[Battle Mode 0003] | [Mission Aftermath]

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

[1 - Hangar]
[Ever since the mission, Rinon's been in the hangar, with the remains of her poor Dibison. She's making notes, checking things over... and keeping the vultures away, who might try to snitch a few spare parts]



[2 - Cafeteria]

[Rinon's in the cafeteria now, intent on both her meal (hurray for non-meager rations!) and on a tablet. More on the tablet, actually, surprisingly enough, given how she usually goes after food. Still, the tablet's what's important, as is the growing grin on her face]

Man, this will be so cool!

Comments

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

That other pilot said those were the stakes.

[saikyocivrobo]

Did he? I... don't remember that. I must've been too busy saving the princess' friends.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

He did.

[saikyocivrobo]

I believe you, my bad. In any case, that one part makes participation much less tempting for me. Prometheus is too valuable to lose him in a contest. Not to mention, he's my friend... in a way.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

At least you get a choice. Some of us have our honor as a Zoid Warrior to consider.

[saikyocivrobo]

Well, even if you lose you can buy another Zoid, right? I don't exactly have that luxury.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Do you realize how much a Zoid costs? Between my share of the prize money and what I can recover from Dibison, I can just barely afford to replace it. Without Dibison, I wouldn't have anything!

[saikyocivrobo]

Hey, I'm not trying to trivialize the risks of your job. Just saying that Prometheus is one of a kind (not counting his brother, but he's already taken), and possibly sentient. A very expensive replacement is still better than no available replacement at all.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Zoids are sentient too, to an extent. Liger Zero won't let anyone pilot it. And that Shield Liger became a Blade Liger mid-battle.

[saikyocivrobo]

Really? I feel bad for Dibison now...

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Dibison never seemed that sentient to me, but... I had it for a long time.

[saikyocivrobo]

It's only human to feel sentiment towards stuff you had and liked for a long time.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Dad saved for a long time to buy me Dibison... it's not a cheap Zoid. That was before we even had the Blitz Team. Since it was just Leon. Then I got Dibison, and Dad got Jamie to join us with his Pteras, since he'd known Jamie's Dad. And then we hired Brad to round out the team.

It seems like a long time ago, now, but it couldn't've been more than a couple years.

[saikyocivrobo]

And where are all the other people now?

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

They're around, somewhere... I should probably find where Dad's squirreled himself off to. And hope he hasn't buried himself in models.

Good to know, not that Werter could tell because he doesn't know those people.

[saikyocivrobo]

I can't promise anything. That tends to happen to me sometimes too.

heh

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Dad probably is trying to find toy models of all the non-Zoids around... and then playing with them.

[saikyocivrobo]

Well, if Prometheus goes missing again then at least I'll know who might have stolen him this time.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Sorry if he causes any trouble. I swear, he's just like a little kid.

[saikyocivrobo]

It's okay. I have a lot of first-hand experience with people who act like that. Zeroth-hand, sometimes.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Zeroth what?

[saikyocivrobo]

First-hand means you experienced it yourself. Zeroth-hand means you did it yourself.

[sniper-luver.livejournal.com]

Huh...