17 ♦ I'm goin' back some day, come what may, to Blue Bayou

[rhapsody_in]

[Slightly backdated to February 14th]
[Public video]

As you've heard, we're preparing for a dive. Dr. Hart has bravely volunteered to take the submersible down to collect samples of the water and ocean floor soil surrounding the kaiju rift. Hopeful Ember and Avalon Gospel will accompany our craft in case of any complications. [i.e. kaiju attacks. She has a very bad feeling about what might happen if they're poking around where one might detect them.]

We don't anticipate any difficulty and I've got no administrative authority but consider yourselves on unofficial standby once our crafts dive. There's no reason to believe we'll attract any attention from kaiju but the possibility exists.


[Private to Chroma, Touko, Tiffany, and Merlin]
My colleague can be a real idiot sometimes. Please don't let him play the hero. If the shit goes down do your best to save the samples, and despite what he says try to save him.

I need him back here to punch if he messes things up. [She smiles, briefly and without much humor.] Be safe down there, people.


[Private to Steve Rogers]
[Slightly awkward to say this after just a few dates, since it is Valentine's and they're not exactly serious:] The submersible dive isn't for two and a half hours. I have some time for an early dinner if you're still interested?


[Spam]
[For science, Corman's day begins with a hazmat suit, a recently-slain kaiju's head, and a chainsaw. Most of her morning is spent cutting through the gigantic skull, literally digging through the creature's brain, and passing off tissue samples to her colleagues and assistants. It's gruesome work, and after she's washed off the last remnants of kaiju blood and tissue from her person she dresses suavely again and grabs lunch in the hangar's cafeteria.

Due to her heavy workload she spends most of her afternoon in the laboratories, checking and re-checking the submersible's equipment or recording more of her research. Before they start the dive it's largely transcribing notes to a database, and it's nothing she can't be distracted from.]

[OOC: Bleu is Dr. Juliette Corman, a scientist specializing in kaiju biology and anatomy. Knowledgeable and just a bit bitchy!]

Comments

Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[takeyouapart]

In the case of a kaiju appearing, I'd like to suggest that we engage and distract while Ember sees the submersibles back to safety. Chroma and Touko can come back to help us out afterwards once they're secured.

[This is partly pragmatic - Ember's weapons aren't as effective underwater as Avalon's - and partly because he knows this is a strategy he thinks Chroma will go for. And it gives Tiffany the opportunity to punch a kaiju. Everyone wins?]

Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[rhapsody_in]

Ember has a specialty in fire-based weapons, right? You guys know the tactics much better than I do, but it sounds like it'll work.

At least with a little luck.

Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[persecutioncomplex]

[not everyone, she's only in this for the cathartic kaiju murdering]

We can set water on fire. I think anything we can do will destroy one of those as well as you can.

Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[takeyouapart]

The water you can set on fire will also have the submersibles in it until someone makes sure they're clear. After that you're welcome to come and show us how it's done.

Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[persecutioncomplex]

[This is not a conversation that she's had for the first time, so her only response is to sigh and roll her eyes.]

"There's no kill like overkill".

Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[takeyouapart]

Is that what you'd tell Dr. Hart's friends?

Re: Ember/Gospel/Corman filter

[persecutioncomplex]

I was talking about afterwards.

[same filter]

[tucky]

Wasn't planning to listen to him about that in the first place. We're the fucking heroes, and we don't leave a man behind unless we've got to.

[same filter]

[rhapsody_in]

Don't let him be self-sacrificing, that's what I meant. Like you said, that's your job.

[same filter]

[tucky]

Yeah, I know what my fucking job is. Don't worry about it.

[same filter]

[rhapsody_in]

I hope you do.

[same filter]

[tucky]

You think I'm lying?

[same filter]

[rhapsody_in]

I never said that.

Private

[punched_hitler]

[Maybe a little awkward, but not unwelcome?] I can make that work. [In fact, he sounds pleased? Because he is.] Give me about fifteen minutes to get cleaned up?

Private

[rhapsody_in]

Oh good. [She smiles before glancing back to her computer screen, frowning briefly at a detail, and making a note.] Sorry. Fifteen minutes sounds good, I'll try to wrap this up here.

Private

[punched_hitler]

[He doesn't mind - she's career-oriented, if nothing else. He gets that.] That's fine. If you're not ready when I am, I can wait.

[But he doesn't need long to get ready, so he'll be there within 15 minutes to pick her up as promised, showered and groomed and in good jeans and a nice shirt, glancing around the lab, admittedly curious, although he ends up here a lot to see what they're up to.]

Private

[rhapsody_in]

I will be, don't worry.

[And she almost is. She's wearing a short pastel-blue dress and a wool jacket, all ready to go -- except that she's still poring over a printout regarding a tissue sample.]

Hello, [Juliette says absently, then glances back at him and straightens up.] Sorry, hi! [She holds out her hand for his, to hold and not to shake.] You look great.

Private

[punched_hitler]

[Steve isn't all that put off when she first greets him - he figures she is still busy and she'll get to him in a minute - so he kind of has to laugh when she does the double-take.] Hi. Are you sure you're ready to go? Or is that a dangerous question to ask?

[He reaches for her hand, squeezing gently and sliding his fingers between hers to hold a little better.] Thanks, but not as great as you. You'll have to pretend I was prepared enough to bring flowers.

[His smile flickered a little - Bucky would've made sure of that - but thinking about his dead - missing - brother is nothing if not a buzzkill on a date.]

Private

[rhapsody_in]

Yes, I'm ready. Practically. We just got some test results back and I was checking them over for -- [she shakes her head.] It doesn't matter, it'll be there later.

[Holding his hand is the first move in her strategy. It lets her get close enough to lean up for a hello kiss.] If you pretend I dropped what I was doing and raced into your arms.

[That flicker in his smile looks like nervousness, and she nods toward the door.] Come on. Let's get a change of scenery, I think we both need it.

spam

[brbculling]

[Pilots aren't really isn't supposed to be sauntering around the labs, peering over people's shoulders and nursing energy drinks. Arthas does it anyway. Know your enemy. Or something. It's not like he's still fond of these stupid monsters or anything.

The rev of a chainsaw catches his attention right away, though. And such a tiny lady wielding it, too.]

Sure you don't need help with that?

spam

[rhapsody_in]

Stay where you are!

[No uninvolved party was supposed to be in the lab during a dissection and Corman swears as she turns off the chainsaw and shakes a giblet of gore off her face shield.]

Who let you in here?

spam - oooh if this is godmoding on guards or sth lemme know i'll backtrack 8|

[brbculling]

[Arthas rolls his eyes.]

I scrubbed up, calm down.

[He indicates the cloth booties on his shoes, covering whatever he might have tracked in.

Besides, no one LETS him in places. He's a pilot, he should be able to go wherever he wants because he's awesome.]

spam - it is all good by me!

[rhapsody_in]

You scrubbed up? Who cares? It's dead. [She gestures at the head, skin peeled back on one side.] I don't want this shit getting on you, or worse, in my equipment.

spam

[brbculling]

I'm not going to splash around in it.

[Sulk. Come on, lady.]

spam

[rhapsody_in]

What do you want anyway? All the pilots will get the results of my completed examination.