Sebastian Stoeckel:
"We have seen plenty of Russians and Poles but I cannot recall seeing any 'friendlies' for some time. We have been drifting south, dodging enemy patrols and following rumors that Krakow is a free city, open to anyone. According to our maps, we are close. Considering our current position, I doubt there are any NATO units around here. If you pardon my asking, how did you come to be here?"
Corrigan smiled slightly as he spoke,
"Was part of a larger group out doing a patrol I guess you could call it, and we got ambushed... Lost a few and then we got separated. We originally came from another group, I was on my way to find them when I ran into you guys... I have an idea which direction to go assuming they haven't already moved on, but other than that..." he shrugged slightly trying to make light though the stress was evident on his face.
Katka Valechzev:
Katka leaned against a wall and scratched her head. "Ukrayinets, no unit. Pointy end towards enemy, tak?" She looked to the others with a whimsical smile. "Any of you have soap?"
Pointy end towards enemy, yeah sure, bet she's a freedom fighter of some sort, it would be handy to have more combat experience in this group... he said to himself silently though to be fair
everyone these days had at least
some combat experience, if you didn't you generally didn't survive long...
"Tak, pointy end towards enemy..." he said with a grin, a little levity going a long way right now.
"Well, I guess we should rest up here for a little while, see what food we can find, just keep out of sight as much as possible and keep extraneous noise to a minimum. We don't need to advertise we're here..." he said, stepping into the leadership role without even thinking about it as a group without direction would quickly become fodder for someone else...
At Katka's comment about soap he grinned,
"And I guess it wouldn't hurt to clean up a little as well... Doc, as we're getting settled can you give everyone a once over, make sure we're about as healthy as we can be? Also, at least one of us on duty at all times, I'd prefer two, to cover as much area as possible, but we'll figure something out... If no one else wants it I'll take first..." he said with a shrug, though it was at that moment his stomach decided to give it's opinion of the whole matter...
Nuked:
Now that it's daylight you can see that the building you are in appears to have been missed entirely by looting. There are also many signs that whoever had lived here before left in a hurry - decayed food remains in the kitchen, some still half eaten and sitting on plates. Thoughts of such ghost ships as the Mary Celeste spring to mind...
You could almost believe they had left just days before if the occasional broken window and damage from the elements didn't say otherwise...
Glancing around and getting a feel for the building, having noted the remains of food left in a hurry he began to wonder what the cabinets might still hold, any canned goods would be very welcome, fresh stuff would be even better though he doubted any such stuff would be found.
"Well, let's try and find some food, get ourselves checked up, get some rest and perhaps dry clothes, or at the very least our clothes dried, and from there we can figure what our next step will be. Sound ok?" he asked, still not happy about stepping into the leadership role, not after what had happened before...
He shook his head to stop the thought from completing itself, it was an ambush, no one could have foreseen it...
"Keep your weapon handy at all times, no saying who else is going to stumble upon us, but for the moment let's rest and eat a little..." he said, stooping to pick up the RPK before moving slowly towards on of the windows to start his watch, being very careful not to reveal himself...