On watching Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva for the umpteenth time

[noblefive]

Y'know, I really don't see what you get out of watching some posh guy being all smart. You considering playing him?

No? Then why do you keep watching it? You enjoy it?

I don't get it, mun, I really don't...

What's that? Of course I like things other than killing Covenant!

What's that? Like what?

Uh... Can I get back to you on that?

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[daisy023]

You could try floral arrangement.

[Jorge will notice it's not sarcasm.]

[noblefive]

Only if you want half of them squashed. Don't think I got the delicacy for floral arrangement.

[daisy023]

We've got it for the MJOLNIR.

[It's never too late to learn.]

You can learn. Because I'm not playing cards with you.

[noblefive]

It's only because you're a sore loser.

[Yes, that's pride in his voice there]

[daisy023]

That counts for every person you play with. They bore after so long.

[That, and the fact she simply sucks at poker herself.]

[noblefive]

It ain't my fault if everyone sucks.

[He reaches up to remove his helmet, taking in a deep breath, before smirking to Daisy.]

[daisy023]

[Daisy herself, passing helmetless for a lot of time while in Luceti, holds the same offended expression for a long moment. Before it breaks into a smile.]

I've never been good at cards. But there's always something to learn in these places.

How've you been?

[noblefive]

Well, I've been better. It's a little bit troubling to know you're being kept alive in the head of a nineteen year-old kid.

[daisy023]

Better than the alternative. Entering a game won't help the first days.

[She almost went nuts by thinking she was being kept alive by the world of Luceti, and by how much the laws of reality were violated there.]

[noblefive]

Tell me about it. He's thrown me into this magic castle. Called Paradisa, I think.

At least I have a SPARTAN-III and an ODST in there to tell me about it.

[daisy023]

Threes...

[She's heard of them here. As soon as she hears about them in Luceti and their purpose, though, it won't end well.]

At least. I'll be alone in that world for a year in a few days.

[Well, without anyone from their world. Thanks to many friends there, she is not alone. Not anymore.]

[noblefive]

I'm sure you'll survive. You're a SPARTAN.

[Jorge grins at that] And I wouldn't worry about the Threes too much. [Yes, he totally caught that]

[daisy023]

[A smile.]

I've survived that long.

[Perhaps too well. In some ways, she had finally got the life she demanded back from Halsey at gunpoint.

But the threes...]

I knew more Spartans would be trained. I know the Chief Mendez would make them as good as us...

[But the fact they were made...]

[noblefive]

They're different from us, Daisy.

[He knew all about what happened between Daisy and Halsey.]

They weren't kidnapped like us.

[daisy023]

They were volunteers?

[This only puzzles her.]

I don't understand... They were adults?

[Why would children ever willingly volunteer for something that monster would do?]

[noblefive]

Kids. Recruited from planets that have been glassed. Basically, it was join the SPARTAN-III program, or go to an orphanage.

[A pause] And if you were given the oppertunity to teach the bastards who killed your family and friends a lesson, I'm sure you'd go for it.

[daisy023]

[Low blow, Jorge.

It's not an argument she can fight against. But the thought of more child soldiers will continue to leave a bitter taste in her mouth.]

Still feels so young for them to choose.

[At least, they'll get all the support needed to fight... right?]

[noblefive]

Yeah, well ONI hasn't been known for it's moral upstanding in its projects, has it?

[daisy023]

Touché.

[Unfortunately, no faction in their universe seems to be devoid of war crimes of that magnitude.]

Just take care of them. They'd use learning from you.

Just because Jorge seems like a father/parent figure. :)

[noblefive]

Of course. I took care of you lot whenever I could, didn't I?

They'll be fine.

It fits! Saw the Chief as her "older brother" figure too...

[daisy023]

Rank is earned.

[She got promoted a little too quickly. But she still smiles.]

Thank you for those times, Jorge. I know they will.

[noblefive]

[Jorge knows, as he's one of the only SPARTAN-II's to get past non-enlisted ranks. Members of Noble were prone to heroics, after all.]

They'd better.

[And, with that, he walks over, wrapping an arm around Daisy's shoulders, hugging her in, because he totally can.]

And there's no need to thank me. We're like family, right?

[daisy023]

[The only reason she doesn't yelp with the close contact is her experience in Luceti. Enough to make many Spartans lose their sense of personal space.

It doesn't end her smile. She bumps his shoulder.]

Family.

[noblefive]

Good to hear.

[Jorge was a hell of a lot more relaxed about the personal space thing, which shows as he keeps Daisy in that hug]