UNSC + SOLDIERs meet-and-greet

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Who: UNSC (NOBLEs Two and, Six; Freelancers Washington, South, York, and Carolina; Lance Corporal Dante/Rookie) + SOLDIERs (Zack + Angeal) + Hard Hunter [a yet unnamed alliance/coalition]
What: Meet-and-greet/mingle/badassery.
When: Mondayish evening
Where: The Hangar!
Rating: Maybe PG-13


[Honestly, Carolina's a little nervous about everyone being under the same roof for a meet-and-greet. Not because of any real fear of fighting or danger, but more that it's been a while since she's had this many strong-willed people in the same room. Sure, there's the teleporter to the Danger Room on one side of the garage and an assortment of vehicles, but she expects most of the action to happen in the kitchen where she expects they'll spend most of their time. She'd sent out brief notifications to all interested parties earlier in the day, so hopefully everyone would come and be ready to chat about plans for this potential alliance.]




(ooc: This is mostly a mingle post! I'll put up a couple different areas in the hangar and please tag anyone/everyone! ICly, everyone's meant to meet everyone. Backtagging is very welcome but you can also just leave a comment saying what your character would agree to/wouldn't if it gets too busy/full!)

Comments

[bustered]

Go figure.

[While it hasn't happened directly to Zack, he's heard and read enough in the journals to gather how things work here. Or how they seem to sort-of work, anyway -- the Castle's too unpredictable for him to be comfortable thinking he's figured it out.]

Even so, there's a decent amount of non-Dead Zone ground that can be covered... tch. What we really need are some good, fast chocobos.

[encryptedlock]

I've heard that word before. Those are the big riding bird things, aren't they?

[He's only ever seen one around, and it seems to be more or less equivalent to a horse.]

[bustered]

Yeah, they're native to my home world. There's one in the stables, but one's not enough to breed them... I don't even know how that one got here. Useful things though.

[Yup, except chocobos are so much funnier better than horses.]

[encryptedlock]

Well, sometimes if you're lucky, things will show up from home on important days like Christmas. [He nods over at the Mongoose.] That's where that one came from.

[bustered]

...Christmas?

[Y u p. Well, someone was bound to have to explain Earth holidays eventually.]

[encryptedlock]

It's a holiday in this place. Around the beginning of winter, about a month and a half out from now. You're supposed to give presents to your friends, and sometimes the castle gives presents to you, too. Anything you see in the stables that isn't a horse is probably either from a world change, or from Christmas.

[It's k, he's used to explaining these things by now.]

[bustered]

[Blinkblink]

Well, at least it's a generous magic castle.

[Hello sarcasm, how are you today? But the simple explanation's appreciated. And maybe it's not all that bad, considering the vehicle York just indicated.]

That one reminds me a little -- just a little -- of a motorcycle.

[encryptedlock]

When it wants to be? Of course it is. [The key word there is when. It's definitely not always.]

You can get another person to perch on the back, but other than that you're not half wrong. It's one of the slang for them, even if the proper term is Mongoose.

[bustered]

[And sometimes it's too generous. Nightmares, anyone?]

Gotta be more stable with that wider wheelbase though; a bike wouldn't be my first choice to bring into a combat situation. [Not that he'd go for a vehicle at all, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.]

[encryptedlock]

Exactly. You can get some killer jumps, too. The driver can't fire, but if you have a good shot on back the mobility is pretty much unmatched.

[bustered]

Nice. [And another appreciative glance is given to the Mongoose. You guys have the best toys, seriously.] How's it handle over rougher terrain though? I mean, it can't have nearly the weight of the bigger ones, that could work against it on loose rock or scree.

[encryptedlock]

You do have to watch out for loose rocks, and it can't handle ledges that are too high. But it's got great recovery, so if you're good you can flip it in the air and keep driving.

[Because Halo game mechanics, that's why.]

/drags self back to rp

[bustered]

Two people could either make or break a maneuver like that. Gotta have a lot of trust for your wingman.

[Zack is okay with these mechanics, yes.]

<3~

[encryptedlock]

You do, but--hey, that's what teams are for, isn't it? [Which is to say he does trust his team. Except for Kat when she's driving. That one's just a no-brainer.]

--Course, on a first ride we'd keep it on slightly more level terrain. If you want to go, that is.

[bustered]

Practiced teams at least. [It's not unheard of for things to be a little clumsy because people aren't used to working with each other, after all. But he supposes that's part of what this whole get-together thing is all about.]

Thought you'd never ask. [That's a 'yes.']

[encryptedlock]

Of course. [And team-building is always important, even if you were already on a team.

York tilts his head to one side in a grin gesture.]

After the meeting, then?

[bustered]

How often do you guys train here? [Training thus far for Zack has consisted more of alone time, honing his own skills. Occasionally he's worked with Cloud or Angeal, but fighting with them is second nature, well-familiar to him.]

I think we'd both get shot if we tried to sneak off during. [And being shot is on Zack's list of things to try not to do again.] But yeah, I'd love to.

[encryptedlock]

Boss makes us train every day, but we usually only do vehicles once a week or so. Out here more if there's nothing going on at the castle, and Kat practically lives out here sometimes.

[York chuckles.] Oh yeah, we wouldn't want to miss it.

[bustered]

Training's not so bad. [Says the self-proclaimed master of squats. But really, the Castle is too small sometimes.] It's not a bad setup. Feels like there's room to move out here.

[York, why does he have the feeling you would be a great co-conspirator?] Mmm, haven't had disciplinary action since I was a cadet, and I'd really not like to start again.

[encryptedlock]

Yeah. The whole way it's built, the way it's designed, it just feels a whole lot more like home, you know? [And that as much as anything a reason why they spend time out here. It relaxes him and the others much more than a strange castle does.]

Knowing when to behave and when you can sneak off is the best way not to get caught, of course. [Because he would?]

[bustered]

I know the feeling. Home away from home and all that. [Zack himself stays in the Castle, but it's more out of a desire to be close to what he thinks is the hub of everything, just in case something happens.]

Depends on who's doing the disciplining and what the punishment is, too. Sometimes it's worth being a little delinquent. [Yes this.]

[encryptedlock]

Yeah.

[York chuckles again.] Don't get too many fresh ideas, soldier. The Boss is my girlfriend.

[bustered]

Heh, not those kinds of ideas. I meant avoiding certain aspects of missions. Or sometimes the cleanup after. [York you don't know the Turks okay. Trust Zack on this one.] But hands off the girlfriend, got it.

[He's just teasing with that last sentence, of course.]

[encryptedlock]

Ha! Now that I could get behind.

[Not that he has any reason to believe that anyone else could get near Carolina without her permission, but it never hurts to mark your territory. As for avoiding the more unsavory parts of a mission?

Yeah. He always liked to get away with minimal damage.]

[bustered]

That's where fast wheels might come in handy.

[Yes York you do all your male posturing and territory marking and whatnot. It's a guy thing, it's all cool. Zack probably would too, if his girlfriend was here (and, you know, if the Castle hadn't made him forget all about her).

But! Back to the topic at hand.] And really good sneaking around skills.