[There's a good roast garlic smell when she opens the door - Sypha is deeply enjoying the wide availability of foods aboard the Barge, but sticking to what she knows when cooking herself. Her cabin is a hodgepodge - nearly everything in the bare main room, from the floor to the cabinets to the beams of the ceiling is unfinished wood, with small mullioned windows letting in sunlight. But the kitchen through an arch to one side is very different - its walls and floors are smooth-crafted stone, with smooth wooden countertops and a homey table.]
Oh good, the food has just finished. I am not the best cook, but it just might be bland, not bad.
[ Kyoko slips her shoes off, leaving them near the door to the rest of the Barge. She's very blatantly taking a nosy look around, trying to get in all of Sypha's cabin as thoroughly as possible. ]
As long as you didn't mess it up so badly that it poisons me, I'll eat it. I won't turn down food.
[The main room sure is bare. If there's a bed anywhere in this cabin, it's a mystery. Only the kitchen looks lived in at all, with its big black iron stove taking up half a wall and a scattering of books all over one end of the table. It looks like Sypha's been fully using her library privileges - the shelves are full of books as well.]
Not that bad, no matter what Trevor says. [Said with a quick flash of grin. She dishes up two bowls of soft grains and roast vegetables, and puts one in front of Kyoko.]
I have never had my own kitchen before. It's still a novelty to cook on a stove.
[Sypha sits not across from her, but on the adjacent side, and gets one bite before she looks up again.]
I have seen them, my first night here. They are fascinating, but they do not cook very well. I found a few books about how they work, but I have a lot of studying to do to understand them. And the English is not the English I know.
I know English well enough to read it, but the spellings are all changed. Not complaining, it's something new to learn. I would be happy to learn Japanese too, if you want to teach it.
I won't go easy on you just cause you're my temp, [ she grins. ] But we'll start with all the stuff little kids know first. It'd be mean to throw you right into the deep end.
[ so that's a 'yes,' she doesn't mind teaching it. ]
So back home, I'm something called a magical girl. I can use my magic to...I think transform into a different form would be a good way of putting it? I still look like me, but I'm faster, stronger, more durable, and I can summon my weapon. I use that form to fight witches, which are these monsters back home that try to kill regular humans.
Depends, [ Kyoko shrugs, ] are ya gonna try and kill me and the various humans on board? If so, yeah it'll be a problem. If not, then I suppose I can let you live.
If the Admiral's anything like the other loser magical girls I have to deal with back home, I think I know why. But if the Admiral's got even a small bit of brains in his head, I dunno.
[ There's a pause before Kyoko asks, ] D'they have survival of the fittest where you're from?
It's a theory in my world. You've got a big fish, a medium fish, and a little fish. The big fish survives by eating the medium fish while the medium fish eats the little fish. I'm the big fish, witches are the medium fish, regular humans are the little fish.
So with all that in mind, it'd be really stupid for me to protect regular humans, wouldn't it?
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I'll see you then.
[ And soon enough, in an hour, Kyoko's knocking on Sypha's door. ]
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Oh good, the food has just finished. I am not the best cook, but it just might be bland, not bad.
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As long as you didn't mess it up so badly that it poisons me, I'll eat it. I won't turn down food.
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Not that bad, no matter what Trevor says. [Said with a quick flash of grin. She dishes up two bowls of soft grains and roast vegetables, and puts one in front of Kyoko.]
I have never had my own kitchen before. It's still a novelty to cook on a stove.
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[ Kyoko doesn't eat the grains and veg just yet. Instead, she looks at Sypha, waiting for her to take her food before she eats as well. ]
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I have seen them, my first night here. They are fascinating, but they do not cook very well. I found a few books about how they work, but I have a lot of studying to do to understand them. And the English is not the English I know.
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All I can speak is Japanese. Dunno why this place let me learn English, but I'm not complaining—none of you know how to speak Japanese anyway.
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[ so that's a 'yes,' she doesn't mind teaching it. ]
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The perfect place to start. But we can do that later. For now, tell me about your powers.
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So back home, I'm something called a magical girl. I can use my magic to...I think transform into a different form would be a good way of putting it? I still look like me, but I'm faster, stronger, more durable, and I can summon my weapon. I use that form to fight witches, which are these monsters back home that try to kill regular humans.
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I have been called a witch. Is that likely to be a problem?
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So you are a defender. Do you think you know why you are here as an inmate?
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[ There's a pause before Kyoko asks, ] D'they have survival of the fittest where you're from?
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So with all that in mind, it'd be really stupid for me to protect regular humans, wouldn't it?
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Doesn't matter what I want, does it. D'you think people who were born blind want to be that way? What matters is what I do.
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But I don't have any need to kill people. They're no use to me.