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Who: Wrath
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Planet
When: Early on while on the planet, probably

[Wrath's always been a high energy person, but whatever is going on with her augment glitching, it's turned the energy knob up to eleven, yanked it off, and thrown it out the window. Well. Half the time. The other half she might be asleep, facedown on the floor.

But hopefully before her bouts of hyperactivity really start to grate on her crewmates (no, Wrath, their morale is just fine) they arrive at the planet and there's a whole new place for her to explore.

At first she tries to be mindful of her medical directives, but then she finds a saloon, and she ends up playing a game of darts, or maybe arm wrestling some guy three times her size (she wins) and... it all just goes downhill from there.

Welcome to Wrath doing her best impression of her pre-back-injury self. Which involves public drunkenness with optional nudity, loud and off-key singing, bar brawls, and

CRASH

getting thrown out a (first floor, thankfully) window.

She lays on the ground next to her cane, which thankfully hasn't been broken, surrounded by shards of glass. And tries to get up, which is a bit like watching a turtle that's been turned on its back trying to right itself, giggling happily the whole time.]

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[She's heavy, way heavier than someone her size should be (thank you, composite skeleton) but he should still be able to manage her with no problems.

And the impromptu ride gets a shriek of pure delight out of her.] Woo! FASTER! Let's kick some ass!

She is! She's the best! Well like, not like the Ravani, but you know. Also the best!

Are you sure? She knows how to get shit done. I bet she'd cut a bitch.

Like a piggy back ride?

YEAH! I LOVE PIGGY BACK RIDES!

[... or not. Well, this will be a lot easier than she anticipated! She gives Wrath a relieved smile.]

Oh, good! Here!

[Beverly turns her back towards Wrath, then squats down to make up for their height difference.]

Climb on!

Not like the who?

[Wait. Not important. Just going to get out the com and call a doctor or Natasha, whoever answers first. One hand on her hip as she waits.]

[Vash stumbles a bit, not expecting such a dense weight, but quickly rights himself and compensates. Sometimes having a metal arm really comes in handy.] Uh, huh. Sure! Whatever you say!

[Vash takes off running, surprisingly quickly, and soon out runs the guys chasing them. Anyone clever enough to try to throw something or shoot at the retreating pair missing as Vash occasionally "stumbles" and manages to miss anything aimed at them.

It's when he's sure that he's lost them does he slow down to more of a walk. Let's see. There was a doctor somewhere around here, right?] Phew. Are you sure you're alright? [He did see you fall out of a building. He's also hoping she forgot about the idea of finding more people to fight.]

[There is a lot of enthusiastic shouting during that chase, and a lot of good natured swearing at the pursuers, which really doesn't help. Wrath is a giggling mess by the time they slow down.]

That was awesome! Let's do it again!

I am so ready for action!

[Yeah, sure, she couldn't walk a straight line if her life depended on it. But she's happily clinging to Vash in a sodden quasi-hug.]

You know, General Ravani. Um. Well. Commander when she was my CO.

Oh. I guess you wouldn't know. [A brief moment of sadness there. No one knows anything about where she came from.

Oh well, a chance to make new friends, right? Enthusiasm, re-engage!]

Ready for action, let's go!

[For someone as drunk and floppy as she is, she still manages to be coordinated enough to do this. He'll, she managed to leap on to maine's back from a lamp post while drunker than this before.

She's heavy, but not too bad. And she holds on without trying to choke Beverly.]

Yeah, let's go! For the honor of Proles!

[Wrath is a lot heavier than Beverly expected from such a tiny person, though in retrospect, it makes perfect sense, given all of Wrath's bionic replacements. Carefully, she adjusts her grip on Wrath's legs before heading off.]

So, want to tell me what happened back there?

[Vash would normally be happy to have such a pretty girl hugging him, but without the angry mob at the start.] Let's not do that again. Okay? [Carefully Vash starts to move forward. Trying to make sure he's not going too fast that she'll trip and fall.] I think that's been enough action for one day. [Yup. That's a hospital he's walking towards.]

Oh, some guy picked shit so I head butted him and he had friends. It was pretty awesome.

[She's not afraid of hospitals or anything, so it sounds good!] Aw, you can't be tired already. Or have you already had lots of action today? Where's the fun?

[Beverly makes a disapproving humming noise. It does not sound very awesome to her.]

You need to be more careful, Wrath. I don't like seeing you hurt.

[She airily dismisses the concern with a flop of her hand.]

Pain's temporary. Glory's forever.

[Ruefully.] You sound like a Klingon.

[Squint.]

A booger that hangs out of your nose?

[Beverly laughs, enough where she has to stop walking for a moment, but she doesn't lose her grip on Wrath.]

No... no!

[Still laughing, give her a second. She takes a deep breath before she starts walking again.]

Klingons are an alien species from my universe. They're warriors who value honor and glory above almost anything else.

Oh, that sounds pretty awesome.

Why'd they pick such a dumb name then?

It only sounds funny in English. In tlhIngan Hol [Which their translators will helpfully inform Wrath is the name of the Klingon language], it sounds perfectly normal.

Ohhh. That makes sense.

That sounds cool you should teach me how to... Uh. Stuff.

Speak Klingon? I'm not very good you know, I only know a few phrases, mostly meditative.

... and a few curses.

I don't know how to speak anything else, so it's cool that you know anything like that at all.

And curses are the most useful. And how to ask for beers.

[Beverly laughs.]

Oh Klingon beer... you have to be careful with that stuff. Though their bloodwine is even worse.

Bloodwine? That sounds... really gross. Like real blood? Why would you drink blood? It's got germs in it!

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