trans_9 | Open, Bathhouse, 2 years younger

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Open, Bathhouse, 2 years younger

Cagalli in the bathhouse isn't an odd sight at all. It's pretty much her favorite place to relax alone, even if the 'alone' part ends up not working out for all that long, depending on the day.

If you don't really look closely, there's nothing out of the usual here, but beyond that... she's a bit smaller, her face just a little more youthful. She also looks like she's ready to slip into the water, just that little bit, and take a nice deep breath. Not that she's considering it, but she really wears her emotions out in the open.

"Father..."

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"Psi emitters..." He almost said the word with contempt. "Psi dampeners, and heavy tech. The swarm was always hard to push back and impossible to beat. But with enough concentrated damage, it was good to hold them off.... And ..." He sighed. "We also got a long break from them after a while. They left to try and so somethings in secrecy... When they came back, they were more powerful than ever, but so were we, and the toss. Always about being one step ahead and not giving your enemy a chance to get the upper hand."

That must be some ridiculously heavy tech, never mind whatever psi things did. And despite all that, it was all they could do to hold an enemy like that off.

Is that their fate here? An eternally losing battle? And what about back home, where humanity was on the brink of tearing itself apart? "I almost wish we had an obvious enemy like that where I'm from."

He raised a brow over his shades and moved them down a little to have a better look of the girl. "Oh? And what was your enemy like back home, if I may ask."

"Ourselves." Hopefully it's all she'd need to say. Neither side was right, both sides were wrong and had a gun at each other's heads - as well as the civilians of either side.

That brought out a chuckle and he smiled upwards as he relaxed more into the bath. "Isn't it always? It seems that no matter the world, all governments have problems dealing with who's right or wrong." He pauses for a moment, the shades covering his eyes and yet it's clear he's deep in thought.

"Even the almighty Protoss back home, beings of immense wisdom and knowledge and many eons of additional experience couldn't make a perfect government, and couldn't keep their people from warring with each other."

"Nice to know that I can look forward to something never changing," she replied sharply. War is never going to end, even if one opponent is exchanged for another, and it's not a pleasant thing to have to admit.

"One can only continue to adapt and keep on livin' s'all I gotta say miss. Ain' no point in givin' up." he said calmly, still relaxed in the bath.

"It's still a pain in the ass, and that's assuming we don't all kill each other before we can adapt." She wouldn't put it past Blue Cosmos OR Patrick Zala to end the whole thing in one big fiery death for the whole world.

"There'll always be someone fightin' against those types." He replied, his thoughts drifting to good old Jim Raynor.

"You'd be surprised at how big of a difference they make. Even when the odds are against em'. People sure love an underdog." He mused.

"But one nuclear arsenal could ruin all of that. It doesn't take much to end millions of lives, when weapons of that magnitude are involved." Even with the N-Jammers in place... Freedom and Justice had nuclear reactors. What else was ZAFT planning, if they made mobile suits like those?

"There's always somethin' bigger an' bettah than what otha's have sug'... Errr I mean miss." Yeah keep yer accent back Splicer.

"What was that?" Something a little less dark to focus on.

"Ah.... Nothin' really. Ol' habit s'all..." He chuckled and said nothing more of it.

He offered her a friendly smile, "How's about you? How do you like this place and how lon' have ya been 'ere?" He paused for a moment, "Don' think I caught yer name either."

"Old habits..." She huffed, sinking down enough to blow a few pathetic bubbles with her mouth. "It's been a few months, and it's hard to say that I like it much. I mean... it's better than being wiped out, but nowhere near home."

Still, she stretched a hand out to him. "Cagalli."

He smiled and returned the greeting, "I don' got a name, but people have taken to calling me by my agent name, so Splicer's alright. Unless ya wana call me something else. That's fine to. Was never very formal myself." He grinned, relaxing back again.

"Splicer's good enough for now." Even without a real name, his demeanor was enough to take a little bit of her own edge off. "If I come up with something I like better I reserve the right to use it though."

"Ha, fair enuff'" he smiled, looking up at the ceiling in thought. "Man only ting could make this any bettah is a nice cold one from that bar that just hand em' out. Hell I'd take a normal refreshing drink and a real home cooked meal and I'd be happy as a kidlet on holiday."

"They could stock up a fridge by the bathhouses... probably wouldn't last long though. And you don't wanna drink too much while you're in the water." Drunken drowning was not her idea of a good way to die.

"Now that's an awesome idea, we should pass it by engineering." he mused. "Total stupor might not be so bad. Can' tink of much worse tings ta die from." he chuckled.

She shrugged. "Not that I really drink much anyways..." That had only started here. "Hopefully we won't have a bunch of drunken drownings if it goes through."

He laughed, "Welp, unless we got'a buncha suicidal peeps, I highly doubt it. Not with all the 'good' people on the ship. And even then, don' this ship have sometin' ta prevent' ya from doin' stuff like that?"

"Ha. Yeah. You fall over, and a tentacle whips in and grabs you. That makes me feel a lot safer." Couldn't it be more pleasant looking if it had to be like that? Maybe a cartoon octopus arm?

"Hey could be worse yeah? Much much worse believe you me miss." He chuckles, yep, it could end up being a Nydus Worm sucking you in and spitting you out.

"It can always get worse, but that doesn't make it good." Important perspective to have on her part anyways though.

"Ah but you can't go around thinkin' that way. Life's too short ta be livin' like the world sucks. Make it yours yanno? That's the way to live it up." He mused.

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