ABS FIESTA REDUX

[carolcat]

"So what's your favorite part of being on base?" Cualli asks Eremit.

[Ad Bot]

[Badger]

: Ashes? What are you doing here?

"I got sucker punched by a laser."

[Qwepir]

"So what's your favorite part of being on base?" Cualli asks Eremit.

He shrugs.

"I got sucker punched by a laser."

: ...You what?

[carolcat]

"Nothing in particular?" She takes a bite out of an apple.

[Badger]

: ...You what?

Walter smiles to himself before explaining

"Sorry, I got shot with a drone laser through my canopy. Luckily it didn't penetrate my body armour and just hit me pretty heavy instead."

[Lockebox]

Ash walks through the messhall doors and looks around the room for an empty seat to set up in. The bustling activity of the cafeteria workers and pilots from various squadrons combined with the humidity of the room felt kind of suffocating. It was perfect.

Ash walks down several tables and takes an unassuming seat one gap away from Pansar.

"Is this seat taken?" he says, looking at Pansar.

[Qwepir]

"Nothing in particular?" She takes a bite out of an apple.

: Not really. Why?

Walter smiles to himself before explaining

"Sorry, I got shot with a drone laser through my canopy. Luckily it didn't penetrate my body armour and just hit me pretty heavy instead."

: That's a weird way of saying "armor". Good thing you made it though, how'd the rest of your sortie go?

Ash walks through the messhall doors and looks around the room for an empty seat to set up in. The bustling activity of the cafeteria workers and pilots from various squadrons combined with the humidity of the room felt kind of suffocating. It was perfect.

Ash walks down several tables and takes an unassuming seat one gap away from Pansar.

"Is this seat taken?" he says, looking at Pansar.

He stops watching Kommandant attempt to talk to Yamashiro to look at you.
: No.

[carolcat]

: Not really. Why?

"Oh, just curious." She takes another bite of her apple and pauses to swallow before continuing. "How often do you get off-base, aside from missions?"

[Lockebox]

"Thanks scooch. My names Ash. I just joined Mjolnir's flight last night. Whats your handle?"

Ash offers a handshake.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko enters the mess looking tired. There are dark spots under his eyes. His sleep hadn't been restful, even if he had slept from late evening to this morning. He enters the line and picks up a small box of cereal and some milk, along with a prefabricated, uniformly yellow, circular cut of 'scrambled egg,' along with a formerly frozen sausage patty. He also gets a cheap industrial sweet tea to drink.

He had neglected to eat the night before.

His tired eyes shift about the room, and he is at a loss for where to sit.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy enters the Mess and wanders over to Raiden. She takes a seat near Xiaomei.

"Hey. How are you holding up?"

[CypherX]

Gus follows Tippy, bleary eyed, with a bottle of water, taking a seat next to her.

[Badger]

: That's a weird way of saying "armor". Good thing you made it though, how'd the rest of your sortie go?

"It could've gone better. I doubt you've ever met Roger but he's not here anymore, and Matsumoto is presumably a POW now. I was one kill shy of an ace too, it would've been nice to reach 30 that way."

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko sees Tippy take a seat with Raiden. He can't justify siting near them, as he is sure they hate him. He picks a seat next to Cualli and Eremit. Familiar faces who, he reasons, likely aren't angry with him.

"Anyone sitting here?" he asks, in a worn voice.

[carolcat]

Cualli, more engaged in her conversation with Eremit, glances at Jaakko. She shakes her head, not wanting to speak with a mouthful of apple.