016; video; May 28th, evening

[blue_wayfinder]

[Well, it's certainly been a while since she last showed up on the network like this. Then again, she's been a little busy...]

Good evening, my name is Aqua, I'm currently the Zone Leader of the Inner City Residential District I also help teach Weapons how to transform at morning training. I hope no one's had any trouble settling in so far. [Because she's met a few of you already and would like to know how you're doing.]

And best of luck to the people going on the mission. [Her voice up until this point had been polite and calm, though it falls a little in volume at this point it's, if anything, more earnest and heartfelt than it was previously but just as clear.] Please come back safely.

[The polite calm tone was back afterwards.] For now, I was wondering, how many of you have been in a war before?

[ Filtered to the Patrolmen of the Inner Residential District (Sheena, Re-L and Dualscar); ]

[She's...not entirely certain what kind of face she should show them. This was still a little new to her. She settles for a brief, but polite smile.]

I'm sorry I haven't really introduced myself to all of you before this. I'll make sure to do that properly later.

[Her mouth thins.] Right now, I need to know how many of you are going on the mission and how many of you will be staying behind.

Comments

[video]

[blue_wayfinder]

I see. [How very literal.]

Well, Meisters have abilities they need to figure out too, and sometimes it's a lot more difficult than figuring out how to transform.

[video]

[redregrets]

They're awesome. I wish you could see them in action.

I guess? But they don't need to figure those abilities out before they can go on a mission. They could never figure it out, and it wouldn't matter.

[video]

[blue_wayfinder]

...they sound efficient. [Because 'awesome' isn't exactly the word that came to mind for her.]

You have a point... [She had managed just fine without knowing what her ability was, after all.] Thankfully there are people who can teach other Weapons how to transform.

[video]

[redregrets]

Yeah, they are. There's no way you can escape them, if you pissed them off.

Thank god. I liked being walked through it a lot better than I would have liked going down the god damn stairs. Maybe when I get better at transforming, I can help some of the clueless new people brought here by BREW. It actually sounds pretty fun, and I'm at morning training because of the Watch anyway.

[video]

[blue_wayfinder]

...I'm not sure why people still suggest that to new Weapons. [She thinks it's completely unnecessary.] But we could always use more help at morning training.

[video]

[redregrets]

Because they're sadistic and they want a few laughs that's why. ...I'll think about it. I'm not that great at teaching people shit.

[video]

[blue_wayfinder]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

[She loses the frown though at the last part.]

Well, you know what they say: practice makes perfect.

[video]

[redregrets]

Yeah, you and me both.

I'm good at telling people what to do, but usually they don't listen.

[video]

[blue_wayfinder]

Well, they'll be the ones choosing to show up for a lesson, so I'd hope that would mean they'd at least try to listen.

[video]

[redregrets]

Yeah. Well, usually I'm ordering around my friends, and they're all fuckups and assholes so.

[video]

[blue_wayfinder]

[That's...not a very nice thing to say about your friends.]

I'm sure they mean well...

[Aqua is an optimist.]

[video]

[redregrets]

Oh, yeah, most of them, for sure. They just have no idea what they're doing. _{[Believe it or not, Karkat can be an optimist if he tries. And insulting people is how he shows he likes them.]}