(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Tony_Leung.jpg)(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Sarna_reserves_kamakura_s_hussars_spider_by_viereth-d585zvf.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Hiro Kagekaze</span></span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>The mess hall<br/><strong>With:</strong>Mechwarriors of the company<br/><br/><em><strong>"The three things in the world that are inevitable. Death, taxes, and Kuritans being arrogant snots disrespectful of any authority that doesn't wear a sword when going to the head."</strong></em><br/><br/>I couldn't help but laugh at this comment.<br/><br/><strong>"Not an entirely inaccurate assessment of some of our officers, Alroy.  However, it is a statement that is not reflective of me.  Disrespecting someone with a sword, while in the head, no less, is precisely why I am here.  If you find me arrogant and disrespectful now, just wait until I tell you what I <em>really</em> think of you.<br/><br/>"Still, I won't hold your opinion against you.  When the battle armor <em>inevitably</em> starts picking you apart, I will <em>inevitably</em> be there to remove them from you."</strong><br/><br/>I stood up to leave.<br/><br/><strong>"To be fair, if you graduated from the Sun Tzu School of Combat, earned your <em>katana</em> and <em>wakizashi</em>, and continued serving the Combine, you would be carrying your swords everywhere you went as well.  Last I checked, no such officer actually got killed while in the restroom."</strong><br/><br/><em><strong>"You want to test the size of my balls, sweetheart, you name the time, place, and weapons. Till then, I call them like I see them, and if you don't like what I see, maybe you should do something about it, like pointing out to Kerensky Jr. over there that the shit he walked out covered in didn't smell any better than the shit everyone else took a swim in, and throwing it around like a zoo monkey only make him smell worse."</strong></em><br/><br/><strong>"Such posturing, Alroy.  I am not even sure what you mean entirely.  I have made no criticism of anyone's acts on the battlefield here.  I simply pointed out tactics that worked while defending myself from wrongful accusations."</strong><br/><br/>Yamina spoke.<br/><br/><em><strong>"We are warriors.  And as warriors, we confront conflict and attack in any form, even verbal, with aggression.  This is right and proper, but we must temper it now and let it die now before we all leave this room."</strong></em><br/><br/>I nodded in agreement.<br/><br/><strong>"Words of wisdom, Yamina."</strong><br/><br/>I turned to Alroy.<br/><br/><strong>"Alroy, while I have no interest in the dimensions of your testes, I do have an interest in clearing the air, if only for the night.  And I like the idea of a duel... <em>very much.</em>  Tomorrow morning.  4 a.m.  Mechbay.  Unarmed.  Until knockout or tapout.  And let's make it interesting.  My 100 C-Bills versus your 100 C-Bills.  See you then."</strong><br/><br/>I turned to the rest of the company.<br/><br/><strong>"Sleep well, everyone."</strong><br/><br/>I went out of the room and waited outside for Yamina.<br/><br/><br/><br/>(Edited to set up fight with Alroy in the morning.)