Tracyarmav

Animal Army

@Cat Oi, when are you jumping into the mix? Soon I hope.

Animal Army

@DaredevilSpider Awesome, glad I could clear that up for you. And no worries, I just used to write with someone on another site that had difficulty distinguishing IC criticism from OoC criticism, so I wanted to make sure we were on the same page from the start. :) I look forward to your reply.

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@DaredevilSpider Certainly, please bear in mind, this is an IC observation of your character, not my opinion of you.

Isa is a hunter. Jacob is smaller, probably means prey. Jacob is paranoid, almost certainly means prey.Jacob didn't eat anything, when everyone else did, probably means weak prey.(based on the fact that prey rarely eats the same things their predator does) Jacob ran off/away to his room at the first opportunity, probably means easy prey. Jacob rejoined the others, but waited for the group to acknowledge him instead of claiming his place, might mean prey. Isa is resigned to working with Jacob, only because he has no choice in the matter. However, he fully expects the group will have to carry Jacob's share of the load on top of their own loads; because Jacob has to date proven to be nothing more than a moody and cowardly brat in Isa's eyes.

callously measured: Isa has measured Jacob's worth as a person based on little more than Jacob's appearance and initial impression, using his own experience as a hunter and trapper as the basis for his judgement of Jacob and Jacob's personal character.
found wanting: Isa experience tells him that some qualities are better than others, Jacob lacks these qualities. (physical strength, personal pride, cunning, determination, and persistence)
then dismissed: Isa expects Jacob to die or be permanently incapacitated during the first dangerous/violent mission the team is sent on, and he's not going to be shedding any tears for Jacob when it happens.

Does that make sense/help any?

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Isa : Anisim Misolav

I pull my hand back from Blue's shoulder, noting her dislike of personal contact. I nod in acknowledgment of her objectives, and keep a neutral face at the mention of a possible escape attempt. It could be done, but we'd have to be very careful. I notice our weakest link return, and restrain the urge to snarl at him. The poor fool was probably just to frightened to do his job properly. Still, I certainly won't be sticking my neck out for the boy. It might be beneficial to go ahead and drop the boy so he wouldn't have to worry about adjusting to his incompetence later... No, that would surely cost the team even more points and the guards would probably stop me from getting a clean kill to boot, which would just make matters even worse. Interesting how the boy's life was so callously measured, found wanting, and dismissed. There's a thought... I look back to Blue, and then to each other person in the room. I wave the littlest of us back over to the table, and ask the room in general, cutting my voice so that it wouldn't carry beyond the table.

Perhaps we are to find the measure of ourselves, as a team... that would certainly leave us with far more ways to fail than win. That still leaves the question: How exactly does he want us to find our measure?

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posting again... >.>

Lord of the Rings: The Shadow of Barad-dûr - [OPEN for new players]

booooo! sigh, and it was just getting interesting too...

Lord of the Rings: The Shadow of Barad-dûr - [OPEN for new players]

@Andromedai
poke...

what's up?

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Isa : Anisim Misolav

@HaleyTheRandom

I fully expect to fail this mission, he seems to take no pleasure in our success. Blue, do you have anything for us, objectives, orders, etc.? I deliberately ignore the eye roll, sure manners might not be terribly common amongst criminals, but I wasn't actually a criminal, not yet, for now the worst that I could claim to be is an illegal immigrant, since the paperwork never got finished due to this mess being started. I look to Blue, the only one showing any interest in being a leader so far and hope that she will be able to compensate us some of our lost points. Not that Vlad would give her many chances to do so, but that was the hand we'd been dealt. I also wondered what my fellow Russian was thinking in all of this, he hadn't said much since he explained Vlad's little rant earlier.

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Isa : Anisim Miloslav

I lay a hand gently on blues shoulder and speak calmly and quietly, my voice not carrying clearly beyond the table. We were already off to a bad start, and if she wasn't careful with her words it could get much worse, very fast. You should not antagonize her needlessly Blue. It just makes this mission even more difficult than it already is, and we don't need the extra complications. If you're going to lead this team, you'll need the respect of every teammate and it's hard enough to earn respect under normal conditions. Turning to address the group still with us, and projecting my voice to carry through the room clearly without having to shout, I try to patch the damage the cowards words had done to our interpersonal relations. None of us were here because we wanted to be here, instead most of us were avoiding some other fate, and I was here by fate. Though why fate had cast me here I couldn't yet fathom. I can't say that I trust any of you with my life, but I do trust each and everyone of you to do your part and pull your own weight. I look towards the girl announced as pet, and ask politely. What may we call you miss?

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