Project Daedalus (Issue #4)

[Shalimar]

"Enough to tell us what he can actually do, yes. Which is something everyone else has done."

"With you just making things up about people, I'm not surprised he hasn't told you, I'd be pretty pissed too if you made something up about me, oh wait, you did, and I was." she said, smiling at Tyroc toothily

"Actually, I am your leader, like it or not. You'll need to get used to that. And its not anger, it's concern for everyone else. You may be comfortable going into combat with someone whose powers you know nothing about and who wants to operate on his own; I'm not."

"No, your some joker that we have to listen to, not the same thing as a leader, a leader would know the difference." she rumbles calmly. "I don't have any problem going into a fight with Misha, or any of you for that matter, not because I trust in any of you, you haven't earned that, but because I know just how good I am, and I trust in myself, it wouldn't bother me if any of you joined in, I just wont count on any of you."

"Well, I have no idea where your innate trust of Misha comes from. But if you won't be able to follow an instruction from me, now's the time to tell me. If you can't do it, you need to stay away from the battle as well. One thing years of managing Vanguard's programming division taught me; if you can't trust someone to do their job, keep them off the project. It also made me a hard ass when it comes to leading a team. I'd rather scratch someone than risk chaos for the whole team, and I won't feel bad about doing it until we've had time for everyone to get used to being a team."

Rachel answers Tyroc with her booming laugh, "Its not innate trust, its just giving him the benifit of the doubt that his profession requires, that his, Sarah's and Jennifer's requires, gave it to you too, they just haven't made me regret it yet. If you act like a clown don't be surprised that its how you are perceived."

 

[Elementor]

"I don't know if it's my place to say, but even amongst wolves, loners get pushed away from the pack to either start their own pack or join a different one. Seems to me that Misha wants to be in AF and not here." Aaron staes as he cartwheels through the air, his flames trailing behind. "Regardless, Ty is the boss. What he says goes. I would hate to see court marshals on our first government duty. Hehe," he continues mostly joking.

 

[Calinon]

"With you just making things up about people, I'm not surprised he hasn't told you, I'd be pretty pissed too if you made something up about me, oh wait, you did, and I was."

"I didn't make a thing up about you. You are a totem; a person who can channel an animal's ability through them, assume its form, and even a hybrid."

"No, your some joker that we have to listen to, not the same thing as a leader, a leader would know the difference."

"I don't have any problem going into a fight with Misha, or any of you for that matter, not because I trust in any of you, you haven't earned that, but because I know just how good I am, and I trust in myself, it wouldn't bother me if any of you joined in, I just wont count on any of you."

"A joker hmm? It's too bad you've decided on that label, but really, I don't give a crap. I deal with people openly; I deal with the press the same way. But now that I know exactly how you feel about me being leader, it makes my decision to keep you out of this giant fellows attack range until absolutely necessary a lot easier to make. I won't put you in a position where you have to count on any of us unless we have no choice. It'll be safer for everyone, and your safety is as much a concern to me as anyone elses."

"Its not innate trust, its just giving him the benifit of the doubt that his profession requires, that his, Sarah's and Jennifer's requires, gave it to you too, they just haven't made me regret it yet. If you act like a clown don't be surprised that its how you are perceived."

"Realy, and when did I make you regret anything I did. Was it when you interpreted totem as an insult? Or something else I don't know about. Generally, I'm perceived as a hero around these parts; likeable, personable and respected. If that's a clown, I'd say your vocabulary is off a tad."

"Regardless, Ty is the boss. What he says goes. I would hate to see court marshals on our first government duty. Hehe,"

"Heh, thanks kiddo. But no court marshalls around here," he grins at Aaron. "That'd be more red tape than even you could burn through."

 

[Tokiwong]

Misha cracks his smile, “Tyrone, I didn’t think you had it in you. There are three things about me you need to know then, if you want to trust me. One, trust is a four letter word. Two, I succeed or die trying. Three, there are some requests I won’t follow, get used to it.”

He turns to Miguel, “I don’t have any beef with Tyrone being the leader. I actually prefer it. Now you may think otherwise, but him being the public figurehead works for me. The one thing I won’t do is jeopardize any mission. I have never failed, and I won’t fail yet, I get results. My only problem is that I don’t rely on others, I got used to getting things done myself.”

He smirks at Rachel’s argument, “Relax,” he says trying to calm her, “we don’t need this, minutes before our first mission.”

“A wildcard? Interesting choice of words,” as he turns back to Tyrone, “as an elite my reflexes are enhanced beyond baselines levels. Well beyond baseline levels, by that same token my own senses are enhanced and I can read people fairly well. Which also has enhanced my own personal presence.”

Misha then flashes his custom pistol in his under arm holster, “And I carry a really big gun. Hope that makes you happy, and Tyrone don’t ever tell me you are going to keep me from the action. Because it won’t work, I came to this team to do my job.”

“Now let’s put aside this petty argument, and focus on what is important; helping American Freedom. The worst thing we can do is point fingers now before anything hits the fan. Like you said, Screaming Eagle wants me there… trust her judgment,” Misha finishes.

 

[Agamon]

"You're right," Nadia tells Miguel, "usually you'd need the money up front. But I have a bit of pull at this clinic. I'm going out with one of it's financial backers," she adds with a smile. "We'll take care of her, Miguel, you make sure your mission goes smoothly."

"What, so I'm in charge here? Okay, then," Neutron says, shrugging. He thinks for a little bit. "Yeah...well...I think we should stick together. Get a plan going. Watch the monitor in the aerodyne, maybe get some more info on this guy and how the other guys are doing against him. What do you think, Ang?"

Cumulus nods. "Jen and the others have been in tight spots against worse odds. Hopefully they can handle things well enough until we get there."

Sarah comes outside and listens to the arguement before interjecting. "I hope the bickering is over by the time we get to Baltimore," she says, sounding miffed. "You want to be all secretive, go ahead, but trust me, that's not going to win you any points," she says to Misha. She then turns to Tyrone. "Obviously Screaming Eagle thinks highly of Misha, why don't you give him a chance to show you what he can do. Did you see on the TV what's going on over there? Making people sit in the corner because they don't blindly trust everyone is a bad idea."

 

[Tokiwong]

Sarah comes outside and listens to the arguement before interjecting. "I hope the bickering is over by the time we get to Baltimore," she says, sounding miffed. "You want to be all secretive, go ahead, but trust me, that's not going to win you any points," she says to Misha. She then turns to Tyrone. "Obviously Screaming Eagle thinks highly of Misha, why don't you give him a chance to show you what he can do. Did you see on the TV what's going on over there? Making people sit in the corner because they don't blindly trust everyone is a bad idea."

Misha nods, "I wasn't..." he trails off, "alright, let's just focus on Baltimore."

 

[Shalimar]

Rachel snarls at Tyrone's decision to leave her out of the fight, it was simply the final proof that he shouldn't be the leader, although the snarl was very hard to distinguish what with the shape of her muzzle in this form. When Misha told her to relax, she let her anger at Tyrone just slide away. The fight would show how incompetent Tyrone was, and it would solve her problems with him when everyone else saw it as well and put Misha in charge. She gave a yawn that closely resembled a roar and sat herself on the ground, her legs held tight to her chest by her muscular arms so that she could rest her head on them to wait for the Aerodyne.

 

[Hammerhead]

Jennifer sat down on the front porch, calmly drinking her cola and watching the ensuing duel. Tyrone and his BioGen faction of Miguel, Sarah, Kiro, and Aaron against Misha and Rachel, the newcomers. Jennifer also felt the urge to defend Misha and professionalism, but further bickering would only make the problems worse.

Misha IS right though. Splitting your forces is the surest way to lose a battle. If that guy is powerful enough to cause Devil, Eagle, and Silvertip problems, then the only thing those on Aerodyne would find would be six bodybags instead of three.

Why was I left behind anyway? Tyrone would take Aaron before me? Wasn't I a soldier? What about the Project? Should I cut through something harder than steel to show how good I am...like maybe his thick skull?

Sighing, Jennifer sets down her soda, all traces of her everpresent smile gone from her face, instead replaced by a determined scowl. So am I frickin' babysitter now? Oh well. In her army days, Jennifer was used to babysitting new COs.

Gentlemen, she begins, glancing at both Tyrone and Misha, may I talk to you privately? We have a few minutes before the Aerodyne arrives.

 

[Tokiwong]

Misha looks to Jennifer, "Sure..."

 

[Calinon]

"This is as private as I get," Tyroc says without moving from the group. "More secrecy isn't going to happen. If you have something helpful to say about the attack in Baltimore, something we missed on the broadcast or a tactic we haven't already batted around, you may as well say it here. But if it's just going to add to the argument here, don't bother."