I didn't mean to overstep, Rick, if you felt I was doing anything to 'control' Happy, that wasn't my actual intent. I was just trying to keep things moving along.<br/><br/>As far as the rest, yes, CAPTAIN (of the USMC, by whom Happy is currently employed) Keyes does, in fact, expect that when she gives an order the people under her command will carry it out. Sometimes, things are above ones paygrade, and other times it is not the time to stop and discuss or even just explain.<br/><br/>Perhaps she is being a little curt, and perhaps there's a reason I'm playing her like that. I'm not usually one to get into that stuff OOC, I prefer to have these things about my character, quirks of personality all the way through to sexual preferences, in actual play...if this were a collaborative writing project, yes, I would explain what's going in a more 'behind the scenes' kind of way, but this is an RPG. Hell, there are seriously hardcore types that feel that posting any find of private thoughts or feelings is bad online-RP (never, ever post things like Voltaje thinking about how nice Rachel's ass is, you'd keep it to just Voltaje's eyes lingering on Rachel's ass; pure, observable behaviour, if you follow). Personally, I feel we have to get into thoughts and emotions in indirect ways somewhat, because we don't have the benefit of bodylanguage and all those other little cues we don't even realise we're constantly reading off people.<br/><br/>Don't forget, however, that just the previous night, once we'd all finally gotten the chance to settle down and take a load off, she did explain, if retroactively, her reasons for all her decisions that day. Given that we are, now (or at least about to be), underway in a vehicle, this would actually be the perfect time for Happy to speak up if he wants a better explanation.<br/><br/>As to the rest...I prefer to keep IC things IC. I don't even really get why you'd want to discuss OOC whether or not Rachel would 'let' Happy do something. As far as I'm concerned, you, as the player, are under no obligation to have your character follow either my or my characters orders. Happy is probably at least nominally obliged to follow her orders, ICly speaking, as he works for the US government here and she's his immediate superior, but he can always decide to just not and damn the consequences!<br/><br/>In a nutshell, it appears to me as though you confusing IC and OOC a little. Discussion of what Happy would be allowed to do before he tries to do it just doesn't really feel like actually roleplaying, you know?<br/><br/>Remember, by my post, Rachel didn't HAVE to stop happy from running off into the jungle, I left it for you to resolve her action, and ultimately the decision to have her successfully grab his arm before he dashed off was yours. I, Ana the player, would have been perfectly fine with Happy taking off before Rachel could stop him. Could have been exciting saving his ass and fun RP chewing him out later, lol. ;) But talking about it before hand...kinda ruins the spontaneity, don't you think? The reason I prefer roleplay to collaborative writing, and the reason I prefer dice to freeform, is I like the wildness of it. The unpredictability.<br/><br/>I'm more than willing to try to clarify anything I've written, Rick, but I don't really understand the problem, beyond that I suppose I may have pushed things a little bit without giving you a chance to respond. I really just want to try to keep things moving, and can sometimes be a little overzealous about it.