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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337151: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:23:19 AM

-he sort of slowly, and hesitantly, shakes her hand as if he's never been offered one- My name's Laurel.

And I understand. I think.

Huh... fair play. Y'know, I gotta ask.

I remember back then, if you were talking about Aichi... why on earth are you trying to hide information?

Do you guys just not like help... at all?

Like, I understand, kinda, if you think there's like cameras or drones around.

But it seems a little paranoid.

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Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337152: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:31:50 AM

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(He earns a short laugh from her. She seems a little confused by his hesitance towards a handshake, but she rolls with it.)

"Trust you me. If I didn't have a shield, I'd be covered in papercuts. Been thinking about replacing my bedcovers with a quilt made out of legal documents. Could save me some space. Saving the environment, and all that."

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337153: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:31:53 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-It's not that they don't like help. Misaki has tried to get help before, but...-

"We do have help."

-What it is...-

"...The information is classified. I can't just go around telling everyone."

-She's not about to get into a whole mess with potentially getting in trouble with an organization that does not seem unlike a military.-

-Gundams are classified, for instance. She knows this and she's not sure of who she can trust with most information.-

-Still, she can't really weasel her way out of people noticing Aichi's disappearance or knowing that he was captured by 'giant robots' (Or rather, someone piloting one).-

-Not to mention that she doesn't want people getting hurt trying to get involved.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Sep 11th 2018 at 11:34:00 AM

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337154: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:35:41 AM

I dunno, for something like a kidnapping, just seems like you're shutting the doors with classifying information.

People can't help what they don't know about, after all.

A... quilt of legal documents?

That wouldn't be very warm, I believe.

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337155: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:41:27 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-...Yes, that is true...-

"..."

-She seems uncertain. She's always been rather bad about talking to people when she needs help, similar to Aichi.-

-...Maybe she should... After all, it would help Leos and Sthesia out a lot...-

"...Could you help?"

-She knows that he has shapeshifting powers, but...-

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337156: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:42:00 AM

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(She shrugs lightly, and leans back.)

"Again, saves space. And that's why I'd have the barrier up. Anyway, I'm just joking with you. I'm kinda quiet otherwise."

(She looks back over at him, a vague hint of interest on her face.)

"So uh... what's your schtick?"

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337157: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:45:53 AM

... I mean.

I guess I'm just a clone.

Composite of several individuals that I've never met, and have no idea who they were and what they were like.

Don't know my purpose, don't know my creator. I came out into this world fully grown, and with only the vague sense of wanting to protect someone named 'Dr.9'

Like a... when I look into things more with the books, it feels like a religious calling. And it's odd. I'm not sure how to place it.

I mean, it really depends what you'd need my help with.

The thing I'm best at is causing doomsdays, destroying civilisations and rendering planets destroyed or uninhabitable.

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337158: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:48:18 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-Wait, what?!-

"...You're kidding, right?"

-That tone is some weird mixture of sarcasm, skepticism, and seriousness.-

-...Is that even possible?-

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337159: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:51:22 AM

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(She understandably looks a little taken aback by that, and shifts awkwardly.)

"...Jesus. I mean... damn. That... that must be hard. I'm sorry to hear that."

(She seems a bit lost for words at first, but soon she slowly begins to construct a sentence.)

"...I mean... I kinda get what it's like a bit. To not really know who you are or why you're here, why you are the way you are... all that crap. In the end, I think all that matters is if you're living the life you've been given to the full, y'know?"

(She looks back over to him.)

"...Do you get what I mean by that? Are you doing things you truly want to?"

(She leans back forward.)

"Don't think you're anything less to me or to anyone because of this, okay? You don't have to be conventional to feel good about yourself."

Edited by Enirboreh on Sep 11th 2018 at 5:55:22 PM

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337160: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:53:31 AM

I mean I guess. I've been alive for what. Less than a month or two?

That's how fresh out of the machine I am. I don't know what I want, yet.

Nope. I even had an interstellar empire at one point. But I left that behind because I grew tired of being an Emperor.

It all became too easy. So I just went for travel instead.

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Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337161: Sep 11th 2018 at 9:56:55 AM

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(She hums to herself in thought.)

"Well, I'm sure you'll be able to find something. Just give it time, y'know? Maybe I could help you a bit, if you want..."

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337162: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:00:45 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-Misaki goes silent. She knows how this place is. She knows that all sorts of types of people appear here.-

-She has no doubt that he's telling the truth, as absurd as it sounds.-

-She glares. As usual it's very jarring for a girl her age to have such an intense glare, but it's highly unlikely that Xenos would ever think much of it.-

-It's clear that Misaki is NOT impressed knowing that Xenos did such things.-

-She's not even saying anything now. Just glaring.-

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337163: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:07:54 AM

And there's the glare. I know I'm a terrible person. But at least I'm honest about it.

Besides, I already decided to spare Earth, because I like humanity.

Maybe... wait. How can you help?

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337164: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:10:08 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-Misaki's glare doesn't stop in the slightest.-

-So he likes humanity then?-

"...What makes humanity any different from the rest of the people you've chosen to kill or conquer?"

-It's clear that Xenos has immediately jumped down to one of her least favorite people in a flash.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Sep 11th 2018 at 12:10:22 PM

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337165: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:23:08 AM

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"Oh... well uh..."

(She looks a little confused herself, before shaking it off and shooting him a gentle smile to make it seem like she knew what she was doing.)

"I mean, I guess trial and error is the only way. You could try lots of different things. See what sticks. Like... uh... well, what do you like doing now?"

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337166: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:33:32 AM

... Well, I like drinking coffee... I like training with a couple of swords. I have genetic memory of how to use a variety of weaponry.

-he shrugs slightly- Hard to really describe it.

But, I guess it's because you guys tend to have this whole... I don't really know how to call it. You guys interest me, because of how your minds work.

Some of you are the most apathetic pieces of shit, and some of you care too much about things.

I can't say humanity has the most variety, I can't even say they're remotely special. They're a jack of all trades, but I just like that. It's like you guys are balanced. I've seen places that have more tragedies than Earth has ever had, planets that have only ever known Autocracy. I've seen peaceful 'utopias' that stretch out in wondrous technology, with such stagnant culture that they end up being unable to take criticism.

Sure I've seen other places that have the same balance humanity does, but when I came to them- they met me with violence. Because they knew who I was already, but decided to not even give me a chance.

But humanity? Other than being culturally and historically important to my departed species?

I came down to a place in America called Crescent City. To a small pizzeria owned by a second generation Japanese Immigrant. The chef I met there didn't give one rat's ass about it, even though I told them everything because I don't like hiding the truth about myself. They just told me one thing:

"The world's not worth destroying when there's pizza."

And so, despite taking the admittedly silly reason, I decided to spare you guys over that statement. Not because you as a species are special on an objective level. But because to me, humanity is special subjectively. For the first time, possibly in my life, I was treated like I was a person, and not some oncoming doomsday.

I told them the truth, and they gave me a joke instead of a scowl. That is what I find beautiful.

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Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337167: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:46:54 AM

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(She face-faults, but swiftly recovers. She kind of feels sorry for the guy.)

"Uh... well that's a good start! Wait, you said you like training with swords? What kind of training? Spars, katas, that kinda stuff...?"

(She seems to have an epiphany, but looks a little embarrassed by it. She holds out her hand, and soon enough a violin and an accompanying bow float into her grip from presumably behind the sofa.)

"I mean... maybe music could work for you? I can kind of see you with a violin..."

(She's lying through her teeth, but her consistently neutral expression makes it hard to tell.)

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337168: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:47:30 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-Misaki listens to this whole thing, not entirely sure what to make of it.-

-He essentially isn't killing humanity because he finds them interesting.-

-Misaki silently wonders what the heck went through that guy at the pizzeria's mind when Xenos approached him.-

-...Then again, if Xenos had by some chance walked into Card Capital, Misaki probably would have just assumed him to be some kind of really good cosplayer and paid him no mind.-

-At worst she probably would have asked him to return 'without the costume'... at least unless he did something obnoxious.-

-Misaki simply waits to see if he has anything else to say.-

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337169: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:53:26 AM

Music...? I'm not sure, I don't imagine myself as a... virtuoso.

I could give it a try... but I don't have any experience with a violin.

-sighs- Sorry, I probably talked a bunch there didn't I.

There I go, yapping away.

Thing is, I know you probably won't care. I can't expect people to like me at all.

I just tell the truth, because hiding it will only cause people to feel betrayed later.

I prefer to start at rock bottom. Because I'm never gonna betray someone because they didn't know who I was.

I live by that.

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Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337170: Sep 11th 2018 at 10:55:57 AM

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(She shrugs, holding out the instrument for him.)

"That's okay. I'm still learning, personally. I like a challenge. Who knows, though? You might have a knack for it. Give it a try!"

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337171: Sep 11th 2018 at 11:07:02 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-OK, yeah. Misaki won't argue that honesty is good, but...-

"Honesty's good, but killing and conquering on a massive scale is not."

-Seems like Misaki's definitely on the list of people that don't like you, Xenos.-

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337172: Sep 11th 2018 at 11:11:07 AM

Did I ever say that it was?

I said I'm a terrible person. I admit my guilt. I know that it is wrong.

In an ideal world, I'd have had some forgetful and insignificant life. Maybe I'd have been an engineer, I never got the chance to find out.

I've been an apocalypse since before I was born.

-he holds it in his hands-

-and slowly puts it in position- ... I don't know what song to try.

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Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#1337173: Sep 11th 2018 at 11:14:58 AM

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(She tilts her head to the side in thought, absently adjusting his positioning of holding the violin with her left hand.)

“Hmm... Try making something up? Just to get a handle on how it plays. That's generally what I do.”

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CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1337174: Sep 11th 2018 at 11:18:55 AM

Kitchen (Misaki)

-He keeps saying things like that... Referring to himself as a walking doomsday or being an apocalypse... What does he mean...?-

-Misaki's got a feeling there's more to it than just the fact that he wipes out peoples and planets...-

"What do you mean by that?"

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1337175: Sep 11th 2018 at 11:42:36 AM

Well, for a start my name's Xenos.

I'm the only one of my species to ever have that name.

It means 'Zenith' in our language.

My birth was a prophecy. By every single ancient Ahxenite civilisation.

With my birth, comes the fall of Ahxen is how the prophecy goes. I'm in fact, the only living Ahxenite.

So they were kinda right.

Al right.... -he starts to play, and it isn't that bad for a beginner-

-kind of a morose tune-

Edited by RegularDefender on Sep 11th 2018 at 7:42:29 PM

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