witchesreign | [BBS/ link to audio]

[Sometime around stupid-thirty the morning after Espio made his post, a link to this audio clip shows up on the BBS.]

A'ight, so. Maybe it's a little late in the game t' be throwin' this out on the BBS, but. Espio wanted t' make it real so here I am, makin' it real. Got me thinkin' a bit, too.

See, people been usin' this word- represent. Been representin' since the day I was spawned. Got t' represent the District t' the rest a my people. Got t' represent my people t' the rest a the world. Represent my Division t' my crew, an' my family t' the sea.

Got lots a mixed feelin's 'bout Garden though. Wondered if it's even somethin' I want t' represent. An' I'm thinkin' right now the answer is yes.

See, whatever our history is, no matter where we're from, we're all mercenaries here. Soldiers, sheheheh. Fightin' the shitty wars nobody else wants t' touch. Every person here's trainin' hard every day cuz we're puttin' our lives on the line so other people don't have t'. Sometimes we watch our friends die, sometimes they watch us. An' sometimes the GFs ain't strong 'nuff t' keep it from bein' permanent. But y' pick yerself up, dive right in 'gain. An' I like that. Good fightin' spirit. Be proud t' represent that.

Garden's a place where y' get t' learn new shit, makes sure we all get some kind a education. For someone that grew up in the ghetto an' never went t' school cuz we couldn't afford it, that's big. [He laughs.] Hell, only reason I knew how t' read comin' in here's cuz Ma taught me out a her damn romance novels sheheheheh! But that didn't matter. Up in T-Garden they taught me jus' the same. Found out I was really good at some a it, too. Let me try my hand at teachin' for a year 'fore decidin' all Instructors got t' be full on SeeDs an' sendin' me here. I ain't the only one, either. Lot a folk come here an' find they got somethin' they're good at that they never expected. Be proud t' represent them folk, too.

Then there's the actual establishment itself. Maybe I don't like some things 'bout it. 'Kay, lots a shit I don't like 'bout it. But it seems like they're doin' their best t' have our backs. Shit, Zabala even declared independence so she could help us better. Can't imagine that was an easy decision t' make, or easy t' do once decided. Guess seein' that kind a stickin' yer neck out for people different from y' says somethin' t' me. Wouldn't mind representin' that aspect a things either.

So y' know what? Let's do this, Garden. Y' want someone t' represent y', pick the one that's goin' t' represent. An' that's me.

Shit, think I'm drunk.

[And the feed cuts off abruptly.]

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Represent man. Represent.

[Oh hell, he thought he was asleep for this part, damn it!]

Damn right. Every day, bro.

[Or something. Shiiiiiit he's got a headache.]

They couldn't have a better guy.

[despite the fact that Namur is buying into this place-- but that's not surprising. He likes direction wherever it comes from and since their Captain seems content here, why the hell not, right? Tch.]