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.

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[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]

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?

[star_of_sad]

No...

Stay away... stay away!

Please!

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

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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.

[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.

[star_of_sad]

I understand that different people like different things. Please don't worry about me.

[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.

[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.

[star_of_sad]

I don't want to lose anyone else... it's too much.

[Hey, the distortion is decreasing a little.]

Just... too much...

[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.]

[star_of_sad]

I don't have any living relatives.

[empress_without_a_throne]

Well... you asked...

[Off goes the top of the cup, and Mizuki holds it up so Setsuko can see the shredded, pulpy drink you get when you toss one of these guys in a grinder.]

More exotic than yours, I'll confess. Probably less popular too.

[prismphantom]

And I don't want to lose anyone else either. That's... why I'll break off from fighting Spectra if it means just saving one person's life.

[Well, that and it pisses Spectra off royally. But Selena can do that any number of ways.]

And that's why I'm staying here. I won't sacrifice the last Star just so the last Jelba can live.

[whats_a_good_end]

[And THIS is why you don't jump the gun just because things don't look right at first glance, Ana!]

O-oh...

[Great. Just great.]

... That... probably at least means at least none of this is going to fall on you then.

... Or there's any actual nepotism...

[star_of_sad]

Umm...

[Yeah, Setsuko realizes what kind of creature this meal used to be.]

I suppose you are correct. Still... different people like different things.

[star_of_sad]

[The anomaly falls down to levels that shouldn't be a problem anymore. Well, that's good.]

Miss Selena...

Thank you...

[But the situation is still far from perfect.]

[star_of_sad]

I assure you there is no nepotism.

Is... is this all? Please excuse me.

[Time to retreat from this uncomfortable position.]

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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.

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[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.]

[empress_without_a_throne]

Indeed they do.

[Cap replaced, Mizuki takes another sip of it before just closing her eyes and savoring the concoction.]

That's a great part about people, isn't it. A lot of differences don't really change the common ground lots of us all share.

[star_of_sad]

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

It was a mistake. During field testing.

[prismphantom]

Any time, Setsuko. I've been in these kinds of situations myself... but at least then I had Elma.

[And now's the time she goes over to the sad little girl.]

Now. How about we see about having Elma cook us up something when we get back to base? He'll make anything you want.

But Selena, I do need practice with new-

ANYTHING you want.

[And she's gonna kick the Suppobot for that.]

[star_of_sad]

It is! Not everyone likes sweets so much.

But, well, I do.

[whats_a_good_end]

For the moment... yes.

[As Setsuko's leaving though...]

... I'm sorry. The stuff with my grandmother's... everything... there's things I thought I knew for certain about myself...

... And now I don't anymore. And since she's gone I'll never know for real.