009 ⌥ TEXT [filtered against erik, sorry bro]

[femshep]

1. If you join him, you're a fool. A public call to arms is what the enemy's been waiting for. They'll kill you where you stand. No hesitation, no remorse.

[Yes, Shepard has a plan. No, she isn't letting on that she has one here. If Erik wants to be a big flaming distraction, more power to him, but she isn't letting him take anyone else down with him.]

2. My offer for weaponry's still open. No compensation necessary, I got what I needed. If you can't shoot, I'll teach you. He was right on one thing: Defense is crucial.

3. Eliot, a word? Later tonight, unless you want in goring range of a ten-ton reptile. Let me know where to find you.

4. Kaidan--I'm on my way.

[She thinks. She and the triceratops are doing a bit of sizing up as she types this, so it's all up in the air how well this'll end up working.

MEANWHILE, anyone on the main road will see a single triceratops making haste more-or-less toward the pen Kaidan mentioned. It has two or three ropes tied near the ends of each of the two primary horns, the other ends of which are in her hands as she straddles its shoulders, just barely too far back for any potential injuries from the dinosaur's crest. The aforementioned hands are glowing a faint blue--she's strong, but not quite strong enough to steer a triceratops. Not without her biotics, anyway.]

Comments

thanks! Hope I remember this >=O

[furhat]

What about their numbers and grade of organization?
It sounds like the other one is quite in over his head.

[She was referring to a certain magnetic mutant's message there, of course.]

of course. :) and like I said, no problem if you don't.

[femshep]

Numbers - countless. I'm sure they'd run out sometime, but from what I've seen it's wave after wave.

Grade of organization - high. Very disciplined, almost robotic.

And yes, that would be a pretty good assumption.

[furhat]

This is truly useful information.

Were they ever witnessed to deal with the occult or magic in some form? What is their usual approach to dangers of that nature?

[femshep]

Same as their response to most everything else: Lots and lots of firepower.

They'll try and collar you, but depending on the nature of the magic, that might not do much good.

[furhat]

Collar? I take it that it is some form of sealing, no? Quite formidable foes, it would seem.

[And now Alucard finally knows the last bit she was wondering about, causing her to definitely want to take a shot at them soon. Eep.]

[femshep]

Yes. Which is why painting a target on our heads is just short of suicide.

[Until they have the right defenses, that is, but she makes a point to avoid mentioning such things on the network.]

[furhat]

A conservative approach, but I see why you're taking that path.

[She herself was more used to "Search and Destroy" or similar strategies, of course - but that had a lot to do with her personal interests. Most humans had, understandably, different goals.]

It's the approach the military would take.

[Just a small guess. It was a shame that secure lines were hard to come by in a place like this, or she might have written more.]

[femshep]

'Conservative' would be if we had a shot but didn't take it.

We have no shot. Not yet, anyway. Crucial difference, I'd say.

[As for the military comment? Well, she's said as much on the network before, so why not:]

How does the old saying go? Easier to get the soldier out of the Marines than the Marines out of the soldier.

[furhat]

A fair point, a fair point. They do seem to have superior fire power at the moment.

[Of course, the vampire wasn't sure how far the fire power went, and would try to find out soon. Hence the 'at the moment'.]

You sound like someone I know. Quite nostalgic.