[ So, today has been interesting already. The enemy making its appearance, an entity that caused enough trouble just from that. But, after cleaning up, and other miscellaneous tasks (training), Blade hardly allowed it to affect his day.
In fact, he even dares to step out onto the planet, and head towards the beaches, hand on the hilt of his sword all the while. He stops at the peaceful-looking area when he glimpses Rodya. ]
...Rodya. It seems the time for our confrontation draws ever nearer.
[ The size of this creature is different than he anticipated. But, size concerns him little. For him, an effect courtesy of thoughtshare affects him, so she will hear this:
"The larger the enemy is, the louder the sound it will make as it falls." ]
[ She's SEEING shit and it's GROSS!! She knows she likes to play strong like it's not a big deal but she's not INSANE, guys. She can tell when something fucking sucks and whatever these visions are, they're definitely it. ]
Hopefully it's not going to be drawn out super long. There's usually like, a size limit to what kind of stuff you can deal with, you know? Even if you are forty-something strong.
I think "an entire planet" probably goes over that limit.
[ Rodya honestly is a mood; Blade definitely has not reacted much outwardly to the unfortunate oddities hanging around because he is just Like That (besides being more alert and tense), but he doesn't object to her commentary.
It feels warranted, considering even he recognizes the disgusting appearance. ]
You're right that it would benefit us little if the battle was drawn out. It would be to our advantage to try to hit it as hard as we can straight away.
...Even an entire planet would be manageable if we could target its weak points mercilessly.
[ Blade's in his single-minded 'kill the enemy until it dies (for real)' state of mind, haha. ]
So the answer is just beat it up the old-fashioned way?
[ Is that going to work...??? Well she's certainly willing to give it a go, if only because that's kind of the only thing she can really do for this situation. Maybe they should summon N Corp ID into her and call it a day, N Corp Rodion sucks as a person but she definitely would get the job done with the least amount of complaints.
She's walking over the sand but with a distinct pinched expression, like she's not totally convinced she's not walking on fleshy ground right now. Ahhhh. ]
We don't even know if this thing has like... eyes. Though I guess we usually say that for any Abnormality we deal with...
...It certainly will not let us leave without a fight, and attempting to escape it without unequivocally destroying and ensuring it is no longer a threat is not an option.
[ Therefore...beating it up. A lot. That is literally his own opinion, though he believes it's the best (and preferable) option they have. Blade is prepared to do what he can for when they're facing it down, in whatever capacity that is.
Also can't wait to find out they were walking on fleshy ground and it's been sticking to their shoes for long after this ends. As it is, he watches her for a bit before edging closer to the water, to observe the sea-life. ]
...You normally say that you don't know if Abnormalities have eyes? [ ... ] This thing's true form may not, though if it does, it might be like that disturbing, eye that was seen on that mission. But, there is no doubt it can see us well enough.
Yeah, like... Abnormalities just kind of come in all sorts of weird forms, you know? Sooo. You've seen Bongy -- its base form is a chicken but it's also not really a chicken?
[ Maybe she should just summon a mem-rift right the fuck now solely to show Blade the weirdest Abnormality she can think of (no she will not). ]
I'm all for destroying it and stuff. Just that it's seriously easier said than done.
[ She tottles over to look at whatever he's looking at. What're you up to, fish buds. ]
Fortunately, it's as small as it is. It's strange, looking at it, and I can't imagine glimpsing a larger version of it.
[ Honestly, that sounds hilarious, even if the timing is 50-50 on Blade's kind of reaction to that. The quickest way to get Blade into another enactment of the thousand yard stare... ]
Hm. No, it will be a fierce battle. Blood will be shed, and people will likely writhe in agony and pain at some point, however our enemy will fall.
[ Seems he's more confident about it when it's an enemy he can slash at. Anyway, THE FISH SUDDENLY JUMP UP AND SCREAM LIKE BANSHEES okay no just kidding, they are just being fishies swimming in the water. There's a variety of them, but yeah. ]
...I suppose it isn't too odd of a concept for creatures to have parents from which they were sired from. Still, I wonder if it is wise to ask how it is different from plain Bongy.
[ Which he supposes means he is technically asking, so oh well.
Blade thinks the creatures are blood relatives now. As for the dramatics, well...there is a slight wry smirk. ]
Considering the circumstances, I thought it best to not mince words. Even if we don't know completely what to expect, I'm certain it's easy to imagine some results.
Oh, Papa Bongy is an actual guy. He's the original owner of Eunbong's that became the Distortion to begin with, and the headchickens are just like... smaller Distortions he spawned. Papa Bongy looks way more screwed up, Bongy is almost kinda cute in comparison.
[ Bongy... with his huge eyes and eyelashes... very funny. ]
Boo, you're no fun. Or I guess you're the kind of person who maybe has too much fun with this stuff. You'd either really get along with Ryoshu or you'll hate each other.
...A Distortion. A more twisted version of himself, I presume.
But, if you say he looks worse, then I believe you, and will not ask for appearance details.
[ Even Blade is capable of the emotion known as "disgust".
Looking right back on over at her as she says that. An inadvertent thought: "No fun is apt. But, perhaps, so is the other description...not many can handle it for long." ]
[ She doesn't think it's important to explain it unless Blade really wants to know for some reason, but the broken down version of it is pretty much as he just said. ]
Just another coworker. Also uses swords, talks a lot about the poetry in things?
[ There's no real fondness in how Rodion talks about her, not that she dislikes Ryoshu by any means! But Ryoshu is violent and pretty strange, and she's definitely a bit harder to friend than someone like Gregor. Every person on this bus is crazy to some extent but some are just a lot more obvious than others. She takes a moment to pause and look at Blade, considering. ]
Black hair and red eyes, too! [ Hmm. ] Though I guess, actually, yours aren't totally red.
[ Notable, and he simply presumes that this individual is not all that close to her. ]
Hm.
Two comparisons to different co-workers.
[ But, from what he can tell, Blade believes that the personalities from the two are are at least different. The other mentioned likely doesn't have an interest in certain kinds of speech; that said, the comment about his eyes makes him give pause. ]
...No. Red, with splotches of orange; not unlike a traditional flame. That is how it is now.
[ Blade certainly isn't. It's not something he'd have spoken about much, if at all, for various reasons, though he sees no reason to dissuade her from asking about it. Though, he tilts his head at her words, or rather, those thoughts carried on over.
Unique is an accurate way to describe them. ]
...It was. They were a different color, before I became immortal.
[ A pause, because his memory recall is still bad. But... ]
Something in between indigo and violet, according to an image I glimpsed.
[ She like... had some general ideas based off of how he acts, says things, and also because his profile says something like 700, but she never really asked for details.
She is now clearly trying to imagine what he looked like as a young..er... person with purple-ish eyes. ]
...I don't recall. But, I know of the circumstances. It involved something that would be forbidden on the place I was staying long ago.
[ A pause as Rodya seems to have difficult time picturing it...perhaps.
After a moment of hesitation, he extracts a photograph and shows it to her, pointing wordlessly at a white-haired man with his attire. There are other people there as well, but it is what it is. ]
She's just :o as she receives photo. Looks at it and then at him. Remembering how so much of the HCQ just has pale hair and then there's Dan Feng is so funny to me. ]
Whoa! The deep lore!
[ Because honestly she would have never guessed/expected to be presented with this. She's also a 'I'll keep my secrets here with me and one day I'll die' person so, you know. But for real, she looks at the picture and there's some vague bubble of emotion and thought. An almost wistfulness underneath a swathe of just genuine thought that this is a nice picture. ]
Yeah, Blade thinks a visual representation of the differences works best; not exactly something he'd show off willy-nilly, but there it is. ]
...Pretty is one word for it.
[ It is ironic since he doesn't recall much. But something like this he thinks he always ends up immediately recalling in vague ways; either way, it is complicated, but also important to him. ]
It was taken in a place in the Xianzhou Alliance. I can't recall the reason, but there were many battles fought against a powerful enemy. It might have been where we made a promise of some sort or simply celebrating a victory.
[ That seems nice. Rodya... has no keepsakes from her past life to show in return, unfortunately -- aside from her axe, which isn't exactly good memories.
She returns the photo. ]
You ever feel like you wanna go back to those days?
Something...like that. They are no longer my friends.
They were the friends of the man I was before. A man whose memories I hold no longer. And some of them have — changed.
[ Therefore, he can't quite make the connection anymore. He says 'changed' to imply that they too are no longer the same; one 'dead', some a complete transformation. He takes the photo back. Bittersweet; something he will keep as a memento.
"You would've gotten along with 'her' the best...perhaps." Comes a thought anyway as he looks over at Baiheng. ]
Yes, I do. I know it's futile. I have told myself it is impossible, but I wish I could, even if I no longer have the right.
She's still got a bit of a smile, but it's placid and quiet, maybe almost a tad sardonic -- but more bare than her usual wide grins and loud attitude. ]
Yeah. Would nice to just go back and rewind everything, huh?
[ Like they do at the LCB for every time she dies, but for her entire life instead. That'd be too easy then though, wouldn't it? But she can't go back, and she doesn't have the right to move on, either. ]
He thinks back to the memory he witnessed of her, with those people. The consequences. A loss of life that could no longer be regained; a past that one can never return to.
Blade sees the future ahead with a different perspective, but the actions that granted consequences...they can never be erased. On either one of their parts. ]
...It would. We can't change what happened. Our actions will linger; with an inability to be wiped clean. And it is foolish to even consider pretending it all didn't happen.
But, the desire to reverse it all will never leave.
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In fact, he even dares to step out onto the planet, and head towards the beaches, hand on the hilt of his sword all the while. He stops at the peaceful-looking area when he glimpses Rodya. ]
...Rodya. It seems the time for our confrontation draws ever nearer.
[ The size of this creature is different than he anticipated. But, size concerns him little. For him, an effect courtesy of thoughtshare affects him, so she will hear this:
"The larger the enemy is, the louder the sound it will make as it falls." ]
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[ She's SEEING shit and it's GROSS!! She knows she likes to play strong like it's not a big deal but she's not INSANE, guys. She can tell when something fucking sucks and whatever these visions are, they're definitely it. ]
Hopefully it's not going to be drawn out super long. There's usually like, a size limit to what kind of stuff you can deal with, you know? Even if you are forty-something strong.
I think "an entire planet" probably goes over that limit.
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[ Rodya honestly is a mood; Blade definitely has not reacted much outwardly to the unfortunate oddities hanging around because he is just Like That (besides being more alert and tense), but he doesn't object to her commentary.
It feels warranted, considering even he recognizes the disgusting appearance. ]
You're right that it would benefit us little if the battle was drawn out. It would be to our advantage to try to hit it as hard as we can straight away.
...Even an entire planet would be manageable if we could target its weak points mercilessly.
[ Blade's in his single-minded 'kill the enemy until it dies (for real)' state of mind, haha. ]
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[ Is that going to work...??? Well she's certainly willing to give it a go, if only because that's kind of the only thing she can really do for this situation. Maybe they should summon N Corp ID into her and call it a day, N Corp Rodion sucks as a person but she definitely would get the job done with the least amount of complaints.
She's walking over the sand but with a distinct pinched expression, like she's not totally convinced she's not walking on fleshy ground right now. Ahhhh. ]
We don't even know if this thing has like... eyes. Though I guess we usually say that for any Abnormality we deal with...
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[ Therefore...beating it up. A lot. That is literally his own opinion, though he believes it's the best (and preferable) option they have. Blade is prepared to do what he can for when they're facing it down, in whatever capacity that is.
Also can't wait to find out they were walking on fleshy ground and it's been sticking to their shoes for long after this ends. As it is, he watches her for a bit before edging closer to the water, to observe the sea-life. ]
...You normally say that you don't know if Abnormalities have eyes? [ ... ] This thing's true form may not, though if it does, it might be like that disturbing, eye that was seen on that mission. But, there is no doubt it can see us well enough.
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[ Maybe she should just summon a mem-rift right the fuck now solely to show Blade the weirdest Abnormality she can think of (no she will not). ]
I'm all for destroying it and stuff. Just that it's seriously easier said than done.
[ She tottles over to look at whatever he's looking at. What're you up to, fish buds. ]
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[ Honestly, that sounds hilarious, even if the timing is 50-50 on Blade's kind of reaction to that. The quickest way to get Blade into another enactment of the thousand yard stare... ]
Hm. No, it will be a fierce battle. Blood will be shed, and people will likely writhe in agony and pain at some point, however our enemy will fall.
[ Seems he's more confident about it when it's an enemy he can slash at. Anyway, THE FISH SUDDENLY JUMP UP AND SCREAM LIKE BANSHEES okay no just kidding, they are just being fishies swimming in the water. There's a variety of them, but yeah. ]
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[ Blade gives her his dramatic spiel of events to come and she's just like lol. Lordy. ]
Great. Cool. I could do without the first four things you said out of that list, but I guess we can't all be winners.
[ Why can't it just be Our Enemy Will Fall. ]
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[ Which he supposes means he is technically asking, so oh well.
Blade thinks the creatures are blood relatives now. As for the dramatics, well...there is a slight wry smirk. ]
Considering the circumstances, I thought it best to not mince words. Even if we don't know completely what to expect, I'm certain it's easy to imagine some results.
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[ Bongy... with his huge eyes and eyelashes... very funny. ]
Boo, you're no fun. Or I guess you're the kind of person who maybe has too much fun with this stuff. You'd either really get along with Ryoshu or you'll hate each other.
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But, if you say he looks worse, then I believe you, and will not ask for appearance details.
[ Even Blade is capable of the emotion known as "disgust".
Looking right back on over at her as she says that. An inadvertent thought: "No fun is apt. But, perhaps, so is the other description...not many can handle it for long." ]
Ryoshu?
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[ She doesn't think it's important to explain it unless Blade really wants to know for some reason, but the broken down version of it is pretty much as he just said. ]
Just another coworker. Also uses swords, talks a lot about the poetry in things?
[ There's no real fondness in how Rodion talks about her, not that she dislikes Ryoshu by any means! But Ryoshu is violent and pretty strange, and she's definitely a bit harder to friend than someone like Gregor. Every person on this bus is crazy to some extent but some are just a lot more obvious than others. She takes a moment to pause and look at Blade, considering. ]
Black hair and red eyes, too! [ Hmm. ] Though I guess, actually, yours aren't totally red.
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Hm.
Two comparisons to different co-workers.
[ But, from what he can tell, Blade believes that the personalities from the two are are at least different. The other mentioned likely doesn't have an interest in certain kinds of speech; that said, the comment about his eyes makes him give pause. ]
...No. Red, with splotches of orange; not unlike a traditional flame. That is how it is now.
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[ He isn't nosing her away so she's just continuing to peer. They're funky eyes! Interesting.
'They're... eh, whats's the word... unique?' ]
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Unique is an accurate way to describe them. ]
...It was. They were a different color, before I became immortal.
[ A pause, because his memory recall is still bad. But... ]
Something in between indigo and violet, according to an image I glimpsed.
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[ She like... had some general ideas based off of how he acts, says things, and also because his profile says something like 700, but she never really asked for details.
She is now clearly trying to imagine what he looked like as a young..er... person with purple-ish eyes. ]
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...I don't recall. But, I know of the circumstances. It involved something that would be forbidden on the place I was staying long ago.
[ A pause as Rodya seems to have difficult time picturing it...perhaps.
After a moment of hesitation, he extracts a photograph and shows it to her, pointing wordlessly at a white-haired man with his attire. There are other people there as well, but it is what it is. ]
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She's just :o as she receives photo. Looks at it and then at him. Remembering how so much of the HCQ just has pale hair and then there's Dan Feng is so funny to me. ]
Whoa! The deep lore!
[ Because honestly she would have never guessed/expected to be presented with this. She's also a 'I'll keep my secrets here with me and one day I'll die' person so, you know. But for real, she looks at the picture and there's some vague bubble of emotion and thought. An almost wistfulness underneath a swathe of just genuine thought that this is a nice picture. ]
Wherever this is, it looks pretty.
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Yeah, Blade thinks a visual representation of the differences works best; not exactly something he'd show off willy-nilly, but there it is. ]
...Pretty is one word for it.
[ It is ironic since he doesn't recall much. But something like this he thinks he always ends up immediately recalling in vague ways; either way, it is complicated, but also important to him. ]
It was taken in a place in the Xianzhou Alliance. I can't recall the reason, but there were many battles fought against a powerful enemy. It might have been where we made a promise of some sort or simply celebrating a victory.
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[ That seems nice. Rodya... has no keepsakes from her past life to show in return, unfortunately -- aside from her axe, which isn't exactly good memories.
She returns the photo. ]
You ever feel like you wanna go back to those days?
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They were the friends of the man I was before. A man whose memories I hold no longer. And some of them have — changed.
[ Therefore, he can't quite make the connection anymore. He says 'changed' to imply that they too are no longer the same; one 'dead', some a complete transformation. He takes the photo back. Bittersweet; something he will keep as a memento.
"You would've gotten along with 'her' the best...perhaps." Comes a thought anyway as he looks over at Baiheng. ]
Yes, I do. I know it's futile. I have told myself it is impossible, but I wish I could, even if I no longer have the right.
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She's still got a bit of a smile, but it's placid and quiet, maybe almost a tad sardonic -- but more bare than her usual wide grins and loud attitude. ]
Yeah. Would nice to just go back and rewind everything, huh?
[ Like they do at the LCB for every time she dies, but for her entire life instead. That'd be too easy then though, wouldn't it? But she can't go back, and she doesn't have the right to move on, either. ]
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He thinks back to the memory he witnessed of her, with those people. The consequences. A loss of life that could no longer be regained; a past that one can never return to.
Blade sees the future ahead with a different perspective, but the actions that granted consequences...they can never be erased. On either one of their parts. ]
...It would. We can't change what happened. Our actions will linger; with an inability to be wiped clean. And it is foolish to even consider pretending it all didn't happen.
But, the desire to reverse it all will never leave.