◑ 001 [video]

[rota]

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.

Comments

[rota]

[Well, that's what happens when you've been around for some time.]

Where do you think is the best for a private conversation?

[punk_cute]

[He thinks for a bit and then starts off in a different direction.]

Over here. Space is open so nobody'd be able to sneak up on us. S' long as we ain't shouting or nothing.

[rota]

Very well then.

[Looks him up and down, and... man, she still cant get over the state of his hair.] How are you, Kanji-kun?

[punk_cute]

[He starts to fidget when she looks him over and nervously tries to straighten his hair.

He's only making it worse.]

Uh, good? Missin' home a lot and this place is really shitty sometimes. But I'm holdin' on, you know? No matter what, we can't give up.

[rota]

I'm glad. It seems you have managed to fend for yourself just fine here.

[Though really? This is a horrible place to be alone in.]

And you're absolutely right-- we cant give up. Though I dislike the thought of having to work for those who run this place, it's one of our few choices right now.

You have not been fighting, have you?

[punk_cute]

Been tryin' to avoid going on their missions and shit, but I dunno how long I should keep up that. They've done some bad stuff.

I don't wanna hurt nobody that don't deserve it though...

[He's clearly having a moral dilemma over this and looks to her with hope for guidance.]

[rota]

You've done right by that. I dislike this Initiative already, and I would rather not work for them as much as possible.

Hopefully they wouldn't notice some of their transports skipping every mission. [Aka she's going to be avoiding them with him.]

[punk_cute]

They can mess with our memories and shit. My best guess is that they do notice.

I dunno, maybe we could go an' ...help the other side or something? I don't think they can see everything that happens in the past.

[rota]

[Frown. He's got a point.]

Digging into the past will definitely change the future, though to what extent escapes me. If we were to do that, we must be cautious, because we might end up making our conditions here worse.

[punk_cute]

[He nods after a few minutes.]

If we knew people just got sent home when they disappeared, I'd say hey, let's not do any of the shit they want. I just... we know they're watchin' and...