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Tweak says, "They mean to kill us, Horatio!"

MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-10-03 11:32:00

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:mingle, aidan reilly, aigis, angelina burnett, charlotte charles, felix gaeta, hazel levesque, jack harkness, jezebel mephistopheles, kija, kitty pryde (aoa), malcolm reynolds, miranda lotto (au), nico di angelo, pavel chekov (au), peter parker (stnas), sarah williams, spencer reid, spike, wade wilson

DAY 396 — Rhyme Mingle

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orgia_mode
2016-10-13 10:58 am UTC (link)

[If they ever need to monitor a specific person on the Force she will be the first to offer. She didn't arrive until after Tyki and they haven't had any specific targets since then. There's no visible sign she's scanning for anyone but there's a long, long pause before she answers. Not because it takes that much time but because she doesn't like the results.]

I am sorry, Spencer-san. I do not detect any sign of him.

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	thisiscalm 2016-10-17 10:31 am UTC (link)
	[ He holds his breath while she scans, unconsciously so, releasing it in a sigh when the verdict falls. ] That's what I thought. Thanks, Aigis. You've been very helpful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-10-18 07:46 am UTC (link)
	I do not feel like I have been very helpful. [She looks genuinely sad, in that way she tends to swing between utterly failing to understand emotions or being too empathetic.] I am very sorry he is gone. You must be in a lot of pain. I am sorry for that as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-10-20 04:50 am UTC (link)
	None of that is your fault. And I'm fine, really. Honestly, I was waiting for this to happen. [ Better this than suicide, right? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-10-20 08:08 am UTC (link)
	You wanted to lose your friend? I do not understand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-10-21 03:54 am UTC (link)
	I didn't want to, but I've been here long enough to know that's what happens. It's inevitable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-10-23 08:53 am UTC (link)
	I do not believe you should think that way. It hurts very much to lose someone we care about, but giving up or believing there is no point in our connections with them is not the right thing to do. We should always fight for the people we care about, even if we know we will lose them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-01 10:25 am UTC (link)
	Aigis... that's not what I said. This is like — it's like living in the Middle Ages. People died young, then. People will disappear here. If we mourn them every time, eventually it'll crush us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-11-01 10:44 am UTC (link)
	Oh. I believe I understand. You will not mourn him even a little bit? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-01 11:17 am UTC (link)
	[ He pauses, at that. Hesitates, even. It's a weird thing with Nathan. He'll miss other people but Nathan... that was extra. That was time he wasn't ever supposed to have in the first time. ] I've already lost him once. That time I knew I wasn't going to see him again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-11-01 11:51 am UTC (link)
	I do not think I understand at all. But I am sorry for your loss, and I am glad it does not hurt too badly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-03 07:03 am UTC (link)
	That's fine. It's not really important right now, anyway. [ He dares a little smile, ready to change the topic. ] So, uhm... how've you been? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-11-03 08:51 am UTC (link)
	I have been well. Thank you for asking. I enjoy patrolling sector six to watch for danger and to keep myself entertained. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-03 09:35 am UTC (link)
	I've actually never been inside there. [ Nor is he planning to go. ] What's it like? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-11-03 09:51 am UTC (link)
	It reminds me of home. I find it familiar and I enjoy it for that reason. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-03 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	Do you, uhm... do you have a lot of dinosaurs back home? In the, uh... what did you call it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-11-03 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	Not precisely. The Shadows in Tartarus are more difficult to describe. But fighting them is the familiar part. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-04 03:24 am UTC (link)
	I can understand that. That's, uhm. That's why I used to teach, here. It was the closest I got to actually doing my job. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orgia_mode 2016-11-04 08:41 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I believe it must be very much like that. I miss my friends terribly but by doing something so similar to the experiences we shared I am able to feel closer to them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-11-05 05:43 am UTC (link)
	I think a lot of people use that coping mechanism here. There's not a lot else we can do. [ And while they're on the subject. ] Hey, Aigis... can I ask you a question? How do you feel about the Defence Force? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

orgia_mode
2016-11-05 08:39 am UTC (link)

[She takes a moment to answer as she thinks but the good thing about Aigis is knowing she will always be completely honest. She doesn't understand lying.]

I believe they are inefficient. Their intentions are good but there are few people as strong or as fast as I am, and no one with my weapons capibilities. They hold me back. In times of danger I prefer to act alone to protect people unless my presence is requested and I conduct most of my patrols alone as well. They are not what I thought they would be when I joined them.

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thisiscalm
2016-11-05 03:28 pm UTC (link)

[ He listens quietly, nodding along as she speaks. They share a common opinion, even if he doesn't agree with her for quite the same reasons. They are inefficient. There's a lot that could be done - should've been done a long time ago - that isn't happening. ]

So... if we as a community should work together - and I believe we should - how do you propose we do that?

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orgia_mode
2016-11-05 05:13 pm UTC (link)

I believe more needs to be done to teach people to protect themselves. Very few are currently capiblenof protecting themselves from the many threats we face and the Defense Force is rarely able to react in time. [She actually sounds quite confident, as if she's given this plenty of thought before. She can be so bad at daily life that it's easy not to realize she has the potential to be quite a good leader in combat situations. She's done it before.]

Few of my friends at home have any formal weapons training. What's more they are all very young; Ken-san is only eleven years old. But we all placed ourselves in dangerous situations and fought every night. They learned and became strong enough to protect our entire world. I believe everyone here is capiblenof doing the same, but many rely on the Defense Force as an illusion of safety while refusing to learn for themselves as a result. That should change.

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thisiscalm
2016-11-06 07:25 am UTC (link)

I agree.

[ He nods, again feeling like they have the same idea in general even if it doesn't match up entirely on the specifics. ]

We should also have contingency plans in place. Meet-up points, in case of an emergency... holding cells whenever someone forgets who they are and tries to hurt the people around them. There's a lot we could do that the Defence Force should've done a long time ago.

[ And that's partially on him, because he was part of it, but also not entirely on him because he didn't take up a leader position unless pressed to and even then it was mostly if not entirely research. ]

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orgia_mode
2016-11-06 12:31 pm UTC (link)

[She nods thoughtfully, eyeing him with those electric, too blue eyes. They can be unnervingly perceptive at times and now is one of those occasions.]

How do you plan on making these changes? You have come to me about this,not the leaders of the Defense Force. Am I correct in thinking you do not believe it is possible to do these things within the current structure of the Defense Froce?

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