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[i_got_this]

[South Dakota is choosing today to keep her armor on. Ever since her lovely welcome and Washington greeting her with a shot to her shoulder, she's been a bit jumpy when she was out on her own.]

[Still, she wasn't about to let the threat of Washington keep her holed up in her room. Once she's safely made it to the DeathMatch, she sits at the bar, placing her helmet on the counter and ordering a Long Island Iced Tea, then starts idly flipping through her journal.]

What's your favorite thing the castle has ever done? Least favorite thing? [Seemed liked the quickest, easiest way to get a read on this place, as well as some of the other residents.]

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I'm ready for that sword-play lesson if you are!

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[wilder]

[Give him a second, who are- oh right the girl he went out with last Friday]

Lesson? Not a spar?

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[i_got_this]

Isn't that the same thing? Or whatever, just swinging it around and shit. [Doesn't actually want to admit she knows NOTHING about swords.]

and ever!

[wilder]

Uh huh...

Well, what kind of weaponry do you know?

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[noblefive]

Least favourite? I'm sat in a room with one of my friends who's on a loss. And he's not getting better.

Favourite? I'm not getting shot at every day.

[No, he doesn't know who this is.]

[i_got_this]

It's pretty extensive. [except swords] We were trained in pretty much everything from pugil sticks to heavy weaponry.

I'm most comfortable with a shotgun or magnum, so my sword skills might be a little rusty. [Or, fairly non-existent. She's banking on experience with the pugil sticks to help her not look like a complete idiot.]

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[i_got_this]

Yeah? What ind of Loss? [Little does she know she's talking to this 'Loss' over the journal elsewhere]

Oh, lucky you! That's about the first thing I got when I arrived here.

Dictated forever

[noblefive]

He's... Not himself. He thinks people are trying to kill him.

[A pause. Wait a minute]

Agent South Dakota, I presume.

[i_got_this]

Huh ... OH that guy? That's a Loss? No one's actually trying to kill him? Because it sounds pretty legit to me.

[She doesn't remember talking to this guy, how does he know her name? ] Who the fuck are you?

[noblefive]

No-one's trying to kill him. I've had to secure him so he doesn't try to kill anyone else.

[A pause.]

Cheif Warrant Officer Noble Five, UNSC SPECWAR Team 3. Jorge'll do.

[i_got_this]

Is that the official story? [South doesn't believe you :| ]

[OH Okay, so that's Noble Five. SPECWAR Team 3 ... she feels like she should know what that means ...] Alright, Jorge, so let me ask you this; what's your official relationship with Project Freelancer?

[Trying to decide how much to not trust this guy.]

[noblefive]

It's the truth.

[And a pause. He was starting to get an idea of why Wash shot her.]

Officially? None. Here? We work together. SPARTANs and Freelancers. Makes no sense to be at odds when we're all UNSC. Ask Carolina for confirmation.

[i_got_this]

Right. [Not entirely convinced, but that may just be to get a reaction more then actually believing/disbelieving at this point.]

Oh, right makes no sense at all. You know, you might want to try telling Washington that, yeah? [Also, no, not sure if she even wants to acknowledge Carolina as her governing force right now.]

[noblefive]

[No reaction from that. It is the truth, and Jorge isn't going to waste time in trying to convince anyone.]

Whatever happened, is happening or will happen between yourself and Agent Washington is none of my concern. I've got issues I need to deal with myself. That, and Carolina doesn't like non-Freelancers messing with IA.

Believe me, don't believe me. If I'm honest, I couldn't give a damn.

[Yeah, he's not in the mood.]

[i_got_this]

IA? What the hell is IA? [Something else they're not telling her?]

[noblefive]

...Internal Affairs?

[Did they not teach you guys acronyms?]

[i_got_this]

[Yeah but South probably forgot.] Really? Here? Is she seriously sticking to that shit here? I mean, seriously, there's no Director here or rankings or anything, why even bother?

[noblefive]

Organisation helps when this place decides to go crazy on us. Of course, no-one's forcing you to stick by it.

[i_got_this]

Good. I think I'm better off without it.

[noblefive]

Up to you. Just don't get in the way in a crisis, and we'll get along fine.

[i_got_this]

Don't worry, I'm not trying to start anything. [Yet.] Just trying to stay alive.

[noblefive]

Death isn't permanent in this place anyway, or so I've heard.

[cheerupemoborg]

I could tell you my most favorite thing about the castle, but it would be a lie. As for least favorite... should I go in chronological or alphabetical order?

[i_got_this]

Hank, right?

How about least to most traumatic?

[i_got_this]

[... What.] It ... isn't!?

Well -- even if that's true, I'd rather not find out first hand.

[cheerupemoborg]

That's right.

I think we'll have different definitions of traumatic, but the time I wsa stripped of my powers and beaten by a small, oink dog might count as least. Most traumatic... that would be keeping me from going into the Dead Zone.