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[Well, this has been a hell of a day...couple of days? Emile's not entirely sure, since his mission clock isn't synching with anything. He's completely out of his element here, especially after the little white fuzzy bastards put him in some kind of stasis a couple times. The idea of those things controlling everything here--which they clearly do--isn't comforting in the least to him. He's also not entirely sure what to make of this little snake...thing that he supposedly "made" from those weird pieces.

At least there was something to fight here, and a few battles with Nightmares had done a lot to calm him down. So now he was poking around with the communicator, and wonder of wonders there do in fact seem to be other people here. Might as well see what kind of afterlife he's landed in.

The video clicks on to show armor that might be familiar to anyone who's been paying attention to the Freelancers, but there's a very distinctive skull pattern carved into the domes gold surface of his smooth EVA helmet.]

This is Noble-Four requesting contact from any UNSC-friendly forces in the area. This don't make any goddamn sense.

--And are those little white bastards shitting me or is it really called "munny"?

Comments

[allfunandgamesuntil]

Welcome to the neighborhood. Agent New York, formerly of Project Freelancer, an UNSC sanctioned research operation. Other than the nightmares, there are currently no enemy combatants present.

[This was going to get really interesting. He hadn't had any contact with the SPARTAN program - considering that they were ostensibly rival programs, that made sense - but this guy definitely is going to shake things up.]

[brodakota]

Yeah, it's really called munny.

[And you get it by destroying technicolor animals.]

Agent North Dakota, also of Project Freelancer reporting.

[raisethemoon]

[Luna has no idea what UNSC is, but it seems Project Freelancer might be a part of it. Not the most glowing recommendation. But the Freelancers here are her friends mostly, so that's what matters.]

Equestria hath no quarrel with thy people. Also, questioning the Moogle's parentage on a public channel shall likely result in a sudden price spike. For thee.

[sailorgenerous]

[Have a pony, trying not to look too...affronted at his rather coarse language.]

I'm afraid it doesn't make much sense when you first get here, but things do settle down a bit. You wouldn't happen to be friends with any of the Agents, would you?

The, ah, white things are called Moogles, the currency here is called Munny, and it does help if you are polite to the Moogles when you talk about them. They can be very helpful if you are. [That is the politest pointed look you will ever see.]

[fearmylaserface]

UNSC Project Freelancer AI Epsilon reporting. You're really a Spartan? Awesome.

And don't hurt the moogles. They sell ammo.

[revenancenpcs]

[There's no video to accompany this particular comment. That, or the communicator is simply pointing at something that isn't particularly interesting. What there is, however, is a lot of general grumbling and flapping of wings before one voice rises up out of it.]

You don't hear us commenting on your parents, kupo!

[unrecovered]

Agent Washington, formerly of Project Freelancer. It really is called munny. Save it when you get it - you'll need it to buy bullets.

Video;

[guerriera]

Agent Carolina. Formerly of UNSC-sponsered Project Freelancer. Unfortunately, you'll find very little here makes sense. But the same lack of logic affects everyone.

[There's a faint hint of reluctance in her voice.] The Moogles here are natives, but they are not the enemy. If anything, we are the aliens here, not them.

[colorbymemory]

[Oh dear. New arrival who does not look happy and Namine's not sure if he's nice.

...Still, he doesn't seem mean, just annoyed, so maybe offering help will work.]

I'm not sure what the UNSC is, but most everyone here is friendly.