Action, post-mission

[im_not_asking]

[Action]

*Have Forte going down a hall, muttering to herself. She seems... Even more on-edge than she was a few days ago during the music incident..*

Useless... Completely useless... Should've brought a gun, one shot and maybe I could've downed some cables...

[Voice, Private to Misato]

Still got some of those beers around? I need a drink. Preferably a

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[vjockey]

Ma'am!

[Jogs over to Forte, cutting a salute before moving at her pace beside her.]

If this is about the mission... we were only lucky that everything turned around as it did. I doubt I would have been able to do very much myself in the end.

[im_not_asking]

*Forte looks VERY close to punching Ha.*

Precisely the problem. How the hell does one of the most experienced soldiers on this ship end up completely useless against one of their biggest names?!

[vjockey]

[If she did, Cheng would just take it.]

Unforseen Circumstances Ma'am. There was no way we could have known about how the crowds would react, nor the fact that the Adventus General's machine was hidden there.

We were ill equipped and went blindly into a potential combat zone with no previous intelligence. In any other situation I do not doubt we would have been captured, interrogated and executed.

[He paused in his words before giving Forte an apologetic bow]

Your skill is not in question Ma'am. Merely that we were caught completely off guard.

[im_not_asking]

... And that's not acceptable. We literally walked into a trap specifically made to attack our instincts as soldiers - one we should have seen coming from miles and miles away.

And given the kind of psychological effects he could induce with the music, we're damn lucky he didn't get a chance to do worse!

[pheasantshanker]

[Yuunagi recognizes Forte from the mission earlier and notes her expression as he approaches.]

...I'm sorry.

[Wait...what's he apologizing for?]

[im_not_asking]

... Sorry for what?

[pheasantshanker]

Had I realized you were climbing that machine earlier, I wouldn't have fired upon it. It took that shockwave to make me realize you were there.

[im_not_asking]

Not your fault. You were trying to disable it. So was I. Neither of us came close.

[but_my_caaake]

Forteee! *wave wave* Hey, Forte, what's wrong?

[im_not_asking]

*Forte doesn't even wave back.*

... I failed entirely.

[but_my_caaake]

Eh? Forte? No way!

[im_not_asking]

... We couldn't have won. We're lucky we escaped with our reputations intact.

Video

[capt_fanservice]

Ugh. From what I could see, I freely donate the rest of my stash to you. I'll start on my canned coffee and hope it'll tide me over.

Re: Video

[im_not_asking]

Thanks, Misato. Seriously.

Video

[capt_fanservice]

I hope you're serious! Helping out an Angel is pretty much the opposite of my job description.

Re: Video

[im_not_asking]

... Right. The things you have to deal with.

Funny how the same word can mean so many different things, huh?

[coolblueiceman]

I'm not sure we could have done anything even if we'd been more prepared. There were too many civilians around for us to bring heavy weapons, and our foot soldiers were lost in the crowd. I'm glad we managed to salvage something, but this mission was a disaster one way or another. Don't take all the blame for yourself, there's a lot to pass around.

[im_not_asking]

... We had opportunities. Many of them. Take any one, and we could have eliminated a major threat to our operations.

[coolblueiceman]

[Chrono's not interested.] We're supposed to be a military here. We don't have time for the what-if game after our missions. If it bothers you that much, never go anywhere - especially not outside this ship - if you're not prepared for battle. I don't know what your last post with the Angel Wing was like, but if this is how you acted there, your commander must not have liked you much. This isn't going to fly, ma'am.

[im_not_asking]

I am the commanding officer of the Angels.

And I'm supposed to do better than that.