hadriel | 003 | Video + Action

[ The video starts out shaking, the view beginning with a brief shot of Sharon's stained boots (brilliant red spatters) and the dirt floor beneath, but it's soon shifted up. The focus settles on a fire engine red box, nearly a foot in length, that rests against the wall of one of the buildings. The lid has a strange symbol painted on it, a triple moon, and after she's certain people have gotten a good look, she kicks open the box, lid flopping back. The workmanship on the box is shoddy at best, but that's not what you're supposed to be noticing.

No, what you're supposed to be noticing is that the rectangular box is filled with a variety of items. There appears to be cloth, canned goods, a blade, and a canteen stuffed within, among other things. ]

There are a handful of these caches throughout the city. You spot the symbol [ She kicks the box again, and it rattles as the lid falls shut, the symbol back into frame. ] You'll find a box nearby. In it should be enough goodies to help you survive if you're ever caught off guard when the shit hits the fan here. There's also a healing trinket in each one, thanks to Kate and Carlisle, along with instructions on how to use it.

[ She pulls back, lifting the camera up to show another of the triple moon symbols on the wall in red paint. It's not large, but the bright red is enough to catch an eye or two. She doesn't turn the camera to her face as she continues to speak, leaving everyone to enjoy paint drying. ]

You use something from it, you put it back when you can. I won't be doing rounds to check on these things often, so if you fuck someone over by being a dick, that's on you. [ This is obviously the perfect place to end the post. No goodbye. No sign off. Yeah. She's good at this. ]

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[ And, for those who wish to encounter Sharon in person, she can be found throughout the city, painting the symbol on various walls, about eye level for those of an average height. She may also be found stocking any one of the red boxes. So, come over, have a chat, or criticize her on her shoddy workmanship. ]

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This is brilliant.

[He's a little surprised that someone hadn't thought of it before. He's not surprise that she's the one that did.]

What does the symbol mean?

I wouldn't go that far, but... thanks. [ It took some time to put together, especially between all the insanity they have to deal with on the weekly basis. ]

The symbol? It's a part of this larger symbol called the Halo of the Sun, and the part I used represents the three aspects of a cult's goddess. [ But it reminds her of herself: a person torn into three parts and then pressed back together again. That's why she used it. ] It's like the Catholic trinity, I guess, if you know what that is.

Vaguely. I've never been very religious. [Even less since he came here.] Do you follow this goddess?

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I used to, a long time ago. [ or, really, she was just a child that was born into a family of religious fanatics and had no choice but to practice the religion. the best aspects of that particular religion, to Alessa, had been the promise of paradise upon their god's return. ]

There is no deity out there I'd ever follow now.

[Jack starts to ask why she lost her faith, but is that ever a pleasant story? So he just sighs.]

I understand that more than words can say.

I think after some time here, a lot of people do. [ Or maybe they don't. She's always had an intense distrust for gods and religions, but this place just made it worse. ]

Fuck the gods, right?

Every last one. Fuck them and forget to call tomorrow.

[ Sharon laughs quietly. ]

Exactly. [ A pause, and then: ] And steal something on the way out.

But you've never done anything like that, have you?

Is that the impression I give you? [ Wryly. That would be a very hard nope. ]

I have only the highest impression of you. A little silverware thieving wouldn't change it at all.

[He's joking about that last part, but actually genuine about the first.]

Ah, then I'm afraid it's all downhill from here. [ A high impression? Of her? That seems laughable to Sharon. ] And if I'm stealing something, it's go big or go home.

[ Plus, if she ever did sleep with someone, chances are they'd be the kind of person who uses plastic sporks. ]