[b][color=#96D883]Name:[/color] Lapin Delacroix[/b]
[b][color=#96D883]Role:[/color] SOLDIER 2[/b]
[b][color=#96D883]Location:[/color] Bone Village[/b]
[b][color=#96D883]Tags:[/color] [@Sarcelle Renard] [@Renny][/b]
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Lapin soon got a response to her question, but she didn't anticipate the source: Vagrant, a 3rd Class SOLDIER under her command.  [color=lightblue][b]"Sorry. I didn't mean to eavesdrop. You must be new?"[/b][/color]

Her expression quickly turned from one of relaxation to the stern "hard ass" expression that many of her soldiers have come to expect.  How dare anyone disrespect her, a SOLDIER in her second year of command?  She opened her mouth to reply, but of course, Rowan had to get in his two gil: [color=goldenrod]”You realize you’re talking to our commanding officer, right?”[/color]

She took a slight breath, cursing to herself and wondering why no one ever wanted to wear the gods' damned helmets, then replied sternly to Rowan, [color=#96D883][b]"I don't need anyone to [i]speak[/I] for me, Tuesti."[/b][/color]  Then she turned toward Beryl.  [color=#96D883][b]"But he's correct, I am your commanding officer; I'm hardly [I]new[/I]."[/b][/color]

A thought flitted through her mind: [color=#96D883][I]Is being in one's second year really experienced, though?  This is, after all, my first mission beyond Midgar's walls."[/I][/color]

She spoke once more.  [color=#96D883][b]"But, since you're here, Vagrant, maybe you can answer my question: Since I spied you doing a patrol earlier, maybe you can inform me as to the morale of [I]my[/I] men?"[/b][/color]  In her mind, she threw up her hands in disgust, but outwardly the only evidence of this thought was a slight twitch of her fingertips.  [color=#96D883][b]"And I completely understand that it's hard to see out of, and that they are quite heavy, and your sweat stays inside; believe me, I've heard every single complaint about these thrice-damned helmets, but it is part of your uniform and a measure of safety against attack.  Place it back in your head, before I do it for you!"[/b][/color]