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[bloodbathing]

[ "Augusta" is the name attached to this TAB. The picture is of curved white metal with a stripe of dark orange — leg armor, for any who may recognize it. ]

UNSC. Marines. RT-636.

[ In order: the military Maine knows, the branch he's in, and the hull classification symbol for the Mother of Invention.

[ North insisted on gathering intel while keeping a low profile. Maine's only interest is in returning to their mission. This is the result of compromise. ]

Comments

[bloodbathing]

[ Someone who knows the acronym's meaning, at least. ]

Lots.

[ Which anyone who knows it should know. It's a very, very large organization. ]

text;

[bloodbathing]

Black lion.

[nishizono]

like i said. there's a bunch of you.

so are you like a gang now?

[bloodbathing]

Military.

[ ... Which is a strange thing to have to explain. Who doesn't know what the UNSC is?

[ This 'multiple universes' thing is bullshit. ]

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[shiro2hero]

the head

text;

[bloodbathing]

???

text;

[shiro2hero]

it turns nto the head

[nishizono]

[ "augusta" can speak for themselves. tetora's enjoying the multiverse. ]

so does everybody get fancy plugsuits in the unsc
can i get one?

text;

[bloodbathing]

[ THE FUCK IS HAPPENING. ]

What head?

[bloodbathing]

Plugsuits?

[ The fuck is that. ]

text;

[shiro2hero]

8[

[nishizono]

the

the armor things. with the helmet? someone was selling their own a long while back but i was "too short" or something.

action

[startpoint]

[ She's gotten used to the Ingress Complex after living here for a few months, taking runs to memorize the layout. Impulse has always been an issue for her and she's putting a lot of faith in the fact that this is Maine and not the Meta as she tears out of her room without even bothering to put on her armor.

Spotting Maine is the easy part. The hard part is forcing down the memories of hands on her throat, of two screams in her head before they were dragged out of her head by force.

The evidence that this isn't the Maine who lost himself to Sigma is what finally makes her approach. The briefcase, the hole in his armor where he took a bullet for her. She's in civilian clothes, something he probably hasn't seen in a while. Though she still has a gun strapped to her hip. ]

Maine. [ The changes to her face are subtle but she definitely looks older. Good luck with that, buddy. ]

text;

[bloodbathing]

[ . . . . ]

ಠ_ಠ

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[shiro2hero]

i dont

know what that means

Text; Private

[bloodbathing]

[ That's a fancy organization name that Maine's never heard before. Could still be UNSC. Not all programs are public knowledge. Project Freelancer certainly isn't. ]

United Nations Space Command?

[ Congratulations, Nihlus. Four words is a record. Even if it is just defining the acronym. ]

[beautifulspaceraptor]

Negative on that. It's Systems Alliance for the humans in my universe.

[ Fortunately, Nihlus is VERY used to extrapolating meaning from short texts by now. You can thank Rinzler. ]

Freelancer?

[ And he does happen to know about that little project, yes. ]

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[grandpaladin]

[This voice is loud. And accented, but undeniably warm.]

Crusader! Of the former Overwatch!

Hello, my marine friend.

action

[bloodbathing]

[ He turns to her at once and stills immediately. It helps, somewhat, that North already convinced him that the two of them are from different times. It helps that he's able to slap a reason on why Carolina looks so different. It doesn't help make it any less bizarre or unsettling, but....

[ Well. At least he doesn't have to ask if that sniper got off another shot. If she's older, she lived. She survived.

[ Good.

[ Wordlessly, he nods. Then he holds out the briefcase for her to take. He's not sure what else to do with it, and she's the only one he'd give it to. ]

[Text]

[notyourrookie]

Maine?

[He recognises that armour, and the ship. But he can hardly believe... it could be a trick. Fuck knows the Meta has pulled them on him before (yes, he figured that out asshole! You utter troll). But if York is here then maybe...]

[Text]

[bloodbathing]

[ The reply is immediate. ]

Yeah.

[ The last time he saw Wash was before Carolina decided to use him as a "counterweight." Wash hadn't fallen with York and Carolina. Not the whole way, at least. So, seeing that ID? It's good. Caution to the winds sort of good.

[ Not that Maine has ever been subtle. This whole thing was North's idea. ]

You good?

[Text]

[notyourrookie]

Not really.

It's really you though? You know who Sigma is?

[Text]

[bloodbathing]

[ ... The hell kind of question is that? ]

Greek letter.

[ Not a who. ]

[Text]

[notyourrookie]

Okay. Okay that's good.

We need to meet up buddy.

text;

[bloodbathing]

[ LOUD FRIENDLY VOICE??? WELL THEN. ]

Hello.

[ Yup. Super warm and friendly. :| ]

Overwatch?