‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍

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[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

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「 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 」
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[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb - semi-truck.

"Ugh—!"

Whiplash as she lands. She can't even tell which direction she should be going in now. The truck swerves with them on top, but their car holds steadfast and doesn't fall off.

Hitching a (second) ride!

"Do you think they'd be up ahead or behind—?!"

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb - the safety rail and falling 20 feet below—

Clutching onto the steering wheel fiercely, but this is nothing compared to the intergalactic dogfights in zero-G.

Faye aims to make the car land on the grassy plains next to the freeway, but misses and ends up on TOP of a -

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb - an overpass as cars honk and swerve around her. Ugh, even the steering wheel is on the opposite side of the car.

And below them looked to be a rushing, multi-lane freeway.

"Is that it?! Yes or no?!"

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb "I know what a kidnapper van looks like, Kyouma—! Been in plenty myself—!"

Speeding down the road... on the wrong side of the street. Why did Japan have to have it backwards?

Swerving through incoming traffic!

"Where's the— where's the nearest highway?!"

Driving across -

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@MaskedHorse9 // sorry to hear that man. take care of yourself

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb - driver by the collar — a terrified, hapless salaryman.

"Sorry, pal. Need to steal your ride," Faye mutters offhandedly, yanking him right out of the seat and tossing him onto the sidewalk.

"OKABE! Get your ass in here!"

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb - pulling out her gun from her waistband...

Then shooting at random cars until one of them came to a stop. Reckless, but effective. No regard for whether or not she's injured the driver.

"Come on! Hurry up!" she hisses at the scientist, prying the car door open to snatch the -

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

- hungry always makes her cold.

"What's it like? I mean — what did he say it was like?"

Should she be more hesitant about permanrntly heading somewhere light years away? ...

... No. There's nothing left for her back in their original solar system.

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

She did notice the darker circles under his eyes. A bit gaunt, he was.

But that sort of look had become normalized to her. All she ever knew was how to sit on a ship and starve. It didn't necessarily mean he was running on complete fumes, right?

She draws close, cold. Being -

[THE LAMB. @lastmaninorbit]

He nods.

“We’ll make it.”

He’s been giving her his share. He hasn’t been telling her, either.

“You’re really gonna like Erid. I mean, I haven’t seen it for myself, but… it sounds incredible based on how Rocky describes it.”

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

Nothing good ever happened to me when I trusted others.

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@ShinRasRufus - shoulders for the night. She can actually take a load off? Sleep? Take a shower, hopefully?

It was hard to hide the relief brimming in her expression, exhaustion seeming to wane for a split second.

"You really do have this entire city at your fingertips, don't you?"

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

—?!

... The audacity of him to just snatch her cigarette from betwixt her lips, only to put it back in.

... Now it tastes like ... what she presumes to be him. It's an unfamiliar flavor, after all.

Tch. Since he lit the flame to begin with, she won't complain.

What she will -

[⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝙈𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏. @ShinRasRufus]

Steals the cigarette from between her lips as she inhales it, putting it around his own lips to inhale on it himself, orange hue lightening on the tip as he does so.

“Surviving.” He simply puts,putting her cigarette back between her own lips.

“Unlike the looks of you.” Exhale

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@ShinRasRufus - scouring the mental map she's created of Midgar during her investigations.

"Hm. I wouldn't mind that," she starts, weight shifting from one leg to the other as she rolls the cigarette betwixt her fingertips. Of course, this was an understatement.

One problem lifted off her -

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb - time bolting out the door, but—

"Fill me in. What's going on? Did they take him?"

Speaking sternly while dashing on her heels, back out into the streets.

Shit. If only she had better information of what she was up against.

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

@TemporalWhimsy @HackingWeeb She didn't see the texts herself, but Okabe's reaction warranted an urgent response from Faye. Though she had no clue who this aforementioned 'organization' was, she was not uninitiated to the kind of dangers sketchy organized crime rings could pose.

She didn't waste any -

[‍‍‍‍𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞‍ ‍ @A_ForgottenPast]

Can't promise anything.

I'm kidding. Fill me in on the details, chief.

[—𝓫𝗿ᵒᵏᵉⁿ 𝓼𝘂ʳᵛᶦᵛᵒʳ. @NCDEM0N]

so you know the atmosphere. got it, i'll be in touch.

don't get too high on me though, m'kay? and definetly don't take inhalers from maelstrommers.