ARCHIVEMENT OF EXECUTOR

[keep_your_dignity]

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[So, yesterday's mission went comparatively well. As such, one might think that after holding off near-singlehandedly a mechanical Cthulhu the size of a building, Kagura might be celebrating. You'd think wrong.

If you want to find her to ask her something, you'll probably find her in a very out of the way office at Alhambra, with a cable connected from her form to a computer, filling out the paperwork and debriefings like a prim and proper officer should. Unity Group may be mostly comprised of lawless mavericks, but some people still hold to regulations. She's still pretty scratched from the mission, but she can get her repairs later. Nothing vital was hit, anyway. Also, if you are very observant, you might notice the names of some of the people in yesterday's mission in the scrolling forms.

If you want to bother her, though, this is probably the best time, insofar as there is any good time to bother the grumpy Major]

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[A bit later, you might find her talking on the comm in an empty room. The other side of the comm can't be heard, but deducing the gist of the contents from Kagura's reactions from the moment you're in earshot is not really very hard]

WHAT.
[Pause as the other side talks]
WHY WOULD WE EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
[Short pause]
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS. OF COURSE THERE WERE GRAVEYARD EXECUTORS NEAR THE HACKED SUITS. I SENT THEM THERE TO HELP WITH THEIR DISABLING. HOW EXACTLY WOULD ARMED OPERATIVES HACK A HUNDRED POLICE SUITS.
[Very long pause, probably an explanation]
WONDERFUL. WELL NOT LIKE WE SHOULD CARE. JUST ANOTHER ANNOYANCE.
[Short pause]
I'LL KEEP IN TOUCH.

[And with that, she cuts the communication channel, before grumbling to herself]

I HATE MEDIA.

Comments

[herodrawing]

So heroism goes side by side with tactics, and common sense? I see.

I think you are a good person, Major Kagura.

[keep_your_dignity]

BETTER THAN MOST, I LIKE TO THINK. WHICH IS NOT HARD, THE AVERAGE PERSON IS AN ASSHOLE.

BUT I'M NOT A HERO. I'M A SOLDIER, WHICH IS BETTER. AND DON'T FORGET IT OR I'LL MAKE YOU REMEMBER THE HARD WAY.

[herodrawing]

How is being a soldier better than being a hero?

[keep_your_dignity]

BECAUSE I HAVE STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I ANSWER TO MORE THAN JUST WHATEVER I FEEL IS RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS THE USUAL DEFINITION OF HERO.

[herodrawing]

If you ask me, a hero who answers only to himself is not much of a hero.

[And the finishing touches on Izuru's drawing are made.]

There, it's done.

[keep_your_dignity]

GOOD THING NOBODY DID, THEN.

[Dreading the results, Kagura can't help but give a quick look at the thing. Inevitable, unavoidable trainwrecks have this eyecatching quality]

[herodrawing]

[Kagura may notice a blocky robotic thing with a >:| face, standing defiantly in a pillar of light as it is surrounded by vaguely drawn, huge monsters of darkness from all directions.

It has a spear and a shield for some reason. The shield also has a frowny face.]

[keep_your_dignity]

WHAT.

[Yeah, that's about all Kagura can manage right now]

[herodrawing]

I took a small inspiration from history? There was that battle in Ancient Greece...

[keep_your_dignity]

REALLY. WHICH BATTLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

[herodrawing]

Thermopylae.

[Even Izuru is smart enough to realize Kagura will say something sarcastic about this.]

[keep_your_dignity]

OH GOODY. I'M BEING COMPARED TO THE BATTLE WHERE EVERYONE DIED AND WAS TURNED INTO A TOOL FOR PROPAGANDA. I SHOULD BE FLATTERED.

[herodrawing]

I'm sorry...

[keep_your_dignity]

[There's a few seconds of silence before Kagura speaks again]

JUST READ SOME REAL GREEK HISTORY INSTEAD OF COMICS AND NEVER MENTION THE DRAWING TO ANYONE AND WE'LL FORGET ABOUT IT, HITACHI.

[herodrawing]

Yes, ma'am! Then I will draw a more historically accurate version.

[keep_your_dignity]

[Another long pause]

RAN STRAIGHT INTO IT.

JUST GO AWAY ALREADY, HITACHI.

[Kagura waves an enormous arm dismissively]