D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
With the pilots and soldiers and mechwarriors all leaving earlyish today, Yoko had gotten up early. It wasn't that she needed to be in early herself, and she already knew most of the particulars about Ninovo's layout and particulars (she'd done a lot of scouting on the place herself personally). No, she'd decided to get up early to make sure those heading out didn't need to be in such a hurry. Tessa had told here there was a careful balance about caring for people who could die any day on you and staying distant, but there was something inside Yoko that just always wanted to make friends and take care of people.
So it was that the communications adjunct had wrangled some help together from people she knew and got some things set up in the mech hangar. A breakfast buffet and some folding tables had been set up with simple to eat, hand held foods that people could eat on the go. Whether that meant eating while doing work on their mech, while doing warm ups, or even taking with them on the way out, they were simple enough things like food bars and precut fruit that they were the sort of things one could eat without utensils or worrying about trash or mess. The buffet of items itself was set up out of the way, Yoko knowing good intentions could go badly if the help was in the way of procedures or such.
For her part, Yoko sat on top of a crate of wiring kits near the end of the foodstuffs, cross legged, looking down at a simple version of Snake on her vidphone someone had programmed in for her.
So it was that the communications adjunct had wrangled some help together from people she knew and got some things set up in the mech hangar. A breakfast buffet and some folding tables had been set up with simple to eat, hand held foods that people could eat on the go. Whether that meant eating while doing work on their mech, while doing warm ups, or even taking with them on the way out, they were simple enough things like food bars and precut fruit that they were the sort of things one could eat without utensils or worrying about trash or mess. The buffet of items itself was set up out of the way, Yoko knowing good intentions could go badly if the help was in the way of procedures or such.
For her part, Yoko sat on top of a crate of wiring kits near the end of the foodstuffs, cross legged, looking down at a simple version of Snake on her vidphone someone had programmed in for her.
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
John approached in his cooling vest and not much else, the rest of his lance talking with others nearby and similarly prepped.
"Are you doing okay? Know it was just a surprise shock thing, but hope there's nothing else making things worse."
"Are you doing okay? Know it was just a surprise shock thing, but hope there's nothing else making things worse."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
Yoko looked up, saw who it was, then ushed deeply.
"Oh, hello Butch. I was... fine, hai. The nurse said it was a combination of shock and having slept poorly..."
Shutting off her phone's screen. she sat up more straight, "I never did get to thank you for taking me to the infirmary, or Richard for not being TOO mad at me."
"Oh, hello Butch. I was... fine, hai. The nurse said it was a combination of shock and having slept poorly..."
Shutting off her phone's screen. she sat up more straight, "I never did get to thank you for taking me to the infirmary, or Richard for not being TOO mad at me."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"I'm just glad you're feeling okay. Was worried even if they said you were fine," he replies with a nod.
"Hopefully it won't scare you off from practice. I still hope to see you there. We'll try to avoid taking off arms during practice in the future."
"Hopefully it won't scare you off from practice. I still hope to see you there. We'll try to avoid taking off arms during practice in the future."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"I just need to get up earlier, prepare better. Not stumble out of bed into practice barely awake. Get up, take a shower, have some tea..."
She tilted her head towards the pot of coffee on the table next to the box she was sitting on, "Speaking of, want some coffee?"
She tilted her head towards the pot of coffee on the table next to the box she was sitting on, "Speaking of, want some coffee?"
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
John nods at her then moves to pour himself a cup of coffee. He takes a sip before deciding he doesn't need to add sugar.
"I keep an ammonia inhalant in my gym bag for waking up in the morning. If you're ever looking to wake up quick, that'll do the job faster than anything. Smelling salts. Sometimes I use it for an adrenaline rush on grip day."
"I keep an ammonia inhalant in my gym bag for waking up in the morning. If you're ever looking to wake up quick, that'll do the job faster than anything. Smelling salts. Sometimes I use it for an adrenaline rush on grip day."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"Huh... never considered something like that. Suppose it could be helpful if we're caught unawares or something."
She considered the possibility, certainly; They were in a war zone, after all.
"You don't use that every day, do you?"
She considered the possibility, certainly; They were in a war zone, after all.
"You don't use that every day, do you?"
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"Nah. Just occasionally for grip strength exercises. But I keep them in case of head injuries. Always heard you should stay awake when you get hit in the head."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
Yoko nodded, "Studied medicine enough to know that’s not a bad idea. ...used to think about being a nurse, back in the day. But then I learned real nurses didn't wear skimpy pink dresses, and they had to deal with belligerent, dying, and other uncomfortable things. Needless to say teenage me wanted nothing to do with any of that."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
Butcher sips a bit more coffee and nods. "Sounds like you did a bit more than think about it if you studied medicine. Life likes to throw us down strange paths though, eh?"
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"Well, I was put into psychiatry for University, so it ended up somewhat related. Though if I'd been happy with that, I probably wouldn't have dropped out after my first year I suspect."
A small chuckle, almost rueful.
"Still not sure if that was the right decision or not, in the end."
A small chuckle, almost rueful.
"Still not sure if that was the right decision or not, in the end."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"Well, it's the decision you made. No point torturing yourself wondering if it was the right decision. I feel bad about some of the stuff I done, but I'm still alive so the decisions I made in the past can't be too bad. You're still alive, kicking and making a life for yourself so it sounds like a right decision to me," John says before taking another sip.
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
One of Yoko's eyebrows went up, "So, what; You're someone who lives with no regrets? I mean, I know some of that stuff doesn't have much of a point, but I'm only human. I have regrets, desires, fears... even if they don't make logical sense when I really think about them. Just knowing that doesn't make them go away."
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"Not quite. I feel bad about some of the stuff I did in the past. But I never wonder if a choice was right or wrong. Cause I made the best choice I could at the time and I'm still around to do better if I need to. Thinking about what might have been or how the world could be different is something I don't do, probably cause I got a shit imagination. I ain't good at picturing hypotheticals."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"See, that's the part I worry about; Whether I really did the best I could. In a sense, it's easy to answer because I always did what I could. But it's also easy in the other sense because I could have done more or such. If nothing else to hope I learn from the mistakes of my past, you know?"
Having finished her tea and such Yoko pulled out a long rolled cig and lit it up, taking a deep breath and letting out a stream of smoke upwards.
Having finished her tea and such Yoko pulled out a long rolled cig and lit it up, taking a deep breath and letting out a stream of smoke upwards.
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"We always do the best we can in the moment, even if we don't think so later. Circumstances change with time and hindsight is easier than foresight. It's ok to look at mistakes we made in the past and try to do better for the future. But in the past we had to make the right decision for the past. Just cause we don't like what we did don't mean it wasn't necessary at the time. Gotta give past Yoko a break and the benefit of the doubt. Sides... I think she did good for herself. After all, you got a lot of friends that got your back now, so she must've done a lot right."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
A small smirk crossed Yoko's lips, and she leaned back on one hand, kind of making the crate into her own personal lounge, "I mean, you're not wrong there. And anyways, I suppose the rest is just semantics. I'm no linguist or philosopher, so probably just leave it at that."
She looked over at John as she let the warmth from the cig fill her chest, "Still, I kind of like giving past Yoko a hard time. It's just too bad I can't really give her a spanking for all the bad decisions she made, neh?"
She looked over at John as she let the warmth from the cig fill her chest, "Still, I kind of like giving past Yoko a hard time. It's just too bad I can't really give her a spanking for all the bad decisions she made, neh?"
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John nods at that, sips his coffee, then responds nonchalantly. "If you're worried about that, maybe a spanking in the present would give future Yoko some peace of mind in case she feels the same."
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Re: D12, EM - Getting Ready For The Day (open)
"See?"
Yoko sat up more straight and motioned to Butcher with the hand she'd been leaning on, "You get it. Even if you have no regrets, it's best you know you were at least sorry for the mistakes you DID make. And what better way to remember that you were thinking about it than letting yourself be reprimanded. It keeps one humble."
The sarcasm was thick enough, Yoko not having the more neutral and dead set thing down like John did.
Yoko sat up more straight and motioned to Butcher with the hand she'd been leaning on, "You get it. Even if you have no regrets, it's best you know you were at least sorry for the mistakes you DID make. And what better way to remember that you were thinking about it than letting yourself be reprimanded. It keeps one humble."
The sarcasm was thick enough, Yoko not having the more neutral and dead set thing down like John did.
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Butcher refills his cup then moves to sit on a different crate nearby. "Humble isn't really my thing. I'm the type that lives out loud with pride and swagger. One time I even told a moderately funny joke. I made two whole people laugh. Proudest day of my life."
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