no_compromise | 1st Chapter [Voice/possible Action] Forward Dated to May 8

[It was raining, something that rarely happened in the arid region of the Far East on his homeworld. It was raining when he pulled himself up out of the mud three days earlier with a soreness in his shoulders and a baffling block of missing time that he could not explain. With his immortal body, sleep was optional and even unnecessary--the last time he slept was over seven years ago, just before the fall of the Spiral King and his army.

The black out bothered him more than the wings, but his inherent pride as a warrior and a beastman kept him from more than a cursory question here or there over the journals. Soaked to the bone and thoroughly irritable about the information he absorbed via the strange journal that arrived with him, Viral finally emerges from the silence he had built up around himself.

The video feed opens to the beastman sitting in relative comfort in a shabby fort he built for himself amongst the fallen branches from the winter. It was obvious that this wasn't the first time he had broken his needless exile, as the new feather pants had been traded out for his comfortable travelling gear, including a very ragged brown cloak and an equally worn red scarf. Though dry for the moment, his hair was still tangled and not fully cleared of the mud.

Clearly his isolation was more important than finding an apartment. Though, if pressed, he would explain his thoughts on that manner.]

[Very Broken Filter away from all possible members of Team Dai-Gurren]

Luceti. I am Viral. [Pronounced like the word 'virile.' There's a subtle pause, either from the inherent awkwardness of this or his noticing that the filter is terribly broken.] If any of you here have ever encountered someone by the name of Simon [pronounced 'see-mon.'], from a place called Jeeha Village, who also calls himself 'the digger' and is currently ranked at High Commander in our world, if you have met his brother Kamina or any of their friends in Team Gurren or Team Dai-Gurren, I will not ask you to disregard anything you may have heard about me. Whatever they said is likely true.

[From a certain perspective and point of view.] I only ask that you keep an open mind.

Also, is there someone on this network who can explain why the animals are talking? Does the rain normally last for this long? [Another beat.] I've been here for a few days now, so I understand enough, but this climate is unfamiliar.

[With that he ends the feed, not wanting to say much more. Though tempted to just shut the journal, his questions about the local fauna and climate are pressing enough to be a bother. He's there, in the woods toward the west. Feel free to find him.]

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That's a lot further.

How is it said, then?

Same as I said it before. Veer-el.

Veeril?

[She was playing. That much was obvious. Viral snorts in reply, irritable.]

Close enough.

Veer-el.

[She grins. Innocently.]

A strange name. Not the strangest I've heard here, but. Interesting.

[What other names did she want to hear? Adiane? Guame?]

What's your's, then, if mine is so strange?

Adele. Fairly normal in my own world.

That depends on your definition of 'normal'

Doesn't everything?

[There's an amused snort.]

tch...You have a point. Are word games really the only thing to do here?

Sometimes there's a stabbing. That's always exciting.

[It's not fair to be quite so blithe about the situation, especially since Peeta apologized. But she was curious as to how he would react.]

...Sounds boring, actually.

I take it you are stabbed so often that the trill of it is entirely lost on you.

[He hadn't meant to make implications about his undying body this early on--the less people knew, the better.]

...I've been a soldier for my entire life. Stab wounds are a part of the package. [She would understand if she ever had reason to see him unclothed.]

Another soldier. At the rate which you and yours are appearing in the village I cannot help but wonder if we need fear a proper invasion or siege.

...there is a war outside. It's better to be properly prepared, not afraid.

For every solider and able bodied fighter we've at least five noncombatants. We've at least one woman with child- a bevy of children. People who have not known war. And those that have seen far too much of it.

[He was himself a part of the final category she mentioned, but the gift of his immortal body kept him on the front lines for as long as needed. Seven long years he spent protecting the weak from the strong, being a shield to those that didn't have one.]

...I can more than make up the slack.

[Though weary of fighting, his duties continued.]

It is. Far better to be prepared than to hope the worst never comes to pass. On this I agree. Convincing others, the bulk of the village to actually go through with this course of action is difficult. We've outlined the need to do so in a meeting months ago- but I do not think much has come of it.

As it stands should there be an attack we'd be far too vulnerable.

They wouldn't agree to order. It's a part of their nature, and shouldn't be expected. Someone needs to just act and not concern themselves with what the others are doing.

[When the weather let up, once he got settled...he would start to plan. The nights were long, but what else was he going to do every night for eternity?]

Organization of some sort would be beneficial. Even if only in the periphery. We've no way to respond to an attack. Plans, discussions- they are pointless without anyone actually doing anything.

At least someone here has the sense to realize this. Getting them to do something sounds as hard as trying to herd grapehippos into a single line. Is there anyone around that has a record of these plans?

It is a challenge to have someone that is comfortable move from where they lie.

I have copies of the notes I took during the meeting.

[That's true with anyone, including the Spiral King himself.]

...I would be grateful to see them someday, then.

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