Scenario 2 [Action/Video]

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

[The vine catches Alfimi approaching the lake. Next on her "do something I've never done before" agenda is "swimming." She takes a moment, just staring at the water from the shore. She walks a little closer and stares some more. Eventually she moves her leg and puts a toe in the water. She pulls back almost instantly, looking surprised. After several attempts, she's finally comfortable enough and sits down on the edge of the lake and puts both legs in the water.]

This feels... strange.

Comments

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. Like this? [Alfimi mimics Laura, though her face looks cheerful rather than scary.]

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

[facepalm]

You gotta look scary. Like a ferocious tiger!

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

Oh! A tiger. Like KoRyuOh! I can try! [Now she is making the same face but with her mouth open.]

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

Like who?

...you couldn't scare a mouse. A scaredy-cat mouse.

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's the manifestation of one of the Chōkijin. We were enemies, but I got the chance to fight alongside him. He looks like a big tiger-human who wields many weapons.

Hmmm. I have never needed to scare before. Especially not mice.

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

Cool!

Maybe you're just no good at it. But I bet we could get you better by Halloween.

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

That might be a fun thing to work on! ...How do I get better?

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

Um... I guess you gotta watch a lot of scary movies. And practice.

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

I have never seen a movie before! That sounds like fun!

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

Were you living under a rock or somethin'?! [How do you never see a movie?!]

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

No. I was in space, mostly.

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

Like on a space station?

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

No. In Persönlichkeit.

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

[She hops into the water, wading to her knees and poking at the lakebed with her toes] What's that supposed to be, anyhow?

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

Huh? Weren't you saying you needed a swimsuit?

Persönlichkeit is the vessel I used for battle. I was born in it, and I thought I died in it.

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

Not if you're just going in a little, dummy. [The insult is automatic, with no rancor to it.]

Umm... like a tank?

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

I see.

A tank... ...That is... the little thing that moves on the ground and has mounted weapons? Hmm... It is... slightly like that, but very different.

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

So how's it different, then? [This time there's some challenge in her voice, mostly because she wants to stave off any "LOL how ignorant are you?" from Alfimi. Since Alfimi would totally do that.]

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

It is shaped more like a person. It flies. And is much sturdier. And much stronger. And is alive. [Sort of.]

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

So... um, it's like a Transformer? Is it a robot? [That: pretty cool.]

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

It does not transform or combine, [She has seen the SRX. Is that what she's talking about?] but I have heard the word 'robot' used before. Perhaps that is close to the mark.

[runawayalot.livejournal.com]

You lived in a robot? Your whole life?

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

[Alfimi nods.]

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