School House Rumbles 3: Act 1, Cadet

[Eternal Torment]

"I cannot say, I do not have a non-angry version of that argument to compare it to," Vi stated. "I do not have any other arguments to compare it to for that matter."

"You're awful calm given that I'm standing here in front of you. Doesn't look like you can feel right now, even." Sloane looked bemused for a second. "As calm as a big ol' doll, all frills and porcelain."

[Hazard]

King shook his hand in a more or less fashion. "It's....different. Not exactly a place I want to be but I'll ride it out you know? You seem to be enjoying it here, really like brawling huh?" King asked. he remembered Robert's earlier declarations for fights and sleeping at odd places. Kid had a slim build like King but seemed to be much heavier than he was.

Over the course of his conversations with the other students he was starting to understand that some of them didn't like the idea of a place where they got to fight with all sorts of people for whatever reason (Weirdos) so King's answer didn't come as a surprise.

He grinned from ear to ear at his question though. "Fighting? Of course. I love it. Hell, I just got to fight The Gulliver Tantalus just now! I would have never done that if I didn't come here! Sure, he kicked my ass, but it was awesome!

"I meant what I said the first day, by the way," Robert added with a grin. "I'm always open for a fight, so tell me if you're ever up for it."

Not that it really mattered, he had plans to fight every student eventually, but he figured he might as well give them the choice to come to him first.

Fair is fair and all that.

[Guy Smiley]

"It was...merely an observation," Vi said, "a stray thought." Vi shrugged. She had to try and place this in the list of differences between her and real people that she shouldn't talk about. People got weirdly emotional over life and death she noticed.

Mack rubbed the back of his head, embarrassed. He hadn't meant for the girl to overhear him. Figuring her response to be an opening to continue speaking, he continued. "Look, all I'm sayin' is... Ya can't think that way, y'know? Ya can care about yer friends n' stuff, sure. But ya start fallin' for some dude's a-gender, lettin' 'em tell ya what they want is more important than what you want? That's just a damn trap. You can't let anyone tell ya that, y'know? That kinda person just thinks o' ya as some sort o' tool or shit, and that's bullshit. Ya get killed fer some cause, then ya don't get ta enjoy the benner-fits, y'know? That's all I'm sayin'. Someone wants ta use you fer somethin', and don't give a shit about yer life? Ya gotta tell those douchebags where they can shove it, got me? An' if yer fightin' fer somethin' ya actually b'lieve in? Then ya damn well make sure ya survive."

He nodded. Girl reminded him of some of the younger kids who ended up running with him for a while. They hadn't had any clue about the world's perils, and sometimes had some weird ideas from stuff they'd seen in the vids, or heard politicians talking about. Mack and the others would have to set 'em straight, the same way as they had been taught when they were new. The gang was a coalition of individuals, and that's why you should respect the individuals, not the group. It had almost invariably been a difficult realization to any of the kids, Mack himself included, that a group as a bunch of people and a group as an abstract concept were not always the same thing. You got too attached to the idea of the group, and that's when stuff like the gang wars started. Nobody wanted that kind of crap happening again.

[Froggy]

Over the course of his conversations with the other students he was starting to understand that some of them didn't like the idea of a place where they got to fight with all sorts of people for whatever reason (Weirdos) so King's answer didn't come as a surprise.

He grinned from ear to ear at his question though. "Fighting? Of course. I love it. Hell, I just got to fight The Gulliver Tantalus just now! I would have never done that if I didn't come here! Sure, he kicked my ass, but it was awesome!

"I meant what I said the first day, by the way," Robert added with a grin. "I'm always open for a fight, so tell me if you're ever up for it."

Not that it really mattered, he had plans to fight every student eventually, but he figured he might as well give them the choice to come to him first.

Fair is fair and all that.

King laughed. Dude was alright, bit knuckle crazy but he seemed okay. King didn't MIND fighting but it wasn't something he thought up as the first thing to do as a cure for boredom. "You're the first person I've seen take an asskicking so well, kind of a new experience for me. I like that you gave me a choice but I'm guessing you'll end up fighting me sooner or later for kicks or something right? Well how about after we get this over with I give you that fight, just to get it out of the way alright?' King said as he turned to Robert, extending his hand. "For added measure I'll shake on it so you know I'm for real, cause you can't break a promise you shake on, it's just not done y'know?"

[Vakanai]

"You're awful calm given that I'm standing here in front of you. Doesn't look like you can feel right now, even." Sloane looked bemused for a second. "As calm as a big ol' doll, all frills and porcelain."

"I have determined anger to be a disadvantage As such I do not wish to continue with it. Beyond that I suspect you enjoy making others angry. Why would I desire to please you at my expense? I am not a doll, porcelain or otherwise. As for frills, why would you care about how I dress? You are a male, it seems odd that a male would focus on something like frills."

[Hazard]

King laughed. Dude was alright, bit knuckle crazy but he seemed okay. King didn't MIND fighting but it wasn't something he thought up as the first thing to do as a cure for boredom. "You're the first person I've seen take an asskicking so well, kind of a new experience for me. I like that you gave me a choice but I'm guessing you'll end up fighting me sooner or later for kicks or something right? Well how about after we get this over with I give you that fight, just to get it out of the way alright?' King said as he turned to Robert, extending his hand. "For added measure I'll shake on it so you know I'm for real, cause you can't break a promise you shake on, it's just not done y'know?"

Robert decided he liked King.

"I'm not fighting to win, so I don't care if I win or lose. I'm just fight 'cause I like to fight," He said, grinning. After all, what better way was there to understand others.

He grinned when King accepted his offer. Alright!

He frowned after he considered a few things though. "I have to fight that Ember girl today, and maybe that Casimir guy, first. After that though, I'll take you on. If there is not time left, we'll just move it to the next day."

"It's not like we are going anywhere, right?" Robert said, as he shook King's hand.

[Froggy]

Robert decided he liked King.

"I'm not fighting to win, so I don't care if I win or lose. I'm just fight 'cause I like to fight," He said, grinning. After all, what better way was there to understand others.

He grinned when King accepted his offer. Alright!

He frowned after he considered a few things though. "I have to fight that Ember girl today, and maybe that Casimir guy, first. After that though, I'll take you on. If there is not time left, we'll just move it to the next day."

"It's not like we are going anywhere, right?" Robert said, as he shook King's hand.

King laughed again as he shook Robert's hand. "You're a funny dude, you know that?" King figured that if he had to get in a fight with someone, might as well be this guy who can at least make him laugh while they're pounding each others faces in. He didn't mind having to wait in line because like he said not like he had any other appointments to deal with. He decided to change the subject though

"Who you think got the best odds of taking him though, out of the people you've seen so far?"

[Ghost]

"That is okay Mr. Casimir. I believe it was a 'valiant' attempt on your part to explain what I consider to be a complex subject. Thank you," Vi said.

They probably all think I'm strange now. I hope I haven't raised suspicions, Vi thought. She wondered why the secret had to be kept. Wouldn't the next MP Series start soon?

"It is complex," Eisen agreed. "But I find the subject of free will to be fascinating, personally, so if you ever feel like discussing it further I would be more than willing."

[Eternal Torment]

"I have determined anger to be a disadvantage As such I do not wish to continue with it. Beyond that I suspect you enjoy making others angry. Why would I desire to please you at my expense? I am not a doll, porcelain or otherwise. As for frills, why would you care about how I dress? You are a male, it seems odd that a male would focus on something like frills."

"Oh, so you really have changed. Much too calm, much too calm." Sloane bit back his feeling of unease. "You know, it reminds me of somebody I sorta knew. I must have scarred you pretty badly for you to become so cold."

The mutilated ones are always the creepiest.

"But you're easier to deal with, that's for sure. You've got something inside there, something human. Nowhere near as bad as the first. So, it's not a new thing for me, Baad. And I'm honestly quite disappointed. Again and again, you show me that you're pettier and more wasteful than I previously thought. Even this new change of heart, it fails to do anything. Faulty like your broken ol' ticker, and twice as worthless." His discomfort started to turn into heated annoyance.

[Hazard]

King laughed again as he shook Robert's hand. "You're a funny dude, you know that?" King figured that if he had to get in a fight with someone, might as well be this guy who can at least make him laugh while they're pounding each others faces in. He didn't mind having to wait in line because like he said not like he had any other appointments to deal with. He decided to change the subject though

"Who you think got the best odds of taking him though, out of the people you've seen so far?"

"Lava girl," Robert replied with hesitation as he directed his gaze towards Cammy. He didn't know her name but he had seen her powers during the training.

"She doesn't have that much control, but as long as she can flood the area with lava she would do alright," he said.

"As long as he doesn't hit her first," he added, absentmindedly rubbing the place where he had been bruised. "Those nightsticks can do everything."

"How about you? How do you like your odds?"

OOC: And that's all from me for now.

[WickedElphaba]

"Um, uh, uh....well once we get back to the dorms," Boss stuttered. "I mean, y'know. We can try and work together on the design specs. See what we can come up with."

"Sounds great to me!" Skye says eagerly. "I look forward to working with you."

[Froggy]

"Lava girl," Robert replied with hesitation as he directed his gaze towards Cammy. He didn't know her name but he had seen her powers during the training.

"She doesn't have that much control, but as long as she can flood the area with lava she would do alright," he said.

"As long as he doesn't hit her first," he added, absentmindedly rubbing the place where he had been bruised. "Those nightsticks can do everything."

"How about you? How do you like your odds?"

Robert was right, Cammy could really #)##k Gulliver up with a good shot.

"That does seem like her best chance, but will she get to him that quickly is the question....my ODDS? I'm pretty confident about how I'll do. I think I can take him, just gotta be quick on the draw is all" King said. His mind wandered to his chain and getting those tonfas away from Gulliver. Dude might be nice hand to hand too but if he played keep away with no tonfas, King didn't see how he would lose in that instance.

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

"That is okay Mr. Casimir. I believe it was a 'valiant' attempt on your part to explain what I consider to be a complex subject. Thank you," Vi said.

They probably all think I'm strange now. I hope I haven't raised suspicions, Vi thought. She wondered why the secret had to be kept. Wouldn't the next MP Series start soon?

He chuckled. "Cas, works just fine. No need to thank me, either. I didn't really even do anything."

[Hazard]

Robert was right, Cammy could really #)##k Gulliver up with a good shot.

"That does seem like her best chance, but will she get to him that quickly is the question....my ODDS? I'm pretty confident about how I'll do. I think I can take him, just gotta be quick on the draw is all" King said. His mind wandered to his chain and getting those tonfas away from Gulliver. Dude might be nice hand to hand too but if he played keep away with no tonfas, King didn't see how he would lose in that instance.

He grinned at King's confidence.

"I am looking forward to it then," he said. "Watching a good fight is almost as fun as having one."

OOC: And that's all from me for now, this time for real.

[Vakanai]

Mack rubbed the back of his head, embarrassed. He hadn't meant for the girl to overhear him. Figuring her response to be an opening to continue speaking, he continued. "Look, all I'm sayin' is... Ya can't think that way, y'know? Ya can care about yer friends n' stuff, sure. But ya start fallin' for some dude's a-gender, lettin' 'em tell ya what they want is more important than what you want? That's just a damn trap. You can't let anyone tell ya that, y'know? That kinda person just thinks o' ya as some sort o' tool or shit, and that's bullshit. Ya get killed fer some cause, then ya don't get ta enjoy the benner-fits, y'know? That's all I'm sayin'. Someone wants ta use you fer somethin', and don't give a shit about yer life? Ya gotta tell those douchebags where they can shove it, got me? An' if yer fightin' fer somethin' ya actually b'lieve in? Then ya damn well make sure ya survive."

He nodded. Girl reminded him of some of the younger kids who ended up running with him for a while. They hadn't had any clue about the world's perils, and sometimes had some weird ideas from stuff they'd seen in the vids, or heard politicians talking about. Mack and the others would have to set 'em straight, the same way as they had been taught when they were new. The gang was a coalition of individuals, and that's why you should respect the individuals, not the group. It had almost invariably been a difficult realization to any of the kids, Mack himself included, that a group as a bunch of people and a group as an abstract concept were not always the same thing. You got too attached to the idea of the group, and that's when stuff like the gang wars started. Nobody wanted that kind of crap happening again.

"Understood," Vi said. It made sense for people who were born, but not for units who were made. She would have to be very careful what she could say or reveal. "Survival of the individual is of utmost importance is what you're saying? Self preservation?"

"It is complex," Eisen agreed. "But I find the subject of free will to be fascinating, personally, so if you ever feel like discussing it further I would be more than willing."

"I would like that," Vi said, the edges of a smile playing across her face. "It is quite interesting. A number of ideas." Vi thought about it. "I didn't realize there was so much to people."

"Oh, so you really have changed. Much too calm, much too calm." Sloane bit back his feeling of unease. "You know, it reminds me of somebody I sorta knew. I must have scarred you pretty badly for you to become so cold."

The mutilated ones are always the creepiest.

"But you're easier to deal with, that's for sure. You've got something inside there, something human. Nowhere near as bad as the first. So, it's not a new thing for me, Baad. And I'm honestly quite disappointed. Again and again, you show me that you're pettier and more wasteful than I previously thought. Even this new change of heart, it fails to do anything. Faulty like your broken ol' ticker, and twice as worthless." His discomfort started to turn into heated annoyance.

"I prefer to be calm, but I do not mean to be cold. I can not relate to you as a friend, but nor are you an enemy. Therefore I do not know how to react towards you. So I try to remove my personal feelings from it to better maintain control and maintain a somewhat peaceful co-existence," Vi said. "If that comes across coldly then I apologize. As for petty and wasteful, I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean. In what way petty and wasteful?" Then Vi took a deep breath, as the last bit had gotten to her. "I do not appreciate your comment about my heart condition or my worth. Though I am deemed a failure, my worth is estimated at roughly five million."

He chuckled. "Cas, works just fine. No need to thank me, either. I didn't really even do anything."

"I disagree, you were quite helpful Mr. Cas," Vi said.