SPAM;

[anewlanguage]

[Forward dated to the Truth Event]

[THE WHOLE BARGE]

[Cain patrols, half out of anxious habit and half because he enjoys the routine. But it puts him in the halls, the Warden-only areas, the deck, the library, the art room. Feel free to chat; he has no idea he's under the influence of the Barge.]

[THE GYM]

[But he spends most of his time here, practicing and training, and lately taking on new students. This is where you're most likely to find him.]

Comments

[Gym!]

[tothecore]

[There's a long pause. The team's close-knit, it's ingrained to protect one another. To have their backs even when they aren't around; that's what gets you to the other side, if you can't trust them with your life there's no point. It seems a betrayal to give on the point, to expose weakness; it's one thing to rag on each other, another to leave it open for someone else. He frowns, body language tensing up.]

Bad game. Scrub job. Left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths.

[Gym!]

[anewlanguage]

...Yeah. I've seen that happen.

[He says, to-the-point to help bridge them from this topic to the next.]

Any room for mercenary work where you're from?

[Gym!]

[tothecore]

Sure. Outfit I worked for was one step above 'em if we really want to be accurate. Room for mercenary work everywhere. Why d'you ask?

Re: [Gym!]

[anewlanguage]

Just makes it easier to find common ground is all. Mercenary work was my specialty; most people think that just means I'm a greedy bastard.

[Gym!]

[tothecore]

Good reason for that; most of 'em are.

Our branch, reputation tends to be criminals more than greedy.

Re: [Gym!]

[anewlanguage]

That's a step up from sanctimonious bastards, like they are in my world.

Ideals aren't a big thing for your world, huh?

[Gym!]

[tothecore]

Oh, got those too. Just more grunts where I am.

Not when everything's run by a corporation that likes to diversify and fund research.

Re: [Gym!]

[anewlanguage]

[He hisses through his teeth.]

'Research' where I'm from? Just another word for corruption and human experiments. Can't begin to tell you the psychos that come out of that.