#South – April 6, 2016

Nathan gives Jessica an odd look, before shaking his head and chuckling. He continues walking. "Fishies. Adorable."

Jessica rolls her eyes and gives Nathan a light shove. "What are we looking for out here, anyway?"

Nathan dramatically stumbles, but easily rights himself. "-We- are looking for anything that could be a threat to the nerds," he replies. "They are looking for... I dunno, actually. I tuned out when most of them spoke."

Nathan pauses as Jason chimes in. "Bravo, reporting," he replies before looking to Jessica.

Jessica gives sigh, "Yes, yes, I'm aware of what we're looking for." she says, "I meant 'we' as in-... uhh.... them." she cocks a thumb back at the ship, but since he has already answered that question as well, she merely shrugs. "Suppose it doesn't matter anyway."

Nathan shrugs in sync with her. "We're getting paid in the end, so yeah, probably doesn't matter," he says..

Jessica continues along, trying to keep the idle chit-chat going. "So, judging by your question earlier, am I to assume that you'll be staying with Redrock long term? Going forward and all. No stopping until dead. Blah blah." she says with a smile.

Nathan nods, glancing off to the side. "Yeah. They seem like good people," he says with a smile. He pauses and zooms in on the mountain range, pointing at them. "Look over there. Seems like this planet isn't just flat landscape," he chuckles. "Maybe a basecamp within them will be a good idea?"

Jessica gives a glance in the indicated direction, taking in the beautiful sight of the snowy mountains, but simply shrugs. "I have no idea. Wouldn't drilling near mountains be a bad idea?"

Nathan nods. "True," he admits. "But they are close to the plains. It would only require the drilling team to take a small trek out," he comments.

Jessica Kaya shrugs once again. "I don't know. I'm sure those probes will tell them exactly where we need to go. Not our job to worry about." she says, her pace slowing down slightly as all of the snow-trudging is beginning to wear on her.

Nathan , on the other hand, seems to still be taking the conditions in his stride. He turns after he notices Jessica wearing out, canting his head. "Need me to carry you?" he quips.

Jessica despite being a little worn, shows no sign of stopping. "What I need is for you to fuck off." she says without hesitation, "Can you do that for me?"

Nathan blinks and shrugs, turning around and continuing his walk. Though he doesn't slow down for her. "Bravo, reporting in," he announces to the comms. He then keeps on trudging.

Jessica winces at his response. Or lack of one. Recalling their previous conversation and not wanting to damage things so quickly, she gives a shrug. "I meant that in the best way possible, of course. You know, a friendly 'fuck off'."

Nathan glances over his shoulder. "Jess, I won't be offended if you don't want to be friends, y'know?" He says genuinely. "I don't expect everyone in the galaxy to like me," he says before looking forwards once again.

Jessica gives a shake of her head as she follows closely behind. "I don't have anything against you, Ten. It's just my way, you understand? I don't mean anything by it. For some people, they don't let it get to them. But it seems obvious that it bothers you." she shrugs, "I'm trying. Really. But you only have to put up with me for another week and a half."

Nathan shrugs again. "I believe you," he says. "And usually, I wouldn't let it get to me. But there's something about how quickly you turn, y'know?" He snaps his fingers together. Or, tries to. The notion is there. "Just like that. You go from jovial to attack. That really irks me. It's undeserved." He then sighs and pauses, looking around. "But, as you said.

Jessica gives a silent nod. "You seem like a good man." she manages after a few steps back towards the ship. "For what it's worth, I know it's me who is the problem. And for that, I apologize, okay?" she admits with a deep sigh, seeming as though it pained her just to say it out loud. "Just... don't be such a pussy when I push your buttons, okay?" she adds with a smirk.

Nathan chuckles and makes to slap her on the back. Hard, but not as an attack. Perhaps an overly friendly pat. "Apology accepted," he says with a smile. "And I'll -try- my best to not be a pussy. No promises though. My precious little feelings are easily hurt," he says with a dramatic flair of his hand. "And I'm still buying you those drinks. On the condition you

Nathan chimes into the comms. "We hear you Alpha. Bravo spotted a mountain range a bit further south. Otherwise... snow. Lots of snow. We are RTB."

Jessica stumbles forward slightly from the pat and glares at Nathan, rolling her shoulders. "Beat? I will drink you under the table, Ten." she threatens, "Expect embarrassment."

Nathan looks to her and snarls. "You realize you are talking to someone born in the nation once known as Germany right? The stereotype that we love to drink is 100% true," he says. "I have yet to be beaten by another human! ...well, except dad, but that's beside the point."

Jessica gives a loud snort. "Germany." she repeats with a snicker. "I'm a Terminus girl. I was drinking home-brewed gut-rot before I knew how to speak." she exaggerates, possibly giving away a little more about herself than she intended to. "You're in for a fight you can't win, Ten."

Nathan skips a step away from her, turning to her whilst resting his rifle on his shoulder. He raises his free hand and shrugs at her, a challenging pose.

Jessica groans at the nickname. "Oh, no. Not Jessie." she says through a chuckle, "My father called me Jessie. He was only half as stupid as you, but it sounded just as bad coming out of his mouth." She pauses as Nathan makes his ridiculous pose and quickly reaches back to holster her shotgun and bring up her omni-tool. "Only looked half as stupid, too." she says as she goes to take another picture.

Nathan sees her taking the picture and, deciding that he'd rather only have one ridiculous photo, drops the pose. He holsters his rifle and steps towards her, slowly and purposefully. At the last second, he drops into a charge. Though he would stop at the last feasible second to just merely garner a reaction out of her. Though, that was the plan. Until he slipped

Jessica's eyes go wide as Nathan charges her and she begins to scramble to put her omni-tool away, but as soon as he faceplants, a loud chuckle escapes her. She merely angles the omni-tool downward and snaps a picture. Then places a boot on his head and snaps another picture. "Fearsome. You've conquered the planet, Ten."

Nathan 's face is sunken into the snow. However, as she places a boot on his head, his arms lashes out to swipe at her leg. If he is successful, he would scramble upwards and flop at her to try and shove her face into the snow too.

Jessica is successfully upended into the snow. She merely lays there, face down in the snow. Through gritted teeth, she finally manages, "Remember what I said about not stabbing you in your sleep? I take it back."

Nathan leans down to bring his helmet next to hers, chuckling as he raps a knuckle on the back of her helmet. "Promises, promises." With his free hand, he snaps a pic of her in the snow. "Now we have both conquered the planet, no?" He says with a laugh as he makes to stand once again.

Jessica slaps frantically at his hand as he clanks it against her helmet and climbs back to her feet as well. She looks down and wipes at the snow gathered all over her hardsuit before giving him a swift kick in the ass. Literally. "You're going to delete that picture!" she says, pointing towards him, "Or I'm going to take your omni-tool and throw it into the first hole we drill!"

Nathan lets out a small yelp as her boot connects with his rear. He snaps around and grins under his helm. "I'd like to see you try!" He says as he quickly ducks down and scoops up some snow. He would launch it at her visor as a screen before following behind it. This time, he doesn't slip as he charges at her with a tackle. The impact, if connected, would be

Jessica puts her hand up to slap the snow out of the air, but is driven straight into the ground by the follow-up tackle. Quite the scrappy one herself, she quickly maneuvers to lock Nathan's head under her arm and bring him down with her. "What-...umph-.... are you doing, you idiot!?" she grunts. Aware that he probably wasn't trying to do any damage, she merely takes a gauntleted finger and begins poking it hard against the

Nathan is brought to the ground with her, laughing hysterically. "Aw, don't keep acting all so tough," he teases, slapping at her arm that's currently got him in a head lock. "I'm just fucking about with you," he replies, peering at her through his visor. He offers her a thumbs up, still giggling slightly. "Eh, not the fucking about you're referring to, though. The

Jessica releases her grip on Nathan, blinking as she stares blankly at him through her visor. She frowns and jabs another finger into his undersuit. After a few moments, a thought seems to occur to her as she scrambles out from under him and climbs back to her feet yet again. "What if the ice can't hold us both here? You could have gotten us killed, you jerk!" she says, although a slight chuckle escapes her. She kicks a mound

Nathan chuckled and followed her after his little attack. He had followed in relative silence, a little air of smugness lingering around him.

Nathan hurms as they close with the ship. He has holstered his rifle by this point and reaches out to stop Jessica.

Jessica pauses and glances down at Nathan's hand, as if to say "Why are you touching me?"

Nathan looks at her and walks a few steps back, bringing up his omni-tool and raising it at her. "Strike a pose," he says with a mirthful grin.

Jessica hangs her head to the side defiantly, refusing to move. After a moment, she sighs and straightens up, placing one hand on her hip and then raising the other, unsure of what to do with it. First she gives Nathan the finger, but then thinks that would make for an awful picture and, instead, makes a peace sign. Finally, she settles on a thumbs up.

Nathan snaps the photo and returns the thumbs up. He then continues to walk toward the ship, waving at the people currently outside.

Jessica gives a shake of her head and purposely bumps into Nathan as she joins him on their way to the ship. "I expect a copy of that picture." she says with another nudge.

Nathan snickers as he is nudged. "Sure thing. Same goes for both of mine," he replies.