Because you might as well not do it in a damn cave.
[god. talk about being in the depression hole.
the place she calls up-- it isn't her home. kazdel would probably not be great for ramiel, or so she figures. but it was a sort of home once, and a place she's been familiar with more than once.
it's a bunk on the rhodes island landship, scenery passing by out the window. not exactly the comfiest looking, but this is kind of the best she's got.]
Soooort of. In the sense that we ended up needing their help, or at least the help of their leader.
[debating how to explain this succinctly.]
They fight for everyone, sort of, and for a cure for the Infected, which most Sarkaz are anyway! But that ends up getting them involved in a lot of conflicts-- so they were smack dab in the middle of our so-called Regent deciding he was going to take out the rest of the damn world.
Nah. She didn't create Babel under her authority as King, and it wasn't made to be a military. More like-- she knew some things were gonna need force, and it was gonna need a solid defense.
[ they do feel more comfortable with her saying these things after finding out she works for an organization that genuinely wants to improve the world. ]
That does sound kind of cool. Like a spy.
But the kind in movies that blow things up instead of real ones.
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[god. talk about being in the depression hole.
the place she calls up-- it isn't her home. kazdel would probably not be great for ramiel, or so she figures. but it was a sort of home once, and a place she's been familiar with more than once.
it's a bunk on the rhodes island landship, scenery passing by out the window. not exactly the comfiest looking, but this is kind of the best she's got.]
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they just peer around the place. ]
Where is this?
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[ um. looking out the window in increasing confusion. ]
And what are elite ops?
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[what are they so confused for... she doesn't know an america]
And it's what it sounds like! I work as an elite level operator.
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What do you operate?
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[amused...]
Rhodes has its own paramilitary forces. That's what I do.
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And Rhodes fights for the Sarkaz?
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[debating how to explain this succinctly.]
They fight for everyone, sort of, and for a cure for the Infected, which most Sarkaz are anyway! But that ends up getting them involved in a lot of conflicts-- so they were smack dab in the middle of our so-called Regent deciding he was going to take out the rest of the damn world.
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... they're the kind of people who really want to fix the world. Like-- genuinely. Not just for their own benefit.
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The organization they used to be-- Her Highness started it. So in a way, they're what's left of what she wanted to make.
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So it's a royal military?
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I'm not sure I understand the distinction. But I suppose every world has such complex and unique history that this isn't a surprise.
[ they peer around the area again. ]
Do you like it here?
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That does sound kind of cool. Like a spy.
But the kind in movies that blow things up instead of real ones.
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Where I'm from, their greatest goal is to be unnoticed and leave no traces of their existence. So, no explosions.
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What I take care of, that comes after the intel.
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