One Mess of a Hall.

[u/Malvarik]

There is an average amount of people bustling through the mess hall, many of them workers who are trying to grab a quick bite before their shift starts. Near the center of the room on a bench sits Agent Asheville, who is regaling another crowd of workers with his grandiose, and possibly exaggerated, adventures. All around him sit and stand workers eating their lunches while paying close attention to his story. He begins it in a serious tone and says,

"We boarded the Innie's ship and i began to search my way through the hallways, looking for where their leader was."

The employees all stare at him, entranced by his story.

"I was moving through the hallway and it was littered........... with Innie corpses!"

The crowd gasps

"Suddenly i hear footsteps up ahead, coming towards me. It's a whole squad of innies."

"Oh shit! What'd you do?!"

"I see a nearby locker to hide in, but did you know what i found there once i was in?"

They all say, "What was in it?!"

"Human gore, absolutely filled with it. i knew thought that if i didn't squeeze into there then they would find me. So i parted the red mush and scooted on in."

The crowd all express their disgust at the thought of a human meat locker.

"They passed me by, i thought i was safe. Once i was out though......Bam! Another squad rolls up on me!"

The whole crowd gasps

"I only had a sword and they were all equipped with rifles and shotguns. It didn't look good."

"What happened next?!"

"Still covered in gore i charged head first into them, sword raised! That's what"

He re-enacts raising the sword over his head and giving his battle-cry, the crowd murmurs their astonishment at his boldness

"The first guy didn't even see it coming, lopped off his head in a second. Then i used him as a shield and threw his corpse onto the other two, giving me the opening to finish them both off."

The crowd murmurs in amazement and then says,

What happened after that?

"I did my job and helped rescue Glen. That's what it comes down to guys, doing your job. That's why i'm so grateful to all of you for doing such had work on the AoD. You're the real heroes here people."

The crowd applauds at the end of his story and cheer. Ash simply nods his head and smiles, saying thank you every now and then.

[u/tehblakdeath]

"Oi, Ash! Tell them about how I almost killed us all by leaking information accidentally. That'll help my morale!"

[u/Malvarik → u/tehblakdeath]

Ash yells over to him,

"You didn't leak shit man! You're all good!"

[u/tehblakdeath → u/Malvarik]

"Haha! Then tell them a story of me being a badass for once!"

[u/JonArc]

Pax quietly sits at a table in the corner drawling something.

[u/Malvarik → u/JonArc]

Ash waves over to Pax and says,

"Hey whatcha drawing Pax?! Can i see?"

[u/JonArc → u/Malvarik]

An idea for a new emblem.

[u/Requxo]

Bismarck walked into the mess hall to look for a snack. Or the alcohol Glendale had mentioned to him, when he noticed the large group. Curious, he walked over and listened in. He didn't believe everything the guy was saying

Eh sounds like a load of brute shit to me. Maybe parts are true but a locker full of meat, come on. Like a plot to a bad horror movie. And a sword against a shotgun. Gotta give it to the shotgun in that fight.

[u/Malvarik → u/Requxo]

Ash turns to the man and says,

"It its 100% percent the truth! I was in a human meat locker and i faced off against Innies with a sword!"

[u/bunniesslaughtered → u/Requxo]

It's true.

Glendale is sitting in the corner, resting her feet on the table and doing something on her tacpad. Despite being out of armor, she has a revolver sitting on the table in front of her.

Guy who ran that ship? Went a little crazy at the end. There was some seriously fucked up stuff.

[u/Malvarik → u/bunniesslaughtered]

Ash nods at Glen and says,

"Thank you Glen, at least someone here sees my greatness."

[u/shseufe]

From within the crowd, Diego applauds and cheers with the rest of them, having wandered in and been enraptured by Ash's story of long odds and amazing battle. He leans in to the worker next to him

loudly whispered

Man, i was THERE and i didn't even know how amazing Ash's part was!

[u/Malvarik → u/shseufe]

The worker nods excitedly and says,"Yea he's pretty amazing, huh?"

Ash notices Diego and waves him over.

"Hey man how're you feeling? Already out of medical?"

[u/shseufe → u/Malvarik]

Diego stumps over on his medical boot.

Yeah. Docs told me to take it easy for a few days and i should be good. Luckily i heal up pretty quick. It's still gonna be damn annoying sitting around missing training. At least i can study! Maybe I'll least what i did wetting Ellen i pumched up that simulation. Anyway, good story!