video; un: rita.farr — aka SUPERHERO CODENAME ASSIGNMENTS

[farr]

[ of course, rita sets up a visual because the starlet always wants to be seen (except when she doesn't). at the present time, she seems rather enthusiastic like she's fighting a proud grin, one that suggests she's ready to give herself a pat on the back at any moment. ]

Good evening, everyone! For those who don't know me, I am Rita Farr, your Team Morale Coordinator.

[ wait, who assigned her that position? ]

As you all well know, we have been joining mission after mission with the intention of collecting orbs to protect the world and save towns from devastation. In a way, you might say we're ... space-travelling superheroes!

And as any superhero would tell you, it's very important to have codenames for our mission. Obviously, we often obtain our very own undercover civilian names. But in the line of duty, when we're in the heat of the fight, we should just as well have assigned titles to continue preserving our identities.

As the Ximilia's Team Morale Coordinator — [ again, who voted her into that position? ] I took it upon myself to select carefully crafted codenames for each and every one of you.

[ she then holds up a sheet of paper, featuring a list of all of the orbers, each with another name printed beside them. ]

You will find this list posted in the Mess Hall. Please take a moment at your best convenience to study the list and memorize each of the names listed for future use. Though I worked very hard to select them — [ she clears her throat, brushing her hair back. ] I suppose that if you have any issue with the name chosen for you, we can discuss making possible changes. Though I don't see why anyone would want to.


XIMILIA'S SUPERHERO CODENAME CHECKLIST:

Clarke — VINCENT VAN GIRL Finn — BEAR BOY Kovacs — BLACK LUNG Dante — PIZZA HUT Rita — ELASTI-WOMAN Chuuta — BEATS Ziggy — STARDUST Dimitri — BREAD MAN Yuri — SIR SECRET Kazuma — SWASHBUCKLER Ryunosuke — SWORDMASTERSITTER Yujin — STACHE DADDY Alina — SUNSHINE Aleksander — SHADOW Mal — GUNSHOW Yzak — SIA Helen — BELLE Marta — LOTUS Joel — TIMESTOPPER Daisy — SHAKE SENORA Natasha — JANE FONDA Shaun — BANGLE BABE Yelena — NIGHT VISION

Gwen — DRUMSTICKS Itachi — PUZZLER DOGSHIT MCGIVENS Andy — ATHENA Joe — ADONIS Sabriel — MYSTIC MAGIC Joric — MR BEAD Newt — MONSTER MASH Felix — ARMORMAN Dr. McCoy — DR SPACE Cassian — INCOGNITO Jyn — CAUTIONETTE Steve — BOMBER KID Dean — KANSAS Lúthien — SIREN Minimus — ROBOFOX Rodimus — ROBOROD Nie Huaising — FAN MAN Wei Wuxian — MR FLUTE Rand — ROBIN HOOD Yennefer — VIOLET Zhao — CHEF BANDIT Viveca — VIXEN Degar — WONDERWALL

( please note that none of the above is to be taken seriously and is in good fun! though rita very much likes to believe she has team leader qualifications and is entirely in her right to make assignments. but she's very bad at selecting names so if some of it seems nonsensical, it's on brand. she went by what she knows or assumes or whatever she likes. )

Comments

[heroooic]

[Words not weapons. The thought felt foreign, but also... well, it had been on his mind a bit lately. Still, teen embarrassment overrode that moment of reflection. Sorry, Ryunosuke.]

But--wha, then--then why does Kazuma carry one!?

[locumstudentesquire]

I, I thought I explained this to you before? [Finn is flustered? Ryu's getting flustered too. That's how this is gonna work.] He's descended from a long line of samurai, swordsmanship is simply in his blood.

[Almost as an afterthought, he mutters:]

...Admittedly he... Also has fairly practical reasons to continue carrying one beyond, that, but...

[heroooic]

[ Samurai was a new word, though the rest Finn doesn't remember. Though he certainly didn't remember the thing about them not carrying them for a reason. All he remembered from that explanation were the Rival Gang, The Bobbies... ]

Wait, why? What reason?

[locumstudentesquire]

[Maybe he shouldn't have said that out loud...]

Um... Well. You know how I said people ideally use words and not weapons to solve conflicts? Criminals who hold grudges towards the prosecutors who help put their fellows behind bars... They don't always tend to follow that convention.

[heroooic]

What, like…he’s a vigilante or something?

[locumstudentesquire]

A vigi--?? No! No, not at all!

[Shut that business down RIGHT NOW mister!]

He's a lawyer, same as I am! He's just... The sort of lawyer who argues for an accused person's guilt, rather than their innocence.

[heroooic]

Then what’s the SWORD FOR?

[ This was starting to get on Finn’s nerves. Dancing around the subject and making it more confusing by the second. ]

[locumstudentesquire]

It, it's for self-defense!

[HE THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT?]

[heroooic]

What kind of world do you guys live in, anyway? Maybe you SHOULD have a gang.

[locumstudentesquire]

…I want to say ‘a normal one’, but I’m not sure that’s a point I want to try and make when we’ve just been discussing the topic of attempted revenge taken by violent criminals.