one to CAREĀ how people treated him. He was one of Pikeā leading commanders however -- a strong charismatic engineer wasnāt something that people came by often, and since ( FARM ) station hadnāt gotten the luxuryĀ toland with a large amount of guards, most of the leaders werenātĀ trained military ( STEEL ARGENT for example ). And if Steel was being honest, he didnāt mind either way. He was accustomed to being in charge more than he ( cared ) about it. The ONEĀ thing he had to admit he disliked about having found people ( because the people certainly wasnāt one of them -- having running water and pluming was greatĀ ) -- was the fact that even PikeĀ was starting to tell him that carrying around his baseball bat was going to be problematic. They werenāt in AzgedaĀ territory anymore, they didnāt have to be ( on guard ) twenty four seven ( though Steel had a hard time believing that ). Especially after going on a perimeter check and finding one of his oldest friends strung up in a tree having him splattered with white paint and an X of blood painted across his chest. The ( GET THE F*CK OUT ) message had been spelled out LOUDĀ and clear. So was the fact that there was no way they were going to be at peaceĀ with these people ( much to Steelās disappointment ).Ā
Theyād arrived in Arkadia a week or so ago ? More ? It felt like yesterday but he knew it was more than that, as he walked down the halls with HannahĀ draped over his shoulder he wasnāt surprised as the Farm Station members bowed their heads and the Apha StationĀ guys just looked at him in disgust ( or maybe it was Hannah they were looking at ). Heād been on his way to the FUCKINGĀ bathroom this time ( because letās face it it wasnāt like he had a mirror in the room he was in and he was pretty sure he needed to trim his beard by now -- itād been like a weekĀ with no maintenance, because their haircut girl had been dragged into the kitchen when they arrived and Steel hadnāt been able to get a chance to sit her down ). Except when he was about to turn inĀ he stopped. Taking a step back as a person was pushing the door to the bathroom open and stepping out, their head was down at first and just by their structure Steel concluded it was a kid ( actually he looked a lot like -- ) he stopped.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Sterling ? ā
