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[g4merqu33n]

[Well, this was a fine barrel of fish that Cynthia wished she'd been in.  Though she had relative freedom to move about the ship, she had to be escorted everywhere. She couldn't get a proper line through to Kids Munt to ask the questions that'd been plaguing her, her game buddy was hospitalized, and she's surrounded by wierd people. She's not

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[g4merqu33n]

[Cynthia's Zaku peeks out from behind cover, firing its machine gun into an explosive tank behind the Gundam. The boss flinches, and she takes the oppourtunity to go in and swing with her Heat Hawk. The physical blows stun the boss for a few seconds, before knocking it over. She dashes back behind another building as the boss flashes on the ground, indicating an invincible state. It gets back up and attempts to chase.

Boom! A teammate's got a Zaku that drops landmines, and Cynthia just led the RX-78 right into them. She peppers the head with her gun while it flails in the mines, dashing in for another heat hawk combo. She swings four times, then her Zaku seems to glow for a moment! The screen turns dark and the action changes to a cutscene, with the Zaku kicking the Gundam in the face, riding its body while unloading machine gun rounds into the torso. It pulls out a fresh bazooka and fires it, point blank, into the face!

The Gundam explodes. MISSION COMPLETE! Cynthia licks her lips, and finally looks up from the game to scan the roo-HOLY OVERMEN ITS THE RED COMET.]

...Y-y-you're...C-char Aznable, aren't you?

/late

[redfckngcomet]

[ The Red Comet smiles at her reaction. It was strangely cute, and flattering, even if it was coming from someone who looked like they were underdressed, even for the beach. ]

That's correct. I didn't know anyone had made a video game based on the One Year War.

You are Cynthia Lane, then?

[g4merqu33n]

Um, yeah! [Omigosh he knows me!]

This game's not based entirely on the war, just certain missons...it features a lot of real world mecha from all sorts of factions.

There's even "ace" units like the red Zaku II and Z'gok you piloted, though they have special quirks the basic units don't have.

[redfckngcomet]

[ Char laughs at this. ]

I suppose they're 'three times faster', then? A pretty common myth.

[g4merqu33n]

Actually, yeah. They get a speed boost at half armor integrity, and become three times faster than their normal speed. They can also equip a single, powerful melee kick as a weapon. Pretty silly huh...

[redfckngcomet]

The kick's pretty over-exaggerated. It only happens that few people expect to be kicked by a mobile suit.

[g4merqu33n]

With some of the people on this ship, I wonder...

I've been watching videos of some past missions in my downtime. This ship's got a pretty strong force on it! And you guys are allied with a bunch of terrorist groups, too. It's pretty cool.

[redfckngcomet]

Any given government can declare anyone they don't agree with a 'terrorist group.' One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

[g4merqu33n]

It's all based on perspective, huh...guess it makes sense. Any good game's got at least two sides.

[redfckngcomet]

That's... one way to look at it.

[ A shrug. ]

The Titans, for example, have become so oppressive that even former Federation pilots are turning against them. A good example would be Amuro Ray, as well as my sister.

[g4merqu33n]

Team up with yesterday's enemy to defeat the forces of evil, huh?

[She giggles, looking up at the legendary ace she'd admired for so long. He wasn't a bad person, actually really nice, and down to earth. Kinda cute, too, without the mask.]

Hmm..all right! I've decided, then. You can count on me for support in the future, Red Comet. I'm joining your party!

[Cynthia Lane has joined the party! ...wait, what does that even mean?]

/late

[redfckngcomet]

Joining my... party.

[ Char's not completely pop-culture illiterate, he knows what that means. ]

I accept, then. I'll hold you to this promise.