RL with Mikaela: the 'Tieria's a Dick' club

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Nena was sat at the table, chin in her hands, staring at the cake.

He must have snuck in last night somehow and left it there. It didn't seem like the kind of thing someone who would pull a dick move like leaving right on your birthday would do. And plus, she was pretty sure he didn't even like her.

It was pink, and had pink writing, and some kind of sparkling sprinkles on it. It was exactly the sort of cake Nena would have wanted, if she'd gotten one herself. It even had strawberry ice cream in.

But he didn't even like her.

And so she sat there, confused and upset and angry, glaring at the cake as if she was going to set it on fire with her eyes.

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She nodded. "People say it's hard. Like, people are always posting questions about when it's right to kill or whatever, you know? But it's not hard at all. It's really simple. It's always been really simple."

She joined Mikaela on the couch, letting Haro free to fly around the room. She swung her legs a bit, then admitted, "But there's people I don't think I-- I mean. If I had to shoot them, it'd be hard."

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Mikaela remained all curled up, looking over at Nena with a faint frown. "I don't...I really don't think it's that easy," she said. "I mean, for most people it wouldn't be that simple, I guess I can't say for everyone. Me, I don't think I could shoot anybody unless I really, really had to..."

Especially not a human. She hadn't had any trouble slicing Frenzy's head off, when she had to.

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She nodded. "I know that. It's cause you're a civilian," she added, "so I guess it's not your fault. But people shoot each other all the time, in wars and attacks and stuff, so the only way to stop them is to shoot them back!" She paused, but the last time she'd said 'plus it's really fun' she'd ended up with a suspension and sessions with the guidance counselor, so she'd learned by now it was a no-go on this world. She may have been rather amoral and reckless, but she wasn't stupid.

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"Yeah, I know," Mikaela said softly. "It's...it's almost like self-defense, you know? They'll kill you if you don't kill them first." Mikaela wasn't so sure if she felt that way about fighting other humans, but there was no doubt in her mind that 'Cons would wipe out everyone and everything if they didn't get stopped before they could.

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"Something like that, anyway." She nodded firmly, as if seconding her own opinion, then looked at her with an unusually calculating glance.

"Hey, how much did Tieria ever tell you about what we do? Since you two are like best friends or whatever."

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"Some," Mikaela said, winding from her little ball some. She leaned back on the couch, expression thoughtful as she tried to remember what, exactly, they'd all talked about. "...Okay, a lot. About, like...what you guys did, on your world, and the Gundams, and, uh. Well, a lot."

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"Well, I figured the Gundams, since you've got-- you had one in the base." She shrugged, as if coming to a decision, and then said, "I'm made to fight, you know. That's why it's total bullshit he didn't take me!"

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"...Made?" she repeated, brows furrowing. "What d'you mean...?"

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"Exactly what it sounds like!" She stood up so she could put her hands on her hips, then began to pace irritably. "I'm not-- I don't think I'm human, you know. That's why he should have taken me, like I said! I'm like automatically better than everyone else!"

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"That's what I thought."

Mikaela flopped back against the couch, watching her pace around with a thoughtful expression on her face. "Maybe there's other stuff he's worried about? Like, not fighting...?" she suggested, knowing it was pretty weak as she said it.