Orphans and inheritance

[gamenojikan]

 1-[Yui's resting and recovering from that last mission, watching where the Shard of God, or whatever you want to call it, is being stored.]

Well...she's dead now. By my hand. But in self defence, not murder.

I could have killed her earlier. We were in town for a few days, she's just a normal person, I have a giant death robot...

And I stayed at that dinner even though I knew she had nothing left for me...

Why?

[More to come with time/me being less lazy.]

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[azure_savior]

So then...

That happened.

You know and your mom didn't really get along much, but being used as a labrat like that's still bullshit.

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[gamenojikan]

...You know, I always expected I'd end up strangling her in the kitchen.

[azure_savior]

And now no court will convict you.

And look, I know from experience that some parents are absolute shit-tier... but how about you actually fill me in. She didn't seem anywhere near as bad as my old man.

[gamenojikan]

Well, when nobody was around, or when she'd had too much to drink, or when she was really, really angry, she'd beat me. Quite a bit.

I can show you the scars if you like, but that's about the sum of it.

[azure_savior]

Not quite the same level as what happened to Rim, no.

[gamenojikan]

Are you implying something?

[azure_savior]

Just saying that yeah, she wasn't on the same level as my old man.

Still a rotten woman. Sorry social services didn't get you out of there when you were younger.

[Probably explains a lot about Yui, honestly.]

[gamenojikan]

Well...that would have caused its own problems.

[She turns back to that crystal shard, looking at it.]

I was kinda crazy back there, huh...

[azure_savior]

You're kinda crazy period.

[He taps the side of his head.]

The only person who gave me vibes like yours was Elena.

[gamenojikan]

Heh...you know, I tried hiding it as best I could...

Guess the mask slipped a bit too often, huh.

[azure_savior]

Kinda hard to hide something like that from an empath.

But you're not the first or the last person we've had onboard like this, so as long as you're not a danger to the crew, it's not my place.

[gamenojikan]

...Really?

Like, seriously?

[azure_savior]

Dude. Do you know even HALF the horror stories that are floating around Hayato Jin? Starvengers whitewashed his reputation to hell and back.

The guy practically turned his high school into terrorist cell... Hell, he murdered a guy once with a soccer ball.

[gamenojikan]

Hah, I suppose that's right...

That's a bit of a load off my shoulders.

[azure_savior]

Right.

So just don't pull a knife on someone for making Mad feel sad or something and you shouldn't have to worry about much.

Might want to let the XO know though.

[gamenojikan]

[Flashback to that time she pulled a knife on Madoka for nearly killing Mad.]

Uh...yeah, I'll be sure not to do that.

At all.

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[emorangerpink]

Yui. I'm so sorry.

[Not that it stops Laura sounding... a little wary. And she has an eye on the Shard, too.]

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[gamenojikan]

Don't be.

She deserved a painful death, and, well...that's what she got.

[emorangerpink]

I'm sorry for that, then. That things weren't different. That they won't change, now.

...Those people, that woman. The things they brought out... how much do you know about what they can do?

[gamenojikan]

...I know what Shemhazai can do. But that's about it...I don't think anyone really knows how that thing works.
[She gestures towards the shard.]

Margret, that woman from the Kirin unit? She said it could let people enforce their will on reality, so...probably anything.

[emorangerpink]

I don't know if it's possible, but... those monsters, that crystal, it's almost like a form of Sophium, summoning something like Shifting Entities.

It wasn't a comfortable thought during the fight. I don't like the implications much, either.

And if that madwoman was willing to throw this piece away, she must have others. Others that let her do... more.

[gamenojikan]

Well...maybe. She seemed to think that just using that one would kill me.

I wonder if we can't put it to our own ends...

[emorangerpink]

[Laura looks instantly disapproving at that.]

Do you use something like that to summon Shemhazai?

Totally not the Demon Summoning Program

[gamenojikan]

Something like it, yes. [She shows Laura the tool she's been using so far-it looks like an arm-mounted keyboard and a set of glasses.]

Her men had their own versions of this thing. But it's what I use to control and summon him, yes. I've never exactly figured out how it works.

[emorangerpink]

This might be the time to try. Are you willing to have some of the engineers and magicians aboard have a look at it?

[gamenojikan]

Of course. If there's some way we can use it to our advantage...


...Did you have someone in mind?