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vault662020-06-18 06:48 pm
makeadragonwannaretire) wrote in vault662020-06-18 06:48 pm
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1st Team Meeting
WHO: Azula and any vault dwellers who show up.
WHERE: The Rec Room
WHEN: Three hours after her annoucement.
WHAT: Azula's "War Council" to disseminate information and introductions...also snacks.
WARNINGS: Possible discussions of violence and/or dark backstories.
Azula had attended a number of war meetings growing up as well as social affairs for meeting with important members of the public or military. This was different for a number of reasons, the largest being that this was a place no one seemed to have any respect for her title.
But she could handle that. It had taken her half a month to come to terms with it but here the title "Princess" was only as important as she made it.
Unfortunately that meant having to play "Nice" having to bite her tongue and not get frustrated when she wasn't catered to. That would have been harder for her two years ago, and impossible a year ago.
But here we were, with her waiting patiently near the entrance to the Rec Room to greet people as they came in. Oh how far she'd fallen.
"Come in, help yourself to some snacks. We'll get started soon."
WHERE: The Rec Room
WHEN: Three hours after her annoucement.
WHAT: Azula's "War Council" to disseminate information and introductions...also snacks.
WARNINGS: Possible discussions of violence and/or dark backstories.
Azula had attended a number of war meetings growing up as well as social affairs for meeting with important members of the public or military. This was different for a number of reasons, the largest being that this was a place no one seemed to have any respect for her title.
But she could handle that. It had taken her half a month to come to terms with it but here the title "Princess" was only as important as she made it.
Unfortunately that meant having to play "Nice" having to bite her tongue and not get frustrated when she wasn't catered to. That would have been harder for her two years ago, and impossible a year ago.
But here we were, with her waiting patiently near the entrance to the Rec Room to greet people as they came in. Oh how far she'd fallen.
"Come in, help yourself to some snacks. We'll get started soon."
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And now she was wondering if Spider-man would have beaten the guy better then Jiro.
"How'd you kill him?"
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"He did have a couple of those supervillain speeches."
The killing part; there's a lot to explain, so initially, Jiro's just going with the basics.
"I punched him."
Which does not explain anything at all.
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"Like...once? Where? How freaking strong were you in your world if you killed a guy with your fist?!"
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He's exaggerating a little, because there was certainly more of a battle before round two and that punch. The last question gets an annoyed sigh, not because she asked, but because it requires a lot of talking.
"Okay. It's a long story, so I'm gonna make it short...er. First, I got possessed by a demon. That's where the power came from. His name's Rago and he's kind of this... He's a cat, and he's that demon with the infinite power that Amagi wanted."
It's already a long story.
"I got kidnapped by the government because they wanted that power too, and I worked for them while we looked for Amagi. Another demon, I forgot her name, exorcised Rago, but he left his aura inside me, so I had all his power. Then I went to the demon realm to get Rago back. Amagi killed me first, so Rago possessed me again to bring me back, and then I punched the cannibal demon through the heart."
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"So you've died...come back AND killed the biggest bad with one punch. No wonder your such an asshat! You used to be so cool and now you're stuck here."
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"I wasn't, though. Cool. I'm not like a superhero or anything. It wasn't my power, it was Rago's. I didn't want it."
He was a prisoner and considered a monster.
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"You saved the world using super powers. Even if it was only the one time, or an accident I think you still qualify as a hero."
She wouldn't have guessed it but she also has no reason to think he's lying about this.
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He just didn't do it alone, and he likes for Rago to be recognized.
"So what do you really think about this memories thing? What I just told you is pretty out there, right?"
Everything felt real, and he had been certain it was, but now that he's talked about it again; compared to their current reality, it's a little fantastical. Nuclear war and science experiments are one thing, but cannibal demons and possession seem less likely.
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"It can't be fake. It feels too real to be a dream. And all the stuff you talked about just sounds like the sort of stuff my Dad would tell me stories about. Demons and angels and heroes and villains. World ending disasters and people pulling some kind of magical who-knows-what out of their butts to save everyone."
It was amazing how often a last minute surprise saved the day.
"And even if our memories were lies...we can't remember anything else."
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Which is possible where he's from. Maybe not to an extent like this, but he'd only just learned about demons and other realms himself. He probably didn't know everything they'd kept hidden.
"Think it's... what's it called... temporal something, like portals and shit. That they have something to breach barriers in... space time?"
This is beyond him to explain succinctly, but he had portals, and he knows Elizabeth did too.
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The dumbest of luck. Absolutely the most ignorant of luck.
"Elizabeth said something like that. And my dad used to talk about stuff like that, heroes who came from other worlds. I always wanted to meet someone like that but now...well it doesn't feel how I'd expected."
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He wasn't the type of kid who fantasized about grand adventures and magic; he just liked to climb trees and hang out in the woods with the local wildlife.
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"Have you ever met any nice demons? Or are they all the kind that would ya know...eat us or whatever?"
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He shrugs. He liked Rago, and there were a couple others on their 'side'.
"Some of them took human or animal forms to blend in, to be part of the world with us. That's why I didn't know about them. I could have met demons before and had no idea."
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However maybe demons like that were the ones that created the vault. Sandy wondered about that for a minute or two.
"I think if I were a demon and had to pick human or animal form I might go human. Being an animal sounds really fun and stuff but like...you can't get into the movies if you're a dog or something. And most animals can't eat chocolate right? But it's one of the best foods ever."
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Demon things are just dormant somehow; that's his going theory.
"Animals sound more fun to me. Like a bird."
Crows did whatever the fuck they wanted. Birds are assholes. They're his kin.
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"That could be true. Who wouldn't wanna fly? But I dunno how I'd feel about only eating bugs and berries you know? And pooping while flying seems gross."
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He unzips his jumpsuit to show her. There's a large black sun symbol on his chest, and a large scar in the middle of it.
"One on my back too. I figure they'd go away if the demon aura was gone, right?"
He can't help but laugh at the 'pooping while flying'.
"Gross, but you could target attacks on people. Like Chocolat."
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"Dude...that's badass." He really was some kind of anti-hero wasn't he? Now she was picturing him impaled and it made her squeamish but otherwise? Bad ass.
Then he had to ruin it by saying he'd poop on Chocolat "Gross!! She would totally roast you alive and eat you if any bird tried that on her."
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It wasn't, but she brought up the subject, and so it's her own fault for the imagery.