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[Thread] Old Friends

Dec 31, 2008 21:23

Characters: OU! Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, OU! Captain Jacob Keyes
Where: Vri-Enas
When: After this
Summary: After his arrival in Econtra, Keyes requests information from his closest friend.
Warnings: Possible Old!Shipping, and tea.

( Halsey had read the reports of a strange, mysterious, yet the most delicious tea in Econtra... )

[halo] dr catherine halsey, [halo] captain jacob keyes, location: apartments

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tactical_loop January 1 2009, 05:10:51 UTC

Keyes didn't do much to prepare for Halsey's arrival--he didn't need to. For one there wasn't much in the way of his to have to mess with; for another, his roommates were both, thankfully, neat and tidy. But ultimately it came down to one simple thing: Keyes was a military man through and through. He would never be caught dead outside of regs in any form or fashion.

He straightened his uniform unconsciously as he walked up to the door to open it. More a habitual gesture than anything else. He opened the door and gazed at Halsey with a typical measuring look from himself. Not nearly as stoic as a Spartan, but he was definitely not a civilian. He nodded, maybe even managed a small twinge of the lips, and stepped aside to allow her in.

"Good afternoon, doctor," he greeted.

charlie_hotel January 2 2009, 02:24:10 UTC

"Good afternoon, Captain. I hope you have rested well." Halsey returned the gretting, unconsciously smiling, and giving him a courteous nod. Her clothing was the usual: A white coat, a gray top, and her glasses on a golden chain. Her attitude, however, carried the careful movements of an Intelligence Officer. Even with having more weeks than Keyes in Econtra, she wasn't one to lower her guard so easily ( ... )

tactical_loop January 2 2009, 03:07:52 UTC

Keyes wouldn't object to getting straight to the point. It was a quality he admired in the woman--because it was a quality he constantly put to good use himself. He waved at a seat idly with one hand and moved back into the main room after closing the door, glancing down the hallway to both sides first out of a cautious habit.

He stood for a moment and crossed his arms over his chest as he decided on which subject to broach first. He was tempted to reach for the constant pipe in his pocket, but that could be viewed as a sign of weakness on his part and he refused to give the doctor any advantages over their working relationship this time around. He was too old and too experienced to be beneath her anymore.

"Yes," he replied, starting with an answer before going on. "Let's start with a relatively chronological order. I'd like to know more about what happened to the Chief--and humanity--after..." he trailed off. Accepting it was the truth was one thing; saying it out loud was an entirely other. "Then we can move on to this war."

charlie_hotel January 2 2009, 03:41:01 UTC

Halsey nodded, "Understood, Captain." She sat on the couch, her hands wanting to instinctively reach out for a cup of coffee, but controlling her urge for the moment, and resting them both on top of her legs.

"After what happened there," Halsey was tempted to trail off when she remembered the footage, but she didn't want to dwell on the moment he died, "John discovered the Flood, and wanted to fire the ring with the advice of the caretaker of the ring, a Forerunner AI called 343 Guilty Spark."

No matter how many times had she viewed John's recordings from the battle of the first Halo, she shivered on the inside by thinking how close everything was to be lost because of the half-truths and omissions of the Rampant AI.

"But when Cortana told him the truth, he escaped. Spark wanted to activate the ring, and with the Flood having been released and the Covenant being so nice to give them the means to escape, John destroyed the ring by overloading the engines of the Pillar of Autumn." She paused for a moment. "Everything that was near ( ... )

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