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[It's early in the morning-after a night of much boredom and little sleep- when Firo opens his journal.]

I've been wonderin': what kinda weapons do people use back where you guys come from? Where I live, people'll fight with anything from fists to tommy guns, but I figure everywhere's gotta have somethin' different.

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[Later that morning, Firo sets off running for the Battle Dome. He hasn't been too pleased with himself lately: he failed to be effective against the droids that attacked a few weeks ago, and then he couldn't even protect his friend from being mallynapped. Actually, ever since Ennis was kidnapped before his arrival in Luceti he's felt nagging feelings of uselessness. They've only been intensified by recent events.

He has to get stronger. The capos of his Family would be disappointed if they saw him like this. In the back of his mind Firo can practically hear Yaguruma berating him.

He spends most of the day at the Battle Dome, focusing on training until he's ready to drop (though feel free to interrupt him). Maybe trying to go so long without a break isn't a good idea, but that doesn't matter to Firo at this point. When nightfall comes, he wanders outside and slumps by the door, exhausted.

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...It can get that big?

If Anise wants it to, yeah. [There's a smile in his voice now; it's always fun talking about Anise's doll to people. Or letting them see it for themselves.]

[He laughs.]

Sounds almost like Frankenstein.

... Frankenstein? Is that another doll or something?

No, it's a book back home about a scientist who makes this... monster, I guess you'd call it. Though, I guess it didn't really go into battle or anything.

Then... what's it do? Why'd that guy make it anyway?

[Seriously 8|a Monsters suck.]

Ya know, I don't really remember. It's been a while since I read it. I think it ended in tragedy, though.

Oh... tragedy, huh.

Why do so many stories end like that? I barely have any books that end happily. Just fairy tales and stuff.

[He laughs.]

And even then some fairy tales aren't too nice either.

That's just how life is, I guess. Why should stories try to be different?

I don't know. I just think... If someone's reading a book, they're reading a story that's different from how life is. So a happy ending would be better for that, you know?

[When Firo pauses a moment to consider that, it actually does make sense.</small.] Never really thought about it like that, but maybe you got a point... Still if everything had a happy endin' that'd just be kinda boring.

I guess so... But maybe more stories ought to have them, you know?

[Oh - ] By the way, I'm Luke. [And upon realizing there are other Lukes here, which will always be weird to him:] Luke fon Fabre.

Edited 2012-06-17 19:21 (UTC)

[He laughs.]

Maybe. Hey, maybe you could write your own someday.

[The clarification is appreciated, considering Firo just recently met one of those other Lukes.]

Nice to meet'cha, Luke. I'm Firo Prochainezo.

I, uh... actually have once. It was for my girlfriend.

[It's - Aah, it's a little embarrassing. But she was happy with it, so he is too.]

Really?

[Huh... Maybe he should take note of that for when he finally works up the nerve to ask Ennis out.]

And how'd that go? She like it?

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