SRW Z protagonist for SRWU the game

[star_of_sad]

[1]
[Setsuko is not having a pleasant conversation. Maybe she's talking to you, maybe to someone else, but one thing remains constant in that the treatment she gets is NOT one she deserves. Maybe she's being chewed out very harshly for a minor mistake. Or maybe it's just bullying.]

Y... yes.

I understand.

[Figurative tail between the legs, she's taking it without standing up to the other person and just hoping it's over soon.]


[2]
Ahh!

[What does it take to cheer up the usually timid and unhappy test pilot? Why, a parfait of course. Which she eats at the moment and looks like the happiest person alive.]

It's so delicious!

[3, action/combat prompt]

[Your enemy is a very fast, black Edgy McEdge unit. You can tell the foe is powerful and if you're not careful, you're a goner.

How does Setsuko react?]


Asakim Dowen!

[Virgola charges forward recklessly. That's how.]

PREPARE YOURSELF!


[4]
... No...

[Something really bad just happened. Maybe someone close to you died, or maybe you are in distress or mortal danger. Or even more likely, the one who is in distress or danger is Setsuko herself.]

Not... not again...

[The very space around you starts to twist and turn, like if a dimensional rift was being formed. If the girl doesn't calm down immediately, something really bad is about to happen.]

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[empress_without_a_throne]

[It's been a rough day for Mizuki too; because of a bad cold she's been off her game the whole day, and right now she's just resorting to her own feel-good food: blended jellyfish slushy.]

I'll have to take your word for it, but that's not hard to do.

You're looking better spirits than I've seen you recently.

[star_of_sad]

It might be too early to say yet, but... that's because things are taking a turn for the better.

Umm. What is this that you are eating, miss Mizuki?

[empress_without_a_throne]

[Mizuki's in the middle of sipping some more down through her straw when Setsuko asks. Oh boy...]

... You'd probably be better not knowing right now. It would probably spoil your appetite.

4

[prismphantom]

Selena, universal boundaries are-

I don't need you telling me that to know it, Elma!

[Okay. Kindred spirits time.]

Setsuko, you need to calm down here. I know things are bad, but we can work through them. You and I can get through them! But first you need to understand that and calm down.

If you don't, things are going to only get worse, and I know you don't want them to!

[star_of_sad]

No...

Stay away... stay away!

Please!

[PTSD? Or is Setsuko trying to tell you to get out while you still can?]

[prismphantom]

[She's staying put, neither running nor rushing in. Invading someone's personal space when they're distraught never works well.]

And leave you alone like this? I've lost some of the people who were closest to me; I don't mind risking my life to help one of the ones I have left.

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[whats_a_good_end]

[Not so much bullying as just Ana finding it hard to believe such a blatant rookie could wind up legitimately beating out more qualified pilots for a place on the Glory Star team. Someone had to have pulled strings because they owed someone a favor or just wanted to play favorites.]

Glad you can understand my line of thinking. Playing dumb never never does anyone any good.

[star_of_sad]

I would never think to play dumb. The position of a Virgola test pilot was given to me by higher authorities in the military, without any kind of input from my part.

[whats_a_good_end]

It's not just you I'm concerned about. There's your immediate family. Close friends. Does your family have a history of enlisting, maybe making backdoor deals with people?

You'd be amazed what people you think you know are capable of.

[A new edge's slipping into Ana's words: frustration at herself, not Setsuko. Sorry Setsu, Ana miiiiiight just be starting to project a little too much.]

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[stupiddisciple]

[Jacquier waits until the dressing-down is over-it's hardly her place to interfere. Once whoever was ripping into Setsuko for a mistake has gone she'll walk over.]

I must admit, I have never seen anyone fall on their own sword quite so spectacularly.

[star_of_sad]

[Oh great, now some asshole is teasing her. Setsuko tries to back away.]

It was a mistake. During field testing.

[stupiddisciple]

You are a terrible liar, you know. Almost as bad as they are at interrogations.

[Nope spooky lady's gonna stay all up in yo grill]

Did nobody ever teach you to stand up for yourself?

2

[sixteenthgun]

Is it really that enjoyable...?

[Cobray is just staring, but he's not eating anything himself. Being a combat clone without memories means he's naturally out of place when it comes to this stuff.]

[star_of_sad]

It is! Not everyone likes sweets so much.

But, well, I do.

[sixteenthgun]

I've never had something of the like...so I suppose I'm at a loss on what to do.

[Because there's quite a few bits of dessert to choose from here...]

...Where should I begin?

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[a_linear_mind]

Setsuko wai-crap!

[This wasn't anything new to Willis but Setsuko was a new pilot. Strahlend follows next to Virgola, drawing a sword seemingly from thin air.]

[star_of_sad]

Chief's murderer! I won't forgive you!

[There's no response from the black unit but you swear you hear mocking laughter as it releases a horde of black bits at the both of you. Wait, these aren't bits - they're bats!]

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[mechafacetakewarning]

If you have a problem with what happened out there, you should be talking to me. [Kouichi was the one who was reckless in the last deployment, after all, and it was because he was reckless that Setsuko had to bail him out and risk the entire operation.] I was the one who screwed up and forced Setsuko to break formation. You should be thanking her for salvaging the battle. [He stares at the officer, as if daring them to challenge him.]

[star_of_sad]

"Forced her to break formation? What kind of officer allows a high schooler to force her to do anything on the field of battle?"
[You swear you see a vein popping on the officer's head. Yet his composure remains.]

"Have you never heard of a chain of command?"

[Setsuko remains silent.]

"That was a question, Lieutenant 2nd grade Ohara. Answer it!"

Y... yes. Yes sir, I heard of a chain of command.

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[actuallyselfish]

"OOPS!"

The bullying party in question suddenly finds his hair drenched by a cascade of non-scalding coffee, slowly poured out of a lifted mug within the hand of woman in a technician uniform.

"I'm so sorry." Dido says in a dead-pan tone. "I was walking while drinking, and didn't not look where I was going."

[star_of_sad]

No, please wait.

"Fuck!"

[The elite pilot (not Setsuko) turns around. He looks furious.]

"Do you know who you're messing with?!"

This... really isn't a good idea...

3)

[tillallareone]

Setsuko, be careful!

[Optimus is following her from below in truck form, trailer open and turret unleashing barrages of weapons fire at the swift enemy. The Autobot leader was having serious troubles even keeping this enemy in his sights!]

This is no ordinary enemy, we need to stay focused and work together!

[He had no authority over her, but damned if he wasn't going to help her keep her head in the game so she wouldn't get killed here!]

[star_of_sad]

I realize this is not an ordinary enemy. Which is why...

[Setsuko adds physical bullets from the carver into the barrage. Unfortunately, Shurouga evades them all easily.]

Which is why I need to take him down!

[It flanks the both of you and fires a green beam from its forehead gem. The continous beam aims between Virgola and Optimus, possibly even hitting both. What do.]

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[hurt_comforting]

[Oh dear God, Meredith can see what's happening. She knows the signs of a nervous breakdown... and the fact that the distortion is visible in the Wake doesn't help.

But this is why she's here.

When a Pilot goes adrift, she is an Anchor.]

Setsuko. Breathe. In, two, three - out, two three.

You've survived worse. You'll survive this.

[star_of_sad]

Why does this happen to me? No... I want out. I need to get out of here...

[The distortion does not lessen. It's all centered around Setsuko's Virgola, just as before. Does she even listen to you?]