Radio audio, evening.

[firstsoldier]

[It's that guy again! He still sounds pleasant at least.]

I wish to make a suggestion that we find ways to make ourselves... visibly identifiable even when in monstrous forms, as members of the convoy and thus ideally not a marauding wild beast even if we are acting like one. Something beyond our often hidden sigils, that an unthinking creature is unlikely to imitate. What exactly, I am open to recommendations for. I suspect friend-or-foe ID chips might be beyond what this place is capable of.

[The rest sounds extremely reluctant.]

I don't have as much control of the ... thing ... I become as I would like, and though I am reasonably sure I can keep from doing serious intentional harm to allies, I can't guarantee my behavior might not match that of a feral creature and thus seem to be a viable target for hunting. Especially as it seems intent on establishing a ... pecking order, and aggressively.

... I suspect I'm not the only one who has such concerns. These changes are uncomfortably unpredictable.

Comments

[faceguy]

Ooooh, friendship bracelets, huh? [That's another halfway decent idea.] Dibs on blue!

[firstsoldier]

[He sounds suspiciously amused for a moment, but surely not.]

I think as a proper identifier of Team Drifter we'd all need to have blue. But you can have the first one.

[faceguy]

Augh, no! It's my signature color!

[Yes, he's staking his claim on the color blue.]

But fine. Just give mine the coolest design.

[firstsoldier]

You have a signature color? Will it be a problem if everyone begins wearing blue, then? I'd prefer something we can all agree on if that's the route taken.

[faceguy]

[Admittedly Leo was not expecting Sephiroth to take this concern seriously. Most people don’t take most of what he says seriously.]

Well, yeah. I mean, me and all my brothers do. It’s how Dad told us apart.

[Is this a joke? Is this real? Let’s move on.]

I’m blue, Donnie’s purple. And… he’d probably be more annoyed at everyone suddenly wearing purple than I would be at everyone wearing blue.

[firstsoldier]

[...Maybe Leo's part of identical twins? 'Donnie' apparently must look the same if they need color to tell each other apart.. he didn't know enough about turtles to be sure.]

Perhaps a poll will need to be taken. Consensus will be important. Perhaps if it's not the same shade of blue?

[faceguy]

[They are not even the same species.]

Hmmm… guess that could work. But I’d vote in a poll too.

[firstsoldier]

[How many species could they be? They're green, they have shells, same thing. Right?]

If no-one comes up with anything else as a suggestion I suppose that'll be the next thing to do.

[faceguy]

[That kind of thinking is why they need color-coding.]

Sure. I’ll look out for it. Go Team Drifter!