07-17-2018, 06:09 PM
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*retro to injury*
He was on the search for others. But mostly he wasn't even searching to help them if he found them. If he managed to find the current Freelancer that he was looking for, he would honestly try and kill them before even asking questions. It was easier this way so that he wouldn't have to worry about someone trying to stab him in the back again. They had once been considered friends. Had once been considered to be part of a larger family. However, this no longer what they were to each other after they were betrayed by the person that had brought them together in the first place. It was horrible to think about what they would eventually hunt each other down so that they would know that they wouldn't be a threat to each other's lives. Without the jobs that they currently had it just meant that they were just going to have to find new ones, and anyone that had a big enough wallet to do so would be easily able to hire the likes of a Freelancer. They had to make their living somewhere now that they weren't part of a project or had been and they would be hunted by the government if word got out what the Director had done to all of them. Just because they had followed the man blind in what he was telling them to do didn't exactly make them innocent either.
They were responsible for their own actions and there was no changing that. It was a harsh truth. It was the harsh reality of what War did to those that were the weak minded and weren't capable of dealing with the loss of someone they loved. Washington knew what the Director went through thanks to the memories that were put inside of his head. He was a criminal. Not that anyone in the current outpost actually knew that. Instead, they just knew that he was a soldier and that was all he was even remotely willing to tell them at this moment. He didn't want to lose the trust that they had with the group, at least what was considered to be trusted. Washington didn't trust any of those that he came across, as the wounds that the Director had created and what he had done was cruel and still fresh. He didn't want to let anyone close for him just for either him to be used or stabbed in the back. He wasn't the naive rookie anymore. He was a soldier that had a task to do and that task was to get him and the rest of the soldiers that were here home. Even if that meant getting rid of the outpost that they were in to leave no traces that they were behind. They weren't even at the same time that they used to have been, going back in time thanks to the explosion that had set them back.
The project had taught him that mercy simply left more open wounds and loose ends that would come and mess up their operations in the future. He wasn't going to show mercy to the likes of animals that could potentially get in his way. That wasn't who he was, but he also knew that there was a chance that Carolina didn't want these animals to be killed because they were on the level of civilians. He would have to deal with that in the future, and he needed to get stronger if he was going to end up going against his coworker. It was during the hottest part of the day that the soldier went around to make sure that he didn't miss anything. If he came across any familiar equipment it would be a huge find even if they were planning on raiding human cities eventually. They had to if they wanted to figure out a way of getting themselves back to being a human. He hated being an animal, and that was one of the reasons he almost never took his armor off. The lion-sized animal patrolled every single day without fail, and there would be some days that he found something familiar and other days that he did not. He couldn't rely on tracking down scents thanks to the helmet he constantly wore, a helmet that hid all of his facial features.
The helmet had a filter in the hole that was in front of his nose that prevented any scents from getting inside of his helmet. The Freelancer had to rely on his hearing if he wanted to find anyone, and it was when he heard voices he thought he might as well see what was happening. The smilodon made his way over, keeping as much distance as possible as he could from everyone else. He only recognized Suiteheart, and he didn't recognize the child. He blinked his gold eyes behind his visor as he had to walk a little bit closer to see what they were looking at. It looked like... some kind of ferret. Washington didn't exactly have the best kind of animal knowledge, as when he arrived he didn't even know what he was till he looked up the features he had in a textbook. He flicked his shortened tail as he looked over toward Suiteheart. "Does something like this happen often?" The Freelancer questioned as he didn't bother to ask whether or not the ferret was okay. Washington having yet to know if someone was sentient or not based on their size. The smallest animal he's seen is that of a domestic cat. He still had a lot to learn about this world. Washington spoke in somewhat of a deadpanned and calm voice, a voice that he commonly spoke with. "speech"
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