private 1x1 with Unicorncob (rp)

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"Well, considering that it would also mean that the supply is smaller, it would become a big deal if there is anyone to care."  Jenna pointed out "Though it's true that they would also have bigger problems in their hands." "And it's not like we will be the only ones." 

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"Yeah, we just have to be first," Oliver said, grinning jokingly at Jenna. "But yeah, there'd be a lot more people coming for the supplies if they fall that low. We just gotta be careful not to run out."

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Jenna started to make her way back to the roof, waiting for Oliver to go for the stairs first so that she would be able to help him if he accidentally stumbled since he wouldn't be able to look where his legs went due to the box blocking the view "I have enough here to last for few weeks if we try to use as little as we can." it was about a month's supply for a one person, so because there was two of them, it would be about half of that. "But then again, we don't know how long we'll be staying here, may be less, may be more." 

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Oliver went up the stairs ahead of Jenna, as he assumed she wanted him to. He swallowed as he guessed where he was going, but he seemed to be okay.

"I hope it's not too long," he said, being careful where he was going.

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"Don't hurry and you'll be fine." Jenna assured, the main problem with the stairs besides their steepness was that the steps didn't have a front, meaning that one could put their leg too far on the step causing it to hit the above step when moving it. "And I'm just behind you, I'll catch you if something happens." 

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Oliver nodded and kept stepping up, making sure he knew where he was going. "Thanks, I think I'm okay though."

He kept slowly stepping up, hoping he wasn't going too slow for Jenna following behind him.

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Jenna had no reason to hurry, few lost seconds meant nothing at this point and the alternative would have lot more troublesome problem. She would silently follow Oliver and if he didn't say anything and nothing happened, she would pass him when they reached the roof and sit down on the roof in front of the ham-radio and laptop.

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Oliver sat down next to Jenna and looked at the ham radio and laptop, tilting his head. He could figure what the laptop was for, but...

"What's with the radio?" he asked. "Trying to listen in on someone?"

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"I'll try to connect to others using one, you have probably heard the term amateur radio at some point." Jenna explained "It's a good backup for communication in case I can't get past the military jamming with the laptop." "People who own them also tend to be the kind of people that I doubt will be evacuating." "I also can use it to try to get on the police or military frequency to listen their communications, it won't be anything secret since those go through protected channels, but there can still be useful information." 

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Oliver nodded, listeing to Jenna explain why she had he radio. "I guess to keep us in the loop or something. Yeah, that makes sense."

He looked around. "And I can make sure we're safe around here by smelling out any danger."

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"Pretty much yeah." Jenna confirmed "And yep you can, though you should probably also listen since you don't necessary smell something that's coming from the wrong side of the wind." she then pointed out "And just keep your eyes open of course, sometimes threats are very visible if you just look at them." 

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Oliver nodded slowly. "I think I have a good sense for picking out dangers, not just by smelling them." He smiled at Jenna. "They say animals are good at sensing evil, after all." he added, half-joking.

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Jenna smiled and nodded "True, though evil is subjective, a threat is more obvious." she did something on the laptop, but even someone who couldn't tell exactly what, would most likely be able to tell it had something to do with the internet-connection, as Jenna checked that several times

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Oliver nodded and tried to make sense of what Jenna was trying to do with the laptop. "Trying to get wifi? Might not be a good signal up here."

He looked around. "Maybe we could get a router or something?"

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"Not wifi." Jenna said "Any connection." "Military is blocking the normal internet, I'm trying to use this..." she pointed at the thing aattached to the laptop "...to get anything even remotely reminiscent of internet." "Think it as a ham radio for the internet." 

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Oliver nodded, starting to understand what Jenna was trying to do. "So you're trying to hack in the system or something? Is that safe? I heard they have ways of tracking that kind of thing so they mght find us."

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"Not hacking exactly, more like avoiding it." Jenna said "Like, if internet was a city, the jamming of it is like building bunch of roadblocks on the roads, and what I'm trying to do is like driving around in the small streets and through yards to find a way past the roadblocks." "It's like that, just lot more complicated, even I'm not fully sure how it works." she smiled "And don't worry about anyone tracking us, they can literally see us, so if they want to find us, they know where we are." not too comforting necessarily, but it was true, they were on a roof of a building, spying on military operation, if they would get in trouble, they would already be in trouble.

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"They... can find us? Just like that?" Oliver asked, swallowing. He felt a lump in his stomach knowing the military could march up to them anytime. "So what do we do when they show up and ask us about it?"

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Jenna pointed her hand towards the military that was clearly visible from the roof "I mean, even our military isn't stupid enough to not notice us." she sounded calm about it "And we'll do nothing, there isn't much we can do if that happens." "But they won't come." she assured "You may ask how I'm so sure about it, but it's simple really." "Considering the situation and the time, they would have already dealt with us if they cared." 

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Oliver looked at the military in the distance. He was surprised and a little impressed at how calm Jenna was about all this.

"You really prepared, huh?" he asked her. "It's like you knew all this was gonna happen or something."

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"Like I said, had no idea, but preparing means that you prepare for everything you can think of." Jenna said "And considering that history tends to repeat itself, you can guess what happens next if something specific happens." "Also, knowing how the military and police operates doesn't really need much preparation, we humans tend to be predictable creatures." "There's a reason why we instinctively fear things we don't understand."

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"Still, all this planning and these supplies?" Oliver said, looking down toward the warehouse. "It's almost like you knew all this was gonna happen."

He sighed and looked ahead. "I just hope it's not too bad."

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Jenna just gave Oliver a 'I just told you' look regarding his repeated comment, 'didn't know but prepared for everything one can think of' should have been enough of an answer.

She moved from the laptop on the radio, holding one half of the headset on her ear while she turned the dials "I too hope so, but don't believe the wish will be granted." she pointed at the laptop, she had managed to get a connection, not a internet connection though it seemed, it was a TV station, showing the same news network that had shown the aftermath of the portal, the cameras were pointed at a city this time, and while it again hard to see in detail what was happening, it was clear that the city was in chaos, in fact, even that was a understatement. "That portal was in middle of nowhere, can you imagine what happens when one opens in middle of the city?"  

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Oliver leaned over to look at the laptop. He swallowed as he looked at the chaos in the city because of the portal. Where could it possibly come from to cause so much damage?

"I hope we don't have to see it happen in front of us."

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"We can hope, but we should also mentally prepare that it does." Jenna said surprisingly calmly "Honestly I'm very much terrified about the potential of it happening, but I also know there isn't really anything we can do about it, so it's better to keep calm and get ready."