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[singinghuntress]

Zometimes I vonder about my life.

[There's a moment where the camera becomes shaky before Rip comes into view. From the looks of it, the huntress is down at the shooting range and surrounding her are various models of guns ranging from hand guns to sniper rifles. She's muttering as she sets down the latest gun and adjusts her glasses and takes the ear muffs off her ears.

Surprisingly, despite being as reckless as she usually is, Rip does know gun safety while at a shooting range. She grumbles softly as she moves to write something down in a note books before moving to the next handgun, looking it over before dissembling it and then reassembling it rather quickly before putting the ear muffs back on and taking aim. She rapidly empties the clip and then sets down the gun.

There's a soft 'Pumkaboo' from behind the camera as it shits to show a target with nothing but bulls eyes in the center. 

Something catches Rip's eye and suddenly she's looking full into the camera and obviously looking at the Pokemon behind it.]

Really Pumpkin? Vat haf I told you about stealing my phone.

[There's a soft 'boo' before it floats over to her and rests in her hand. Moments later a tiny pumpkaboo is nestled under her hair while she rolls her eyes. Well, she needed a break anyway....]

...I haf been meaning to ask. Iz zhere anyone here zhat specializes in making muskets? My preferred veapon iz a Jezail flintlock musket. I zuppose I haf been getting a little nostalgic, but, I vould like to haf one again even if I haf not cause to use it anymore. 

[Then she paused and glanced towards the notebook once more where there was a piece of paper sticking out with a little bit of handwriting. Rip really had been doing a lot of thinking lately with everything going on...]

For anyone vho might care, Alucard left some time ago. Zhis time I don't zhink he is coming back. Vhich... makes me vonder about zomething he mentioned to me once... how do you measure one's vorth? Vith deeds und sins? Or zomething else.

I zuppose it is a silly zhing to ask.. but, I'm curious. 

 

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[allforthem]

Personally, I'm a swordsman myself, so can't help you with guns. You'll have to ask my friend, Mami-san for that.

Don't think that's a silly question, but a deep one. I say you measure a person by their deeds and who they are! Of course no one's perfect, but it's about the intention, too.

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[singinghuntress]

Zhere is nozhing wrong vith a decent sword az long as you know how to use it. But, I.. don't zhink I know zhis Mami to azk her.

[She shrugs slightly.]

...I suppose zhe question iz a deep one. But, if you are measuring zhem by zheir deeds, vat if zhe person vas involved in vicked ones before hafing a reason to be zomething..more.

Zhen how might you measure zhem? By zhe past or zhe present.

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[allforthem]

She has LOADS of guns, and can materialize them from unsuspecting places.

[Sayaka smirks, knowing the first time guns came down Mami's skirt HOO-BOY]

Hmm...

[she brushed that amusing memory aside] So you're saying if that person did something horrible? It would depend if it was a one-time thing, or if they had a good reason for that one time.

[pauses and crosses her arms] ..Well-actually, no, because no matter the intention, it still hurt others in the long run..they'd be very bad..

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[singinghuntress]

Sounds like a pretty useful skill to haf.

[There might be a little amusement in her voice though it fades away soon enough as she gently pets the pokemon hiding under her hair.]

Zhen by your logic, zhat person iz a monster vith no vorth.

But, vat if zhat person vas attempting to prove zheir vorth by killing ozhers in an attempt to prove zhey had zhe vill und determination to survive?

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[lancerofblood]

[Lancer can't help with the gun issue - the only Archer of his Faction had used only bow and arrow and to his knowledge, the same had been true of the Red Faction's Archer as well.

Still, her last question catches his attention. It's an interesting question, one he has been forced to consider in coming to understand his abilities as a Heroic Spirit and where they draw influence from.

His voice is quiet, thoughtful, lending due weight to a discussion he doesn't consider silly at all.]

Deeds and sins are ever subject to perspective. One nation's hero can yet still be twisted into something monstrous and even one perceived as a monster can show a measure of honour.

[And he doesn't just mean himself; he's seen enough of how Berserker of Black behaves to recognise that he's not the only one to have been vilified by literature, whether deservedly so or not.]

And of course, there is the question of whose valuation you seek. Do you measure by your own standards, or by the expectations set by a particular society? That, too, changes the shape of the answer.

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[singinghuntress]

[When Lancer speaks, she listens while idly petting the pokemon in her hair and reading over a letter of sorts. It was the piece of paper that had been tucked away in her notebook.]

Und if zhat monster vas a king zhat has been twisted so far zhat he is vorthless compared to a common soldier?

[She shakes her head slightly, earning a bit of protest from her pet.]

Zhat is zhe question. Vho's values does one use to measure vorth? Vhen I use my own.. I am vorthless compared to ozhers. But, vhen zhey use zheir values, I am vorth more zhan zhey are.

It iz... a puzzle.

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[lancerofblood]

That depends. Is the king himself twisted or is it merely his legacy that has been torn to shreds in hopes it might comfort the masses somehow?

[He has to ask. It very greatly shapes the response he might give. Though he can at least provide some insight to that last puzzle.]

I believe it to be in the nature of most who hold some connection to humanity to focus more closely on their flaws than others would. Save for the unduly arrogant, but they frequently are attempting to make up for their own shortcomings by attempting to belittle others.

You have much to be proud of. If you cannot see it in yourself, there is no harm in believing in the views of others until you can understand.

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[singinghuntress]

[She's quiet for a moment as she sets down the letter to consider how to answer that question. By now, Rip knows who Lancer is and perhaps he can give her a little more perspective on one of his alternates.]

He vas a man twisted by zhe circumstances of his life, not by zhe twisting of his legacy. Zhe legacy he did leave vas one of blood, var und death. A true King of Monsters.

Und Yet...

[She hesitated and then sighed softly.]

I lost my connection to my humanity a very long time ago. I am vell avare I am a monster und embrace zhat. I am proud to haf fought in zhe vars I haf und slaughted vithout distinction.

[Rip didn't feel remorse for any of that. Nor the death and destruction she's dealt since then. What she does regret is not learning from her mistakes before now and not cherishing those she adored when she had the chance before.]

...Maybe. But, I doubt I vill ever truly understand.

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[howamanlives]

A man's deeds speak for him! If they've never done anything worthwhile, they have nothing to say. And if they try to do something that hurts others, I'm gonna judge them for that. And if someone has resolve, they're strong. That's how you measure someone's worth.

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[singinghuntress]

Oh? Und vat if zhe person is more complicated zhan that? Vat if zhe person is both strong und hurts people to save ozhers?

Zhen how do you measure zheir vorth?

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[howamanlives]

I didn't say how I'd judge 'em. I said that I'd judge 'em.

You're not one of those people who says people who fight to save people are the same as the type who'd hurt them for no good reason, are you?

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[fierybluebird]

By the people who remember them left behind.

There's a saying in my world, nothing's ever gone until it's been forgotten. And that's why the government tries so hard to cover things up.

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[singinghuntress]

Zhen by your vorld's standards, zhe more people remember zhem.. zhe more zhey are vorth.

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[priceofmagic]

If you can describe the specific components of that musket, then I can... [Halt. She can't hand out guns. Satou lets that thought go.]

I don't think people have measurable worth. Not everyone can save lives, or make inventions, or leave an impact that you see in a history book. Not everyone is going to be loved, or even happy, either. Some people don't even get remembered... That doesn't make any life more worthwhile than another. I hope.

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[singinghuntress]

I can do one better, I could draw up blue prints und specifics. I just lack zhe skills und materials to make it.

[It was her gun for over fifty years. You better believe she knew every little detail about that gun.]

Hm... zhat is an interesting vay of looking at it. Zhen ve should all be vorth zhe same und no one person vith more zhan zhe ozher.

[priceofmagic]

If we can get it licensed... I-I mean. I have no ability to create guns, nope.

And that's how I think about it, anyway. There's no currency to decide worth universally anyway.

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[originbullets]

( He cannot really remark on her musket. While it's not that he doesn't have experience with guns, muskets come across as a bit archaic to him. Inefficient, outdated. He's more of a machine gun and sniper rifle kind of guy.

What piques Kiritsugu, however, is her question of human worth. And boy, does he have opinions. )

Human lives are equal to one another. No one person is more valuable than anyone else.

( Or at least, that's what his utilitarian values have led him to believe over the years. What an edgelord. )

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[singinghuntress]

[The musket was simply her weapon of choice, one that to her just as reliable and useful as any modern gun. ]

If zhat vere true, zhen vhy do people value one over anozher. A king has more value zhan a soldier und yet..

[She sighed and there might be the sound of a gun being disassembled once more and checked over.]

If ve are all equal zhen vho decides vat is right und vat is wrong? Vat makes one person good und anozher evil?

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[originbullets]

Personal feelings shouldn't factor into it.

( He says this rather automatically. )

Suppose there are two ships about to sink, and you only have time and ability to save only one. Would you fix the ship with 300 passengers, or 200?

( The equation is quite obvious to him. Because the ship with 300 has more passengers total, that would result in more lives being saved. But then, he views the entire world as a trolley problem. There is no hope for this guy. Sorry, Rip. )

[Video]

[om_nom_namur]

There's lotsa shit that gives a person worth, an' there ain't two people that has the same worth, so everbody's got somethin'.

So what're y' wond'rin' 'bout yer life? Said that then y' jus' shot up a buncha targets an' never went on.

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[singinghuntress]

[Somehow she's not surprised Namur saw this and honestly seeing him does make her smile and relax a little.]

Zhat vasn't meant to be heard.

[But apparently people did anyway.]

I vas.. thinking.

[She sighed softly.]

I vent on a bounty hunt vith Augustine und a few ozher the ozher day. It brought up old memories und after re-reading a letter Alucard wrote. I vas just... zhinking.

[She shrugged slightly as she gently petted her pokemon.]

I vas trying to figure out my thoughts vhile trying to find a gun I like better.

[Video]

[om_nom_namur]

Ohhhh.

Didja get 'em figured out? What makes a gun better or worse?

[thatched]

I like a woman who can use a gun. [smirk]

Worth? No worth? It all depends, sweetheart. [shrug] Even a bent penny is worth something to someone and...even if it isn't? What does it matter? It's fine to just exist as you are regardless of how anyone thinks of you.

[singinghuntress]

Oh~? Zhen you must adore me.

[She just smirks as she picks up a gun and takes aim just to hit the target dead center without looking before putting the gun down. Hey, she's allowed to show off for family. ]

Und vat if existing as you are means death und destruction unless you make she choices to be something else?

I vonder about vorth because of.. a letter a friend left me before he disappeared. He claimed zhat I vas vorth more zhan him because I found love und happiness vhere it alvays evaded him.

I vas vondering vhy zhat made all zhe difference.

[thatched]

You know I do.

[he watches her take the shot and whistles appreciatively at it, then considers her next words carefully]

Making a choice is still existing how you want. You want to become something else and so you make it. As for your friend, lass, I don't know. Can't say. It seems that it speaks more of his own thoughts than anything else.

Does it bother you? Not knowing?