[ order 4 - proud foundations ]

[hellsing_knight]

[ 914 Bilko - Backdated to Tuesday ]

[Waking up in bed, alive and well with nothing out of order, Integra has a moment, just a small moment, where the little girl in her soul wants to roll over against Rider's chest and burst into tears. You've denied her a valiant death and the promise of Heaven, Mayfield. It's life, if a town can have one, is

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914 Bilko

[jaws5sonofjaws]

[Mart was just enjoying breakfast cereal when he saw his Badas not!mom with a Badassdom sword.]

Nice sword, ma!

[hellsing_knight]

[She's so pleased she doesn't bother to correct him.]

It will be even better once it's reforged.

[jaws5sonofjaws]

Plenty of places to do it around town.

And we'll definitely be needing whatever we can get. If the nukes, cannibals, or shit were enough I ended up fighting that fat Nazi asshole Major again...

[hellsing_knight]

"Again"? What happened after I- after?

house - tuesday.

[macebronia]

[Rider hears Integra's hissing. He's been awake for awhile now, just lounging in bed.]

It never will be. A friend of mine once told me this place shows no respect for kings... or any other life for that matter. This system they have, it's a mockery to all those whom have died for their causes. We're merely treated like dolls in a little girl's playhouse. The lives we put on the line are so easily replaced as if they have no value to them.

house - tuesday.

[hellsing_knight]

[Dying by his side has made her infinitely less squeamish about sharing a bed with Rider. She steeples her fingers over her chest, glancing aside at him.]

It has to end. It must end. If not by our hands, then by those who follow in our stead. Nothing in this life is immortal.

[Phone]

[heartstar_blues]

You know, I always wondered something about you strict military types.

[Phone]

[hellsing_knight]

And what is that?

[Phone]

[heartstar_blues]

You do know they can, and have, brainwashed us and turned us against each other right?

I get the whole big resistance thing, but don't armies tend to fail when their leaders start killing their members?

So what's the point?

[Phone]

[hellsing_knight]

That is why counter measures exist, why they should have been put in place a long time ago. This was the second instance in so many months they've sent flesh-eating creatures against the town, and not a soul has any idea how to present a suitable defense?

No bunkers, no fortifications, no supplies, no rations, no weapons, everything falls down, yes?

If I had things my way, every house in this God-forsaken town would find themselves with a solid bomb shelter and the means to support themselves in the instance something like last weekend ever happened again.

Phone

[boostedfailure]

Oh! I know that major guy. He was going on and on about war and futility and a whole bunch of other nonsense but man did his debate skills just stink. I leveled his whole argument in like seconds but... He is kind of slimy.

Phone

[hellsing_knight]

[Gurl, there is something off with yo' head. Sceptical!Integra is sceptical.]

Then take care you not attract his attention further. He lives to humiliate arrogance that is not his own.

[boostedfailure]

[Dear god he's actually seriously proud sounding]

See, that's the thing. I'm unpredictable! You think I'm going one way, I go the other. You think I'm going to zig and I zag! You're ready for me to zag.... I zog.

[hellsing_knight]

...Right.

[Ah, yes. The Major actually goes after credible threats, bro.]

[doctor_tyrant]

[And the Doctor? Oh, he was very fond of the Major. If he had any friend in Mayfield, it would be him. But he won't give this away anytime soon. There's no point in it. Integra can find out for herself when the time comes. Instead, the Doctor proceeds to speak in a casual manner. He was interested in learning more about the Major and the nature of his and Integra's world.]

My dear, I believe you are right in urging cooperation not only against the Major, whose actions are certainly intolerable, but against our town's administrators as well. There are those among us who can be considered enemies as well as the town itself.

I have lent my services to an effort against Lucy Smith at one time, but it fell short quite quickly unfortunately. It's rather lax here. While groups are often welcoming of new members, keeping it together is the main challenge more than the struggle against the town. Many of us are, after all, have little experience with training or being organized.

[hellsing_knight]

[She knows that allies of the Major are listening. She was all but raised by one, and it was a betrayal that still cut deep. Integra will not be deterred. Risks are all too necessary in trying times.]

The apathy is pervasive. I can understand people's mistrust of yet another soldier striding in, clacking her boots about and making a fuss of things.

[doctor_tyrant]

And yet, it seems that's exactly what we need. Someone to bring some organization into this town. Nothing of the sort has happened, unfortunately.