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srwug_alpha_rp2011-11-29 09:30 pm
emorangerpink) wrote in srwug_alpha_rp2011-11-29 09:30 pm
Opening Phase (backdated to Fairy Park)
1.
[Late on the last evening before the Chalice departs from Fairy Park, a new face appears aboard - a pale, petite young woman with long red hair and the look of someone who isn't sure where they're supposed to be headed but doesn't want to admit it. It doesn't help that she appears to be steering around whatever concentrations of people exist at this hour, with the side effect of routing her away from most interesting locations. After a while of fruitless wandering on the Promenade, she gives up and hesitantly approaches the nearest person.]
Um, hello... I'm new aboard, and I need to see the captain, or whoever's in charge... do you know where I can find them?
Ah, I'm Laura, Laura Ericks. I'm here to join the crew, so I guess that means we'll be teammates - it's nice to meet you.
[Her left hand is tightly grasping a sealed envelope, while her right fidgets with a metal wristwatch on her left arm. Is this girl afraid of you, or just afraid of everything?
Laura's looking for the Captain - does she turn to you for help, or do you run in to her on her way there?]
2.
Hello... Dan?
[Laura pokes at the terminal uncertainly - she knows how to use a terminal, but not where a ship's AI might be found on one.]
[Late on the last evening before the Chalice departs from Fairy Park, a new face appears aboard - a pale, petite young woman with long red hair and the look of someone who isn't sure where they're supposed to be headed but doesn't want to admit it. It doesn't help that she appears to be steering around whatever concentrations of people exist at this hour, with the side effect of routing her away from most interesting locations. After a while of fruitless wandering on the Promenade, she gives up and hesitantly approaches the nearest person.]
Um, hello... I'm new aboard, and I need to see the captain, or whoever's in charge... do you know where I can find them?
Ah, I'm Laura, Laura Ericks. I'm here to join the crew, so I guess that means we'll be teammates - it's nice to meet you.
[Her left hand is tightly grasping a sealed envelope, while her right fidgets with a metal wristwatch on her left arm. Is this girl afraid of you, or just afraid of everything?
Laura's looking for the Captain - does she turn to you for help, or do you run in to her on her way there?]
2.
Hello... Dan?
[Laura pokes at the terminal uncertainly - she knows how to use a terminal, but not where a ship's AI might be found on one.]
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Because when I was very young, no more than six, something happened. I was reborn, not as a human, but as a Super Soldier. I was created for the sake of combat. I was built to be a survivor - a killer. It's not something I asked for, but something that was forced on me. Allelujah Haptism doesn't exist in a world without war...
[A small frown.] And so, Allelujah Haptism fights for a world where he doesn't have to exist - where nobody like him has to exist. A world where nobody else has to become a living weapon, whose only purpose is to fight and kill. I want to help build a world where children can grow up and live happily, instead of being used as tools.
The world may never reach that point, but it's the ideal I reach for. If I can't fight for that dream, then I have nothing.
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...But this doesn't really make me want to volunteer information about myself or my friends, Mr. Haptism.
[Yup, it's back to formality - at this point Laura is profoundly uncomfortable being around Allelujah at all, alone or otherwise.]
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[He got to his feet, letting his hair collapse in front of his eye again. He's not so blind as to miss the lapse back into uncomfortable territory.] Maybe it would be best if I let you be. But... please don't misunderstand. I'm not asking you to pity me, and I'm not asking for forgiveness or understanding.
Well... I hope everything goes well for you on the Chalice, Laura. [He turned on his heel, towards the door. If Laura has anything else on her mind, now would be the time to say it.]
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And indeed, once he's gone, she has to remain seated for a while before she's able to leave by a different exit.]
He's not a compulsive killer, but I can see why she might think that
... I just wanted to know more about Devon and her friends, Hallelujah.
["And now not only do you not have that, but you've almost guaranteed that the other shifter-"] Laura. ["-Whatever; she'll probably never trust you after that."]
[Allelujah couldn't say anything to that; as much as he detested Hallelujah, his darker side was absolutely right. He sighed and fell back on his bed, arm covering his eyes; today had just become a miserable turn of events. The worst part was, he had no one to blame but himself.]