V-Day Means Work Day. [OPEN]

[thewarisover]

Characters: Roy and other Workaholics
Location: The DOGS Office
Rating: G for now!
Time: February 14, after training until whenever!
Description: What do you do while love is in the air and a chocolate craze has hit Death City? Work like nobody's business.



Even with all of the buzz and the excitement, Valentine's Day was just another day, wasn't it? That meant that people got up, people trained, and people went to work, especially if they happened to be employed with DOGS and the Watch.

Of course, Death City had a way of making things stop being normal pretty quickly...




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Comments

[lawfullystupid]

[Flynn has noticed: how could he not when he worked in such close quarters with Roy? But after the fumble at the graveyard and his conversation with Riza, he has decided not to try and force his will on him. It's a lesson that has been slowly sinking into his head since well before he came to Death City, after all.]

Considering how likely it is that the last attack was as much an attempt at mental warfare was physical...

[thewarisover]

It worked.

[Quietly. Too quietly.

And now he's going for his cigarettes.]

We'll be fine, though. The people here are rather resilient, as are the other guests.

[lawfullystupid]

[Flynn licks at his teeth in nerves. He knows in his belly that this is a hard subject. But what can he do? Back off and offer hollow condolences? Or do his job as best he can?

In the end if such things can be prevented, then some pain could be dealt with. Eventually.]

I was talking with Auron on the subject, actually. We came up with a few... unsettling theories.

[thewarisover]

Oh?

[Glancing over, while lighting up. He's listening.]

[lawfullystupid]

The Witches attack seems... ill planned and run, to be honest.

[He winces. People had been hurt, kidnapped, killed. Calling something so devastating 'ill planned' seems disrespectful almost]

I mean... what they could have gain in soldiers from the morality machine paled in comparison to what they lost in the attack, do you see what I mean?

[thewarisover]

[Taking a drag first.]

I might, but tell me what you're driving at anyway.

[lawfullystupid]

I've read the files and reports on past attacks. In general, if you discount other cities and countries and only focus on Death City, our losses have been statistically minor. Espesially in actual combantants.

[A glance of apology.]

Yet, even disregarding BREW's habit of taking people and dropping them off, the Witches must have a decent idea of our numbers and general fighting strength from earlier attacks and spying on those on missions. Sending what could basically be called a suicide attack was pointless.

Unless attacking the city and taking a few people wasn't the main goal.

[He pauses in case Roy has anything to say or ask]

[thewarisover]

I think it's been established that they outgun us, Flynn. [Softly.] You may be right, though, in the sense that taking a few people wasn't the main goal.

[They wanted to scare them. They wanted them to suffer a little.

Psychological warfare was always the greatest weapon.]

[lawfullystupid]

Exactly... they outgun us. And it's been proven over and over again in other cities. But not here. Not as much as it SHOULD be, anyway.

They must want to demoralize us, make us question if fighting for Shibusen is worth it.

[thewarisover]

[He's quiet for a moment.]

And is it working?

[He's no longer asking about the city. He's asking about you.]

[lawfullystupid]

[Flynn stares at the other man for a few long seconds, then smiles]

I've dealt with much worse then this, Sir. Plus, I've kind of come to like this place.

[thewarisover]

The feeling's mutual.

[Heh.]

We'll be fine, Flynn. We'll just have to lean on each other, and protect as many as we can.

[lawfullystupid]

Agreed.

[A pause, then]

What ar eyou working on?

[thewarisover]

I'm updating my notes on the state of Death City at this moment.

[Speaking of...]

If you have any observations, I could work them in. It'd help.