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Who: Our Lady of Peace & War and YOU hopefully
Where: Alfred Tea Room
When: 138, afternoon

[ IT'S A LIVE WITH A NEWBIE ON TRR. She is dressed quite cutely (though in more of an aqua-ish color than the purple) and has a little array of small sandwiches and cups of tea. ]

I apologize for the lack of a proper setting, but I'd like to hold a naming ceremony regardless. Please join me for my first naming celebration as a new member of your community.

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. . . so, it's more of creatures with wings?

I suppose you could say so—although it's only three of us out of eight, so I don't know if it's really a theme, quite yet. I think alcheME, ZRAEL, and LiliS have somewhat particular name traditions, but not most of the rest...

I have been wondering exactly how deep the faction alliances fall. . . it doesn't seem very deep, actually. I'm not sure if I'm surprised or not by it.

Ah, you mean... how close-knit the units are?

Ah. . . yes, that. Or how distanced they are from each other as well.

Well, ah... it does seem like there's suddenly been a number of comings and goings, and that does change things. I can't speak for other units, but while we don't always agree on the best way to do things, I suppose though we haven't chosen our own company, we still care about each other.

In general, apart from in games, most units... well, try to get along, anyway. I confess your unit and mine haven't had the best history, although that grudge isn't one I keep.

I had heard that my faction isn't well-liked, but the person who mentioned it didn't have any idea why. Do you happen to know more about the conflict?

Mm... well, ah...

[ this seems like an awkward thing to drop on a newbie, but also: it's also awkward to not know about it, so... ]

At least, between our units—mine's avante en garde—a well-liked member of Taisho killed one of ours in a game in a way that felt, ah... unnecessary, I suppose. There might be more, but, ah—Yasuragi has since graduated, and only a few on our team go back that far, so things might change, though. I think Yasuragi was, um, particularly controversial.

[ she tilts her head a little, listening intently ]

I see. That's an understandable conflict, but I'd like to do what I can to help mend the gap. Do you mind explaining to me how the — I suppose, the consensus on necessary and unnecessary death?

Ah, well—it's a little hard for me to really explain well, since it was before my time and... my seniors are somewhat reticent to talk about it.

I think, ah... well, I've been talking to Kaguya on your unit, actually, about trying to repair things; I think she's heard some of it from Taisho's side already.

I see. I haven't met her yet but I'll see what she has to say as well.

She would have known Yasuragi, as well, at least a little, since he graduated a little while after she arrived, I think.

But, ah... it's rare of someone to think of unit relationships so early on. That's thoughtful of you.

Oh, thank you. It feels like natural instinct to me, so I'm running with it. I think that. . . well, I'd like to imagine us as a community. Maybe it's something I'm missing. . .? But to do that I need to understand more.

I think the people who've been here the longest have been here for... oh, four or five months? But as someone who's much newer, it seems like a lot happened even in the first couple months.

I would imagine that what happens is sometimes more important than the length of time outside of that.

And, ah, I suppose there's never really a dull moment, here.

A kind of busy place...?

Extremely—or well, we just got out of a particularly busy time.

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