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[So guess who also shot at the Moogles and guess who also got to experience a ~~stop spell~~ stasis field, and who's less than happy about the whole thing?]

[This girl.]

[A video feed opens on another fully armored personnel, her Israeli accent edged with frustration.]

Noble Two calling Noble Actual. Come in Noble Actual. Colonel Holland? Auntie Dot -- Someone needs to tell me what the hell is going on.

[Some brief, jerking movements as she tries to brush off the Meow Wow that keeps rubbing up against her leg and snuffling affectionately.] Stop it. If I'd known you are what I was making I wouldn't have bothered. Go away before I shoot you.

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[Oh good here he is himself. That's a visible relief, her shoulders relaxing slightly from their previous hunched postering.]

We're not supposed to be in 'dreamland'. We're supposed to be .. is this line secure?

[No, wait, Kat's going to make it secure. They need to link up with the rest of the team and make their way to SWORD base.]

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[Fortunately for them, the Moogle encryption is unhackable. She won't have to do more than press the little lock icon.]

It is now. What's your time and date, Lieutenant Commander? I been here more than a week now. Some kind of Slipspace bubble, or near enough.

[Checking that encryption ... maybe tightening the code a smidge, that's how it works? Okay, got it. Now it's secure.]

Ugh it would figure. August 23, 2552, en route to SWORD.

[Minor exaggeration, since they hadn't officially disembarked New Alexandria yet, but in Kat's mind she was already planning the op and, therefore, already on their way.]

Edited (ihatehtml) 2013-07-23 23:14 (UTC)

...August 30. Plus a week of being here. It wasn't a slash-and-burn mission.

[But Kat sure didn't make it to SWORD. That sure was the day, though. Mentally, Emile curses the weird reverse afterlife that let him arrive before her.]

We're the only two Spartans here. Couple other UNSC, but the rest are civilians. Or ponies. Pony civilians.

And yeah, I'm serious about that.

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Really? I want to know the details.

[Hm. That's not a comforting thought.] Where is the rest of Noble? Are they inbound, or do we have to find our way to them?

I'd really rather not spend any longer here than necessary. [She pans the camera down to the Meow Wow who looks up at it with possibly the derpiest expression, and then falls against her leg and rolls over.] -- and how the hell do I get rid of this thing?

[Emile hesitates in what kat would recognize as an extreme reluctance to give bad news.]

Kat, there ain't no way to tell when or if the rest of the team's gonna make it. Till you showed up, I thought I was on my own with this. We don't know how to go back or even if we can. Not without solvin' whatever the mystery of this place is first. [The dream world connects to all their own, or so he's been told--but there's no known way to go back at will.]

As for the Spirits, well, they ain't so bad. Actually okay at fighting.

[Which is high praise coming from him.]

[Oh, she knows that hesitance from him, but she'd much rather have the bad truth than sugarcoated silence, which was far more dangerous. She's still as she listens, jaw tightening over the words.] Well. Guess we should get to solving this mystery.

[She then sighs and looks down at the Meow Wow. Emile of all people telling her they could fight was enough for her to begrudlingly let it tag along.] Fine, you're safe ... for now.

[He visibly relaxes, although if anyone else was on this feed they probably wouldn't be able to tell at all.] Don't know how much you picked up from the Moogles, but this place--this Traverse Town--is a crossroads. There's two other worlds linked right now, place called Twilight Town and a frigate from the UNSC called Mother of Invention. According to Chief Beifong, when they found out some important information in Twilight Town there was some kinda huge bug nightmare they had to fight, and defeatin' it made a keyhole appear. When the keyhole was unlocked, the next world opened up. So what I'm getting is that we gotta figure out the Mother of Invention first, and then we got a chance at getting back to Reach.

[And if that's not usually a hell of a lot more than Emile says at any given time, well, he's not usually the one who has to brief people.]

[She catches that relaxed movement. She nods as she listens, mentally devouring all of the intel. Hopefully she won't have to ask him for this amount of word-dump again.]

Moogles. Fits right in with 'Unggoy' and 'Kig-Yar', don't you think?

I'm going to want to take a look at that ship, ASAP. You ready for a recon op?

[Hopefully not, because he's not going to say it again unless someone else from the team shows up.]

I give 'em credit for not tryin' to murder and eat anyone yet. [Yet.]

Hell yeah. I got some basic info, but I could use your eyes, Two.

Good thing they have that going for thim, they're still ugly as sin. [Kat, why you no like cute things?]

I'll need your coordinates. And -- these, things, [looking down dubiously at her Meow Wow,] Is there like a daycare or shelter or something we can drop it off at so it's not in the way?

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[Bleep bloop, have Emile's coordinates. He's currently at the town fountain, taking a break and keeping an eye out for any monster attacks.]

Nope. But if you train 'em a little, they help more than hurt. Mine's a long-range support one. Looks like yours is melee.

[Aaaand she's headed in your direction.]

Are you kidding? Mine looks like it just eats everything in sight. [She glances down at the Meow Wow as she walks, watching as it struggles with a certain amount of eagerness to keep up with her strides. Nope, not getting left behind if she walks fast. Drat.]

[Emile snorts, sounding amused.] They only eat the treats that Nightmares drop. Or they're only supposed to, anyway.

[Taking this as his cue, Spikes the Hebby Repp, sporting a custom paint job to have the colors of Emile's armor, jumps up to stick his head in the viewscreen and chirps a greeting at the Meow Wow.]

Down, you.

[The Meow Wow jumps up and down in excitement at the greeting, wuffling back at Spike.]

Is there an obediance course we can take, at least?

Trainin', yeah. There's balloons and water barrels the monsters drop, or you can buy 'em from the Moogles.

...Don't ask how it works, it just does.

Right.

[Kat's only got more questions at this point, but she switches the communicator off and slips it into her tactical hard case when she finally closes in on Emile's position.]

Action

Status?

[Emile jumps down from the top of the fountain and puts off giving his status for a few moments to go over and clasp her shoulder in what is, for him, a stunning display of emotion. Maybe it's only been two weeks since he saw her last, but damn, it's been a long two weeks.]

Kat.

Everything's green with me.

[That's curious, coming from him, and while she reciprocates and grips his arm in solidarity, she can't help but tilt her helmet at him.]

Good. You have a base set up??

Temporary, on top of one of the shops here in town. [Rarity's boutique.]

Also been building up a base on the Mother of Invention, but there's a threat there we gotta take care of first. So far I ain't met it.

I want to see the base in the Invention. It's one of ours, isn't it?

[Hello, nice to see you again, Kat's jumping right into the thick of things.]

UNSC Frigate, yeah.

[brb checking out her helmet for any sign of damage]

[Okay that's getting to a point of irritation. Kat takes a step back and pulls her helmet off, looking at him with a frown. It's more annoyed than anything, but there is concern in there somewhere.]

Noble Four, what are you doing?

[Emile places his hands on his hips in an unsure gesture, but let's face it, he's not one to beat around the bush.]

What's the last thing you remember before wakin' up here? Running to the bunker?

[She gives a nod, sensing an incoming bombshell, and answers slowly,] Yes, evacuating New Alexandria, getting redeployment orders ...

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