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[inmylight_commander]

[Thanks to the castle's meddling, Kat's official first day back had been spent relaxing, and while it had been a little frustrating to not be able to jump right into things the way she would have liked, it did give her a chance to reflect on the memories she was still receiving and digging up.]

[But, now she was back on her terms, and that meant getting down to business.]

Filtered to Friends and Allies, both new and old

Status report. Now. I've got a lot of catching up to do.

/Filter

[A faint pause after that filter. She'd had certain memories, recollections of past conversations, she knew what would have happened if she had really been sent home, and just Jorge's and Six's presence here reinforces what she had at one time thought was a complete and utter lie.]

[There's a small hint of amusement amid the determination in her voice.] I guess it is true. Spartans never die.

[She'll be reacquainting herself with the castle and surrounding grounds today, patrolling in full armor. Feel free to run into her anywhere!]

Comments

[encryptedlock]

I have. Turned it back on as soon as you made it through. Still rather not have you crack the real one where Gamma could see it, though. [Nothing against Kat - quite the opposite. If she can crack it, he can pick up on it without having to do any of the hard work.]

Well, I can turn it off if you want. But if I'm going to be away from the castle against my will, it's at least going to be enjoyable.

--Also, if you still have a bathing suit, you can totally go swimming here too.

[inmylight_commander]

No, you're right, we've got to keep it safe. Anyway you can set up a remote lock on my door from here? I'll practice in my own space?

-- I do, and it's already gotten use. It's back at my room though, and I've had enough swimming for a while. [You missed it, York, Spartan in a hot spring.]

[encryptedlock]

I can build one for you and you can take it back, sure. Would give me something to do out here, anyway.

[Damn. Seriously, damn.]

Well, I'll probably be here for a while, so. Any time you need some sun and water, I got it.

So how're you doing so far?

[inmylight_commander]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Don't worry, there shall be more opportunities in the future!]

I'm ... managing. I'm starting to remember a lot more but none of it is chronological. Six has relinquished control of the hangar back to me, but there's not much for me to do since Carolina has been to precise with the upkeep.

[encryptedlock]

No problem. Hell, I'll be glad to.

[He nods.]

We've been lucky to have her. [He blinks, because oh yeah, he should probably mention that--] Uh, she and I started dating back at Christmas, by the way.

[inmylight_commander]

She's very protective of you. Of .. all of you. [She's a little conflicted by it. Not out of any jealousy, but the memories she'd been getting back had her feeling about York as much as she did about Nobles Five and Six. Coming back like this, trying to make sense of the memories, put her at a distinct disadvantage with Carolina that she didn't like.]

[Not that she'd say anything. They were allies but they were, and would always be, Carolina's team and not Kat's, and this new development just seemed to hone that fact in a little clearer.]

[encryptedlock]

She was our team leader back in training, which is where she's from in time. By the end we were all as willing to shoot each other in the back as Wyoming did to me and South did to Wash, but back then--we were a team. Or trying to be.

[He scratches the back of his neck, as he does when he's uncomfortable.]

Just hope it doesn't bite her in the ass.

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat raises her brows.]

Do you think it might?

[Kat didn't know just how dangerous the newcomers might be,even if she was already predisposed to hate them on principal. In addition to that, she wasn't used to thinking of team-members as being possible hostiles, even with her year of previous memories and six months of fake ones.]

[encryptedlock]

With our luck? Yeah.

Yeah, it might.

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat snorts, taking off her helmet to scratch at her head.] Not if I have anything to say about it. [Not mentioning, of course, the odd castle interference that kept her from attacking the Meta when he was around.]

[encryptedlock]

[He smiles a little, though it's not without bitterness. It was luck as much as anything that had let him stay alive as long as he had against the Meta.]

And that does mean something. Thanks, Kat.

[inmylight_commander]

Hey, one thing I remember with clarity is that you and Washington pulled me through a lot of hard times. Whether you like it or not you're stuck with me. [She gives him an appropriately Spartnan-affectionate nudge on the shoulder.]

[encryptedlock]

[Which, as usual, threatens to knock him over. But he recovers quickly enough.]

That's what being friends is all about. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

[inmylight_commander]

Just don't tell your girlfriend. I think she thinks I mean to take over or something. [Teasing, a little. :3 ]

[encryptedlock]

Aw, she's got nothing to worry about. Besides, you got some of your own team here now. You two should find a way to work together.

[inmylight_commander]

[She smiles at that reminder.] I do. It's good to see Jorge again. I never thought I'd get the chance.

[encryptedlock]

Same as I feel about Carolina. Same as Wash feels about me, when he's not pissed off at me anyway.

I mean, say what you will about this place, but it does give us second chances.

[inmylight_commander]

Like me. [Wash had been very open about her death, both the one he had thought she'd 'gone home' for and the one that actually occurred in the castle.]

[encryptedlock]

Like all of us.

Good to have you back, Kat.

[inmylight_commander]

It's good to be back. [And her tone never wavers. As confusing as it was, as much as she was holding onto those fake memories of a family, the more she remembered of her past the more convinced here is where she belonged.]

[encryptedlock]

[Well, if defending the human race from the Covenant isn't an option...yeah, they do want to have here here.]

So! Any plans now that you're here?

[inmylight_commander]

Just get myself reacquainted and get back in the swing of things. New people have arrived, some allies have gone home. [But pretty much 'jump right in and hope for the best'.]

[encryptedlock]

That's the way it goes here.

[Although speaking of which--]

The Doctor, the eleventh one, he went home. And the Fifth did the same, but then he came back. So don't be offended if he doesn't recognize you.

On the plus side, Caterina and Tres are back.

[inmylight_commander]

[Frowning a little on her end. Certainly the Doctors had been some of their greatest allies.] Do you think the Eleventh went home or went home?

[It really put them in a whole new quandary. ]

[encryptedlock]

[York shrugs.]

Beats me. Until Paris, we thought everybody who went home was gone forever. Now? Who knows who else could be out there?