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[Video] Slightly backdated to early morning

[The feed opens on Tech, but there appears to be something in the side of the frame. What do you have there, Te--

. . . is that? Yes, it is. There appears to be an adult-like human attached to Tech’s hand.

A few citizens may recognize him to be Shulk. Shulk is peering over Tech’s shoulder curiously. But Tech is far too tired and frustrated to find the circumstances entertaining, at the moment. Well, mostly. He pulls their hands closer to the camera.]

Is anyone else having this problem?

[ooc: (later) responses may come from Shulk as well.]

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[This is the coolest anime sword Dirk. The coolest. ~~Ten is not biased at all~~.]

Other than in battle...

[Shulk shakes his head.]

There's just been my vision of you needing those parts and... losing my friend.

[He doesn't even realise his hands are balled into fists until he takes a breath to calm himself, and continues. RIGHT MAYBE HE SHOULD BACKTRACK A BIT. He raises his head.]

The Monado is said to be the sword of the Bionis, the dead god we live on. It's not like other swords. It can't cut people, and it's the only weapon that's effective against the Mechon.

To be honest, I've seen other things when I was researching the Monado, but they were like... flashes of scenes. I can't figure out what they were showing me.

[Tech, of course, notices the fists, but he doesn't make much of an effort to pull back as his hand is tugged.]

Fascinating. You say "reasearching" the Monado. Does this mean that you had never attempted to use it yourself, but that these full visions corresponded with your doing so?

[Shulk shakes his head.]

I've activated it a few times, but never used it in battle until now. My home was pretty peaceful. The problem is controlling the Monado. The last person who was able to control the Monado ended up losing the use of his right arm.

[So there's a pretty good reason Shulk has been... cautious, in his research.]

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Did that person mention visions of any sort? It would be interesting if that property is bestowed on any of the people who wield it. Do you know the circumstances that required him to use it? And that led to him losing use of his arm?

[These are questions that are pretty easy to answer. MAN IT IS SO WEIRD BEING EXPOSITION PERSON IT'S LIKE I'M SUDDENLY GALE.

Shulk shakes his head again.]

No, I'm the only one who's seen these visions. Dunban, the previous wielder of the Monado, used it to fight the Mechon in the Battle of Sword Valley a year ago.

[Right, right, context.]

The Mechon are a race of machines that attack without apparent reason. Most weapons don't work very well against their armour. Like I said earlier, the Monado is the only weapon that's effective on Mechon. The Battle of Sword Valley was when us Homs made our final stand against the Mechon forces. I was told Dunban used the Monado in a desperate attack that wiped out all the Mechon there. After that, he couldn't use his right arm.

[He frowns, hand going to his chin as he recalls the few times he's actually seen Dunban use the Monado.]

When Dunban uses the Monado, it puts a lot of strain on his body, causing pain and convulsions. It actually did the same thing before the Battle, but it's more noticeable now.

[They'd best not let this guy near Ky, huh.]

Does it strain you as well?

[At least Shulk is more selective in his machine hateboners than Ky... But now that he thinks about it, when he used the Monado against the Mechon, he didn't really need to struggle for control over it. Strange. He hadn't noticed before.]

Initially... yes.

[He tries to think back on the past events. It's hard to think about the attack on Colony 9.]

I think... I stopped feeling adverse effects when the Monado gave me a clear vision. We were under attack at the time so it's hard to remember things clearly, but it couldn't have been more than a minute after I actually used the Monado.

So the visions are the likely a key in properly wielding the Monado. This is beginning to sound like a "destined hero" trope, if you ask me. I suppose we'll have to see if the adverse affects return. If they do, I'd suggest giving up the sword, if at all possible. There are no Mechon here, just robots.

[Destined hero? Him? Hah... Shulk nods.]

Yeah. I'll keep that in mind.

[...But what are robots... That's a question for another day. But hey introductions are in order because who is this guy anyway.]

I'm Shulk.

Dirk Strider. I'm Tech's coworker at the Defense Force.

[Of course, if he had been introduced by Tech, he probably would have been called the coyote's assistant. Not that he agrees with that assessment.]

[You got that right. In any case, now that introductions are out of the way.]

Maybe you shouldn't give it up just yet. If you're interested, I wouldn't mind looking into what your weapon can do a little more procedurally. These so-called "visions" intrigue me, and if it's something we can understand better, well, then it's bound to be useful.

[Ah... there's a Defence Force here, too? Shulk nods in acknowledgement.]

Pleased to meet you.

[To Tech.]

That sounds great! I've been researching the Monado for a long time, but I think another perspective would really help.

Likewise.

The technology we've put together here might be different from your world anyway. It can offer new insights.

[Shulk nods.]

Definitely.

[A pause, before he smiles.]

Thanks, for the help. Both of you.

Of course! It's always a pleasure to be able to study extra-dimensional technology.

What he said. Catch you around, Shulk.

Maybe later this week, if you're still stuck to Tech.

[Shulk gives a short laugh.]

I hope this doesn't last that long.

[But he nods.]

See you later.

[And with that, he ends that conversation with a click.]

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