03: Rebounding via Montage! The Light of a Brigadier's Nova Broadens Horizons!

[gurrenbrigbonded]

[1]

[After the crushing of the Bandits in Fuso alongside Resnick, Mad Caine, Casshern, Sendou, and a proud Fighter of the Jersey Club, Matthew's Nova has been...trashed.



The armor plating has been battered and dinged, everything dented from some rather harsh impacts with the ground, and the the legs were done gored by a Robotic Bull.

It's just barely repairable. But it is.

Matthew thus has none of the despair of a Mechwarrior suddenly Dispossessed. As he sits by his mangled mech, he activates a holo on his tablet, manipulating icons with a light pen, sipping some tea, and pouring over a design of his Nova that is...intriguingly enhanced.

With the Logo of the Gurren Brigade stenciled across it's nose.

Eavesdropping and advice?]

[2]

[Long term repair work and epic upgrading aside, Matthew's going to need a backup mech to sortie in for the immediate future.

Pouring over the various unused mechs in the hanger, Matthew is...flummoxed.

Help him out?]

[3]

[Test Drive Time!

Over a stretch of land and on the decks of the White Chalice, Matthew tries out some Mecha to see which fit his piloting style the best!

Keep him from crashing?]

[4]

[Matthew's time on the White Chalice has taught him that it is possible to achieve the Impossible, with the right tools and determination!

But what does this mean for him? How should this revaluation shape and influence his life's path?

Matthew, yearning for advice, goes to seek out Warleader Kamina and/or Simon the Digger, the two being the closest expert on impossibilities that he knows of!

He may run into others?]

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Re: 4

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Aff, it was overdue." Matthew replies. "I should also find myself a new set of fatigues, more befitting my status as a member of the Gurren Brigade."

Matthew clasps his hands behind his back and musters his thoughts...and inner passions. Burning passions.

"And that relates to a matter close to my heart. A manner a wish to ask of you."

He meets your eyes.

"What path should I forge for my life as a member of the Gurren Brigade? As a member of the brotherhood of overcoming all obstacles, in a universe that has more room for miracles than I ever could have imagined..."

He notices he is rambling. He stops.

"What is the legacy, I, Matthew of the Gurren Brigade, should leave for the future when I am gone?"

[demonofjeeha]

Kamina nods and looks thoughtful through the rambling speech, up until the end when he blinks.

"You're asking me? If I tell you then it's not your legacy, is it?"

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew blinks.

"Aff, but that is how it has always been. From the moment of my birth I was imbued with the values of the Jade Falcon, and told to uphold a legacy of honor and valor in combat that would bring a brighter future for my Clan."

He spreads his hands out. "And now I am in the Gurren Brigade. I have heard much of the Brigade's values of exellence, of doing the impossible, breaking through obstacles and forging one's own path..."

He pauses.

"But for who?"

[demonofjeeha]

"For you."

Kamina punctuates "you" by prodding Matthew in the chest with one finger hard enough to make him take a step back.

"Don't follow me just because you feel like you have to, follow me because you think I'm a totally badass leader worth following. Don't fight for the glory of the Brigade, fight to make your own legend! If you make yourself a man among men, then you make the Brigade stronger as a whole by being part of it. THAT'S the Gurren way of doing things!"

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew is righteously knocked back by that finger poke.

"For...me?"

Eyes wide, he absorbs the meaning of this revelation. Becoming legend not because of duty or Clan...but for himself? With his own conviction and belief–

He blinks. He grins. Then chuckles.

Then he throws back his head and–

"HahahahahhaHa!"

Doubled over, he wipes tears form his eyes.

"Blood of Kerensky, you told me this at the very beginning! And only now do I hear it!"

[demonofjeeha]

"If you yell loud enough, eventually people will hear you."

He folded his arms.

"So what will people remember about Matthew of Team Gurren in a hundred years?"

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew closes his eyes in thought.

Finally, he opens them.

"That he worked miracles. That he fought for Justice, and Honor."

He smiles.

"And that he had many good friends."

[demonofjeeha]

Kamina pounded Matthew on the back in a friendly male-bonding sort of way.

"It's a start."

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew returns the pound. Right in the kidneys.

"Aff!" He replies.

"Mind you, I still think Zelbrigen is a good principle to adhere to, but never mind."

He strokes his chin in thought. "More immediately, while I upgrade and repair my Nova, I will need another mech to sortie in. There are two that intrigue me."

He points to one unused mech in the hanger: http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/MS-09F/trop_Dom_Tropen

He points to another: http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/MSM-04G_Juaggu

"What do you think?"

[demonofjeeha]

"Yeah I get the appeal of that Zelbighand stuff. But there's a time for taunting and challenging, and a time for just fighting dirty. You know what I mean?"

He peered at the two mobile suits thoughtfully, having imparted this last bit of wisdom. Eventually he pointed at the Juaggu.

"That one seems more your style."

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew looks up at the Juaggu, noting the large rocket cannons it mounts.

"Hmmm..."