eluvio | audio | un: carolina | team locked to alpha + beta

Alright, everybody, listen up! Beta's on their way out and we need to move.

Alpha, I need you all to wreck what you can. Make it loud, make it messy, try not to kill any teammates in the process. [ which is to say, if you're going to blow up anything (and she really hope you will) make sure none of your friends are nearby. ] Beta, I don't care which one of you has the relic, but if you clump together and the Trilk get it back, mission failure's all on you. Everyone's running decoy and distraction here. We need it. We'll rendezvous in the shaded valley due south and if you're not there in half an hour, we're leaving you.

[ unless it's the poor sap with the relic, or someone manages to coax a few more minutes of sympathy into her. her voice doesn't give much room for it right now, but she just wants to get everyone moving to safety asap. ]

Got it? Thirty minutes starting now. Sync.

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And no one's going to die if we know what we're doing. [ if she knows what everyone's doing, more like. with this many people, it's not as simple as her taking everything on herself and she knows that. ]

I've got Wash headed to the rendezvous already. Take out a few more clusters of these things and then follow him.

[ He switches channels to just between the two of them. This doesn't concern anyone else. ]

Did he tell you what happened?

[ that's not good. carolina's voice immediately loses any of it's usual mid-battle lightness. ]

No. What happened?

[ Figures. It's a testament to how spooked Maine was about the whole thing. They've had shitty missions before but he's usually the one almost dying, not everyone else. He doesn't like that and feels like he's not doing his job right.

Being here is a chance he didn't imagine having and he's trying to do right by both Wash and Carolina. That's why he's saying something. They're still a team in spite of Maine trying to kill them both before... ]

Got hurt. Plasma shit ate through his armor and undersuit.

[ He's pretty sure he doesn't need to point out Wash almost died. ]

Damnit.

[ up until this point, there's been the tell-tale sounds of carolina keeping up her fight, but now she ducks into a quiet place to focus on the conversation. this is what she gets for not getting wash in her sights. for not working faster to be everywhere she needs to be. ]

Obviously he's got it sealed, but how bad is the damage?

[ Look. Tell him about it. He watched it happen. ]

Sealed it the best I could. He's gotta hit the medbay when we get back. Make him.

He'll go even if I have to carry him there myself.

[ which isn't an empty threat, coming from her. she'll do it in her armour so she won't even break a sweat. ]

You're probably going to have to.

[ For as stubborn as they all are, Wash is Pretty Damn Bad. ]

[ there's a little half-sigh from carolina. she'd be the last one to complain out loud about being sick and tired of this mission, but she really didn't need this. ]

Thanks for telling me, Maine. Are you still in one piece?

[ Hey. Could be worse. They could all be dead. ]

Yes. Ready to be done. Wouldn't be so bad if half these people knew what they were doing.

I know. But we've had worse teammates.

[ her and wash have, at least. the freelancers, terrible people though they were, were at least some degree of competent. ]

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