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tushanshu2013-06-06 07:09 am
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- † qilby,
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- † tarrlok,
- † temeraire,
- † una persson,
- † victor borkowski
[audio]
[Her tone is blunt, sharp, faintly accented. No preamble.]
We are here to fight a war. How many of you are remotely prepared?
[She's guessing like three. But then again, she has high standards for preparedness.]
We are here to fight a war. How many of you are remotely prepared?
[She's guessing like three. But then again, she has high standards for preparedness.]
video.
[Zero repentance.]
video.
Well, it's not the worst suggestion in the world. My talent for staying alive would certainly serve me in that regard.
video.
video.
[ a little shrug. ] I value honesty-- to myself, most of all.
video.
[People dying, people killing other people, whatever, man.]
video.
Until we find an enemy that turns that definition on its head, that is.
[ it's happened to him once before-- and he's not making a secret of it, the way he says it. ]
audio oops
[She kind of lives for this stuff, okay?]
video. oopsie poopsie
he sighs wearily, but there's some honest curiosity in his tone all the same. ] How would you fight an unknowable foe? [ after a pause, he adds hastily: ] Without relying on cannon fodder?
video.
[OH SO INCORRECT.
human wars. but still.]
video.
[ as politely as he says it, it's hard to tell if he's making fun of her-- or if he's really just that unwitting.
ANYWAY. ] The others may take a little convincing towards your choice of method. "However necessary" can encompass some... Rather harsh actions.
video.
['o you'. she always assumes she's being made fun of before anything else, because she's a negative nancy.]
And if it does? Harsh is necessary.
video.
Er-- in any case. I only mean to say that not everyone will be as content to be placed in the line of fire as I am. [ a smile that's probably meant to be encouraging. ] But, as you are not yet our commander, that's not an immediate problem, is it?
video.
[Things you don't know: what that word means to one who has been a mujahideen.]
I care about survival. That's all. I will not lead these people, they are not good enough to warrant it. But I will remember your words about being in the line of fire, when that fire comes.
[If you don't think she won't try to drag you into the front lines by your beard, Qilby, you are sadly mistaken okok.]
video.
I should hope you'll remember all my words when that fire comes-- but that'll do, to start.
video.