Team Logistics Are Required

[achickenformylove]

Who: WangJi, Yondu and Various [Closed]
Where: Various
When: End of Kazoo
What: WangJi and Yondu working out team stuff
Warnings: Nothing as of the moment. Will change if need be.

Several closed top levels For WangJi and Yondu exist here

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Closed to Tidus, Yondu and WangJi

[achickenformylove]

It had been a while since WangJi had done a lot of in-depth preparations for the Blue Team. He and Piccolo had done what they had always done. Now that WangJi had asked Yondu to be a co-leader, they were both working on planning and organization for the Blue Team.

So when he had heard that Tidus would likely be able to assist them with some of the supplies for their team, he had been quick to organize a meeting between the three of them so that they could learn what was available to them and anything they should consider for their next mission as it was fast approaching.

WangJi had arranged the meeting for a time when they would all be available (not that there was too much to prevent someone from being there, but still it was polite), making the arrangements for one of the quiet cars. He had also brought tea since that was a common thing in his world to drink while discussing business.

[blitzcheer]

It's still peculiar in ways, being a guy babbling speak about supplies - but if there was anything handy on a mission (and what the train wasn't willing to provide without points being coughed up), it was equipment to go in with. And it was better to encourage them whenever possible, than to think about people going without.

So, he'd made the offer readily, and whatever weird awkwardness that hung on didn't match his easy-going stride to the meeting place, peeking through the glass doors before spotting the one for this meeting, opening it up, the scent of the tea catching his nose, but it's who's in there that takes his attention better, a nod to whoever's already inside.

"Sup! How's it hanging? Didn't wait too long, did you?"

[yondu]

Yondu had decided to help out in his own way. Sure, there was already a 3D printer, but he'd ordered one he knew was capable of recycling materials for use, as well as allow for some customization. Something that might help out those who make supplies.

"Not so bad," Yondu offers, lingering with his back propped against the wall rather than sitting properly. He's not wearing his train uniform, but back in his Ravager gear again.

"Nowhere else for me to be. I'm Yondu," he introduces himself curtly, bows his head a bit and taps his chest twice with his right fist in a Ravager salute, before he finally settles in with Wangji to take his cup of tea. It probably looks funny, he considers, that WangJi generally looks elegant and well put together and Yondu keeps himself about as well as a veteran of the meat grinder can.

[achickenformylove]

WangJi had never really considered how odd an image the two of them must have made, him in all white and blue and Yondu in his clothes from home. But that was never something he really focused on so it was as normal to him as anything else on this train.

WangJi gave Tidus a nod in greeting as he came in. "Thank you for coming, Tidus." He moved one of the cups of tea closer to Yondu as he sat a little straighter before moving the other for Tidus to be able to get it easier and gesturing to the chair across from them. "It is good that we can have this meeting."

[blitzcheer]

Tidus isn't sure about that signal, gesture? Yondu gives, but in the moment he's rather left there standing, he follows it with a thumbs up, a hum and nod, before taking the opposite seating to the pair, rather relaxed in his posture.

Though, he does lean forward as the cup is drawn his way, a quick 'thanks' slipped in before they get closer to business.

"No prob. I know Minako had an arms band back when she was around - Blue Team's person for holding onto food and supplies," he explains to Yondu specifically, eyes going onto him. Tidus raises his wrist with a band on it. "It can hold anything, good for carrying extras of everything. You know if she left with it?"

That, he asks to WangJi, a note of curiosity. That was always the fear with supplies - that they'd disappear with the person when they left.

[yondu]

"Madoka's been pretty good about carryin' 'em too, if they go to her." Yondu comments, before looking over to WangJi to hear his answer on that other question.

"I also keep thinkin' that if we're gettin' missions with animals involved pretty often, we should find some folks willin' to teach those of us what didn't or couldn't be around 'em how to handle 'em. Eva said she'd help out with that, but I figured a couple of other folks acquainted with some different types could be useful too."

They do have a few city and space folk on their team.

[achickenformylove]

"She has been. Madoka has been helpful that way."

He looked at the band that Tidus showed him and his brow creased slightly as he studied it. "I can't say that I have seen it recently. I will check what supplies we have and see if it can be located."

Otherwise, it was probably gone for good.

"I wonder though... if the train would provide qiankun bags if I were to request them for points."

He nodded in agreement at Yondu's statement. "Strange how we keep getting tasks that involve animals."

[blitzcheer]

"Yeah," Tidus says in agreement to WangJi's last remark. "I can't complain; better Madoka and Romeo and A-Qing have to deal with that than too much fighting. ...Taiki though, from Red Team," he goes on after a beat, "he'll be good for those missions, I think. He's not big about being around battles, but he was with us on the Irivar mission. You remember when we had to help out the animals then? But, we still had the trouble with the fire sprites."

He mainly spoke to WangJi there again, but he looks to Yondu after.

"Madoka took one of the arms from the general supplies - we've got a bunch of stuff that anyone from any team can take. But if you guys wanna get ideas about what to build up for yourself so you have more on hand, I can let you know the kind of healing supplies and support equipment we've got. I've brought some along with me."

[yondu]

"Pretty sure if I got the shit for it I could get Vexen to make us some stuff, too. I can check out what we got an' then we hit him up?"

He asks WangJi mostly. "Though I reckon we might get some new folks comin' in come platform."

He didn't want to cost the other teams supplies they might need in heavy combat areas. But he also didn't want to leave them hanging when they might have civilians they need to take care of, or heaven help 'em one of the kids get hurt. But their team size is pretty small.

"How much do Purple an' Red usually need?"

Closed to Ray, Yondu, and WangJi

[achickenformylove]

It had been something WangJi had been thinking about since seeing the survey that Roland had put out for the Purple Team and Yondu had had the same idea so WangJi had arranged for the Blue Team survey to be ready for others to fill out. The forms were ready to be filled out and there were pens provided.

The surveys were left in a central location to be filled out. While WangJi wasn't exactly standing over the stack to make sure those from his team filled them out, he did spend some time nearby where they were, in case someone should have questions or need assistance.

[yondu]

Yondu's acquired some of the printer paper from the standard car to keep a few notes himself from what people end up saying. It's mostly who seems like they'd be good at diplomacy, who'd be good at mobilizing, that sorta thing, but he's got a whole section on possible defenses if need be.

At least this is still in his skillset. Back when he planned ship attacks, he always arranged for a ground team of his crew to move in first and investigate. You needed some solid people that could engage with citizens for that. Out of some 300 odd folks, he figures there are more on this little team that apply than were in his batch.

[pragmaticcollaborator]

[After some hesitation, Ray does take a form to fill out, since he can see that it might be good for others to know what he can do. That said, he's also not completely open on it either, and noticeably stops and thinks before answering certain questions, particularly on the topic of his skills and what his home world is like. Some of that is due to lack of knowledge (he doesn't know where exactly Grace Field House was, besides that it was in a temperate part of the northern hemisphere), but some of that is due to reluctance to share some info, such as his exact situation. Eventually he finishes, and figuring that this is probably enough info, ends up finally approaching WangJi.]

This should be good, right?

[achickenformylove]

[WangJi appreciated Yondu's attention to detail as he went over the surveys that had been turned in already. There was a lot to consider and while he had been a leader back home, there weren't really as many skills as seemed to be showing up on the survey. It would be good to get them all organized.

He glanced up as Ray came over, having seen him working on it for quite some time]

Yes, I think so. Did you have any questions for us?

[yondu]

[Yondu takes the survey to look at it, that perpetually scowling face creasing up in concentration (it's no ones fault, he just has resting bitch face).]

Looks fine to me. This is one of the least combative teams so ya got your wiggle room.

[People have limits on what they're willing to do, and blue is a low combat team. But it's not often that people list so few of their skills. They at least got something like, 'Can fill out a tax return' or 'can touch the tip of their tongue to their nose'. He's seen some shit on crew sign-ups.]

[pragmaticcollaborator]

[The fact that Ray is twelve and listed so little is possibly also weird; people that age should probably be able to come up with a bit more.

It notably also fails to explain things like where Ray’s neck tattoo came from, but that’s due to him not wanting to talk about it.

More importantly, he does have a question.]

So, what does blue team do on missions? [He’d like to know beforehand.]

[achickenformylove]

[That was also true, but WangJi wasn't going to push if there should be more. There might have been a reason for it or he may not have had a lot of skills. If it was the latter, pressing the issue would be embarrassing for Ray and disrespectful on WangJi's part]

We typically are assigned to a diplomatic role in the mission, speaking with locals more than others. Occasionally, we need to take care of animals. We still do have to fight.

[yondu]

Sometimes ya gotta rally people, too. Evac, things like that.

If you do gotta do fightin' an' don't think you can manage, you can fall behind me or WangJi or Sanzo. Sometimes we get folks from other teams droppin' in to help out.

[At this point Yondu's getting used to small children being around. He resents it, but there's fuck all he can do about it. He ranges between talking to 'em like adults and switching back to remembering they're just kids. Comes from having to force Peter to grow up too soon, but also wishing he didn't have to.]

Good lord type one goddamn starter without fuckin' up nine times

[yondu]

Cherry is purple team but she intends to be with them on some missions. He knows that if she shows up she's gonna have a little bit of a problem filling out her survey.

So he has one ready. And he warns WangJi beforehand. "Cherry's gonna need us to do this for her. She plans on helpin' us out on occasion." He's not worried in the slightest about him giving the girl a hard time, he don't seem like the type.

But he does worry a little about Cherry being self-conscious.

Oh no!

[achickenformylove]

WangJi had been looking at one of the filled-out surveys that someone had just handed them not too long ago. He was at least waiting until they were out of sight before looking just so they didn't feel like he was potentially judging them by looking so quickly.

He looked over from it to Yondu. "That is fine. Anyone who wishes to help is welcome. And we can certainly assist her with filling out the form."

[fightcreamsundae]

Cherry was pretty pleased to see the initiatives that the team leads had been taking to better organize their teams and people. The fact that Yondu had asked her if she wanted to basically be an honorary blue team member made her happy. As long as purple didn't specifically need her she'd be more than happy to lend a hand!

He knew she couldn't read so he had offered to help her with the paperwork and she was also really glad for that. What she hadn't expected was for it to be more than just Yondu and herself. Her almost skipping stopped and turned into a nervous step, her chipper smile faded into a confused expression as her ears slightly perked up when she saw WangJi. She was clearly uncertain as her tail twitched and she folded her hands together in front of her - perhaps the most polite way to close oneself off.

"Oh, what a surprise! I had thought maybe that my application may be to, um, lengthy and that maybe it would be only Mr. Yondu helping me. Because, um, maybe there were others that might have, um, questions..."

[yondu]

"It's alright, Cherryblossom, he ain't gonna judge," he clarifies. "But if he's a team lead he should probably rightfully know so he don't ask nothin' of ya that you ain't ready for."

He then looks over to WangJi and speaks quietly enough that only Cherry and the other lead can really hear. "She cain't read. She's real good with instructions an' wants to help people a whole lot."

He taps the paper. He'll help write down stuff for her.

[achickenformylove]

WangJi had good hearing so he didn't even need to strain when Yondu dropped his voice. He nodded his head in understanding.

"That is fairly common where I am from," WangJi remarked. It was true. Many villagers in smaller areas might only know what characters they needed to know for their job or to recognize a location but otherwise couldn't read.

"I am here if you have questions." He will let Yondu handle it since she was more familiar with him than she was with him.

[fightcreamsundae]

Cherry's ears went flat as Yondu explained it was a good idea for WangJi to know she couldn't read. She agreed, but she was still rather embarrassed. She finally relaxes as WangJi commented that being unable to read was not unusual. That was honestly a comfort and she relaxed a bit in response to the information.

"Um, I do have a question. Is it really pretty common where you're from? There are, um. Where I'm from there are small villages out away from the big cities and the farmers there um. A lot of them can't read, or the only know what they need to. But here, um, it seems like everyone knows how to?"

Her gaze shifted to Yondu's hand as he tapped the paper, easily distracted by the sound.

[yondu]

"Ya see? Y'aint that weird. It's just the place." He nods to WangJi. His world was like that, and Yondu had already admitted to Cherry that while he could read Kree he couldn't read his own native language.

He looks down at the survey.

"Alright," he fills in 'Cherry' right off the bat as the prefered name, and he'll dig up the roster name later. "How old are ya?"

[achickenformylove]

WangJi nodded his head. "Yes, it is common. A lot of people in smaller villages may only be able to read a few characters that are needed for them to navigate daily life. They would be unable to read the books that are in my sect's library though if I were to read it to them, they would understand it."

WangJi was just special that way.