Issues with someone she was navigating was… putting it mildly. Iris had to question how someone like Zero had managed to get so high-up the chain of command– only no, she really didn’t, because people like him would always thrive in military settings. In the back of her mind she could feel Colonel’s reluctant approval of his actions whenever he disregarded her advice and went off his own instinct.

It’s what a good warrior does.

Shut up before I find a way to SHUT you up!

“Yes– though honestly I shouldn’t even be trying. If he doesn’t want any help or advice then-” Iris grit her teeth together as she forced herself to hold her tongue. It took her a moment to smile, and as she did she shifted to the side. “It’ll be fine, I’m sure. One of us will learn eventually.”

Rebecca gave Iris a look of sympathy, shifting the datapads in her arms before looking thoughtful.

“Do you want to talk about it after I get these in there? I’d be more than willing to listen if you need it.”

God knows that was certainly the case when she volunteered for navigator work whenever Alia needed a break. Navigating was frustrating sometimes, and navigating certain people was an exercise in not throttling someone.

wetraveled:

summer

iiregularhunter:

“I’m fine.”

A blatant lie.

His knee wasn’t the only injury that Zero had received from Velvet. Three slashes ran down the side of his face, barely missing his eyes and curving along his chin, stain dark with coolant and exposed wires. The same had happened to his abdomen and his right arm, not to mention the impact craters left from where she had kicked him.

“I’m fine. Everything’s going to be fine.”

A lie. A lie. But he had to keep on repeating it, if only because he needed Rebecca to believe it.

He didn’t know what else to say – and allowed himself to fall into silence as he carried her to the repairbay.

Half of her wanted to squint at him at that, seeing what his face and body looked like, but the other half was protesting at the idea. She didn’t want him to get angry at her for calling him out about that…

Then again, she was too exhausted to try anyway. Maybe she could tell X later. She made a mental note of it.

“Okay… You get looked over after me though, just in case please…?”

Oh, they were almost at the med bay. Sapphire eyes looked over at the door and seemed to mentally calculate something before she bent her knees a bit more, bending her back a bit to bring her head in, so none of her would whack the door frame.

The tips of her toes would probably still clip it, but that she didn’t mind as opposed to the entirety of her feet and ankles. It was a much better option at the very least.

spaacemusings:

what good is power
if you cannot protect the ones you love?

singer-saboteur-soldier-spy:

“Oh.” Caught red-pawed, Gospel laid down on the floor several feet
from the table, and lifted his head. This stranger wasn’t afraid of his
size and sharp points? Score!

“Hello!” The caninoid chirped, starting to wag his long tail a few segments at a time. “Am Gospel. You new friend?”

Rebecca chuckled a bit, putting down her paperwork as well to cross her arms on the table. She probably would have been more scared of him had she not known that Great Danes existed and pet quite a few in her time. A bunch of sweethearts, they were.

“It’s nice to meet you, Gospel. Yeah, I’m a new friend, I’m Rebecca.”

@singer-saboteur-soldier-spy | here

Rebecca absently sipped at her mug of coffee, going through her paperwork with her other hand before spotting something in the corner of her eye.

She blinked as the very large caninoid snuck closer to her table and she slowly put her mug down.

“You don’t have to sneak up on me, y’know.”

“You’re kidding me, right?”

⨳ — STAFF FUCKED UP;

“Well, I did tell you that I had all the coding skill of a potato, lil’ bro. I wasn’t exaggerating, that’s for sure.”

⨳ — STAFF FUCKED UP;

lily-memes:

send one for my muse's reaction!
“Is this a glitch or an update?”

“Not this shit again.”

“I’m so done with this shit.”

“On a more positive side, now no one gets to read the garbage I write.”

“We should just act like we’re in 2012 again.”

“We should totally open up a chatroom.”

“So, what did you do this time?”

“[object] MACHINE BROKE!”

“…Why?”

“This is bullshit!”

“I’m fucking done.“

“Ready to take a shot?”

“How am I supposed to get shit done?“

“Can you just stop?”

“Goodbye, i’m not coming back until you fix this.”

“You’re kidding me, right?”