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Characters: Lambda and OPEN
Date: Monday, October 10th
Summary: Gone Fishing.
Warnings: Should be none! This will be updated if anything comes up.
Notes: Feel free to help Lambda find a more...normal way to fish and/or teach her about other foods and/or help her cook things. ...Or just come and stare at the robot girl. That works too.


[It has been two weeks since Lambda arrived in the Gardens for a second time—and, therefore, two weeks since Norway taught her to make the one and only meal she knows how to prepare. The lack of variety in her diet does not bother her, though. Lambda has no concept of eating for taste, and she does not need to metabolize nutrients in the same way humans do, so even just lutefisk is enough.]

[She is in battle mode as she approaches the small river she has taken to acquiring fish from, but not because there is anything in the Gardens that makes her feel threatened. Rather, this is the only way she knows how to fish. The optic in the center of her visor focuses on the water as she reaches the edge of the stream, her sensors pinpointing the location of the fish easily. It's easy to calculate their trajectory as they flit under the surface of the water, so she extends her arm, and then—]

[—the air seems to open up, an energy blade zipping downward at just the right angle to cleave one of her targets in half. The surface of the water barely splashes from the disturbance.]

[With that done, Lambda leans downward and scoops the bisected animal from the water with her hands. Then, she straightens up again, intending to repeat the process as many times as she has to in order to obtain a satisfactory amount of fish.]

Comments

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

Kyoko, out stretching her legs, hears the splash despite it being small and decides to check it out, curious if it might be something more interesting than just a fish or a frog jumping. When she arrives and sees the other girl, she watches from a distance, curious. She didn't see what happened, and from this angle couldn't see the bisected fish.

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

For a brief moment, the red optic in the center of her visor pivots in Kyoko's direction. The other girl does not seem hostile or threatening, though, so Lambda quickly loses interest, instead returning her gaze to the water in front of her. She extends her arm again, and then—zip, another blade sails through the air and slices a second fish neatly in half, Lambda quickly leaning down to retrieve this one and drop it onto the grass beside her as well.

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

This time, Kyoko sees what happens and is stunned. She's not sure what to make of it at all. After a moment, she decides to approach.

"...What are you doing?"

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

Lambda looks up again as the other girl approaches, but there's nothing in the action to signal aggression, so she remains at ease.

"Collecting fish for consumption."

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

Well. That's a unique way to put it. Kyoko thinks for a minute.

"...Fishing, then?"

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

Lambda is all about overly precise language. She almost turns away when Kyoko is quiet, but then the redhead asks her question.

"Yes."

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's certainly an interesting way to go about it. But hey, whatever works."

In all honesty, this has more given Kyoko an idea for the future than anything else. Fish is yummy, she has a kitchen now, and catching them with her spear would probably be easier than using a fishing rod.

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

"'Interesting'?" she echoes, tilting her head slightly. She doesn't see anything in what she was doing that would particularly arouse or hold attention... But, then again, she doesn't have much of an idea of what most humans regard as exciting or attention-worthy in the first place.

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Most people use bait and a fishing pole. What kind of power is that, anyway??"

Kyoko is rather curious about this other girl now. Most of the other people that she's met are relatively normal, with a few exceptions.

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

"So this method is atypical?" Her head remains cocked as she speaks. Normally, she would inquire further about what conventional fishing is like, but the next question cuts her off and distracts her from that point. She answers, "Ars Armagus."

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

"And what's that? Never heard of it."

Curiosity has gotten the better of Kyoko.

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

Provided Kyoko lets her, she recites all the information concerning Ars Magus (http://blazblue.wikia.com/wiki/Ars_Magus) and Ars Armagus (http://blazblue.wikia.com/wiki/Ars_Armagus)—history and usage and the science behind it. It's a pretty exhaustive explanation.

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

Kyoko doesn't interrupt and more or less listens, though she does zone out a bit. When Lambda finishes, Kyoko raises an eyebrow.

"Sounds like your world is pretty strange."

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

She's quiet for a moment, trying to apply the definition of the word "strange." ...situated, belonging, or coming from outside of one's own locality; foreign ... outside of one's previous experience; hitherto unknown; unfamiliar... She supposes that's accurate enough for someone who comes from a different world entirely to say, so after a while she agrees, "Yes."

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

Kyoko is quite confused by the other girl's mannerisms at this point, and that's making her curious. She leans against a nearby tree, deciding to stay and learn more about her.

"So what's it like there?"

[cobbledtogether.livejournal.com]

"Like...?"

That's a hard question for someone who doesn't really have any idea what is and is not of interest to others—especially when she only has memory of being awake for a total of one day, tops, before being swept off to the Gardens.

[stayedwithher.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. How are things there? Like...how is it different from here?"