[quote=Andae]
Well, actually, regarding knowing Darren's name, Mark did say he's read files on all of them, and therefore seen pictures, so, he'd know, and since he was the first to say Darren's name, they all coulda learned it through Mark.
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True, but Darren might not have even been chosen for the mission, which is what we kinda ran into. He's not offensive, he's strictly defensive which even the other characters who have defensive capabilities also have offensive talents as well. There's also this:

[quote=KoiPond]
“Huh” he came across something he didn’t remember taking. A sealed white envelope without a name or return address, but he also found a can of pork and beans, so that took priority.After the beans were cooked, he opened the letter to give him some accompanying thoughts as he finished his breakfast. The letter started “You and several other recruits will undertake a top-secret mission” and continued from there. Two options came to mind as he continued skimming the letter. On one hand, he could do the just thing and ignore the letter, after all, it probably wasn’t for him and there was no way he could get to the meeting place at the designated time.
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Since most of the other characters had their letters delivered personally to them, it could be he just forgot it or he took it from whomever was supposed to have gotten it, thinking it had money or whatnot, it was also in a random bag of junk, not lying out somewhere. It's kind of a kerfuffle at this moment. He's either an annoying thief that stole his way in or he was chosen for the mission despite not having very much use outside of being a type of human shield which goes against most of the other character's abilities and their usefulness for fast-paced missions or heavy offensive capabilities.

Then again, maybe I should just bow out, I think his entire existence in this story kinda makes it more confusing rather than fun and I don't want to take that away from you guys or weigh the pacing down. Technically, you guys probably would've already left if he wasn't the wrench in the gears. Plus, it's not like he really adds anything to it. I don't know, I'll leave it up to you guys, sorry for being a headache.