Caulder Lockheed, Jr. (
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srwug_alpha_rp2013-10-22 03:36 pm
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⌨ seven - backdated to after 'The Dormouse'
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[ Something is very obviously bothering him. He's staring at the screen in the lounge, instead of playing video games and trying to beat Cynthia and Gainer's high scores, as usual. His tablet is sitting in his lap, already on its screensaver due to him being idle. He's just... staring off into space, a glass of hot coffee in his lap.
Talk to him? ]
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[ Later that evening, he's looking a little bit better. He's in the hangar, looking up between the tablet, and the Zeta Plus as the repairs were already under way, paid for by him, personally. ]
I wonder if I should start looking into a new mech to pilot...
[ He wonders aloud. ALICE's tank wouldn't have been practical in space. ]
[ Something is very obviously bothering him. He's staring at the screen in the lounge, instead of playing video games and trying to beat Cynthia and Gainer's high scores, as usual. His tablet is sitting in his lap, already on its screensaver due to him being idle. He's just... staring off into space, a glass of hot coffee in his lap.
Talk to him? ]
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[ Later that evening, he's looking a little bit better. He's in the hangar, looking up between the tablet, and the Zeta Plus as the repairs were already under way, paid for by him, personally. ]
I wonder if I should start looking into a new mech to pilot...
[ He wonders aloud. ALICE's tank wouldn't have been practical in space. ]
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"You seem maudlin, for someone who has won a great battle."
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Well... yeah, we did win, but... [ Was Allie really going to kill all of those people? He didn't thinks she was programmed to be so brutal, and she wasn't the type of AI to prioritize 'logical indifference.' ]
I guess there was just a lot going on in that mission, you know?
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Oh, um... hi Allie. [ A deep breath. ] Yeah... I'm fine. I'm just... thinking.
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Yeah. I guess piloting a mech for real is something business school doesn't prepare you for, you know?
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Say...are you sure you're alright?
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[ He tries to smile wider. ]
Maybe we should try to beat Gainer's score again, just to take my mind off it.
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Just...if there's anything that's bothering you, be sure to tell me, okay? I'm here for you, even if nobody else is.
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[ And with that, he reaches for the controller. She should already still be on the console's hard drive. ]
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...You don't like it when I kill people, do you.
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It's not that... I killed a few people too, you know. It's not like we have much of a choice on the battlefield... [ He pauses, swerving around a corner. ] It's just that I thought you weren't supposed to kill people who surrender.
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More importantly though, the Jade Falcon ideology is incompatible with a free earth. They will return, and attempt the same thing as they did last time.
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What did you find when you looked through their databanks? Were they planning to do something else?
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[ At least, he hopes that's the case. ]
Just warn me next time, okay?
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... I understand, Allie.