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[thom_293]

[Have a chick. Who was not a chick earlier. Who is now a chick. Who is still a Spartan? But definitely a chick.

What.]

... Thought y'all said the teleporters were fixed.

[Oh that vaguely Texan accent, at least, might be somewhat familiar to some of you.

ooc note; Thom has randomly switched genders in a super isolated/mod-approved teleporter

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[ringsdoorbells]

That's what I heard, sir.

[Guess who has two thumbs and is not using the teleporter ever again?

THIS GUY]

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[ringsdoorbells]

[oh yeah beating him up over this is TOTALLY the best way to enforce that you aren't like crazy violent over the inability to follow social protocol]

Well then I take it back. I'm not sorry at all. In fact, I'm pretty proud of myself.

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[thom_293]

See. There you go. That so hard?

[YES, BE SOCIALIZED. OR HE'LL GET THE NEWSPAPER.]

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[ringsdoorbells]

I have some emotional whiplash just from this conversation alone, but I'm sure I'll recover with enough therapy. Give it time.

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[thom_293]

And you call yourself a Spartan. We eat emotional whiplash for breakfast where I'm from, Sam.

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[ringsdoorbells]

Okay, but where I'm from the second we call a time-out both sides stop fighting, we have tea and scones and then I head in for my spa treatment which includes a full-body massage and a facial scrub.

Then a nice woman hugs me while I cry and talk about my feelings.

So unless you feel like filling that role, sir, I think you should let me cope however I can.

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[thom_293]

And your group's the one they decided to take public? Man. Who's making these judgment calls?

[SO PROUD look at you all grown up and being snarky.]

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[ringsdoorbells]

What? They took us public?

[isn't that like totally against the rules]

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[thom_293]

[Oh. Huh. Spoiler warning, he guesses.]

Yeah. War needed a morale boost in the later years. No one told you?

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[ringsdoorbells]

[Well. John's logs only included battles and such, so...yeah. Wasn't something he exactly thought to ask.

Wow. Weird. Civilians knew about the Spartan project. Sam's not quite sure how he feels about that.]

Nope.

...how much did they publish?

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[thom_293]

None of the sordid details. Nothing about where we came from or anything. No names, no faces. Mostly it was a publicity stunt. 'Look at the huge dude making a difference!'

You guys were heroes, though. Probably made the difference in the war.

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[ringsdoorbells]

"You guys?"

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[thom_293]

The IIs.

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[ringsdoorbells]

You're all heroes too. All of us. That's what we were chosen for, right? [Sam does not like this bad feeling that's sinking in his stomach.]

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[thom_293]

[O-oh.

Uh. Yeah.

Thom just clears his throat.]

... What've you been told about the Spartan III project, Petty Officer?

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[ringsdoorbells]

Just got a few minor details from the Commander.

[Chief Mendez was there, Dr. Halsey wasn't directly involved, the surgery success rate was 100% -that last one was awesome news- but he apparently wasn't told a whole lot. Not if Thom's tone is any indication.]