"So are my sisters parents." You point out. "And even a couple of my sisters themselves."

"A fair point, but your mom is-" She hesitates. "Well. She's the mother of night. We've all met Anastasia's mom, and everyone knows about Rachel Kerner or Katya Litvyak. But Brigitte Laroux... she's a legend."

You shrug. "Yeah, but I'm not her, either."

"No, but you get what I'm saying. You're the only son of two legends- and every witch on earth is interested in you."

You shrug- that's no news, and even Commander Piper knew it was on the way down when you reported in.

"If she's worried about trouble with the covens, I can handle myself." You say. "Maman made sure I'd never be as naive as dad was when he started sticking his foot in all of it."

"She's worried about the covens, sure." The raven-haired witch nods, then looks at you, seemingly searching for something in your face. "She's worried about you, too."

"How so?"

"She's worried you're going to be your father all over again- that you'll have us all tied up in knots."

[] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?
[] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

>>2231670
>[x] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[X] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?
Apparently Garcia was a great guy and all.

>>2231670
>[x] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

>>2231670
>[x] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.
While we're no fortune teller we'll sure as hell try to keep things separate. Best night of the week!

>>2231670
>[X] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[x] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
[X] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

>>2231701
I rather not make promises we can’t keep

>>2231670

>[X] I make no promises I can't keep. That said, I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2231670
>[] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

>>2231670
>[x] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

Room, elephant, etc.

>>2231670
>[X] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

>>2231670
[x] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

and we've got a tie vote! If we get a tiebreaker when I get out of the shower, I'll do a quick post, if not, we'll save it for tomorrow!

[x] I'm a little late for that, wouldn't you say?

Gotta deadpan it.

>>2231670
She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2232087
You guys do realize this is fucking stepping on a goddamb emotional landmine right?

>>2232097
that's the point

>>2232103
Wow you're an idiot. Professionalism just goes right out the window.

>[] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

>>2232109
i'm not here to read the boring everyday lives of pilots

>>2232117
They make cheap Spanish soap operas that are easily available to watch on cable if you're THAT interested in watching people step on emotional landmines.

>[] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

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[x] She doesn't need to. I'll keep my personal business personal.

"She doesn't need to." You state. "I'll keep my personal business personal."

"That's not what she's worried about." The witch responds. "She's worried about you being another G- ." She hesitates at the name, a brief look of sorrow crossing over her face. "Garcia."

You shrug. "That issue isn't unique to this squadron. Every composite unit takes that risk. And for what it's worth, I'm sorry about Garcia."

"Thanks, for what it's worth." She says with the barest hint of a smile. "And what if half the witches in the squadron ending up married to you?"

You shake your head. "Not going to happen."

"That doesn't mean Kat's not worried about it." Jessie points out. "Billy's been married to Una for years, before they transferred into the squadron from VF-5. You're single."

"So was Garcia, right?"

She nods. "Yes, but he was still close- to all of us."

You shrug. "That's your business, not mine. But I'm not my father."

"Even if it's just one girl, that's what Kat's worried about. If you- I mean, something could happen and it'd mean someone, one of us, say, isn't really capable of flying for days, maybe longer. That's what she's worried about."

"It's peacetime." You point out. "It's not like she can't just say the squadron is down for a few days while everyone collects themselves. And it's old and played out, but anyone getting into a relationship with a fighter pilot knows that there's risks."

She frowns- you have a point, but she doesn't want to appear to admit it. "And what about Korea? If we go to war there-"

"What about it?" You ask. "Worry about that when it happens."

She sighs. "You're going to be stubborn about this, aren't you."

You shrug. "What should I do? request a transfer? End of the day, this squadron is under strength without my plane and my crew."

"We don't know." She says, after a pause. "Look, I'm sorry I had to be the one that said this."

You shake your head. "It's fine."

"But you do understand what we're saying, right?"

[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.
[] Not really, no.

>>2232204

>[X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

What's she after here, is my question. A vow of celibacy?

>>2232204
>[x] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.
What take a vow of celibacy?

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>>2232204
>[] Not really, no.
Stay distant with all of you, so that if I die you won't be sad?

Oh no, don't tell me they're going to try to baby us like Spellcaster did with Frank. That caused a lot of tension, and Morgan isn't goofy enough to counter that tension with teasing and pranks.

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.
>[And tell my sister to stop trying to hook me up with them if you want to not have it happen

>>2232204
>[x] Not really, no.

>>2232204
>[X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

This is legitimately not our problem. We aren't going to try to get them wrapped up in us, but we can't go into their heads with a psychic scalpel and make them not do so. It's not about what we do, it's about what they do. They need to exercise some damn self-control and introspection and stay the fuck away from the witch-nip if they don't want complications. We're a fighter pilot, our job is to kill people and break things for America, and damned if we're going to let anyone swaddle us in bubblewrap.

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So are we doing guesswork on what sort of panties our family is wearing?

>>2232204
>Not really, no.
>>2232310
On second thought changing my vote.

We don’t know what she’s asking us and what to do. Unless she has solutions we are going to do our goddamn job.

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>>2232204
>[] Not really, no.

>>2232337
She's asking us to actively avoid and discourage attachments between us and the rest of the squadron. Attachments of ANY kind, to never get closer than professionalism allows.

>>2232204
>If you- I mean, something could happen
And this is unique to us how? How many other romantically engaged couples are there in the military?

>>2232334
This, essentially. Frank wasn't looking to claim Spellcaster either, they were the ones that made the move. So really, if she's worried about us tying the squad in knots, she should be talking to the girls, not us.

>And tell my sister to stop trying to hook me up with them if you want to avoid such things.
See if we can slip this in somewhere.

>>2232398
That's a harsh sentence: don't make friends with the people you live, work, and sleep with so if you die no one will miss you.

>>2232204
>[x] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

My job is to shoot what they tell me to shoot and other wise fly a very expensive and complex bit of machinery and I already have to babysit the person who it is my job to babysit. What do you want from me here?

>>2232204
>>I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

Basically this >>2232334 but more diplomatic. We shouldn't be the only ones getting this talk or have to 'control' ourselves. We're not a goddamn animal.

Also due to the dead or not, I really want to dig up whatever watery grave Garcia is in and punch him in the face. Whatever fucking manipulations he pulled on these girls is messed up.

>>2232483
>Also due to the dead or not, I really want to dig up whatever watery grave Garcia is in and punch him in the face. Whatever fucking manipulations he pulled on these girls is messed up.

This, very much this. Blood's wrapped up in this, after all, and while we don't know for sure what was on that laptop, I feel like it's implied to be either voyeuristic footage at best, sex tapes at worst.

Leaves me wondering more about the RIO. Was she a bitch because she saw the rest of the squadron as competition? Or did they see her as a bitch because she tried to warn them off for their own good? I'd not mind more information from Billy and Una, need some laser-guided truth bombs from them to unravel this shit.

>>2232517

>>Leaves me wondering more about the RIO. Was she a bitch because she saw the rest of the squadron as competition? Or did they see her as a bitch because she tried to warn them off for their own good? I'd not mind more information from Billy and Una, need some laser-guided truth bombs from them to unravel this shit.

I've been wondering this too and have to wonder as well: their Fenrir went down because of a 'mechanical failure'. Has anyone considered that she found out what was on that laptop and decided that maybe he didn't deserve to live?

Also seconding hanging out more with Billy and Una however this shakes out - so what if the witches don't want to get friendly, we'll just bro it up with Not!Will Smith and Not!Sombra.

>>2232517

Who the fuck can we talk about this with even? Like how do we start this conversation.
>"So, all the witches were trying to get on Garcia's dick, and now they're worried about trying to get on my dick, but also they hated his RIO and my new wingman and element lead says he was a horndog and not an officer and a gentleman, and I just want to fly planes real good, what do I do?"

>>2232483
>I really want to dig up whatever watery grave Garcia is in
We have scant info on him at the moment; it's Billy's word against the rest of the squad. He's not untrustworthy, but the numbers are stacked against him. Could be he had a serious problem with the guy and is trying to poison his memory. Could be he's telling the truth.
Personally, I'd rather leave Garcia where he is; nothing good will come from digging up the dead. If we leave well enough alone, we might be able to keep the drama at bay, and he'll be old news soon enough. But if we go digging into him, we're going to buy ourselves a heap of trouble, no matter what we find.

>>2232544
Stasya and Ice? Ask for a both a personal and objective view of Garcia and his partner after dinner? This is after all a matter of squadron integration.

>>2232560

Yeah, I was thinking about Ice. She should be far enough removed from him directly to be able to give an objective assessment. Stasya maybe too. Ice at least, as the skipper of the boat and having experience with witch squadrons being touchy about their steelwing brothers has the highest authority available. If she says "fuck it let them worry, you just worry about your plane and your crew" then that's a clear directive. If she says "do whatever the squadron leader says to do", then fuck it we'll try our best.

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>>2232537
>and it'd mean someone, one of us, say
ah, see, but she's asking us to stay distant with /everyone/, so that if we die, they aren't overly sad. That includes the other steelwing, along with more or less everyone aboard. It does leave the possibility of civilian friends though.

>>2232583
I dunno if Ice is a terribly subjective reference though. Remember the trouble she had with Frank, the times she drove herself to tears worrying about him, the times she had to be talked out of transferring him stateside? Also, she's not terribly ...warm with us as a result of our parentage.

>>2232537
>Has anyone considered that she found out what was on that laptop and decided that maybe he didn't deserve to live?

Or just somebody saw it and decided to punch his ticket. I'd really, really prefer not to think that it was so heinous as to drive his RIO suicidal.

>>2232559
I'm usually one for avoiding drama, but this is the sort of situation where we need to find out the truth. If he really was manipulating these witches, it should be investigated because that sort of shit was the reason why everyone was suspicious of Fronk.

And it wasn't just Billy, but Una as well. She was the one that brought up that they were thinking of requesting a transfer before Garcia's 'untimely' demise.

>>2232603
Conversely I think that's the exact reason we should ask her. She's been through this sort of situation, has had years to think about it and can understand both sides of the argument. Also why we frame the question as part of squad integration.

>>2232613
>but this is the sort of situation where we need to find out the truth
Honestly though, why? It's not like we can fine him, or court-martial him, or put him in prison. He's dead. Sure, we'll get satisfaction, but at what cost? How the rest of squad going to react if we find anything? What if we don't? It'll ruin any chance of a peaceful integration with the squad. And if we do find something, it's going to tear into them.
The numbers are still stacked against them, and they're married. If one of them didn't like him for whatever reason, chances are both of them don't.

>>2232629
Fair enough, long as we don't give her words undue weight.

>>2232537
>>2232605
I think it's way too massive a jump to go straight to 'murder and/or suicide' with this. Deep breaths.

>>2232613
>but this is the sort of situation where we need to find out the truth.
The truth of the matter seems pretty obvious, the witches liked Garcia cause he was putting the moves on them while Billy and Una saw him as a scum that was trying to get his dick wet and possibly did to his 'collection' on his laptop. Hell if the provost didn't look into things when the guy was alive what makes ya think someone will when he's sitting at the bottom of the Pacific along with evidence?

>>2232671
>>2232681
>>2232651
Una mentioned the provosts wouldn't touch him for some reason and I just think there's something fishy going on with him. Not going to push hard on invetigating Garcia, just saying it's something we should think about it.

I do think we should at least talk to Ice and maybe Stasya about him and his RIO though.

>>2232591
I like it.

>>2232751
He's dead, man. What he did or didn't do isn't really gonna do much besides tickle our own gossip's fancy. We know enough about the situation- the witches liked him, billy didn't- to operate within it.
Trust me, I've lived through this kind of bullshit in-group faction he-said-she-said about who was supposedly sleeping with who, once the person in question is gone you just let it be gone.
At BEST we'll just end up with two contradictory accounts of things that we then have to juggle if we ever talk about the dude. I know life isn't so simple especially when it's fictional so we'll be forced into talking about him as likely as not, but no need to go diving into it.

>>2232768

I could, and otherwise would agree - and yeah that's pretty much how work bullshit works, especially when you just want to stay above it all and do your damn job and go home - but I have a hunch, a weird feeling, that it's going to be important to this story arc somehow. It leaves a lot of unresolved questions. What was on the laptop? How are his actions going to affect our relationship with the squadron going forward? Why wouldn't the provost touch him? There's more to this than Garcia, finding out about him is not by any means the most important part of digging into what happened with him. We're already dealing with ludicrous bullshit that has more to do with him than us.

>>2232813
>>2232768
>>2232751

I mean, in general, unless the specifics come up again, other than maybe getting more metered impressions of him there's no reason to dig into Garcia specifically. We can give a sideeye to certain people who may be involved, but we're Morgan Laroux-Bishop so we probably give a lot of people the sideeye. He's dead, the evidence is buried. I think I want to maybe know a bit more what's up with his RIO. I felt sorry for her with Garcia being a shitheel but the other witches thought she was a pain so...

The more pressing issue immediately besides just "we have a fuck ton of work to do before the Norks do something stupid" is "witches be crazy".

>>2232828
I feel like "witches be crazy" was the first lesson Morgan learned as a child and something that Frank reaffirmed when he finally met him.

>>2232751

I agree that asking for Stasya and/or Ice's impressions on Garcia and his RIO should be on the to-do list; not exactly priority, though. No need to go full MORGAN, P.I. on his deceased ass.

>>2232204
>[X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

The problem would exist regardless of who came to replace Garcia because people are not machines, they have emotions and will form some sort of relationship with people whom they spend a lot of time in close proximity. The only way to fix that would be to turn the squad from composite to witch-only.

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>>2232859
>No need to go full MORGAN, P.I. on his deceased ass.
It IS kinda hard to gun a man down in a cold, murderous rage when he's already dead.
Plus it's not 1982 anymore. The sheer impact of that moment just wouldn't be there in this day and age.

>>2232204
>[X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>>2232204
>[] Not really, no.
I understood nothing of what I just read.

>>2232923
Jessie is asking us, apparently on behalf of the squad leader, to actively avoid forming any sort of relationship, especially romantic, with any of our squadmates, so that if we die, they won't be rendered combat-ineffective due to grief.

>>2232923
She wants us to chemically castrate ourselves

And knowing how thirsty this board is, she may have reason to actually want this

>>2232204
>[X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.
What a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into


>>2232751
>I do think we should at least talk to Ice and maybe Stasya about him and his RIO though.
I like this

>>2232537
>Also seconding hanging out more with Billy and Una however this shakes out - so what if the witches don't want to get friendly, we'll just bro it up with Not!Will Smith and Not!Sombra.
And this

>>2232204
> [X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.
Witches, not even once.

>>2232204
Gonna agree with >>2233085 here.

We should probably expect to live with a Martian War level of fucks-given rationing in the near future.

>>2232204
>[] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

>[X] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

I'll second talking to Ice about Garcia and his RIO. They're dead, but if we have to deal with the shit they stirred, it's going to cause problems for us.

>>2232204
[x] Not really, no.
I'm going to suggest Morgan be 100% direct on this one. Something like this:
"Look, I have no designs on any of you, but if--IF--I wind up with an attachment, I'll make her keeping it together if I go down a condition of our relationship."

Basically just have him promise to bring it up early and often. It's pragmatic and direct and as elegant a solution as we're gonna get with a sticky issue like this. Neither extreme alternative is really feasible--a squadron without any camaraderie isn't, but given how hard the Garcia situation has been, Piper's concerns are pretty well justified.

>>2233426
>but given how hard the Garcia situation has been, Piper's concerns are pretty well justified.
What's weird to me is that Spellcaster's issues when Frank went down are well known, and they were far from the only squad to have this type of issue. In fact, Wilkins original problem with Frank was for this /exact/ reason. Surely the witch academies have addressed this better than 'don't make attachments', which no one would follow anyway.

Jessie is talking like this is a unique issue, but it certainly isn't.

>>2233439
>Surely the witch academies have addressed this better than 'don't make attachments', which no one would follow anyway.
Actually, I don't think they ever did?

I can't remember which incident it was, but there was something about a ship fire that killed some men that the ship's witch contingent were close to, and it disabled the entire contingent, but the covens still couldn't figure out what to do about, even decades after teaching the incident in their Academies.

>>2233439
Honestly, it makes sense--official doctrine is "be professional" and everyone is expected to listen but ignores it. It probably comes down to each crew and commander to figure out how to get their squadron through something like this--which can't be that common.

>>2233439
It was mentioned as the main reason mixed squardons isn't a common practice back in the original SWQ. Recruiting top aces and technical advances in plane hardware have mitigated the problem somewhat, but the incidents still happen

>>2233443
The USS Forrestal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

A fire set off compromised bombs while the damage control crews were trying to put them out, killing many of them. Witches could keep boytoys aboard for 'morale' reasons, but everyone on a ship needs to be doing something. So those men were put on damage control. It was what more or less killed witches bringing their boytoys with them on cruises. It came up due to the Sharktwins bringing Joe along using the same system.

That isn't quite the same though. The consort program was for established relationships. This is more about relationships developed over time while working together. There has to be at least a token ship counselor or something, right?

>>2232204
[] Not really, no.

Being forcibly distant from the rest of the squad is even stupider than the risk of dying and causing one to be upset.

>>2233426
Agreeing on the direct part.

Shits prolly gonna happen anyways, better to prep for the probable

>>2233502
I think the biggest thing is just going to be candidness about the possibility. No one can predict the future or be sure they'll take it well, but at least discussing it will help mentally grapple with the idea in the event of the worst.

>>2232204

>[Z] Not really, no.

How about instead of hemming and hawing Sparkles, you come out and SPEAK YOUR MIND.

Holy fucking shit, the naval academy needs fucking CLASSES on this, swear to god....

>>2233535
But then there would be no drama! :V

Speaking of drama, if Garcia was really as scummy as Bill and Una say, could he have spread his 'collection' around?
Imagine the fallout from that.

>>2233544
Doubt it he wanted to be the frank bishop without the class or respect of anybody other then his witches.

It will detriment his goal of getting all of them if he spread that around

Ok, hopefully that's sorted out. Voting period is over!

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[x] I do, but I'm not sure what you expect me to do.

"I do, but I'm not sure what, exactly, you expect me to do." You say.

She sighs. "Just- I don't really know what to say. Just be careful with how close you get."

You don't react to the statement- as much as you want to, it's not worth it. "So, you don't even know me for a day and you're putting me in charge of your emotional wellbeing." You state, flatly.

"That's not-"

"I know. But think about what you're saying. Don't get close in case I go down somewhere. Is that really going to work?"

She sighs. "Look, I know. It's just hard-"

"I know. I've taken the same classes about the issue, seen the same statistics. Heard the same things."

"So you understand."

"Doesn't mean I agree."

She opens her mouth to protest, but you shake your head. "Look. I don't have designs on any of you. I barely know you. But if- and I stress if- something does happen, I'll make sure her keeping it together if I go down is part of the deal."

She leans back in her chair. "So that's the best you can do?"

"I can ask for a transfer." You say, flatly. "I'm willing to bet I'd get it, too. Not like this is the only squadron in 7th fleet that needs a fenrir team."

"And that's it?"

You nod.

"I'll.. pass it along." She says. "You feel that strongly about it, though? You'd rather transfer out?"

"I can't be part of a unit that doesn't want me." You respond.

"It's not that we don't want you here, it's just-"

"It's close enough." You say, cutting her off. "Look, I don't know what happened with Garcia, and I don't want to. He meant a lot to you, I get it. But what you're suggesting won't work."

She sighs and nods after a moment. "I know. I think we all know that. But we had to ask."

"Not really." You respond.

"Garcia was a great guy." She says, clearly wanting to change the topic. "He was... kind of like our very own Frank Bishop."

[] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.
[] Point out that it's kind of late and you've got work to do in the morning.
[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234557
>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234557
>[X] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

I'd much rather brush her off, but it feels like it'd be rude.

>>2234557
>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

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>>2234557
>[x] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

I mean shit, even putting aside the accident, we just said we need a unit that wants us. This is where we start being a part of it and not just the guy who replaced Garcia.

>>2234557
>[] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.

>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.


Let her offer her view point then offer the counter party.

I want to see the contesting points

>>2234557
>[X] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

I think this was the most we've seen Morgan talk at once.

>>2234557
>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.
I'd like to hear the girl's side of things. I like Billy and Una, but so far they are in the minority.

>>2234575
Same.

>>2234557
>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234557
>[x] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

I know she’s in mourning but I’m gettibg longsheet levels of foot in her mouth.

Does anyone else feel the same because I’m kind of getting antagonized a bit

But I love Morgan’s sharp rebuttals

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>>2234557
>[x] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.
Fuckin' crazy witches

>>2234615
Morgan's rebuttals are on goddamn point, it's great!

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>>2234615
Honestly, I think I can see why. She basically had to knowingly demand something unreasonable of Morgan, while still grieving, on behalf of her commander and squadron in (ridiculous) official capacity. None of them are at their best just yet.

>>2234557
>[] Point out that it's kind of late and you've got work to do in the morning.
Couldn't we get more neutral information about Garcia and his RIO from regular crew and mechanics?

>>2234615
Maybe, but she's the one that got put up to this by the rest of her squadron, so I think it's unfair to blame it all on her.

>>2234615
She's not anywhere near as bad a Longstreet, the emotional cheapshot queen. But yes, it is bugging me she's asking this of us. As stated
>>2233439
composite wings losing their steelwings isn't new. They should be familiar with what happens, and if it bothers them, taking steps of their own to mitigate the issues that can some about. You don't just ask someone to stay disconnected from everyone so you won't be sad if they die.

They are grieving though, so I'm not mad. Just disappointed.

>>2234634
Was it put up by her own squadron this seems entirely on her own iniative.

If we were playing anyone else I would vote for a transfer.

>>2234615

I mean, I think it's fair to say we're starting a little hard-pressed. We're in a complex and demanding fighter (though that was our fault). We're on a boat with probably our least close step-mom as our CO. We are replacing a guy who was well liked but seems shifty. Regardless of the personal element, we have been straddled with taking care of a very young backseater (again, our own meta fault but it's not like it wouldn't be complex all around). But I don't think we should take it out on any of the witches right now.

She's gonna have to be pretty fucking good with this "he was our own Frank" line though. We the readers know Frank pretty good since we were him, and Morgan should have a pretty solid and honest idea of Frank (though, post-war obviously).

>>2234557
>[] Point out that it's kind of late and you've got work to do in the morning.
I'm fine with letting her continue too but we sure as shit don't need to go jumping facefirst into the he-said-she-said game

>[X] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.

Get this all out in the open, because at this point, our new Fenrir-bro is coming across as less unbiased then the witches...which is saying something

>>2234557
>[x] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

Mostly because I want Morgan to be able to pick apart their image of Frank if necessary. He probably knows way more about the actual difficulty that Frank went through and the emotional turmoil of the family.

>>2234636
Oh I agree, I get it but we only been here for maybe 24 hours maybe a little more.

And between our sister hooking.us up and her telling us to distance ourselves.

The mixed responses is giving me a slight whiplash

>>2234557
>[] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.

>>2234651
This is what I kind of want to do.

Hell im sure Maman told us the story of how she thought Frank was trying to get some ‘privite’ time with her despite just offically getting into a relationship only for him to give her the rifle she was eyeing by cutting a deal with the U.N.

Frank was nice was because he returned the favors of his friends.

>>2234651
Well it's not like the squadron doesn't already have a Bishop that would know as well... Though to be fair only Billy and Jessie have made the Fronk comparison, I don't think anyone else has

>>2234638
>"If she's worried about trouble with the covens,
>"She's worried you're going to be your father
>"That's not what she's worried about.
>"That doesn't mean Kat's not worried about it."
>"Even if it's just one girl, that's what Kat's worried about.

They're still grieving, so give them some time. That said, if they keep this up I'll be right there with you asking for a transfer.

>>2234639
>She's gonna have to be pretty fucking good with this "he was our own Frank" line though.
You're right, it'll be interesting to see her interpretation of him.

>>2234651
>He probably knows way more about the actual difficulty that Frank went through and the emotional turmoil of the family.
He should have some idea, but remember, Maman raised us herself until we were ~10. We didn't interface with the Bishops before then, and didn't live with them. Sidenote, how did we get our last name if Maman denied Frank as the father for the first 10 years?

>>2234658
>The mixed responses is giving me a slight whiplash
If sister tries again, we need to tell her straight to cut it out. If we tell her we've been approached and literally told to avoid such things, either she'll get the message, or she'll deal with problem at the root - the other girls.

>>2234700
Till now, our co is making the comparison right now.

Even then billy and una made sure to add that they meant no disrespect

>>2234701
I think Frank and Maman made it offically that Morgan will be accepted into the family.

I imagine Frank was quite upset that he did not know he had a son and took responsiablity and it wouldn’t be the first

>>2234715
Piper's the CO, not Jessie

>>2234721
>officially that Morgan will be accepted into the family.
Well yes, but I meant legally. Did she change his name after the 'reunification'?
And 'accepted', sure, but Maman didn't move in with Ice & Slider & Katya and change her name to Bishop, nor did she sent Morgan to live with Frank. It's a different dynamic.

>>2234701
If Frank didn't at least talk to Morgan about what happened a little bit between flight school and everything else I'd eat my hat but he should at the very least have a less tinted view of Frank. It's more that "Frank Bishop" is probably a larger than life figure by now and a guy trying to be suave and hit on the girls is exactly what he was not.

>>2234557
>[X] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.

>>2234740
I thought the bishop home was his second home

But I think it’s just that legally his name was added since as I said Frank would take responsibility and it’s not the first time he dealt in legal red tape for kods

>>2234744
Well at least post Merlin frank though he did hit on the girls but it came off as mostly joking or sarcastic

>>2234700
Ana probably has a very different perspective than Morgan on Frank. I wouldn't be surprised if she made the problem worse by talking about her family.

It's been a while, but I don't remember banging witches being all that high on Frank's priorities until close to the end of the quest, even with the dates we went on. It's bullshit piloting skills that made Frank's reputation, and there's absolutely no fucking way Garcia was that good.

Morgan... well, he kind of got the short end of the stick. It's not anyone's fault, really, but the witch harem didn't work out too well for him, so if you think about it for a second, it's obvious that he wouldn't want to hook up with the squadron the way Garcia did. It seems like this is more about the squadron buying into their fantasies of Frank than anything else, and they only just now realized that the fantasy isn't actually that great if the pilot can't even keep his plane above sea level.

>>2234753
Frank earned his way into their hearts the hard way by being a damn good pilot, squadron mate and all around decent guy. Then there was him getting shot down, maturing and then becoming even more of a pillar than before. Garcia, even if he was a decent person, almost certainly hasn't had that deep of interactions with them.

>>2234765
I wonder if any of them slept with him?

Also there’s the camera

>>2234769
Those two bits are important but not something we can figure out right now. Especially the camera.

If any of them slept with him I'd bet on his RIO and the Commander but there's no proof and we can't exactly go ask.

>>2234769
>>2234777
If he slept with the RIO and kept hitting on the other girls, that would explain why she was such a bitch to them.

>>2234557
>[X] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234756

>It's bullshit piloting skills that made Frank's reputation, and there's absolutely no fucking way Garcia was that good.

I mean he's dead, Frank ain't so that is assuredly true. At the very least, Frank only died after making sure his RIO was okay and usually once he was actually on the ground again.

>>2234753

Our idea of being romantic as Frank was mostly constrained to being A( a decent human being and giving a shit about their lives and what was going on in it, even the witches we didn't shag and B( being literally willing to die before letting anybody on our side get hurt. Our (selective) obliviousness to the witches' actual attraction to us was a major personality point for a long time.

>>2234744
>If Frank didn't at least talk to Morgan about what happened a little bit between flight school and everything else I'd eat my hat
For sure, but I meant more that any of the sisters would likely have a better perspective, having spent more time with the wives and Frank himself.

>>2234749
I'm sure it was open to him, but I doubt Morgan's really spent much time there outside of family functions. It would be so completely different from what he knew, Ice doesn't really like him, and he's more of a solitary kinda guy anyway.

>>2234753
We had that running thing the with Mav and Slider, but it was pure talk. We really just like to try to rile each other up.

>>2234756
>but I don't remember banging witches being all that high on Frank's priorities
metawise, the readers were of course interested, but there wasn't an obvious a 'press here to sex' option until the deciding of the Frankbowl. Plus the waifu wars prevented any one girl from making too much progress.
IC, it took a while, but Frank did realize he had multiple girls after him, but didn't do anything about it.
TL;DR you are correct.

>Morgan... well, he kind of got the short end of the stick.
I admit, I a little surprised Morgan isn't at least a resentful of Frank. Not because of anything Frank's done to him, but because everything always seem to come back to him somehow.

>>2234769
I think it's a little too early to tell. Camera? The one that would have taken the pictures on the sunken laptop? Just about everything electronic has a camera in it, I doubt it would have been an proper camera.

>>2234557
>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234793
>Ice doesn't really like him
That's neither what Ghost said, nor what I got from our earlier interactions.
Ice doesn't think of Morgan as her son, and that's perfectly valid because he's NOT. She doesn't dislike him, she's just not particularly warm towards him either.

>>2234793
>For sure, but I meant more that any of the sisters would likely have a better perspective, having spent more time with the wives and Frank himself.

That depends purely on Ghost. I know there's a bunch of stuff that my dad's talked to me about he's never told my sister and vice versa with her and my mom.

I could really see Frank having a few heart to hearts with Morgan about the issue of witches and more "guy" stuff.

>>2234793
>I admit, I a little surprised Morgan isn't at least a resentful of Frank. Not because of anything Frank's done to him, but because everything always seem to come back to him somehow.

So far, it looks like he resents other people who compare him to his Frank, but is otherwise fine with Frank.

Doesn't help that the people comparing to Frank at the moment are also dumping their dumb bullshit on him.

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>>2234756
Good point on Ana having a different perspective.

>they only just now realized that the fantasy isn't actually that great if the pilot can't even keep his plane above sea level.
Made me laugh far harder then it should have.

>>2234780
That would also fit into people shadowrunning that the RIO crashed the bird though its probably just that shadowrunning

>>2234793
>Ice doesn't really like him,
Go read the first thread again mate
>The situation they've got now is... amicable at least- She doesn't hate him- she's even on relatively friendly terms with him. But she's also made it clear- she's not his mom, and neither expects nor intends to act like she is.

>>2234793
He from out of story talks they or Morgan knows everything besides the Berlin battle inwhich no one wants to talk about.

I think that might be a character decision if he’s resentful towards frank but I think frank did everything he could to support him which I think he did do.

Also slider and Katya did treat him as family

>>2234822
>Morgan knows everything besides the Berlin battle inwhich no one wants to talk about.
It's Crete their tight lipped about but Morgan's pieced together enough to have what he thinks is a good guess at what occurred.

>>2234796
>>2234809
>Ice doesn't really like him
Clearly I used the wrong words. Looking over that, I see how it came across wrong. I was trying to say she's lukewarm with us, not that she actively dislikes us.

>>2234797
Maybe. We'll have to see what Ghost says.

>>2234806
>So far, it looks like he resents other people who compare him to his Frank, but is otherwise fine with Frank.
So far, yea, but I imagine he get this sort of thing all the time. It would be hard not to resent the 'source' of all those issues.

>>2234822
Yea, I dunno. I could see it happening, doesn't mean it did happen. Metawise, I doubt we'll every choose to resent Frank though.

>Also slider and Katya did treat him as family
I feel like Ice's lack of warmth would still be a deterrent, but maybe that's just me.

>>2234842
Ah right sorry.

Still that might be something no one outside the family will know so if she pulls some bullshit comparison.

I’m not sure if we will have the patience.

Also does Ana thing the same of Garcia as the others in the squadron?

>>2234845
He’s seems mature enough to know to be mad at the person saying stupid shit and not what the person they are referring too.

Also Maman probably made sure to help him deal with it along withe slider and katya

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Would it be possible for someone to get a chart going tracking Who's-who in relation to each other?

>>2234848
Ana liked Garcia as well though she doesn't seem to be handling his death as hard as Becca or Piper are, with Jessie seemingly being more or less the same as Ana in that regard. Though it seems Becca was quite close with Garcia, with Piper not that far behind as well so that would explain them hurting the most.
>>2234845
>It would be hard not to resent the 'source' of all those issues.
Morgan seems to have a good enough head on his shoulders to avoid being resentful towards Frank, wouldn't really be productive. I probably didn't word that too well

>>2234895
Huh I should rephrased it did Ana did think as her frank bishop to her Mom without betterment comparison

>>2234848

>Also does Ana think the same of Garcia as the others in the squadron?

She was defensive when Will talked about him, but she also clammed up pretty quick. She also seemed fairly on keel about the situation since we got here, I feel like they weren't that close.

>>2234905
It doesn't seem that way, probably would have butted heads with Billy a bit more when he was talking about Garcia if that was the case.

>>2234895
>Morgan seems to have a good enough head on his shoulders to avoid being resentful towards Frank, wouldn't really be productive.

why would Morgan be resentful of frank
Frank would in most situation open his arms to Morgan and consider him his son

>>2234933
Hey man I ain't saying he would be, sorry ya took it that way

>>2234933
I think the only thing that would be a very minor issue gripe/joke was that he would have named him after his granddad not morgan

>[x] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.
So... when does a massive war erupt?

>>2235035
>So... when does a massive war erupt?
not soon enough imo

>not soon enough imo.
LOL. Well as my name is the same as the 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" I might be able to do something!

>>2234557
>[] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.

>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234891
Agreed

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>>2234891
Alright since I didn't want to wait for someone else to do it here.

If I fucked something up lemme know.

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>>2235200
I think you're only missing Natalya but besides that it looks right.

>Thirsty For
Haha!

>>2235205
Also Garcia's SO but I don't think that matters too much

>>2235200
>>2235205
its the "Wham bam thankyou maman"
that got me

>>2234557
>[] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

>>2234557
>[X] Billy and Una don't seem to think so.

You guys seem to be forgetting that our maman is the Mother of Night, and that they had to send her in after us to WAIVE our SERE training.

They sent her in after us to waive SERE. We're utterly capable of being a nice guy, but frankly?

I don't think we should be. We're new to a squadron that lost it's steelwing pilot and RIO, yes, but-- that pilot sounded sleazy as fuck, couldn't keep his plane above sea level, and the provosts wouldn't touch him. That sounds like he had a very influential family member or family friend, so if we DO decide to investigate this stuff, we need to be careful.

And for this Jessie to come to US, and tell US not to get into anyone's hearts in case we bite the bucket? That's kind of bullshit, frankly. We're here to fly things very fast for Uncle Sam and break what Uncle Sam needs broken, very fast, very hard, not get our dicks wet. Garcia seems to have forgotten that, to the detriment of an active combat unit in what might very well soon be a combat deployment. Fuck 'em, and fuck him.

>>2235235
We're a nice, if quiet, blunt and FUCKING SCARY, person. I don't think rocking the boat on something like this is super necessary, ESPECIALLY considering the dude died like 3 days ago. I know if someone talked shit about someone I looked up to who died not even a week before, especially someone who had never met the guy and I've known for less than a day, I'd fucking clean their clock.

>>2234557

>[Z] Point out that it's kind of late and you've got work to do in the morning.

OH MY GOD, THE LAST THING I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IS YOUR FUCKED UP RELATIONSHIP WITH CREEPER-DOUCHE AND WHAT YOU *THINK* YOU KNOW ABOUT MY OLD MAN.

Or, y'know, just be reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally brusque with her, make it SUPER obvious she just crossed a line trying to play the "HE WAS JUST LIKE YOUR DAD!" card.

Holy shit, these fucking witches...

>>2235248
>>2234557
This.

>>2235207
>>2235205
>>2235200

I believe there is also +1 White Russian in there.

If we can come up with some kind of blue analogy for Slider, we can say the Bishop girls are "Red, White and Blue"

>>2235248
Go to bed, Thunderchild.

>>2235253

NOT YET

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>>2235235
Look, I know that the rules of drama and fiction decree that this is all going to be ~important~ and ~a thing~, but fuck Chekhov, and fuck his gun too. We're here to do a job, we'll do the job. We're not going to go digging around to find the Truth about how much of a scumbag this guy was or wasn't, because that's kind of COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IN SO MANY WAYS to the process of the rest of the squadron getting the fuck over him. That's what we want, right? We want the witches to get over whatever they felt about him- which is no longer important since he's gone- so we can all work as a nice nork-murdering team.

And if they're gonna keep making a thing out of how ~hard~ they've been hit by this loss then well, fuck, that's plenty of reason not to touch any of them with our ten-foot pole even besides the fact that half of them are related to us. That's on them. Not quite the same as 'don't stick your dick in crazy', but if a girl (or gaggle of them as the case may be) isn't able to live with what you do with your life, you just cruise on by. They can go sniffle into their red flags and feel safe in their lack of scheduled dickings, for all I personally care. Yet another set of reasons why Wendy waifu, too.

And also what >>2235247
said.

>>2234557
>[] Point out that it's kind of late and you've got work to do in the morning.
>all that and I'd forgotten to vote
ha

>>2235259
I wholeheartedly agree, but I'm hoping hearing a non-negative opinion of the guy will cool anons down. I'd really rather just leave the dead buried. Nothing good will come from digging into this.

>>2235264
Non negative /= an unbiased opinion. That said I do want to hear actual details so we can start putting a picture together and get an idea of what sort witch powder keg we are sitting on this time.

>>2235259
Just remember what our maman taught us--we can spare their feelings if it's irrelevant. If this keeps happening once they pull themselves together, THEN it's a problem. Right now it's just a shitty situation.

Also, personally think we shouldn't be venturing much in the way of Garcia opinions to them at all, especially not now. We're late to the party and no matter what anyone tells us, it's never going to be more than he said she said for us.

>>2235235

On the one hand, I want the witches to stop bothering us with their dumb Garcia bullshit. There's a long list of people who should have dealt with this problem long before it messed the squadron up this badly, and the new guy sure as hell isn't on it.

On the other hand, the easiest way to make the witches stop bothering us with their dumb Garcia bullshit is to do what Jessie wants and avoid getting close to the squadron, which certainly isn't going to work. We're part of the team now and that means putting up with the rest of the squadron until they get over it and move on.

>>2235463
Frankly I do want to know about the Garcia bullshit if only to better understand the situation and emphasize we are not him.

Knowledge is power so as much as it irks me, better to know then ignore and have it blow up in our faces

But with that said she better have a very good explanation on comparing him with frank

>>2234557
>[x] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.
This should prove to be interesting.

>>2235524
>But with that said she better have a very good explanation on comparing him with frank
Every post-war witch grew up dreaming of finding her own Frank Bishop. All the documentaries, books, movies, comics didn't help either. I don't think there's anything else to it, really. Or that's my interpretation at least.

>>2235680
Oh it is as I would imagine but considering we sort of grew up with the legend and have heard of it before. I imagine we have a standard to have someone compare to frank

>>2234557
Billy and Una don't seem to think so

>>2234557
>[X] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

I'm curious to see how much rope we give her to hang herself.

>>2235680
Makes you wonder how many pilots joined the navy just to live the dream and get their dicks wet. It could be a problem if (or rather, when) a war breaks out.

>>2235680
>Every post-war witch grew up dreaming of finding her own Frank Bishop.
See I'm just imagining a Witch who dreams about Jake Bishop instead and is kind of a smug hipster about it.
Not least because I'll admit I thought TW89 had better girls. Not that the flying squid girls are bad, but Rockfield is a beautiful fucking war goddess.

>>2235811
She’ll have so much rope her feet will be in the ground.

Ask perhaps but iirc composite squadrons needs a pilot to be the top of the top to be considered

Frank and Morgan and the sharks proved you need to be the best

>>2235811
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Docudramas, documentaries, video games, comics, and movies about Frank caused this to happen. I mean, Frank was essentially a propaganda piece.

Fuck, I'd imagine there are action figures of him with KUNG-FU ACTION GRIP.

>>2235822
Now I’m imagining a fenfir model with miniature San and frank figures (sold separately)

I’m wondering when or if they sold the rights

>>2235819

The sharks were also witches as well, which probably gets them leeway in composite units. I don't know if they ever spelled it out, but I assume they were put in steelwings because the backseater lost a leg and couldn't into strikers anymore, but I don't think we actually had that conversation.

>>2235816

Aqua witches dream of Frank. Ground-pounder witches <3 Jake. But who do Air Force witches thirst for?

>>2235831

We know there's like, netflix shows and shit, so definitely at some point. Maybe when Frank got out? Actually, probably around when some of the girls needed money for school. Even if all four parents were working there's a fuckton of kids.

>>2235870
>who do Air Force witches thirst for?
Rex.

>>2235870
>But who do Air Force witches thirst for?
Rex

>>2235870
>But who do Air Force witches thirst for?
Rex, the pararescue 6-second-older brother.

>Even if all four parents were working
Let's see..
Ice is active military, Slider is stay-at-home, Katya "spends most of her time helping the sharktwins with racing", and Frank is a test pilot.

>>2235902
>>2235904
>>2235906

Solid comedic timing, but do people know much about Rex? Like, obviously Frank is the war hero so people have heard of him, but he was always kind of quiet about stuff I don't feel like he'd be super famous.

>>2235944
Frank is a major war hero with 3 wives, and Jessie(I think that's her name) married Japanese royalty. I imagine the entire family is at least partially known.

Rex you could at least see during his work, but Jake was buried inside a whole lotta armor during combat. I figure Rex was the more visible of the two.

>>2235906
Not to mention the extra flow of income from lilyas inheritance

>>2235973
Unrelated, but Frank's' mom is a witch, right? And as evidenced by Frank, witches tend to beget witches. But out of 4 children, 3 were male. I'm surprised no one said anything about that.

>>2235992
Ice and the others mentioned it when ice got pregnant when Frank pointed that out

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>>2235944
Rex has a reputation and is well known within the Air Force, but he doesn't much care for the public spotlight.

Frankly, his reasons are quite obvious.

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>>2235259
>Wendy waifu
I might disagree with you on what we need to do about Douchebag McFucknozzle and how he's fucked up the witches in the squadron, but goddamn do you have some patrician motherfucking taste, my fellow Roman.

>>2236064
IM still bumbed we didn’t convince him to take both

And voting is over!

We're looking at a winter storm tomorrow, so I may be taking a snow day- if I do, we'll get a post or two tomorrow, but I'll let you know in the morning so we can space them out a bit.

>>2236189
I feel like a lot of these problems would disappear if we stuck a picture of Wendy in our locker. Didn't Maman say they would back off a bit if they thought we were with someone off ship?

>>2236337
We could have swung it if Jess hadn't trashed any hope of that with her usual lack of tack.

>>2236365
Only if they recognize her as a 'romantic interest' (she's the same age as Ice & Co, and likely looks it).

>>2236380

That's not saying much with Witches. I think Morgan specifically commented Wendy still looks pretty youthful.

My brain was going on too many channels at once and I wrote "useful" instead at first, RIP

>>2236380
>>2236390
Plus, the intrigue alone might be enough. Our locker is pretty spartan as it is, so anything adding personality would be seen as pretty important.

>>2236390
I think Ghost said the more effort they put into it, the longer they stay looking young. Something about how Ice didn't bother with it as much, and so looked older than the others. I can't imagine Wendy would have bothered either.

And that's only compared to normal women anyway. If you know they're a witch, every little age mark would count for more.

>>2236399
I'd be afraid of them getting nosey if we posted anything personal, though it would be amusing to watch.

>>2236403
>>2236390
IIRC we were told Wendy still looks like she's in her twenties.

I'd be for setting up a pic of her, also to maybe fluster her a bit should any of the squadron confront her about it.

>>2236367
Oh right. I forgot. jess as usual turned things to shit

>>2236429
Mid to late twenties to be specific so Christmas cake

>>2236435
Hmm, delicious cake.

Assuming we prefer girls like that (regardless of the truth of that assumption) might drop off the attention anyway.

I am all for putting on the appearance of cake-eating, doubly so if it leads to shenanigans

We can always use a picture of Fernir-chan

>>2236586
>>2236566

As long as we keep that picture hidden and a complete secret from everyone.

>>2236600
Well, what a regular person would consider hidden.

If we go by our family standards, they probably actually would not find it.

>>2236566
>shenanigans
I'm all for shenanigans if we can swing a dry humor style, in keeping with out quieter nature. In this case I think it'd have the best effect if we appear single for a while before posting the photo.

>>2236429
If you know the woman in the picture is a witch, you also know they likely are a lot older than they appear.

>>2236620
Right, it'd need to /appear/ hidden, ideally.


Unrelatedly, I don't expect to learn our squad's witch powers anytime soon (Frank never did learn all of spellcaster's), but do we know if we have a healwitch or a nightwitch?

>>2236630
I'd assume we have at least one night witch, that seems to be pretty standard. Heal witch, probably not as certain. Goose was of moderate talent at best in 89 and what she did was almost all off screen.

>>2236641
Kinda hope we get to use our lil wolf to drop off a group of spec ops witches using a newer version of those pods at some point.

Would be a fun way to see Goose again, and maybe some shenanigans involving some of maman's buddies.

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[x] Let her continue- maybe she'll offer another viewpoint.

You think a few things- chiefly among them that that's basically the exact opposite of what Billy and Una insinuated. Second is it's getting late, and you could use sleep. Still, you cock an eyebrow at the comparison to your father, and she continues.

"He was... there for us. Whenever we needed someone to talk to or go to for advice or anything else, he was there for us. I went through a nasty break-up a few months back, he stayed up with me." She smiles, her eyes looking somewhere past you. "He was always inviting us to his place in town for barbecues or to go shopping or-"

"Dates." You state flatly, and she blinks.

"What? No, not at all. We were all there, me and Becca and Kat. Ana's always gone back up north with her mom after we get into port again, but the rest of us except Billy and Una would see each other a couple times a week, even off duty."

"He cared about us." She says, trying to sum up her feelings for the man as simply as possible.

You nod, though you keep silent. You'd have comments you'd like to make- asking about the accusations Billy leveled, for example- but you doubt it'd do you any favors.

"I miss him." She says. "I miss all his stupid sayings and his back rubs and how he'd always do all our laundry. I just... "

She sighs and shakes her head. "I can't believe he's really gone."

You nod, understanding. While her comment about the back rubs lent some semblance of credibility to your element lead's claims, there just isn't enough to go on- and you honestly don't know how much you care.

"We still need to see to his personal effects." She says, after a minute, looking over at the hatchway. "He didn't have any next of kin listed, so we just threw it all in a box and sent it to storage. Kat got hold of his father not too long ago, and he'd said he'd like Garcia's effects."

She pauses. "I- Look, I hate to ask this, especially after what I just said, but can you come help me move it? I don't- I don't know if I can do it myself, and no one else will help. I think if we get it sent off, maybe that'll give us some closure."

[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.
[] Maman always told you that people need to handle their own baggage- it's not your place to help.

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

Back rubs and laundry? "Nice"

Yeah ok, sounds like the perfect creeper.

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.
time to snoop

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

>Pic
Yeah, that can also work so long as there's a SECRET picture hidden underneath of our plane.

>>2236683

>[X] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

First time I've gotten to be in time for and post in one of these.

>>2236683
>[x] Maman always told you that people need to handle their own baggage- it's not your place to help.
We need the sleep, long day tomorrow getting the rest of the Fenrir's systems online.

>>2236683
[X] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.
Make sure you aren't sending the guy's dad his porn stash.

>>2236683
This is pretty much the polar opposite of the Billy has said. If you're looking for a reason to dislike the guy, some of that sound bad. But with Billy's bias, it all sound perfectly reasonable. That's the same sort of things Frank would have done.


>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

>I think if we get it sent off, maybe that'll give us some closure."
Man, I hope so. With some luck, they can get over him and we won't have to hear about him anymore.

>>2236683
>Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

Not winning any points

>>2236683
>[x] Maman always told you that people need to handle their own baggage- it's not your place to help.

>>2236683
>[x] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

>>2236683
>[x] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

Well, she was right JUST about until the part where he did the stuff that in previous context makes him sound sketchy.

But, let's look at his shit first. You can tell a lot about a person by their shit.

Also, I think it's a bit too cheeky for Morgan, but the ultimate trick would be to tape a little picture of Fenrir over Wendy's face in her picture. Just confuse the shit out of everybody.

>>2236683
>[X] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

>>2236586
>>2236694
>>2236752
>it's the planefag noseart discussion Mk. 2
Not this shit again.

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

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>>2236782
Still better than discussions about fresh fruit

>>2236683
>[X] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

That is actually something we can do for the squadron, so we might as well do it.

>>2236683

>[X] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

No reason to be a dick and not help.

>>2236683
>[x] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

So this is where we find the laptop filled with nudes of the squadron?

something something political bombshell we can't go public with at all

>>2236704
Hardly polar opposite it's more that there's not much to go on. Shit and what there is to go on could used to argue either opinion. Either way though, Billy and Una were planning on requesting a transfer before the incident happen. That and the fact they kept themselves separate from the squadron whenever Garcia was around is telling.

>>2236806
The laptop went under if Billy's right, but I'm betting we'll find something in his stuff that would ruin the squadron's image of him if they learn about it and Jessie will freak out and ask us what she should do about it.

>>2236806
Sounds like it's all boxed up already, we should just need to carry it.

>>2236815
>Transfer
Could easily mean they didn't like the guy, not that there was something wrong with him. If you don't like someone it's easy to see evidence that supports your dislike, thus their calling him a creep and such.

>>2236824
If it isn't already packaged up, we shouldn't be rummaging through his stuff anyway, even if we could get away with it while Jessie is right there.

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

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>>2236683
>[x] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

I feel like Morgan doesn't so much sleep in shifts as he does catnap. In either case, he's been through worse, he napped this afternoon, he can nap again with the rainstorm coming.

>>2236683
>[x] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.
Oh boy oh boy! Let's go digging through the deadman's stuff!

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

That pic will work. Alternative caption "havin' a giggle?"

>>2236683
>[X] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

So this is a chance to go through his shit without actually going through his shit where it'd be a BAD THING to do.

Also:


>"He was... there for us. Whenever we needed someone to talk to or go to for advice or anything else, he was there for us. I went through a nasty break-up a few months back, he stayed up with me." She smiles, her eyes looking somewhere past you. "He was always inviting us to his place in town for barbecues or to go shopping or-"

>"Dates." You state flatly, and she blinks.

>"What? No, not at all. We were all there, me and Becca and Kat-

Sure as fuck sounds like sleazeball trying to hit the appropriate checkmarks to me.

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

maybe it could also help to let them see we arent satan to them.

>>2236995

I don't think they see us as satan, just we're in the stages of "fucking new guy"

First they were pissed off that we were "replacing" their dead friend, now that they know we're just a dude like everybody else they've moved on to scared we'll just be deadguy 2.0.

Which we won't. Morgan doesn't seem like free backrubs and BBQ. And maman's lesson about carrying your own burdens can come back when it's time to do laundry.

We were scary good at SERE school so we can probably hop out and save any witch who goes down in enemy territory. Just stash her in a luggage rack. Does the Fenrir VTOL?

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.
One condition- no opening the box. Physically or metaphorically
>[]Yes, that picture.

>>2237046
>Morgan doesn't seem like free backrubs and BBQ.

Morgan had better know how to make an awesome gumbo though.

>>2236683
Also, jeeeebus this dude was a creeper. Like the creepiest.

>>2236799
You get that cursed produce out of here, you son of a bitch!
>>2237046
>Does the Fenrir VTOL?
Hopefully not, vtol's a stupid, maintenance-intensive gimmick that's needlessly hard on airframes and is only "a thing" because the Marines still have a nostalgiaboner for the Harrier, a plane that was never very good to begin with.

>>2237124
Yeah, regardless how technically amazing the F-35 may or may not be, those 50 hour maintenance cycles are going to bite all three services in the ass.

>>2237127
And all because the Marines wanted their next generation fighter to be a pansexual genderfluid Helicopter-kin. The F-35 would have been finished YEARS earlier if it weren't for that bullshit.

>>2237136
True, though the F-22 had like a 38 hour maintenance cycle, so it's not entirely their fault, though I don't know enough about either fighter or the technical challenges to make a statement either way, though I have a feeling that the stealth aspects of it are probably to blame.

Also: Pretty much everyone agrees that the JSF Program was a waste and that having all three services have their own craft is a far more cost-effective measure and generally would have resulted in better equipment.

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>>2237142
But when it comes right down to it, you just can't escape the facts.
And that's this right here.
All you fuckers wish you flew the Viper
Prob'ly since the time you wore a diaper
We got every mission that you do
And we fly 'em all better'n you
Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the Viper!

>>2236683
>[] Maman always did tell you to do what you could, Yeah, you'll help.

....by God is this what delusion looks like? Back rubs? Doing their laundry? Really?

>>2237154

Yeah, unfortunately, some people can't see the forest for the trees. ...I'm not quite sure how it got this bad, but then I'm reminded of some of the abusive relationships I've seen over the years, and suddenly, it makes more sense.

>>2237154
They're privileged young attractive fighter pilot equivalents in a peacetime military, no shit. There's probably a whole skeevy subset of pickup culture aimed at witches.

>>2237154

Listen, humans can be conditioned to accept anything.

He starts small, he offers to do chores, he listens to their problems, he gives them a place to hang out. Basically slow-rolling his way. Morgan calls it like it is when he said it was "dates" they just didn't realize because they weren't one-on-one. Slowly he works his way up to more intimate stuff. And hey, who is to say he also didn't have some noble intentions or good impact, but as an outside perspective it looks shifty as fuck.

Johnny Nork cannot cross the 38th parallel fast enough. I miss the fucking weird cold war shit already. At least can we dance with some migs and get sent to Top Gun again?

>>2237247
>At least can we dance with some migs and get sent to Top Gun again?
Doubt the Navy is gonna send a composite squadron, let alone Fenrirs and their crews, back stateside with tensions high on the peninsula. Especially since they just got back up to strength

>>2237254
Plus if this is like real life, it ain't even at Miramar anymore. They folded it in as a program under the the NAWDC (it was the NSAWC at the time) at NAS Fallon in Nevada back in '96.

>>2237254
>with tensions high on the peninsula.
I'm wondering how this will be much of a war at all. IRL, China stated it wouldn't back NK if they pick a fight with the US. And alarming as their missile tech is, we would still absolutely crush them.

Surprise martian tech? Unexpected other nation backing? Surprise martian invasion 2?

>>2237258
Wouldn't be surprised if its still at Miramar just cause
>>2237260
In universe ain't IRL

>>2237263
The old guard would be happier. Folding it into NAWDC was was pretty controversial, and the subject of much debate. Some would even argue that it's not REALLY Topgun anymore.

>>2237263
No, but it does follow IRL general trends. Korea was under Japanese rule until ~1990, and it still wound up in roughly the same state.

>>2237260
Remember, in this timeline, Korea remained under Nip occupation until quite recently. The situation on the Korean peninsula is more similar to pre-Korean War than it is to the present day.

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>>2237269
>>2237273
North Korea also wasn't ruined by 50 years of despotic mismanagement. It's essentially a proxy state of China as much as South Korea is a proxy state of Japan, and both countries are roughly on par with each other in terms of tech level.

>>2237296
So has the US put a linear gun in strategic orbit yet?

>>2237136
I don't think you understand just how big of a deal the F-35B is. To put it bluntly, a complete gamechanger. And they'd probably not be significantly different. F-35s already don't have THAT much parts commonality. A and C models don't have the lift fans anyways.

>>2237296
So China would back NK then? Does China not do a ton of business with the US like IRL?

>>2237299
That's a good question, actually. What's the updated state of the super/anti-martian weapons? After what happened at the end of SW89, I imagine there were some shakeups regarding their management, if nothing else.

>>2237316
I remember that the undersea Martian colonies of Martian soldiers who were stranded by their government after the First Martian War were confirmed to exist in-universe during SW89.

Am I misremembering that the Martians back on Mars attempted to colonize Venus, or that they also made colonization attempts in the Outer Planets?

>>2237306
I don't think you realize that there already EXISTS a piece of hardware that can take off and land vertically. It's called a helicopter.
This ridiculous idea that we need one magic bullet akrcraft to do every job is utterly asinine.

>>2237322
I don't recall anything about martian colonies elsewhere in the solar system but I could be wrong

>>2237322
>Am I misremembering that the Martians back on Mars attempted to colonize Venus, or that they also made colonization attempts in the Outer Planets?

I dunno why they would have bothered with a invasion of earth if they were going to colonize other planets anyway. Why go to the trouble of removing the existing life from a planet when there's an undefended one next door?
Actually, was an official reason ever discovered for the invasion?