Old Amsterdam

Alicia had to admit that this city had a kind of charm to it that hadn't been seen elsewhere. Perhaps it was the overturn from what it had once been before the state of power had shifted. Perhaps it was just the draw of power into the vacuum left behind. Perhaps it was just the weather. Whatever brought her forward, caught her attention specifically, didn't matter at the end of the day, however. Because she had walked herself straight into the city and found a nice little hospital next to the bones of an old mall. It was quite poetic, in a way, if one were to ask her. A place thriving in capitalistic dogma left to be nothing more than a monument to times past. Right next to a place that was full of death as well as healing. It fit her, in a way, and so she took it, quickly taking over the medical buildings and scouring them for anything of interest. Not a great location for exotic samples, of course, but it would make her life easier to find tools and supplies that looters had felt too trivial to take. It was a nice place, at the end of the day, when she mostly wanted somewhere cozy to experiment in. Which was why it was a surprise when, during one of her morning....(Was it morning? Honestly she wasn't sure anymore. But looking around she had to admit that it didn't seem like morning, technically).... walks of the area, she stumbled across another person for the first time in.... well, counting days wasn't really her style, especially when she barely paid attention to the passing time to begin with. But here they were, surrounding by dogs tied to a tree, and she felt a smile slowly creeping up on her face. "Didn't expect to see anyone around here," she said idly. "Let alone half buried in puppies." She lets the statement hang for just a moment. While a part of her wanted to go deep into these dogs, this human, and find everything worth finding inside them.... That was a lot of work for very little possible gain. She'd long since gathered the bulk of the common prizes inside the normal creatures floating around. Not worth the time, in the end, but taking a look would be fine, wouldn't it? She took a step forward, holding out a hand with the palm up as she crouched down outside of the radius of the leashes, making sure to lean back ever so slightly as she kept her smile going without showing teeth. She could vaguely remember someone telling her once, a very long time ago, how to approach dogs. It seemed silly, really, but it wasn't like it meant more work for her. "May I?" she asked, nodding at the dogs.

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