What is the mun even doing/homeless forever

[whatwewerebornfor]

Ma'am, may I ask why you've brought me here? ...I see. While I appreciate the attention, I really should return to my post Lieutenant Virgil is counting on me, and, more importantly, so are the passengers of the Woglinde, including Shion.

Yes, I am aware of my fate in canon, but I'm not scared. I'm a soldier, and I have always known that that meant I might die violently. If it means that the civilians on board the ship can escape unharmed, than my sacrifice will be worth it. So please, return me to my post so that I can do my job properly.

Comments

[y_so_standard]

You are...a combat model? So even you are not immune to these creatures.

[whatwewerebornfor]

Yes, it seems even we combat Realians are subject to a mundane's desires. And according to my fellow...muses, right? You are a URTV, correct?

[y_so_standard]

Yes. Standard U.R.T.V. unit 623 at your service.

[whatwewerebornfor]

It's nice to meet you, Unit 623. I am Alex, a Weapons Grade Realian stationed aboard the vessel Woglinde.

[y_so_standard]

[He is also aware of your fate in canon, but admires the fact that he wants to do his duty anyways.] Hello. Muns are annoying aren't they, they always seem to take us at inconvenient times.

[whatwewerebornfor]

*He frowns. He's worried, okay?* Yes, she did have very inconvenient timing. Before she brought me here, I was combating Gnosis in a vital area of the ship.

[y_so_standard]

I heard about that. They're very technically difficult to fight aren't they.

[whatwewerebornfor]

Especially since we were lacking 100-Series and the DSSS system isn't perfect.

[y_so_standard]

If it's all the same to you, I think I prefer just straight military operations. [There...may be a small hint of admiration in his voice.]

[whatwewerebornfor]

There are many who feel the same way. Basic military operations are much simpler than protecting civilians, after all, and even we combat Realians are wary of fights with Gnosis. Everyone works best under different circumstances, be they human, Realian or bioweapon.

*And that might be a little bit of pride in his voice, that he can handle the more delicate operations of guarding non-combatants.*

[y_so_standard]

You are dutiful, you are a good soldier. I wish more were like you.

[whatwewerebornfor]

I am glad that my companions on the Woglinde are reliable, even if, though I speak a bit frankly here, we all despise our superior officer. I think all a soldier really needs to be dutiful is to find some part of their duty to take pride in. Maybe the people you find lacking in resolve simply haven't found that yet.

[y_so_standard]

No, those variants would not know proper pride in their work if it bit them.

[whatwewerebornfor]

*Puzzled.* But Jr. of the Kukai Foundation is one of the Variants, correct? I haven't met him in person outside of my mundane's headspace, but several of my brethren work for him and he seems to take great pride in keeping the Foundation safe for the people who live there.

[y_so_standard]

#666 is a variant, do not let him fool you. He is a monster. An irrational, frightening monster.

[Thanks to his own interaction with mun and muses he at least knows that Jr is Rubedork.]

[whatwewerebornfor]

*More puzzled.* I have heard some of the Realians on the Durandal call him over emotional, but I've never heard of any incidents where he has harmed anyone under his direction.

[y_so_standard]

[Hatred and jealousy are starting to crop up here.] All the variants are. It is their nature as variants. #666 is the link master, too full of bravado and inattentive to details. #667 is worse then he is at the emotional part. Weak willed, clingy and unstable even at the best of times. #668 is haughty and cold...she is... not so bad. #669 is the silent one.

They are incredibly powerful, each one of them can take out ten of me by themselves. They are monsters!

[whatwewerebornfor]

*...Oh. Now he gets it.* Combat Realians like myself could do the same to humans. You probably could, too. It's not power itself that makes someone a monster, it's how they use it.

Although I do agree that Albedo is too unstable to be trusted with even a basic weapon, let alone the powers of a URTV.

[y_so_standard]

And still they are made the leaders...fathers favorites. [Deep breath. He figures this was enough of a warning for someone like Alex about the dangers of the variants.]

[whatwewerebornfor]

*He kneels down and puts a hand on the Standard's shoulder.*

Unfortunately, the position of leadership isn't always determined by who is in the best position to understand his subordinates, or even who has a best handle on his emotions. Just do your best, so maybe someone will recognize your efforts.

[y_so_standard]

No one will. The over mind is gone, I am only alive because of a stubborn mun's insistence.

It does not matter however. I did was I was told.

[whatwewerebornfor]

If I understand the nature of where we are correctly, the fact that our mundanes have taken us from where we belong does mean that it's possible for us to have very different futures from what would have happened otherwise.

*Though he will admit that he's a little thrown off by being the only Realian of his type here. It's like having someone who's on the phone all day and taking the phone away.*

[y_so_standard]

[Boy does he understand that sentiment.] I doubt it. If we go home we go back to our fate.

[whatwewerebornfor]

That's true, but it does give us something positive to think about until we can convince our mundanes to send us back where we belong.

[y_so_standard]

We are weapons, hope is for humans.