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keep_your_dignity ([personal profile] keep_your_dignity) wrote in [community profile] testrun_box2014-03-12 04:41 pm
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NOW APPROACHES THE WRITING BE DESCRIBED AS "TEST RUN"

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[Walking past the offices late at night, you may see a light on. If you follow it, you are treated to a rather amusing sight. It seems that Kagura is filling up paperwork, as it's required of an officer of her ranking. Being an eight foot combat robot, however, the pen looks positively ridiculous in her hand, as if she was trying to write with a tiny toothpick - as does her hunched posture to try to write on the too small for her desk. A closer look reveals a pile of broken pens at the feet of the desk, so perhaps she's having as much trouble as it seems.

Then suddenly she gets up and kicks the solid oak table clean across the room in frustration, then stands there. Even with her lack of face, it's pretty obvious that the robot officer is pretty fed up with whatever bureaucracy she's having to fill out. Also that she hasn't seen you yet, since she tries to not have these outbursts where people can see her.

Want to cheer her up, give her a hand, laugh at her?]

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[You made a remark on something being cute. Perhaps it was a performance, another teammate, an idol, or even clothing. Whatever it was, the synthesized voice of Kagura pops up]

AND THAT IS GOOD, IS IT. THINGS LIKE CUTE, OR BEAUTIFUL, ARE JUST WHAT PEOPLE CALL THINGS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ACTUAL, USEFUL QUALITIES.

[Man, Kagura, you are such a downer.]

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[Fight time!

The fight against mutual enemies has been pretty tough, and you've been about holding out for most of it. Things are starting to turn around, though - it looks like we are regaining the upper hand at last and have some more room to breathe! Surely now it's time for an heroic charge to finish this! What does Kagura say?]

BEGIN AN ORDERLY RETREAT. I REPEAT, WE ARE RETREATING.

[Wait what?]
abugslife: (oh? how amusing)

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[personal profile] abugslife 2014-03-12 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[No, Heph wouldn't actually say "cute" in a normal circumstances like that. She's just commenting as a third faction/peanut gallery.]

Hmm? What was that earthling phrase...

Oh yes. Sour grapes?
Edited 2014-03-12 19:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] abugslife 2014-03-12 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you sure? From all species I know, earthlings in particular seem to be obsessed with the idea of young women being cute. And a large, bulky robot frame does not meet the criteria for many people.
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[personal profile] abugslife 2014-03-12 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Pardon me if I am intruding on a private matter, but did something cute kill your family?
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[personal profile] abugslife 2014-03-12 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you heard the story of king Djaty? He was an infamous monarch, back when my people still had a single leader. After he finished one of his hours-long speeches, a young, adorable child approached him to hand him over a bouquet of flowers. A rare gift among my people, beautiful and delicious.

A thin dagger was hidden among the flowers. When anyone realized what happened, the child had already fled. And king Djaty was dead.
Edited 2014-03-12 21:29 (UTC)