>>36377226
>Go see Suko, the rather dark heavy gunner and "Valkyrie".

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>Go see Suko, the rather dark heavy gunner and "Valkyrie".

More tiresome than you thought, you have to change direction no less than eight times to finally reach Suko's (admittedly well-hidden) residence, which externally resembles a typical, if smaller than usual, building.

A metal backdoor. You knock.
Your PDA beeps, prompting you to check your messages. One from Suko, a simple [Enter].
Shrugging, you do so.

Dark. Near-complete darkness, only the barest of outlines visible. You walk down what you assume is a hallway before bumping into something solid in another room
Two blood-red artificial eyes open a few feet away, lightening up the room a little.
"Couch three steps to your lef-, ah screw it, I can turn on a light or two for you. The only one who ever visits me..."
A pair of red lights activate, dimly providing a light source. You find the mentioned couch and look at Suko. Red eyes, medium-length black hair, dark cybernetic wings folded up on her back. She sits on another couch, scooting it closer towards you.
"Nomad...what can I do for you?"
"Visiting."
"Usual intention, though we sometimes end up doing other things."
You nod, not sure what to say.

>"Why so dark?"
>"Only one?"
>"What is a 'Valkyrie' exactly?"
>"Define 'other things'."
>"Why's this place so isolated and hidden?"
>"What do you know about me?"
>(insert option)

>>36379558
>"What is a 'Valkyrie' exactly?"
>"Why's this place so isolated and hidden?"
>"What do you know about me? Besides the occasional bouts of amnesia?"
>we can do the other things later, if we have time.

>>36379788
sure, why not.

"What is a 'Valkyrie' exactly?"
"A human, almost always female, that gets a bunch of alterations to their body to let them fly. It's more than just sticking in wings, gotta get muscles and organs replaced, fixed up. Most like me lose their original eyes, they just aren't good enough.
"Wh-"
"Why more females? Something something chromosome compatibility with some of our implants. I just prefer to think the Hegemony likes seeing flying girls with guns." The Valkyrie grins.
You look around the room, gesturing with a hand.
"Why's this place so isolated and hidden?"
"Security, safety, protection, paranoia, fear, covertness, dread, and love. I'm kidding about one of those."
At your curious look she speaks further.
"I'll be blunt, just because it's you. Life scares me. I want to be as remote and hidden as I can."
"But you fly around and shoot things with heavy weapons."
"If I'm on the ground and don't have something that can kill a bunch of people quickly, I'm sure as hell hiding." Suko laughs. "Kidding again, I won't cower unless you tell me to. But at home, I'm being safe."
You nod.
"What do you know about me? Besides the occaisonal bouts of amnesia?"
"You're a parasite with ten legs that you use to latch onto something inside people's heads, after which you take over the body." Nothing new.
"Anything else?"
"Well, it felt good when you were in my head that one time. You felt like an other half to me, completetion....though it wasn't without reason when General Alburn classified the incident and ordered for it to never happen again."
"What happened?"
"Oh, just blew up a bunch of things here and there..."
"Do you know anything else though?"
"Well, I find that chittering you do to be kinda cute..."
Nothing. New. At al-
"And you're the only one who understands me."

>>36381563

"Huh?"
"You've seen how empty things can get, the brutality of life and death, you've done big stuff without feeling anything...at least previously. Well, you're also the only who bothers talking to me for more than two minutes. Okay, outside of those people in psych evals and debriefings but those jackasses don't fucking count." She laughs lightly, you do the same a little.
She mentioned other things...what could they be?
"We can do the other things later, if we have time."
"Copulation right after memory loss just equals you being a complete robot in the sack, no offense. Doing it with your real form is awkward as hell."
Certainly useful informtation.

>"Why so dark?"
>"Anything you do to pass the time?"
>"Why does life scare you?"
>"What do you think of the rest of the squad?"
>(insert option)

Forgot to quote the votes that time.

>>36381596
>"Why does life scare you?"
>"What do you think of the rest of the squad?"
Maybe we should start a magically tuned journal for ourselves, tuned only to open to our soul, that can be updated with relevant information for when we forget things again?

>>36381596
>"Why so dark?"
>"Anything you do to pass the time?"
I am honestly surprised that other things was sex.

>>36382221
How?
we already have a password protected computer. if we remember the password we can get access to our journal.

Also, note that the previous incarnation of us specifically chose to not leave us notes, telling us to trust whomever we feel like. I guess for the sake of relieving the tedium of living essentially forever.

>>36382697
well, let me clarify.
Our previous incarnation chose not to leave us detailed notes. it did leave us some notes obviously. Like telling us to trust whomever we want.

And sorry but I'm falling asleep as we speak, most of the post's done but I can't keep my eyes open long enough to finish. Have to continue another time.

>>36383334
Alright. Please make sure to update twitter before the next thread.

>>36383348
Will do.