hot_mess_express ([personal profile] hot_mess_express) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-10-14 09:22 pm

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Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, Nighttime
Where: The clearing, now no longer a beach

[ The beach fades away, leaving everyone back in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of the clearing and their-- beloved?-- train. There are some new stars in the sky, twinkling in ginger goldenrod, thyme apple, senna terracotta, jasmine blue, and clover pink.

The sound of a giggle fills the air and leaves behind bubbles-- touching one will give the uncontrollable urge to hug the nearest person. They will persist throughout the night. ]
malignstar: (who can face this world alone)

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-10-20 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but does special ops usually go after each other?
schrodingerscockroach: (Piece by piece)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-10-20 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
It can depend on the group and the work, there's some groups that would call for extreme secrecy because that information getting out would cause major societal problems. But that's usually for ones that are more politically focused.

That shouldn't be ours. We're primarily military acting for the UNSC. Dealing with alien threats that want our extinction and the Insurrection, people trying to get control for the Outer Colonies, while the Covenant has the UNSC's primary forces.

Neither of which should promote that level of being cutthroat. The worst that happens is the public finds out what we're doing, and won't be happy, but that's jail time at worse.
malignstar: (vogue)

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-10-20 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Could just be a case of corruption within your ranks. They seem to have a real problem with Texas.
schrodingerscockroach: (A lil tired)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-10-20 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Who did give them the ammo.]

It was when we met her. But she had also been given jobs before. She'd be on missions without being on the roster, doing clean up to cover our tracks.

But Texas...she saved York. She helped Carolina when the Director was going to let her suffer....whatever was messing with the AI.

She might be a hardass, but she shows enough care to be a good teammate. She's trusted to do clean up and do it alone. She got a reserved name. She should be trusted if she's allowed that much independence. So why pull live ammo?
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (no one needs a reason why)

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-10-20 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, she seems like a really intense but overall cool person. But people can get really touchy about people who seem like they have a lot of power but don't tolerate being controlled.
malignstar: (drink the pain away)

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-10-21 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
You know, made to fall in line. Authorities don't like the powerful wild cards. They're dangerous.
schrodingerscockroach: (Well we could)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-10-27 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess, but I'd almost think that's kind of the point with our group.

Like, we're special ops. We're supposed to do things most other people can't. York's an infiltration specialist, Maine's a beast, Carolina has good adaption and leader ability, North and South have different skills great for clearing a room, I'm just really damn hard to keep down.

Quality over quantity. Even if personality isn't the best, skills are worth it.
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (no one needs a reason why)

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-10-27 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
No point to having a special ops if you can't control them when you need to. You're still doing a job.
schrodingerscockroach: (Why bother)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-10-30 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
But to treat someone like that....it doesn't feel quite....right.
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (clutching my cure)

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-10-31 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm right with you there. I don't think the higher ups care about that sometimes though.
schrodingerscockroach: (Jiiiiii)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-11-08 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe not. But it's still weird having a special group with that kind of corruption...

[But it IS weird.]