TSW 41

[5:46 PM] IcePickLobotomy: November 22nd, 1989, 10:07am Local Time
[5:50 PM] IcePickLobotomy: There's a knock at the door
[5:51 PM] Arina: sighs, standing up to go get the door. "Hello?"
[5:52 PM] Robin: "Hello," you hear Robin's calm, almost empty, voice return.
[5:58 PM] Robin: As you open the door you see Robin standing in the doorway expressionless. she is looking at you but you feel like she's staring through you.(edited)
[5:59 PM] Arina: swallows, pasting on a smile. "... welcome back, Robin."
[6:00 PM] Mary: Mary shivered on hearing these words and dropped meagan bottle.
[6:00 PM] Robin: "May I enter?"
[6:01 PM] Arina: nods, stepping back. "... this is your home too."
[6:02 PM] Robin: walks past Arina and finds a seat.
[6:04 PM] Arina: sighs, shutting the door behind her. "How are you feeling?"
[6:04 PM] Robin: "fine."
[6:05 PM] Mary: "Hello Robin "she said unsure while reoffering the bottle to the child.
[6:05 PM] Arina: "I see..."
[6:06 PM] Robin: "hello," Robin replies to Mary.
[6:06 PM] Robin: sits for a moment before looking over to where her and Arina's room is.
[6:07 PM] Robin: stands and heads for their room.
[6:09 PM] Arina: sighs, following her. "Tired?"
[6:10 PM] Robin: She stops at the doorway and looks around, "They cleaned it up. good." she walks in.
[6:11 PM] Arina: nods to the side table. "We put your notebook there."
[6:12 PM] Mary: /me shivered
[6:13 PM] Robin: "mmm" She goes and picks up the notebook. She skimms through it, and then throws it away.
[6:14 PM] Arina: "Doesn't seem that interesting right now?"
[6:16 PM] Robin: "That book is full of nonsense. It is not worth anything."
[6:18 PM] Robin: walks over to her other belongings and begins to rummage through them.
[6:18 PM] Arina: "... I don't know, it seems pretty precious to me."
[6:20 PM] Robin: "It is fiction, it is useless."
[6:21 PM] Robin: "everything in there was a distraction, and I am no longer distracted."
[6:22 PM] Mary: Mary slowly rose meagan at her hand as she walked closer without entering.
[6:22 PM] Arina: sighs. "Distractions are pretty useful."
[6:25 PM] Robin: starts tossing things from her belongings away, things deemed useless. She gets to an item and goes to throw it away, but pauses. After a second she drops her lighter into the trash.
[6:31 PM] Arina: watches as she tosses. "... was that your brother's?"
[6:31 PM] Robin: "no."
[6:33 PM] Arina: "Ah."
[6:34 PM] Mary: After a moment Mary nodded at Arina .
[6:35 PM] Robin: moves her hair out of her face, her hand pauses. She takes out her hair clip and throws it away too.
[6:36 PM] Arina: "Anything else you need to get rid of?"
[6:37 PM] Robin: looks through her things for a minute, "No. The rest might be of use."
[6:38 PM] Arina: nods, moving to pick up the trash. "I'll empty this out, then."
[6:39 PM] Robin: nods before sitting on the bed.
[6:40 PM] Arina: takes it into the living room, and once she's securely out of sight she immediately starts pulling out all the stuff Robin tossed. Fortunately she hadn't thrown away anything grody.
[6:42 PM] Mary: Mary catching her in there whispered after a moment "put it in mine to sort it later"
[6:43 PM] Robin: "Is Walker here?"
[6:44 PM] Arina: nods, quickly sliding Robin's stuff in the front door of Mary's room, before picking up the garbage again and heading to the actual disposal. "Not at the moment. We'd have prepared but we didn't know when you'd be back."
[6:45 PM] Robin: "alright."
[6:46 PM] Arina: disposes of the actual garbage and returns. "You wanted to see her?"
[6:48 PM] Robin: "I need to give her these," Robin holds out two ID cards.
[6:50 PM] Arina: blinks, glancing at them. "Oh?"
[6:50 PM] John: "Oh Robin, you're back. Welcome back!" john says cheerfully as he walks in
[6:50 PM] John: stops and notices what she's holding "Whatcha got there"
[6:52 PM] Robin: looks up at John, "hello. These are the METI ID cards I have stolen. They should be returned to METI personel."
[6:52 PM] John: very quickly walks up and grabs them "Uhh...I'll return these."
[6:53 PM] Robin: Robin's hand firmly keeps hold on the ID cards, "you are not someone I should return them too."
[6:54 PM] John: looks at everyone else before leaning in "And we want your return to be as smooth as possible. Let me return them and take the blame."
[6:55 PM] John: hasn't let go
[6:55 PM] Mary: "Well I am her secretary after all so I am qualified to give them to her"
[6:57 PM] Robin: "I will return them. It is my job to serve METI. I should be resposible enough to deliver things I have stolen back."
[6:57 PM] John: attempts to pull them out of her hands.
[6:58 PM] Arina: cocks her head. "So... why did you steal them?"
[6:59 PM] John: 's fingers slip off the cards
[6:59 PM] John: grunts angrily "I think you should hold onto those." John says gruffly before turning and leaving
[7:00 PM] Robin: "It seemed to be useful at the time."
[7:04 PM] Robin: "It has become clear, though, that if they were lost or stolen then that could cause trouble. Therefore, I deem it more useful to return them to METI."(edited)
[7:06 PM] Arina: "I see..."
[7:11 PM] Mary: "Ah but by delivering them to me you are following the propper chain of command in that matter also"
[7:13 PM] IcePickLobotomy: The phone rings
[7:14 PM] John: hears the phone and dashes for it
[7:14 PM] Robin: stands and goes to answer the phone. seeing John go she pauses and reconsiders.
[7:14 PM] John: almost drops the phone as he smashes it off the wall "Hello?"
[7:14 PM] IcePickLobotomy: @John "It's Walker, I got a briefing set up for us at lunch, make sure everyone's in the apartment by noon please."
[7:15 PM] John: "We're all here. I'll make sure nobody leaves."
[7:16 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "That's goo- wait Robin is there?"
[7:16 PM] John: "Yeah. She got here a bit ago..." John lowers his voice so as to only be heard by walker "Something's wrong."
[7:20 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I know John," She sighs wearily "I know."
[7:21 PM] John: "Well...at least it won't be a surprise. Anything else I can do, Ma'am?"
[7:22 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Just. . look after yourself John. I don't know what else we can do at this point."
[7:24 PM] John: "Alright. I'll let everyone know." John hangs up
[7:25 PM] Arina: "Walker?"
[7:26 PM] John: "Yeah. Orders are to stay here. We have a briefing at noon."
[7:27 PM] John: turns to Robin "If you're going to turn them in, fine. But I wasn't involved."
[7:28 PM] John: stops for a moment "Actually."(edited)
[7:28 PM] John: "Can I talk to you for a moment? In private?" John asks Robin
[7:29 PM] Mary: takes a step back from the two of them.
[7:29 PM] Robin: "If you need."
[7:29 PM] John: walks to the hallway with Robin
[7:46 PM] IcePickLobotomy: ----------
[7:46 PM] IcePickLobotomy: 2 hours later. Walker walks into the apartment, a large stack of folders tucked under her arm. "Hey guys."
[7:47 PM] Robin: "Hello Walker."
[7:47 PM] Mary: "Hello Amanda."
[7:47 PM] John: walks out only moments after Walker walks in, almost as if his walker-sense was tingling "Ma'am"
[7:48 PM] Arina: nods. "... good afternoon, Walker."
[7:48 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Robin, I'm glad you're back with us," The woman gives a brittle smile
[7:50 PM] Robin: stares back blank faced, "I am here to serve."
[7:52 PM] IcePickLobotomy: She drops the stack of folders onto the dining room table
[7:52 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "So, two subjects today. First is Lilith, and the 2nd is the planned assualt on Siberia."
[7:53 PM] Robin: "Right," Robin goes to find a seat at the table.
[7:55 PM] Arina: "... Right."
[7:56 PM] John: sits silently at the table
[7:57 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "So Lilith," She slides a few photos out onto the table, heat-maps from the looks of it. You can see a large spot of yellow and orange amidst a sea of cool blue. "She made landfall in South-America last night as has come to rest about 60 miles from the coast. She's made no further actions or attempts to contact us, we don't know what she's doing there as any attempts at a fly over have resulted in total loss of the air-craft. Satalite imagery hasn't been able to deal with the interferance either. In sort, she doesn't appear to be doing anything but if she were we'd have no way of knowing what it is."
[7:59 PM] Robin: "I should speak with her again."
[8:00 PM] Arina: "Did the crew get out of the aircraft at least...?"
[8:02 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "No, we lost all contact with the craft."
[8:02 PM] Arina: winces. "I see."
[8:03 PM] John: bows his head(edited)
[8:06 PM] Robin: "Irrelevant, we should focus on what to do next."
[8:06 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Well our current plan is to abstain from a engagement at this moment."
[8:07 PM] Mary: "IS there any relation to her position to prior seele things, or the plagues epicenters?"
[8:08 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "She's in Brazil, which is where things started."
[8:10 PM] Arina: "Like I said, she wants an area empty of people to prepare herself. That's... about as empty as it'll get."
[8:10 PM] IcePickLobotomy: Walker nods
[8:13 PM] Robin: "If we are to abstain from engagement, then what is the current objective?"(edited)
[8:16 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "This," She sets down a thick filer folder "Which is to prepare for the assualt on the Siberia Base."
[8:17 PM] Arina: drums her fingers against the table. "One key piece of preparation we're going to need to do is clearing the field so we can leave safely without getting stabbed in the back."
[8:19 PM] Mary: "We also want to take up some of there toys as well, we will need them."
[8:20 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Yes." She points to a few sites on the map "These are the SAM sites protecting the base, and this," She taps a bulding "Is the main radar instilation. Our ground-team is going to sabatoge these, as well as having Soviet Forces who Yeffim has pull with, to perform a SEAD Mission to give us a window to air-drop you on the site. From there you'll have to hook into their power supply or else make use of the mobile power sources we will be dropping with you as well."
[8:22 PM] Mary: SEAD?"
[8:23 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Suppression of Enemy Air Defense. Basically we'll be having air-craft flying ahead of you targeting hostile air-defense sites."
[8:23 PM] Arina: "Ahhh."
[8:24 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "From there you're main goal will be to engage and destroy any active Outrider units, assist ground teams in securing our objectives," She strats to point out various buildings on the map "In order of importance, the armory, which is armed with nuclear warheads, the power plant, the Outrider fabrication facilits, followed by targets of opertunity."
[8:25 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Once the site is secure we'll land the transports to bring your units back here."
[8:25 PM] Robin: "Understood."
[8:29 PM] Arina: nods. "We're moving once Nadya gets here?"
[8:30 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "We're planning to pull her out at the same time our ground team is sabatoging the air-defences, but if they can't get to her in time we'll have to evacuate her in the fight."
[8:30 PM] Arina: 's eyes widen. "Not waiting until her transfer?"
[8:30 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "They're stalling."
[8:31 PM] Robin: "We don't have enough time to wait."
[8:34 PM] Arina: "I see... well they'd better get her out..."
[8:34 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Hunter's father is leading that team, I assure you Arina, there's no one better at his job than him."
[8:35 PM] John: doesn't look up at the mention of his dad
[8:36 PM] Arina: "Well, I hope so..."
[8:38 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "There's going to be limited weapons there, so anything past your inital load out will have to be aquired in the field," She points to a large warehouse "There's a weapons depot here that will probably have equipment you can make use of."
[8:40 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Any further questions on this before I move onto the Mass Production Units?"
[8:41 PM] Robin: stays silent
[8:41 PM] Arina: shakes her head.
[8:41 PM] John: adds nothing
[8:42 PM] Mary: "What about the power issue?"
[8:42 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "You should be able to hook into the bases power supply, once the plant is secured."
[8:42 PM] Mary: "Do we even know if the EVAs use the same socket?"
[8:43 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "The MP units do not make use a umbilical, but sockets were installed in case the base came under attack."
[8:45 PM] Arina: "In case they had to deploy Nadya, you mean?"
[8:46 PM] IcePickLobotomy: She nods "We had hoped to have more pilos available and mroe units, but. .  If wishes were fishes. . ."
[8:48 PM] Robin: "Why don't we deploy her from the base when we attack?"
[8:49 PM] Arina: "She has no idea what's going on, and we can't brief her in her situation."
[8:50 PM] Mary: "Is there a way , a family secret to make her belive that we are on her side and not controlled by a intruder when we attack?
[8:50 PM] Mary: Because "the other bases are under liliths controll is a good method to make her fight you, to save you,"
[8:51 PM] Arina: "We don't exactly make a habit of exchanging mind control verification passwords Mary."
[8:52 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Now, onto the MP Evas." She slides out a new photo(edited)
[8:53 PM] Arina: nods, reminding herself of the design. "Friendly..."
[8:54 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "The MP Units are not piloted, are armed with a psuedo-AI Expert system based on black-box data from your units. They're probably less tacticaly capable but you will be out numbered and do not underestimate their fighting abilites. Moreover they will be armed with the same weaponery you are. They do not have a Umbilical and are capable of flight. They have extensive regernative capabilites, so anything other than a core-kill will only slow them down."
[8:54 PM] John: looks up long enough to see the picture
[8:55 PM] Robin: "Do they have AT fields?"
[8:56 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Yes, though we're not sure how well they can use it. I would assume they can use the basic field at the very least."
[8:56 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "They were intended to combat the Intruders afterall."
[8:58 PM] Arina: nods. "Hopefully they don't have many active yet, I'd like if we could keep a few to give a hand against Lucifer..."
[9:02 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "We'll try to recover any non-active ones but if they're online you'll have to take it down fully."
[9:02 PM] Robin: "Understood."
[9:03 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Any further questions?"
[9:04 PM] John: "Yes, but not regarding this."
[9:04 PM] Arina: drums her fingers against the table. "We have to deal with something on-site before we can launch."
[9:04 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Very well, the assualt is going to take place one week from now barring any major events."
[9:05 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Then I suggest you do it quickly or else wait, the Colonel is insistent on the time table for this." She frowns as she says this "And to be frank time is not our ally here either."
[9:05 PM] Robin: "Agreed."
[9:05 PM] Arina: "We have an Angel in our back wing, if we leave the place undefended chances are high she'll strike."
[9:06 PM] IcePickLobotomy: Wlaker gives you a startled look and then. . . her face goes slack and she blinks
[9:06 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I'm sorry, I spaced out a bit there? What where you saying Arina?"
[9:06 PM] IcePickLobotomy: Static hisses and crackles almost beyond your hearing
[9:06 PM] Arina: facepalms. "Would you fuck off I don't even mean you!"
[9:10 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Arina!" Walker snaps "I understand this is stressful but don't take this out on me."
[9:10 PM] Mary: "You just had a skinwalker moment."
[9:11 PM] Arina: rubs her temples. "Not you, Walker."
[9:11 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "A SKinwa. ." her face goes slack again and she blinks, rubbing her face "Uggh, I need to lay off the coffee."
[9:11 PM] Arina: "... Hey Walker, do you remember what we just talked about?"
[9:11 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "We were discussing the MP Evas."
[9:13 PM] IcePickLobotomy: Walker's face looks pale, her eyes dilated somewhat.
[9:13 PM] Robin: "John had a concern."
[9:13 PM] Arina: nods. "I had one too if I can... work out how to say it."
[9:15 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I'm sure you'll figure it out." She shakes her head "I think I'll take a half-day today. I'm feeling under the weather all of a suddent."
[9:16 PM] Robin: looks over to walker, "do you need assistance?"
[9:16 PM] John: "I can raise my concern without you, ma'am, if you'd like to rest."
[9:16 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Some tea would be divine right about now if you don't mind Robin?"
[9:16 PM] Robin: "Of course," Robin stands and heads for the kitchen.
[9:16 PM] Arina: "Yeah, I'll mention my issue directly to the Colonel."
[9:17 PM] Arina: is willing to experiment there. This is a bit stressful on Walker's head.
[9:17 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "If you're sure Arina." Walker stands up and heads for the couch.
[9:20 PM] Mary: is clearly very unhappy with skinwalker
[9:21 PM] Robin: comes back into the room a little while later, bringing Walker her tea.
[9:21 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Thanks Robin," She slurs as she takes a sip form the tea, laying back on the couch.
[9:22 PM] Robin: nods as she goes to find a seat.
[9:41 PM] Mary: "So..."
[9:41 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Mmm yeaaah?"
[9:45 PM] Mary: "You should lean back and relax amanda , you deserve it and some rest."
[9:45 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Yeah," She lays down on the couch, one arm thrown over her face to shield her eys "Good idea."
[9:50 PM] Mary: "Well in regards to my project, I know where we got to go there to get a better reading for my AT field testing..But with the flucating of the wave it might become instable and collaps arina"
[9:53 PM] Robin: "Project?"
[9:56 PM] Mary: "Well yeah kind of , I was using the sensors for it..
[9:57 PM] Robin: "Is this to complete one of our objectives?"
[10:05 PM] Mary: "The second one"(edited)
[10:05 PM] Robin: "Then I am here if you need me."
[10:09 PM] Mary: after a moment gets some of her notes out , showing strange fluctuations in something, and a map of the city, that showcases, there shool
[10:26 PM] Mary: "And as you can see here, it is in the school"
[10:32 PM] Mary: "And with all the  very very odd readings there which are Distorted and frayed its clear that it is currently doing something They're osciliating a great deal  so I have no clear idea what it is exept that it is big and as we just saw it is much moe active in hiding itself.."
[10:32 PM] IcePickLobotomy: @Arina you step into the room just in time to catch that from Mary(edited)
[10:48 PM] Arina: frowns. "Skinwalker?"
[10:51 PM] Mary: "Yes"
[10:51 PM] Arina: "Ugh. Which means he's probably planning to act while we're out."
[10:54 PM] Robin: "Can this threat be eliminated before the attack?"(edited)
[10:54 PM] Arina: shakes her head. "Only if we can find the transmitter he's coming from."
[10:54 PM] Arina: "Any luck on that, Mary?"
[10:55 PM] Mary: "i assume so , the question is partially a how beyond bl,owing up the school"
[10:55 PM] Arina: "Wait it's in the school?!"
[10:55 PM] Mary: nods and points to her maps with symbols triangulation etc
[10:55 PM] Arina: darts up to look over the maps. "Oh... oh my..."
[10:56 PM] Mary: "The magi where quite helpfull there"
[10:56 PM] Arina: "Then that might mean... ahahahah we need John I want to try something."
[11:05 PM] Mary: "does it involve propperty damage?"
[11:06 PM] Arina: pauses. "I mean, not at this stage of the exercise, no."
[11:06 PM] Arina: "We can work out the details once we see if this works."
[11:07 PM] Robin: "Will you require my asisstance in any of this?"
[11:07 PM] Arina: "... Hopefully not, but maybe. We still have to work out the details."
[11:08 PM] Robin: nods
[11:11 PM] Arina: "But Mary, speaking hypothetically, why do we need a how beyond blowing up the school? It's one building with no one in it in off hours, it won't even add a percent of a percent to the city's repair bills and no one's going to it for quite some time."
[11:12 PM] Arina: "I mean it's not a bad school but I'm not that attached to the building."
[11:27 PM] Robin: "If it clears the objective, it is worth the loss."

IC 2 Logs
[7:30 PM] Robin: ---------------------
[7:30 PM] John: "Give me the badges."
[7:31 PM] Robin: "We have been over this, John."
[7:31 PM] John: "Yes. Give them to me."
[7:31 PM] Robin: puts them in her pocket, "I cannot betray METI."
[7:32 PM] John: "But I can. I still have the detonator."
[7:32 PM] John: "Give me the badges."
[7:32 PM] Robin: "You wouldn't do that now."
[7:32 PM] John: "Why not? Everybody knows we've already been infiltrated."
[7:32 PM] John: "And for all I know, you've been brainwashed."
[7:33 PM] John: "Give me the badges."
[7:35 PM] Robin: stares John straight in the eyes, "doing that could jeopardize everything, and that would hurt Arina. You wouldn't want that would you?"
[7:36 PM] John: "While I wouldn't want to hurt her, both of us agree that humanity is more important. I came here to fight for my country - your country - and I will do what I have to, to protect it."
[7:37 PM] Robin: "Give me the detonator for them."
[7:38 PM] John: "That's not going to happen and we both know it."
[7:39 PM] John: "You think I won't do it. You think i won't detonate them. But I will."
[7:39 PM] John: "Unless you give me those badges."
[7:40 PM] Robin: stands silently staring at John.
[7:43 PM] John: "Well?"
[7:45 PM] Robin: reaches into her pocket and hands over the cards, "Your fear of being found out is blinding."
[7:45 PM] John: "If that's what you think it is, that's fine by me."
[7:45 PM] John: Johns takes the cards and goes into his room
[7:46 PM] Robin: stands, stock still, watching John go to his room.
[7:46 PM] John: The door shuts
[7:46 PM] Robin: walks back to her room.
[7:47 PM] John: ------------------------------------------
[9:22 PM] IcePickLobotomy: @Arina Yeffim's office is in the Admin layer. The door is closed.
[9:23 PM] Arina: knocks, standing at military rest in front of the door.
[9:23 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Come in Pilot Alkaeva." Yeffim says as the door opens. "I've been expecting you," His tone is a warm as the arctic sea
[9:23 PM] Arina: steps in. "You have?"
[9:24 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I expected a more strident protest at my orders for Pilot Evans."
[9:25 PM] Arina: "Would it have accomplished anything?"
[9:26 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He sits down behind his desk. The room is sparse, a few orderly stacks of paper are on his desk and on the shelf behind it are a few photos, mostly of his (and your father's) former unit.
[9:26 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "No."
[9:27 PM] Arina: looks at the pictures, a frown slipping across her face. "Then my judgement was correct. That's disappointing."
[9:28 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "You consider the sanity of a single girl to be worth more than the security of humanity?"
[9:30 PM] Arina: "I do not consider someone who doesn't care about the sanity of a single girl to be someone who cares about humanity in anything more than the most abstract sense."
[9:32 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He takes a breath "I belived in my men, that discipline and brotherhood could overcome anything. And everything I did proved that right during the civil war. There was nothing that we could not overcome with those" He says this as he picks up a photo, eyeing it with a distant longing look.
[9:33 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I was not easy on them, but I cared for them. If I let them grow slack they would die, I was hard so they would live."
[9:35 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He gives Arina a long look
[9:36 PM] Arina: nods. "They didn't."
[9:37 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "No they didn't. We died that day. There was nothing, anything, we could have done. None. Of. It. Mattered."
[9:38 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "It meant nothing in the face of Chernobog. It's power was overwhelming."
[9:41 PM] Arina: "So, power above everything else?"
[9:43 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "At a certain point yes, Lilith, Pattern Gold. Our only recourse is the power of the Outriders, and I will do everything within my power to preserve that power."
[9:45 PM] Arina: sighs. "I can't speak for them... but you can't possibly believe they'd be happy to see what you've turned to. The commander they loved is dead, and you're the one who murdered him."
[9:47 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He smiles, the unscared half of his face a ghoulish parody of a smile "We died 10 years ago. My body simply refuses to stop before my duty is down."
[9:48 PM] Arina: "I'm just disappointed. You killed the commander my father believed in for nothing."
[9:49 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Chernobog killed him Pilot. I am simply a corpse that has yet to stop moving, but as long as I move I will fulfill my mission."
[9:50 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "And I know that whatever happens you will fight."
[9:52 PM] Arina: "No, Colonel. I mean you are wrong. Not morally wrong, factually incorrect. You killed him to pursue a path that doesn't work."
[9:54 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "And what would you do Pilot? Order a assualt with 3 units against a entrenched oponent who's going to out number you? Send three pilots against the strongest entity we've yet to encounter? Would you do that knowing that you have a skilled and well trained pilot available but unwilling to fight?"
[9:54 PM] Arina: "Chernobog."
[9:55 PM] Arina: "Without heart, we were thrown around. The world came within millimeters of ending."
[9:55 PM] Arina: "No amount of power was enough."
[9:55 PM] Arina: "But when I found my heart, I was able to kill him within twenty seconds."
[9:56 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He shakes his head "Call it what you wish, it was power. And you brought it to bear against Chernobog and won."
[9:57 PM] Arina: nods. "And you have reduced the power of this team. I will simply have to hope that you haven't reduced it too low for us to do our jobs. And that Robin might survive what you've done to her."
[9:59 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "You see her as your friend and team-mate. And that is how it should be, Walker sees her as her charge and a subordinate to care for. I see her as a asset, all of you as assets. And I must decide how and when to spend you. This is what it means to be a commander Arina. I hope you must never learn this for yourself."
[10:01 PM] Arina: shakes her head. "I won't. I've seen the wrong path laid out right in front of me from beginning to end. I can never stumble down it blindly now."
[10:01 PM] Arina: curtsies. "Thank you for that, Colonel."
[10:02 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He chuckles, empty and without life "So that is it then? Good. Good, render me obselete child. I wish you sucess on your journey."
[10:05 PM] Arina: sighs heavily. "I wish you rest, Colonel. I think you'd have been happier that way."
[10:06 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I will find my peace when this is over. Do not worry on my account."
[10:08 PM] Arina: "If there is an afterlife, I hope you find the man you used to be there. I don't want my father having to greet the man that killed his commander."
[10:08 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "A good communist such as myself would never take such things seriously, but thank you."
[10:09 PM] Arina: nods. "Good evening, Colonel."
[10:10 PM] IcePickLobotomy: @Arina when you step out of the door from his offive, you bump into @Robin who is waiting a bit too close to the door
[10:11 PM] Arina: cocks her head. "... Hello, Robin."
[10:11 PM] Robin: looks past you to the commander, "hello."
[10:12 PM] Arina: "Did you need to see him?"
[10:13 PM] Robin: "I have a report to make."
[10:13 PM] Arina: "You know what he did to you, right?"
[10:14 PM] Robin: stares hollowly at her, "he made me better."
[10:16 PM] Arina: "That's arguable. Maybe one day he'll be able to make up for it."
[10:16 PM] Arina: nods to Robin. "I'll see you later tonight."
[10:16 PM] Robin: "Of course."
[10:17 PM] Robin: moves past Arina into the office, "Commander?"
[10:18 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Pilot Evans."
[10:18 PM] Arina: just waits at the door once it closes. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
[10:19 PM] Robin: "I have to report dangerous activity on behalf of Pilot John."
[10:19 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I see. And your reasoning for such?"
[10:21 PM] Robin: "He has aquired two stolen METI ID cards, and the remote for bombs planted in the base."
[10:22 PM] IcePickLobotomy: ". . . What?"
[10:23 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Colonel Klmenko," The Speakers pipe in with the MAGI "We asked that Pilot Evans and Hunter isntall localized charges to sever our link to other METI Facilitaies in the event of a hack attempt by the Society."
[10:23 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Ah." he nods "That is fine then, though I suggest you alert me to such plans in the future."
[10:24 PM] Robin: "I felt it necessary to state the danger of John having the remote."
[10:25 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "I do not belive that it constitutes a threat. Pilot Hunter is reliable."(edited)
[10:25 PM] Robin: "He used the bombs as collateral to aquire the stolen cards from me."
[10:27 PM] IcePickLobotomy: ". . . " He sighs "The boy takes after his father I see."
[10:28 PM] IcePickLobotomy: He scrawls a quick note "Have him pass the cards to Schofield and give him this." He folds the letter and passes it to Robin
[10:29 PM] Robin: takes the note, "yes sir."
[10:29 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Was there anything else Pilot Evans?"
[10:30 PM] Robin: "No sir."
[10:30 PM] IcePickLobotomy: "Escused then."
[10:31 PM] Robin: nods and calmly leaves.
[10:32 PM] IcePickLobotomy: @Robin and as the door closes you hear Yeffim say softly "I am sorry it came to this child."