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[isinvincible]

Who: Megumi Aino
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Vanquish, lab
When: 6/28

[ megumi looks pretty tired out at the lab, with her head cushioned on her arms. more than anything, she looks both bored and exhausted--never a good sign. she yawns boisterously before she peers at the camera, and frowns. ]

Um... there's people that've fought here before, aren't there?

Why did you decide to fight? Was it for someone, or something? [ she breathes in. ] It's kind of confusing, being away from home... I think I've almost forgotten.

Comments

audio

[experiencepoints]

... What do you mean? Do you need a reason to fight?

[isinvincible]

Huh?

Of course! I don't really want to fight just to fight... I'd rather just hang out with my friends, wouldn't you?

[experiencepoints]

Why can't you do both?

[isinvincible]

[ both?

she pauses. and then... thinks. ]

Both...

Well... I don't think we're really fighters. Except Iona, maybe.

[experiencepoints]

If you're not fighters, then what are you doing fighting?

[isinvincible]

W... we're... ah...

[ GOOD QUESTION.

um. ]

Just--just trying to defend our homes.

[experiencepoints]

I don't really get it, but...

[There's a sound of rustling cloth, like someone shrugged, forgetting this feed is set to not show video. oops.]

Sounds like you haven't forgotten why to me.

[isinvincible]

[ she gives a little hum. ]

Maybe I haven't... but it feels like a memory.

Mm--so you don't fight for anything, you just fight to fight?

[experiencepoints]

Depends. I fight to get stronger. Sometimes, I fight to put down someone who needs to die. Sometimes, I fight because my best friend really just needs a fist in her stupid face.

video;

[got_it_memorized]

[Axel looks thoughtful for a moment, then quirks his mouth to one side.]

Does it count if you were just kind of roped into the fight?

action;

[geonomy]

[Rather than answer on the communicator, why not go see her himself? So Clay heads out to what he recognized from the video as the lab, and he makes sure to knock before he makes his way inside. He gives a two-fingered salute with one hand while the other holds a tray of cookie-shaped chocolate-peanut butter protein.]

Special delivery for the lab support!

Video

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Why I decided to fight...

[Wanda repeats the question as she ponders over an answer in her head.]

I have chosen to fight for both the wrong and the right reasons. Though, at the time, I suppose even the wrong reasons seemed right.

video

[tobeajedi]

[Well, that's kind of a heavy question for someone who looks younger (and more bored) than herself.]

Well... I would fight to protect people who can't protect themselves. Or for someone I care about, like my mom or my friends.

[pain_train]

Haven't had to fight yet here but I will whenever it comes up. I figure it's the same as back home. You fight because you want to survive and you rang your people to survive. And you fight because it's your job, and being good at your job is important.

Though it helps that it's really fun.

Voice

[radiantwingedone]

Defense. Particularly of a 'If I did not, humans would have no cities left' sort.

[ He's got a bit of a heavy tone for how light his words might be phrased. ]

[isinvincible]

You fight your best friend?!

video;

[isinvincible]

[ quickly; ]

Yes, yes, definitely!

action;

[isinvincible]

[ oh!

she perks up and smiles at him warmly, getting up from her chair. ]

Are those cookies? That's amazing, I never would've thought you could make them without flour!

[isinvincible]

It's difficult when what's right is a bit strange, isn't it?

[isinvincible]

So you're like a superhero? Or a police officer!

[ those are two very different things. ]

[isinvincible]

Mm... my job is lab support here, though. I don't know if I'm supposed to fight. Should I leave it to the security officers? That seems a bit unfair...

[isinvincible]

[ surprisingly enough, she can relate to this, though. ]

So you fight for the defense... of others?

[pain_train]

Well, the most important thing is being good at your job. But you have to be prepared to go above and beyond the call of duty if it's necessary to keep your team safe. If you can fight, it's important to make sure the mission gets completed.

The other thing is, though, do you even know how to fight? Cause if you don't, you shouldn't go in without training. That's actually more dangerous for everyone else because then they're have to protect your ass as well as watching their own.

[experiencepoints]

Often.

[radiantwingedone]

... Accurate.

There is also the point of having to defend yourself thrown in. Depending on the organization of all involved, one falling could make a .. mess, of everything further. 'I cannot defend others if I am dead', that sort of thing.

action;

[geonomy]

Weeeeell... kind of.

[He lowers the tray with a bit of an awkward grin; sure, they're cookie flavored, but, well...]

That casino place was too expensive, and we haven't run into much else, soooo... still tofu-like, but still tastes like cookies, too!

[tobeajedi]

Not exactly. More like a Knight.

[an even more different thing!]

Why the questions?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[A small grin finds it's way to Wanda's face, but it quickly dissipates.]

Yes. Or when something seems like the right reason at the time... though perhaps, revenge is never the right reason.