/builders/ - Hero and Nation Builders!

>>19288

Lucy herself is wearing an extra large Jacket over an extra large Ram Jam T-Shirt, along with a long pair of fairly (and prematurely) worn Jeans.

Her's is a style that evidently cares more on function over formality, likewise one that understands how. . .fragile clothes can be and not to get too sentimental about such things.

She'd want to ask Jenni about those books later. In her younger days Lucy found she never had the attention span (or ability) to actually read books, but later in life she actually had the boredom and time to sit down and (learn to) read and lo and behold some of the information there was useful! And entertaining.

But right now at the forefront of Lucy's thoughts are the large and fresh bandage's on Jenni's arm.

"What's up with your arm, Jen? Last I saw you you were swinging it at me, so I know it happened after that."

>>19289

[Jenni]

Jenni sits down and the chair creeks. "Oh, this." She smirks as she points at the bandages. "I beat up this guy. Uh. Azzy? Az..zee…something like that. Then he clawed me pretty bad. Might have been a blade? Had to go in for stitches. He…just said the wrong thing Luce. It's like he could see into me. See what I did. See into my mind. Then he laughed at me and called me a monster. He didn't know. People who know don't laugh."

Jenni pauses for a few miliseconds before continuing.

"…So I bull rushed him and beat the shit of him. I got a few good blows to his head before I thought I should stop. I think disciplinary is after me."

At this point pauses again with more thought. Her voice grows somewhat lighter, as if she had discovered a funny joke.

"Then Krieg drew a blade on me. Uh. Again. I guess it wasn't really a blade. It was a bayonet. The first time I was out running…" After this Jenni trails off a little before speaking. "Jesus I'm just a wealth of good news, aren't it."

Jenni then continues on about her day including some minor details. Her eyes glaze over.

Suddenly, toward the end of her ramble, Jenni perks up. "BUT. You know Colin. Guess who's going to watch movies with him next week?" She smiles widely. "I have him Luce, I have him. He's great. Kind of dumb, but new dumb, not dumb dumb."

>>19292

Insults. Fights. Injuries.

Lucy came from a place where violence over words was not just the norm but expected, where people, entire families could be killed for no less. If you said the wrong thing to someone, you better be sure to back it up or back the fuck up. Lucy always made sure.

Normally didn't give two shits if someone else mouthed off the wrong person until involved her friends. This was one of those times.

Especially with half the people here having super powers.

("Azzy. . .Azzy. . .why does that name sound so familiar. Argh, I shou-"

"Krieg")

That name made Lucy wince almost as hard as the rest of her story, and even more after thinking what she and him were up to /lastnight/. To hear that after all his talk of wanting to be Jenni's friend and being her emotional brace, and he drew a fucking KNIFE on her causes her to boil in fury-

until she hears about Jenni and Colin. That was the only source of light in all this. Lucy knew all Jenni needed was something warm and nice to hug at night, and hold in the day, and this Colin fellow seemed to be it. She debated whether or not to go give him the rough up like she did Moko's boyfriend, but voted against it as Jenni seemed to imply he was innocent enough.

"Jenni, I'm not the one supposed to be telling you what fights to take or back down, we've been in enough to know that kind of shit. Letting your arm get torn up and then nearly get shivved. . .

One thing I'm fucking glad out of all this is how good things working out for you and Colin. That sort of thing is really special yeah? Exactly what you need.

But, shit, girl, I really oughta stick around you more so I can beat the assholes and trouble away from you with a stick like I did my other girls in Rio.

Don't take it like I'm trying to babysit you or anything ("Actually fuck yes I am going to babysit her") but let me ask you.

You don't want to get into a fight while Colin's nearby and vulnerable, do you?"

After a night of somewhat-resting, and the typical morning for him in the academy, William arrived back to the sparring hall within the campus. Over the slight paranoia that the skin-tight guy will attempt to get his revenge, William turned on the Backpack ahead of time, guarded by two 'arms' of nanites, coming out from within the Backpack in question.

>>19296

[Jenni]

Jenni nods a little bit. "Yeah…I know. You should be around me more. Now I'm sorta concerned about dying now that I gotta take care of bubble boy. I think admin cuts me some slack because I'm mundane, though." After this Jenni strokes her bandaged left arm a little bit and searches for words. "He pulled a blade on me Luce. Twice. Without warning. Goes a bit far. It's one thing to hit me – even as a dude – but that's a step up. Hell, I wouldn't want to kill him." She pauses. "I mean I could. I've done worse than that. For soda. Come on." Jenni adjusts her seat a little and makes a raspberry noise with her mouth.

"It's just that I think Krieg sent that asshole Azzy to mess with me. Lucy, what would you do if someone laughed at you after seeing what you had gone through? He said I was covered in blood. I don't even know what that looks like. It feels invasive. It feels like rape of the mind. I read this culture book…and they can do lots of stuff, but even in this sci-fi sorta setting the mind is sacred."

Jenni looks at Lucy with some uncertainty as she continues speaking; her head is averted slightly and she folds her arms. "Krieg's still an asshole but I think I'm going to cool it for Colin's sake. I don't want him getting hurt or whatever."

[[Colin's not going to like all of this now that I think about it…I hope he's not…well, I don't think he gets mad.]]

Jenni then unfolds her arms and changes topic somewhat. "Do you know where I can get booze?"

[[Hopefully wine. Drinking beer with him doesn't seem very classy, really. No vodka either.]]

>>19299

("Mind rape. . .greaaat, just what this school needed to get even crazier. . .")

"Ugh. Magic, mind-powers, that shit is the devil, girl. That's the sort of shit there ain't no defense to. When I arrived some magic boy tried some hoodoo on me and got me in deep trouble with the dean."

This Azzy person evidently either had powers that let him see what Jenni did in her history. . .or was just a particularly attentative asshole to her feelings.

Still, Jenni said she'd cool it down with Krieg and stick closer to Colin. Lucy would keep it that way.

"Yeah, and you better believe I'll make sure you and Colin stay outta fucking trouble. Well, except for the good fucking trouble." Lucy smirked.

"And fuck yeah I know where to get some Booze. The real good shit goes for 10 credits sadly, but I think I have some free leftovers around from some party. . .somewhere. . .

Hey, and if you and Colin ever need a fine drink, I'd be happy to scrounge up some cash for it. Don't think of this as something I'd do normally either, I'm a taker not a giver." Lucy says taking another fistful of gummi bears which she downs in one munch.

>>19300

[Jenni]

Jenni nods and smiles. "I'm thinking the alcohol will loosen up golden boy so that he's more receptive. He'll probably want to show me training tapes or something and won't understand what the hell I'm going for. I mean, it's sort of cute." After her last statement she blushes a little. "I mean, I just like him, you know? He's not an asshole like the other guys and isn't after…well, you know. The fun. It's nice to be leading this time. Of course, you probably don't have a problem with that."

Jenni then leans across and pokes Lucy's left bicep. "I mean, you must eat an entire cow a day or something. How do you keep guys? I bet they are scared of you but find it sort of interesting to be with a strong woman."

After a few moments Jenni laughs. "I'm way less. MY experience is sort of limited…I had a few guys during the war…and my ex..but you know…that sort of thing didn't…leave much room for this sort of thing. I mean..it was always to business..no wine. Now I get to dress up like the girls on the screens and stuff. It's sorta weird, you know? I watched shows over the net during the war…but I had to figure out makeup and crap by myself. We had a handful of girls in the platoon and none of them knew how to get eyeliner just right without a mirror. For some reason there was a shortage of mirrors. We figured out lipstick, though. That was easy without the mirror and covered the essentials. After I got back to the world I discovered eyeshadow. I fucking love eyeshadow."

After speaking Jenni thinks to herself for a few moments. "But I'm sure you don't want to talk about makeup. How has your week been going?"

>>19301

As Jenni's talk, Lucy's grin gets wider and wider, especially the part about "loosening up Colin" and "being in the lead" and by the time she's finished she's grinning from ear to ear and getting this girl some fine as booze skyrockets to the top of her priority list.

As for her question, Lucy's thoughts suddenly turn to Jotaro and what he was doing. . .probably jacking off. The boy was good with his hands she had to admit, and (after the first few times) he even seemed enthused about our, uh, 'relationship'. If a bit more secluded. She needed to get him out more, he was supposed to be her boyfriend for fucks sake.

"Eh, makeups for you and the other girls who want guys to take you. But like I always say Jenni, /I/ take what I want." Lucy says, tensing up her arm ever so slightly causing her shirt to stretch. She points at her flexxed arm, biceps like steel forged underneath the skin "And this is how I take it.

But I do like where you're going with Colin, Jen." Lucy chuckles.

Jenni ask about her week since their training practice, and immediately Lucy ponders about telling about the incident with Krieg, which she decides not to after a total of 2 seconds. Then she remembers something.

"Jenni! You wouldn't believe it!

At the gym, I met this guy. His names Alexei right?

Well. I finally met guy who's bigger AND stronger than me! We trained in the gym for a while, and then I challenged him to a sparring match and he managed to overpower me.

I've finally found a REAL MAN. Someone who can go toe to toe with on my playing field, and trust me he's also fucking hunk. God knew what he was doing when he built him like a brick shithouse, just like he built me.

I'm going to train get stronger, and then, one day, I'm going to go back to him and I'm going to beat the shit out of him. . ."

There's a twinkle in Lucy's eyes right now, as though she were both overjoyed at finding a challenge, and the thought of what she might do to Alexei where she to ever get the upperhand.

>>19304

[Jenni]

[[Lucy's excited. Better pay attention. Jesus, I wonder how big this guy is. He must be like 900 pounds of pure muscle to get Lucy all excited like that. Wait. Alexei? I think I've met him before…yeah…Mr. positive…]]

With the mention of Alexei Jenni seems to think pretty hard as she puts her hand on her chin. After some though, she starts talking. "Hmm. I think I've met Alexei before. He gave me a peptalk on a bench while I was sitting out there. He seemed nice. Pretty positive guy." She squints. "You going to ruin that poor boy with your loose morals and feminine wiles?" After that little statement Jenni laughs to herself. "I bet you are going to have plenty of fun. Don't BEAT him up too HARD, we've got a war on." After a few seconds she shifts her head a little bit. "He might even do you a bit of good. Beats Jotato."

Jenni eventually smiles again. "They say that we love what is unconquerable. That's why I loved my cat. That's why I like Moko and you."

At around this time Jenni goes to the sink and pours a cup of water for herself and Lucy, then puts both of the plastic cups down on the counter. After sitting Jenni slowly sips on the container as she speaks. "So, I've been giving some thought to forming a squad. Right now I've got Moko, myself, William the sniper-guy, and probably Gwen the bow-girl. And you, of course, if you're interested. Might be a good idea to figure this out early before we are in actual combat against whatever." She pauses. "Otherwise we're going to need to figure it out later in combat, and I don't like that."

>>19307

"Oh, I'm going to 'ruin' him alright" Lucy chortles.

Lucy then hears Jenni is assembling a group.

"A team eh?

I''d be up for that. As long as the others in the group know two shits about basic teamwork, but chances are you're right and we're going to have to learn to do it whether we want to or not.

All the better now than later yeah. Where are we gonna meet?"

>>19311

[Jenni]

Jenni nods. "I'm pretty good at command. I've handled everything up to company level. I never made battalion commander, but toward the end I was handling battalion sized forces. If you can't imagine a 17 year old directing 45 year old men, well, look at me." She smiles. "They took it pretty well, too. I picked my command from my squad and they loved to have me in charge because they knew I would make the tough calls they hesitated about. Sometimes I would get shit from the 30-somethings running the individual squads because they thought I was a child, but I showed them." For a few seconds after speaking, Jenni taps her leg, then she starts again. "I'll figure out the meeting time. Right now I don't think they're allowing us to form them or they don't have the paperwork available. It shouldn't be hard. I'd need to get a list of what we have available and then wait for everyone's classes to finish. Right now I'm not sure who's specialized in what. Like, I'm specialized in irregular warfare, for example. I just need to get it all together. Maybe I can pull a list from the registrar or whatever they have here."

At this point Jenni seems lost in thought. She tugs on her sweat pants a little as she looks out the window. "Need to make sure we have the right people go into these missions with the right training or we're dead. That seems to be the name of the game. Did you see that lineup they put in front of us? Jesus. Demons, Angels, and Kaiju, Humans…" Jenni at this point trails off.

>>19312

"I was never much for leadership.

My last team. . .Johnny, he was a good leader. Wasn't a good man by any means, we did some bad stuff. But we never raped, we never killed who we didn't need to, and we always got paid. I owe these nanites to his bright idea to hit up a science lab."

Lucy points to her arm again.

"But he also owes me my goddamn freedom. Not long after I became the way you see me now, he finally fucked up and took a bullet to the head, I got caught, and the rest of my old gang scattered. Now I'm here. . ."

Lucy is quiet, as she ponders the merit of her situation then and now.

"Can't say it's been too bad of an experience, free food, free housing, not having to worry about getting a bullet day to day. But then, the shit we're looking forward to…can't say it looks any better than facing down another criminal or the policia…

Well, I trust in you Jenni. Me? I'm just a small time thug who got lucky, but you? You fought in a fucking war!

Whatever you do, I got your back girl. And I'm ready to beat the shit out of anything that stands in our way."

>>19298

>Sometime later

Lucy stepped out of the locker room, ready to train again today. She decided to stop by the sparring room before hitting up the gym nearby. She wondered if Alexei was here again for another round.

Then she saw him.

William would hear the heavy footsteps of a tall woman with the build of an Ox stomping toward him, and yelling in a deep yet clearly feminine voice.

"Ei? Are those nanites I see coming outta you, boy?"

>>19359

The heavy stomps brought William to turn his body around, the movement of curiosity soon brought Lucy into sight… Jesus /CHRIST/ she's huge, built like a chocolate tank on steroids, towering over him to a degree that he can only see her pecs if he look straight on. Hopefully, if he remains calm, he should be able to appear not afraid of her, at all!

"Oh wo- Well, yes, yes… I- U-uh, yeah, they are, why'd y-you ask?"

…Or, likely not.

>>19359

[Jenni]

Jenni sort of frowns. "Well, I appreciate it. I'm no hero, though. I didn't like leading. There's a lot of pressure and everyone counts on you. They are confused all the time. One thing I've learned is that human beings hate confusion, and that war is confusing." Jenni sighs a little bit and sips on her glass. "The fear isn't as bad as the confusion. I try to think to times in my life where I was confused. At least fear is a thing that is coherent. War is worse. War is total confusion. And waiting. Nobody tells you about the waiting, but there's a ton of waiting. It's boring most of the time."

Eventually Jenni continues after looking at her feet for a moment. "It sucks ass. Then there's the deaths." She goes quiet. "You've lost people, so you know. That's the worst after you get to know them. Toward the end I had lost pretty much everyone except my sisters and my cat. I was just ordering blobs around. Little pieces of meat. Make the numbers go up. Fill out this form. Talk to this commander. Rally here. By the end I was just turning the handle on dogfood machine. It was real fun."

At this point Jenni turns extremely angry and her voice changes. "Now I'm at this dump fighting for the fuckers I hate. I bet they want to hang my ass as soon as I fuck up. Mother fuckers. If I had won I'd be a fucking hero with little ribbons and other shit. All I get it THIS." As she intones 'this' she shakes her anklet a little it. "Real fucking swell. Got some fucking rich boy wanting to fuck me with his bayonet and the Spanish wanting to hang my ass."

After finishing her statement Jenni just sort of mutters to herself and downs her whole glass of water. Then she heads to the sink to refill it before sitting down again.

>>19360

"Because you're the only other fucker with nanites in the whole school, that's why.

See this?"

She flexes an arm, the dark lines on her veins and sinews moving as she tenses them.

"Nanomachines, son.

So if you have them, you must know something about them."

>>19361

"Mhm. We did raids, robberies, hits, I was in a couple of events you could call "battles", but never on the scale of anything you might have seen. We just did the jobs as they came and fought for our meals. It was terrifying, it was exhilarating, but when it was over we knew how to have a good time."

Lucy thinks a bit on Jenni's words, and mulls over it.

"You know, for me, I never try to call it "waiting". I like to think of it as those little bits of spare time as what they are: Spare time. A few more minutes between the clock, to take a deep breathe, to feel your heart beat. Those little opportunities, seconds, minutes, hours, letting fill them up with anything. You could fill them with fear, with hate, or with something nice. I choose the latter."

Lucy pauses for a bit, this is more honest opinion than she's ever told to anyone in a long time, so she tries to find the words.

"I've seen people bleeding, begging and gasping for just a bit more time. Couples, parents, children, strangers. Or begging their loved ones to hold on. Even my friends. . ."

Lucy's face dims a bit, as though something sad had entered her mind, as she remembers the things she's seen too.

"It's never pretty. But has taught me something.

To value whatever time you have. And whoever you have to share it with."

This Lucy says with a lot of spirit in her voice, as though it was something she knew to be a great truth, and the source of her courage.

"I think of it as "living". And that's what I do with the time I've given.

That's what this world really. We all get a little bit of time on God's green earth until the dust we return, so we have to get the best out of it."

Lucy turns to Jenni, wondering if what she said was the right thing. It's what she believed in, but she was worried if Jenni would take it the wrong way. Still, she spoke.

"From my experiences, Jenni, I would say this. If you can, try and put whatever of the past behind you, and keep Colin close. That's the really important stuff right there. Hold onto it."

>>19370

"Well, of course I know a-a bit about them, I was specializing in them before the whole 'apocalypse' thing started. S-still, what do you, w-well, need?"

It would be difficult to put into words what William felt. The imposing titaness stood taller than him, the bicep forming from the flex being larger than his own head as the 'tattoos' moved across her skin, if she threw a punch she might be able to break through his nanites with ease, compared with the skin-tight slav from yesterday.

But, at the same time, something about her just seems, nice. As in a niceness like that of a lick of a sweet ice cream, her Amazonian form unlike anyone else he seen in the campus up 'til now. There was a slight lust William had for her, but it was merely lust, not 'love at first sight'.

In any regards, he just hope that what she demands of him is something that he might handle, to any degree…

>>19370

Jenni nods a little. "I suppose. It's just sort of hard when we're at an institution of death like this one. This place gets fed corpses periodically and we're next on the serving tray. I'm not going to die here, Lucy. It's just going to suck when all of you get turned into paste. I mean, I don't doubt all of you, but doing this thing for awhile has made me doubt skill in lieu of blind fate. I've seen better people than me eat it. I knew their names. But I'm still here, and they aren't. I sometimes wonder why that is." She sighs. "Luck has been with me so far, but I'm not sure how that lasts. That's why I prepare for everything. The booze? Expect something to go wrong with Colin. The squad? Expect something to go wrong in the field."

Jenni looks at Lucy a little bit before looking at the table. After that she maintains a mixed eye contact and gestures with her bandaged arm. "It's not a very good life. I don't even like reading, really. It just sort of makes you miserable, but it reduces uncertainty. It gives you power over things."

She pauses. "That's why relationships are funny, because they can't be about power. They just sort of wash out, or they work. Cheap tricks and clever moves carry you so far. I hope when Colin figures out what I've done he's not…well.." Jenni at this point trails off.

>>19380

[Jenni]

"Hold on Luce, I gotta get the door.."

Jenni then moves quickly to open it and she peers out. It's Moko, and she looks…kind of..excited. The energy seems to waft off of her like a vapor. Jenni is visibly surprised, as she's never actually seen her like this before.

[[This week just keeps getting weirder. Next I'll figure out she's my long lost sister or something…]]

"Hey…Moko. You're looking good today, come on in. I was just talking with Luce about boys and the academy and…girl stuff."

Jenni then politely pulls a chair up to the little table Jenni and Lucy are sitting. It's not a very large table – really more of a card table – but it seems to function well enough as an item of social interaction. Two small cups seem to be at the center of it as Jenni sits.

>>19381

>>19380

("Girl stuff? Oh yeah, war, murder, violence, death. Totally girl stuff")

>>19380

"Hey Moko, you seem to be in a good mood today."

>>19375

>Another place, another time

Lucy senses this one's weakness, and presses closer, standing above him, using her trademark intimidation skills. She puts a hand above William's shoulder, resting her weight against a wall as a veiny forearm stands inches away from his face.

"You're going to tell me everything you know about nanites.

Who makes them? Where do they come from? How can I find out who made mine?

And how do I get them stronger."

>[Meta:You should ask Generic if you can roll for knowledge on this stuff!]

>>19383

"W-well, the- Th-there are many factors to consider, like, not all nanomachines a-are made the sha- Made the same, so… I-I kinda need to investigate one's n-nanites in order to figure out such things l-like that…"

William's heart began to race, beating hard as the hand was laid on his shoulder, even his own nanites couldn't stand up to her, dripping down into a puddle of grey goo. Let just hope that she'll be nice, and provide a sample of said nanomachines in order for him to study up on it…

>>19251

>>19247

Krieg gives a grin. "I think I'LL be the one to tell a story," Krieg says, taking the bottle and taking a few more sips, clearly drifting towards inebriation. His words slur slightly. "So how about the time I lost my body? That's a pretty interesting story I think."

>>19403

"Huh, I am a bit curious on how you can lose an entire body. So go ahead. I reserve the right to throw things at you if it gets gross though." Adamma smiles mischievously.

>>19403

"That story would b-b-be informative, I think. S-sure." Azzy notes Krieg's sate, but this may help in understanding him, and hopefully keep him from Doing something stupid with Jenni.

>>19404

>>19405

"The grossest," Krieg says laughing, sticking his tongue out at Adamma. "Well, it happened when I was… 13 maybe? No, 12. Alright. So I'm running some tests with an autoturret. While it's not exactly the type of thing a kid that age SHOULD have been doing, I got exposure early. So, anyways, I'm there firing at it with… I can't remember what weapon I was using. Okay, so I get in close, and I pull out an ARES brand EMP Generator. Right as I'm about to shut it down, the thing explodes. I don't know how. Those things don't use that sort of round. The whole thing caused a stink because foul play was assumed, and a bunch of people got fired. Of course nothing was ever proveeeeeen."

>>19407

>>19407

"Pretty short story there Tin Man. So whats it like growing up around guns and things? "

>>19384

Lucy watches a puddle of nanites forming around William's feet. . .holy shit is this guy literally pissing his pants?

Heh, weak men. This always brought a bit of fun.

Lucy widens her grin and places her thick hand on his shoulder, he can feel its heaviness pushing him down and she gives a light squeeze that may as well have been a vice.

"You'll be a good boy and investigate my nanites for me, right? Of course you will.

I suppose. . .you're going to need a sample them, aren't you?"

>>19407

>>19408

Azzy is silent for a few moments, "Wh-what do YOU think it was Krieg?"

>>19409

Having the pool of nanites being noticed on the floor forced William to raise them back up near his backpack. Even if he could focus on the nanites to fight back, that's unlikely thanks to the amazon already having two firm hands gripping his shoulders, pumped forearms dangerously close to his head.

"O-of, of course… Just, w-what's your name, so that I k-know what to call you. I- I'm William."

>>19408

>>19410

Krieg quickly exclaims, "You're pretty short!" before breaking into laughter. "Growing up around weapons can be rough. I mean, you use a lot and it's fun for a while but you start to get desensitized by it. You learn their weaknesses and how to use them. It becomes methodical after a while. That's why fighting Moko was fun…" He trails off, leaning his head back. "I think it probably was a shareholder, Azzy. They're a bunch of crooks."

>>19412

Azzy had hopefully found the tack needed to convince Krieg to lay off. Him attacking Jenni now would only end badly for him and empower her. Not acceptable, Krieg may be a fool at times, but he's been nice To the necromancer. Maybe this time he'll see sense. "They g-g-got away with it too, d-didn't they? S-sounds about right. P-people like them h-hide behind the rules after they br-break them s-so if anyone t-takes em to task, the l-law saves em. Only w-way to take em down is c-catch em red handed. Just w-watch and wait for em to fuck u-up."

>>19414

"I mean, we got rid of them then and there. Fired them and bought out their shares." Krieg shrugs, not understanding Azzy's underlying message. "They broke the rules, doesn't matter if we caught them doing it. They suffered the consequences."

>>19414

Adamma crosses her arms as her mind jumps to the reason why she is here in the first place, and fakes a pout, before grinning again with a bunch of teeth added for good measure. "Hmph, well I still want to beat her up sooner rather then later. It's not right that she attacked you Azzy."

>>19411

"My name?

My name!"

Lucy laughs, a mad grin on her face, in expectation of her favorite part of social introduction.

"My name is LUCY.

That's L as in Lacerate, U as in Ulcertate, C as in Castrate, and Y as in Your Ass. Because it's got my name on it and I OWN IT."

Lucy stares down the terrified William, as she extolls a strong degree of satisfaction in scaring the tar out of him.

>>19415

Ah dense as a brick, like Kojo. Damn. Still not a loss. Azzy began from a different angle. "B-because you had a way t-to get them within the r-rules. If the r-rules had been broken on your end, You d-dad would have paid the price instead, no?

>>19416

"Sh-she's expecting th-that. N-no doubt she's pl-planning for it. She enjoys m-messign with p-people and hurting them. You'd b-be playing into her hands Adamma." Azzy smiles a little, Adamma is a quick study. She at least get's it.

>>19415

>>19416

"Th-the point is P-patience is now key. She's going to tr-try and provoke people, and m-make those against her look like the b-badguy, don't rise to the b-bait. Make her overextend, THEN h-hammer her. B-but enough of this. Its st-story time, not Jenni time. W-would either of you like to hear a st-story from my past?"

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>19417

Nope. Nope nope nope nope, no nah and not so.

Out of a reaction of not wanting to be dominated, his nanites quickly locked down onto the ground to provide a stable ground for the thrust, as the rest soon thrusted out by his sides, aiming to shove her off him so that he doesn't become a unwilling sub to 'Lucy'. Even if he succeeds, the action was a 'on the moment' affair, as he didn't intend to actually hurt her at all.

>>19418

"Yeah, yeah Azzy I get it. I get it. "Adamma shrugs grin not wavering. "I'm just not the patient type. If I see a chance I'll probably take it."

>>19419

Rolling to see if Lucy get's caught off guard

>1 Lucy was not expecting this and falls backwards

>100 Lucy stands her ground!

>>19418

"Sure, I'd like to hear your stories Azzy. "

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>19421

>>19420

>>19418

>>19422

Oh, Azzy was talking about Jenni. His head was really foggy. "OH, Jenni. Yeah, I'm going to kick her ass if she fucks with my friends. Simple as that. Maybe take a limb or two. If I don't kill, no worries." He laughs. "We could go beat her up right now probably. Too much hassle though." He attempts to tilt the chair back again before sending himself falling back against the ground. "I need more to drink. I don't want to talk about Jenni. Azzy, pass the bottle and tell your story."

>>19381

>>19383

Moko nods as she walks in, smiling a little in her own crooked way. Her outfit is sloppily put on, and hangs on her miniscule frame, and her wild bed-head nearly consumes her body. She takes her seat, falling down into the chair.

"Thanks, uh, to be honest, I think last nights sleep was uh, really relaxing. Not sure why."

She scratches the back of her head, laying back into the chair even further. "I uh, thought I'd stop by and hang out. Uh… I was also wondering if anything had happened after I passed out… Uh, with Krieg and all…"

>>19425

[Jenni]

"Aside from the bayonet? No. All quiet. On the way back I got shadowed by disciplinary when I carried you back to your room. They are keeping an eye on me." She snorts. "Also. William, flowers William, stopped by your room again. He seems persistent in the same way you are tired all the time Moko. He seems dull as hell though. I tried to get him to talk about what he does and he just sort of demurred. Anyway, I was talking about forming a squad, are you in Moko? Squad will help us get out of this young adult charnel house alive. Probably." She sighs. "Luce seems more positive but I'm not so certain. If I didn't have Colin to look forward to I'd probably be taking it out on the school."

>>19426

Moko nods, remembering the boy from yesterday. William… Eh. He was nice… But Jenni's assertion was right: He didn't seem to be Moko's type.

"Meh. It was awfully nice of him to visit me..and bring flowers and all… Not really my kinda guy though, you know? Uh.. I guess I kinda like stronger guys.. Uh.. You know? Never really put much thought into that.. But uh.. I think if I was in a relationship, I'd want somebody who can take the lead, right?… I think the person who'd be worse for me.. Would be somebody like me.. So I dont think that'd turn out too well.."

Moko props her feet up on the tables foot bar before resting her hands on her belly. "Uh.. Yeah, the squad sounds good. I'd join. I was kinda hopin that you'd ask me anyways.."

>>19430

[Jenni]

There is a slow nod from Jenni as Moko talks. When she finishes, Jenni responds with a cool knowing tone. "Someone to fill you out, so to speak. Ah, I mean, personality wise. Also other ways." Jenni smiles a little. "Moko, question for you, what do you see in Krieg anyway?" She seems confused and leans in a little. "I mean, he's…more of a machine than a man now. Plus he has a tendency to pull knives on women that seem to rebuff his advances." At this point Jenni clears her throat. "I don't think he's stable. Or, he's a sociopath. Maybe both. And that's coming from a war criminal with PTSD."

>>19434

Moko slightly sits up in her chair before rubbing the back of her neck. Shes smiling, but in a more awkward way, and she isn't making direct eye contact.

"Uh, well, at first, I thought he was just sorta sheltered, and uh, a nice guy who didn't know any better. Uh. Well, actually, I thought maybe he was a jerk or somethin…. But uh, he seemed pretty nice and all. He really, genuinely seemed sorry for what uh.. His dads company has done.. I still think he is.. But uh, In retrospect…'

Moko crosses her legs in the chair, before resting her chin on her hands, which in turn rested on her knees.

"I dunno… I think he means well.. But uh, It seems like hes…" Moko pauses for a moment, trying to think of the right word to describe him. "Not sadistic… You know, the other way around.. Masochistic? I mean.. He uh, told me that he wasn't really able to feel like we do, you know? The mechanical body of his… Its, uh, kinda like a bubble. He cant feel pain.. Cant really feel anything… Kinda felt sorry for him… Those Sodas… That blood… I doubt it bothered him at all… Yet.. He reacted… He feels emotions, I uh, think. He said, that when I almost uh.. Did him in.. He felt a rush. Like hangin inbetween life and death really made him feel Alive… I mean, I cant say theres anything too bad about bein like that… Not my sorta thing… But uh, he asked to go against me again.. And was kinda intrested in my powers…. Not sure what to make of that.. I think it was innocent enough… Uh.. And thinkin of it, I think the knife thing was causr that.. Uh, whats his face who you scrapped with was a good buddy of his… Guess he does care a lot about friend's of his… Maybe even cared about you.. I dunno.. I know I wouldn't have gone through all that effort.."

Moko blushes as she recalls Jenni's first statement, grinning in a uncomfortable way. "Uh.. Heh.. Yeah. Guess thats two ways to put it.. Eh heh… But uh, aside from.. Whatever Kojo was, I haven't had any sorta relationship like that… Guess I was too unnoticeable or outta touch.."

Jenni frowns a little as she nods, taking in the information. "Probably stuck in his head. Makes you ….hungry for certain things." After that statement Jenni leans back in her chair and folds her arms as she looks at her shoes. "And yeah, That might be the case, but you can probably do better than him. About about Alexei? He's super handsome and seems motivated. Or, hell, I even met this other William. He seems nice. Sniper guy.”

Jenni at this point breaks eye contact and looks around the room as if the words were on the floor or on the wall. It takes a few moments before she starts talking again. “It's just that…I don't see it working. Uh. I mean, I know, I'm sorta lonely too…normally I'd suggest Colin but I'm sorta working on him." Jenni pauses. "I mean, there's girls around…Gwen seems nice?" At this point Jenni shifts in her seat and searches for more answers; her face roils with thought. “I mean you can do what you want, but I need to stay away from that kid, he's bad news for me. Moko, have you ever had a knife drawn on you? It's not fun. Over sodas, Moko. Sodas.”

At this point Jenni sort of groans and applies her hand to her head as she speaks. “But…if he makes you happy I'll lump it. Life is too short to do much otherwise, especially for little beasts of war like us. Nobody wants to die here alone, Moko, but that's what is going to happen I suspect. I've done vicious things in my life, but I'm not going to smash what little happiness people can find. I've done that bit already and I've grown tired of it.”

Jenni frowns a little as she nods, taking in the information. "Probably stuck in his head. Makes you ….hungry for certain things." After that statement Jenni leans back in her chair and folds her arms as she looks at her shoes. "And yeah, That might be the case, but you can probably do better than him. Hell, I even met this other William. He seems nice. Sniper guy.”

Jenni at this point breaks eye contact and looks around the room as if the words were on the floor or on the wall. It takes a few moments before she starts talking again. “It's just that…I don't see it working. Uh. I mean, I know, I'm sorta lonely too…normally I'd suggest Colin but I'm sorta working on him." Jenni pauses. "I mean, there's girls around…Gwen seems nice?" At this point Jenni shifts in her seat and searches for more answers; her face roils with thought. “I mean you can do what you want, but I need to stay away from that kid, he's bad news for me. Moko, have you ever had a knife drawn on you? It's not fun. Over sodas, Moko. Sodas.”

At this point Jenni sort of groans and applies her hand to her head as she speaks. “But…if he makes you happy I'll lump it. Life is too short to do much otherwise, especially for little beasts of war like us. Nobody wants to die here alone, Moko, but that's what is going to happen I suspect. I've done vicious things in my life, but I'm not going to smash what little happiness people can find. I've done that bit already and I've grown tired of it.”

>>19439

[Jenni]

Jenni frowns a little as she nods, taking in the information. "Probably stuck in his head. Makes you ….hungry for certain things." After that statement Jenni leans back in her chair and folds her arms as she looks at her shoes. "And yeah, That might be the case, but you can probably do better than him. Hell, I even met this other William. He seems nice. Sniper guy.”

Jenni at this point breaks eye contact and looks around the room as if the words were on the floor or on the wall. It takes a few moments before she starts talking again. “It's just that…I don't see it working. Uh. I mean, I know, I'm sorta lonely too…normally I'd suggest Colin but I'm sorta working on him." Jenni pauses. "I mean, there's girls around…Gwen seems nice?" At this point Jenni shifts in her seat and searches for more answers; her face roils with thought. “I mean you can do what you want, but I need to stay away from that kid, he's bad news for me. Moko, have you ever had a knife drawn on you? It's not fun. Over sodas, Moko. Sodas.”

At this point Jenni sort of groans and applies her hand to her head as she speaks. “But…if he makes you happy I'll lump it. Life is too short to do much otherwise, especially for little beasts of war like us. Nobody wants to die here alone, Moko, but that's what is going to happen I suspect. I've done vicious things in my life, but I'm not going to smash what little happiness people can find. I've done that bit already and I've grown tired of it.”

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