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FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
yeah that
or just that what we're doing isnt our best or something
but its hard to give your best with something like ths.....
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
......theyre not bad people
at least from what i saw
which probably isnt a lot! but
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
i dont know
i thought they were at first
but maybe theyre just like us
at least i keep thinking that
yeah that
or just that what we're doing isnt our best or something
but its hard to give your best with something like ths.....
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
......theyre not bad people
at least from what i saw
which probably isnt a lot! but
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
i dont know
i thought they were at first
but maybe theyre just like us
at least i keep thinking that
...
[Guy why. Why this? Reaching out he drops his hand on Guy's head. Weird, but it's the closest he can get to anything remotely reassuring.]
She got you good. You're even telling lies straight to my face~. [It's never nice to see him.] Let's sit down.
[Guy why. Why this? Reaching out he drops his hand on Guy's head. Weird, but it's the closest he can get to anything remotely reassuring.]
She got you good. You're even telling lies straight to my face~. [It's never nice to see him.] Let's sit down.
Right. Of course he does.
[It comes out sharper than he intends it to be, but he refrains from harping on the subject.
He's seen recruits trying to befriend their instructors. Sasha's offering of meat to Armada was the first to come to mind, as well as various messages on the network. Guy's never been big on the whole idea, though he understands how it might prove useful in the end.
But as for the instructors themselves, they were apart from the recruits. It was in the manner they carried themselves, the power they held in their hands that gave them the frightening authority they had.
Who said they had to care about recruits like them, when they were so easily broken? Guy knocks back his drink.]
You think even after this, they'll be nice to their own teams?
[It comes out sharper than he intends it to be, but he refrains from harping on the subject.
He's seen recruits trying to befriend their instructors. Sasha's offering of meat to Armada was the first to come to mind, as well as various messages on the network. Guy's never been big on the whole idea, though he understands how it might prove useful in the end.
But as for the instructors themselves, they were apart from the recruits. It was in the manner they carried themselves, the power they held in their hands that gave them the frightening authority they had.
Who said they had to care about recruits like them, when they were so easily broken? Guy knocks back his drink.]
You think even after this, they'll be nice to their own teams?
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I think it makes sense. It's amazing to hear about how different other people's homes are.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
But I see! I think I've run across something like that a long time ago. It was billed as a novelty toy.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Only, I'm pretty sure it was too big to be carried around. I never saw anything like it again after we left that island.
I think it makes sense. It's amazing to hear about how different other people's homes are.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
But I see! I think I've run across something like that a long time ago. It was billed as a novelty toy.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Only, I'm pretty sure it was too big to be carried around. I never saw anything like it again after we left that island.
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
have you heard of the IPS?
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
dunno. They're in the files. "Inter-planetary Securities." Bad news for the CDC it says, and other organizations like it.
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
just doing my research.
[Someone's finally looking at the files. He hadn't been interested in them at first, but now it was something to do. Alice's methods weren't his normal ones, but Ratchet had to admit that maybe she had a point about looking for the answers in places other than...the officers inboxes.]
Edited 2015-05-19 04:16 (UTC)
[Now that gets his attention.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I was beginning to wonder if there was anyone out there who don't agree with the CDC. A big company like this should have its rivals.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Where'd you hear about this?
[After he sends the message, he'll start digging through the database for any files mentioning the IPS.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I was beginning to wonder if there was anyone out there who don't agree with the CDC. A big company like this should have its rivals.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Where'd you hear about this?
[After he sends the message, he'll start digging through the database for any files mentioning the IPS.]
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
yeah it goes to follow, coporations have coporate rivals. that's big where I come from.
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
didn't hear about it anywhere; it's in the files. 'persons of interest'. There's not much there though...just enough to be interesting.
FROM: red@cdc.org
they can be as big as a person too. theres arcades where you can go in and most of the games will be two player so you can play against your friends. theres a game called a pinball machine where
FROM: red@cdc.org
you have two levers and you have to press them at the right time and right pressure to make sure the ball that kicks around doesnt fall in the hole and goes into the slots that earn you the most
FROM: red@cdc.org
points
FROM: red@cdc.org
but what was the island? was that the last planet
they can be as big as a person too. theres arcades where you can go in and most of the games will be two player so you can play against your friends. theres a game called a pinball machine where
FROM: red@cdc.org
you have two levers and you have to press them at the right time and right pressure to make sure the ball that kicks around doesnt fall in the hole and goes into the slots that earn you the most
FROM: red@cdc.org
points
FROM: red@cdc.org
but what was the island? was that the last planet
FROM: ikari.shinji@cdc.org
We have to evacuate. Please let me know when you've successfully boarded one of the ships and that you're safe.
We have to evacuate. Please let me know when you've successfully boarded one of the ships and that you're safe.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
That sounds fun! Man, I'd love to get my hands on one someday.
[Read: he'd love to take it apart.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Ha ha, no, it was an island back on my home planet. Nam Cobanda Isle was its name. It was a pretty flashy place. It reminded me of a carnival.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
We helped out one of the residents. In return, he let us try his "Dragon Buster" game.
That sounds fun! Man, I'd love to get my hands on one someday.
[Read: he'd love to take it apart.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Ha ha, no, it was an island back on my home planet. Nam Cobanda Isle was its name. It was a pretty flashy place. It reminded me of a carnival.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
We helped out one of the residents. In return, he let us try his "Dragon Buster" game.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Well, I'd be surprised if they had all the details for us lowly recruits.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I don't think most of the crew would know much about them. I'm not sure if the instructors would be willing to open up, either.
[In other words: dig carefully.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Why bother telling us about this stuff when we've got our job to focus on, right?
Well, I'd be surprised if they had all the details for us lowly recruits.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I don't think most of the crew would know much about them. I'm not sure if the instructors would be willing to open up, either.
[In other words: dig carefully.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Why bother telling us about this stuff when we've got our job to focus on, right?
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
yeah. and i think i've kinda burned my bridges with our team leader at this point haha
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
why bother telling us about the biggest THREAT to the CDC. they sure like to recruit from populations who don't know anything about the CDC OR any of their competitors...
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I think all of us noticed.
[Way to make an impression, Ratchet.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
It's a sound business practice. I can't criticize them for using their heads.
[If the IPS really was aligned against the CDC, attempting contact with them would be nothing short of treasonous. And considering what's recently happened and the cues that something bigger might be going on--]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
At least they're kind enough to give us a head's up. Who knows? We might run into them one of these days.
I think all of us noticed.
[Way to make an impression, Ratchet.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
It's a sound business practice. I can't criticize them for using their heads.
[If the IPS really was aligned against the CDC, attempting contact with them would be nothing short of treasonous. And considering what's recently happened and the cues that something bigger might be going on--]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
At least they're kind enough to give us a head's up. Who knows? We might run into them one of these days.
[Stepping in Zelos closes the door quietly behind him. Somehow he didn't expect Guy to be this affected. Or more... Somehow it didn't occur to him to think of Guy as this fragile. But that's been rather true always, hasn't it. Between them Zelos is loud, excessive. But under all the hiding and the quiet Guy is just as volatile, if not more so. Things reach deep when you feel strongly.]
Yeah. I do want to check up on you. But if it were just that I would have come another time.
[Leaning back against the door he crosses his arms. What to say... For once he feels comfortable enough with Guy he doesn't think what he should say or what Colette would say. Maybe because somehow they keep ending up here.]
I'll trade you. Story for a story. What's eating you?
Yeah. I do want to check up on you. But if it were just that I would have come another time.
[Leaning back against the door he crosses his arms. What to say... For once he feels comfortable enough with Guy he doesn't think what he should say or what Colette would say. Maybe because somehow they keep ending up here.]
I'll trade you. Story for a story. What's eating you?
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
Yeah. We might.
[Ratchet would be lying if he said attempting contact wasn't in his thoughts; but luckily if he keeps it to himself, it's not lying. That's nothing within their grasp at the moment anyhow. Ratchet hadn't the faintest idea yet how their communications systems worked, or more importantly, security. There wasn't going to be any serious thinking along those lines until he knew more about both of those topics. For now, it's a train of thought he pushes to the side; something to worry about later, when they had more information. More means at their disposal.
All he knows right now, is that there's an organization out that is not only opposed to the CDC, but is successful in its opposition. Successful enough to trouble the powers that be. And that's enough to interest Ratchet. Besides, digging up information on the IPS gives him somewhere to focus his energies...somewhere other than pissing off Armada.]
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
do me a favor, Guy? keep this conversation between us.
FROM: ratchet@cdc.org
feels stupid to have to ask that and, you know, i trust you, but. can't be too careful, right?
FROM: red@cdc.org
a friend told me you can buy consoles on the shopping channel on the ship but i dont know how much it costs. theyre expensive back home
FROM: red@cdc.org
a pinball machine would be even more expensive
[ And as cool as game consoles are, he doesn't want to waste a large amount of money on them when he has other places he could use it. ]
FROM: red@cdc.org
but there was an island where youre from that had a game station ? what about a tv. and what was the game like
a friend told me you can buy consoles on the shopping channel on the ship but i dont know how much it costs. theyre expensive back home
FROM: red@cdc.org
a pinball machine would be even more expensive
[ And as cool as game consoles are, he doesn't want to waste a large amount of money on them when he has other places he could use it. ]
FROM: red@cdc.org
but there was an island where youre from that had a game station ? what about a tv. and what was the game like
[You lost people when you served the CDC. Simple as that. Working for them was dangerous, and there was always the chance of transfers. He's lost many rovermates to the latter that he's beginning to accustom to it.
But this hadn't been a transfer. This hadn't been a result of the planet they worked on. It'd been politics that swept up recruits that didn't have to be involved, and it eats at him in a way he shouldn't act on-- shouldn't think on.
Guy doesn't sit. He leans on the table, hands pressed on its surface.]
They're letting Honey stay. [He's bitter about this to the core, and it shows.] After what she's did, she's being promoted.
But this hadn't been a transfer. This hadn't been a result of the planet they worked on. It'd been politics that swept up recruits that didn't have to be involved, and it eats at him in a way he shouldn't act on-- shouldn't think on.
Guy doesn't sit. He leans on the table, hands pressed on its surface.]
They're letting Honey stay. [He's bitter about this to the core, and it shows.] After what she's did, she's being promoted.
FROM: ikari.shinji@cdc.org
Please take care of yourself, Cecil-san.
Please take care of yourself, Cecil-san.
FROM: ikari.shinji@cdc.org
Ah, good.
[One less person to worry about.]
Ah, good.
[One less person to worry about.]
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