Blue Team Onward!

[voidtreckermods]

Initial Guarding

Once the other teams fly off it is quiet once more at the military base. Blue team will be allowed to start patrolling, though there will be some areas such as the main command floor that are off limits. Any medically-inclined Void treckers will be welcome in the med bay and the guards will happily have some volunteers to do outside patrols.

But for the first day or so it is quiet, Hitrinto works as a liaison between the void treckers and the command staff, relaying messages and keeping them informed of the progress of battle.

Attack!

Late on the second day there is a break to the peace, alarms blare and lights flash red. "Enemy ships approach. Enemy ships approach."

Anyone who can get to the hanger quick enough will be given ships and sent off to fight. There aren't many enemy ships, four or five and hopefully they are beaten off easily.

But this becomes a semi regular occurrence. At least twice a day there are attacks. Patrols are stepped up, extra people are put on standby to man ships as quickly as possible.

Sabotage

Perhaps the attacks are a distraction. Because it is clear that something isn't right. Power goes down in one section or other. Equipment is messed with. Emergency doors are tampered with or left open. There aren't many people on this base but sometimes they will get the feeling of being watched. Of not being alone.

It soon becomes clear there are enemies inside the station and they are clearly biding their time. It is not known for what purpose. But finding them is probably a priority.

Comments

[callmegladio]

A puzzled frown chased away his smile for a brief moment, until it returned and he made a gesture for her to follow him. "Sticking with Iggy and the others will let you do that. Help without hurting." Since that seemed to be the sticking point for the young girl. He also made a mental note to strike 'princess' from his vocabulary when around her. It has just popped out without his really meaning to. But if it made her uncomfortable he would avoid it.

"So that was magic?" He asked, curious as he lead the girl away from the fighting to take her where she would be safe and where she would be able to help others. Gladio knew Ignis had set up outposts to help heal fighters and support them. Maybe that would be something Naminé could do if fighting was upsetting her?

[really_sketchy]

"Thanks. I just... wish I could protect the people I cared about but all these people. Well, they have people they care about too." She was silent for a moment and then thoughtful. Naminé didn't know the best way to explain what she was and she was suddenly worried that Gladio would have the same reaction as Tony.

"Ah. Yes. I am a witch. I have power over peoples memories. I can alter them or scatter them." There was more to it than that but it was hard for her to put into words. She'd never been formally trained and a lot of what she knew she'd learn from the Organization that had kept her locked within the Castle.

"I used it in the last world but I rewrote the memories then. I convinced a snow bear that I was its cub and it needed to protect me. So it fought the other creatures and guided me to safety. I told it to return to its home and not to hurt anyone but in the end... the snow melted and it was gone. When I do this, I see into their hearts and minds. I see everything and- it hurts. Shouldn't we all be allowed to live?" She looked up at Gladio, asking him for an answer to a question that was both obvious but also complicated.

[callmegladio]

Honestly Gladio had no idea what to expect when he had questioned Naminé, but being told she was a witch was something of a shock. And the shocks just kept coming. It didn't show much in his expression and his steps didn't falter, but it was there. She could alter memories or... scatter them? Did that mean what it sounded like? Make people forget? Or break their minds? Gladio wasn't too sure. But what he did know was that he didn't like it. It was a power he didn't think should exist. Then again, telepathy was something that bothered him. Knowing someone could just pick through his memories and thoughts like that made him uneasy.

But that was the power itself. Not so much the user.

Naminé hadn't chosen this power, he assumed. And based on what she said next he felt safe in that assumption.

He looked down at her when he felt eyes on him and smiled. He took a risk then and moved a hand to rest it gently upon her shoulder and offered a reassuring smile. "You're right. Everyone deserves to live. And it hurts when that's taken away. Unfortunately it's a risk some of us take. Take me for example. I want to live. But my job, my duty, means that there's a chance I could die. I'll do what I can to avoid that, I can't do my duty if I'm dead. But I've made my peace with the prospect it could happen. These guys we're fighting? They're coming at us knowing they'll either win or lose. It's the risk we take when we pick up a weapon and go to war with someone else. Is it fair? Heck no. Wish we didn't have to do this... But if we have to, if we don't have a choice, I'd rather be the one to win. I'd rather take their lives than watch the lives of my friends be taken from me."

Gladio gave Naminé's shoulder another gentle squeeze. He had the strangest urge to hug the girl, but not knowing her well enough he resisted. His smile softened though, as did his expression. "You shouldn't have to hurt to protect people, Naminé. But I appreciate you're help. You can stand down now. There's no need for you to suffer any more than you already have. We'll get you to Iggy and you'll be able to help him." And, he hoped, maybe being able to help in that way would ease some of the sadness in the girls eyes. He could understand how much it would pain her to see into someone's heart and mind like that, and then take it all away. It was a burden she shouldn't have had to deal with. And if he could protect her from that, he would.