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Test Drive #34
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The fresh new spring fashion trend is accessorized denim. Super-accessorized! Bells, chains, beads, zippers, belts and more drip from every inch of this season's hot styles, and the stores need someone to model their new stock -- and bring in the buyers. It's your job to convince the fashion-savvy residents of Tokyo that these new jeans are exactly what their wardrobe needs, without getting your five chain belts tangled.
A huge, panther-shaped ayakashi is haunting the streets of Asakusa, and the pigeons at the local pigeon shrine have disappeared! Take care of this feline predator so the surviving sacred birds won't end up as dinner on the wing.
The residents of an Ikebukuro high-rise have an unusual problem: no matter how sunny the day or how long it's been hanging, their laundry just won't dry! Do they have a moist microclimate? An ayakashi of mold and despair? Or do they just need someone to get all that wet laundry to the nearest laundromat with a dryer until the weather warms up?
A gardener in Ueno has planted a brand-new strain of muskmelon in his window boxes, and this plant is going wild! Vines have taken over the exterior of his apartment building, and beach-ball-sized fruit are popping up all over. He needs help bringing in the harvest… but his neighbors are begging for this plant to wind up in the compost heap so their lives can go back to normal. Whose side will you take?
A community art project is being hosted at the Tokyo Art Museum! Jigsaw-shaped pieces of wood about the size of a hand have been handed out to artists and crafters throughout Japan, and the pieces have just been shipped back. Now, they have to be assembled into one giant jigsaw puzzle for display. There's just one problem: someone forgot to number the pieces before they were shipped! Now they've got a 20,000 piece puzzle whose pieces don't match, and it has to be finished this weekend for the grand opening. Help!
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Kitty Kibble
When he acknowledged her, she straightened up, looking around to see if there was anyone else.
A show..is that what that was? ]
..Does..it matter if it did?
[ She wasn’t sure, but somehow his voice sounded very familiar. ]
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He turns now, spear leveled at the newcomer. There's no immediate enmity from him, it's more like a reflex. ]
No. Nothing matters, but I can tell you're shaken. Are my methods too brutal for your tastes?
[ No real emotion in his voice, just flat and apathetic. ]
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...Yes..
[ She’d think she’d be used to it now considering the place she came from and the people she was around, but at the time she wasn’t mentally there. As much as she’s witnessed, she’s only learning to cope with them now. Still, she stands her ground.
She swallows, her eyes then daring to move on to his face. Now she’s more shocked than nervous, and for a whole other reason.
Cú..?
[ Her tone changes, more concerned and familiar, but also confused. That was certainly his face, but he felt...different. Even when he was hallucinating, he didn’t feel different like this. ]
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[ The apathy within him is crushing.
Of course. Someone familiar with his lighter side. His lip curls back upon hearing his True Name and his grip on Gae Bolg tightens. ]
If you're mistaking me for Caster, you will find nothing like him within me. It's better if you go now before things are revealed you don't want to consider.
[ The fact that the bloodlust within Berserker exists in all versions of himself. The capability for this brutality. ]
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The grip of his hand the way he almost bared his teeth, that would normally be threatening enough. Being able to read body language was the difference between getting a beating and being able to slip away with one slap.
And yet..
He claimed to not care, but he warns her? And not as a threat. In fact, it seemed more like consideration of the fact she knew a different Cú, abd there were things she was better of not knowing. She may not know what exactly was going on, but she’d offended him somehow, and he was letting her off nicely. ]
I’m sorry...What..do you prefer to be called?
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It seems his message got through clearly, though. His body language relaxes slightly as he shifts Gae Bolg into a neutral position. ]
Berserker is good enough for now. [ A pause. ] You're too weak for this kind of work.
[ A judgement without feeling, stated as though it's a plainly obvious fact. ]
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She wasn’t sure what was worse; what he said or the fact that he wasn’t wrong. She couldn’t even take it as an insult, especially with the way he said it. ]
Yes, maybe...but there are things even I’m still able to do.
[ This was probably a weird time to actually show some confidence, but she wasn’t going to stand down completely either. ]
I can’t do what you can..but I can still do something.
[ She’s trying, anyway. ]
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Is that so? Will you be about to stop from freezing up when you're needed? Will you be able to keep yourself from being a burden?
[ It's all said without much emotion, without judgement. It's cold, calculating, targeted. ]
Will you be able to kill when you have to or will you hesitate and cost someone their life?
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I...can’t say until it actually happens.
[ Everything she’s done up to this point was always out of instinct, for survival. Unless she was actually in that situation, Alex didn’t know what she would do. She’s been trying to make up for what she lacked, receiving training from some of the more capable fighters in he heavens. She’s been testing out different ways to use her god power as well. While she still has a long way to go, she’s slowly making progress. Though it always raised the question of whether it was enough or not. ]
I’d like to think I’d do what I have to...[ Not necessarily the good thing. She knows things don’t get to be black and white like that. But to kill someone? That was a gray area for her. ]
I don’t know if I can..kill someone, maybe I could..I don’t know. But I can protect people. Try to, anyway..
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Trying isn't enough. If you lack killer instinct, you're a liability to everyone around you. I can smell the weakness in you...It will come to harm you or someone you care about sooner or later.
[ Again, without judgement, as if these are facts on display before him. ]
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[ The thing about that is someone’s already been pointing out all her weaknesses, used them to hurt her, for the last ten years. Maybe it was why Barry targeted her in the first place, who knows. This is not news to her, not things she hasn’t realized. Which is why her tone, for once, isn’t anxious or unsure. ]
I know that. [ She starts to walk towards the agitated birds perched by their temple. A subtle scent comes from her, wafting towards them, and they start to settle down. Fidgeting less, they stop crowding next to one another too. She only let’s out a little bit though, not wanting to make the birds pass out. ]
I don’t have any magical abilities other than the god power lent to me here, or any past combat training. I don’t have the makings of a leader nor did I get much schooling. I’m not some supernatural being and I’m not even some special type of human. I’m really not anyone remarkable. [ And she wasn’t saying this in a self-depricating manner. They were facts, and ones she had accepted as part of the cards she was dealt. ]
But trying is all I can do until I can actually do it. [ Maybe it wasn’t enough to do all that he had said right now, but it was enough for her to survive to this point, a point where she can actually learn to do more. It frustrated her, but that’s just where she was at the moment, and she can’t rush it. ]
And it’s because I don’t want those around me hurt again that I try. I won’t just stand by, not anymore.
[ One of the pigeons fluffs it feathers, probably because of the cold, but the sight makes Alex smile a little. ]
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[ Berserker's expression remains unchanged as she speaks. He listens instead of just turning to leave. That alone is enough to signal he's impressed...well, as impressed as he gets. It was a challenge he presented her, a defiant stance for her to stand against. Any time he sees a weaknesses in someone, he seizes on it and digs at it until they either break or he's satisfied with their answer.
There's a short, cold laugh from the Servant, a twisted smile on his face, his sharp teeth showing. ]
Good. If you had backed down from my challenge, I would have considered that a mistake. [ He says that as if it means something to anyone but himself. ] If you're not capable of overcoming your weakness, you'll die soon enough.
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A challenge..? [ She couldn’t figure what he’d be challenging her about or why. ]
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[ Cold, but again without judgement. ]
If you had backed down and admitted you were too weak, you would have failed my challenge. You do have a spine.
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......T..thanks..?
[ She was pretty sure she admitted to being weak, but she wasn’t about to correct anything he said just now. And there seemed to be some kind of compliment in there, at least? ]
You seem to have settled into all this pretty easily. Have you fought things like ayakashi before?
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The indifferent expression comes back to his face as he answers the question. ]
Yes. It's what I'm meant to do.
[ Servants are nothing more than tools to be used by mages. He's used to fighting other Servants, powerful creatures, and even demonic pillars, so fighting something like ayakashi is nothing for him. ]
It's all I'm meant to do.
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[ It seemed there were many who had something they were meant to do, several similar to his. Alex notices that some of the wooden perches erected for the pigeons had been knocked down, some broken. She starts to pick up the undamaged ones to try and put them back in place again. ]
What would you like to do? [ She won’t challenge what he believes he’s supposed to do, that never really gets anywhere. Hell, she thought she was meant for one thing and one thing only for the rest of her life before coming here. Alright, maybe she’s still unsure about that, but the question of what she actually wanted was brought up a few times, so she’s curious about what others have to say. ]
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What I "like" is meaningless. There's only what I'm meant to do.
[ He truly has no desires for anything. There's no joy, no warmth, no ambition. His only purpose is to fight like a machine. The only desire one could find in him is the desire to find a place to finally die. ]
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[ He just said it was meaningless, not that it didn’t exist. She pushes the perch into the ground as deep as she can, then tries to secure it with more dirt and rocks. There’s a few more to put back, but the broken ones...Maybe she could get some more at a store. One thing at a time though, and she goes to put the others back up. ]
Even something here you’d like to try?
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[ Truly, there's nothing. Nothing holds his interest. He really just wants to be left alone to do his work, the never ending work.
Berserker just continues to observe the work he's deemed pointless with a slightly frustrated expression. ]
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[ Even with her back turned now, she could feel his frustration from where she was standing. ]
Am..I doing this wrong or something?
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[ Pointless curiosity. Berserker exhales a sharp sigh. ]
I don't understand why you're bothering to fix the perches. Leave that to the keepers of this shrine. It's not your job.
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Oh..I just figured, if I can, then why not? I could just leave them but... [ She finishes adjusting the last one. ] I couldn’t get rid of the ayakashi, but I can still do this much at least.
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It's still pointless. Doing more than you need to will just lead to more thankless work.
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But it’s good, thankless work. I’ll take that any day. [ She says it almost with a bit of excitement. Compared to what she did before this, she felt this was much, much more worhtwhile.
Taking a step back, Alex looks over the clean up job and smiles in satisfaction, a few of the birds hopping over to the perches.
Alex looks over at him with a sheepish but pleased smile on her face.
And maybe it’s not always said or heard, but it’s not completely thankless.
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