More Plot Details
Jan. 12th, 2013 01:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurrenbrigbondedSome plot musings on what happened to Matthew during his time in Sandra Pryde's star, after the battle with Waco's Rangers and before landfall on Terra and his fateful run in with the Demon Leader Kamina.
For Sandra Pryde, the commander of his Star, he had nothing but respect. She embodied honor and courtesy in her every interaction, was cordial and polite to people of every caste and Clan, and was efficient and clear-headed in the field of battle. And she seemed to do this all casually, and without a hint of faltering confidence, a state of Zen that Matthew longed to achieve someday.
She helped defuse a Circle of equals once using pudding.
Chandra was cool-headed person on the surface, gruff and restrained, but with a rather intense side to her that would come out at times. Matthew remains cautious around her in social situations, attempting not to jog her brooding side. Given that he can be very prickly and loud, he didn't always succeed.
One time, he had gotten into an argument over the appropriate level of deception and trickery in Clan Tactics (Chandra was in favor of more dirty tricks than he), and it degenerated into a Circle of Equals.
Sandra Pryde, ever studious in regards to Clan Traditions, supervised the Circle of Equals, suggested the fight take place on pontoon raft in the middle of a lake by the Garrison they were holding against the Wolves... and provided large amounts of chocolate pudding captured from the Inner Sphere to the entire Star at dinner before the trial. Chandra and Matthew's Trial of Grievance soon became uncomfortable for both of them as they wrestled on the rocking raft, and after having to take several rest breaks to keep from vomiting, they mutually called it off.
There's still some rivalry going on: but Matthew wouldn't have anyone else at his back in the battlefield.
Eileen in comparison to many strutting, arrogant Jade Falcons, is quiet and subdued. Not because she's meek, but because she is as impish and subtle as the most strategic and cool-headed poker player. When she boasts or declares challenges, she does so with an economy of words and a self-assured confidence of victory.
And she snatches victory from the jaws of defeat quite often, outmaneuvering her opponents in mech to mech combat with consummate guile
She also pulls pranks on her fellow Star members from time to time. She was the one who suggested the pudding to star captain Sandra.
Now Tynall...of all the members of the Star, Matthew is closest to her, thanks to an incident shortly after he joined Sandra's Star.
Matthew, hoping to prove himself a true Jade Falcon (with all of the attendant issues that implies) to his new Starmates, heard that Tynall Vickers was an Ex-Wolf. In his first interaction, he attempted to mock and belittle her (something that would be inflicted on him in turn by Tynall's trothkin Resnick).
She immediately clocked him in the face. He immediately clocked her back, and it went downhill from there.
After getting chewed out by Star Captain Pryde and mutually performing the rite of Suraki, they avoided each other for a time. A chance meeting that opened with a few verbal putdowns on each side turned into a honest-to-god academic comparison of Clan Wolf's version of the Remembrance versus Jade Falcon's version.
They kept discussing this topic regularly, during meal times, while checking up on their mechs, while on patrol, etc.
Eventually, they grew friendly, and Matthew shared his recollections about the battle with Waco's Rangers, his Trothkin Dex who has killed, and his thirst for revenge. Tynall replied in turn by talking about her Trothkin Isaac, who was killed during training by one of his fellow sibkin, and how she desired revenge as well.
They bonded over revenge.
There was a time during a trial of position for the planet Bad News where both of their mechs had been highly damaged in battle against a vintage Warhammer, and they had to frantically run around it and finish it off...with two measly small lasers, all their other weapons having been damaged.
It was funny in retrospect.
For Sandra Pryde, the commander of his Star, he had nothing but respect. She embodied honor and courtesy in her every interaction, was cordial and polite to people of every caste and Clan, and was efficient and clear-headed in the field of battle. And she seemed to do this all casually, and without a hint of faltering confidence, a state of Zen that Matthew longed to achieve someday.
She helped defuse a Circle of equals once using pudding.
Chandra was cool-headed person on the surface, gruff and restrained, but with a rather intense side to her that would come out at times. Matthew remains cautious around her in social situations, attempting not to jog her brooding side. Given that he can be very prickly and loud, he didn't always succeed.
One time, he had gotten into an argument over the appropriate level of deception and trickery in Clan Tactics (Chandra was in favor of more dirty tricks than he), and it degenerated into a Circle of Equals.
Sandra Pryde, ever studious in regards to Clan Traditions, supervised the Circle of Equals, suggested the fight take place on pontoon raft in the middle of a lake by the Garrison they were holding against the Wolves... and provided large amounts of chocolate pudding captured from the Inner Sphere to the entire Star at dinner before the trial. Chandra and Matthew's Trial of Grievance soon became uncomfortable for both of them as they wrestled on the rocking raft, and after having to take several rest breaks to keep from vomiting, they mutually called it off.
There's still some rivalry going on: but Matthew wouldn't have anyone else at his back in the battlefield.
Eileen in comparison to many strutting, arrogant Jade Falcons, is quiet and subdued. Not because she's meek, but because she is as impish and subtle as the most strategic and cool-headed poker player. When she boasts or declares challenges, she does so with an economy of words and a self-assured confidence of victory.
And she snatches victory from the jaws of defeat quite often, outmaneuvering her opponents in mech to mech combat with consummate guile
She also pulls pranks on her fellow Star members from time to time. She was the one who suggested the pudding to star captain Sandra.
Now Tynall...of all the members of the Star, Matthew is closest to her, thanks to an incident shortly after he joined Sandra's Star.
Matthew, hoping to prove himself a true Jade Falcon (with all of the attendant issues that implies) to his new Starmates, heard that Tynall Vickers was an Ex-Wolf. In his first interaction, he attempted to mock and belittle her (something that would be inflicted on him in turn by Tynall's trothkin Resnick).
She immediately clocked him in the face. He immediately clocked her back, and it went downhill from there.
After getting chewed out by Star Captain Pryde and mutually performing the rite of Suraki, they avoided each other for a time. A chance meeting that opened with a few verbal putdowns on each side turned into a honest-to-god academic comparison of Clan Wolf's version of the Remembrance versus Jade Falcon's version.
They kept discussing this topic regularly, during meal times, while checking up on their mechs, while on patrol, etc.
Eventually, they grew friendly, and Matthew shared his recollections about the battle with Waco's Rangers, his Trothkin Dex who has killed, and his thirst for revenge. Tynall replied in turn by talking about her Trothkin Isaac, who was killed during training by one of his fellow sibkin, and how she desired revenge as well.
They bonded over revenge.
There was a time during a trial of position for the planet Bad News where both of their mechs had been highly damaged in battle against a vintage Warhammer, and they had to frantically run around it and finish it off...with two measly small lasers, all their other weapons having been damaged.
It was funny in retrospect.
