@Ezka
I’m thinking about making a powerless vigilante or bringing a old character of mine from a old roleplay
I’m thinking about making a powerless vigilante or bringing a old character of mine from a old roleplay
________________________ | Central to fireteam; come in, team. We don’t have much time, so let's ... Hey, Hothead, could ya turn it down a little? How am I supposed to ... Hello? HEY. DIAL IT THE FUCK DOWN A FEW. | |
"Heh heh heh." | ||
"Thanks for freakin' nothing. Look down, tough-guy; see that soot-storm? Ain't no signals getting through that——no radio, no OTH radar, nothin'!——so maybe you should listen up BEFORE you pass through the mesosphere and SOS down there like the people you're supposed to be rescuing, huh?!" | ||
"Ummm; Hothead, right? What was that song? I've never heard it before ..." | ________________________ | |
"They're called Scythian. You like it? You can borrow the cassette once we're back on the ship." | ||
"I ... I would love to! Thank you! It's just that ... I've never heard music like that before." | ||
"That's Heavy Metal, baby. Wait, you've really never——" | ||
"GUYS." | ||
"Druid's right. Let's get to the mission at hand. (Umm, but I'm totally taking you up on that later ...)" | ||
"Looking forward to it. Now let's move this along." | ||
"Don't worry, blondie; it's our neurosis, not yours. Now get to it, wouldja?" | ||
"YOU'RE BLONDE TOO! ... Urgh, at 1400 six days ago, we received an SOS from a mining camp belonging to an OhmCorp subsidiary. I do NOT know how. All I know is what the message says, or ... tried to say. Most of it still didn't make it through the interference down there, after all." | ||
"How weird. And what's the deal with this storm, anyway? Is it manmade?" | ||
"For another time, I'm afraid." [audible rusting of papers, as Druid tidies a thin stack of papers he printed out for himself, presumably a transcript.] "Here’s what we made out. And I'm just quoting here: 'HELP. COMPANY. RECOGNIZE. SIEGE. RUNNING OUT. LIQUID.'" | ||
"So they're running out of water soon ... those poor people." | ||
"Could be." | ||
"Everyone pull up your battle-maps." | ||
"Uh, right. With the direction and the knottage out there, our estimates put your infil about four klicks west of the mine. It's an old map, too, so expect the place to have some 'renovations.'" |
________________________ | "As for Charlie, if this really is a 'siege' like the message says ..." | |
"Then we know what he's doing: circling the camp and digging in." | ||
"With the enemy staying in one place, and the storm covering our approach, we can attack from any angle we like." | ||
"Exactly." | ||
"Grizzly, Fairytale, and Romeo, you're with me on Point Alpha. Rookie, you'll rendezvous with Hothead at Point Beta, then liaison with the rest of us." | ||
"That's a roger, Commander." | ||
"You got it, boss-lady." | ||
"Roger." | ||
"Yes, ma'am." | ||
"... Oh, uh, roger that, Whiskey Sour. (Should I call her just Sour? A nickname for a nickname?)" | ________________________ | |
"As for your exfil, the bad news first: a day on Triton-5 is 148 hours long. Granted, we've been moving reverse-revolution, so maybe halve that, but t̴h̷e̸ ̸p̸o̷i̷n̸t̸ ̴i̸s̵,̴ ̴w̵e̷ ̶w̸o̴n̶'̷t̵ ̸b̵e̵ ̴s̸e̴e̴i̵n̷g̸ ̸e̵a̸c̵h̴ ̶o̴t̶h̴e̶r̸ ̸f̵o̷r̷ ̸a̸ ̶f̷e̶w̴ ̷d̷a̵y̷s̵.̴" | ||
"Druid, we're losing you." | ||
"S̴h̴i̵t̸.̴ ̴W̷e̵'̶r̶e̵ ̵o̶u̸ ̵.̷.̴.̴ ̴f̸ ̷t̸i̶m̸e̶.̷" | ||
"Druid? You alright?" | ||
" ... " | ||
"... I think we lost him, guys." |
________________________ | "L̷o̴o̴k̵s̸ ̸l̷i̴k̶e̸ ̷t̷h̵.̸.̵.̶.̷.̷.̵.̸.̸.̵.̵.̸.̶.̴.̶ ̵x̵f̶i̵l̷,̷ ̸l̴a̸d̶i̵e̷ ̴.̶.̵.̷.̷.̴ ̸e̷e̷ ̸y̸o̶u̵ ̵t̸o̴p̴s̶i̸d̴e̶!̷" | |
"... See you soon, everyone." | ________________________ |