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Who: Allelujah, Hallelujah, and open.
Where: A couple locations around the city during the day and at night.
Summary: Even Gundam Meisters have chores.
Warnings: Hallelujah (so violence and language). Will warn for more as it comes up.

[Cancer District - 10 AM]

[The electronics district is familiar to them by now, the hum and glow of the lights a comforting sight. While Allelujah isn't the best in Celestial Being in terms of dealing with technology, the fact that his time period is ahead of this one does offer him some advantages.]

[It's easy to spot the relatively tall man picking through circuits and scrap metal, occasionally picking up a piece and examining it. Most of the things here are too expensive, but maybe if he can fix up some of the cheaper pieces into something useful he can sell that.]

[Virgo District - 2 PM]

[The Virgo District is an array of colors, and so it's no surprise that the clothing stores there can be colorful, too. Allelujah stands in one of them, examining a brightly-colored shirt.]

Maybe this one…

'Hell no. Will you just let me pick out the damn clothes already?'

[Allelujah shakes his head at the voice only he can hear.]

I want something brighter…

'If by 'brighter' you mean 'blinding' then you're on the right track. Besides, none of this fits.'

Maybe something a little looser would be nice.

'More like loser. We're not buying this.'

[He sighs and rubs his forehead. Why can't he ever pick out the clothes he wants?]

[Sagittarius District - 13th Hour (Hallelujah)]

[Finally, it's his time of day. Hallelujah prowls the streets of the Sagittarius District, looking for something to fight. It's been a while since he's been allowed out like this - the people at the hospital keeping them in order to transfer them to a new body had done their job but fuck that took a long time.]

[His posture is loose, loping along as he scans for prey. He's got a knife in his hand, but maybe he'll test out this new power of his tonight. His grin is predatory as he hears the hint of movement, and he chases after it.]

Come here, you bastard!

[Sagittarius District - 13th Hour (Allelujah)]

[Later in the night though, it's Allelujah's turn to practice with their new power. He still doesn't quite understand it, but it's helpful. He jogs along, trying to avoid direct confrontation. He has his pistol within easy reach, but right now he's looking for people who need help.]

[The sounds of a scuffle will draw him, and thankfully he's got healing skills to spare for those who need it.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's an organization that's similar in function and organization to a professional military, but isn't considered part of any official armed forces for a political state.

Um...

Then... what is it exactly that you do?

... I fight, in order to try to make sure that we can have peace.

Who... is it that you have to fight?

Various military groups around the world. We're trying to get them to back down.

Is war that much of an issue where you come from...?

Yes. The entire world is locked in war.

...I'm sorry. I... can't even imagine how difficult that must be.

... People grow up with it. It's been particularly bad since the Solar Wars, which happened when I was young.

It's... been a while since my world has had a war like that. There are still people alive who remember those times, but currently, there isn't anything big enough to involve the whole world.

All I've heard of are the stories of the atrocities that were committed then. And even just listening to it is difficult... Experiencing it must be truly horrible.

It's hard to know any alternative, when the world's been in war for so long. I don't really know what it's like to live in a peaceful world.

And... this world isn't exactly very peaceful, either.

...I'm so sorry. To have to go through all of this after your own world, too...

I was in another place before I came here, too. But... it's not so bad. It's more peaceful here than any of the other places I've been.

Ah... even with all of the demons?

... Trust me, there's a lot lower chance of harm here than in the tower I was in before.

Tower...?

... Where I was before. There were people there from all sorts of different worlds, but the people running it were... the worst kind of scientists.

This tower wasn't in... your world, was it?

No, it wasn't.

Then where...?

I don't know much about the world we were brought to other than what happened in the Tower. I do know our bodies weren't real, though. Even this body... it was made at the hospital here, since the one I came here with had certain... problems.

How could your bodies not be real...?

They were wireframes with fluid in them, with some kind of illusion to make them look like real bodies.

Wireframes with fluid...?

[After a moment, she slowly shakes her head.]

I... don't understand. How could that even be possible...?

[Your body is your body. A wireframe couldn't replace something as essential as that.]

... I don't entirely know.

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