Tightrope

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

It had been a few days since the Outsider's gathering, where Hit Girl had finally been able to utilize her strength and talent to help others. All in all, it went pretty well: choices were made, friendships were had, blah blah and kumbaya. What SHE had wanted to show was that she was the type of girl who got the job done, and if anyone needed to be reminded, she would show that to them. Grabbing the flag had just been the start: now she wanted to make sure that whatever happened next, she would be ready, she would show people the type of person her daddy trained.

Which led to today's excursion in the Sensorium: she was doing tightrope walking, one of her weaker points, in order to maintain balance and poise. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop had demanded both, and while she had mastered that, she had not yet made her foray to really careful jumping in tight spots. To give her some energy, she had this playing in the background, and she jumped from rope to rope, her eyes concentrating, her tongue sticking out slightly in concentration.

Each step took courage, and the slightest imperfection would result in her falling, although of course it wouldn't be that big of a deal when you were in the Sensorium anyway. Despite this, Hit Girl demanded nothing less than imperfection: once she had this mastered, going to Negi and learning the delayed spells would be next, not to mention training Sasami.

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He had to choke back a laugh -- the image of Hit Girl tied to a chair, trying to kick the psychiatrist in the face...!

Well, he assumed she had gathered he wasn't human, by now. "I was raised in the Shiki-- a simulator. I'm a Synthetic Human, so my body was constructed as an adult's."

"I don't know, honestly. The few members I've met seem to be competent... but of course, I'm not the best judge of magical ability."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"So you were made then. Well, that's not that far of a stretch, right? Humans in my world were always creating AI, so I figure it woudl only be a matter of time before they actually created people all their own."

That was pretty cool, actually.

"Wish I had more to go then," she said. "Only just learning about magic myself."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "That is one way of thinking about it. I work with an actual AI, although she's not here at the moment."

"Hm. Why magic, and not, say, piloting a Gundam?"

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Well. You learn new things every day, apparently. It would be pretty interesting though, to see how a synthetic human and an AI from his world would interact. Was he from a futuristic Earth?

"Because I'm more of a hands on person," Hit Girl said. "Not that I can't drive of course, dad did teach me how."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Driving can be an extremely hands-on experience," said Zouichi. "Especially if combat is involved." Not that he was biased on that front or anything.

"I would be happy to demonstrate sometime."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that would be great!" Hit Girl said. "I haven't had the chance to drive in awhile, not since...well, not since the night dad died. I coudl probably use a refresher."

And maybe he coudl show about this "gundam" stuff.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "Then it's a promise. Although I'm afraid I don't drive a car. The ship picked up my motorcycle with some of my other things."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

A slow smile spread over Hit girl's face. Sick!

"I guess we could manage," she said, attempting to keep the excitement out of her voice.