Voting for C as well.
A: 1
B: 1
C: 9
D: 0
I vote A
A: 4
B: 4
C: 0
D: 1
B. It's either this or A in my mind, as the other two are less active, and do little to characterize our group. However, with A, we have to choose the corp that we sold our souls to, and with B we need to determine what sort of less than savory things we were willing to agree to "for the greater good" (even if it's only our own greater good).Voting B because I have always been a fan of choosing the stick we get beaten with.
Of B and A, B seems the one that involves more active choices, and more chances for our actions to come back to bite us in the future, rather than a single company coming back to bite us (even if its Silverash, sadly).
A: 4
B: 5
C: 0
D: 1
A: 7
B: 5
C: 0
D: 0
A: 0
B: 3
C: 0
D: 0
A: 0
B: 7
C: 0
D: 0
D
A: 3
B: 1
C: 5
D: 2
A: 3
B: 2
C: 5
D: 2
A: 5
C: 3
A: 5
C: 4
Im a gonna vote A
A: 3
B: 1
C: 1
D: 1
A: 3
B: 2
C: 2
D: 2
A: 4
B: 1
C: 4
D: 1
A: 6
B: 2
C: 4
D: 1
I will second Horizon Office.
I will second Horizon Office.
I’d like to instead suggest Cutting Edge Solutions as a name, though if that doesn’t win, Horizon Office is fine.I'll second CES though, mostly because I think the Horizon Offices sounds kind of dumb. Like, we probably don't even have an office at this point.
Horizon Office: 4
Cutting Edge Solutions: 5
Casimir - Training RoomRemiel - Training Room
The Sarkaz grunted, though it was less of a dismissive sound than one of acknowledgement. "A noble goal sir, though I fear you'd put that drive to better use worrying less about things like "knightlyness" and more about protecting the innocent."
Casimir - ArmoryStasi - Armory
Casimir eventually enters the armory, going for his weapon, the shield helpfully marked with a sticky note that reads "Do not touch. :)" and signed with a pair of horns that mimic Velimir's own. He brings it over to a table, where he starts checking the various parts, and how they're working in silence, the shifting of metal and occasional noises of an oil can punctuating his work as he goes.
Casimir - ArmoryAfter a few moments the ursine woman in turn looks up from her work as well, and shifts slightly to get a better look at the man. "I'm Ivanov, but my callsign's Stasi. it's nice to meet you Velimir." She considers saying something more, but elects to continue patching up her armor for the moment, they could always talk and work at the same time after all.
The Sarkaz looks up from his work before giving a nod to the woman in return. "Ah, hello to you too... Uh, I don't think I actually caught your name. I'm Casimir, though when we aren't working I'd prefer Velimir as it's my real name."
Casimir - ArmoryIn response to Velimir's question, Ivanov slowly casts her gaze at the blocky firearm she was casually moving about with her offhand, before moving back to focus on the task at hand, "In a manner of speaking, yes. I should probably get a smaller focus for this sort of work, but I've just gotten used to carrying this thing around everywhere." She blinks, and mutters something under her breath, as she performs the finishing touches on her armor.
Velimir nods, using the more primitive tools available as he tightens and loosens bolts as needed, and applying oil to various joints. Occasionally, he watches Ivanov's own work, before finally his curiosity is sufficiently piqued. "I don't recognize that tool, I assume it's a focus of some kind for arts?"
Hooch - Training Area
Hooch glanced over at Remiel, wondering what he thought of Blitz. She was still pretty confused by the way the oni spoke, but she supposed it did take all kinds of people to make a good mercenary company.
"Well, if you haven't yet been to the Kitchen and Dorms, I'll show you. And if you need any help figuring out where the rest of the facilities are, just make sure to tell me." Setting her cleaning supplies aside (Luckily, she'd managed to get the mess she left behind cleaned up pretty quickly), Hooch began to head to where the Dorms were, glancing behind to make sure Blitz was following. If what she remembered was correct, it was the closer of the two.
Once the two were out of earshot of Remiel (assuming Blitz did follow her), Hooch asked, "So, uh, Blitzgott... mind if I ask why you talk like that? I mean referring to places in such a grandiose fashion? I mean, it's only the Training Area." Already she was thinking of ways it could be improved. Maybe punching bags, or more mats for safety? Replacing the bits of rubble with a proper training course at some point would be a good idea, too...
Casimir - ArmoryIvanov shrugs in response, a slight hint of...disdain? Resentment? Buried somewhere in her tone of voice as she says, "With how long I've spent practicing to get this far? I'm not sure if you'd save all that much time if you learned how to do this really, and that's if you could use it in the first place." She casts her gaze at the black armor once more, and gently brushes her hand against the chest plate. Setting the can of oil aside as she seemingly finished up with her work for now.
Velimir nods, working on his shield for a few moments more in silence, grunting as he adjusts a particularly stuck bolt. Finally loosening it to his liking, he responds. "Well, that seems awfully useful. I mean, if I could get my maintenance done just by shaking a stick and mumbling at this old piece of junk I'd have more time in the day to read or... Well, I suppose there's no bars we'll be near for a while... And we don't have alcohol in the stores for obvious reasons.... I guess it's just reading for now then."
The Sarkaz shrugs as he starts running the weapon through it's paces, shifting it between it's sword mode and it's shield mode a few times.
Casimir - ArmoryStasi - Armory
Velimir looks at the Ursus woman out of the corner of his eyes for a moment before shrugging, deciding not to push. "Well, I don't know what goes into learning how to use arts. Was always more of a physical guy and well, not like I knew anyone that could teach me."
Velimir - ArmoryStasi - Armory
The Sarkaz nods in response, giving his weapon on more check over as he starts to speak. "You're probably right, so I'll likely do that. Besides, I don't much see the point of learning arts anyway, just seems like a way to make up for what you aren't able to do with your own two hands." Velimir continues his check for a few moments more before he can visibly be seen processing what he just said.
With a cough he turns back to Ivanov quickly before speaking again. "Uh, no offense."
Fox-Landship HallsStasi - Armory
"Oh?" Was that so? Having very little experience with private landships, this was news to her. "I will keep thinking, Headbanger." Though she did not expect to have some brilliant idea about what to do with the ship. But for now she'd been wandering about in the halls aimlessly for a while, and wanted to see some more specific areas of the ship.
"Bye", she murmured, gave a small wave, and departed down the hall, making her way to the armory.
Fox-Armory
After taking a few steps through the door, Fox stopped, attempting to judge whether she was interrupting much. No talking, but the people here seemed to be working. She'd have to determine what they were working on, in order to know if her presence was a distraction, she decided, so she found a place to sit down to watch the work.
Spook - Training AreaStasi - Training Area
Spook takes a few minutes to type up what he wants to say so that he won't get interrupted, and also so he can figure out how to word his request properly; after a short time, he flips his tablet around and shows it to Stasi.
<I need to schedule an examination with you at some point. I've managed to get all but three of the operators so far, and it's really important that I get an idea of what your medical conditions are. Don't want to learn on the field that you're allergic to synthetic penicillin or something like that, nor do I want you dropping dead because I didn't know you had some sort of chronic heart issue. ...and you'll need to leave your armor behind as well.> he adds, awkwardly.
Spook looks about as imposing as a 5'7" catboy can, as he's quite serious about making sure everyone gets into his office at least once before they go out on operations, and he doesn't want to have to argue or cajole people into doing it.
Spook - Training AreaStasi - Training Area
For purposes of not interrupting, Spook's response to Stasi occurred either prior to HB jumping Espresso, or out of sight/earshot.
The catboy glares up at the indifferent ursus, ears flicking irritably as she starts to fire her weapon. He baps her on the arm with the tablet, and frustratedly types out another sentence.
<For all I know that resume is years out of date; even if it's recent, people usually omit things that have become normal to them, so I need to do a personal examination to make sure I have a clear understanding of what's going on. That's not a request, by the way. Come visit the medbay when you're done here. I promise I'll be quick, especially if you're resume's up to date, because then I just need to double check that nothing has changed without you noticing.>
Spook scowls up at the ursus, making sure she's paying attention, and repeats the audio if she doesn't at least pretend to listen to the whole thing.
Spook - Training AreaSpook - Training AreaStasi - Training Area
For purposes of not interrupting, Spook's response to Stasi occurred either prior to HB jumping Espresso, or out of sight/earshot.
The catboy glares up at the indifferent ursus, ears flicking irritably as she starts to fire her weapon. He baps her on the arm with the tablet, and frustratedly types out another sentence.
<For all I know that resume is years out of date; even if it's recent, people usually omit things that have become normal to them, so I need to do a personal examination to make sure I have a clear understanding of what's going on. That's not a request, by the way. Come visit the medbay when you're done here. I promise I'll be quick, especially if you're resume's up to date, because then I just need to double check that nothing has changed without you noticing.>
Spook scowls up at the ursus, making sure she's paying attention, and repeats the audio if she doesn't at least pretend to listen to the whole thing.
Stasi pointedly ignores Spook's light tapping, mostly due to the all encompassing plate mail they were still wearing. But even with all of that padding, and the loud crackling noise their firearm made with every shot, they couldn't quite ignore pretend to ignore the little cat man pressing up his tablet against them and playing the message on repeat over and over again. "I'll pass, there's nothing an exam would tell you that you couldn't find in my resume. And as you can see I am in almost perfect condition."
Headbanger - Training Area -> Halls
Headbanger watched the other Feline walk out of the room, sighing as the door closed behind him. She visibly considered whether to acknowledge his request at all, then sighed. <He's just going to be up my ass if I don't follow him over, isn't he?> The infiltrator rolled her eyes. <I gotta go take care of this. Good to meet you too, Espresso, I'll have to shoot you a few songs sometime.>
A few moments later, she was moving out into the halls herself, following after Spook. She snapped her fingers, creating a disproportionately loud crack aimed at drawing his attention. [My medical condition is fine. The doctors already bothered me enough when I was touring earlier, what do you want?]
Espresso - Training AreaCasimir - Training hall
Espresso dusted herself off, jumping back to her cheery self. "Got it! I'll try to make friends with her since we're working together and all. The spear's doing ok so far, I think. It's longer than I'm used to kinda, but it's not too heavy. It's probably better for me to keep the bad guys far away, too. I think I just need some more practice."
Aquarius - Barracks
Tired from his long, land-based journey, Aquarius was more than content to throw his things on the first open bed he saw and lie down. He likely would have stayed content with that plan, but just as he was tossing his bag down, he caught a glimpse of movement in the corner of his eye. He shot a glance at the unknown newcomer. Their coat made it impossible to diacern their identity or purpose, immediately putting Aquarius on his guard. He resisted the urge to bare his teeth, recalling his promise to Kagura that he wouldn't start trouble. Instead he merely nodded in acknowledgement, ensuring the suspicious intruder knew they were not sneaking up on him.
Casimir - Training area
The Sarkaz nodded, giving the baton a few practice swings before nodding. It was clearly a good fit, the admittedly brutish looking demonic man with a large hunk of wood perfect for bashing an unsuspecting enemy. Of course, that wasn't the point of this exercise and Velimir was well aware of that. He took up a loose and rather unprofessional stance as he put one hand in front of him and held his baton loosely in one hand. "Aright, tell me when you're ready and I'll come at you. Just try to keep me from getting to close right now, don't worry much about scoring a "kill"."
Aquarius - Barracks
Aquarius could tell from the sudden uncertainty in his visitor's tone that he'd caught them off guard. They must have been trying to sneak after all, too bad for them he was still alert. He immediately realized he was being ridiculous. If anyone was sneaking in here, it was just because they were trying not to wake their comrades. Not even someone as antisocial as Aquarius was so bad as to think that being quiet in sleeping quarters was suspicious. He still didn't trust the intruder, but he chose to give them the benefit of the doubt for the moment, if only because he was tired.
"I am." he answered their question without any further attempt to strike up a conversation.
Espresso - Training AreaCasimir - Training Area
Espresso nodded, settling with her training weapon into a combat stance. After a bit. She had to check the recordings a few times to get her footing just right, and the right amount of relaxed vs tense. The posture she settled on was still amateurish, but not blatantly awful at least; she was holding onto the "spear" a bit too tightly, and her posture seemed a bit too wound up, but she was at least taking the training videos seriously. "Ok, ready to go, come at me! I'll do my best!"
Aquarius - Barracks
"Aquarius." the shark man responded with a curt nod, "I kill things."
Aquarius couldn't help but smile a little ruefully at that. Of course, that wouldn't be very encouraging to Headroom. To the outsider, Aquarius would surely look just like he was preparing to take a bite out of his next victim.
Casimir - Training Area
The more experienced mercenary waits patiently for the go ahead before nodding. He circles Espresso like a wolf as he eyes up her stance before darting forward. He stops perhaps a bit further back than Espresso would have expected, using his extended reach to his advantage as he jabs down at Espresso's legs to use her focus on her stance against her and to bring her off balance.
Aquarius
"I like shootin' things with my harpoon." Aquarius clarified his role, "Don't really give a glub what that makes me. " He didn't seem to mind the change in accent, in fact it was questionable whether he even noticed at all.
Aquarius seemed entirely resistant to adding anything to the conversation that wasn't pulled out of him like one of his many pointy teeth. At the same time, he wasn't in a rush to escape it either. He would continue standing next to his place of rest and conversing awkwardly until Headroom gave up or someone interrupted them. All the while being apparently oblivious to the fact that he was doing anything strange at all. Such was the curse Kagura had placed upon him, politeness for the sake of his friend prevented him from pushing the newcomer away and freeing him to take a much needed nap.