Wild Man

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

Directly after the pirate attack, Hayato can be found sitting on a dead one, smoking a cigarette. He's splattered in pirate blood, especially on his hands. The wounds on the pirate he's sitting on look almost like it was killed by some sort of wild animal.

"Been way too long since I got to really cut loose. The worst thing about being a commander was never being able to get my hands dirty."

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[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

I see you're making up for that incident in the Ruin.

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, apparently Space Pirates don't regenerate. Much easier to deal with.

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

Lucky us, then.

Gotta say, dealing with things that don't put themselves back together from nothing is a hell of a lot easier, Invaders or otherwise.

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

Obviously.

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

More seriously though...

[Kei gives Hayato a once-over, trying to see if any of the blood on the man is his own.]

... Guess it's really true then. The Getter's made all those nasty scars just cosmetic now.

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

[There's a bit. A few scratches, but nothing series.]

I don't pretend to understand it, but I'd be a fool to think there wasn't going to be a cost for this later.

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

All the more reason to tear every jerk a new asshole while you can.

*serious

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

That should keep me plenty busy.

[change-getta-1.livejournal.com]

Feels good being able to cut loose, doesn't it?

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

I spent fifteen years commanding from behind the front lines, Ryoma. Fifteen years.

[change-getta-1.livejournal.com]

Well, then. Time to go find some more to get rid of the other 14 years.

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

That? That wasn't worth a whole year? Maybe a month or two at the most.

[not_the_deer]

Holy crap, ol-, er, commander! How much of that blood is yours?

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

This is green. My blood is red just like everyone elses.

[not_the_deer]

Oh. Okay. Just making sure!

[Just what is Hayato's picture in Tobia's head?]

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm just as human as you are.

[not_the_deer]

Right. I knew that!

[an-alpha-wolf.livejournal.com]

Resnick looks pleased. He's spattered with Pirate blood too, but most of it's actually the work of the elementals.

"It is good to be out of the command chair, quiaff?"

Hayato reminds him of his old drill instructor, bitter, feeling his age, but woe betide anyone who assumed he didn't still have teeth.

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

Hayato's face was not the face of a man feeling his age. It was the face of a beast who had only just remembered it was also a man.

"You have no idea."

[an-alpha-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I do." He said, wiping a bit of their noxious blood off his face. Pirates, he thought, were hardly worthy opponents for a true Warrior, but that hallway clearing had certainly put him through his paces. "The elementals had been itching for a workout like that one. Perhaps we should take some trophies before the noncoms come to take these things away?"

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

"Trophies from trash like this? Not worth it."

[an-alpha-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Hmph. I suppose not, from pirates. They do not even look edible. What a waste." He desultorily kicks one, watching it flop in arthropod limpness. "This is why we let our commanders lead from the front line."