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The young woman in front of him radiated malevolence. But Zer0's ECHO told him her level was similar to his, so she couldn't be too much of a threat. Maybe she'd yell at him or something- she certainly seemed angry enough. But Zer0 was in a hurry, and he wasn't in a mood for a lecture-

He wasn't expecting the fist. And Zer0, with his arms full of elephant tusks, wasn't in a position to do anything about it in the first place. He bounced off the pavement, shield shattering with one blow, scattering his loot, and leaving the Vault Hunter sprawled on the ground. It took him a moment to get to his knees, a question mark projecting from his helmet. And when he looked up at the girl, it changed into an exclamation point.

Zer0 didn't kill people or things for no reason. He liked to think he was an honorable sort of assassin, never taking an innocent life. But the problem was that he considered money, a challenge, or just plain boredom to be very valid reasons to kill stuff. And the elephant was just a little bit of all three, an unfortunate victim to Zer0's need to keep himself entertained with a bit of violence. And for some, unfathomable reason, this young woman had an issue with it.

When Zer0 pulled out his gun, his helmet projected an angry face. Suddenly the crowd that had been milling around him began to move in the opposite direction.

"Was there a reason? /

You have ten words to explain. /

That is generous."

He got to his feet, slowly and surely, keeping the pistol level and pointed at the woman's chest. Zer0 didn't like killing innocent people, but he had no problem shooting someone who decided to slam his head into the ground without providing sufficient reason.

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It must be taken to personal advantage the fact Alpha presence doesn’t function anymore, that was her main plan and reason why she dared to visit the zoo alone considering how previous attempts in her world failed and left another scar in her ego. She found enjoyment on acting like every other human without having to be careful about her surroundings related to other beasts that majestically were exposed in all their glory for their eyes.

Then why it had to turn into this bloodshed of innocent creatures? What brought to this person act in such way? When all she thought he was approaching to admire it closer but instead a battle begun among both, whilst one guided by survival the other did not have motives to continue further and that definitively rattled the woman who didn’t doubt on rushing to the scene before being stopped by security guards who in fear of worsening this dared not to involve another ‘civilian’ and forcing the heiress to watch. She can’t hurt someone who shouldn’t and stops fighting her way out.

Not an eyelash bats away, she does not glance away in fear but judges quietly and allow this helplessness to be engulfed in a more known sentiment described as pure wrath that before had characterized her.

She couldn’t understand his reasons no matter how much she claimed to adoure every living being there were boundaries not meant to be surpassed and that alone broke something within the kind woman and condoning his actions would be unforgivable.

Lips part in sake to say something but thin air is all that slips from them when she is freed from the grip and begins to walk closer to the man.

Not a single warn spoken nor time to for excuses will be left, there was no mistake on the crude scene enacted in front of many others but mainly her— childhood dream ruined in front of her very eyes that now emptily stared at his figure, golden irises unable to depict appropriately growing anger that before could have been unleashed by merely standing close to her.

Any other second wasted only will worsen this, when shamelessly requested to move aside from his path the only movement made begun with distancing her left arm where already curled fingers formed a fist aiming to slam his head and subsequently drill it against cement before anymore could happen.

Perses mode alone could have done much worst but maybe there was nothing wrong on trying to chain a woman to her senses.

Strength halved would mean anything for the one who posses alone the force of a behemoth? A slight reduction shouldn’t affect. What an idiotic restraint, as if that sufficed to put shackles on a passionate spirit that constantly seeks for the rightful outcome that luckily cannot succumb in anger and unleash her true identity but these two fists could still be used and so long as she can stand nothing will ever stop Kurokami Medaka from acting up to her beliefs.

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Zer0 didn't like attention. Sure, he liked people to know he was a badass, but he didn't like it when people stared. At least, not so many of them. All he did was kill a big monster and take the pieces to sell, surely that wasn't so odd? Even humans hunted for sport and profit, he knew that much. And what was the point of containing such a wide variety of creatures if not to hunt them later?

Pandora had something similar, Hyperion's Wildlife Exploitation Reserve. There, the Hyperion personel hunted and experimented on the fauna of Pandora day and night, and this "Zoo" had to be something similar. Who would want to just look at animals for fun?

Still... There were a lot of people watching him. One of them, a woman in heavy clothing, was apparently unperturbed by the sight of the blood-covered assassin, and questioned him instead of moving. Zer0 considered his answer for a few moments.

"Because it was there."

More or less, anyways. It turned out to be a disappointment. Maybe he should've gone after the lions or the tigers instead...

"Another question? /

Or will you move for me now? /

I'd like that a lot."

Why was she asking, anyways? It was very obvious to Zer0. Maybe she just didn't understand the point of hunting. Or maybe...

It took Zer0 a few more moments to come to a conclusion. When it was reached, he looked back down at the woman, a question mark projecting from his mask.

"Was I not supposed to?"

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Goodness, there was a zoo here? It had never truly occurred to Irisviel just how little she knew about the town enclosure she was trapped in, but to think they had such a wide array of buildings, sights and the like she hadn’t seen, she had decided to take this day to herself to really see what kind of places there were. And what better way to start things off then by visiting a zoo? Although it may have seemed odd for a grown looking woman like Irisviel staring at everything with wide eyed curiosity, her mind was that of a child who had yet to see the entirety of the world, and just wanted to see the sights. 

The day itself seemed to go without any hitches. She had visited exhibit from exhibit, and the last one on the map she received seemed to have been the elephant exhibit. Once there, she’d take her time to observe the slow moving mammals letting out their loud noises. It almost shocked her to see such majestic creatures and such. As she was about to leave for the day with the precious memories she had created, she’d soon come to ear with the sound of one of the elephants letting out an absolutely blood curdling yell, along with the scene of several people now freshly coated in elephant blood. There she saw a sleek looking black figure, perched atop the fallen beast and removing it’s tusks and a bitchin’ level 64 Blue Grade Sniper. 

To see such a thing was absolutely horrible, however Irisviel didn’t find herself as phased as she would be. Having been a part of the Fourth Fuyuki war, death and the like was a common thing to occur but for an innocent creature to be slain like that, she would not stand for it. When the man, tusks in hand, tried to move aside several people, she would stand in front of him, her hands folded neatly as she stared deep at the.. being. 

" For what reason did you kill that animal? " 

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She yelled at him, but Zer0 was sure he hadn't done anything wrong. It was kill or be killed; whether back on Pandora or here in Hive City, it rang true. If he'd left the men alive, then what? They wouldn't reform, they'd go back to being violent and vicious thugs for hire, and then they might hurt someone else. If anything, Zer0 had done the world a favor by killing them. Like cutting malignant cells out of a body, or exterminating some pests. Shrugging, he got to his feet and looked at Faye.

"You misunderstand. /

I don't want cooperation. /

I wanted them gone."

But it was a moot point now. Zer0 watched as Faye argued with the boss- without using her gun, he noticed. At least, without using it 'till the end. Even though she'd yelled at him for killing the other gang members, Faye killed the leader herself. Either she was a hypocrite, or was seeing things from Zer0's point of view.

But they were done now. The gang was dead, which was probably for the best, and now they had access to phat loot. All in all, a good night. "Then let's go. You can smoke on the way."

There was just one problem, one little thing that bothered Zer0. It was all too easy. A warehouse full of weapons, and all they'd had to do was kill a handful of thugs. They weren't even particularly well-trained, they were just ordinary gangsters. It was boring. Zer0 was bored, and that was never a good thing. At the very least, the promise of new weapons might cheer him up a bit.

Zer0 walked towards the exit, slipping his gun back into digistorage and stepping on the bodies of the thugs as if they weren't even there. They were just corpses, and not very important ones at that. He go to the door and held it open, motioning for Faye to follow. "Lead the way."

a new-age bonnie & clyde || ca open

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hihi :D

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[[when I find out who interrupted my monologue with a bullet, though...]]]

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Who needs zombies in a zombie game when you have a space assassin

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#killdio2013

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The girl's request popped up in Zer0's ECHO device. It was a very straightforward objective: Play a game. Further instruction would be coming, and then Zer0 would decide if he should win or lose. But what would the reward be? Probably not a gun, but maybe money? Inebriated people sometimes had trouble being selfish, he knew. Or maybe it would just be Experience, or in other words, nothing. He'd just have to wait and see.

Zer0 said nothing, waiting for the girl to finish thinking. He might be here for a while, depending on how much she'd drunk. But lucky for him, it only took a minute or so of drunken swaying and heavy thinking. The Vault Hunter bent over a little as she tugged at his arm as if to pull Zer0 closer to hear her words.

"Hide and seek?" he repeated. Not a game he was familiar with. On Pandora, people tended to play games that involved bladed objects or guns. People usually died, so they were very fun.

"I am it," said Zer0, as if repeating the girl's words solidified them in his mind. So she would hide and he would seek, right? The girl further clarified, pointing to a few buildings she would be hiding in. Easy.

"I understand now. /

And I am ready to start. /

So how do we start?"

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She didn't listen. Maybe she wasn't used to operations like this, or maybe she usually worked alone. Whatever the case, she ruined the smooth flow of Zer0's plan. Faye broke cover almost instantly, dashing straight at the boss and his bodyguards. Given her lack of a shield, it was a foolish move, and Zer0 fully expected to hear her scream and watch her body be riddled with bullets.

But the Vault Hunter was quicker. No bullets could fire from a dead man's hand, and Zer0 made sure that anyone in the room who turned to look at Faye would soon fulfill that safety measure.

It was over too soon. With Zer0's deadly aim and Faye's quick footwork, the boss was their hostage, and another gun was in Zer0's hands. Still a model he didn't recognize, but as long as it shot bullets, he couldn't complain too much. The assassin rose to his feet, clutching the pistol and advancing from behind. Faye was talking about making some kind of deal with the remaining thugs, their lives in return for their cooperation. Zer0 found it foolish, as there was a much easier way to ensure their cooperation.

Bang, bang.

"Don't turn your back now. /

A lesson you learned too late. /

Because now you're dead."

Ugly deaths. There was a measure of satisfaction that came with a kill like that, but ultimately, the night had been... disappointing. These thugs weren't a challenge, and Faye was a bit too skilled to be a handicap.Oh well.

Zer0 knelt to the ground, rummaging through the thug corpses for ammo. He only glanced up when he realized that the room had gone silent.

"But why did you stop? /

You may continue with that. /

Don't stop for my sake."

Faye could deal with the boss and whatever information was holed up in his head. Zer0 was the sort of person to shoot first and ask questions to an ECHO device, but this man wouldn't have one. Interrogations like this weren't his strong point.

a new-age bonnie & clyde || ca open

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"...Is that even a real place?"

   ”So, not even close to Middle Earth. That isn’t very helpful for me.”

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"Planet Pandora. /

He wasn't always a dwarf, /

He just does steroids."

   ”…. right. The answer to a question I never asked. Thank you.” A pause. “And where perchance did your dwarf friend come from?”

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"I have a dwarf friend. /

He's the most violent I know. /

And good at torture."

   ”… and here I thought dwarves were violent and loud, but some of you take the cake.” All Bilbo wants is a nice cup of tea, is that too much to ask for?

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"Always."

Fighting wasn't a joke to Zer0. It was a challenge to be tackled, a victory to be obtained. He'd even given himself a handicap by tossing the man his only gun.

"You can surrender /

And we'll just say that I won. /

The choice is yours, sir."

"Huh, you’re serious about this, aren’t you?"

Jack picked up the pistol. It was unusually light, and the balance was slightly off compared to what he was used to. A semiautomatic, in a make and caliber that he’d never seen before, but he could live with that.

"Well, part of being a fighter’s knowing when your goose’ll be deep fried with what you have."

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SEND '✰' WITH A COMMAND AND MY MUSE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

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"A warrior's skill /

Depends upon how he fights, /

Not what he fights with."

Nevertheless, Zer0 reached for his belt, digistructing a pistol that hung from the device that hung there. He reached down to place it on the ground before kicking it at Jack.

"Is this acceptable?"

"It’d be a short fight, let’s be honest. All I have on me right now is my wrench." And his Plasmids, but he wasn’t going to give up his entire potential before the (possible) fight began.

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"Don't talk big like that /

If you cannot back it up. /

Big talk, but small girl."

✰ Fight someone of your choice.

"No, you fight someone!" See? She’s fighting you. Verbally.

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"How about right here? /

And as for the time: Right now. /

If you are ready."

"Alright. Name a time and place, then."