[video] as sun tzu once said, light 'em up

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There are a bunch of new people around, so...hey, I'm Nate.

[ It's been a while since he posted to the network, but things are starting to get sticky - and not even in the comparatively fun, sweaty jungle way - around these parts and tension feels like it's ramping higher. Crackling in the air. It makes the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He's not in the city, as evidenced by the dense, green foliage at his back. His sketchbook is out, open, but he's talking with both his hands. ]

I realize we're kind of running the gauntlet right now in terms of what's being thrown at us, and we're basically getting ready for an inevitable showdown, and there are already a lot of efforts being made toward preparing.

[ Sonya - a woman he doesn't know - was proposing escape routes and manageable cover strategies for civilian types. It's a good idea to have those routes mapped sooner rather than later. ]

But I've spent a lot of time since we got here getting to know this landscape, the topography. What I'm looking for are people with actual combat experience, whether that's strategic, logistical, or something similar. Fight's gonna come to us whether we want it to or not, and weaponizing the environment is one of the best chances we have at mitigating the risks. Guerrilla warfare isn't pretty, but we have the resources for it.

[ For a moment he looks distracted, thinking of something, writing it down and talking over the act as he does so. ]

So just, um. Call in if you've got the know-how. Thanks.

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[deploy]

I'm not saying your trying.

I'm just saying it might happen if you go in desperate and half-cocked.

[volitaunt]

I'm not going in half-cocked! Force fuck it John, is there anything I can do that you don't think is a bad idea?

[deploy]

Yeah. You can be in my squad. So when shit hits the fan we can look out for each other.

I know you want to be your own man, and do your own thing, but you've been all over the place lately.

[volitaunt]

[ A longass pause. ]

Go fuck yourself, Sheppard.

[ At least he hasn't hung up yet. ]

[deploy]

You are not fit for command, Dameron.

[volitaunt]

[ A long, silent, seething moment. That cuts deep, and John has to know it. After everything, what he pulled with Holdo and how that ended, John has to know it. What's worse is that Poe knows it's true. He's fucked up. He's been fucked up for a while, and he doesn't know how to stop being fucked up. Having his emotions stripped away, getting that apathetic peace and then getting slammed again with everything, everything, everything.

John is right. He's not fit for command. He's barely fit to be around people. ]

Then I work with Nate. I won't work with you.

[deploy]

Fine.

[volitaunt]

Glad it meets with your approval, Colonel Sheppard.

You can still go fuck yourself.

[ NOW... he does hang up. ]