tpayne 001 📑 after the mission

[stayonscript]

A resounding success (if a bit of a nail-biter) from our agents on the ground in Finland tonight — the node has been deactivated. Now forgive me for jumping straight into business. If I'd had a single moment of free time I would've organized a ticker tape parade for you all, but as it is celebrations will have to wait.

The Veil Taper Protocols are almost ridiculously effective. We're seeing excellent levels of mental stabilization in the population. The only observed side effect thus far is some short-term memory loss. This is a landmark shift in the paradigm of our efforts against the Architects.

Although there's still some polishing to be done, I think we're ready to begin to set our sights on grander goals. And I'd like to think very big indeed. It'll be easy enough to evacuate a couple thousand people to our existing strongholds, but eventually we'll need to deal with a large city — New York or London, for example. I think we should begin planning for this sort of mission immediately even if it may be a ways off yet for us practically speaking.

On a less serious note I'd also like to discuss Bishop's choice of theme song. Not that I have anything against Rage Against the Machine, of course, but I see a lot of room to play in the aesthetic space. Maybe The Runaways next time?

Comments

[jetting]

Pass on theme songs.

[philiip]

What if we did a monthly poll?

[jetting]

Still a no, P.

[philiip]

Biannual?

[jetting]

Only if the choices are “no” and “hell no.”

[philiip]

Biennial is my final offer, and we won't even tell you when the poll goes live.

[jetting]

It’s a small base. You know I’ll still find out.

[philiip]

Espionage will run it. You'll never know.

[jetting]

No matter what, it still results in music being played.

[philiip]

I can see I'm not going to win this battle.

[jaxsons]

C'mon, Eli. We all need a hype song every once in a while.

[jetting]

I’ll give a thumbs up.

[jaxsons]

Always can depend on an Eli McLeod Thumbs Up.

[jetting]

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

[griiff]

Aw, I thought we agreed your was Eye of the Tiger!

[jetting]

The one by Survivor? I can admit that’s a classic.

[griiff]

We'll get you in the spirit yet, eh?

[jetting]

I’m here. I’m already in the spirit.

[griiff]

But we could be more in the spirit! Remember Y2k? The glasses? We should get you novelty glasses.

[jetting]

Y2No

[agueyegrey]

But then how will you know when you're supposed to be revvin' up your engine, and listen to her howlin' roar?

[jetting]

When Command tells me to go.

[agueyegrey]

It needs to be instinctual, though.
You need to be able to feel when the metal's under tension, beggin' you to touch and go.

[jetting]

That comes with years of flying, not music.

[agueyegrey]

See, with that kind of attitude you'll never know what you can do, or get it up as high as you can do.