Red vs Blue Voicetesting Thread

[agnominal]

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[goddamngrenades]

Yes.

[ Not even going to try to talk around it- that's a concern. ]

We haven't had to go hard anywhere just yet. If we're gonna- and I know we will- I'd rather we made it count. He's noticed something's going on. We've kept the targets erratic enough but he's not dumb. He knows you're alive, he knows you've got a grudge. If I'm not there to back you up- I'd rather swing it myself. You he's got a feel for. But Hargrove and his men haven't ever seen anything like me. The data he has on me is skewed since it was just after the eye- and just after Delta. I'm in top form.

We time this right? He won't ever know I was there.

[agnominal]

[ Locus just stares him down for a moment. He doesn't like it. For a number of reasons. But it's not an unsound plan. Taylor isn't wrong on any particular point, but that doesn't mean he feels any less resentful of that fact.

Finally, his arms drop. ]

I don't need to be protected.

[ Which isn't him arguing with the plan, necessarily. ]

[goddamngrenades]

...Dude.

[ Seriously? Taylor turns to face Locus fully, head tipped back to meet his eye as best he can while sitting. ]

Protecting you is my job. Just like you protecting me is your job. That's part of what partners do, remember?

[agnominal]

So is trusting that your partner can get the job done.

[ His expression doesn't budge, not an inch. ]

I'm not saying your reasoning doesn't make sense. Or that it's a bad call.

[goddamngrenades]

I trust you. Locus, the research job has less security and likely won't take as long. I'll need you to come in at the end of my run. You're my failsafe.

[ When all else fails, Locus'll make sure he's safe. ]

Hargrove thinks I'm dead.If something goes wrong, you've got everything you need. If it goes great? You run point on the next one.

[agnominal]

[ Alright. That, he can live with.

A brief nod indicates that he's on board. They'll still need to do their homework on this one in order to pull it off, but if they do? This will be a major blow to at least one branch of his operations. This will be all but a formal announcement that they are now here for him to contend with.

That shouldn't please him as much as it does. ]

Nothing goes wrong.

[ He gives Taylor a look, before turning, heading back towards the cockpit. ]

[goddamngrenades]

[ Planning for something to go wrong and being ready is how they've gotten this far. habitual, sane, healthy paranoia keeping a solid buffer between them and Hargrove's men, keeping several steps ahead and always on the move from job to job.

One day something'll happen they won't have planned for. And given the odds- it'll happen on this next job.

Taylor just needs to be sure he's got all their bases covered. ]

Sure. We got this.

[agnominal]

[ Taylor isn't the only one with a bad feeling about this.

They can prepare. They can do all they can to be ready. What they can't do is turn away when what they've been after is right there. Taylor won't be completely alone, he'll have his AI at his side to compensate.

Now is as good a time as any.

Locus lets out a quiet sigh, staring off into the black abyss. On the upside, if they get through this next job in one piece? The celebratory sex is going to be amazing. ]