Blue Meeting:

[callmegladio]

Who: Gladio + Blue Team and Friends.
Where: Dining carriage. (Change of venue, larger space)
When: Grasshopper 15th after lunch.
What: The first Blue Team meeting with the new Leadership in place.
Warnings: Unknown. Possible cuteness. Snack induced jealousy. Will update if something comes up!

To say that Gladio was nervous would be an understatement. He hadn't been able to get much sleep the night before worrying if this would work out the way he had planned. Would people be receptive to what he asked? Would people even come to this meeting? He had been assured by several people there would be at least some (who could resist lovingly prepared snacks?) but it remained to be seen.

Gladio sat at a table, there was a notepad and a pencil in his hand. He would be taking notes of things he deemed important.

Once people started filtering in, Gladio began to feel somewhat better. Calmer. He watched them milling about with a smile. It was only when he thought there was enough that he rose and gave a call to get people's attention.

"First, I just wanna thank everyone for coming. I know it was short notice, but between the mission and platform day coming up, my hands were tied.

In future I'm going to do my best to have a meeting like this before every big mission, once we get the info. I don't think a little organisation can hurt. And... with that in mind. The reason I wanted to get you all here. I want everyone to get to know each other. And I want to learn more about you all. I'd like, if you're all willing, to assign simple roles within the team to each person for missions. If you don't want to be part of that, just let me know. That's your choice." He smiled wider. "If you do... I'll get to you. If you've any questions, I'm open to them. Piccolo and WangJi are also here to answer your questions and concerns. Not just here and not just for missions, but any you have. We're here for you."

With that his smile became a grin. "Now... I know two of our number have been working hard to make delicious snacks, so do me a favour? Make them happy and dig in! Enjoy them and... chat. Mingle. Get to know your fellow blue. We're a small team, lets make us the best team!"

Comments

[pleple]

Ple Two nodded. "If you're wondering about my name - I am a clone of a girl named Elpeo Ple, who was identified... at some very early point as an ideal candidate." Her deadly serious, almost blank expression is a defense mechanism, at this point.

"I don't even remember what was done to me. And I don't want to." It would do terrible things to the stability she's built up.

[callmegladio]

Again, Gladio's eyes couldn't help but flicker toward his boyfriend, though they lingered for a few seconds more, before Gladio put down his pencil.

"Don't blame you." Gladio's tone had gentled a great deal. He was tempted to reach out, but held himself back for the moment. He thought about what he wanted to say, chewing on it for a few seconds before he sighed. "Is that why you keep yourself so guarded?"

[pleple]

He was the boss, and that made it so that she could actually spill about this to begin with. It was Gladio's job to do anything with it.

"...it is. Although a few people have made me feel good enough to be a bit more open." Like a girlfriend.

[callmegladio]

Gladio smiled then, he was happy to hear that, he really was.

"I'm glad. It's hard opening up. But I hope you know that if you ever need someone to talk to, about anything. You can come to me." He liked Ple Two, he really did. She was sweet, in her own way.

"So I've gotta ask..." He grinned then. "Since you have military experience. Tell me where you see yourself on the team. Where do you feel your skills are more effective during missions? You said you could use firearms... what kind?"

[pleple]

Ple Two nodded quietly. She couldn't just add him to the list for everything, but he'd been trying to be there for her anyways - and she was letting him on a lot of the details.

"Handguns. Perhaps lighter rifles. I've been able to work with short swords and crossbows in various circumstances as well." Hooray for mobile suits having beam sabers. "As you can see I'm not... all that physically strong. I'm still kind of young."

[callmegladio]

"I understand you're young, kiddo." Gladio spoke gently. "And in an ideal world I wouldn't be asking you these things. If I had my way, I'd have anyone under the age of 16 stay on the train... But I don't think you'd be happy with that.

So that's why I'm asking you where you'd feel more comfortable. Prompto works with firearms. I'd planned on making him and Madoka our ranged team, since she can use a bow now. They can fight, but fight from afar. Think you'd wanna team up with those two? He might even let you lend one of his guns."

[pleple]

Ple Two nodded again. "It's what I do. I wouldn't know what to do with myself otherwise."

"I'd be better off there, certainly." ...and keeping an eye on Madoka as well, ideally.

[callmegladio]

"Then I think we have an idea of where you can be during missions. Stick with those two and offer cover fire for the teams down on the ground who use fists and swords to fight." Gladio nodded, happy with this as he made a little note in his book, smiling. "I'll feel a hell of a lot better knowing you three are at my back."

[pleple]

"Once I have the proper equipment, absolutely." And she was very precise. "There is... one more thing I have with me, but I'm not sure it will ever come in handy."

[callmegladio]

"I can talk to Prompto, see if he can lend you a weapon during missions." He didn't think i would be too hard for him to do.

"... And what is that?"

[pleple]

"That would be excellent." Although she might just keep carrying a sword around too - for practice, if nothing else, in case they end up somewhere low technology again.

"A headset that is meant to link up to a psychic control system. It was designed to allow me to use... weapons from a distance. But I don't know the technical details to try and make anything of it."

[callmegladio]

"Have you ever talked to Tony about that?" Gladio asked, curious about what that would actually mean. But then he frowned. "Something like that wouldn't hurt you, would it?"

[pleple]

"Perhaps I ought to." He seemed like he had enough on his plate, but if anyone could figure out a Psycommu off of one piece of tech...

[callmegladio]

Gladio frowned. Had she deliberately ignored his last question or...?

"And it wouldn't hurt you?" Because if it was going to cause her pain of any kind, he wouldn't allow it. It wasn't worth it.

[pleple]

That was a difficult question to answer, was the problem.

"It shouldn't. But there is a possibility. And only one way to find out." She took a breath. "But if we could apply it, somehow, I could... find some way to be far more helpful."

[callmegladio]

"Then... maybe talk to Tony, or someone else technically minded? I don't know much about that kind of thing, unfortunately." It was one of his own weaknesses, he supposed. But there were others on the train who made it their strength. They could help Ple Two he was sure. "Talk to them and we can see where to go from there."

[pleple]

It was the result of such intensive research...

"I'll make a point of it." Even if they don't have a ton of raw materials to just build things, they've found lots of ways around that.

[callmegladio]

Gladio nodded, trusting she would do as she said. And trusting she would come to him once she had the answers she needed.

"So... before I send you off to Madoka," Gladio grinned. "Anything else you think I need to know?"

[pleple]

"Nothing comes to mind for now," she settled on with a nod.

[callmegladio]

"Then you're free to go, kiddo." Gladio grinned and gestured toward where the cookies were, and Madoka close by those.