Mission 001 [Dictated]

[noble5.livejournal.com]

[There's a clunking sound over the journals, one attributed to someone wearing some heavy-duty armour picking themselves up from the ground.

This time, it belongs to one Chief Warrant Officer Jorge-052, waking up in his room in the castle...

And wondering how the hell he got there.]

... Ugh. Where the hell am I?

[A pause, and then the following filters out]

This is Noble Five, calling on all UNSC frequencies. Requesting pickup. Current location... [He looks around] Unknown. Looks to be... [Another pause] Some sort of fancy hotel room. Repeat, requesting pickup, over.

[His journal is open nearby, and any UNSC personnel who happen to have their radios on will hear the transmission.]

((OOC: Open to all. Be ready to have one confused Supersoldier.))

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[lonenoble]

No, Jorge. The internet was already here.

Room 2018, Terrare Tower.

Dictated/Action

[noble5.livejournal.com]

Got it, I'll be on your position shortly.

[Just before the transmission cuts, there's the sound of a loud thud ans a muttered curse]

...Ow...

[Within the next ten to fifteen minutes, there's a loud knock on Six's door.]

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[lonenoble]

[Six can't help snickering at that, having a good guess at the source of that.] Hold on, I'll be right there.

[The door opens, showing a relatively plain set of rooms. they may have started hotel like, but she feels more at home like this. And there's more rooms, some with some spectacular locks on them. Kat's work.] Good to see you again, Jorge. Watch the door.

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[And Jorge makes the concious decision to actually duck this time.

Seeing Six again confirms all of this. He just needs one last piece of evidence]

Six, you remember the last time we saw each other? I gave ya somethin', right?

[lonenoble]

You did. [Holding up the proof.] Want them back?

[noble5.livejournal.com]

[There's a hint of hesitation, before Jorge walks forward and holds his hand out under them, before closing his fist around his own dogtags, as though he was making sure they were real.]

...Yeah. [Just to prove that he was still here. This was the proof.]

[lonenoble]

It's good to have you back, Jorge. They're yours.

[noble5.livejournal.com]

It's good to be back...

[It still feels a bit... fuzzy to him, but the weight of his dogtags in his hand makes it all the more real.]

Nice place.

[lonenoble]

Good to not be alone again.

Thanks. Feels more comfortable than the default. Some of it, I inherited from Kat though.

[noble5.livejournal.com]

[A hand is clapped onto Six's shoulder]

Aw, don't be getting all mushy on me, Six. [He says, a hint of a grin in his voice.]

I dunno. I kinda like mine. Might need to get rid of the plush bed. Don't think I'll be feeling it a lot.

[lonenoble]

Jorge... I mean it. I'm not getting mushy.

It's easy enough. The castle is generous in that regard.

[noble5.livejournal.com]

[A pause here.]

Sorry. Guess I don't know what it's like. The last time I saw you was half an hour ago when I shoved you out of that Corvette.

[lonenoble]

...

[softly] Things on Reach didn't get better. There were more en route. One by one, the team got taken down. The only status I can't confirm was Jun's.

[noble5.livejournal.com]

[There's silence for a heartbeat as everything Jorge suspected was confirmed in that.]

...They died for a good cause. [His voice is heavy.]

[lonenoble]

We managed to get humanity's best hope off of the planet. No more than that though. Couldn't stop the Covenant. Couldn't even slow them.

[noble5.livejournal.com]

So, Reach was glassed.

[He said it himself. It was painfully obvious.]

That planet was good to me. I'm glad to hear that it's sacrifice was for humanity's best hope.

[lonenoble]

...

Kat told me some things she found out about our future from her friends here from the future. The war ends. Humanity will win.

Wasn't completely in vain, at least.

[noble5.livejournal.com]

Well, that's something good to hear...

[He'a trying to sound neutral, but Reach held a little bit of sentiment for him.]

[lonenoble]

[Moving to sit down on the bed, most of the happiness at seeing Jorge again faded...]

[noble5.livejournal.com]

Six...

[He moves over, not sitting down, but bending down and putting his hand on her shoulder]

I can't imagine what it must've been like.

[lonenoble]

The only one I didn't see die was Jun. He was put on escort duty for Halsey. To make sure she got to safety...

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[Jorge didn't really have anything to say to that. There were no words.

Instead, he turns and sits next to Six, the bed dipping a bit under his weight, leaving that hand on her shoulder, as he reaches up to take his helmet off with his other.]

What are the chances that this place'll suck in the others?

[lonenoble]

It's unpredictable. Kat was here for over a year alone before I arrived. But it only took a few months for you to arrive after I did

[noble5.livejournal.com]

A year alone? [Jorge stares off.]

When were you taken from?

[lonenoble]

It was August 30th.