Two best friends say hello and shots are fired

[empress_without_a_throne]

[video]

[It's time for someone else to make a formal introduction.  Or rather, two special someones!]

Couldn't keep putting this off now could we?  At any rate, it's been nice to meet all of you so far.  My friend here is Sara Harper, director of the Solaris orgnization-

And my friend here is none other than Mizuki Onodera, the Abyss Empress herself!  Sworn enemy of all beings who live on this-



S-SARA!

[We apologize for the technical difficulties that ensue, but when the video comes back, Sara's off in the corner laughing uncontrollably while Mizuki does her best to do damage control.]



Sorry about that.  Sara and I go way back, and you know how things get with longtime friends.  But as I was going to say, if you're not familiar with Solaris, that's just because the organization hasn't been very relevant for the past ten years or so.  We came here to help Solaris get back on its feet again, even if its glory days are long past and it'll just be supporting the Unity Group.  So long as people'll be able to afford college tuition for their kids and have pensions come retirement we'll be happy.

As for me personally?  Well I'm "The Abyss Empress".  An empress without an empire.  A potential enemy-turned-ward for Solaris who's all grown up now and just wants to do what she can to repay the people who decided to take her in rather than kill her when they had the chance.  Anyone wanting the full story's welcome to it if they ask.

Comments

[break_the_nine]

Do you have a jester? Does he make jokes about darkness and stuff? Or are you one of those really gothic types of royalty with the beheadings and executions?

Do you have a castle? Oh.. oh no wait! Is it a giant skull fortress? Is it built into a volcano?!

[empress_without_a_throne]

One at a time, please.

And no, I don't have an empire or throne or anything like that. I do technically have a general and a grand vizier, but they've been doing parenting duties for the past ten years and it wouldn't feel right trying to order them around.

[break_the_nine]

Well its good! I mean what kind of person would you be if you took your parents for granted right?

[Leos seems to nod at that before pondering for a moment.]

So you don't have a Skull Fortress? I mean even if you don't have a throne or an empire, you've at least got one of those right?

[empress_without_a_throne]

Tragically no. I do have a certain something though... but it's hard to show right now and harder still to just explain without raising more questions.

You'll see it as soon as I go out on a mission though.

[break_the_nine]

I hope it isn't too soon though... I'm still pretty bad at this whole piloting thing! I almost crashed the first time I stepped into my AC...

[He winced a little. Yeah that was not a pretty moment.]