[color=39b54a]Darla Ann[/color]

I let out a laugh. And then another. I had noticed the placement of this guy's- Pierre's- eyes as I helped him up, and as he had started to lecture me, everything clicked back into place. The fog from my head lifted, though the wound still bled. The panicked knot in my chest untied. This complete asshole had been a godsend. [color=39b54a]"I'm not assisting in any rescue missions, and judging by the change in scenery, no one is sending any rescue teams."[/color] I nodded towards the new mountains in the distance. As I began to pull tissues from my backpack, I continued talking, [color=39b54a]"Don't let my attire confuse you, I'm not a park ranger."[/color] I paused to place the tissues on my wound and put my hat on to keep them in place. [color=39b54a]"Washington D.C. is pretty overrated... And nobody is important now. Didn't all of the dead bodies and lava clue you in on that? But since you are a live body, and my head is finally working again, it's nice to meet you Pierre. I'm Darla Ann, not that you particularly cared. I gather you also saw the flare? Could be the 'army men' you're hoping to see, but I doubt that."[/color] I did indeed doubt that there would be any rescue parties thrown together so soon. It had been only a few hours since the Cracking, not nearly enough time for any group to reorganize. Certainly Yellow Stone wasn't hit the worst as the super volcano had remained silent. [color=39b54a]"So Mr. Athene, I guess we have a few options. 1) I let you live in your important fantasy world and hunt down the army men or 2) you take it down a notch and we head towards the flare together? And when I say take it down a notch, I also mean your eyes can move up a bit."[/color] I said the last part a little more aggressively than I had wanted to. 

At that moment, I felt a warm buzz in my pocket. Not wanting to remove my gaze from Pierre and appear like I was backing down, I ignored the buzz that had emitted from my phone. The thing was probably just dying as I had forgotten to charge it last night and it would no doubt be hunting for service in vain.