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

[ragefeathers]

I dunno, I kinda like campers. "Good morning campers, welcome to day fifty-seven of being trapped in this extra-dimensional hell we call home!"

[ She laughs. ]

Supervillain? What, no. I'm talking about mothman. The cryptid in New Jersey or whatever.

[the_hit_list]

Stop, you’re going to make me like campers.

[ But he’s almost giggling. ]

If you make campers happen, everyone’s going to be even more annoyed at me.

And yeah, that’s Killer Moth. Supervillain out of Gotham City, New Jersey.

[ He doesn’t point out it’s a guy in a suit. A lot of villains are mistaken for metahuman hybrids. ]

[ragefeathers]

I'm gonna do it. We're gonna be campers.

[ GRIN. ]

What, for real? Fuck, Mothman isn't even real where I come from. The fuck?

[the_hit_list]

[ His head just hangs. Maybe it’s defeat, or maybe he’s trying to hide how much he’s amused. ]

Campers. In the woods. Wasn’t someone talking about 80s slasher films already?

[ This handcart is going straight to hell. ]

Oh, yeah. Why would I lie about something crazy like that? Are … are there not supervillains in your world?

[ Tim says it with a faint incredulity. You have to understand, some Gothamites believe that there is an entire species of crocodiles living in the sewers. There’s not - it’s mostly Killer Croc and sometimes Solomon Grundy, but this is all just low key normal for him, even pretending to be the average joe. ]

[ragefeathers]

Uh, no. We just having boring normal villains like corporations and the spiritual manifestation of entropy.

[ Incredulous. Supervillains? Are you kidding? ]

[the_hit_list]

That sounds… like a really nice place to live.

[ Wistful? Yes. Envious? Yeah, a little. There’s so much of his life that would be better in a world like that. ]

[ragefeathers]

It's really fucking not. We got vampires. Did I mention the manifestation of entropy has gone mad and wants to just burn the world down?

[ Annoyance that someone doesn't get it. But how could he get it? She's been nothing but vague. ]

[the_hit_list]

No, you left that bit out.

[ And that changes things somewhat. Things that just want to burn the world down... they're chaotic and don't care how many people they hurt. Or they do care, because it's a feature and not a bug. ]

Let's call it even. I don't want to figure out if the manifestation of entropy is better or worse than hot air balloons full of Joker gas.