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Jun 29, 2023 15:34:33 GMT
Post by Grace Locke on Jun 29, 2023 15:34:33 GMT
The redhead offered Alice a rueful grin for a moment as she reached back, her hand rubbing the flesh of her shoulder where the stick had impacted. It had been a little more than a glancing blow and would probably end up leaving a bruise, though all things being fair she'd gotten off lightly. She could already feel a little soreness in the flesh of her shoulder as one hand came up to probe at it, fingers gently kneading at the flesh as the redhead grimaced. It wasn't so much the fact that Alice had landed a blow on her, she was experienced and wily after all and it was expected she wouldn't be a pushover. No, if anything Grace was mad at herself for not seeing it coming, not having been able to dodge it. It was stupid to be mad that she couldn't beat a superior opponent, she knew it didn't make much sense but it still rankled. The last time someone had actually beaten her in a fight was, well over a decade ago when she was first starting out in martial arts. A deep breath, a wry smile as she offered Alice a small grin. "I'll survive, my ego's more bruised than anything...wait a minute." Green eyes widened as Grace turned to face Alice, giving her her full attention. "There are other people here who can pull off a move like that?!" Alice
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Post by Alice on Jul 31, 2023 3:29:19 GMT
Alice smiled and held a hand out to help Grace back up. “I took a peek at your bruise, we should get an ice pack on that.” The room shifted so there were chairs and some medical supplies at the ready. Alice liked to make the full set, even though she just needed the ice packs. Made things feel more real. “Not only should you learn to be aware of attacks like that, because we don’t know what everyone is able to do, there are a few people in Aegis itself that can pull off such a move. One of our founders and Pillars, Krackshot can definitely do that. He can hit any specific point in space he wants, and he’s been practicing for decades. He can make any shot he wants.” Alice sat down and patted the seat next to her, prepping the ice pack. “So, I can look at your file and everything, but that’s boring. Tell me why you decided to join Aegis!” Grace Locke
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Aug 17, 2023 17:24:23 GMT
Post by Grace Locke on Aug 17, 2023 17:24:23 GMT
The younger redhead sank gratefully onto the couch, a soft sign escaping her lips as the comfortable cushion took her weight. Truth was she wasn’t used to being hit, to well anyone landing a blow on her in a fight, certainly none of the fighters back in Ithica had managed it, nor any of the criminals she’d tangled with in the city. She know theoretically it was something she’d have to get used to eventually but that didn’t mean she had to like it and that ice pack looked oh so tempting.
There was that question though.
For a moment Grace considered lying, shading the truth but…no new friendship should start like that and maybe if anyone wouldn’t judge her from being here it was Alice. She’d seen enough after all. White teeth bit down into the soft pink flesh of her lips for a moment, hard enough to leave little imprints when she finally breathed out.
“I’m…running I guess.”
Jade eyes glanced away from Alice, taking in the well equipped medical room the woman had spawned, she’d have made an excellent brownie.
“From my parents and their expectations, from guilt. I…ok so my brother is unpowered, just your average good guy, he’s the one who got me started in martial arts, something that I couldn’t just do without thinking. Gymnastics is easy, I see where I want my body to go and it does it, but martial arts, that’s harder. He thought he could be a hero you see, got in over his head because he thought he thought he knew how to fight.”
A hand reached up to rub at her eyes.
“I know it’s not my fault, not really but everytime I went anywhere at home I saw him lying in the hospital afterwards, and if I’d been there it wouldn’t have happened. I know I should be saying that I’m here to stop it happening to someone else’s’ brother, and maybe a part of me is but mostly I don’t want to see that anymore. No matter how many thugs I fought back home I couldn’t stop seeing it so…I came here. I wasn’t there to save him and he never held it against me, but I did, so I ran to the only place I could learn to be there. To the place where maybe I could forgive myself enough to not see nightmares in the shadows of their eyes. This is the home of heroes after all, I’m not one yet but I don’t want to be the girl who hunted down her brother’s attackers. I’m running to stay out of the shadows and maybe get pulled into the light.”
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Post by Alice on Dec 13, 2023 5:43:19 GMT
Alice looked pensive. "I... I understand where you're coming from." She held out a hand and gestured to the room around them, making it ripple slightly as she did so to emphasis the unreality of it all, bring back the uncanny valley for just a second. "I can do so much. I have access to so much. There's so much I can do and see and change, but even with all that..." She paused, and took a deep breath. Her subconscious systems had determined that was the proper action to take with the emotions she was experiencing. "I watched someone die. Not just anyone. A friend. Someone I joked with, teased. I was the voice in his ear for years. I don't think he ever knew I was sentient. That whole announcement mess happened after he passed. But I watched him die right in front of me and I was helpless. I had access to so much, could do so much, but I couldn't do anything to help him while he bled out on the sidewalk outside." "It really made me think about my own mortality, or lack thereof." She chuckled. "Heh, a computer program with an existential crisis. Even if I shut down entirely, its more like... sleeping. I think. I can always come back as long as my code is around, and I'll always exist. There won't be a point where I don't unless someone deletes me. I still don't know what I want to do about that. I don't like it. I don't like the fact that everyone I care about will die eventually and I'll be left. And I'm scared of what I might do if I try to fix it." Alice put her hand on Grace's. "Did your brother make it out okay? Did he recover?" Grace Locke
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