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003 ⚔ Video

[When the broadcast begins, the center of attention is a young man's gloved hands and the toy figure they hold, approximately thirteen centimeters tall and brushed with shining metallic white paint. Protruding from large armored shoulders embedded with green gems is a leathery-looking vinyl cape that hangs low enough to reach adjustable feet. When pressed, a switch resting behind a horned helmet triggers movement of the arms: a rigid up-and-down chopping motion.]

I was alright with building these things when I first got here, but now that they've started to model them after Escaflowne...

[To say Van sounds exasperated is an understatement, but even so, he doesn't appear to be in any hurry to dispose of the figure. Rather than treat it with any sort of disrespect, the toy is set aside in favor of collecting the phone, the camera positioned in his hands to capture his disapproving frown, no doubt expected by those who have come to know him.]

What I'm trying to say is that I'm looking for new work. I'm good with a bow and arrow, better with a sword, and if there are people who want to learn or need protecting...

[He doesn't feel good about suggesting they pay him for any of that, but he can't very well live off the generosity of others, now can he? And he's not happy at present doing something he feels serves no greater purpose. This is really the only option he has.]

I'm also looking for an armorer. And someone who knows their way around large... [He pauses, clearly searching for the right word, his face screwing up with concentration before, albeit with obvious dissatisfaction, he settles upon the only commonly accepted descriptor he knows.] ...large robots.

Mine needs some repairs. Potentially some improvements.

[That's it. As abruptly as his broadcast began, it ends.]

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You want the money, you don't want the money, you want the money but it's gotta be special - fucking pick something already!

Who said anything about it being special?

It must be for you to keep fucking flipflopping.

I'm not. I've stated very plainly what I expect and what I'm hoping to accomplish!

And then shot down literally every suggestion that involves it, yeah.

You gave me one suggestion. One. And it involved going to Maryland and jousting which has nothing to do with my skills beyond their very distant relation to one another! I'm not going to pursue something I'm not well versed in that helps literally no one and is in some other state I know nothing about! Why would I do that? It doesn't make any sense!

A giant semi-sentient transdimensional robot just threw you into another world for no reason other than to put together action figures. I don't think shit making sense is really high on the priority list here.

I don't think the jobs we're given when we arrive have anything to do with why we were brought here in the first place.

Can you prove it?

I don't need to. Only an idiot would think that.

So, like I said...can you prove it?

[Hazel, no]

Can you disprove it?

Sure can. Porter keeps bringing bitches like me over, so it's got nothing to do with heroism and all that garbage the government keeps spewing.

How long have you been here?

Two years, maybe a little more. I don't really keep track.

[bullshit she doesn't, but the way she clings to dates is sad and definitely not a stranger's business]

Do you mean to tell me that in two years, maybe a little more, you've never helped anyone? That you've only ever done the job you were assigned and you've let that become your entire reason for being here?

Dude, I never even did the fucking job they assigned me.

You also didn't answer my other question.

Sure did.

You answered around it, that doesn't really count...

Not my fault you can't connect a couple super basic context clues.

If what you're saying is true and you haven't helped anyone at all, you're exactly the sort of person I don't want to be anything like.

Your being here is probably just a mistake.

Just like the guy who gassed an entire swear-in, or the one who turned Heropa into a jungle and brainwashed everyone, or the dude who filled an airport with explosives.

Right?

You're annoying, but you don't seem quite that bad...

[As for what he thinks of the people Hazel has mentioned? It should be obvious by the expression on his face and the frigid tone of his voice. They're the entire reason he wants to put his skills to better use.]

Mistake's a mistake, right? We're all in the same group.

[and while she's saying that purely to push his buttons, there's that dark part of herself that agrees with the statement. she's worse than Crane or Pan or Kimblee in a lot of ways.]

don't worry van she can't feel it anyway

that'd just deter him all the more asdfksdjgh

GET OVER IT YOU BIG BABY

no????

get over it or she'll do it for him

she'll throw stuff at herself? she can go right ahead, he's NOT nice enough to stop her

correction, she'll throw HIS stuff at herself

like hell he'll let her touch his stuff!

what's he gonna do about it?? OH WAIT IT'S NOTHING

it's probably best he doesn't anyway he's pretty pro at accidentally being an asshole

what do you mean those are the people she handles the best

he's so screwed isn't he

he's basically turbofucked

hmmmm

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