For SRWU, an attempt at a different kind of story

[killed_the_cat]

 1.) [New guy's wandering around base. No military insignia of any kind, but he's got an ID badge clipped to his chest that reads "JOHNATHAN VALE-PRESS".]

So this is the unity group, huh...
[He can be seen taking pictures as he wanders around.]

2.) [Later, the same guy can be found wandering around the hangar, though he's got an escort as he takes more of his pictures.]
Quite the variety, isn't it...

[He's probably even taking pictures of your robot.]


3.)
[If you're going out to the bar in town, who should you happen to see there but-Johnathan Vale, Freelance Reporter. He's got a laptop, a notebook, and dozens of sheets of paper arrayed in front of him on the table. The ashtray's got plenty of cigarette butts in it, so he's probably been here a while.]


Heh, I'll probably be doing this until the day I die...
[He takes a drink of his scotch.]

Comments

2

[zenbuzenbuzenbu]

Boring. Is that all you're going to do? Take pictures?

[Your escort consists of one short girl with huge... guns.]

Re: 2

[killed_the_cat]

Well, yeah, that's kind of my job. Newspapers will pay good money for these pictures.

...Actually, wait a sec. Do you mind if I take a picture of you?

[zenbuzenbuzenbu]

Are you sending those to some kind of magazines for robot fanatics and other weirdoes?

...

W-wait a second! A picture of me? Why?

[killed_the_cat]

Nah, most of my work goes to the wire services. You know, Reuters, AP, that sort of stuff.

And you're one of the Symphogear users, right? Kazanari's got her face all over the place, but it's hard to come by pictures of the rest of you. And people wanna know what the Noise-killing superheroines look like, you know? Like your fanclub.

1/2

[zenbuzenbuzenbu]

Ohh? You're well-informed. Not that I care, but a picture or two won't hurt so whatever, knock yourself out.

2/2

[zenbuzenbuzenbu]

F-f-f-f-f-faaanclub?!

[A delayed reaction.]

2

[prismphantom]

[Yeah. And about that.]

...

[Selena's not entirely sure if the Intelligence Division would be very happy to know one of their stealth machines was known to the public so quickly.]

... Elma? Could you please activate you-know-what?



The what?

[A kick to the side however clues him in.]

O-oh! Right!

[Prism Phantom kicking in, and poof. Suddenly the Soleares is completely gone!]

Re: 2

[killed_the_cat]

[Johnathan ends up staring up at where there was a bright red mech not fifteen seconds ago.]

...Now that's just showing off.

3)

[in_over_his_head]

... The smoking or the drinking? Honestly from what I'm seeing its both.

[Calvin lightly taps his finger on the side of his glass.]

[killed_the_cat]

Hey, it helps me deal with...[he waves over the table.]

This.

[Looking closer, there's a lot of documents on memory, neurological conditions, migragnes, the like. The notebook has a list of times and activities, with notes like "light buzzing" and "strong nosebleed" mixed in.]

[in_over_his_head]

Hm...

[Calvin shuffles through the papers, his eyes narrowing at some. Something about this doesn't click for some strange reason.]

Just how far back did this start? All your life? Just recently?

[killed_the_cat]

I dunno. Ever since my accident, at least.

[There's a fair number of nautical maps mixed in there, too.]

[in_over_his_head]

Have you spoken to any doctors about it? Any medication?

[The mystery thickens, Nautical maps... just where are they pointing to?]

1

[caressthedarkness]

...!

[As soon as that camera starts clicking, a silver haired girl who spots the device tries to run away very quickly.

'Tries' being the key word here, because in her panic, she trips over and falls flat on her face.]

Re: 1

[killed_the_cat]

[Okay, so he might take a picture of that before running over to help. Either way, when Seta next sees the guy, he's crouching down and offering her a hand.]

You trip over your own feet often, or is today special?

[caressthedarkness]

I...normally avoid cameras...

[That said, she is a bit hesitant to take the hand at first, but she does so eventually.]

But...well...I suppose this does happen quite frequently...

[killed_the_cat]

...Seriously?

You should like...take up gymnastics, or something.
[He does help her up.]

Name's Johnathan Vale. I'm a freelance reporter, figured I'd cover you Unity group people. There'll probably be some others later on, but I'm the first one to show up.

2

[majestic_keiki]

You probably don't want to do that. You might be charged with espionage...Even if there are plenty of pictures out there already.

Re: 2

[killed_the_cat]

Spies don't get permission. Especially not in writing.

[photography work continues]

'Sides, this is pretty much just fluff stuff. The only way these would be useful to a intelligence agency is if I took pictures that revealed all the weapons a given platform can carry, and I'm not doin' that. You're not gonna get real specs-stuff like Purple 2's Delta-V capacity-from these.

[He puts the camera down for a bit, thinking...and then moves it to the side, taking a picture of Kei without even looking.]

Re: 2

[majestic_keiki]

I'm not sure that admiral would care. Even if he's probably behind this as a publicity stunt.

[And that was when he caught her picture, mouth open to talk and generally looking silly.]

...Are you trying to get celebrity photos of us?

Re: 2

[killed_the_cat]

Well I do have to make a living, Ms.Kugimiya, and you do have a lot of fangirls, and their money is very green.

...Though this one's crap, I'll have to do better.

3

[delouser]

Which couldn't be a long time from now, from the look at it.

Re: 3

[killed_the_cat]

Don't worry, my rugged manliness will protect me.

Re: 3

[delouser]

Manliness you got from smoking and drinking?

Re: 3

[killed_the_cat]

Aaah, you're a quick one.