Just because I'm a redhead doesn't mean I have a fiery personality... or does it

[foxhoundfangirl.livejournal.com]

What a complete asshole...

[Meryl was storming down the hallway, still fuming after her run in with the male EVA. He really got under her skin- and not in the way he would have liked, most likely. Men like that... ugh.]

[Finally Meryl came to her destination: a gym. This was a good way to work off some aggression. Not much later, the redhead could be seen punching the hell out of a punching bag.]

[((I don't know. RANDOM POST. Post doing your own thing in the gym or talk to Meryl))]

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[thoserookieeyes.livejournal.com]

[Wow, she's seen that kind of mildly-controlled temper tantrum before. Well, if she knows anything about herself, it's that attempting to talk about it only makes it worse. Ah well, she may as well help in whatever way she can. She carefully slipped behind the punching bag and held it in place for her slightly younger self.]

[foxhoundfangirl.livejournal.com]

[Meryl hardly notices her alternate as she's punching the bag, but after a moment her eyes lock with the other woman's and she pauses.]

You're... me.

[Excuse the obvious comment, it's the first time she's met an alternate unless I'm a complete idiot and forgot.]

[thoserookieeyes.livejournal.com]

You haven't been here that long, have you?

[Meryl doesn't seem all that shocked by her alternate's reaction. In fact, she's somewhat insensitive to it all.]

So I guess you're still upset about being dragged into a weird building, huh?

[foxhoundfangirl.livejournal.com]

[She just shakes her head numbly, her current anger momentarily pushed to the side.]

Still trying to get used to it.

[thoserookieeyes.livejournal.com]

[Ah, so that wasn't it. She tried to think of whatever advice she could.]

You better keep up this training, it'll make things seem more normal.

[She grabs the punching bag again, and gestures to it.]

[foxhoundfangirl.livejournal.com]

Right...

[She threw a few punches, but she just couldn't get into it like before.]

It's just strange. It's like looking in a mirror.

[Not that she looked in the mirror a lot.]

[thoserookieeyes.livejournal.com]

I didn't think you cared enough to be distracted by your own reflection.

[The older Meryl was more comfortable seeing herself, but that was just because she cared a lot less. She tried to make the situation less awkward by starting up a conversation.]

So, what year are you from?

[foxhoundfangirl.livejournal.com]

I never said I did.

[It was a little frightening to see herself, really. Though she wasn't much older, it was still the person she was going to become. That was a lot to put on someone's shoulders.]

I came from the Shadow Moses incident.

[She figured Meryl would know what she was talking about.]

[thoserookieeyes.livejournal.com]

You don't have to. You can't freak out about everyone that looks like you, you know.

[Meryl doubted they would end up the same here. She remembers meeting another one of herself, and how cheery and relaxed she seemed to be. She herself had mellowed out quite a bit, going from just wanting to escape and keep up her training to trying to build a life for herself and continue to be the best she can be.

She remembers being curious about who she is, but it seems more and more like she's made herself into what she is, instead of discovering a thing. She was curious how this other her would turn into, or if she'd end up the same as her.]

How far along? Have you managed to escape the facility yet?

[She started to look at her younger self's arms and legs for bullet holes. That would be a good way to know for sure what happened to her.]

[foxhoundfangirl.livejournal.com]

[No bullet holes. This Meryl was pretty much as green as they come.]

I was about to meet Snake in the bathroom when I got yanked here.

[thoserookieeyes.livejournal.com]

Really... Oooh boy.

[Maybe she better not say anything about her future. She abruptly tries to change the topic.]

You know, you could be here for a while. Have you decided what you're going to do with your time?