“Mise, congratulations, I'm so happy for you!” Octavia said running up him and planting a kiss on his cheek

“Yeah, I'm really excited, my parents wanted to wait till they had all the details before they told me. And speaking of new additions, I see we have some new members to our not so little group” Mise said holding Octavia close to his side.

“Oh right, we forgot to introduce you, Mise meet Solar Eclipse, his girlfriend Midnight, Shard Storm, and Sparkjump.” Sunset said introducing the four new members as they stepped forward

“It’s nice to meet you all, I’ve seen you guys around recently, but I had no idea you were part of our circle, welcome.” Mise said as got up shook each of their hands.

“And it’s nice to meet you too Mise, your friends have told us a lot about you.” Solar said

“well lets go over to octy’s place and I’ll cook us all something, we can talk more there. Plus we can celebrate and have a going away dinner.” Mise said

“great Idea, come on everyone lets go. Last one to Octavia and Vinyl’s place is a rotten cupcake” pinkie said bouncing down the stairs

“I’ll meet you guys there, I’ve got some stuff I need to get.” Mise said packing up his mandolin and putting the newspaper clipping back on the wall

Everyone turned around and walked out except for Solar, Shard, and Sparkjump who stayed behind

Mise turned around to walk out only to come face to face with the three

“uh, can I help you guys?” Mise asked

“Mise, i speak for all three of us when I say, I know I just met you, but we want to come with you on your mission.” Solar said,

“no, there no way on god’s green earth I’m letting anyone come with me it’s far too dangerous.” Mise said sternly

“Mise, I know you want to do this alone, but I promise I can help in some way without directly going into battle.” Solar pleaded

Mise thought about this for a second

“well seeing as how you're willing to martyr yourself over this, which I can’t understand for the life of me seeing as how you just me, I’ll let
you go. You can be in charge of telecommunications back home, you will be informing our friends and family of the situation as the details come in, but you don't get a weapon except a buck knife for self-defense.” Mise said

“Thank you Mise, I won't let you down!” Solar said excitingly

Sparkjump was the next to step forward

“Mise, like eclipse said, we just met but I really feel I could be an asset.” Sparkjump said

“Huh, I have a feeling I know where this is whole thing is going, but just for shits and grins, dazzle me as to how you can be an asset.” Mise
regrettingly

“Well for starters, when it comes up to stealth and getaways, I'm an ace.” Sparkjump said

“Uh huh, anything else?” Mise asked

“Let’s say one of my cars is... special in a way. It’s armored, it’s got bulletproof tires and windows, and last but definitely not least at all it weaponized” Sparkjump said proudly

Once again Mise thought it over and sighed

“Well, all things considered, I need every ounce of fire power I can get, damn it, fine, you’re in too.” Mise said

“Thank you Mise, I promise you won’t regret this.” Sparkjump said

“That’s what I'm trying to tell myself” Mise said

Shard was the next and last one to step forward

“so you want to go too I'm guessing, and you don’t look like any kind of soldier to me, granted neither do they, but that’s beside the point.”

“I myself do not want to go, but I need to, thanks to your friends that just left.” Shard said

“What are you talking about?” Mise asked, secretly intrigued

“My honour is on the line here, your friends begged me for help and I cannot just ignore their request. I risk my life every day with my
training alone, as well as the shit I do for CyCorp Industries and their little pet projects. If I don't do this I bring shame to my family, and my
family never denies a call for help, especially from women, if it was just the guys asking me to help I would have second thoughts, but the fact is that half of those begging were female, and I cannot ignore that. And yes, I'm no soldier, far from it in fact, but that doesn't mean I don't know my way around firearms, but I prefer my swords for combat, which by the way I have been training with nearly my whole life” Shard said as he drew his orange and black blade, and threw a block of steel into the air and effortlessly cut it in half.

“I think I'll do fine.” Shard said

Mise just stared directly at shard for a minute, letting everything sink in.

“well normally, under any other circumstance, I'd sleep on it, but seeing as how you seemed very determined, your respect for family and family honor is very respectable, and speaking from a military stand point, I can't pass up not having to waste precious time training someone to use a firearm, and you are very skilled with that sword. Pack your bags, we leave tomorrow night. That last part goes for you two as well.” Mise said

“Thank you Mise, we won’t let you down.” The three said in unison

“That’s another thing, from this point on until we come back, you are to refer to me as Colonel Mise or, simply, Colonel.”

Shard then walked up to Mise and looked him dead in the eye

“I’m going to go explain things to my family, I have no doubt that they will allow me to go to protect someone and to preserve my family's honor. And know this, I'm not happy with getting involved in the IRA nor do I respect you, if what you plan to do is try to assist in a fight that will cause conflict of extraordinary proportions between nations do not be surprised if I strike you down, if this is merely for revenge then I will say nothing, if you're doing this for yourself and to have peace of mind, to try and put a large conflict to rest...then I will gladly stand by your side in battle.” Shard said firmly

“I’m not proud of this myself, I regret joining them every day of my life and I don't want to be respected for it, there’s a reason I kept it hidden, and this isn't for me, it’s for everyone that couldn't or didn't have a chance to do anything. I don't enjoy what I do, and after this I plan on cutting ties with them and retiring.” Mise just as firmly

Author's Notes:

I originally had intended to send mise alone, but I was talked into letting three other characters join in. and simply offering wasn't enough, but these three offered the best defences and arguments as shown in the story. most of the diaolog between mise and eclipse, shard, and spark jump are from actual conversations I had with each OC's owner. so witht that being said i'd like to thank:

SkeletonsInNewYear S W, for letting me use his OC sparkjump

PyraFlare, for letting me use his OC Shard Storm

SolarEclipse912, for letting me use his OC's solar eclipse and midnight

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