Duel 01; Video

[andtherevolution]

[There aren't any questions about what this place is or what it's like. Utena's already gotten used to all of that. She does, however, have a question about something else that's been on her mind: employment. She flops on her new bed and turns on her device, and the network will see a zoomed in image of her eye before she stretches her arms and raises her communicator, showing her from the shoulders up]

So. The government gives us these jobs when we get here, right? But what do you do when it's something you're not cut out for? Like...

[Okay, recording like this isn't very comfortable after all. She stops and rolls over on her side, and adjusts the camera so it's focusing mostly on her face]

I'm supposed to be a teacher, sort of. Or maybe instructor is a better way to put it? ...anyway, I'm supposed to give fencing lessons now. And it's not that I'm bad at it, but...

[She bites her lip and glances away for a moment, uncertain of how much she should (or how much she even wants to) explain about the duels.]

Well, I'm not really used to "standard" fencing matches. I mean, I've fenced before, but the last time I did the rules were kind of weird, and as soon as I got used to it the game would change again. The only real advice I could give is, "hey, don't get stabbed," but that's not really good advice, is it? I mean, that's what swordfighting is all about, I guess, but...

[She sighs, and flops back on her pillow]

I'm not really sure what I should do about this. I still need to talk to them - the people who run the lessons, not the guys who gave me the job - but... I guess I'm just worried that they'll expect more from me than what I can give them. That they'll expect me to be some master fencer from a movie or storybook or something like that. Has anyone else had to deal with that? With their bosses expecting them to be something they're not, I mean.

Comments

[Video]

[iamtetsuo]

[Blah blah blah blah blah. You can bet that Tetsuo cut the video off about halfway through.]

Not cut out for it? Quit.

[Video]

[andtherevolution]

[His advice truly touched her heart, as he can tell by the way her eye twitches]

I'd like to have enough money to eat, thanks.

[Besides registering.]

[Video]

[iamtetsuo]

Then either figure something out or quit whining about it.

[Video]

[andtherevolution]

That's what I'm trying to do - and you've got some nerve, complaining about whining! If it bugs you that much, why don't you go do something else?

[Video]

[iamtetsuo]

[He makes a shooing movement with one hand, as if lazily waving off a fly.]

'Cause this is faster.

[Video]

[andtherevolution]

So let me get this straight. You're whining, because you think I'm whining, because it's faster than... not saying anything? Is that right?

[Weirdo]

[Video]

[iamtetsuo]

Nah. It's faster than doing anything else.

[It's been a bad, bad week for Tetsuo, and Utena just so happened to do something mildly irritating.]

[Video]

[andtherevolution]

...look, I don't know who you are, but if you're that bored then you can find something else to do. I'm sure it wouldn't take you too long to grab a tv remote or something.

[You know, if speed's the issue.]