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Rage Break

Because everyone needs a happy owl in their life.

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@Caits@MiddleEarthRoze@Jacobite
Guys, can we just take a step back for a second? I know that this whole thing is something everyone's very passionate about right now, but this is A) getting personal and B) not constructive the way things are going right now. This has gone from OOC for writing progression to personal attacks the ballgame, and frankly I think there should be a little less salt.

I'm not going to sit here and right a dissertation on why literally everyone here is Satan, because that would be a waste of my time and yours. But Cait and Rose, both of you have been at each other's throats since the medicine thing. Rose, there was no need to bring it up the first time you did in this conversation. Cait, I see where you're coming from, but the Sombra thing is buried under like twelve posts now. It's part of the RP at this point, and it feels like the only thing to do is adapt to it. She should tell GMs about what she's doing when she sends people off, but it's not like you necessarily couldn't swap someone else in since it's done at this point.

Also, it kinda seems to me that there's this spring loaded mentality to take things personally. We should stop doing that.

In tabletops, if your players get bored, they're going to find something to do. I don't blame Caits or Vic personally for that, but it's happened and they found something to do. And to be entirely honest, I was excited to see something going on. If Talon didn't get rolling soon, I was just going to send Sampson off and take whoever wanted to come with me.

I like the Overwatch universe. I think it's conducive to great stories, and I'm excited to be able to write about it. I would like to be able to do that, but right now this is getting a little ridiculous. Just... deep breaths, guys. Jesus.

TL;DR- Calm down guys. I'm not going to respond to this in OOC, if someone has salt with me send a PM.

EDIT: Typos, added mentions.

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Sampson Dubois

Location: Talon HQ, Los Angeles. Kitchen area
Interacting with: Peacere@Kaithas, Sombra@MiddleEarthRoze, Ceri@Caits, whoever happens to come around.

Sampson watched Sombra leave, noticing as she paused for a moment and muttered to herself. Curious. Almost as curious as the presence of a desk and a wastebin in the middle of this hallway, but that was a thought for later. Talon’s sense of interior design was the least of his concerns.

The hacker was… troublesome. She was good, he knew that much, but the way she grinned like she knew everything he didn’t was disconcerting. As was Ceriwedyn. Really, all of them except for the omnic, and he was off-putting in his own way. Part of him longed for the days of putting lead through circuits in the cold Siberian tundra, but then he remembered that this entailed living in the cold Siberian tundra and decided to count his blessings.

He felt a small buzz come from a device in his pocket. The Cicada was chirping again. This wasn’t the actual name of the phone, but God if it didn’t sound like one. Given to him by Vishkar after taking care of a particularly troublesome rabble rouser in Brazil, he swiftly had the device jailbroken and connected to the various illicit Vishkar comm sats the company used for its less legitimate business. The end result was what amounted to a perfect comm link to his contacts, untraceable and compact. Glancing at the screen, it looked like he had a notification on a firefight rapidly developing in Carson City. Pulse fire, snipers in the alleys, and Jesse McCree in the middle of it all. Not too unusual, he’d seen bounty hunters waste more lead on each other than their quarry before. Still, this was some pretty serious ordinance.

Regardless, from the direction the cowboy was traveling, it looked like he would be near L.A. soon. The situation was dangerous, but Sampson trusted him not to get caught, stuffed, or shot quite yet. The mercenary was on contract right now, but that could be a lovely team building exercise. Besides, when he gave his soldiers the opportunity to make a few mil, he had the feeling they may appreciate it.

Shaking himself from his reverie, Sampson looked back to Peacere, the only one still standing with him. The robot maintained the neutral expression only an omnic could, leaving his thoughts an enigma. Oddly enough, Sampson thought he liked him best so far. He was sane. “Colorful bunch. I’m gonna go eat, but you’re welcome to join. I’ve got a few ideas that I feel like you’d appreciate, though we’re really gonna need Miss Sombra for most of ‘em. I’ll send her a memo.” He nudged the cold metal with his elbow as he winked, setting off after Ceriwedyn.

”Ceri, yes. And you are?”

Walking with a speedy step to maintain pace with the skipping teen, Sampson rattled off his introductions. “Sampson Dubois, callsign: Sellsword. Mercenary, currently working as C.O. of Kestrel squad, leading Fireteam Veridian. Acquisitions, infiltrations, holding objectives, etc. And,” He added, his hand resting on the drooling mutt beside him. “Currently recruiting other special agents.”

“I’ve read your file, and I’m interested. Security officer, means you must not get off-base too often. I think that’s a waste. If you’re interested, I’ve got a potential op coming up. Live fire, exciting, maybe even could make some money off of-”

Catching up to the young woman, he was immediately stunned by the state of the kitchen, namely that it was a kitchen. Full facilities, cookware, the whole shebang. Small, obviously intended for officers. Jimmy panted at his side, drooling slightly from his crooked jaws. He would have to clean that up later.

He looked to the girl, splitting a grin. “Pardon. ‘S been some time since we’ve eaten. Not what I was expectin’ as a mess, but I reckon it’ll do.” Opening the fridge, he tried his best to hide that his mouth was watering. Jimmy continued to drool.

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@MiddleEarthRoze

No offense meant, just think we all need to back off on the sodium intake. I don't have much to say on the medicine front, just think we need to remember to have fun and not eat each other alive :T

In more general news, gonna try to get a post up today and see if anything happens in Talon HQ

Also also, back at Roze and @Caits
Regardless of debate, I'm actually a nursing student and would be interested in seeing the research for the whole Diazepam thing. I still have a lot to learn and any new info helps!

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@Caits@MiddleEarthRoze

I think everyone just needs to relax a little bit. At the end of the day, if it's not something life threatening for the character, it's still just an RP guys. I think it'll be okay to have a liiiiiittle inconsistency.

@Vicier
Also, it's kinda fair that the Sombra thing is a little off-putting. If she's listed as the Head of Security and she has active ties with the enemy when the GM's don't know, that could throw a wrench in their plans without some input. Though personally, I think it may make things interesting for the Talon crew if shit goes down a little too often and suspicions arise. Could be fun at the end of the day.

And as for what @Jacobite said,

Right now I believe I'm looking for opportunities for him to make friends so that in future slow periods it's easier to find slice of life development, and the best way to do that is by fighting alongside... or against someone.

I agree. The breakfast and introductions were nice and all, but I do think that the meat of plot and character development will really happen once we get some friction going. This isn't to demean your efforts, I just think it really is very easy to get stuck in breakfast hell, that's all. That being said, I believe the assignments will liven things up a little, and probably make everyone happier at the end of the day.

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And chatting with Vicier, assignments will be handed out in the next couple of postss

@Caits

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@Sorrelmyst In all fairness, she doesn't have to even necessarily have a registered mental illness here. The entire idea of split personalities is an old trope, and tropes are meant to be used. Part of me says you shouldn't put a label on it, and just roll with the idea. Most real mental illnesses are very difficult to portray accurately, though I do think they can be used if you play them straight. That being said, this is a world with talking apes, cyborg ninjas, and sentient robot buddhists. Someone who zones out when it's time to kill isn't super out there, and if you avoid calling it a real mental illness no one is misrepresented. She could say it's totally the other "personality" as a means of avoiding personal guilt and shame, for example. It's still her, she just doesn't believe it. Just my two cents :T

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Ello all

@Ajax Amari

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Working on Zenyatta, will post CS soon.

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@Lmpkio Just gonna go ahead and throw this out there, rn Widowmaker is Second in Command of Talon according to the starting brief at the beginning of OOC chat.