Snippet #2423661

Stepping into the cool, if stale air of the Compound was like walking out of an oven and straight into a freezer. Of course the temperature difference wasn't really that great. The temperature near the exits was always kept just ten degrees cooler than what it was outside, and the deeper into the place you went the cooler it got. Some of the lowest levels were so cold you had to wear a coat. Even if it was only ten degrees cooler, it felt better to Romeo.

It didn't take very long for his fellow mutants to begin showing up. Supply runs were popular, something that needed to be done and happened only once a month, but that allowed those who were of a more sociable nature to go out into the world. The group size was always kept to ten or less, including either Romeo or Hunter and the driver. Everyone called the driver, well, Driver. No one knew what his name was, save for Romeo. He was a normal human who would come out to lend the mutants a hand. He drove the truck they took into town to get supplies but he also was a bit of a handy man, fixing things around the Compound. He was one of a very select handful of humans who were allowed to know about the Compound.

It would be a few minutes before Driver showed up, so Romeo decides to let everyone mingle until then. The Compound was a huge place after all, and not everyone got to see each other every day.

Jameson was the first one there, seeming to simply appear as if she had walked through the wall. From the look of things she hadn't been sleeping well, and her head was hurting. Water was a common thing for anyone going outside to have with them, but the aspirin not so much. "We're heading out to Belhart City." Romeo answers Felix's question when he arrives. "It's the closest one, and since we're not looking for anything special this time I thought it would be a good choice." It was only a short time after this that Christine made her appearance, with Romeo shaking his head. "Last one so far, but I believe I can hear the resident rockstar making his way here."

While Franky had quieted down the closer he got to the group, Romeo had excellent hearing and was able to hear him up until the point he actually stopped beat boxing. The young man was new here compared to some of the other residents of the Compound, but he seemed to have adjusted well enough. "I'm sure we can make a pit stop or two on the way." He says with a small smile. As the group gathered and began to talk among themselves he fell silent. It wouldn't be long now until Driver arrived.