Thorned Hammer

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Marcus glanced back at her when he no longer heard her following. That was probably for the best, so he headed for where Richard was standing a fair way off fr the stream now.
"Hey." He said when he reached him, nodding to him. Richard was his best hope for someone to rely on here based off of facts and not emotions. Sure he trusted Rin without a doubt, but she was a pilot and he couldn't forget that. He needed to know there was someone else here to trust that wasn't green on the ground and it was already pretty clear that wouldn't be Tess.
"I need to know how much experience you've had with this sort of combat,"

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"they have yeah, but they're gonna need to hold it together longer". Marcus countered, "we can't afford anything else Rin.". It wasn't to be cruel or because he was frustrated. It was just the facts. And already he had seen this to many times, someone loosing it in their first fight. Even veterans did, but there were only four of them and at least a dozen civis. They couldn't allow for weakness. At least not visible weakness. He didn't say it out loud to Rin, after all he has a pretty good idea how she'd react to it, but they just needed to suck it up. Bottle up these issues until they were back at a base and had the luxury of breaking down in private.

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"Did you order an invasion with UKDs?". Demanded Tess, her voice shaking despite the bite in it. "No. I don't think so. So don't you dare come apologizing for what they did and acting like I need coddling. I don't fucking need coddling! I, I just need,". Her voice broke and Tess cursed at her own lack of control. She just wanted to be angry, so why was she crying again? "I don't need coddling I just need something to do.". She managed finally, standing up straight now and nodding in agreement with herself.

Marcus watched the encounter between Tess and Richard as Rin spoke, to dar away to hear them but guessing what transpired. "Doesn't matter how the civis are, long as they can walk.". He said finally, the pragmatic tone and logical mind set taking over.
"We need to know where we are, and where the closest transportation is. A bunker out here would be nice but it'll just be a nice place to starve in, looked like that force was coming in for the long haul. We need Rich and Tess up and running though, this isn't the time to act like hormonal idiots.". With thay said he slung his gun over his shoulder by the strap and started over to where The others were, intending to talk to them.

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"I have no intention of passing out, promise," Tess said with a slight laugh, before tucking the pistol in the back of her shorts and starting for the stream. A rinse couldn't do her any harm, and soon she was crouched in the shallows cupping slightly muddy water over her face and trying to scrub the drying dust, grime, and blood from her hands and arms. At first she started out with sure movements but eventually the gestures became frantic as she desperately tried to erase the glaring reminders of what had just happened not two hours ago.

Marcus seemed to have to think over the question, looking down at his pilfered rifle and fussing with the mag clip on it.
"I'll be fine." He said after a second, raising his head and giving her a nod. No smile, it wasn't a time for smiling. "How about you, and the others?" He hadn't had much chance to speak to them before, but throughout the hike when he wasn't thinking of Casper and Kyle he was instead mulling over their situation. They were all pilots save for him. Granted Richard apparently had some ground combat experience, but who knew how long it had been since any of them had been in a real firefight?
This was all familiar to Marcus, even the dull ache of loosing someone. Kyle's squad wasn't his first, after all. The crack of gun fire, pumping adrenaline, and smell of smoke and ash was as much a home to Marcus now as anywhere else had been. Sick as it was, it was his comfort zone. But without a combat suit or back up he would have to approach this whole scenario very differently then any other. And if that wasn't enough, the risk of Rin in the middle of it all only ate away further at his fraying nerves.

The Eyes of the Inquisition

It's great!:). When I get out of class and can tackle my laptop I'll write a response:)

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Its okay it happens to us all! I understand:)

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They look good!
I'm getting all excited again haha

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No worries take your time:)

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@El Taco Taco well if you're still interested, I'm willing to get this up and going again

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Wow those costumes look great! I'm so jealous I've always wanted to do something like that,sadly I'm the only dedicated geek in my circle of friends haha
I love the nug:)