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[Heero felt like punching Duo incredibly hard, maybe hard enough to break something. This was all his fault after all. He just had to go and say that he'd be hit with an experiment that was worse than his. As soon as the pilot showed his face, he was going to do just that.

Of all the experiments, why did this place choose to toy with his emotions? As much as people liked to claim he didn't have them, he did. He just happened to have incredibly good control on them. It was easy to ignore them when he needed or wanted to, to hide them, just like he had been trained to do. To matters worse, he couldn't leave the plane either. He had tried desperately. It would have been easier to deal with this at home, alone, where no one would see him or use it against him.

So now he was sitting at the bar, pouring himself a glass of something he didn't have the slightest clue about. All he knew was that alcohol dulled the senses, so he hoped that if he drank enough his emotions would be dulled enough to control again. He never drank much, or if at all. He was under-age after all, though like it really mattered.

It wasn't working. Half a bottle and it wasn't working. It had to figure that his body wouldn't succumb to the effects as easily as it did for everyone else...and it was frustrating! Slamming his glass down on the counter top a little harder than he wanted (and probably breaking the glass), he stepped behind the counter to find something much stronger.]

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... What was it like? Back in your world.

[ ooc; Same for her. :|b ]

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

People live in space. There's been peace for awhile now.

((ooc: Yay for alcohol? :D ))

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

Space... where I'm from, we're still quite grounded.

[ ooc; indeed! :D ]

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

There are still people who live on Earth. [Just one more drink. He could handle it.]

I grew up in space on one of the colony clusters. me and the other pilots. We were at war with those on Earth.

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

What had the people of Earth done...? [ It's such a strange phrase for her to say, being a person of Earth in general. ]

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

They oppressed the people of the colonies in the name of peace and justice.

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

... Then a war for your freedom?

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [He smirked.] In the end we had to save Earth.

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

Did you... resolve your differences with them?

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Both sides are now working together to keep up peaceful relations.

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

... Then I'm glad. It would be sad for the Earth to become the villain someday and stay that way, but... maybe it's because of what I do.

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

Unless your job entails becoming an old European aristocrat, I doubt it. [Oh look at that. He's drunk enough to smile now.]

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

[ And she's drunk enough to smile and... say something incredibly bizarre. ]

My job just entailed hunting monsters. There's nothing European or aristocratic about it.

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

Good. Otherwise it would have been my job to kill you. [He made a gun motion with his hand]

Monsters? [Not that he should have been surprised, especially after coming to the plane.]

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

Rest assured, I can defend myself. [ hand gun motion back at him. ]

Witches, specifically. Beings who exist on another plane, and draw from the energy of humans through curses. They cause particularly bad feelings in the world, and cause people to do many bad things just to draw their energy... hence their need to be exterminated. [ Saying it simply as she took a drink. ] They're deadly, so only the Puella Magi can hunt them.

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

[Yeah...that's gonna need a moment to absorb. Even then the best response he could come up with was just to nod.]

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

So that was our war. [ Even drunk, she knows she should just follow that with something simple. ]

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

Sounds rough. [He downed the rest of his glass and set it aside. No more for him]

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

If my example is anything, it was. But there are many of us, undercover, and no one would ever know by looking at us what we do.

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

[He nodded again, understanding the need to be undercover.]

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

But... it was stressful. And now it is a war I can leave to my juniors.

My boss says one of them has the most potential he's ever seen. I hope he's right.

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

[It just reminded him of what was said to him, and he couldn't help but laugh. Totally alcohol induced of course.]

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

[ She blinks ] Huh... What did I say...?

[stoicperfection.livejournal.com]

What your boss said. I was told that by those who trained me. [He rests his chin on his hand.]

I hope your friend doesn't turn out like me in the end.

[headingoff.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I understand.

... I'm sure she'll do good.