♘ duel the seventh. ( video, action. )

[ofnobility]

[Utena is sitting at her basketball court, watching as the robots wander about. She appears to have gotten quite a few rounded up. One appears to be trying to bounce a basketball. A mechanical bird is perched on Utena's finger. She's tired, but outside of a few scrapes, she looks no worse for wear. She keeps her eyes on the bird, but it is clear

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[video]

[failedhorribly]

[Hawke has stopped trying to destroy the robots and is now staring, faintly bemused, at trying to do a headstand. She shakes her head, turning to face Utena]

Killer roses?

I suppose I should stop being surprised by this place...

[video]

[ofnobility]

[Utena totally laughs because the robot looks silly, but she calms down to explain the whole killer rose thing.]

Oh, right. You must've missed it. We got giant roses to take care of, but the ones that weren't taken care of came out of the ground and tried to eat people. It was really odd, and scary. [STATING THIS SO CASUALLY like she's talking about the weather.]

[video]

[failedhorribly]

[she just stares for a moment]

Well. At least it wasn't skeletons and long-dead corpses? It wasn't, was it?

[The robot trying to do a headstand succeeds for about three seconds before overbalancing. Hawke absently reaches out and grabs a mechanical leg to hold it upright]

I showed up right around the time everyone was getting into floofy dresses. I have to say I prefer the - they're called robots?

[video]

[ofnobility]

No, nothing like that. There were weird lights and shadows that attacked people during a big snowstorm in the winter, though. That was around the time I got here.

[She nods.] That's right. The robots are a little better than all the other stuff. They don't seem dangerous, just confused.

[video]

[failedhorribly]

Sounds like a blast. How long have you been stuck here exactly?

[She looks sheepish for a moment]Not unless you attack them first. Don't do that, incidentally, there's a woman who appears in a bright light and makes you feel like a jerk about it.

[video]

[ofnobility]

I'm not too sure. I think it's almost been five months.

I didn't see the woman, but a few of them came here to mess up my court, and after I told 'em to stop a few times, they did. It takes a while, but it works.