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[14] x Operation : ESCAPE... maybe. x || Hope Estheim [Video]

Mar 04, 2011 11:11

I think... SAMM is doing something big. It's kind of hard for me to get a good look because I'm... [Scrawny, small, not-taller than the bots, easy to bat around, easy to shove aside, easy to be picked up and forced back into the tower- not as sturdy as you guys. But...

[And here comes the suggestion that Lightning will glare at him for. Or he ( Read more... )

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[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 11:14:21 UTC

[Glare? Not quite. She understands the need for this plan, no matter how much she dislikes it. Hell, she might as well hate it. That doesn't stop the need for it.]

Even if you can fit and we can distract the bots, I don't know if this'll work. Those hatches slam shut when anyone gets close enough to peer inside them. [Still, the feed is shifting. She's on the move again.]

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 11:16:59 UTC

I was thinking about that. Maybe if we hit it with Thundaga or maybe Firaga we could stop it from closing. Maybe even use Blizzaga to keep it open.

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 11:21:09 UTC

Thundaga might overload the circuits and make it close faster. [A pause. What did fire or ice do to mechanical things...] If we could block it from closing somehow with something like a chair or a crate, a person could get through before it closed.

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 11:23:00 UTC

[The thinking was, Fire might explode it and make a nice big hole. And Blizzaga might make a nice big obstruction.]

Someone would have to be a good shot to get that there before the hatch closed.

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 11:26:06 UTC

[That's a nod. She knows, Hope. She knows.]

That's where the others come in. Some of us would distract the bots, someone else would get the obstruction in, and you get through the hatch. [A long pause. She knows there's more than the l'Cie here, but...]

If we try that, it should be just the six of us from home. We know how we all move and can think ahead of one another. We're only going to get one shot at this.

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 11:31:59 UTC

Six of us wouldn't be a large enough distraction. And if we tried it like that... people might get suspicious of us. Everyone deserves a chance to escape.

[And he gives you one of his puppy faces.]

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 11:34:35 UTC

Hope, think of this as a tactical situation. Everyone deserves the chance to escape this place, but a large group will draw too much attention and leave us all unable to figure out how the others react. Some people won't follow the plan and try to do everything alone, or they don't do anything at all and be deadweight.

[Trying soooooo hard to ignore that puppy-face. Mostly succeeding.] And suspicion won't matter if we can get out. We're a unit, remember? Adding others into that is asking for trouble.

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 11:41:21 UTC

But the more confusion we have the easier it will be for me to get away. I agree that the six of us should be in charge of the hatch. But if people want to make the distraction more distracting? It'd help us right?

[... Puppy face persists! muhahahahaha]

And it might. People around here aren't... well they don't think straight.

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 11:48:36 UTC

It would. But what would stop them from blocking your way and screwing things up by trying to get into the hatch themselves? There'd be no reason for anyone who doesn't know you to trust you.

[Still....resisting....barely!]

It's like Cocoon. Everyone looks out for themselves, and only themselves.

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 11:51:22 UTC

If that's true then why did we save it?

[HOPE USES ULTIMATE PUPPY FACE.]

But we could still get me out. Snow is like a human bulldozer and He can always boost me over the crowd. I can land okay now. I've been practising. And we'll just tell people. Even if it was just the six of us, the best laid plans go wrong.

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 12:04:25 UTC

[Why did they....even if people are like that...] Everyone deserves a chance to fight for their lives. Cocoon's citizens wouldn't have had that chance without us.

[IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE! ONE MORE HIT WILL DO HER IN!]

Tell people and hope they'll believe us? You know that's not going to work, Hope Not here. We'd need proof that there's something inside those hatches before they risk getting SAMM mad at them. Something worth risking your life over.

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 12:09:15 UTC

But SAMM is the common enemy right now. If we can't unite against him then we're never going to get out of here.

[He's going for it.]

People are more likely to trust us and not SAMM. I'm not saying we should have everyone here out there. But there are a few people that might be of some help. I'm just saying the six of us won't be enough.

[He pauses for a moment.] ... Is it because you don't want to trust other people with... well with me? [Oh boy does he regret asking that question as soon as it slips from his lips.]

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 12:24:37 UTC

[There is that...and why is she suddenly getting a bad feeling?]

...If you can find someone you trust in this place that isn't going to hold us back and get us all killed, fine. Help won't be a bad thing.

[Since, with Yuri gone, her options of help are limited to just Edge.

...and that would be why she had a bad feeling. Have a sharp flinch for an answer, Hope. Got it in one, and her feed is going to stop moving and face the floor now.]

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 12:43:01 UTC

I can think of a couple of people. Dean... I know you don't like him. But he's almost as good of a shot as you. And he had my back in the lizard invasion.

[He smiles at her gently.]

He's also a good distraction. I don't... [See that? That was a flash of OH MY GOD do not mention his name. Change Tactics. Now.] Maybe... General Sephiroth? He'd probably be good for it.

[Video] soggypastry March 4 2011, 12:55:05 UTC

[....Nod. Provided she doesn't have to punch Dean for saying she looks good in bunny ears or for saying she has a nice ass, she'll play nice. And if he jokes about beating Hope again...all bets are off.

Why that flash, Hope? Have a strange look for your troubles.] He seems to have a clear head on his shoulders, at least. Used to working with people and getting the job done. [A slight pause. She hasn't spoken with him more than once, but...that's just the way he talks over the network.] If there's anyone here he works with, they might be able to help.

[Video] noras_boy March 4 2011, 13:55:54 UTC

I'll ask him. I think his brother is here and he has another friend he was excited to see. If we can get them working as another unit it'll be less chaotic too.

[He thinks this will sell it better too, whilst making sense.]

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