This One Just Became a Leadership Conversation

[prettycoolguy]

This is Spartan One-One-Seven broadcasting on an unknown communications array.

[ A few members of the team have seen the Master Chief around, but he hasn't made major contact before now. For most of the group, it's the first time they've seen this scarred face. And for one of them, it's far from the first. ]

I understand that this is a different world than the one I come from, and we have no way to return until we accomplish an... objective.

[ An objective that they all have only vaguely heard about from a weird hallucination. He doesn't have to say that part. They already know. ]

This being the case, I'm offering my skills.

I have significant experience leading teams on a variety of ops. I can work longterm on terrain like this. You can count on me in a fight.

But first of all, I do need to know who's in charge of this outfit.

[ Bless his entire heart. ]

Comments

[hellbentley]

Smoothly running hierarchies that don't eventually devolve to corruption and abuse of power. Sounds fake.

[hasapoint]

Did I say that's what this is? How strange, I don't remember doing so.

[hellbentley]

They all go in the same direction before long.

[He is perhaps selfishly just not keen to follow anyone else's orders after finally escaping that life.]

I suppose it'll be tolerable if we can at least discuss and vote on it.

[hasapoint]

You're not wrong. But it's hard to imagine this lot meekly submitting or things being static enough to harden. It's going to be rabble all the way even if we do have some individuals trying to keep the group in mind.

[This is part of why she sure doesn't want the position.]

[hallelujahjunction]

[Fingerguns.]

[hellbentley]

Thank you.

Imagine me doing that back but not with as ridiculous a gesture.

[He thinks he is Too Cool for that.]

[hallelujahjunction]

Ain't nothing more square than self-consciousness.

[hellbentley]

Or I just don't want to look like I'm playing pretend at being a cowboy.

[The tone is dry but definitely friendly teasing.]

[hallelujahjunction]

Who says I ain't actually a cowboy?