[ text | un: oswin ]

[oddbod]

[Because it's late, and she doesn't sleep, and she misses her home, and the four metal walls are making her skin crawl - ]

Tell me about your world.

Comments

[marineris]

i don't know much about earth's history. not that far back. the un marines fulfill the same function we do, for the most part.

[oddbod]

Much of it is full of completely needless wars and countries not getting along, but there were some particularly needless ones when I was a teenager, and into my twenties. He fought in one of them, on the ground, doing a lot of things he didn't want to do.

[marineris]

i used to think war with earth was inevitable, even necessary, but i was wrong. it's a waste.

[oddbod]

Sometimes fighting is necessary, but never war. There's always a better way, if people would just talk to one another.

[marineris]

yeah, that'd be nice, wouldn't it? talking doesn't always work.

[oddbod]

I've got this friend who could talk the universe down from war a million times over. I'm afraid I don't quite have the talent, though. Something always seems to go sideways.

[marineris]

i'm a marine. i don't solve problems with my people skills. i don't know how people manage it.

[oddbod]

I don't know how marines manage to solve problems with their marine skills, personally. Brawn's a bit of a mystery to me.

[marineris]

yeah? you look like you could punch someone out if you wanted.

[oddbod]

Well, thank you very much. That's certainly flattering.