[i]"< Good~ >"[/i] Keepa chirped as they neared the hatch, almost coldly in response to Edgar's words as a whole as shots rang through the tunnels. Without even jumping from the sounds of gunshots, he was already about himself with pulling his hood back and scarf down so he could slip on a gas mask he drew from the bag at his side in mid stride. The lavender and ice-blue curls and waves of the bunny's hair getting caught in the straps for a moment and needing readjusting; being a chemist wasn't all bombs and gas, effective dyes shared a handful of space in the 'Book of Spells'...though, like his eyes which glinted against the visor of the mask, it was rumored that it may simply grow that way. There were other suspicions that Keepa was actually fifty-something, an anthro who modified themselves to look like a hybrid, the chupacabre and/or Pestilence from Christian folklore, but none could ever be proven and were frequently contrived at his expense by rabble-rousers. Most didn't catch on, but little got past Keepa's ears.

The teasing was reason enough for him to seek exile and (oh my, a tangent ~_~ )...

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"It voult be vise" I say in English, my accent showing; I only really knew enough English to get by at the time. Offering Skylar a nod for the translation, I throw my hood back on, twitching my ears through the holes while I adjust the scarf over the filter connection, poorly obscuring my face. I still had the switch on vent, but it was already there in case I needed to switch back to filter. A warning from a hybrid from outside the tribe...I bet he has a remote bomb inside him and the kill squads are simply using him to lure people to the surface in return for his life to continue to do the same to others. He picked one hell of a time to find us...

I whisper a small prayer while checking the bullets in the clip of my pistol, cocking the slide and catching the good bullet which I pop back in the clip.
I turn the safety off and resume my place in the crowd, my other hand on the pommel of my short sword as I stepped into the hazy light of the midday sun.