Cambio Coalition of Uncoolness

[prismphantom]

... So.  On one hand we have a bunch of rather overt megalomaniacs, on another you have a bunch of liars and psychos with a raging misogynist in their ranks, on another you have remnants of a group fighting long after their leader wanted them to stop, a Decepticon, and a woman who cloned a dog girl.

I don't want to make light of what happened out there.  They played us like a fiddle and Captain Linjun, stuckup that he is, paid deep to get us out of there.  Might've even paid with his life.

But... if they wanted an anti-SSR or anti-Unity Group... they're probably more than overqualified for the anti-unity bit.  We've given them all bloody noses before, and taken down threats bigger than any of them.  They're not making this alliance up because they feel loyal or trust everyone else in it, maybe not even like each other, but they joined up because Miss Bernal made that big speech and they can't go it alone.  That VIPER lady even said something to that extent too.

And you know, maybe I'm wrong...



But call it a women's intuition.

Comments

[prismphantom]

When they were on their own, did you think any of them would win at the end of the day?

[star_of_sad]

I don't know. I think anyone could if we don't treat them as a serious threat they are...

That's why this is worrying. No matter how strong or weak individual members of this Cambio Protocol are, we really can't afford to underestimate them.

[prismphantom]

Then we don't. We beat each and every one of them down with all the thoroughness we need. Believe me, after the being schooled by Lowen's bumbling knight routine I'm not going to write any of this group off.

But we haven't come as far as we have, and stopped as many threats as we have, just to lose to a bunch of nutjobs.

[star_of_sad]

I'm sorry, I know I'm being overly cautious but...

They're nutjobs with support from at least one country. And who knows how many more. What will happen if the next time there's a situation to respond to, it will turn out to be another Malaysia? Another trap.

We need to be careful.

[prismphantom]

We'll need to, yes. Intelligence gathering is going to be more important than ever now. If we'd had records of Mayalsian city locations... things might have gone differently.

I'll try to do my part with that. I can promise you that.

[star_of_sad]

Then, we will be counting on your hard work, Special Operative Recital.

I mean it. I don't know how powerful the Cambio people are when put together, but they have the advantage of subterfuge. It'd be nice to take it away from them.

[prismphantom]

[Selena cracks a smile when she's addressed like that.]

... You know, you really have done a lot of growing up fast, Lieutenant Ohara.

[star_of_sad]

You could say I didn't really have much of a choice in this matter, did I...

[prismphantom]

Oh you certainly had a choice. The choice to let it beat you, or try to let it not. Same choice with everything, Cambio included.

[And the Balmarians too.]

So let's see about making sure this is handled as quickly as we can. So normal people won't have to rise up to these sorts of things.

[star_of_sad]

Yes. Let's give it our best. Even if it means fighting, or scary and sad things happening...

We do it, so no one else has to.