Smile
Smackdown.
"If the two of you are quite done playing alpha male smackdown?"
The clear, feminine voice cut through their bristling at each other and caused them to turn their attention to the dark robed figure standing just beneath the low hanging branches of one of the trees. She was frowning severely, lips pressed into a fine line, brows puckered.
Cody and Gree were both Commanders. Both of their Generals were on planet, working in a cooperative effort to infiltrate the Separatist stronghold. But things had not gone as planned, their units were broken up in Separatist crossfire, and they were stuck wandering in the humid jungle with their communications blocked and little idea where to regroup. Unable to pull rank on the other, they were left to debating the best direction to take, both disagreeing with the other on the next best step.
Having Commander Offee appear while they had a – professional – disagreement over where to go, left them looking a bit foolish.
Gree reddened under his helmet, and Cody straightened abruptly. "Sorry, sir."
Barriss sighed and walked past them, still frowning. "If you are going to argue, argue with your speakers off. If I heard you, so could the Separatists." She moved to the other end of the clearing, closed her eyes and appeared to concentrate, face taking on the peaceful, steady look of a Jedi using the Force.
The two men exchanged glances. Cody asked, awkwardly, this time over a closed channel, "Alpha male smackdown?"
"She is General Unduli's padawan," Gree replied. General Unduli was not known for her toleration of nonsense.
"And she's friends with Commander Tano," Cody added, thinking of the phrasing. That sounded far more like Ahsoka than General Unduli.
Barriss opened her eyes and waved a hand towards the east. "We will go this way."
At least her arrival cleared up the chain of command issue.
Over the channel, Cody heard Gree begin to chuckle, then to laugh. After a moment, Cody joined him.
They fell into step behind her.
It's completely ridiculous, I know, and totally would never happen, but I really wanted to do a silly scene involving Barriss, Cody and Gree. And apparently since I like both Barriss/Cody and Barriss/Gree, all I can come up with is Cody and Gree getting into ridiculous OOC arguments whenever Barriss is in the vicinity. Because they're both too smart to get into a real fight with each other.
~Queen