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[timeless_hope]

[1 - Video]

Well, I guess I should thank you for helping me back there. That was an important facility; I'd have been remiss to let it be damaged.

I'm looking for a ship called White Chalice. I need to ask for help with a problem that's a little too big for me to solve. And the world's at stake. Anyone have any ideas?


[2 - Action]

[Will's in the mess hall, stopping for a break after a long day of work keeping the ship in order. But he's looking a little bored. Luckily, you've walked in at just the right time.]

You'll do. I've been working all day, and I'm bored. Talk to me. Maybe it'll be interesting.


[3 - Combat]

[Well. Those are definitely Zakus. Lots and lots of Zakus. They wouldn't be a problem if they weren't all forming a killing jar all around, standing in a ring with every weapon a Zaku can actually wield... which means it'll take some creative dodging to get out of this one.

In your corner? A huge, blue, well-armored robot with a machine gun and... oh boy, that's a beam chainsaw! Will's all business.]

You, cover me. If we get out of this, you're officially on my nice list. [And he runs straight for the nearest Zaku, machine gun blazing and chainsaw spinning up!]


[Bonus - Combat? | Female characters only]

You seem to be in trouble. [There seems to be a Will here that's just jumped in to save you, tanking something that would kill you. He then turned back with a pleasant grin.] Would you like some help?

Comments

[infinite_prince]

Well, the Rafale does have a lot of expansion slots-Ehhh?! Y-you're glowing!

[timeless_hope]

I am? [He seems to ponder it for a moment.] Ah. I forgot about that. [After a moment the effect fades.]

Sorry, sometimes I forget about those passives, even if they seemed like good ideas at the time.

[infinite_prince]

...Passives?

I'm sorry, but you'll have to explain.

[timeless_hope]

Well, when you have a skill and it activates without you doing anything, it's passive. The sparkles were a passive I set to trigger on introducing myself. I then forgot about them because nobody wants to meet me. [This is all in a tone that sounds like he's reviewing last week's homework problems.]

[He shrugs and thinks for a moment, then grins.] A lot like the jet of fire when someone punches me in the face. That one's fun.

WHY ARE YOU SO GORGEOUS

[infinite_prince]

Well, I don't think you're that bad...

...Um, so it's like an automated defence program? How did you get that to work?

It's a curse. Someone must suffer it.

[timeless_hope]

It's not hard. Just pick an action... [He holds out a hand and a glob of some kind of goo appears. It's not unlike your average gelatin that hasn't set up properly quite yet.]

...Then pick a trigger and wait for it to resolve. [He throws the goo away, shaking his hand to get the excess off, then making gestures as if navigating a menu of some kind; after a few taps, he puts his hand down.]

And now the next person that touches me in any capacity gets a face full of improperly-set gelatin. Orange flavor.

Want to test it?

Re: It's a curse. Someone must suffer it.

[infinite_prince]

I think I'll pass, thanks.

How'd you get that ability?

[timeless_hope]

...That's a long and drawn-out story. To shorten it a little, my father developed something called an Eternity System. It unlocks the power of the human mind and gives you abilities that far exceed normal capabilities. His four children volunteered as the first test subjects... we became powerful, amazingly so. We're called the Timeless, as the masters of Eternity.

It's not just parlor tricks like this that we can do, though. [He gestures at the gelatin as a reminder.] Aside from offensive capabilities, we can manifest mecha: our Espers. That was our crowning achievement, and the one that probably damned us.

[infinite_prince]

[...Yeah, that gets the other boy to be quiet. He's just gonna wait for elaboration now.]

[timeless_hope]

[Will takes the silence as a prompt to keep going, and sighs.]

We designed the Espers originally as a proof-of-concept; to say we could. Then we actually used them, and we realized they were powerful weapons, when you learned how to work them. If we'd been any more well-known, we'd have had people trying to hire us as mercenaries. As it was, we did a lot of fighting, even when we were young.

And my sister, Iris... it changed her. Ever since she finished Pride, she just kept wanting to get stronger, and stronger, and stronger. It's why I'm here now. She's issued an ultimatum to everyone with an Eternity System, that we can either join her or die. I think she needs a little sense knocked into her, before she hurts someone.

[infinite_prince]

Ah...

[timeless_hope]

Sorry, that was a little heavy. I just... I can't let Iris destroy everything we've worked for for eight years so quickly. Not like this.

Anyway... that's where my power comes from. We're voluntary headcases, and as a result there are more of us by the day. [He pulls a crystal out of his pocket; it shines faintly in the light.] And I can recruit anytime I want. If I wanted to, that is.

[infinite_prince]

No, it's fine...there are things like that in this world.

...My family's not that great, either...

[timeless_hope]

It sounds like I'm not the only one with a few bad limbs in my family tree. What's your story, since I've been talking for a while here?

[Will visibly resists the urge to conjure a glass of water, instead going to refill the glass he already has and returning a moment later.]

[infinite_prince]

[Some looking around. At least the cafeteria seems to have emptied out while they were talking...probably explains why nobody else freaked out at the sparkles.]

...It's a bit complicated.

[timeless_hope]

I've got nothing but time, if you're willing to tell it. I won't force you. [His expression is softer again.]