Blue Water, Blue Sky

[not_a_prize]

[1]
[To say Regalis Filia was pretty damn trashed after the latest engagement with the Zentraedi was an understatement. Indeed it was designed first and foremost to protect its pilot, it didn't mean the beating wasn't straining in itself. Peola was sitting on the deck of the Macross with a number of bandages on her, kicking her feet lazily as she looked out to sea. Ever so often she'd glance at her bandages in annoyance and tug at them a little.]

For an annoying big talking Pacifist, that jerk Kaifun knows how to throw a person.

[She gives you a wry smile and waves.]

Do you think we did good enough out there?

[2]
[Not too far from the Macross and the Unity Group in town, there was a woman making something of a commotion. She was a tall, brutal looking specimen, numerous scars on her body and face. There was also a distinct air of smugness and a somewhat vicious grin on her face.]



You.

[Her hand snaps out towards you.]

I'm looking for a brat named Peola. I felt and saw her around here... so where is she?

[As she lowers her hand her fingers curl into a fist as bones pop.]

I'm not one for asking twice so you better cough it up.

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[63rd_shockwave]

[Sarah's in the uniform of a relief group, her clothes somewhat dusty from sorting through rubble.]

...Yeah, I heard you were bugging people about that...Look, we've got a job to do here, and it's not being tour guides. If you want to speak with her, send something to the Unity group, you might get a reply in a few days.

[not_a_prize]

That's not my problem. Either someone goes to get her or I go in there myself. And believe me...

[Her grin turns somewhat eager and wild. Like Kanae getting a group of enemies charging her while she had a lot of high caliber firearms to play with.]

I really hoping you idiots make me do the latter.

[63rd_shockwave]

[Assorted relief workers are starting to clear the area around the two women. It doesn't take an expert to see that whoever she is, the newcomer is dangerous, and probably armed. On the other hand, Sarah's been helping out by lifting huge chunks of rubble with her bare hands, so the smart money's on her.]

Sorry, I must refuse. Why don't you go cool your head somewhere else, and come back in a few hours. Whatever you want her for, I'm sure it can wait.

[not_a_prize]

Oh that's adorable, you actually think telling me to go away will work.

[The savage looking woman smirks as she walks over and slams her fist into a large chunk that Sara had previously moved. Cracks spiderweb across it before a slow twist splits it into halves that break into a few more pieces.]

Why don't you try make me leave little girl.

[She doesn't really care how old Sarah is. One would get the feeling she uses the words for a lot of people.]

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[actuallyselfish]

Dido looks up from the the collapsed steel girder she's chopping through with a welding torch.

"Peola?" Her eyes narrow. "And you're referring to her as a brat...resorting to threats right off the bat..."

She snaps her fingers. "Oh! You must be another suitor from her homeworld trying to wed her! Probably some twisted variety of misogynist too."

She sets her welding torch down and folds her arms over her chest. "Why don't you scoot before I call security? Unless you're planning to hoist me up by the collar like a schoolyard bully?"

[not_a_prize]

[This led her to laugh. Hard. It wasn't a very pleasant laugh either.]

Run away little girl, before I turn the skull in that useless head of yours to dust. If I was one of those buffoons seeking secondhand glory I wouldn't be bothering with pleasantries.

[This is her being pleasant?!]

If I want to see the brat that weak simpering excuse of a man made me pump out years ago I don't need your approval or anyone else's.

I doubt anything you call 'security' can make me leave.

[actuallyselfish]

"I don't care if you have super-strength or a martial arts style that can sink this continent!" Dido growls back. "I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I sold out my friend......"

[actuallyselfish]

"...Fudge-Skittles?" She blurts out. "You're Peola's mom?"

Her jaw goes slack. "My God! This changes everything!"

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[jianai]

That's quite rude, isn't it?

[Ren spreads their arms, in a gesture half apologetic, half shrugging.]

I found that asking, rather than demanding, will take you much further in life. My name is Ren Ubuntu. What is yours?

[not_a_prize]

[This earned a snort from her.]

The words of someone used to having a boot to their head. I've gotten further than most by doing as I pleased and fighting where I want.

And I only tell my name to those that have earned it.

[She spits aside and sneers.]

I doubt anyone on this dirtball has what it takes to find out.

[jianai]

If you say so. Keep your name to yourself, then.

But don't be surprised if your way of doing things fails one day - and then you'll find yourself without options. Acting with courtesy is a mark of good manners, not weakness.

[not_a_prize]

[She paused... and then laughed. Very loudly and very rudely.]

That's hilarious. You're hilarious. A walking joke. Like manners every counted for something in a fight.

[The mystery woman walks over to Ren and looks her in the eye, not bothering with physical contact just yet.]

Since you made me laugh I'll go a little easy on you. Point me to my brat and maybe I won't break off one of those horns of yours.

[Moving onto threats now are we? Well she certainly is a most unpleasant person.]

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[booty_chaser]

You know, it's rude to yell questions at people without introducing yourself.

[And your scary swagger... don't seem to have much of an effect on the addressed girl. There isn't even a twinkle of fear in her eyes and posture despite being a good head smaller than the behemoth addressing her]

[not_a_prize]

If you've got strength you can do whatever you damn well please. And I don't bother giving my name to runts who'd get flattened in the long run.

[Oh how hilarious. She has no idea who Ashe is and what she's capable of.]

[booty_chaser]

You know, I hear that kind of thing rather often, lately. [Given the kind of people Albert and his Mega Men are, "rather often" is something of an understatement] But it's wrong.

Strength is not about doing anything you want. It's the opposite. If you're stronger, you should help those who are weaker than you.

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[a_louse]

Wasn't a whole city destroyed last time a Zentraedi attack on Earth happened? While not perfect, today was still huge progress in comparison.

[not_a_prize]

Progress yeah... still the city was hit pretty hard. Chalk this one up to a learning experience I guess.

[Peola chews on her lip a little.]

By the way... I owe you for getting my head pointed the right way back out there. That Kaifun guy was getting on my nerves enough I didn't think things through.

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[a_louse]

He got on my nerves too, and I doubt that's the last we heard of him. But as a negotiator, I had to deal with worse, and it worse situations.

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[a_louse]

In any case, I guess that makes us even. Though my dinner offer is still standing.

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[caressthedarkness]

"...Me?"

[The Mystery Woman's hand is directed at a white haired person who is now pointing at herself in confusion. Before that though, said person was already looking very lost.]

"...Perhaps you've chosen the wrong person to ask? You see, I am searching for someone as well."

[not_a_prize]

[At this the mystery woman lets out a vicious cuss.]

You're the fifth damn person who said that.

Maybe I should start punching people left and right until they come running.

[caressthedarkness]

[The white haired woman chuckles.]

"You've quite the way with words, don't you?"

[The sarcasm in that sentence is almost solid enough to make a wall out of.]

"Unfortunately, I can't be of any help...you will have to locate this 'Peola' on your own."

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[tiger_ken]

...Funny thing, till I saw your face, I thought you might be her. Very similar kind of... feeling, between you two.

[Ken's somewhat surprised to find a stranger who can 'feel' people as well, which given the odds...]

Are you a relative? Because most of the people from her world haven't exactly been the kind near her.

[And even some relatives were rather undesirable.]

[not_a_prize]

Hah! So maybe she didn't take after her weakling father and useless brother after all.

[There's a smirk on her face, and a very unpleasant one at that.]

I gave birth to her, that brother of hers and her runt of a sister. So yes. I'm related to her.

[tiger_ken]

You're her mother. And what, might I ask, would bring you back into her life after all this time?

Because I really doubt you're here to counsel her on marriage options like all the others.