showstopper is a spartan-ii and yoink is a spartan-iii, whatever story they have likely takes place predominantly before the events of the original trilogy. the two have a pretty bizarre team structure, what with it being a duo operative. they both are pretty well-rounded in capabilities, but showstopper specializes in marksmanship and demolition whilst yoink's capabilities shine in stealth and CQC, along with cryptanalysis. showstopper is not shy by any means, but is closed off in the same way most spartan-IIs are. rarely talks. very matter-of-fact, but does crack a joke every once in a while. the only thing she probably truly fears is connection, out of the concern that she'll lose those around her because they aren't as strong in the same fundamental way that she is. likely lost her original fireteam, being the only one to walk out alive of whatever deployment they had, that or washed out and was rehabilitated. yoink is outgoing, seems to always be quipping about something. constantly teasing those around her and getting way in over her head in friendly competition. despite this, she's nowhere near an idiot of any kind or that sort of "all-brawn, no-brains" stereotype. as she is a spartan-III, she was orphaned in her early years by her planet being glassed. as such, she developed a highly vitriolic feeling towards the covenant, to the point that even mentions strike a match within her. as with her teammate, she also does not have a fireteam anymore to belong to. she was an alpha company spartan-III, but was plucked from their ranks before operation: PROMETHEUS happened, deemed too valuable to be spent on a mission like that. with their capabilities and after years of them working as individuals, they were paired up in the mid-2540's since their abilities well complimented the other's. especially in a stealth setting deep behind enemy lines where the goal is to retrieve intelligence or eliminate high-priority targets. they both have rudimentary cloaking technology integrated into their armor, yoink actually having been the one to recover a module to bring back and analyze it, even conducting some of the studies herself. i'm also possibly considering giving them an ai they have aboard a ship. despite this functional nature, there's tensions between them. showstopper moves slowly and silently, watching like a hawk over every inch of land she surveys. yoink, on the other hand, takes risk after risk. she knows a million and one ways to kill a man in hand-to-hand combat. though she knows if she can or can't get through a situation, there's still close-calls that happen. yoink's sometimes reckless nature tends to aggravate showstopper, though it does not express itself as any sort of violence or yelling, not even a harsh vocal tone. it shows and reads as glares and deep disappointment; even deeper than that, concern, though that's yet to be picked up on by either of them. the glares and disappointment intimidates yoink more than anything else could, since no one has ever had this sort of demeanor when angry with her. but showstopper really truly does care, she just doesn't know how to express that. and they never get the chance. war is just thing after thing for them. anyway. uh. my weird yuri ALSO here's a little scene i thought up and wrote down for a younger showstopper, just after she received the plasma burn scarring half her face