[ The moment she touches him, Genos will turn away from the mirror and look at her. ]
Veronica?
[ The fire disappears as soon as he looks away and even though Genos wasn't externally bothered, he is a bit surprised to see her there. Here. (The memories still play in his mind, however.) He'll make a small nod at her. ]
[Having someone to hold onto always grounds her and she can take a breath and smile at him.]
Yes.
[The smile is short-lived though as it's replaced quickly by worry.]
...Are you all right?
[Behind her the image of a tall young man appears in the mirror and the smile he gives a staring Veronica is perfectly courteous and opaque. At that moment, she'd had no idea what he was thinking and she hadn't liked him.]
[ Genos tries not to be too preoccupied with not seeing their reflections in the mirrors behind them but it is rather hard. It's almost as though it's not a mirror at all. ]
Something curious is happening right now. Were you harmed on your way here?
[Veronica thinks of it like televisions. Televisions playing traumatic, terrible things that no one really wants to see but still.]
Something curious?
[She looks down at herself briefly. All it has been is scrapes and bruises from running, exhaustion from pushing herself as much as she could but she knows that she's been lucky so far.]
...I was not. [She's met others who were not so lucky.]
The reflections here... They don't seem to be reflecting ourselves as it is something else.
[ Genos wants to examine the "mirrors" closer but instead he turns away to pay attention to Veronica's scraps and bruises. They don't look like anything extensive or terrible but...well, as long as she says she's okay then Genos will leave it there.
He looks a bit torn up (his clothes at least) but other than that his metal body is largely untouched. ] But it's good that you were not hurt.
I'm fine myself. Fortunately things here have yet to be beyond something I can handle.
Oh. [She hadn't thought he meant the reflections or maybe it's because in the grand scheme of things, mirrors showing life-changing memories didn't rank very high in terms of curiosity.]
No, they do not. For me, they were showing memories. That...is the case with you as well, is it not? [Her tone is neutral and deliberate, unsure whether or not it was okay to ask him about the fire she had seen.]
I am glad though that you can still handle things. I did not think to bring a weapon of any sort so I have been trying to avoid confrontations wherever possible.
[ He'll appreciate her tone and Genos will continue it—just business as usual. ]
It is the case with me. However, it isn't as if the memory that is shown is anything particularly unique. [ More like repeated in his mind ever so often. No, nothing unique about it. ] Just a scene I know very well.
[ However, her confession about being defenseless is concerning... ]
Allow me to protect you. Where I'm from, I'm a hero and protecting those who are unable to defend themselves is my job.
[ He doesn't think he ever really told her what he did where he was from but just about how strong his master was and even so—he wants to make it known that he'll be true to his word. ]
I see. May I ask why it is not "unique"? [Because that's an odd word to use to describe that memory.]
And thank you for your offer. I will gladly accept it. So...you are a hero like your master?
[Though it makes sense when she thinks about it. Carlo became a priest just like their teacher Monston, right? (Veronica didn't become a priest but that probably wasn't for lack of trying.)]
For lack of better ways to describe it, it is a memory that often comes to mind. I dream of it often and live with it as a constant driving force for what I am today. [ Thus...not "unique". If it's a constant presence in his life then there's nothing special about it, right? Genos will move on and give Veronica a nod. ]
I am; I'm referred to as a "Demon Cyborg" and an S-Ranked Hero where I am from.
[ His tone being very blunt instead of anything boastful. After all, it was just a facts...nothing special. ]
...May I ask....that memory...is it of the attack on your family? [She keeps her tone calm and reassuring, giving him the choice over whether or not he wants to answer.]
It is. [ Despite her reassurance, Genos has no problems answering. It's as he said—it's just a constant in his life that he deals with. Admittedly it might have been the only thing fueling him for some time. ]
As for why I was dubbed a "demon", it was due to my fearless nature when dealing with whatever I faced and the "S" is my rank. Heroes in my world are ranked from C to S.
I see. [He doesn't hesitate...but still, Veronica can't help but to dislike the fact that these mirrors were showing his memories without his permission. But if it doesn't bother him, she won't pry. He has his own reasons.]
Is "demon" not rather harsh? Why not just call you the "Fearless Cyborg"? Surely that is more correct. And what does the "S" mean? You are ranked in reverse alphabetical order? [Because that's what it sounds like....that sure is a lot of ranks.]
Is it? [ Weren't those kinds of names what you wanted to be called? Honestly, Genos was thinking he'd be called "blonde robot" so it was a nice surprise. ] I have no problems with the name—it doesn't interfere with what I do and is merely just a title.
As for the ranking system it goes with C being the lowest rank, B-rank, A-rank, and then S-rank. There is no real word that the "S" stands for but I suppose it could be "Special" or something along those lines. If you needed some word association.
I think...as long as you have no problems with it then it is fine. There are many kinds of demons, after all.
[He could be a very helpful demon and she vows to think of them more positively from now on.]
"Special". I see. That does make sense, although I'd think A would be the highest as it often is. I wonder how it was decided. If you are an "S" rank then you must be very strong.
It should also be a name my enemies fear. [ He'll give her a small nod. ]
Yes, I am however I could be stronger. If I want to get revenge and put a stop to the mad cyborg who eliminated my family then I can't be content with how I am now.
[ Since he knows that the rankings are a bit skewed given how his master, the strongest person he knows, is now only a B-ranked hero. There's no way someone like him should be a B-rank while he is a S-rank... ]
...Do you have many enemies? [She couldn't understand why someone so kind would have enemies in the first place.]
And...I do understand the desire to be stronger, though not for revenge. [Because she also wanted to be stronger so that she could protect those that she cared about and not to hurt others.But she won't judge because they are two different people with two different lives.]
I am a hero, so those who would want to harm humanity or others are all automatically my enemy. [ So, it's not so much as he has a list of people or names but a huge breadth of candidates... ]
What do you wish to be stronger for?
[ He'll turn to look at her and wonder. She seemed to be on the more "protected" side and even if she did accept his protection it didn't mean she couldn't strive for me. No, this was interesting for him. ]
I see. [That...makes a lot of enemies, then? She still has trouble understanding this and wonders if "enemies" isn't overly strong of a word to use.]
I wish to be stronger in order to protect those who have protected me, helped me, and cared for me.
[And she is more often than not the protected one. As a princess some might argue that was to be expected. But she can't stand behind while someone protects her. More than anything she wants the strength, if not to stand in front of them, to stand beside them.]
Thank you. [The nod is comforting and she smiles in reply.]
I go to the shooting range regularly and I do know a little about guns as well. That is considered "not so direct", is it not? [Guns were something she had picked a long time ago after weighing all her options and deciding that it would be the quickest and simplest weapon for someone who had never fought a day in her life.] And I also know magic but it is quite limited in use.
Correct, I would consider guns as being non-direct. [ Kind of surprising how someone like her could think to wield a gun but...it's probably just a result of taking care of oneself in a place like this. ]
What kind of magic do you know? [ There have been heroes who can use "magic" and they all have been pretty limited, but Genos knows that the "magic" he has seen here and what he knows from back home and two entirely different things. ]
[It was actually the brain-child of a Veronica from two years ago, one who saw the world as completely black and white. If someone was going to threaten her family with attacks, then it only made sense that she needed a way to help them. But the more she learns about guns and about the complications she could cause by shooting someone, the less she wants to use them.]
I can use a simple attack magic as well as one that allows me to reflect magic. [The reflection magic is supposed to be a secret, but she's told it to so many people that she doesn't even bother at this point.]
Does it only reflect magic? Or can it reflect other things as well?
[ Genos isn't too certain on the specifics of magic and how it really works but that one sounds potentially really diverse if it could be applied to other things. And even if it couldn't, he has heard a fair amount of people here claiming magical capabilities... ]
I have always been told that it is only magic. But I have not tested it very extensively.
[Then again, magic was one of the most effective forms of offense back in her world. It was (relatively) cheap, usually powered by renewable parts of your body (though there were those who had still abused that and used commoners as nothing more than donors), and it could crumble stone and bring down castles. You could block it once, but never twice.]
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Date: 2016-02-22 05:07 am (UTC)Fire.
She's never seen that much fire and almost on instinct, she reaches out for him.]
Genos-
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Date: 2016-02-22 09:26 pm (UTC)Veronica?
[ The fire disappears as soon as he looks away and even though Genos wasn't externally bothered, he is a bit surprised to see her there. Here. (The memories still play in his mind, however.) He'll make a small nod at her. ]
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Date: 2016-02-25 12:51 am (UTC)Yes.
[The smile is short-lived though as it's replaced quickly by worry.]
...Are you all right?
[Behind her the image of a tall young man appears in the mirror and the smile he gives a staring Veronica is perfectly courteous and opaque. At that moment, she'd had no idea what he was thinking and she hadn't liked him.]
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Date: 2016-02-25 09:03 pm (UTC)[ Genos tries not to be too preoccupied with not seeing their reflections in the mirrors behind them but it is rather hard. It's almost as though it's not a mirror at all. ]
Something curious is happening right now. Were you harmed on your way here?
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Date: 2016-02-27 05:57 am (UTC)Something curious?
[She looks down at herself briefly. All it has been is scrapes and bruises from running, exhaustion from pushing herself as much as she could but she knows that she's been lucky so far.]
...I was not. [She's met others who were not so lucky.]
And you? You are not harmed?
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Date: 2016-02-28 07:45 pm (UTC)[ Genos wants to examine the "mirrors" closer but instead he turns away to pay attention to Veronica's scraps and bruises. They don't look like anything extensive or terrible but...well, as long as she says she's okay then Genos will leave it there.
He looks a bit torn up (his clothes at least) but other than that his metal body is largely untouched. ] But it's good that you were not hurt.
I'm fine myself. Fortunately things here have yet to be beyond something I can handle.
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Date: 2016-02-29 10:17 pm (UTC)No, they do not. For me, they were showing memories. That...is the case with you as well, is it not? [Her tone is neutral and deliberate, unsure whether or not it was okay to ask him about the fire she had seen.]
I am glad though that you can still handle things. I did not think to bring a weapon of any sort so I have been trying to avoid confrontations wherever possible.
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Date: 2016-03-01 06:47 am (UTC)It is the case with me. However, it isn't as if the memory that is shown is anything particularly unique. [ More like repeated in his mind ever so often. No, nothing unique about it. ] Just a scene I know very well.
[ However, her confession about being defenseless is concerning... ]
Allow me to protect you. Where I'm from, I'm a hero and protecting those who are unable to defend themselves is my job.
[ He doesn't think he ever really told her what he did where he was from but just about how strong his master was and even so—he wants to make it known that he'll be true to his word. ]
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Date: 2016-03-02 02:30 am (UTC)And thank you for your offer. I will gladly accept it. So...you are a hero like your master?
[Though it makes sense when she thinks about it. Carlo became a priest just like their teacher Monston, right? (Veronica didn't become a priest but that probably wasn't for lack of trying.)]
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Date: 2016-03-02 09:58 pm (UTC)I am; I'm referred to as a "Demon Cyborg" and an S-Ranked Hero where I am from.
[ His tone being very blunt instead of anything boastful. After all, it was just a facts...nothing special. ]
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Date: 2016-03-03 08:17 pm (UTC)A demon? Why? And what does the "S" stand for?
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Date: 2016-03-04 06:11 am (UTC)As for why I was dubbed a "demon", it was due to my fearless nature when dealing with whatever I faced and the "S" is my rank. Heroes in my world are ranked from C to S.
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Date: 2016-03-06 02:56 am (UTC)Is "demon" not rather harsh? Why not just call you the "Fearless Cyborg"? Surely that is more correct. And what does the "S" mean? You are ranked in reverse alphabetical order? [Because that's what it sounds like....that sure is a lot of ranks.]
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Date: 2016-03-07 06:11 am (UTC)As for the ranking system it goes with C being the lowest rank, B-rank, A-rank, and then S-rank. There is no real word that the "S" stands for but I suppose it could be "Special" or something along those lines. If you needed some word association.
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Date: 2016-03-08 04:17 am (UTC)[He could be a very helpful demon and she vows to think of them more positively from now on.]
"Special". I see. That does make sense, although I'd think A would be the highest as it often is. I wonder how it was decided. If you are an "S" rank then you must be very strong.
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Date: 2016-03-08 10:51 pm (UTC)Yes, I am however I could be stronger. If I want to get revenge and put a stop to the mad cyborg who eliminated my family then I can't be content with how I am now.
[ Since he knows that the rankings are a bit skewed given how his master, the strongest person he knows, is now only a B-ranked hero. There's no way someone like him should be a B-rank while he is a S-rank... ]
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Date: 2016-03-09 11:31 pm (UTC)And...I do understand the desire to be stronger, though not for revenge. [Because she also wanted to be stronger so that she could protect those that she cared about and not to hurt others.But she won't judge because they are two different people with two different lives.]
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Date: 2016-03-10 11:33 pm (UTC)What do you wish to be stronger for?
[ He'll turn to look at her and wonder. She seemed to be on the more "protected" side and even if she did accept his protection it didn't mean she couldn't strive for me. No, this was interesting for him. ]
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Date: 2016-03-11 10:44 pm (UTC)I wish to be stronger in order to protect those who have protected me, helped me, and cared for me.
[And she is more often than not the protected one. As a princess some might argue that was to be expected. But she can't stand behind while someone protects her. More than anything she wants the strength, if not to stand in front of them, to stand beside them.]
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Date: 2016-03-12 10:00 am (UTC)Do you do much training here? I take that you know some sort of alternative method of fighting that is not so direct.
[ It's not supposed to be an insult since he figures she must be capable if not in the same way as him. ]
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Date: 2016-03-13 09:16 pm (UTC)I go to the shooting range regularly and I do know a little about guns as well. That is considered "not so direct", is it not? [Guns were something she had picked a long time ago after weighing all her options and deciding that it would be the quickest and simplest weapon for someone who had never fought a day in her life.] And I also know magic but it is quite limited in use.
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Date: 2016-03-14 09:31 pm (UTC)What kind of magic do you know? [ There have been heroes who can use "magic" and they all have been pretty limited, but Genos knows that the "magic" he has seen here and what he knows from back home and two entirely different things. ]
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Date: 2016-03-16 03:00 am (UTC)I can use a simple attack magic as well as one that allows me to reflect magic. [The reflection magic is supposed to be a secret, but she's told it to so many people that she doesn't even bother at this point.]
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Date: 2016-03-16 08:04 pm (UTC)[ Genos isn't too certain on the specifics of magic and how it really works but that one sounds potentially really diverse if it could be applied to other things. And even if it couldn't, he has heard a fair amount of people here claiming magical capabilities... ]
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Date: 2016-03-17 04:22 am (UTC)[Then again, magic was one of the most effective forms of offense back in her world. It was (relatively) cheap, usually powered by renewable parts of your body (though there were those who had still abused that and used commoners as nothing more than donors), and it could crumble stone and bring down castles. You could block it once, but never twice.]
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