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Second Princess (Video)

[The video turns on to reveal Euphemia, now in a significantly more practical outfit than her huge poofy dress, in some kind of... garage? It's concrete and dimly lit by cool fluorescent bulbs, making her pink hair take on a very odd tone.] Oh, hello everyone! I hope you're doing well.

I'm actually speaking to you all today because I could use a little, ah... assistance? When I first came here, I was told that in addition to my healing powers, I had an item from my home world as well. And that item was-- this: [She takes the camera, turning it to reveal... a humanoid robot, roughly 14-15 feet tall] The experimental Knightmare Frame, 'Lancelot.' It was being developed by my brother's research facility, and the pilot was a... very, very dear friend of mine.

But I don't know much about using it, myself. Is there anyone here who considers themselves experienced in this kind of thing?

It feels a little wasteful just to leave Lancelot gathering dust in a garage like this.

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If nothing else, you're easily the most divergent universe I've seen that still bears some resemblance to my own. From a scientific perspective, your world is very interesting, even if it is apparently one of the less likely possibilities.

[she's trying to put a positive spin on things. she really hopes it's working, but she has no idea how to console someone with this particular problem.]

Perhaps if Napoleon had succeeded in my world, I'd be a suit being directly controlled by a human, rather than indirectly through a human's programming! It's interesting to think about.

Perhaps... [She doesn't sound convinced.] Then your world's history resembles this one? What year is it for you?

The world I come from is in the 21st century. For the most part, our histories are similar, but... the Russians are no longer a threat to America in my world. In fact, my mother and Dr. Light are working closely with one for the betterment of society. I'm not entirely sure why they remain a threat here.

It may be because of people like us, now that I think of it.

Because of us? You think that our presence here is prologing the war?

Imagine if an arms race in your world suddenly found one side with a device that produced people with literal superpowers. I don't think we are a non-factor. And I don't think it's too far off before we fall victim to attempted weaponization.

But we've only been here relatively recently, haven't we? Surely that can't be the entire reason.

We can't be the only reason, no. But the Cold War in my universe ended in the late 20th century, and I can only think of a few differences of a great enough magnitude to cause this. And with the introduction of battle suits, I do worry that America may be escalating too quickly. This war may become much less cold very soon.

...do you truly think so? That would be awful...

It's difficult to admit. I want to believe otherwise. I want to believe that this world is better than my own, or countless others I've heard of. But this world has much more nuance than my own. There are more than just supervillains, singular people who can be blamed and stopped.

I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have become a little more existential than I would prefer lately. If you'd like to talk about happier things, I would understand.

No, that's alright. To only discuss pleasant things is to blind oneself to true injustice in the world.

Perhaps it's in our power to prevent such things.

[Tempo smiles in a way that, were she a worse person, might suggest mischief.]

It would be very interesting to see their weapons metaphorically used against them, if it came to that. Let's hope we don't have to see that day.

Er... which weapons would those be? They weren't the ones to first bring powered individuals here, were they?

Whether the American government were the first to bring powered individuals here or not, I have no doubts that we would be their weapons. But this is why weapons are usually not designed with free will. Or a reasonable simulacrum thereof.

I have no intention of being used as a weapon, and I doubt many of the others here do, either.

Which makes the fact that we outnumber them very dangerous for them. I doubt any plans they have for us will come to as neat a fruition as they wish.

Surely they would have realized that, don't you think? It would be silly for them to attempt it.

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