paradisalogs | UNSC + SOLDIERs meet-and-greet

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UNSC + SOLDIERs meet-and-greet

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!)

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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.

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.

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.]

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.]

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.

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.']

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?]

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.]

Yeah.

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

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.]

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.]

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.

Fast wheels always come in handy, one way or another.

Yeah? I was always in infiltration, back home. [More of the lockpicking type than the stealth type, but they do go hand in hand.]

Some times more than others!

Infiltration, huh? [Brb leaning against the Warthog again.] SOLDIER's a little more generalized, but a lot of it falls into the jobs where you need an army, but can only send one or two guys.

[York nods. The concept is definitely familiar to him.]

More like our Spartans. You'll meet Kat and Six here. They say one Spartan blew up an entire fleet once, when our ships are lucky to get one of theirs with a three-to-one advantage.

Freelancers like me were a bit more of the normal guys, but we had some of the same equipment.

Lemme guess: not as many of them because of how expensive the program is, but you don't need as many of them because of what they can do. [In other news, Halo is FFVII with more modern weapons and fewer long-haired megalomaniacs giving everyone despair.]

Heh. For just being the normal guys, you got a pretty nice deal going on here.

Pretty much. [You just have aliens giving everyone despair instead.]

Not bad, is it? I mean, we're awesome normal guys, so that's gotta count for something.

[Y e p.]

More than just something, I'd say. Your boss was pretty damn quick to organize things on that expedition, I can admire that. I'd rather a comrade with a head on his shoulders than one with fancy enhancements and little brain to use them.

[He does puff up a little. The compliment to her is a compliment to their team, really.]

Got that right. We at least try to react to everything here in a decent amount of time.

[It is a team deserving of compliments!]

As much as situation allows, I'm sure. The Castle can't be pleased that we meddle with it all the time, or so it must seem.

Ha! Well, to be fair, we don't seem too pleased when it meddles with us all the time, either. Doesn't seem to stop it any.

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/drags self back to rp

<3~

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