p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They reach the security guard as NOMAD flashes his ID. But when NOMAD raises his hand the guard flinches really hard. "I'm not that scary by the way," NOMAD tells the guard. BULL chokes on his own spit, Did NOMAD just... YOUNGIN obviously noticed it too because his eyes went wide and he gasped./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" The guard is silent, obviously given orders not to talk to anyone, he opens the doors and the trio walk in. BULL walks faster to catch up with NOMAD, "Hey man did you just talk to that security guard?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD keeps his eyes forward and continues walking, "Yeah I did. I don't give a shit. People act like we're some kind of gods when we aren't. It's annoying is all, and I really wanna just tell everyone that we aren't always going to be out to get you."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They walk into their quarters to see O5-2 sitting on BULLs bed. "Hey you." She says to BULL directly. BULL walks over to her, "Why are you here -2?" She answers him by pulling him close to her face and kissing him hard on the mouth./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She makes it a big show in front of NOMAD and YOUNGIN. BULL tries to pull away but his body wont let him. -2 finally pulls back. YOUNGIN and NOMAD look dumbfounded by what they were just shown./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"-2 licks her lips, "Now as to why I am here, I have someone to show you." She claps her hands twice and a girl comes out of the bathroom./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She is Japanese, of about 20, shes very muscular for a Japanese woman, she's lean, kind of like like YOUNGIN but she looks like she could kick his ass. She comes in at about 5'7. -2 gets up off the bed and shows off the strange girl, "This is HANAMI, and she is the new team medic."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN walks up to her with his hand extended, "Hey how ya doin. I'm YOUNGIN, Fireteam Sparrows sniper." She just stares at him with her arms folded across her chest. "Yikes, not much of a talker huh?" YOUNGIN tries. HANAMI finally slaps his still extended hand away./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She inhales and begins to speak, "Listen. I'm not here to make friends. I just want to do my job and that's it. You can try to keep talking to me and I'll act like you don't exist, and I can tell you talk a lot."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN answers that with a laugh, "How could you tell?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI scoffs at him, "How can you call yourself a professional when you act like that?" YOUNGIN shrugs at her, "I do my job well. Take out the bad guys from a distance. If I do that no one has the right to complain about me." HANAMI's face loosens up, "I can't argue with that." She extends her arm and YOUNGIN shakes it firmly./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Next BULL goes up to introduce himself. "Hello I'm BULL, Fireteam Sparrows CQC specialist." He extends his arm but is interrupted by O5-2. She leans back onto him and takes his arm away./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI raises her eyebrow. "And he's taken so don't get any funky ideas." O5-2 says firmly. HANAMI raises her hands, "Wasn't planning on it." BULL extends his arm out again and/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" HANAMI takes it. "Nice to have a medic with us." BULL says. -2 huffs and leads him away to his bed where they both sit down./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Last up is NOMAD. "Hey rookie, I'm NOMAD the Senior Operative, nice to have you." As soon as he says that HANAMI snaps into a salute, "Greetings Senior Operative, sir!"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD looks perplexed as he raises his shoulders higher. "Yeah we don't really do that here. Think of me as your older brother, not as your leader please." HANAMI snaps off her salute and looks embarrassed as she steps back a few feet. "Sorry, I'm just used to being in a more strict environment."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD chuckles, "Yeah that's how I was when I was first assigned this position. Where are you from rookie?" HANAMI stiffens, "I'm from the Combat Medics, special operations squad."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD squints, "Hmm. Usually we get people from an Emergency Response Squad or from around the Rapid Response Team. You must be something else if they put you here."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"O5-2 raises her hand, "Actually I put her in here. Her record was flawless. She's never lost a man out in the field and she has 54 confirmed Chaos Insurgency kills."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD looks skeptical, "I hope for her sake that she doesn't slow us down. Are you going with us to Brazil tomorrow?" HANAMI nods, "I've studied the operation plan and I have done a few runs in the simulator."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMADs eyes soften and looks over to O5-2, "Where is she sleeping?" She smiles mischievously, "She can take BULLs bed tonight. He'll be preoccupied tonight." YOUNGIN cheers from across the room while reading his manga./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI looks surprised, "Is that even allowed?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"-2 nods with gusto. "The council has no problem with it."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI steps to the center of the room. "I have some ground rules to establish while I'm here. Number one: While I'm in the shower I want complete privacy. Number two: I don't want any of you to go near my dresser. Number three: Any passes at me will be met with a black eye. Those are the big three rules while I'm here."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN makes an okay symbol while still reading his book. NOMAD gives her a thumbs up. BULL nods slipping his fingers in-between O5-2s. "Alright good. That being said I am going to hop into the shower. Remember rule one."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"O5-2 yawns and rubs her eyes, "It's getting late. I think we're gonna hit the hay tonight." She gets up and leads BULL out of the room. "Take it easy on her BULL!" YOUNGIN yells as they step out of the door. He can hear him laughing from down the hallway./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" NOMAD plops down on his bed, "They could have at least told us we were getting a new member BEFORE the operation."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN huffs out some air, "Hey it wont be that bad. If she's as good as -2 tells us then she'll be pretty useful."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD rolls his eyes, "You're only saying that because you have a thing for Japanese women."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN puts down his book, "First off, remember rule three. Second off, was it that obvious?" NOMAD laughs from deep in his gut, "Dude you were basically drooling when she first introduced herself."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI steps out of the bathroom in a black tank top and leggings with a ponytail, "What're you guys talking about?" NOMAD looks over at her, "Oh just how YOUNGIN was-'', before he finishes his sentence YOUNGIN is pushing him off his bed./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD is rubbing his head, "I'm gonna let that slide this time." HANAMI sighs and rolls her eyes, "Why did they even put me here?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Next morning BULL wakes up again with Cyn laying her head on his chest with his arm around her. "Jesus I gotta stop waking up like this." He groans. He rubs his eyes and his daze wears off. He looks over at the alarm clock he set up in her room./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"It's 8:32. He woke up two hours before they were supposed to deploy to Brazil. Might as well enjoy it. He thinks to himself. He looks down at Cyn and smiles as he begins to stroke her hair. After a few minutes of this her eyes open groggily./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She looks up at him and smiles still half asleep. "Please don't die in the next 72 hours. I'm begging you." She jokingly pleads to him./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""If I die then I know you'd find a way to bring me back and kill me again." He says. Her eyes say it all, Shut up dummy. BULL leans his head down and kisses Cyn on the forehead./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"BULL is putting his clothes on while Cyn is still in the bed bundled up in the sheets. "What if I actually die out there, baby?" He asks Cyn. "I don't know. It's difficult to think about. Just... when you're out there think about all the people who don't want you to be hurt. There's, NOMAD, YOUNGIN, maybe HANAMI I don't know about her, and... me." BULL finishes the last button on his shirt and turns around./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He walks over to Cyn and sits on the edge of the bed. "Cyn I... thank you." Cyn crawls over to him and puts her arms around his neck lightly./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You're the last person on this godless earth I want to see hurt, BULL." He turns his head around to face Cyn and pulls her face in for a kiss. A goodbye kiss./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" The guard is silent, obviously given orders not to talk to anyone, he opens the doors and the trio walk in. BULL walks faster to catch up with NOMAD, "Hey man did you just talk to that security guard?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD keeps his eyes forward and continues walking, "Yeah I did. I don't give a shit. People act like we're some kind of gods when we aren't. It's annoying is all, and I really wanna just tell everyone that we aren't always going to be out to get you."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They walk into their quarters to see O5-2 sitting on BULLs bed. "Hey you." She says to BULL directly. BULL walks over to her, "Why are you here -2?" She answers him by pulling him close to her face and kissing him hard on the mouth./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She makes it a big show in front of NOMAD and YOUNGIN. BULL tries to pull away but his body wont let him. -2 finally pulls back. YOUNGIN and NOMAD look dumbfounded by what they were just shown./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"-2 licks her lips, "Now as to why I am here, I have someone to show you." She claps her hands twice and a girl comes out of the bathroom./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She is Japanese, of about 20, shes very muscular for a Japanese woman, she's lean, kind of like like YOUNGIN but she looks like she could kick his ass. She comes in at about 5'7. -2 gets up off the bed and shows off the strange girl, "This is HANAMI, and she is the new team medic."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN walks up to her with his hand extended, "Hey how ya doin. I'm YOUNGIN, Fireteam Sparrows sniper." She just stares at him with her arms folded across her chest. "Yikes, not much of a talker huh?" YOUNGIN tries. HANAMI finally slaps his still extended hand away./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She inhales and begins to speak, "Listen. I'm not here to make friends. I just want to do my job and that's it. You can try to keep talking to me and I'll act like you don't exist, and I can tell you talk a lot."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN answers that with a laugh, "How could you tell?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI scoffs at him, "How can you call yourself a professional when you act like that?" YOUNGIN shrugs at her, "I do my job well. Take out the bad guys from a distance. If I do that no one has the right to complain about me." HANAMI's face loosens up, "I can't argue with that." She extends her arm and YOUNGIN shakes it firmly./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Next BULL goes up to introduce himself. "Hello I'm BULL, Fireteam Sparrows CQC specialist." He extends his arm but is interrupted by O5-2. She leans back onto him and takes his arm away./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI raises her eyebrow. "And he's taken so don't get any funky ideas." O5-2 says firmly. HANAMI raises her hands, "Wasn't planning on it." BULL extends his arm out again and/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" HANAMI takes it. "Nice to have a medic with us." BULL says. -2 huffs and leads him away to his bed where they both sit down./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Last up is NOMAD. "Hey rookie, I'm NOMAD the Senior Operative, nice to have you." As soon as he says that HANAMI snaps into a salute, "Greetings Senior Operative, sir!"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD looks perplexed as he raises his shoulders higher. "Yeah we don't really do that here. Think of me as your older brother, not as your leader please." HANAMI snaps off her salute and looks embarrassed as she steps back a few feet. "Sorry, I'm just used to being in a more strict environment."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD chuckles, "Yeah that's how I was when I was first assigned this position. Where are you from rookie?" HANAMI stiffens, "I'm from the Combat Medics, special operations squad."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD squints, "Hmm. Usually we get people from an Emergency Response Squad or from around the Rapid Response Team. You must be something else if they put you here."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"O5-2 raises her hand, "Actually I put her in here. Her record was flawless. She's never lost a man out in the field and she has 54 confirmed Chaos Insurgency kills."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD looks skeptical, "I hope for her sake that she doesn't slow us down. Are you going with us to Brazil tomorrow?" HANAMI nods, "I've studied the operation plan and I have done a few runs in the simulator."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMADs eyes soften and looks over to O5-2, "Where is she sleeping?" She smiles mischievously, "She can take BULLs bed tonight. He'll be preoccupied tonight." YOUNGIN cheers from across the room while reading his manga./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI looks surprised, "Is that even allowed?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"-2 nods with gusto. "The council has no problem with it."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI steps to the center of the room. "I have some ground rules to establish while I'm here. Number one: While I'm in the shower I want complete privacy. Number two: I don't want any of you to go near my dresser. Number three: Any passes at me will be met with a black eye. Those are the big three rules while I'm here."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN makes an okay symbol while still reading his book. NOMAD gives her a thumbs up. BULL nods slipping his fingers in-between O5-2s. "Alright good. That being said I am going to hop into the shower. Remember rule one."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"O5-2 yawns and rubs her eyes, "It's getting late. I think we're gonna hit the hay tonight." She gets up and leads BULL out of the room. "Take it easy on her BULL!" YOUNGIN yells as they step out of the door. He can hear him laughing from down the hallway./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" NOMAD plops down on his bed, "They could have at least told us we were getting a new member BEFORE the operation."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN huffs out some air, "Hey it wont be that bad. If she's as good as -2 tells us then she'll be pretty useful."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD rolls his eyes, "You're only saying that because you have a thing for Japanese women."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"YOUNGIN puts down his book, "First off, remember rule three. Second off, was it that obvious?" NOMAD laughs from deep in his gut, "Dude you were basically drooling when she first introduced herself."/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"HANAMI steps out of the bathroom in a black tank top and leggings with a ponytail, "What're you guys talking about?" NOMAD looks over at her, "Oh just how YOUNGIN was-'', before he finishes his sentence YOUNGIN is pushing him off his bed./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"NOMAD is rubbing his head, "I'm gonna let that slide this time." HANAMI sighs and rolls her eyes, "Why did they even put me here?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Next morning BULL wakes up again with Cyn laying her head on his chest with his arm around her. "Jesus I gotta stop waking up like this." He groans. He rubs his eyes and his daze wears off. He looks over at the alarm clock he set up in her room./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"It's 8:32. He woke up two hours before they were supposed to deploy to Brazil. Might as well enjoy it. He thinks to himself. He looks down at Cyn and smiles as he begins to stroke her hair. After a few minutes of this her eyes open groggily./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She looks up at him and smiles still half asleep. "Please don't die in the next 72 hours. I'm begging you." She jokingly pleads to him./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""If I die then I know you'd find a way to bring me back and kill me again." He says. Her eyes say it all, Shut up dummy. BULL leans his head down and kisses Cyn on the forehead./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"BULL is putting his clothes on while Cyn is still in the bed bundled up in the sheets. "What if I actually die out there, baby?" He asks Cyn. "I don't know. It's difficult to think about. Just... when you're out there think about all the people who don't want you to be hurt. There's, NOMAD, YOUNGIN, maybe HANAMI I don't know about her, and... me." BULL finishes the last button on his shirt and turns around./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He walks over to Cyn and sits on the edge of the bed. "Cyn I... thank you." Cyn crawls over to him and puts her arms around his neck lightly./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You're the last person on this godless earth I want to see hurt, BULL." He turns his head around to face Cyn and pulls her face in for a kiss. A goodbye kiss./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 13.1px;" /p