Correspondence III
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From the SPECTRUM Archives – communications between Captain Copper (Nao Inoue) and Captain Beige (Jack Loomis,) used with consent and the understanding that the information therein will not be used against them, leading up to the Tracy Cabin Incident. Wording has been left as is.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
Oats? What was that last night? I feel like my head has been dragged through a fairy floss mine field and I don't remember anything after you said “Hey Try this! And Tell me what you think?”
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
that was great grandpa willie's “been grave-robbin' agin an' wanna forget.”
so yay? or nay?
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
Grave robbing, Oats?
(Yay)
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
heh.
long story. how you feel about ghost stories? i'll tell you about over lunch.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
Oats, do I want to know how did you managed to get Melon thrown off of Cloudbase when you threw the first punch?
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
told the old man what that snooty nepo-baby captain wannabe jerkass said to you. thought the colonel was gonna pop a blood vessel. you need to stand up for yourself more, kiddo.
besides the colonel's a reasonable man. he was itching for an excuse to toss that slime off our ship more than anyone. you know melon's dad is a world general right? One that was in running for c-in-c for spectrum before they wised up and realized they had the right man from the get go.
melon probably was trying to find reasons to kick out the colonel for his dad.
heh, besides i hold a position of sacred trust for the old man.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
Huh, always thought Melon was nosey.
Still, I've always the best response is to ignore when people misgender me; makes them looks like an idiot to everyone else.
Sacred trust? Do I want to know?
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
Still, I've always the best response is to ignore when people misgender me; makes them looks like an idiot to everyone else.
that works with an average creepy bigots, kiddo. i've had the misfortune of knowing melon longer than you. he was an extraordinary creepy bigot. he could hide it most of the time from most people, but i know a pile o'shit when i smell it.
not if you want to keep a sterling mental image of the colonel, no.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
…
The Colonel's the chief Spectrum moonshiner, isn't he?
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
i can neither confirm nor deny.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
congrats! heard that you'll be on the next security team to try and babysit the colonel.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
Oats, I'd ask how you knew that before I did, but I suspect you'd just tell me that Cloudbase told you.
I'm just glad it's Captain Blue in charge of the team. He's always been great. We might even manage to keep track of Colonel White. I know you know, but he's got a habit getting away from his security when he's on leave.
Mulberry's also on the team; not certain about him. He's Melon's cousin. But so far he's been nice.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
mulberry's a bit squirelly, but a decent guy. i get the impression he was happy when melon got the heave-ho himself.
only captain to keep track of the old man the entire time on leave was magenta. but you drop two computer nerds together at a computer expo, o'course they'll stick together. in only to have somebody to argue with. or be snide with.
wouldn't be so certain about blue. there's been some rumbling, and twilight in records let on the colonel may be plotting something.
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
Good to know that about Mulberry.
I heard a rumor that Magenta's in serious running for Colonel, if White ever decides to retire. Probably nothing, but...
Twilight? Oats, is it possible that you've worked up some courage? ^_^ She is lovely.
Why would the Colonel replace Blue? From what I understand Blue was the only one who could manage Scarlet during the war. (Of course I may have just answered my own question.)
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Copper
To: Captain Beige
BLACK!?!?! What the hell is the Colonel thinking, Oats??!?!?!?!
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Spectrum Internal Memo – Personal Channel
From: Captain Beige
To: Captain Copper
okay, calm down, kiddo. this isn't as bad as it could be.
i can't claim to know black personally (he is a bit of a stiff, even when I was on the team building cloudbase,) but the old man's known black a long time. i'd trust his judgment. if he think black's okay for this, then black's okay for this.
worse comes to worse, blue replaces black mid-leave.
or before.
can't imagine black wants to face people. heard from twilight (stop smirking) spectrum mail gets a lot of hate mail for him that the colonel orders burned. black probably just wants to be let alone.
just do your job. you're gonna do just fine. you got this, kiddo, you got this.
