Minder

Character Crossover Crisis City

Hmm, getting kinda tempted to join this ^^ Top of my shortlist ATM is Blake or Yang from RWBY.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

"Wow." Shona looked suitably impressed. She hadn't even graduated seven years ago. She nodded in understanding as he continued, taking a sip of her drink. "Weeks of boredom punctuated by two minutes of adrenaline, right? I could see that. Still, you gotta have some good stories, right?"

As the music started to kick up, the bat shuffled a bit closer to hear the older sniper, cocking one large ear in his direction. Her eyebrows shot up in surprise at his last comment. "Really? Me?"

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Shona had blinked and tilted her head back up as someone sat in the chair near hers, working to put a name to his face during the small silence that followed. When he spoke up, his voice jogged her memory - funny, how she'd interacted with some of the squad more via GEAR radio than face-to-face - and she smiled and nodded.

"Uh, that's me!" She said, leaning forward. "Adrian, yeah? Thanks. Marksman isn't technically my specialty, so I'm glad I didn't mess up too badly." She added, chuckling sheepishly. She paused for a second, taking a sip of her drink as she briefly studies the hare. He had a slightly awkward way of speaking, like he wasn't used to talking one-on-one. Everyone has their quirks, i guess. He was great out in the field today, though.

"Have you been doing that sort of thing for long?" She asked, genuinely curious. The squad had its fair share of veterans, it seemed. Maybe she could get some pointers.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Phew, now that my eyes are no longer troubling me, I finally got a post up.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

The party was still starting to spin up when Shona appeared in the common room. Like many of the others, she'd gotten somewhat bogged down with her GEAR;s post-mission workup. The secret downside to all those engineering classes she'd taken - she couldn't just shrug and leave it to her techs like some other pilots did. After her crew chief threatened to bodily throw her from the docking bay, though, she relented and headed for the common room, stopping only to promise to save some of the booze for her friend Eines.

A few minutes later the bat stepped into the makeshift bar, looking around and blinking in surprise at yet another batch of new faces. The unit seemed to keep getting bigger. There was still the slightly awkward air of a group in the process of breaking the ice, she thought as she took in the scene. A few people striking up conversations, a few more standing on the sidelines and surveying the room. Sharing a nod or two as she ventured further in, the bat grabbed a drink of her own and went to find a seat to flop down in. It was good to relax after the tension of the cockpit, especially after General Houseman's praise. She'd stop wallflowering in a few minutes, she told herself, but for now she she just sighed and leaned her head back, smiling softly.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Argh, sorry I haven't posted. A minor-but-recurring health problem is making looking at a screen kind of a pain >.<

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

AH's bomber mission was awesome, I wish there were more than one of them. And yeah, the chopper missions were cool in theory, but the controls were wonky as hell. I didn't enjoy the AC-130 mission as much as I did the ones that appear in COD:MW or HAWX 2 for some reason. Not sure why, maybe it was the fact that targets were a bit hard to see?

Anyway, I'll get a post up tomorrow. In the mean time, I saw this, and thought of GEARs ^^

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Maybe if one of my current RPs die I'll join up.

Also, yeah, I thought I'd mentioned that and/or gushed about the soundtrack at some point? I never had a PS2, so I mainly played AC6 and AH.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

I'm a big Ace Combat fan, and that sounds awesome... but I'm currently at about my limit for RPs joined T^T

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Shona's GEAR had shut down in formation with the others, the cockpit hinging open to reveal its diminutive occupant. Shona slapped her harness release, pulled off her helmet and stretched, looking around. The mood in the unit was... weird. No-one was sure if they'd won or lost the exercise, and there was a lingering feeling of... indignation, she guessed, at the OPFOR's stunt with the satellite and missile support. Not the way she had envisioned the ride home from her first fight with the new unit.

Initially, the bat didn't climb down, frowning as she leaned forward and rubbed absently at her sweat-soaked hair. She was already playing the engagement back over in her head, trying to figure out what could have been done better - by her, specifically. She remembered missing more shots than she would have liked. With a sigh, she shook her head and . There wasn't much point in stressing over it while she was tired, dehydrated and still strung out on adrenaline. The colonel would want a debriefing, and she could hammer out a tactical breakdown from her machine's files.

Pulling a water bottle from a recess of her cockpit, she took a long draw before tucking it away and making her way down the side of her machine. There was a small group of pilots gathering around the commander's GEAR, and Shona headed that way too, stopping slightly off to one side so as not to interrupt. With a start, she realised that the fox woman was the OPFORs commander, her initial indignation turning to pleasant surprise as she praised the team's skills.

"She's a real beauty." She chimed in, smiling and nodding her chin towards the big six-legged machine. "I think I can count the number of ATAMs I've seen on one hand."