driftfleet | the word of the day is "paranoia"

Who: Kirito / OTA
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Hiding out in engineering on the Paisley, if you so desire
When: Now!

[So, this is something he's been wondering - and eventually, seriously considering - for the last couple of months, mostly when they landed on Arslae and he realized how ill-equipped he is to deal with conflict. For most people, it would simply be a matter of avoiding fights. But for him... well. It's kind of all he's ever been good for.

Getting told that, hey, one of your crewmates is a murderer is more or less the last straw to break through his indecisive camel back.]

I have a question, mostly for whoever's gotten personal those personal augment upgrades you can buy, or at least thought about it. I'd really like to know- what's it like? Which did you choose? Why would you choose to get one- or why not? I mean, the people offering them up aren't exactly trustworthy, but they all sound pretty useful, too.

Basically, I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons. I'd appreciate the help.

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Shouldn't I be the one repaying you for the lessons in the first place? Geez.

[He's been getting an awful lot of those for free, you know.]

Maybe, but I wasn't exactly asking for payment.

[It kept him busy too! Otherwise he would've been holed up in that med bay the entire time.]

Well, neither am I.

[Take it or leave it, bro.]

Fair enough. [He laughs because well, you've got him there.] But seriously, thank you.

At the rate I was going, I could've started my own library.

Maybe you should just start a novel series. Change the names, switch up the order of events a bit- you'd fill up the one on the Iskaulit in no time, and nobody would know.

[He's joking. Mostly.]

Now there's an idea. [Stefan laughs.] Maybe if the library ever gets too desperate for donations.

Heck, if you toss in enough fiction with the truth, even if somebody figured out what you were doing, there'd be no way to tell what really happened and what didn't. Your secret backstory would still be safe.

When you put it like that, you almost make me sound like a Precure.

[A superhero, he means to say, but Precure's far more ubiquitous for him.]

A what?

[He never watched that show.]

Superhero. Sorry, Pretty Cures were Locke's local variety.

[Also he kinda lived with one for a solid two years. It was a fascinating life.]

...Well, it's your book. Make yourself a superhero, too.

I think I will. [He grins.] Thanks, Kirito.

the word of the day is "paranoia"

action | i honestly would not have caught that lol

action | oh good ;;

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