General voice test and also testrun post for Exitvoid

[only_destroys]

[[In case you've played FFXIII and you're wondering why Lightning's such a jerkface here, it's because my initial canon point for this muse is Chapter 4.]]

-1- (First person test)


I'm about done waiting around for answers. I don't like being taken for a fool.

I'm gonna get a few of the stronger fighters together and raid the bridge. I don't believe that it's invincible - hit it hard enough and long enough and something's got to give. Once we get in, I'm sure plenty of you have some questions you'd like to ask the captain.

Who's with me?


-2- (Third person test)


The end of the most recent docking didn't go as well as it might have. There were complications. For some, getting back to the Charon or not became a question of seconds.

For one passenger (that would likely be your character, for tagging purposes), it looked like there wasn't going to be enough time. Too many monsters, too much distance to travel, too many injuries... until, that is, Lightning went back to get the last straggler herself. Possibly just throwing them over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes, she made the deadline at the last possible moment. Everyone's back in one piece.

It's a few minutes later, now. People are catching their breath in the wake of all the danger and excitement. Lightning just leans against a wall looking at nothing, an expression of mild frustration on her face. After reaching some decision, she sighs, gets up, and approaches the person she saved before.

"Next time, why don't you just stay on the ship?"

Comments

[former_endboss]

Well, if you had some sort of auxiliary craft or float-plane standing by, or some way to throw off pursuit, I would be more inclined to think that this might be more than a suicide mission.

[only_destroys]

We're more or less prisoners here. If they wanted us dead, they would've killed us by now. I'll take my chances.

[former_endboss]

You know, at some prisons, they punish escape attempts by firing squad or guillotine. Even if they want us alive, they might not want us alive that much, and so far, it sounds like you haven't done any planning.

[only_destroys]

What do I have to lose? I've seen people die here. They came back to life the next day.

[former_endboss]

And can you count on that? I mean, I don't always die when I am killed, even in my own world. I don't act cavalier with my life because of that. The long sleep of the grave is not something I enjoy taking chances with.

[only_destroys]

Even if I don't do anything, I'm living on borrowed time, and I'd rather do it on my own terms.

[former_endboss]

So this is a suicide mission then? Good, I wanted to clear that up.

That said, if you have a proper plan, I might still be willing to accompany you. And don't say that no plan survives contact with the enemy, that's a saying for the weak minded who don't want to exert themselves or leave margins of error.

[only_destroys]

The important thing for now is getting a team together. We can worry about the plan after that.

[former_endboss]

I think you've got it backwards. Plan first-what do we need to do this? Because if the answer is 'enough power to blow this boat clear out of the water and snap it like a twig' then I'm in on this.

[only_destroys]

Now you're speaking my language.