[Voice] -- Nov 02

[notayoungman]

[ It's well after dark, and one of the newest arrivals is having a very bad day. He hasn't introduced himself and doesn't plan to. So his introduction is one of mistaken identity. There is no video, only the extremely urgent, gruff voice of an old soldier. ]

Omnic threat sighted! I repeat, we have a Titan class omnic, fully armed, sighted in Maurita Falls. At--It's in a park. Currently, stationary, arrived some time in the last hour. Full specs unknown. Requesting support of an engineer. Or anyone with power enough to destroy a robot the size of a building.

I'll run distraction!

[ And it ends there. No further details, no sign off. But it's bad if Mister Lone Wolf is asking for help.....or so he thinks. ]

Comments

[reek]

You're not doing a particularly good job of lying.

[ SURE, BUDDY. ]

[notayoungman]

I expected a machine built for mass destruction. What I discovered was a machine with destructive power and the brain of an adolescent.

[ It was a brat, just like you, kid. ]

[reek]

[ Theon is a brat, yeah. I don't think anyone can argue with that. ]

What you discovered was an imPort.

[ Theon, stop smirking. ]

Were you frightened?

[notayoungman]

I'm a soldier. I don't get frightened.

[ This is why no one loves you, Theon. ]

[reek]

[ No one loves him because he's an emotionally stunted asshole who makes cruel remarks and stupid decisions and smiles at all the wrong things and betrayed his best friend.

This is just one part of that. ]

You had me fooled. You sounded frightened.

[notayoungman]

[ Emotionally stunted he could work with. The rest? We'll see. ]

Says more about you than me that you hear simple urgency as fear.

[reek]

Aye.

It says that you were more frightened than urgent.

[ Theon, please. ]

[notayoungman]

[ A grumbly old man noise, before he hangs up because wow you're irritating, kid. ]