9S catchall

[disingenuous]

cries in sad robots

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week 1, saturday

[disingenuous]

[ Roxana is walking at a leisurely state. It's obvious she's thinking and walking at the same time. She slows when she sees 9S, wherever he is. ]

Did today make you understand humans more or less?

[bestaround]

[ He's on his way out of the meeting hall! ]

—Huh?

[ Oh. Hi. ]

... I don't think what happened was the fault of any human here.

[disingenuous]

It wasn't, but it became a bit dramatic at the end. Are you used to things like this?

[ she doesn't know how dramatic the nier universe is. ]

[bestaround]

... Yeah. With machines and androids, but that doesn't make it any different.

[disingenuous]

No, I suppose machines and androids aren't different from anyone else or any of the other people here.

[ all the ffxivs who aren't human are just as emotional and etc. as anyone else. ]

Will you tell what kind of conflicts you have with machines?

[bestaround]

[ She can't see his sidelong glance, but it's there. ]

If you want. [ He's the last person to blame someone for being nosy. ] We've been at war with them for a long time now.

[disingenuous]

[ She can't see it, but she doesn't need to see it. ]

You don't have to tell me anything you're not comfortable with sharing. I simply wanted to get to know you more.

We can choose another topic.

[bestaround]

[ It's hard to be uncomfortable with something that's just been a fact of life as you've always known it, but he doesn't say so aloud. ]

It doesn't make for pleasant conversation, really. That's all.

[disingenuous]

It's all right. I doubt anything you can tell me will make me feel unpleasant.

[ She sounds very assured in that. It's not like she expects him to drop his most devastating details when they don't know each other well. ]

[bestaround]

[ It comes out a touch dry, but: ]

What, seen it all?

[disingenuous]

[ She laughs a little. ]

Not at all. Are you planning to tell me everything? I don't expect you to go into sordid details because you've already shown concern and enough social grace to know that what you'd have to say isn't easy to hear for most.

Even if you like to be cheeky, you have more tact than some others here.

[ but also, her skills say she's seen a lot of death, so war isn't going to break her. ]

[bestaround]

[ "Cheeky" is a nice way of putting it. That said, he'll continue on, away from the meeting hall. The view from the bridge is nice, but he'd rather be elsewhere. ]

And what more do you want me to say?

[disingenuous]

[ Sure. Wherever he wants to walk is fine. She follows easily enough. ]

Why are you at war?

[bestaround]

[ It's a question that had an easy answer, once; now he has to consider it, like it's a hard hitting one. ]

I don't know, but it doesn't matter. I still intend to kill them when I get back.

[disingenuous]

[ me, squinting: what is this canon point.....

She nods after a moment. ]

Why do you harbor such murderous intent for them?

[ There is no censure or judgment. It's a question, pure and simple. ]

[bestaround]

[ You can figure it out, I believe in you. ]

I think it's pretty obvious that you'd want to kill something if it's done nothing but out your kind for no damn reason at all.

[disingenuous]

[ my brain is tired and old and i need sleep :persevere:

The way he's described it, she wonders if it's not the same on both sides. ]

Of course. Self-preservation is natural. No one takes kindly to being attacked.

[ Unless you're Clarte or someone like them. But killing for a war with reasons that don't matter.... 9S... buddy... ]

damn i missed entire words up in my last tag there

[bestaround]

Then that's all there is to it.

it's ok i've done that so many times this game

[disingenuous]

Is that so?

[ She hums softly. ]

That's more or less the case here although I don't want it to get to the point of war.

[bestaround]

[ He scoffs. ]

Everyone here is too friendly with each other for that, I think.