Carthrat Who Hunts Elves!

[Bean Bandit]

Ritsuko's climb is somewhat awkward, due to restrictive clothing, and embarrassing in other parts, but she finally ascends high enough to be able to see that she's parked on the outskirts of a city.

There are ruralish houses nearby, but the closest one is a fair distance away...and she esitimates that it would take her a few hours on foot to reach the city itself.

[Carthrat]

Ritsuko looks to see if there's a way to get the tank reasonably close to the city without driving along main roads or other places where people are going to see her.

[Bean Bandit]

Nearby, a heavily traveled trail leads to a campground, barely three kilometers from the city. The campground is mostly empty, though, and looks somewhat ramshackle. With some difficulty, Ritsuko could get the tank there unseen...

[Carthrat]

"As good a plan as any," murmurs Ritsuko, carefully climbing down the tree and beginning the task of getting from A to B Without Being Seen.

[Bean Bandit]

As she returned to ground level, the tank rolled up, patiently waiting for it's mistress...

[Carthrat]

Ritsuko makes to sit in the tank turret, seeing as she dosn't really need to drive it personally. "Let's go, uh, that way," she indicates with pointed finger, directing the tank along the trail she spotted earlier.

[Bean Bandit]

The tank meeps happily, and does as instructed, rumbling down the path. However, since the tank is exceptionally large, and not particularly careful, it randomly knocks down trees and crashes into brush at the edge of the path.

[Carthrat]

Ritsuko winces, and tries to instruct the tank not to break *quite* so much foliage, as to not leave an easy-to-follow trail behind them. If it's a *difficult* trail, it's all good.

[Bean Bandit]

<Foliage?> Ritsuko suddenly hears in her head. <What that?>

[Carthrat]

"The bushes? Grass? Trees? Flowers?" replies Ritsuko, feeling a little stupid talking to a tank. "Look, just try and keep to the gravel track, right?"

[Bean Bandit]

<Too big!> The tank complained back. <Not room!>

[Carthrat]

"Well, keep it to a minimum, then," replies Ritsuko. "Fuck. I'm in a strange world in a strange body doing strange things talking to a strange tank. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck."

Ritsuko continues to keep up a litany of self-pity combined with gratuitous swearing as the tank rumbles on..

[Bean Bandit]

<Fuck?> The tank sounded plaintive and frustrated. <What is fuck?> is asked as it rumbled along. Finally, the abandoned campsite came into view...

[Carthrat]

"Fuck is one of two things. Either it is when the cannon of a man is inserted into the exhaust pipe of a woman and thrust repeatedly, or it is an all-purpose adjective, noun, verb, and adverb," replies Ritsuko, jumping off the tank and checking over the abandoned camp site to see if she can tell if there have been any recent visitors. After all, it wouldn't do to have some holidaying family show up and wonder why a few tonnes of metal death is parked in their sleeping area..

[Bean Bandit]

The metal covering on the fire pit is rusted and worn, and there are no signs of recent habitation of the area. In fact, plants are beginning to encroach on the cleared away space...

The tank sounds puzzled by Ritsuko's declaration. <Why?>