BLACK ORDER GROUP CHAT [BLACK ORDER MEMBERS ONLY] v.3

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The Black Order: Kaisou Team
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[OOC: this is a catch-all group chat for the Black Order members to use however they'd like. This chat is open ONLY to Black Order members and is not actually part of the Libra app (but their own separate network). ]

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text; un: feurig

[sacredashes]

Asch checking in. Whoever is in charge should receive the paperwork soon if they haven't already. My specialties are infiltration and neutralization. Like everyone else, I'm here as another warm body just in case the city falls into a hole a... third time.

If you still have cleanup to do from last month I'll take it. [Hey, can't fault his work ethic.] Otherwise, they didn't deploy me with anything urgent to do. I'm waiting on orders like you.

I won't sugar-coat this: I work better alone, so I'm not interested in your weekly game of trivia or whatever it is you do here. I have my own things to take care of. No offense.

[... shame about his personality.]

Signing off.

text | un: kissmyash

[switchaxe]

"whatever it is you do here" you mean bitch about the bullshit?

[sacredashes]

[Oh hey, Other Ash.]

Maybe it's a knitting circle, I don't know. A revolution has to grow out of something.

[Is he being serious...? ...]

[switchaxe]

yeah, assignin' all the people who really fuckin' hate you to one place will do that.

[sacredashes]

This place really is a magnet for disaster, but that part... they brought on themselves.

un: Lia

[blossominghopes]

I think we're mostly just on alert for whatever nonsense this month throws at us.

Anyway, welcome to the Kaisou team! I'm Lia, one of the recent(-ish) recruits.

Even if you work better alone, let us know if there's anything you need!

[sacredashes]

Noted.

Three years officially, but I've been tagging around longer.

[The family business you might call it.]

I'll let you know if I need backup, but it looks unlikely right now.

[blossominghopes]

Yeah, I signed on after the new management happened.

Just be careful! Is it okay if I tap you for potential backup if I need it?

[sacredashes]

[He's always careful. For certain values of careful.]

If you need it. [He's better at cleaning up after other people than he is working with them... but he won't say that.] Just try not to make it a constant thing. You need to learn how to stand on your own, too.

[blossominghopes]

[Something about that response has her clenching her jaw, but she... is going to leave that alone. Pick your battles, etc.]

Oh, trust me, it's not a case of me not knowing how to stand on my own. It's a case of me knowing my limits.

If I can handle a situation by myself, I will, but I'd really rather not get in over my head when I'm alone.

[sacredashes]

[He's so good at this making friends thing.]

Good. Preparation reduces the unforeseen factors on a mission, but it can't account for every possibility. The Spirit Realm is just too unpredictable.

[blossominghopes]

Trust me, I am well aware, ahaha... I've been doing Spirit Realm troubleshooting for folks even before I signed on with the Order. The situation can change in an instant, but that's true of any dangerous situation.

[sacredashes]

Is that so? It must've been dangerous. The Black Order was less friendly toward that before the... restructuring.

[blossominghopes]

Haha, yeahhh, that was half the reason I never stuck around in one place for too long.

[Maybe she shouldn't be so casual about that, but it's not like it's a problem anymore.]

[sacredashes]

... You're either incredibly lucky, or incredibly stupid. Playing games with the old Order could have ended very badly for you.

[sorry about this guy]

[blossominghopes]

I was doing what I had to in order to keep my freedom instead of being forcibly recruited.

[Not that she'd call the life she was living back then particularly free, but it was better than the alternatives.]

Yeah, I won't deny I was lucky, but I wasn't playing games.

[sacredashes]

You know what they did to people they couldn't control, don't you?

If they had caught you and deemed you too much of a flight risk, you could have ended up sealed away at the bottom of the ocean.

[blossominghopes]

No, I didn't know, actually. Once I did join, I was under the impression they kept that part pretty damn secret.

I had no reason to know, no reason to want to.

Text | UN: Kinich

[quit_ur_kiniching]

[Ah. The kid who got adopted by one of the most suspicious people in The Order, and that's saying a lot.]

If by "I work better alone" you mean "I will rush in and get myself injured with perhaps some minor to major collateral damage along the way," then sure. Otherwise, you should have a partner with you.

Currently, there's been highly dangerous tears opening up outside of the barrier. I've been commissioned to collect materials from them, but they have been endangering innocent civilians due to them being infested with highly aggressive monsters. They're resistant to normal weapons, so plan to bring magic.

[sacredashes]

[Sometimes you just kind of never leave.]

That was one time. I'm sure if someone looked in your record it wouldn't be spotless either. [The biggest eyeroll...] ... Honestly, I don't know how you can work at all with that constant yapping in your head.

Hm. Magic? That's not a problem for me.

One last thing. Are you suggesting I bring a partner because these monsters are actually a threat to solo Order operatives?

[The unspoken question is, of course, "or is it because you think I'm bad at this?" which he's not going to say out loud. It's implied.]

[quit_ur_kiniching]

Several. As far as my record goes, you're free to look it up, though it's incomplete as far as The Black Order is concerned. But even if you did look into me, you and I both know that it's not the same.

[Asch actively chooses to be reckless. Kinich just has to deal with whatever Junjaw decides is dangerous enough.]

You get used to the noise.

Based on my assessment, they are a genuine threat for anyone going in for solo cleanup. Normal weapons are useless against them. There are also a high number of them until you get to the heart of the tear, where there's a much stronger enemy waiting with the civilian they took into the tear for their meal. On top of all of that, there are traps and puzzles within the labyrinth. I was able to obtain a map of the one I'd been in with thanks to a partner I contracted with before entering.

[sacredashes]

[If Asch rolls his eyes any harder they're gonna pop right out of his skull. Self-righteous ass... He'll keep that to himself, though.] Whatever you say.

... So it's like that. My usual choice of partner isn't here, so I'll need to come up with an alternate strategy.

[A pause.]

Thanks for the tip.

[see he's not all bad]

[quit_ur_kiniching]

[Honestly, Asch could say that, but he wouldn't get any kind of reaction from Kinich for his trouble.]

If you can tolerate the noise, I won't object to a partnership.

[You brat, Asch.]

[sacredashes]

[UUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGHHHHHH...]

I can tolerate it. But only because this mission is the only action I've seen in weeks.

[HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU OR ANYTHING KINICH]

[quit_ur_kiniching]

If I didn't know any better, I would think that you actually like my company.

Whenever you are ready, simply let me know.