five. (voice.)

[reconnaissance]

Uh. Okay.

As far as I can tell, Pete, Mitsuki and Fi aren't here any more. So I hope if any of you lot knew 'em, you made them feel appreciated while they were here.

( Her tone is vitriol and anger, and frustration because she knows she didn't. If there's anyone she can be counted on to let down, it's Fiona Maxwell. And now she's gone. )

And if you didn't know 'em, then you missed out. They were good bloody people. All right?

Are there any other Australians here, or am I just special, again?

( She's angry, maybe unreasonable, she knows it. But seriously, fuck all you guys. And by that she means The Initiative. )

Shit.


( well, that cheeriness interlude was nice while it lasted )

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[marked_for_death]

What's an Australian?

oh, awesome! if you enjoyed you should definitely check out the books :3

[reconnaissance]

( She hates this place so much. )

Someone from Australia. Big island, southern hemisphere, terra australis, "The Great South Land," and all that.

I was thinking it! Although I heard that it's best not to go beyond book 3 8|a

[marked_for_death]

I see. Then it is similar to the Island Nations. The people that you mentioned were also Australian?

iirc that was the original end point. there's some interesting stuff after that, but yeah 8|

[reconnaissance]

Maybe.

Fi is Australian, we grew up together. Pete was from New York, in the USA, and Mitsuki was from Japan.

( She shouldn't talk about them in the past tense. )

[marked_for_death]

All nations or kingdoms in your world?

[reconnaissance]

Yes. I don't think Pete came from the same version of Earth as me, though. I don't know about Mitsuki.

Where are you from?

[marked_for_death]

[She had noted that there had been multiple versions of the Earth this child spoke of. Which was a concept the gunner found interesting. Was it the same for all others?]

I was born in the Highland Kingdom, but grew up in the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia. Personally, I do not associate myself with any lands.

[reconnaissance]

Harmonia? Is that a nice, peaceful place?

[marked_for_death]

There is no such thing as a peaceful nation in my realm, least of all the Holy Kingdom.

[reconnaissance]

That sounds pretty shitty. I hear Holy Kingdoms can get pretty messy, though. My history's not too hot, but I think there's something about Holy Kingdoms and bloody wars.

[marked_for_death]

Kingdoms run by humans are some of the most vicious and blood thirsty. So long as there are humans, there will always be violence.

[reconnaissance]

We're a pretty shit species, aren't we?

[marked_for_death]

There's never a dull moment. Although their reliability to cause such destruction can be rather profitable for many individuals. It is a large reason to why it will never disappear.

[reconnaissance]

Too right. It's not surprising the world ended up the way it did here, if you think about it. We all might be doomed to this anyway.

( so upbeat today, El )

[marked_for_death]

'Might' is a rather optimistic view of it. The technologies may be different, but there is no doubt about the end.

You sound as though you've been through much. Is your kingdom dangerous?

[reconnaissance]

Yeah. I'm a real ball of optimism and sunshine.

My "kingdom" got invaded. I don't think it's going to survive. We're getting killed and enslaved, so far as I can see it.

It's pretty shit, yeah.

What about your kingdom?

[marked_for_death]

[Kingdom's being invaded isn't new to her at all. It's almost like a common occurrence for her.]

It is a common practice of those who invade to do such things. Otherwise they leave themselves open to rebellion and attack once 'peace' has returned.

I have no kingdom. The one I was born into is no more. It was a hungry wolf that thought it was unbeatable against their neighbours.

[reconnaissance]

They're getting a gutful of it before there's a chance for this to become 'peace.'

Christ. That's rough.

( She has no idea how to respond to that. The thought of home not existing anymore... it was difficult enough getting her head around it in Exsilium. )

[marked_for_death]

Then there is always the chance to win that war.

Perhaps, but that land was dead to me long before that. [That's only mostly true, but Elza doesn't make any mention of that.]