< ooc: well, since Slip was raised as a Stormtrooper he's kind of familiar with the whole uniformity idea but at least it wasn't an actual hive mind scenario, aha. Your character is more than welcome to have picked up on that sort of thing! Like all First Order Stormtroopers, he was taken from a young age away from his family and trained to be an effective soldier. Training involved burying empathy as much as possible so that their attachments wouldn't weaken them on the battlefield, regulated media, mandatory morale speeches, highly regulated diets, and intense physical, melee combat, and ranged combat training. go nuts, friends! and feel free to ask me questions on plurk or in PM if you'd like. >
i. got my orders (debrief)
[It's time to step out of the chatter in his head - he's read over the mission file, he's got all of his gear on, but he doesn't feel ready yet. Whatever's missing here, he can't quite put his finger on it, but when he tries to figure out he just finds himself getting pulled into the white noise of the connection with The Nest. The feeling that comes with it, the rightness of the idea that he could - should - let go and move with it snaps him back to seeing with his eyes and hearing with his ears. Back to tangible reality.
It's like the kind of nervous anticipation he'd have before a training assignment with 2187, Nines, and Zeroes. Maybe a moment of camaraderie is what he needs. A moment to feel beyond the symbiotic connection that he's not alone in this. ]
Nerves man. [He lets out a goofy-like exhale as he perches next to his fellow.] I never get used to that pre-mission feeling. [Excitement and dread just don't go well together, okok.]
ii. gotta be the perfect soldier (hitting rock bottom)
[He's been worried about this from the start, since this is the kind of mission where you split up and work together to achieve a common goal... but as individuals, which individuality is already a hard concept for him to begin with. Probably why he clings to what he does have so dearly, afraid to lose it completely.
But Slip is and has always been one who works best with direction from someone else. He's not a great problem solver, and that's not really a kind of trait that can be fixed by the training he had. They sure did try though.
He's so thankful when they split into twos instead of each going solo with the intent of covering more ground. He knows he can work as a good support system, and it just feels more right this say. More like this mission is being achieved with a unifying goal at hand.
Don't get lost, he has to tell himself, following his partner deep into the mining facility to the coolant systems. And he doesn't mean in the maze of hallways either.]
iii. wildcard
get jiggy with it or pp me at assbanditkirk and we can discuss a thing
FN-2003 / Slip | Star Wars (The Force Awakens/Before The Awakening)
i. got my orders (debrief)ii. gotta be the perfect soldier (hitting rock bottom)iii. wildcard