Message 14: Deja Vu Something Awful [Closed radio channel; filtered to anyone in Halo/PF armor]

[unrecovered]

[Wash is terse and obviously very unhappy. Not a good situation.]

In case anyone missed Luna's post, we've got four big Nightmares in the city. One of them is the Meta, or at least a Nightmare version of it, which means it's worse.

It still behaves like the Meta, which means it'll go after AI. Anyone in armor is a target, so no one goes out alone. North, South, Epsilon, you're with Carolina. Church, York, Grif, you're with me. Noble-Four, Noble-Six, either pick a team or stick together. Call for backup if you see it. Don't be a hero, don't be an idiot, and don't get killed.

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[grifshot]

The Meta? I'm pretty sure we killed him already.

I thought that Locus guy was the problem now.

[unrecovered]

We did. This is the Nightmare version. I've fought it once before, and it's a lot worse than the waking one.

[allfunandgamesuntil]

Do I wanna know exactly how many times you've fought the Meta now?

[grifshot]

[This is Grif being the least amount of unimpressed. Which is a feat for him since that's his default.]

You guys are the fucking bane of my existence.

[Freelancers. Seriously.]

I don't suppose there's a cliff and a jeep in the nearby area?

[petitions]

[cue a string of very pointed cursing that is not suitable for more prime time shows let alone a kid's game setting. South you're going to kill plants with that mouth.]

Yeah I'll be there.

[unrecovered]

[Yeah, that sounds about right.]

Good.

[He doesn't think he needs to tell her what he'll do if anything happens to North.]

[guerriera]

[ Lela is draped over one armored shoulder, ears pricked and alert. Carolina's displeased by the news, to say the least, though not with Wash (right now).

Someone isn't arguing the gameplan, even if team assignments received something of a side-eye. ]

Any thought on the district it will likely show up in?

[unrecovered]

No idea. Odds are it'll show up outside, but we can't rule anything out.

[guerriera]

If it wants the AI, it will find and stalk them first. We should choose the ground for ourselves, wait for it to come to us.

No side streets. It'd use those against us.

[fearmylaserface]

I'd ask if you were kidding, but this is beyond the type of thing to joke around with...

Fucking hell. Why can't the thing stay gone?

[unrecovered]

You're asking me? [Like he's not sick to death of facing this particular ghost.]

[spaceracist]

We got Three here now, too, so Noble's gonna stick together on this one. Ain't none of us got an AI, so we'll be on recon.

[Jun may have been pulled from a desk job, but if there was anyone better at recon, well, Emile had never worked with them. Although that does bring up something useful.]

Anyone got a sniper rifle they ain't using? Noble-Three got pulled in without a weapon, and we can't exactly restock from the frigate with the portal closed.

[chatterbox_recon]

They didn't really equip this suit to carry a sniper, sadly.

[Oh, recon out in the field how he missed you. He definitely sounds excited.]

[spaceracist]

Bet your Spirit could carry it. He's big enough.

[And like an overexcited puppy dog, but.]

[originalcopy]

Sorry, but I'm hanging onto mine.

[spaceracist]

Fair enough. Don't need anyone weaponless for a fight. This thing ain't exactly cookies and cream.

[unrecovered]

[Now there's an idea.]

Nope. If North doesn't have a spare, yours is going to Noble-Three.

[unrecovered]

That doesn't make you less of a target. You should know that better than anyone.

[The Meta only went after him, what, twice in the same battle?]

I'll see what I can dig up.

[spaceracist]

[Emile snorts loudly, sounding amused.] Didn't say we weren't targets. But if we're playin' cat and mouse, one of the other teams ought to be the cheese.

[lonenoble]

We may be targets, but at least we're used to being targets. And two of us were here for the previous fight.

[originalcopy]

What? That Meta thing is here, and somehow it's worse. That's just fuckin' perfect.

This place sucks.

[unrecovered]

You're telling me. Where the hell are you?

[brodakota]

[The fact that North's voice is very flat is rather telling that he is not happy with the situation in anyway.]

I haven't seen it in the first district.

[allfunandgamesuntil]

We haven't seen the Meta yet, but I'll head out to meet up with you guys. Stay safe, everyone.

[Locked to York]

[guerriera]

Find someone to watch your left side out there. Don't just leave it all to Delta.

[ Not that she doubts Delta, of course. But.. ]