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[inmylight_commander]

[Kat's in her hangar, working on schematics and starting a new, large project. What this place needed was a tank. She's got the doors wide open, feel free to wander in and bother the Spartan.]

I don't know about anyone else, but as much as the nightmares were an unwanted experience forced on us against our will, it was ... refreshing, I think, to get a reminder of home; of what we're fighting for, of what's important.

York

[Even though it was just a dream, she still feels pretty guilt-ridden that she allowed York to die in her nightmare.]

I owe you a ... beer. [That's what civvies did, right?]

Noble Team

Falcon drills at 1600. Be at the hangar at 1530. I want to see just how rusty we've gotten. [Nightmares get to her? Maybe. Probably. Yes.]

Comments

[separateways]

[Ada's been doing a lot of wandering around since arriving. Don't mind her stepping in, looking at the inside of the hangar with interest.]

[inmylight_commander]

[It's filled with war vehicles from the 26th century; a Falcon, two Warthogs, and a Mongoose. Kat's currently bend over a workstation with several schematics for a Scorpion, trying to decide the best place to start. She hears Ada enter, and after a moment looks up with curiously.]

Hello.

Action?

[youfallback]

[To say Carolina's a little shaken by the nightmares would be an understatement. They're fueling her to do more, to make as much time as she can before that cursed one-year mark rolls up. Part of that is to do some work around the hangar and try to get a few things set up of her own.

At the sight of Kat there, Carolina pulls her helmet off.] Noble Two.

Action!

[inmylight_commander]

Agent. [Kat's got the workstation spread with Scorpion schematics, her helmet resting nearby.]

Did you sleep well? [Not directly prying about the nightmares, but aware of the effect they've had on herself and others.]

Kat

[dontpatr0nizeme]

Are you insane? I relive the worst day of my life in a loop for a lot of it.

I remembered Epsilon.

[separateways]

[They look a little familiar, and Ada doesn't hesitate to walk over and inspect them. She glances over at Kat.]

Are these yours?

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat turns from her workbench and leans against it, motioning to each of the vehicles.]

The Falcon is. The Warthogs and Mongoose belong to York.

Washington

[inmylight_commander]

I am sorry for your situation, but for me -- seeing what actually could have been and knowing it never happened ... I am okay with this. [She accepts her death a little more because she knows it wasn't in vain.]

Seeing it happen makes the fact that it didn't all the more powerful to me.

Kat

[encryptedlock]

[It takes York a while to respond; he's been significantly more withdrawn for the past week and a half, and it's not hard to imagine why.]

I feel like I ought to get you a whole keg, if that's the sort of shit you dealt with all the time. But I'd like that.

Kat

[dontpatr0nizeme]

... If you say so.

York

[inmylight_commander]

[It's not hard for Kat to figure why he's being so quiet, and she faults herself for some of that. Her tone is quiet and careful in reply.]

The difference being I was engineered for it, you weren't. I shouldn't have sent you in without proper backup.

Kat

[encryptedlock]

[York pauses for another long moment. Engineered. Yeah, she was, wasn't she? That doesn't sit easy with him.]

Look, Kat, we were trained for the war too, you know. Sure, if I had a team, or if it wasn't--wasn't that place in particular, or--you know, New York City, maybe I wouldn't have been off my game so much.

It's my fault as much as anything.

Washington

[inmylight_commander]

You can be thankful, as well, you know. It was a terrible thing the castle did but it's over.

York

[inmylight_commander]

[Now it's her turn to be quiet. Part of her upbringing had curbed that emotional response in deference to a cool, tactical head for battle.]

I knew something was off. [And she didn't do a damn thing about it.]

Meet me in the lobby, we'll head to town from there?

Kat

[dontpatr0nizeme]

Other people saw it. Not just me. York was there.

[separateways]

Impressive. I didn't think I'd see anything like this, here. Do they see much action?

Kat/action

[encryptedlock]

[And asking her to reassure him that they never actually do attack New York would be useless - they're both gone by the time the Covenant finds Earth anyway. Does it matter? Of course it does. Is there anything either of them can do about it? Of course not. And as much as anything, that's why the nightmare shook him so badly.]

Yeah. Yeah, I'll be right down.

[Of course when he does show up he'll be in full armor. He's been reminded once again why it's dangerous not to wear it - you never know.]

Washington

[inmylight_commander]

So everyone took something different from it. I'm just suggesting it's not all bad. [But the mention of York does get a sting. She'd had him in her nightmare, too, and she'd let him down.]

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat hefts a sigh and looks up at the Falcon.]

Not really. The only time this thing has been used for battle was back when Riful attacked, which was quite some time ago. I'm taking it out later today with my teammates to make sure we're up on our skills, but it's not really busy like it would have been in our own world.

Action Forever

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat's taken a whole different approach to it, but of course she'd never even been to the real Earth and -- as much as she was created to defend it, doesn't have the same kind of attachment that York does.]

[She's in armor as well, since she was just a pony and, hell. She missed her second skin.]

Do you have any favorites? [How does civvie work, again?]

[encryptedlock]

I think Caritas is still around. Used to be run by a resident, so it has a strict no-violence policy. [Because as much as he likes the occasional bar fight, peaceful is what he wants right now.]

It's not too far, either. You ever been there?

[inmylight_commander]

I haven't, you'll have to show me the way.

[Non-violent Kat can do. She may always be itching for action, but senseless hostility wasn't really her style.]

[encryptedlock]

Sure, come on.

[He starts leading, silent for a while. but he can't really avoid the subject, can he?]

It's always like that, isn't it?

[separateways]

[Hmm. Ada crosses her arms.]

It figures we'd end up with military sorts here, all things considered.

[A smile.] Are you disappointed you're not busy?

[inmylight_commander]

It is. Maybe not always that large of an engagement, but between the Covvies and the Innies, we were kept pretty busy.

[Which is why she spent the majority of her initial stay here trying not to go mad with the downtime.]