Not crying just yet... but close to it

[prismphantom]

[Denzel: dead.  Setsuko, Toby, and who knows how many ESUN pilots: anywhere in all of existence and most likely dead too.  Not to mention whatever they'd gone to La Gias and were trying to recover was up in so much metaphorical smoke on top of everything else.  Be it with anger or sadness or something else, everyone's not going to be at 100% after that clusterfuck of a clusterfuck.  Selena and Albhard are making due with hitting the bar to drown their sorrows.]

... And Shu's gone too.  Can't imagine how that reflects on us as his handlers.  Can't say I'm looking forward to reassignment if it happens... not when there's still the mystery regarding all of that Aerogator intel now.  Though they could just cut us loose entirely... or even take it out on the Captain.



Only positive thing a report would say is just that we didn't all die down there.  Though now that Shu's just... out there...  So much for ever telling him about Jessica.

[A moment of silence passes before Albhard gestures over at the bartender.]

And at the very least, Denzel deserves at least a little something as tribute.

(You there with them?  Coming in?  Up to you!)

Comments

[deathflag_survivor]

Getting used to it's the worst thing that could happen...

I don't want to meet the guy who'd be parading around and calling for a party right now. Especially since I know he's paid visits here from time to time.

Squadmates can go beyond family. Denzel was like that.

[dolorous_sensei]

The worst part of it is that they're such good people. Of course if they're not, we won't be drinking for them like now, will we?

[prismphantom]

And if any one of us had been the one to die out there, Denzel would be drinking for us instead.

[She signals another round just for good measure before finishing off her last glass.]

You ever had to deal with anything like this, Walt?

[dolorous_sensei]

Much more often than I'd like to. I was in the divine wars, for one. The steel dragon battle group won the war, but we lost many battles beforehand.