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[diabolic_ace]

Aimlessly wandering around the city again (it was so big), Hayate had managed to stumble upon the Statuary. She walked up and down the hall, marveling at the various works of stone and metal. At first she had tried to flick some of the switches, but after three or four flips on a few didn't result in a thing, she didn't bother with they any

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[magictrkswwater]

Irma was busy wandering aimlessly throughout the ship herself. Despite the life and death struggle they went through just earlier, it was now boring around here. True, there was all the teachings they were doing, but she could do that later.

Making her way across to the Statuary, her eyes went wide seeing an older girl riding on a stone lion as if it was a horse.

Then again, this was something Hay Lin would probably do and they wouldn't bat an eye...

...scratch that. This was something Caleb would do.

Stiffing a chuckle, Irma approached Hayate. "Well, now, having fun?"

[diabolic_ace]

"Ahah--" Oh! Hahaha, maybe no one was there before, but Hayate certainly wasn't paying too much attention once she was up there.

"...hahaha, well, yeah. I mean, if I wasn't I sure hope I'd get off." She was a touch red, but taking being caught in stride.

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Irma laughed at the caught Hayate before approaching her.

"Oh, don't worry about it. 'Sides, I'd doubt anyone else here would mind anyway!" she said. Irma got to the base of the statue and leaned against it. "I'm Irma, by the way. And you're...?"

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She gave a slight sigh of relief and her strained twisted cheeks relaxed back into a more relaxed smile. "Hmm, maybe I should give you a psuedonym so I don't have to worry 'bout any gossip~"

"Hah, nah. I'm Yagami, Hayate. Pleased to meet you."

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"Oh, c'mon, everyone's such a stick in the mud nowadays we could use a little gossip here and there!" Irma said, a grin on her face. "I mean, seriously, we're in a war and all, but we could use a little laugh now and again!"

There was a brief snerk before Irma muttered. "Great and powerful Hayate seen riding stone lion into battle... pfft, yeah that'll be funny to hear around here!"

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"Hmmm, what was that?" From what little of it she caught, it sounded like some pretty good gossip to have about her going around. "But yeah, you're right, we could all use some fun~ Wanna try yourself?"

[magictrkswwater]

Irma blinked at the invitation. Was she serious?

...

Yeah, she was serious.

"Well... oh, heck, no one's looking, I'm sure no one would mind!" she said, climbing up on the stone lion's back and straddling it. "...there's no where to put a quarter in, is there? This is all that needs to make it perfect!"

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The lion was big enough to carry a couple of girls, easily. "There're switches, but they don't do anythin'. It'd be even more perfect if the switches made'em move like that, right? That'd be free, even."

"Anyway, I figure no one's gonna get too mad. What're we gonna do, break it? And it's not like we're hopping piggy back rides on the Venus de Miko or somethin'."

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"Wonder why they don't work...? Maybe we're not hitting them right..." Irma mused before shaking her head. "But, you're right about that. Not like Stacy's gonna come along and punish us because we're sitting on top of a lion!"

She chuckled a bit, turning around and leaning back on Hayate's back. "I'm just curious, Hayate... what did you do before you got stuck here?"

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"No clue, but there's only two ways the switches flip~ But whatever. And I'd hope Stacy'd put up a warning sign first, at least." She chuckled a bit.

"Mm?" She glanced over her shoulder as the Irma leaned against her. "Lieutenant Colonel in the Time Space Administration Bureau." She still remembered it just like yesterday, since... well, she'd only woken up a week ago; no matter how much time had passed, she only had everyone's word on that.

She supposed this was what waking from a coma was like, except usually that didn't include the destruction of your homeworld.

[magictrkswwater]

Irma tried her best to hide her surprise. Wasn't that Time Space thingy what that Nanoha woman was part of? And if that was true...?

I'm talking to another one of those big magical gun people...! Irma thought to herself.

"Wow... Lieutenant Colonel... pretty impressive. A shame you're not the captain here - that's Smoke ManMuscle... er... Leon." Irma replied. "Then again, it's better than the title I got. 'Guardian of the Infinite Dimensions'. Some Guardian I am, though..."

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In Hayate's case more like a glass cannon tactical nuclear device, but yes. "Haha, I appreciate the faith, but what's wrong with," chuckle, "Captain Smoke ManMuscle? Besides sounding hyped up on testosterone."

"Guardian of the Infinite Dimensions, huh? That was basically our organization's job. But this blindsided all of us. I feel like we were a ship and the entire crew was asleep on the bridge."

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Irma shrugged. "To tell you the truth, a lot of people are just testosterone on legs here. Just... I don't know much about what he's done except he was security at one point. I think, I don't keep up with the stuff here."

She let out a sigh as she crossed her arms. "Yeah, we all got blindsided by this. I just hate it because that's all it seems I'm stuck doing: getting blindsided by the latest threat."

[diabolic_ace]

"Security to captain, that's quite a promotion." She seemed congratulatory about it, bright, but neutral. "Well, we're all a bit out of our element, aren't we? Where do you get a title like Guardian of the Infinite Dimensions though?" That was a great title. She had to imagine the name placard that went with it on your door or desk.

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"Would you believe a bald-headed guy in the middle of the universe?" Irma said, matter-of-factually. "I should start at the beginning. You ever see those cartoons where you're just living out your life like normal when someone comes up to you, gives you an item and tells you you're supposed to be these great big heroes? Yeah, that was me and my friends, except that person was my best friend's grandma and another one of my friends has the item. Without her, we're pretty much normal..."

She readjusted herself before continuing.

"After we did our first job, we were pretty much called to the center of the universe, given our spiffy new titles and stronger powers to boot. All this while wearing green and pink tights with little fairy wings!"

She stayed silent before responding.

"You probably don't believe a word I'm saying, are you?"

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"Well, that is pretty outlandish, but..." She worked her way around to be facing Irma. "Between my own life and this whole place is pretty hard to believe, I could believe a story like that."