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Tweak says, "touch grass"

Johanna Mason (woodensoldier) wrote in timestreamic,
@ 2016-06-03 15:14:00

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!journal post, enjolras, grantaire, hal yorke, jack harkness, johanna mason

[Filter: No Natives]
LeMarque's funeral is in 2 days time.

If you've not signed up on Leia's role-call, get on that. We need to know what we're working with.

Medics & military-sorts: we are working on getting you supplies - Gavroche is an absolute fucking star - so if you're missing anything vital you need to let me know. I'd appreciate people coming through me rather than trying to organise their own requests. The kid trusts and likes me enough that I'll probably get you a better deal anyway.

As for actual strategy: Jack has put forward a suggestion that high-ranking targets in the army should be our priority. If anyone has any better ideas I'm all ears.

The louder you lot holler, the less time I have to think about how they're all going to d-
This. This is precisely why we stopped caring about people.
They can't hurt you if you've nothing left to lose

[Filter: Les Amis]
Can't help but feel we could be helping you guys more than we are. What do you need us to do?

[Filter: Grantaire]
So the other night. That was
How are you? I'm fine. Better than fine. Look at me being all fine and not freaking out about this doomed revolution. But hey, at least the nightmares have some variation now. That's new and exciting
You're a fucking bastard, you know? This would all be a whole lot easier if you hadn't made me give a shit
Hey

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	No Natives needstheroutine 2016-06-03 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	I still don't know why they have put me here of all places. But I have fought wars like this, very similar. Pay attention to their cannons. If you can disable any of them before the fight, take them for your side, if you can do anything there, it would take one of their main advantages away (Reply to this) (Thread)

	No Natives woodensoldier 2016-06-04 11:12 am UTC (link)
	Join the club; I don't think any of us know quite why we were dragged into this mess. ~~Cannons. Right. Of course. Next it'll be Mutts and Tracker Jackers~~ Good advice, thanks. Can you liaise with Jack on that one? He's in good with some of the French army, so might be able to find out where they keep their artillery. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Les Amis letothersrise 2016-06-03 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	Just be there with us, when the time comes. We intend to make our move on LaMarque's funeral day. When the procession is at its height (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Les Amis woodensoldier 2016-06-04 11:07 am UTC (link)
	Well yeah, of course that. But it'd be useful to know exactly what you're planning on doing "when the time comes". Assuming there is an actual plan, and not just a vague handwavey ambition. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	No Natives faceofbo 2016-06-03 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Any non lethal way of putting people out of commission for a few days could be fed into army food supplies, that would potentially be a massive help. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	No Natives woodensoldier 2016-06-04 11:14 am UTC (link)
	That's priority one for the science-and-medicine division, then. Hal's mentioned tracking down the cannons, and either disabling them or taking them for ourselves. Reckon you can find out where your army buddies are keeping the big guns? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: No Natives faceofbo 2016-06-05 01:43 am UTC (link)
	I can see what I can find out, but there are likely multiple locations, i'd suggest asking gavroche or some locals too as they may know some of the closer ones. May be good to hit the powder stores we can find, maybe some of the people that claim magic skills can help there. Don't need to do anything other than get it all damp. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: No Natives woodensoldier 2016-06-05 10:14 am UTC (link)
	On it (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Grantaire \| Johanna drinkwithme 2016-06-04 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Hello, belle. How are you today? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Grantaire \| Johanna woodensoldier 2016-06-05 09:54 am UTC (link)
	Nervous Sick to my stomach Exhausted Kinda freaking out It's hard to put a name to, y'know? Haven't felt like this since the night before my first Games. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Grantaire \| Johanna drinkwithme 2016-06-09 10:41 am UTC (link)
	[Pretend this was posted way back when?] I can put a number of names to the way I am feeling. Terrified is the one that springs to mind the most. For you, my friends. I always hoped it would never come to this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Grantaire \| Johanna woodensoldier 2016-06-09 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	[Can do!] ... yeah, that's part of it. Where did you think things would end up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Grantaire \| Johanna drinkwithme 2016-06-09 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	I always knew they wouldn't stop until they had the fight they were looking for. I tried to make them see that it wouldn't work. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	JOHANNA orphanofwar 2016-06-05 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Are you alright? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	JAMES woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	~~Not remotely. Pretty sure I couldn't be further out of my depth if you tied cannons to my legs and threw me in the Seine~~ Peachy. How are you holding up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JOHANNA orphanofwar 2016-06-05 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	You know. That nervous anticipation that keeps you up all night, because going to bed feels like the silliest thing to do right about now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JAMES woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I know how that goes; it's funny how you forget that doing what comes next on no sleep is a stupid idea, right? The absinthe they have here works pretty well, if you're trying to shut that nervous bit up long enough to grab some shut-eye. ... ugh, sorry. That was pretty patronising, right? I know this isn't your first rodeo either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JO orphanofwar 2016-06-05 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	No thanks. I don't like to wake up with a hangover. You should get some sleep, Jo. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JAMES woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	It's on the to-do list. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JO orphanofwar 2016-06-05 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	Sure it is. [...] Sorry, that was too patronizing. I usually have to order my siblings to bed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JAMES woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	Don't sweat it. Soon as Les Amis turn in, so will I. Promise. ~~Whether I actually managed to sleep once I turn in is another matter entirely, but hey~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Jo orphanofwar 2016-06-05 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	Do you want a bedtime story or something? I'm a pro at bedtime stories around the campfire. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Only if it's the sort that ends with everyone living, preferably as close to happily as it gets. So, y'know, the wildly unrealistic kind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JO orphanofwar 2016-06-05 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yeah. There's a soldier and a spy. And a giant and a pixie. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	You have my attention. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JO orphanofwar 2016-06-05 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	I think I'm gonna need a sip of that absinthe before I continue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	It's at [Address]. I'm not going to complain about having company. Although if you tell anyone the Glorious War Leader needs bedtime stories I'll deny it 'til I die. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	JO orphanofwar 2016-06-05 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	~~Same as Hawkeye~~ I knew I liked you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, and you can add 'good taste' to your many fine qualities and all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: James orphanofwar 2016-06-05 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Hah. You just really remind me of a good friend of mine. Hawkeye's his name. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Johanna \| James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	You have weird names where you're from, "Captain". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Johanna \| James orphanofwar 2016-06-05 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	His name is Francis. Trust me, Hawkeye's better. [...] Yeah, my dad's really here again, isn't he? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Johanna \| James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	Could be worse. My best mate got saddled with Finnick. ... looks like. Really not helping my theory that the Agency are just trying to manufacture maximum drama for their own entertainment. You doing ok with that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Johanna | James

orphanofwar
2016-06-05 09:21 pm UTC (link)

Oh, is he awful finicky, or has that horse been beaten to death?

It's funny how you can spend your whole life missing two people you barely remember, and then they're there, and they're still not yours.

I guess that's the way it is, being from some backwards universe where everything played out the way it shouldn't have. Still, it would be nice to [...] meet my real parents.

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Johanna | James

woodensoldier
2016-06-05 09:28 pm UTC (link)

It's probably been long enough since we used that one it's practically Retro and due for a comeback.

This whole multiverse thing's a mindfuck at the best of times. I don't know what I'd do if they pulled my family through from a Universe ~~where they're still~~ ~~where they didn't~~ ~~where I lost I guess?~~ that isn't my one, and at least I got to know them... You need to vent at all, dude, I'm surprisingly good at the Listening thing.

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	Johanna \| James orphanofwar 2016-06-05 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	More of a brawler than a venter. ~~Wolverine helped me vent and he left.~~ I'm not going to tell them who I am supposed to be to them. It's just putting them in an impossible spot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Johanna | James

woodensoldier
2016-06-05 09:48 pm UTC (link)

You really are after my own heart, aren't you? Brawling's the best sort of venting, I find.

Probably clever. I reckon this is where I'm supposed to protest that they deserve to know because you're a great guy and so on and so forth but if they're not yours then... yeah, it's an impossible spot. Likewise, you shouldn't feel like you've got any responsibility for These Ones. Which is probably easier said than done, but still. They're just strangers with the same names and faces.

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	Johanna \| James orphanofwar 2016-06-05 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	You can't fix feelings with words. They're echoes, nothing more. The only tangible thing I've got is my dad's shield. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Johanna \| James woodensoldier 2016-06-05 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Truer words were never spoken. Pretty sure this is me preaching to the choir, but you hold onto that thing. It'll help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Johanna \| James orphanofwar 2016-06-05 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. It's cracked and broken, but it's all mine. (Reply to this) (Parent)