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Quintus finds it really unfortunate that Terezi chose the side she's on. I don't think he entirely recognizes it as such, but she's rather like him in a way--someone who both cares and is a little too smart for the slot the Capitol was willing to stick them in. He enjoyed being able to talk to her on a human level and her kindness, as small a thing as it was, does tug at the heartstrings of a guy who's spent most of his career dealing with belligerent citizenry and incompetent colleagues. In war, it's easier to be able to demonize enemies, but in spite of her defection, he has a feeling that she isn't liable to reduce him to his title--and in turn, he isn't going to quite be able to see her purely an agent of trouble, either.

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Shepard is the sort of person that makes Quintus' life that much more difficult. She's the sort of hothead, in his opinion, that in the thick of the moment can convince themselves that they don't have much to lose, and one can't really bargain with a person like that. He's resentful of the special treatment offworlder Tributes have gotten in the past and absolutely sees her as the sort of person that you should not give leeway to, because if you give an inch they'll take a mile, and while he recognizes her combat ability the idea of having her out and potentially within the rebellion's grasp doesn't sit well with him.

And yes, the fact that she's been friendly with Tabris doesn't help. XD

Listen here, Q.

Have you ever been with a warrior woman.

Edited 2015-12-09 03:17 (UTC)

on a scale of 1 to 10 how much is sigma not trusted

LIKE AN EIGHT

Though to be fair Quintus operates at a certain level of baseline paranoia constantly, which rests at a few ticks higher on principle when dealing with offworlders. He does think without doubt that Sigma has his own agenda, what with his willingness to sell out the Initiate, but how much of that agenda is personal and how much is in the service of some greater interest remains an open question to him. He absolutely suspects that Sigma had a hand in the Arena breach, but in the absence of evidence it's more of a hunch than anything.

It is worth noting that competence is something that Quintus appreciates a lot (because he encounters it so rarely, lol) and so even though he is really side-eyeing Sigma at the moment, there is some professional respect there. Quintus does what he has to do, but as far as he's concerned, if Sigma can stay in line he'd rather have people like him around than replaced with someone dysfunctional.

Hello!

Quintus finds China very pleasant and easy to talk to. She's curious about his life without viewing him purely as a curiosity--there's some respect there that I don't think he always gets from Capitolites. He likes that she's interested in current events and the world at large and that he can connect with her on a more intellectual level. He doesn't feel like he has to tone things down with her, walk a tight political line or work to save face--and it's a relief for him to express himself that honestly, because there's very few people he feels he can safely do that with.

I don't think he sees her as manipulative as she is, but he does have a sense of her hunger for information and the way she deliberately uses her charm. It doesn't bother him, though, because he's accustomed to that sort of thing in the Capitol and can tell that the respect between them is genuine.

Honestly, if she wanted to go further with their relationship at this stage, he wouldn't mind. :)

Quintus is one of few people she'd consider as having a brain, so there certainly is respect!

She certainly would go for that as well! And only partially to have someone important to hide behind if things with the war go bad, haha. Let me know if you ever want to try to play around with that idea.

Jason and Tom!

Quintus sees Jason as childish, troublemaking and--with the benefit of not having to deal with him directly anymore--rather pathetic, all things considered. He's dealt with plenty of guys with hair-trigger tempers in the Districts and wouldn't consider Jason the worst, but the thing that really gets him is his sheer stupidity in the realm of public relations. The racism, the entitlement and the self-centeredness are all pretty par for the course as far as Capitol society is concerned, but at least most Capitolites don't feel the need to blast that all over the network. There's resentment on a personal level there, but it's somewhat diluted by the fact that Quintus does consider himself at an odd intersection between societies--he doesn't quite identify with the Districters Jason rants about, nor does he consider himself a Capitolite, as repulsive as certain aspects of their culture are to him. Most of his frustration is pragmatic--he knows what happens when you rile the populace up and make implicit injustices explicit. He doesn't want to have to put out a fire Jason caused, and is thankful that he hasn't heard much from his end now that this tense political situation has taken hold.

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Tom is the kind of person that Quintus really cannot understand. Quintus was brought up believing in the virtues of service to others and is still firmly entrenched in selflessness (though as of late he's been entertaining some new, rather uncomfortable thoughts about what he personally may or may not deserve--he's not used to the idea of being owed anything for his hard work. XD) He views selfishness in a person as both sort of gross and rather dangerous. Tom is absolutely not someone he would have ever placed in the ranks of the Peacekeepers, had he been in charge at the time, because as far as Quintus is concerned they don't need that kind of risk amidst them. He's continually frustrated by the willingness of his superiors to give offworlders opportunities in spite of their questionable loyalties, especially in a military setting, because he not only has reservations from a security standpoint but also understands the importance of having cohesive units. When you're out in the field, you have to trust that your comrade will have your back. And while Quintus never entirely trusts anyone, he'd rather have someone in Tom's place that he can place some faith in.

Also Temple too if you could!

Quintus has mixed feelings about Temple. On the one hand, he's aware of the fact that she was traumatized, and that's something he responds emotionally to--both because of his own experience of being hacked up, and because of how he's watched Emily suffer on account of her experiences in the Arena. On the other hand, he finds her attempts to encompass all the shallowness and materialism of the Capitol repulsive. He's guilty of having been sucked into that part of Capitol society himself for a short time after he was first transferred in from the Districts, and he came away from it disgusted with himself and vowing not to behave like that again. The fact that Temple didn't, to him, says a lot about her lack of character.

All in all, this averages out to his attitude towards her being something approaching pity. She's not a crook, just an obstacle, and in interrogating her he didn't see his role as that of punisher. He was simply using her as a lead to do his job.

Oh hai

There's something about Emily that makes Quintus want to protect her. A lot of it is likely the fact that she's a fundamentally unpretentious person. She's aware of her own weaknesses, and rather than concealing them with prickly defensiveness or pride she simply tries to keep her head down and do her job. She's competent and actually gives a damn about the people she's responsible for in spite of so many of her experiences making the contrary the easier way out--and that, that taking the right road even though it hurts, is something he gravitates towards. She is one of those rare decent people in an indecent system, and though their views don't always align, he feels a kinship with that.

Needless to say, she also reminds him somewhat of his brother--not in personality, but in what he might have become if he'd survived. I actually find his relationship with her a very interesting contrast to his relationship with China because whereas China is essentially nonjudgmental, Emily's statements and experiences alone challenge him. He can't be completely honest with her, and in turn she picks away at the places where he isn't honest with himself. She's part of his mounting dissatisfaction with the way things are, and though for the moment he remains set on making excuses for the government he answers to, it's going to really interesting to see her continue to nudge his outlook along. :)

Would love to hear his thoughts on Cyrus!

Quintus has a lot of respect for Cyrus--probably even moreso now that Quintus is in a higher position and better able to see the dysfunction of the government. XD There are really three things Quintus desires from anyone he works with--they ought to be competent, they ought to be committed, and they ought to be professional in manner, so as not to needlessly upset or piss people off. Cyrus is all of these things, and though Quintus hasn't always agreed with his policies (cutting off the Tributes' credit line peeved him, especially because he's not much on board with the whole 'hiring offworlders into jobs of any importance' thing) he's grateful for Cyrus' efforts to respond to current events and have decisions made clear and codified. It makes Quintus' life that much easier, and frankly, if there were more people like Cyrus calling the shots then he'd be a lot more satisfied with the system he's thrown in his lot with.

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