Ch 2 headed to Dinosaur Swamp

[Dome]

Not expecting any of the soldiers to get that familiar with him, Richardson flinches at the nuzzle from the cat. If looked at, Stephen appears even more nervous than before. Worried his question will get lost in the barrage from the cat he again asks, "Ma'am, how long are we in the air?"

[dakota]

Shep dropped his three duffels full of his own gear, and glanced at Sam while whistling," boys, this is gonna be a fun one." He turned back to Socrates with a smirk," Soc, this is a cakewalk. The group we're trying to find, now those are REAL animals."

His attention shifted to Tori and her questions, " well, you're whol agenda is our the window, Tabby. See, the squad we're trying to find just happens to be one of my best friends, and he's also the Lieu... Captain's brother, Captain Tim Fraser of CSOG Team Razor Four. that's why us and not a team from a closer SpecOps base."

He looked back at Sam," I'll be awhile getting used to this promotion." He shrugged with a grin.

[Renekin Skywalker]

"They promoted you, too?" Socrates asked, in spite of himself. He knew it had been a while since he had seen Trassk in the field, but still...

[dakota]

" No, they're just making me wear my rank insignia. " Shpherd sputtered. " I liked it better just going it as specialist. just Col. Wallace having some fun at my expense."

[Renekin Skywalker]

"Ah." Socrates said. "So now, you are required to exercise authority?" He chuckles. "Be happy I'm not wolf-bred, then." After a second, he paused, frustrated he let that out. "Sir." He added.

[sasqaricious]

Autumn continues to sit in the corner reading her novel. She knows that the CO is in the area but will wait till she comes and meets her instead of interrupting all the questions that are flying at her. She is also glad she is a female as maybe before they depart she can explain on how to suit up the armour they gave her. She also makes a note to input that which she observed of the cat named Tori and interaction between her and Richardson.

[Tori]

"I don't know to which agenda you are referring to, Mr. Trassk. My goal is to get enough intel to succeed at our mission." Which was true. She knew they were now commandos, and probabably did not ingress underwater, and may or may not have been able to swim. She still had no clue what their mission was or what they were up against. she did not like the challenge in his tone or being called "Tabby," even if it matched her pattern, and her tail swished slightly. Among SEALs, she was called "Otter" or "T-Bone." Her ears flattened ever so slightly.

The revalation one of the objectives was the captain's brother was almost too horrific to rationalize. What the hell was SOCOMthinking assigning a soldier to rescue her brother? That was akin to a surgeon operating on his son or daughter. The heart was the biggest enemy of the head, and intercepted rationality every time. Rule one and one-A for every operator was don't get personally involved with your targets, and don't get personally involved with your objectives.

Not only was Six one of the objective's brother but XO was his best friend. She wondered what else would come to be known. Maybe Richardson had a mate on the team. Maybe Socrates sire. Hell, perhaps even Mori was assigned to the team.

Despite her feeling of insult from Mr. Trassk, her posture changed quickly. Being an animal, she had no say in her assignment. She couldn't ask off the team. Maybe Capt. Fraser would put out (naval SEAL term for give maximum effort) and Tori's fears were unfounded. Still, it was her experience that monkey faces thought with their hearts first, and their brains last. What she smelled now was a FUBAR. Her ears twitched and she licked her nose with a sandpapery tongue. Her tail went from midstance to low. Santiago knew full well the cat had some doubts about what she was told.

Tori sent a brief telepathic message to Janxi and looked up at her larger counterpart's expression for guidance.

As for Richardson, she was confused as well. He gave every feline sign, like averting eye contact and turning away for another nuzzle. Humans didn't really understand cats. He probably thought she wanted to mate, even though she had given no indication. She still considered him to be her human, but would leave him alone for now. If nothing else, she could protect the human from his masters, the ones who cared not to attend the briefing and were putting the team at risk when personal feelings were at stake.

She dug through her pocket and produced her catnip, and took a pinch, before putting the cap back on the can and offering it to Janxi. This was not going to be either 1. Fun, or 2. a Cakewalk. As the nip kicked in, she began to purr softly.

[Mierin]

Sam nods quietly at Shep's words as she addresses the team, "You'll find this squad is bit unorthodox when it comes to its methods - but we get results, otherwise we wouldn't be here to begin with." While on the inside, Sam was still thrilled that her brother was alive and they were going to get him, on the outside she has a cool, professional look on her face that wouldn't have indicated a close personal realtionship with one of the people they were going to rescue.

Turning to Richardson, she says, in response to his question, "Shouldn't be too long" Remembering that one of the cats seemed to have a matter she wanted to discuss with Sam, Sam moves to the side and gestures for Tori to come closer. "You had something you wanted to discuss?"

[Tori]

Tori was a little timid now. She wanted to discuss Fraser removing herself from the mission, but she had to trust higher-ups on that issue. One other still bothered her as she approached.

"Well sir, I have some reservations, and I think they have merit about the inclusion of a Po- I mean non-combatant, sir. On teams, we are taught to operate together, and to watch our own backs along with each other. She doesn't appear to know about tactical movement, military sign language, and I would be surprised if she has fired a weapon in her life. A live op is not the best place for OJT.

"I know we'll need a corpsman for the team, maybe even a medical officer. We could requisition one from Specforce when we get to our destination. If Doctor Santiago wants to play soldier, she can go to basic, and get some qualification on weapons, maybe learn to move under cover."

Tori was having a hard time making eye contact. "Also, sir. If maybe you would give some thought to us going in undercover, and getting that intel. I think it would go a long way toward keeping the object-I mean your brother and his team alive. We need a good idea what we are up against, and don't want to turn our POW's into human-living- shields."

[Dome]

Richardson listens to the answers to all the questions. Not to long in the air sounds just fine to him. As the cat and the LT step off to the side, Richardson unstraps and standing walks over to the doctor. Trying to look calm and cool he says, "hi Doctor Santiago, how are you doing today? I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk before."

[Renekin Skywalker]

Socrates crinkled his nose at the nip as the can was opened and closed... Catnip, tobacco, alcohol - which was the only thing he could think of that matched Tori's slang of dipping, unless it was milk and cookies - they all smelled bad to him, and only reminded him of the weakness that humanity was striving to overcome.

Either way, he busied himself with getting his gear organized for being in the field.

[sasqaricious]

Autumn looks up at the individual, "Um, that is OK, I was just noting it looks like you made a new friend over there at any rate." She then takes a moment to scan him up and down (Psychology - [dice=100]/60, Medical Doctor - [dice=100]/90 - this is to determine for my next line for way he is acting, combined with words and possible medical signs.) "Did you want to talk about either your fear of flying or fear or something is wrong with the female cat that was nuzzling you. I personally am leading towards the flying though if your line of questioning is any indication." With that she puts a book mark in her book and waits to see how he responds.[rand=34383651876904939516243072002429757949070690869403503540471523292]

[Dome]

Richardson sits down next to the doctor. He smiles at her and says, "Doctor your very astute. Not sure whats going on with the cat girl. Flying is not my favorite activity as you have picked up on it. Not afraid of it, just uncomfortable while doing it. What I really want to do though is just talk about you. It will help distract me from all this," he says as he waves his hands around indicating everything. "Tell me what motivates a beautiful intelligent Doctor as yourself to work with the military?"

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[sasqaricious]

Again with the beautiful, maybe he wants to get to know my sister more then me! She thinks before stuttering a response. "Th-th-thank-you, but you do not need to do that. U-u-unless you are trying to get me to ch-ch-change the subject. B-but if it will help you come to terms with your f-f-fear I can give you a bit. I was given n-no choice by my superiors to be here." And with that she goes silent.

[Dome]

"If I was afraid, I wouldn't be on the plane. I just think your a much better topic for conversation than I am. So you say superiors? At the hospital?"