[Open ... ish?]

[banshee_rider]

Who: Kelly-087 and YOU! (mostly you)
What: Kelly arrives at Castle Paradisa!
When: All day today and tomorrow
Where: Basement
Rating: N/A

Within the basement, a very large tube has manifested, containing one large, armored supersoldier, currently in the deep freeze of Cryosleep.

The window to the cryotube is slightly frosted over, but it's clear enough to see the figure inside; well over 6', and covered from head to toe with black matte undersuit and an iridescent green armored plating, complete with helmet with a curving gold visor.

There's a keypad to the side of it, with a typical setup of letters and numbers, but there's no indication what code might pop the tube open.

[[Right now Kelly cannot respond, so feel free to tag each other, speculate, look for clues. There's got to be a way to open this thing somehow, right?]]

Comments

[banshee_rider]

[the microwave isn't even big enough Carolina geez]

[The light atop the keypad blinks red with a blaring honk; WRONG.]

[youfallback]

[Well that should be a clear enough sign to Carolina to not try again. Might as well let NOBLE Six handle inputting codes that no one knows. Time to make a journal entry.]

[lonenoble]

[A bit after the entry, Six is on her way. She was in a hurry at hearing about a fellow Spartan showing up. Her dislike of Carolina could be ignored.] Freelancer?

[youfallback]

NOBLE. [Carolina is indeed still standing in front of the cyrotube, but glances toward the door with a hawkish gaze.]

[lonenoble]

Thank you for telling me. [Examining the cryotube, frowning.]

[youfallback]

[Carolina nods in acknowledgment as she watches NOBLE Six.] I don't know when or how it arrived. It could have come during the expedition; not many people come through the basement anymore.

[lonenoble]

I was a bit distracted. There was another newly arrived Spartan. Arrived just before the Expedition, or I would have been there.

[youfallback]

[Carolina frowns for a moment, thinking of just how easily overpowered she would be now. Not that a NOBLE was anything to sneeze at, but before there had almost always been a majority of Freelancers to the minority of Spartans. Now, Carolina largely only counted herself as the last loyal Freelancer, who could now be easily outnumbered 3-1.]

Understandable. [Might as well try to not piss them off too much.] Until our new arrival wakes from cyrosleep, one of us should stay down here.

[lonenoble]

[And it'd only take one to beat her into the ground, too.] I don't need much sleep, so I'll be down here a lot. But I'm willing to let you help guard on one condition, if you wish.

You either be quiet or leave the room if York shows up. I don't know what happened to you two. It's not my business. I just want you to keep peace in the presence of this so that we don't break it with a fight.

[youfallback]

[Carolina does what she can to not openly glare at that. It'd be easy if York kept his mouth shut for two seconds.]

If he's willing to follow the same rules, I'm willing to.

[lonenoble]

He will. [She's isn't putting up with shit.]

[youfallback]

Then there won't be any problems. [Carolina turns back to face the cyrotube, gaze on the Spartan inside.]

[lonenoble]

I don't know this Spartan. But no matter what, she'll be welcome.

It's good to have some kind of team... Even if I'm not used to it anymore.

[youfallback]

[Carolina would readily argue that being on a team is overrated, that trusting others just sets one up to be hurt, but she keeps her mouth shut for now. If Six wants to set herself to get stabbed in the back, she can go ahead.

Instead, she'll answer with a neutral,] I'm sure she'll feel welcome.

[lonenoble]

I don't know what happened with your team... But it's different for Spartans.

[youfallback]

Is it? [Carolina's tone is unbelieving. She'd thought her team to be the very best of he best, and they still failed.]

[lonenoble]

It is. You were adults when you joined and began training.

[youfallback]

And starting with kids is better. [Carolina doesn't want to believe it, considering the implications of choosing kids as soldiers.]

[lonenoble]

Betrayal doesn't come to mind when all you know is loyalty.

They offered us revenge.

[youfallback]

[Actually, revenge isn't a half bad idea, considering what she's been through recently.] How did that turn out.

[lonenoble]

I don't know. I died in Reach being glassed.

[youfallback]

[Carolina goes immediately silent. Of her entire team, it seems that she's the only one that survived besides Wash, but neither of them had escaped unscarred.]