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[competing]

[With all the information coming out, it's apparent to Keith and Lance that one big elephant in the room has been ignored: the infection among the recruits themselves. Keith is tired and on edge, as he needs nothing to do with the infection to be cranky. Lance is jittery, too. But they have to talk about that elephant before it gets too late.

And for some of them, it might be. That's what Keith is really afraid of right now.]

Hey. It's Keith.

and ya boy, lance! [Because things are already pretty doom and gloom as it stands, and maybe things could use a little lightening up? Or something...

It’s a little more difficult to differentiate between people in a group message like this, but it’s a better idea to get something down on text in case they need to refer to it later, and anyone who knows either of the boys can probably tell them apart pretty easily through diction alone.]

we know your mind-phones have been pretty busy lately, but theres something keith and i wanted to talk to you guys about.

Before we get a move on in attacking Zymandis' agent, we need to look at our own numbers. A lot of us are sick. Maybe less than I thought. Or maybe more. Either way, we have to know who's sick and make a plan to help our own. And I'm serious about HELPING. Not putting someone out of their misery or any of the other stupid stuff I've heard from some of this team. We need to stop this disease. We need to help our own. Once everyone's BETTER, we'll make a plan for what to do next as a team.

[It's harsher than necessary but likely less harsh than how it might be normally, given Keith's frequently frustrated tone of voice. Text mitigates some of it, even if his frustration definitely does become CAPITAL LETTERS.

Lance, meanwhile, is quite eager to gloss over that sharp reprimand because seriously guys — kumbaya.]

yeeeeeah, so — helping! getting a head count is definitely ideal. we cant afford to be silent on this and we definitely CANT be alone right now, cuz every one of us affected and on our own can be a huge risk to everyone here. so we were thinking… since the city shut it down, we can use the middle school. those of us infected can stay there while we wait for our people to find that cure. like a quarantine safe house.. i know its not ideal, but its something. especially for those who dont have any other contingency plans.

[A pause. Well. May as well get the ball rolling, right?]

ill be there.

( ooc; p.s. there is an information plotting post for the quarantine space! )

Comments

[dbag]

Oh, my god, did you actually think I was trying to give you a killing machine. For KILLING purposes?

[secondnature]

I was just checking!

[dbag]

Ohmygod I don't want to murder our teammates. Okay? I'm not like those psychos. I don't even know if Dumpy can murder people, buuut I'm guessing no. He's kind of the runt of the litter.

[secondnature]

Come on, if I offered you a drone to use to keep our teammates in line, YOU would check.

[dbag]

Okay, I said to TRANQUILIZE them, not ~take care of them~ or anything. And I wouldn't ask you if I knew that you weren't a bloodthirsty psychopath!

You're clearly friends with Lance, I wouldn't assume you'd want a killing drone even if I had one. Having drones shooting at your friends is no fun, been there, done that.

[secondnature]

LANCE is the reason why you know I don't want a killing drone? Seriously?

[dbag]

You are sort of mad all the time. I have no other proof of non-murder-y inclinations besides friendship!

[secondnature]

I tried to save your life once! On the train!

[dbag]

Yeah, but can we both agree you were KIND of a dick about it.

[secondnature]

Being a jerk doesn't mean I'm murderous.

[dbag]

[ It's actually adorable how he sanitizes Rhys's words. You can say 'dick', Keith! What a little stinker. ]

Okay noooo but. I didn't know if you had anybody on the team that you actually cared about. Until literally right now.

[secondnature]

[PG LANGUAGE!!!!]

That's because you hadn't asked.

Then again, I don't know if you do, but I hadn't assumed that you didn't.

[dbag]

I come from a world of backstabbing and death, all right, so it's perfectly normal to assume everyone's up for murder, you're being very prejudiced against my culture right now.

[ He's not. Pandoran culture isn't even Rhys's culture, he's a fucking space WASP. ]

Anyway. I do. If you were wondering. And now we both know.

[secondnature]

Yeah, well, maybe I come from a culture like that too but like to give people the benefit of the doubt.

[Keith only says this because it's partially true and partially a big part of who he is these days. Being an alien from a super violent race of people is hard, okay.]

But good. Problem's solved. Glad we got that sorted out.

Are you donating your drone?