exsilium | ◑ 001 [video]

Good day, Exsilium. My name is Naoto Shirogane. [The English is formal and passable, but there's still a hint of an accent and a problem with the '-lium' that sounds more like a '-rium' that reveal this rather androgynous teenager to be a non-native speaker. ... If the name wasn't any indication, anyway.]

I must say, while I'm just to being out on the field, a war is something I have never been to before. Admittedly, this is also the first time I have heard of sentient weapons. [Stumbles over 'sentient' too. She had a hard time understanding that word when the woman who greeted her informed her of that-- that certainly wasn't part of her English vocabulary, and she had needed to carefully analyze the other words in her speech to get the gist of it.]

What I do not understand is how a weapon not from their own supply can become such a thing. Their 'technology', yes, but as far as I can tell, they have yet to do anything to my weapon.

Hmm... [Thoughtful look!] If I may-- what weapon do you have, and how has it changed, if it already has?

[Notice the teenager's not talking about the Initiative and being stuck here to do someone else's dirty work, because really, Naoto thinks it goes without saying that they're all pawns and ways to get home will be a big secret to all of them, what with the woman before being mum on that and whatnot.]

Thank you.

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[ the camera can pick up a moderately sized shield at first, the face of its wielder obscured by both the edge of the camera and the shield itself. ]

Not much of a weapon.

It used to be this-- [ he indicates a smaller circumference on the metal, away from the rectangular plates that stick out to cover a bit more area ] --big before it changed.

[Well. Doesn't that remind her of Kanji?]

Did you pick it from the armory, or was it with you when you arrived?

[ it's then when he sets down the shield. he's pale, and his hair is long--and... a familiar silver shade that she likely knows from her friendly neighborhood leader-kun. ]

I picked it out.

[She'd been under the impression that Senpai was so special that he was the only one with that kind of hair, but--

well.

Interesting day.]

For defense, or a solid bludgeon? [Well, if Kanji just beats Shadows with his shields, she wouldn't be surprised if this person did too.]

Defense.

[ a beat, and a sly smile as he thinks on it; ]

I hadn't even thought of using it another way.

I only ask because someone I know uses shields to beat the enemy.

[ he lets himself chuckle. ]

Thinking about it... so do I.

But, I've got a [ light pause. ... ] sword.

[Eyebrow raise.]

They let you keep it? [Strange, considering the woman took a look at her holster and said that she didn't need to pick if she already had one.]

Has it changed in any way?

It hasn't changed. And, they tried. They can't take it; it's not possible. [ another shrug. ] That's the way Keyblades work.

Interesting. [A weapon unaffected? Files that knowledge away for later.] May I ask what a Keyblade is?

It's a weapon from my world.

[ yeah. besides what he's already said, he doesn't want to let on too much. ]

I see. [It's a secret, she can tell that much. Makes sense why he would go for something else to use in this world.

So. Diversion!] How long did it take for your shield to change? [Evolve? What's the right word here anyway?]

[ he takes a moment to think. ]

It changed after the second mission, I think.

Not too long then, unless the length between these missions are weeks apart.

Weeks or months. I've been here half a year... or more, now.

[Her shock is very visible.]

They have held you for that long, and in these conditions?

[ he's torn between saying the truth--"It was worse before" and trying to make him (her, though he's not clear on that yet) feel a little more comfortable.

nope, he's not the kind of person to hide the truth in a situation like this. ]

It was worse, the first few months. It's a little better now.

[Rubs the bridge of her nose.]

You'll forgive me if I don't take comfort in that. I have important things waiting for me.

You don't have to. Just remember: everyone else has important things waiting for them, too.

Of course. More reason to do something about this, but I'm at a loss.

It's hard to organize a team to try and straighten this out when the staff aren't organized, either.

And merely working will not do us much good-- there is no telling when the Initiative will decide that we have done enough for them.

Yeah. They're not exactly concrete about what they want from us.

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