open video + closed action;

[purestambition]

[ Saretha sits before the camera. A little closer up than before, and she's wearing Junketsu. Because she always seems to make a point to do so when posting on the Network, now. She seems to be paying little attention to the camera at first, instead sipping a cup of tea.

She pauses, lowering the cup. ]

One thing has become crystal clear since that car. The meeting. The blackouts. Those things within the blackouts. Should we sit and rest on our laurels, the monsters will come to us, whether we are prepared or not. We have power, and the ability to grasp even more.

As such, I think it prudent those of us with the ability and ambition to do so seek to prepare ourselves for coming storms. Some may do this, and that is commendable - but there is always room for improvement. For advancement.

Far be it for me not to provide an example, however...

[ Her expression snaps considerably sharper. As if she's trying to glare a hole in just one person in spite of addressing everyone. ]

Satterfield!

[ A beat. ]

Or perhaps... Matoi Ryuko?

I believe even more now that there are matters we should settle.

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[ Sometime after sending all of that out, much later at night, Saretha is at the door to Dylandy's Bar & Lounge. As she enters, she seems to have found it not terribly busy. For the moment, at least - a Friday night, assuredly that would change in time.

Either way, she doesn't wait to be seated. She simply finds a booth and sits, anticipating her presence to send enough of a message alone. ]

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[OOC - Video is open to all; action is closed to Amy Dylandy.]

Comments

[video]

[onecream_fivesugar]

...Rest on our laurels?

What the heck does that even mean? Do people actually say that!?

I don't even know anyone named Laurel.

[video]

[purestambition]

[ ... ]

Do you have anything intelligent to add?

[ Goes back to her tea. ]

[video]

[onecream_fivesugar]

M-maybe I do! I was just trying to figure out the part that made absolutely zero sense to me.

I'm sorry if I'm not exactly up to date with out of date, old people slang phrases.

[Video]

[guitar_case_vagabond]

[Her again. Raye's teeth grit instinctively as Saretha pops up, even calling her out. She's about to fire back, gearing up for it when... that name.

Her retort dies away immediately and she falls silent as that hollow feeling rushes over her, and leaves something new in its wake. Matoi Ryuko. That was... her name. So, her reply is a bit more subdued than initially planned.]

Yeah, looks like we got some stuff to talk about, huh? You finally got your buddy there too.

[She's not the only one to notice. Senketsu's there as usual and the black Kamui's attention is locked on his opposite, bristling.]

[Video]

[purestambition]

[ A decided smugness raises in her expression. ]

Ah, excellent.

I have your attention.

Video;

[knights_king]

[Arthur was on his iphone, seated behind a bar counter with a bunch of the other men from work. The great thing about being in a crowd of other guys? You never get carded.]

You're still pretty lively about this, huh?

Video;

[purestambition]

Of course. Why shouldn't I be?

[wonk]

remind me again y u decided 2 call ur rival out in public

bc i can promise u like no one else cares

[purestambition]

If it were only so simple as that, I wouldn't have done it.

Believe me when I say that your impression of matters isn't what's important here.

Not unless you see what I'm ACTUALLY getting at.

[feastorfamine]

[as it turned out, Amy wasn't going to let a thing like a broken arm stop her from working. So, she sidled up to the booth Saretha was sitting at with nary a problem, apparently using her smart phone to take orders]

Hey, what can I get y-

[blink]

Oh... hey...

[purestambition]

[ Saretha appears nonplussed by her surprise. ]

You're still working. Impressive.

voice;

[ursoreckless]

You really like talking a lot, don't you? Do you even have a clue or do you just wanna pull everyone into a big army so you can destroy stuff that ticks you off?

voice;

[purestambition]

Ha. Do not think me so short sighted. Destruction is a brutish ambition that only causes you more trouble and work in the end.

Why destroy, when you can work with what's already there?

[charcoalfeather]

Ryuko...?

[Nice speech and all, but that seems to be the biggest thing Rakka's confused over.]

[purestambition]

Satterfield's former life, as it would seem.

[saviorsoul]

[ Alexi is gradually becoming more comfortable with revealing himself to the Network. And with everything that is going on, a plan is becoming increasingly more necessary. Not to mention, that he can't deny that these powers he's been developing might actually be able to do some good for others. ]

We should find out what sorta capabilities we're dealin' with among those who want to take a stand.

[purestambition]

That is the idea, yes.

[Text]

[smalltimer]

who dis though

[...Not Satterfield. Could kind of look like that, but that's a question given what an apparent preamble that was also.]

[Text]

[purestambition]

If you want to converse with me, proper grammar would be appreciated.

Either way, who I am isn't especially difficult to find if you were to expend the smallest bit of effort. My name is Saretha Kaiser.

video;

[cava]

[This is the first he's seeing Junketsu. The look works, he thinks.]

There's certainly much to be done, Mademoiselle. You're quite right, though I wouldn't bank too heavily on reaching this lot.

[there's a beat. something about that outfit seems...odd. Cain gestures vaguely at the camera, hoping - and, likely, failing - to indicate Junketsu.]

An echo? I can't imagine military-styled fashion, custom or not, typically sews in an eye pattern.

video;

[purestambition]

[ Her confrontational expression fades; the smugness, however? Oh, that's not going anywhere. ]

Well, one must work with what they have, yes? This... is what we have.

[ For better or worse, hm?

Either way, she gets his point well enough. ]

Yes, when I ran into the berserk car. [ She crosses her arms, leaning back. ] It's a creature unto itself, but... one that can at least be tamed into obedience.

[ Or forced into it temporarily until she had to remove it, but those were semantics. ]

video

[pheromonecoffee]

I don't think anybody's resting on their laurels. Maybe kind of. But how, exactly, are we supposed to prepare ourselves with incompatible skills and powers? [He's not even arguing. Honestly, he's curious as to what she has to say. He can't exactly Persona on people without the risk of them getting killed.]

video

[purestambition]

Not all, but some. Enough.

Compatibility is merely in the eye of the beholder. We are all still thinking, intelligent humans. Most of us are still ourselves. These are things that can be figured out in time.

[Video]

[originaloddcouple]

Abilities other than healing and general immortality?

Although I can hit things with a bat too!

Oh, Miria's really good at hitting things with bats!

[Video]

[purestambition]

[ Oh God.

There's two of them, this time.

She crosses her arms though, and frowns. ]

Both of you are immortal?