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[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

*The video turns on to a small, pale thirteen-year-old girl with lightless, dilated eyes. She stares at the screen for a few seconds with no expression whatsoever, until she finally decides to speak.*

...What.

*Apparently, that's enough.*

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[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

So you've claimed that as your duty?

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

I am Astartes, my entire existence is to protect humanity.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

So you were created for that?

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Interesting.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Is it?

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

I see. Are there any other questions I can assist you with?

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

I'll be fine.

*She's gonna be watching you, though. With the lineface.*

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Good luck to you then. You'll probably have a room at a hotel nearby... or in the student dorms, and likely be enrolled at the school. Consult with Ingrid, myself, or Klaus if you need help getting situated.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Tch. All right.

*Not that she's actually going to be going to school without a reason.*

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

You will likely find other allies your own age within the classes there.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Why do you say that?

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Because I've been here a while, and there are others your age here who fight the shadows. Sakurako, for one.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Who?

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine. She is about your age I suppose. I rescued her from some foul beasts once.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Those "Shadows", I assume.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Not exactly. They were.... mind controlled humans. Most unusual.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Odd.

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

They were like Zombies, really. That's what the children called them.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Zombies? Are those a type of monster from your world?

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Of a sort. I killed many of them when I was trapped on Istvaan III. The resurrected bodies of my loyal allies in the Imperial Army.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

Dead people?

[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Yes. Such a monstrous thing, it is hard to contemplate even today.

Says the person who just will not stay dead in canon.

[windsofdaytime.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of a dead person coming back as an enemy.