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"You mean..." Ray looked up, wide-eyes, bubbles of tears in the corner's of his surprised eyes, "You were... a citizen?" Ray perked up from his solemn state, rather intrigued. He wished to listen more of it. Maybe it was because he'd realized he wasn't alone, or maybe it was that there was someone's life story that was so far worse than his, or maybe it was merely interest on who this "boy" was. His mouth was half-opened, eager to ask.

"The UED ravaged that much?" Ray asked, thinking about how his own colony was taken over. Maybe it was because of the lack of resistance, or that the city was able to assure itself to be able to pay the Dominion's taxes, but the entire colony seemed all so peaceful. The UED rarely bothered them about war, and, as Ray came to realize, blinded them from the destrcutive truths of the Dominion. He frowned upon how the company-government tricked them that way, and maybe just maybe... 'The Non Reale... Joy Helmet...' He remembered the first time it got introduced, just a year ago, and the so many times he stopped by on the way home from school just to watch the city's gigantic screen show a match in the Non Reale Cup, and when he got the Non Reale Joy Helmet installed in his videogames on his birthday. And all the times he saw those people use the helmet in several occasions, some barely able to move in the virtual world while some able to move at impressive speeds. He'd always wondered why it was, and why the government advertised it so much. 'All those people... we...' All the Non Reale players flashed in his head. He sat there, stunned, as he began piecing the puzzle together, and remembered all those missing leading Non Reale competitors such as Deane just pop up in that strange facility sitated in anearby asteroid. And the so-called GUNDAMS. 'What could they have been thinking? All those people... All of US... were we all being manipulated? Fooled by the so-called game? Was it really just to...' It all matched together, on how he managed to move the Shift. It was just like moving himself in the virtual world, only harder. "It couldn't be..." he muttered softly, deep in thought, his mouth fully open in aghast.

((Good going for your first post, Axel! And welcome!))

Ryn wandered through the ship, searching for a map of the thing so he could figure out where he wanted to go. Suddenly he heard someone come up behind him, and he turned, looking at them.

"Hi. What are you looking for?", Katina said, smiling at him.

"Oh. I'm uh... Searching for a map of the ship...", Ryn said slowly, smiling back nervously.

"Oh. You won't find a map here. There aren't any maps so that if we are boarded the enemy soldiers won't be able to find the right path easily.", She said, laughing slightly.

"Well thats a good idea.... Should probably implement it back at the asteroid...", Ryn said, frowning slightly, before pulling his flask from his belt, and unscrewing the lid. He took a large sip, but instantly spat it out splattering the wall with oil.

"Ewww.... I knew I filled this thing up with the wrong stuff...", Ryn said, black oil dripping from his lips, as Katina laughed.

"Hehehe... So... Uh... Where did you want to go here?', Katina said, trying to keep the conversation off the oil.

Ryn rubbed the oil from his face with his sleeve, though his lips were still blackened, and said," I was looking for something to read. I thought there might have been a library."

Katina smiled and said," Oh the library is that way!"

She pointed down the hallway to the left, and said," You go down there and when you get to the end, take a right, and the next door on your left is the Library!"

"Th-thanks.... Well see yah...", Ryn said, turning away, and screwing the lid back on his flask, and attaching it back to his hip before heading off to the library, rubbing his lips with his sleeve, trying to make them their normal color again.

Emyr saw that he had finshed practice. He then saw as he approached him. " well i just got my gundam operational. So i haven't been out much. Been to busy yelling at the engineer. by the way my name is emyr. " He looked over the man. He then asked. " Are you a gundam pilot too? He was glad to meet someone else as he had minimal contact before. he smiled and shifted his stance.

(hopes that no one minds me making my self in roberts squad. and what is a LEV?)
Emyr shook roberts hand. He then spoke. " yep think i am in your squad as i recall your name being mentioned. " He thought back. He was sure of it. " do you know what happened last night? I haven't heard what went down." He was curious on if anything was taken or not. He hadn't bothered to ask commander.

Emyr couldn't belive that they had been stolen from. he thought of the fact that they were then helped by the UEF. He was then asked for his gundam's name. " oh its XR from hanger 9." He thought as he couldn't wait to use it. He hoped that he got to chase those theives with it. He couln't wait. but he knew he had to wait. He realized that he had been rather impatient latly he remebered the captains word. He then asked. " whats your gundams name?"