Way too long in the making

[professional_weedkiller]

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[One of the training fields outside Fort Alhambra has been claimed by Yeong as she goes through what appears to be one of the ridiculous obstacle courses from a shounen manga. Or at least as close to it as she can get without actually being allowed things like live crocodiles, explosives or crocodiles. What's more baffling is that the pretty ordinary looking girl just cleared a jump way larger than most athletes would be able to. While wearing a heavy backpack.]

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[At some kind of formal dinner, Yeong is sitting as far towards the back of the room as possible absentmindedly poking at her food instead of eating. She's absentmindedly looking towards the table of honor near the center.]

I wonder if Hye's okay...

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[Yeong's found her way into the hangar and is practically bouncing between robots, impressed by all the more distinctive and unique one. Mass produced units aren't spared more than a glance as she tries to find the one of a kind ones.]

And that one was the one that protected that civilian shuttle from aliens off Mars!

Comments

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[princess_red]

[Well, that's certainly impressed one person. The excited girl claps enthusiastically as Yeong makes the last jump.]

Ooooh, you did all of that with that oversized thing and didn't even break a sweat. Even professional athletes have trouble with that course you know!

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[professional_weedkiller]

Thanks. I need to train properly to do my job and this seemed more interesting than just using normal weights or running laps.

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[princess_red]

You must be a secret agent, secretly trained with methods that have made you faster, stronger, and smarter than the normal human. It's something like that right!?

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[professional_weedkiller]

Something like that, yes. It's why I was even sent here.

[princess_red]

Eh...I'm right?

[That's a first, usually her wild theories are completely off.]

[professional_weedkiller]

Yes. Or it's more of a secret society, really...But a good one, protecting humanity, don't worry.

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[yassaimossai]

No way! You're kidding, right?

Are you another one of those supernaturally strong people?

[Said a supernaturally strong person. But then Chris was running her own laps and the speed was not supernatural at all. If anything, she was really bad at this.]

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[professional_weedkiller]

[She comes to a halt, putting down the backpack.]

Yes. It's magic!

...Really, it is. [Her follow-up sounds less excited and more insistent, as if to preempt any skepticism.]

[yassaimossai]

I believe you, I believe you. I saw plenty of proof, right now and like all the time earlier too.

So, you going to train with magic like this?

[professional_weedkiller]

I can't choose not to. I'm not using magic, I've been enchanted for speed, strength and so on since I've been a kid. [She holds up her hand, presenting the inside of her wrist, showing a line of Arab calligraphy tattooed on it.] This tattoo and others like it anchors it.

[yassaimossai]

Egh. Who did this to you? Against your will?

[Super powers are good to have, but Chris knows well about being forced to use them.]

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[holdthefuture]

You know more than I do about these, for sure.

[The one of a kind units do indeed look cool, at least.]

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[professional_weedkiller]

They belong to the ones who're already fighting to protect humanity! I've trained for that my entire life, of course I'd keep up!

[holdthefuture]

I have the same kind of goal...

[But for once she isn't as crazy as someone else is about it.]

Just...what makes them so great?

[professional_weedkiller]

The world has been attacked by who knows how many aliens, demons and secret societies and nobody else has properly dealt with most of them. Why wouldn't they be great?

[holdthefuture]

Because I've never even heard of them until recently. It was others who extended a hand to me when I needed it the most.

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[pulledplug]

That one of the people this gala's all about?

[Up pipes the bodyguard for another participant, who'd been leaning against the back wall. Keeping an eye on things sometimes got boring, so hey conversation. Everyone likes a little chit-chat, and the girl seemed down in the dumps anyways.]

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[professional_weedkiller]

My sister. She's the heir, so my mom is trying to show her off and make her make connections. They're sitting up there.

[She gestures with her fork at a pair of people sitting at the table. One is a somewhat cowed teenage girl who most of all looks like she's trying to avoid attention.



The other is a very composed woman sitting next to her, sending her somewhat irate glances.

]

[pulledplug]

Right, right. Gotcha.

...

... Guessing she's not the greatest of moms for either of you?

[professional_weedkiller]

She's not! She's always just thinking about what we're gonna do for her image and how we'll continue the...family business.

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[biscuit_strongk]

[Someone notices this display of fangirling, and takes a moment to put down the several-hundred pound crates of ammunition she was carrying.]

Oho? Interested in the finest units, are you? Very well then. I, Bismarck, will permit you to examine my crafstmanship.

[She flexes a bicep to demonstrate.]

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[professional_weedkiller]

Your craftsmanship? You don't look like a robot at all, just a human in a weird hat! I mean, you have muscles that are flexing and everything!

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[biscuit_strongk]

Do not let looks deceive you. I, the super-dreadnought Bismarck, am the pride of the german shipgirls fleet!

...Though I don't have all of my armaments equipped right now, if you would like a demonstration...perhaps I could indulge you.

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[professional_weedkiller]

Super-dreadnought? Shipgirls?...You're just hazing the new girl, right?

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[biscuit_strongk]

Now, now. [Bismarck pats Yeong on the head.]

Perhaps you find my sheer greatness difficult to believe? Then, wait but a moment.

[Bismarck vanishes for a little bit, then returns with a complicated backpack made up of cannons and ship parts.]

Well?