31. » voice

[tolaywaste]

Hello. My name is Alex.

[And I am not afraid of you. Not said, but implicit in his voice if you know him, if you know what to look for. Not many people do.]

[He doesn't give his designation, 605. Other days he has. The fact that he doesn't provide this information is also an indication as to his mood - if you know to look for it.]

I'll be teaching close-combat fighting techniques this evening on deck, starting at 5 PM. This is in case any of you don't know how to fight something better than human. [Not arrogance: simple face. He isn't proud, he's just being accurate.]

[He hesitates, then, for an infinitesimal moment, before continuing, his tone unchanged, starched, pressed, unafraid, and something else:]

Those of you who are new, or out of practice, or have been recently injured are especially welcome. It's important to stay sharp.

[A warning. Half a threat.]

It's a responsibility to be prepared.

[Because if there's one weak link among them, they'll all come crashing down at the next calamity. Alex doesn't think he could withstand one more disaster.]

[But of course he could. That's what he was made for.]


( ooc; alex is a transgenic from dark angel, and he can do all this stuff. comments will be coming from toomuchwithus. more info here. also open to spam anywhere & everywhere on the barge! )

Comments

[toomuchwithus]

If I have offered my help and it's been rejected, and the person who is unprepared comes to harm. I can't force someone to help themselves.

[Can. Won't. Unless they're part of his unit; but Anya has always been more prepared than he ever is.]

[warisart]

So what you're actually saying is that if anyone that's here right now doesn't respond to this, you've done your part.

[toomuchwithus]

Yes. Unless they endanger me [or Anya] directly, I have nothing more to offer.

Sir. You disagree?

[warisart]

Ben.

Not necessarily. I mean, you're gonna do what you're gonna do regardless.

[toomuchwithus]

I do what I'm told or, without orders, what seems to be necessary in a given situation.

[warisart]

What seems to be necessary for what?

[toomuchwithus]

[The very briefest hesitation.]

Survival.

[warisart]

Your own, naturally.

[toomuchwithus]

Sir?

[Yes.]

[warisart]

How long can you last on your own?

[toomuchwithus]

I am not alone.

[warisart]

Not right now. What about when everyone else fails to listen, and you just do what you need to do to survive?

[toomuchwithus]

Then I'll last as long as I last.

[warisart]

But what if you had another option?

[toomuchwithus]

The question is irrelevant.

[warisart]

How? How is a hypothetical irrelevant?