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[prettycoolguy]

Everybody has to eat, even super serious Spartan-II's.

The Chief's in the mess hall, sitting by himself and working his way through a ration of tasteless nutrient mush while working on something on his omnicomm. The Chief's never been one to really take refuge in the sensoriums to make food taste better, he's gotten used to it and doesn't even think about it much.

He's not unaware of what's going on around him, but he has most of the comings and goings of the room basically tuned out.

This means someone should bother him, y/n?

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[eswat-109.livejournal.com]

"They're powersuits. Reinforced exoskeletons. The Guges is nine, 10 feet tall, I guess? ...Uh, about three meters," she clarified, wondering how many universes were on the metric system.

[prettycoolguy]

"That's pretty borderline," he says considering. "You can look, but she might not release something that size unless there's some kind of crisis."

There's a niggling sensation in the back of his mind that he knew someone with a small mech, but something tells him it doesn't matter right now.

"If she will let something go for you, it'll be in your locker in W&P. She doesn't like giving us ready access to a lot of firepower with no reason, though."

For the first few months he was here, they had nothing but the podsuits, handguns, and a few rifles.

[eswat-109.livejournal.com]

"Well, I guess I don't need the Guges day-to-day..." Deunan made the admission as though it were physically painful. Taking away her landmate was like taking away a gearhead's 'Vette--nothing but tears.

"The Garthim's more like what you're wearing, so that should be okay." It had better be, because otherwise Briareos was going to be dealing with one hell of a snit.

[prettycoolguy]

"A suit the size of this one will most likely be fine. Unless Stacy's got some kind of block on it for no discernible reason."

From his tone, he wouldn't put it past her. The Chief's gotten rather resigned to Stacy's inexplicable reasons for things. His job's just to get by through them and make sure everyone else does.

[eswat-109.livejournal.com]

"Your computer isn't behaving very well," Deunan grumbled into her mush. She was pretty sure one out-of-control centralized AI was a lifetime quota, and she'd already met hers.

[prettycoolguy]

"We can't do much about that. I know one of the system AI's is the toughest I've ever met, and she can't even scratch her."

The Chief hasn't seen Cortana in a while. He's not too worried about her, but he does miss her.

[eswat-109.livejournal.com]

"You've tried to hit the hardware, right?" From Deunan's perspective, software and hacking were black magic, but hardware you could smash. Or deal with more delicately if you had the time--but mostly smash.

[prettycoolguy]

"Well, that might damage her. And she's already a bit broken as it is," he replies. "And we need her."