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ataraxion2013-07-20 12:17 am
fuckinghysterical) wrote in ataraxion2013-07-20 12:17 am
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[005: Video]
[No Octopus suit for you this time, Tranquility. Instead, LB is in her typical silver plug suit looking down at the communicator, set on her bed. Hell yes, she was bored, but at this point, she was smart enough to not explore very far without supervision -- and supervision would make it all pointless anyway.
But hey, it's been a while since she's said anything on the network anyway -- odd, considering she felt more at ease on the network than dealing directly with people -- might as well have a little fun with it.]
Heheheh... so I've been here probably about a year? [Because with everyone apparently missing a jump, who knows how much time had really passed.] But I still never really get used to how peaceful this place is, compared to where I came from.
[Yes, really.]
That got me thinking, though. In my world, nearly every soldier was named after an animal their superiors felt represented them. Like -- eheheh -- someone who was swift and efficient might be called "Eagle" or someone who eats a lot would be called "Pig". Or if you were a really useful, sometimes they'd add something you're famous for before your title. Like, uh, Sniper Wolf and Vulcan Raven were legendary soldiers, were I was from. And me? I somehow got two with Laughing Octopus and Laughing Beauty.
[Her shoulders raise up in a shrug.] Don't ask me why they thought the second name was necessary -- eeheehee -- I'm not really sure myself.
But, anyway! If you had to choose your own name, what do you think they'd choose for you?
[LB sometimes liked to think of names for other people she knew, but she might as well open the floor to everyone else; get to know more people in the process.]
But hey, it's been a while since she's said anything on the network anyway -- odd, considering she felt more at ease on the network than dealing directly with people -- might as well have a little fun with it.]
Heheheh... so I've been here probably about a year? [Because with everyone apparently missing a jump, who knows how much time had really passed.] But I still never really get used to how peaceful this place is, compared to where I came from.
[Yes, really.]
That got me thinking, though. In my world, nearly every soldier was named after an animal their superiors felt represented them. Like -- eheheh -- someone who was swift and efficient might be called "Eagle" or someone who eats a lot would be called "Pig". Or if you were a really useful, sometimes they'd add something you're famous for before your title. Like, uh, Sniper Wolf and Vulcan Raven were legendary soldiers, were I was from. And me? I somehow got two with Laughing Octopus and Laughing Beauty.
[Her shoulders raise up in a shrug.] Don't ask me why they thought the second name was necessary -- eeheehee -- I'm not really sure myself.
But, anyway! If you had to choose your own name, what do you think they'd choose for you?
[LB sometimes liked to think of names for other people she knew, but she might as well open the floor to everyone else; get to know more people in the process.]
video.
[ god, he comes this close to blurting out 'SEEMS PRETTY FITTING SINCE YOU'RE PRETTY' but you know, he has some tiny modicum of tact. so he gives an awkward lil' cough instead. ]
-- I mean, that's super cool. Codenames and stuff. It's like something out of a movie! Octopus and Wolf and all.
[ rubbing sheepishly at his nose. ]
Um, I was raised in the army so they got to name us, but we mostly got named after plants? I mean, not -- "dandelion" or whatever directly, but everything related back to plants. So, nowhere near as cool as Vulcan Raven. I'm almost kinda jealous!
video.
But, heheh, I'm glad you think so.
Plants, though? [LB blinks once, glancing off to the side to imagine what kind of plant she'd want to be called herself.] What plant were you, then?
video.
[ a small sigh. ]
Animals though, huh. Haha, did everyone get to be cool animals? Or did you like have some unlucky guy named Sloth or Slug or Sea Cucumber?
video.
Heeheehee -- sometimes there actually were people named "pig"! Or sometimes "squirrel"! But they were pretty much always low level soldiers.
So were all soldiers good, where you were from, or did they just really not want to give anyone the name of "algae"?
video.
[ shit um. better start fudging the truth. ]
Uh, I mean -- I'm from a group of combat medics. So we were all as good as medics can be, I guess? We can all fight and stuff, but we're more experienced putting people together than taking them apart, y'know?
video.
[She gives a slightly amused smile at her own remark.]
Ah, then I suppose there would be no point in competing in that kind of field, huh? In that case, which soldier had the most unusual name, in your opinion?
video.
[ pause while he thinks for a moment, ticking off people on the fingers of one hand. it's been a while since he's seen a lot of his fellow medics. ]
-- I mean, there was one guy who technically had a different name but it was really hard to pronounce so we all called him Broccoli when he was younger and then it sorta stuck so. I guess that was pretty unfortunate, in retrospect. Though I dunno if that's any better or worse than Squirrel?
video.
Come to think of it, though. I think a couple of soldiers might have been named after insects... like I think I remember an "ant".