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[mylegacy]

Who: Caesar Zeppeli and your face
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Friday and Saturday before the shuffle!

[All things told, Caesar does not spend a lot of time on introspection when he arrives on the Marsiva. He takes a few moments to look at the stars - astonishingly bright and close, almost frighteningly so, when you're used to cities, or being too busy to look up and see the space that God made - and then looks away. For fear of being overwhelmed, maybe, or because he has other things to do.]

[Though he can't begin to imagine what they are. What do you do after you've died?]

[When he figures out how to access the network, he doesn't hesitate at all. Hesitating means thinking, and if he thinks too much about this his voice will come out weak, lost, confused. He is a Zeppeli; that would be unforgivable.]

[So it comes out strong, full, his syllables well-rounded and imbued with good humor.]

Buongiorno, all, I - seem to have taken a wrong turn somewhere around Mars. I don't suppose anyone has a map?

[He chuckles briefly, then sombers. There's information in his head that he doesn't know the source of, but he can guess.]

There are many people trapped here. I know that much already. I know what is happening. What I don't understand is why.

[Or what is to be done about it. (Although where would he go, if he wasn't here?)]

Comments

[mylegacy]

[God, that's irritating. He doesn't want to be good for ratings. But he shrugs and nods anyway. Not much he can do about it now.]

I hope I get paid soon, then.

[ino]

Oh? Did you manage to reunite with someone you hadn't seen in awhile, then?

[mylegacy]

The other way around. He hadn't seen me. Does it still count as a moving cinematic experience?

[ino]

[ She laughs ]

As long as you're involved somehow, I think it works.

[mylegacy]

Then I'm starting out ahead.

[He smirks.]

I wonder if I can get his money, too. [Joseph is gonna start out broke if he has anything to say about it.]

[ino]

[ A giggle ]

That depends, do you think he'd hand it over?

[mylegacy]

Absolutely not. I'd have to fight him for it. But I'm sure I'd win.

[ino]

Oh~? Are you that strong, then? Or is he just a wimp?

[mylegacy]

Couldn't it be both?

[ino]

Well, fighting him for it implies that it would be a challenge.

[mylegacy]

[Sigh. This is true. He did not 100% think this boast through.]

Maybe just the first one, then.

[ino]

So, does that make you a warrior of some kind?

[mylegacy]

You could say that. Not a soldier, but I've done a fair amount of fighting.

[ino]

Oh? Of your own choice, or because you had to?

[mylegacy]

It was my choice.

[This very firmly. It's not the whole story, of course, but it's the key point.]

I can't imagine doing anything else.

[ino]

Well, that's good, at least. I chose to, too -- but it isn't always that way, you know?

[mylegacy]

I know. But people are better fighters under their own steam.

[ino]

You don't think someone could be great because they have to be?

[mylegacy]

They could. But people are stronger when they do something they love. Or feel passionate about, anyway.

[ino]

I guess that's true.

Do you fight with a weapon?

[mylegacy]

I do. It's called Ripple.

[It's his ninja way.]

Do you?

[ino]

Oh, you named it and everything?

I can, if I need to. I'm a battlefield medic more than anything, so I do more healing than, you know, stabbing.

[ Not entirely the truth, but it's what everyone gets until she knows she can trust them ]

[mylegacy]

I didn't name it. It's been around since long before I was born.

[There's an undercurrent of fierce pride in this, if she listens for it. A brief smile, then.]

Healing's just as important.

[ino]

Oh, does that mean you inherited it, then? And why "Ripple"?

[ She's nosy, sorry Caesar. Brightly: ]

I'd like to think so, anyways! Luckily, there hasn't been much of an opportunity to use those types of skills here.

[mylegacy]

[He doesn't mind nosy. This is something that's easy to talk about, much easier than being trapped on a spaceship in front of an audience of theoretically adoring fans.]

Exactly. From my grandfather. It uses waves of solar energy. Ripples, see?

Not much, or none? [There's a big difference.]