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Babysitting Weapons of Mass Destruction

WHO: Lust, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ira, Sheena Fujibayashi, Vincent Valentine, Selphie Tilmitt
WHAT: Cid has assigned various heroes to guard the remains of the Ultima WEAPON that were salvaged after their battle. Suspicious people try to sneak close, but they fail to be caught.
WHEN: September 11th - 13th
WHERE: Aqures Ixen - 12th District

Here sat the broken pieces of the enormous machine known as the Ultima WEAPON. The Heroes had gone through a lot of trouble to secure it, and even more trouble to subdue it. Now it sat sadly in a heap of wreckage at the airship ports, with few visitors save the occasional Hypello or dock rat.

This was what the Heroes had to guard. Prepare for boredom.

[OOC: Each Hero guard gets their own thread below. Pair up with whoever you want for guard duty CR!]

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Define "friendly".

[Vincent could be amoral at times, depending on the situation. A 'professional amorality' was almost an unspoken requirement in his former life. Right then he may've been teasing Ira--but you couldn't tell it from his tone of voice or expressions. Especially as the knife throwing resumed once more.]

[He chuckles once.] Perhaps "innocent" would be better.

[What's this morality you speak of? He doesn't really know, as he continued watching Vincent practicing.]

Try 'non-combatant'.

[Innocent didn't always mean 'friendly' either. Innocents could be used as tools in combat.]

Are you that bored?

[Wow, he found someone just a tiny bit stone cold than himself? Pinch him he's dreaming. Except don't, because he stopped believing this was a dream months ago.]

You could say that. [It's his age, really.] Not like there's anything else going on.

[A tiny bit? Oh Ira, you haven't seen anything yet.]

Guard duty is often like that. But depending on what happens when things go wrong, you then begin to want it to be quiet and boring.

[There's a heartbeat, before words are voiced entirely deadpan.]

It means less paperwork.

[Deadpan joke, but still a hint of sarcasm and snark given back.]

[Are you sure, because he has Seen Some Shit.]

Well, it certainly beats stalking a group sent to fight a hamster with a bruised rib, I guess.

[Congratulations, that got him to groan AND roll his eyes!]

Think I'll pass on that, thanks. [He still smirks though.]

[So has Vincent. And experienced shit too. ~~They should swap stories sometimes.~~]

Now you know the true horror and evil in life. Bureaucracy and all that goes with it.

[~~Give it time~~]

Really? Because I'm pretty sure there's a few things that are worse.

[Paperwork may be a close second, but still... he'd rather deal with bureaucracy over the Tower again.]

Edited 2016-09-25 20:03 (UTC)

Bureaucracy is truly horrific, as it simply 'is'. It has no concept of right or wrong, nor does it care about the same. It is entirely indifferent to any need other than its own, which is to attempt to bring order and compartmentalize everything. Efficiency is its goal, but often it becomes inefficient as it breeds further attempting to bring sense and order and accountability.

[That was why it was the true horror, in Vincent's mind. Bureaucracy was entirely indifferent. It simply did not care one way or another.]

Edited 2016-09-25 20:15 (UTC)

[...Sorry Vincent, but he's not really paying attention. Or at least, looks like he isn't. With how his eyes glazed over for a split second before catching a glimpse of movement that wasn't daggers. Oh, just a bird.]

It's just so... mundane. [Oh look, he did listen.] Horror may exist in it, but only in it's excess does it appear so. And in those who only focus on their task, instead of the bigger picture.

[Though in the end, the bigger picture could be even more horrific. Or he could be calling the metaphorical kettle black.]

[That almost gets a hint of a smirk from Vincent. Almost.]

It's because it is mundane, that its so horrific. Of all the things one expects horror and terror from, to see the darkest evils and deepest nightmares of sentience... It is not expected from something that seems so ordinary and banal.

[Darn it, so close!]

Following that logic, even something like a doll or a teddy bear could be a tool of mass destruction.

[He says it with a completely straight face, even waving it off. Yet he's heard the horror stories.]

In the right situation, it could be.

[Vincent said it completely seriously and deadpan. Also a straight face.]

[He shifts slightly, a chuckle escaping him.]

How'd we get on this topic, anyway?

You were being fidgety and bored.

[Same deadpan tone as he's delivered everything else.]

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