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[There's a brunette almost glaring at the screen when it flips on, but you just get a quick flash of the person before he's flipping the camera to a blue and navy flight suit complete with a matching helmet which is laid out on his very messy bed.]

I was going to ignore this but I guess I can't now considering this damn thing showed up on me while outside- in public... does it mean anything to anyone on here?

[He holds the phone on the suit for a moment longer before he's flipping it around to face him again. Deren has his hand up in his hair, resting heavily on it from his somewhat hunched position at his desk. The wall behind him is covered in posters and IKEA style shelving and the room he's in is pretty tiny.]

Also- anyone on here know anything about space and giant robots? I remember a few from when the snake attacked but I have no idea who they are on here and god I have a migraine- just help? [He both looks and sounds exhausted, and a little irritable.]

[[ooc: edited to add in the link to the flight suit.]]

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As far as I'm aware, there were two different kinds of giant robots that day: sentient ones that moved of their own accord, and robots that were piloted by a person. I can provide information on the former, but not so much on the latter, I'm afraid.

[DID SOMEONE SAY SPACE

Kara's expression is practically glowing with excitement]

I am afraid that I have no knowledge about the giant robots, but I would be more than happy to assist in however I can with regards to space! It is my field of study and a great passion.

I think- I have two memories involving robots. I ... most likely was inside one - I think..

I don't have idea- I think I was. [There's a soft muttered -fuck- before he continues.] There was a display and I was in space, and the suit makes me think I was piloting it?

[Wow you look excited. Deren looks tired but he manages a wry smile.] A passion huh? Do you happen to know anything about warfare in space?

[her brows knit in thought, although she's still pretty peppy]

Perhaps? I know a bit about the practicality of such a topic with regards to current technology, although I am not certain if some of my pulses would also fall under such an umbrella. I have not been given much context as of yet.

Hmm... I think I fought in space? I'm not - well I think it had something to do with the robots I keep seeing in my memories but I'm not sure.

[Really he's just confused as hell and irritated he got dragged into this mess.]

It can be very irritating when the pieces are not all presented to us at once! I myself am still wondering how I was capable of existing in space without protective gear. These things will come to us when the timing is correct.

[hopefully, is the unsaid word left dangling in the air as she shrugs]

But I understand that there are many people here who have regained access to a large robot! Perhaps they will be able to help expedite your search for the answers.

[A brown haired, teenage girl pointing two fingers at her own head.]

Giant robot pilot, in fact. For your pleasure.

Hopefully... um.. I'm really new to this but do you have any idea why the hell this is happening to us?

I believe that the general consensus has been that we are meant to protect the earth from extreme peril.

[Oh thank god someone with answers... hopefully.]

Uh- hi... were you one of the ones that fought the snake?

Protect the earth? [He groans. He is not a hero type in the least.] From what? More of those snakes?

I am not entirely certain! Beyond the various monsters there have also been problems with aliens, but I believe that the best answer I can give is 'everything'?

[she sighs a little]

We have not done very well as of yet in finding these solutions.

So we're supposed to be super heroes? Or something like it?

We are supposed to help. I do not think that it requires everyone to be performing impressive feats of heroism.

[says the girl who spent an entire afternoon punching snake monsters with her bare hands...]

"Fought" is a generous term for what happened with me, but yes, I was there in the giant orange robot.

Us pilots and our robots belong to the FBI now. If you're telling me you think you're one too, as soon as you get it, expect the same to happen.

[Ever since she watched the video, Celia has been racking her brain, trying to recall where she's seen this face before. After a brief mental debate, she turns her tablet's camera on and starts recording.]

You look familiar, somehow...

[A brief, thoughtful frown.]

Do you attend Locke City University?

If helping involves the robots then I think I could help- otherwise... I've never been one to volunteer or anything like that.

Belong to the FBI? How the hell does that work? Did they hire you?

Not really hired. More like, if we don't comply with their demands and act as they see fit, they can easily have us and our robots detained.

You know how the government is, I'm sure.

My brother and I are living in a special apartment for us pilots that's monitored 24/7. I'm pretty sure they follow us around in secret sometimes, too.

[Squinting, Deren leans forward a bit to see the picture better. Wow it's like deja-vu]

Y-yeah. Um yeah I go to LCU... I'm an Engineering major. [Is that why she looks so damn familiar? Is she in one of his classes? But he's usually got a really good memory when it comes to faces.]

You pilot a huge robot how the hell can they detain you?

[He has no idea how that can work. Seriously what the hell.]

Shouldn't they have offered help because they're huge robots and they can't exactly control them or you?

Ah!

[Celia's expression brightens at that. Finally, she can put that weird sense of deja vu to rest.

Right?]

I attended LCU a few years ago. I was a mechanical engineers major as well.

I don't think I remember you from any of my classes, but... it's possible that we may have seen one another on campus.

[She smiles.]

It's nice to meet you. I'm Celia Connors.

They're using me to control it. So whenever they need it, they'll throw me and it into the thick of things together.

[Taps the side of her face.]

What am I supposed to do? Not comply and rebel against them until my mysterious robot that I barely know how to pilot is obliterated by the U.S Armed forces and I and my family are treated as terrorists? So yes, they can detain me. It's a mysterious machine that suddenly turned up on U.S soil. There's no way they weren't going to take it into their own custody whether I liked it or not.

They already could have put a bullet in my brain if they wanted to. After all, having the ability to pilot that thing makes me a sizable threat if I were to decide upon such a thing, don't you think?

Still think if you're a U.S. citizen they can't force you to do shit. Even if you managed to somehow bring a weapon of mass destruction onto US soil I'm pretty sure you guys weren't threatening them.

Shouldn't they pleased as punch that you were even on their side? [This one doesn't trust the government in any sense of the word, and the idea of being used by them? Not a good one for him.]

Edited (fixed a typo) 2014-04-10 02:04 (UTC)

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