Rescue Mission Mingle

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[seeingscarlet]

[Wanda scrubs a hand over her face. Honestly, she hasn't been this exhausted in years, since her last proper Avengers mission.]

I talked to the Graq. They don't want to be here any more than we do. It sounds like the same thing that happened to us happened to them.

They live on a nearby planet. We take them home, they stop fighting us.

[A beat, she's already bracing for pushback, but once she understood, there was only one thing to be done.]

I told them we would. It is the right thing to do. They are luckier than we are to be able to just fly home.

We still need to get the Agrii off those ships as quickly as we can. They can't stop the self-destruct. But if you run into any trouble with the Graq, call me. I can try to talk to them.

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[deal_me_in]

Oh! Well that makes me feel loads better that I didn't shoot any of 'em. But I kinda got the feeling that they were kind of clueless about things given the way they didn't seem to even know how to use the guns they had.

All right, good to know. Can you ask 'em to help us clear out the Agrii? The more help, the better.

[seeingscarlet]

I could try, but do you think it's a good idea? I worry there will be more trouble. And I think most of them heard me, but maybe not all of them.

[deal_me_in]

...all right, fair point. Just tell them to line up or something, or fill in their pals so they'll be ready to move. And that it'll go way faster if they're not spitting on us and making us go crazy.

Aaaaand maybe check on the ones we rounded up on the Agrii ship. Things kinda went pear-shaped there so our only option was to knock them out. -no hard feelings?

[seeingscarlet]

I told them to tell all of their friends and get onto the Agrii ship. And that the sooner we rescue the Agrii, the sooner we can take them home.

[She resist the urge to scrub her hands over her face again. There always has to be a complication, doesn't there?]

I am glad you didn't shoot them, but what happened?

[deal_me_in]

Uuuh... Language barriers.

['nuff said, right?]

....aaaand I may have scared them a little too well in trying to draw their fire when they were targeting our guys.

[seeingscarlet]

[You know, fair.]

You did what you had to. Are you all okay?

[deal_me_in]

Yeah, yeah- we're good. A little singed from friendly fire, had some guys go loopy from getting spit on- but all in all, not bad.

[seeingscarlet]

Spit on? [She stops her dead in her tracks. Ew.] That's disgusting.

[But it's only a brief pause before she's off again.]

I wish we could wake the Agrii up. This would be so much easier.

[deal_me_in]

Yep. I'm guessing that's their main defense. But yeah, totally gross.

I completely agree with you. Think water would do it?

[seeingscarlet]

I don't know. I don't know why they are all asleep.

If this is something the storm energy does to them, I don't think so.

[deal_me_in]

I thought the storm thing was fatal. How's Gary by the way?

Well, I'm sure we'll figure something out. If not, just a little more work on our end. But hey, why not! We've been having to do everything else. Move out a few hundred sleeping Agrii? Why not.

[seeingscarlet]

Better. Resting. There was a treatment for it in the medbay. I don't know what would have happened if we hadn't been able to take her there. It is hard to understand them sometimes.

[So it could be actually-fatal or just some sleeping beauty nonsense. Who knows? The Graq didn't seem sophisticated enough to drug that many Agrii.]

I don't even know how so many of them got there. [A beat.] Maybe there are more people here than we know.

[deal_me_in]

That's good. -Oh, Gary's a she? Whoops.

Hey, if they can pop people here and there like magic with some mysterious technology, what's a few hundred? Although I think the bigger question is who else is involved in all this.

[seeingscarlet]

I thought I was just worrying too much. But something still doesn't feel right.

[Aside from the obvious, that is.]

[deal_me_in]

Here's hoping once we catch a real breather we can figure some things out.

[seeingscarlet]

Just be careful until then.

[deal_me_in]

I will try very, very hard.

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[sinistral]

Do you think they're trustworthy?

[It might be this fool's job to not trust anything, but he does hold Wanda's perception in high regard.]

[seeingscarlet]

The fear is real

But I don't know how much it would take to provoke them again

[sinistral]

Fear fuels far too many stupid decisions

[In other words, best keep on high alert.]

[seeingscarlet]

[Working with Bucky is nice. She doesn't have to explain as much as she might with someone else - they've both Seen Some Shit.]

We need to be careful around them

Call me if you need me. I can speak to them somehow. Part of the data point, it's strange

[sinistral]

[They also don't sugar coat a situation; if shit looks like it's going south faster than negotiation and conversation can stop it, they know to act without hesitation.]

I'll try not to need you, but I'll call if I do

[seeingscarlet]

I know I don't need to tell you to be careful

[He's capable. He knows what he's doing, he's not going to take any unnecessary risks. He doesn't need her worry.]

So good luck

[sinistral]

[She knows he's not one for reckless stunts; there's no hero complex here, unlike some shall-not-be-named Captains of the group. But the fact that she does keep tabs on them doesn't mean worry to him; it's indicative of friendship and trust.]

To you too. Don't let them mess with you

[Or he'll have to kill them.]