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re_alignment2013-12-31 07:03 pm
thxforthememories) wrote in re_alignment2013-12-31 07:03 pm
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video / action || trion's lake
[The video opens on a nice view of Trion's Lake, at night. There's stars and all that, with the ninjabot poised at the edge of the lake.]
[... Next to a box of what look to be fireworks. Leftovers. From someone else.]
Another year, then. I suppose... that's a good thing. To have lived so long.
[He looks down at the box.]
Someone gathered these, once before. I thought to use them again. In celebration. For surviving another year.
Maybe it isn't much to most of you, but... it means a great deal to me.
That's all, I think.
[And he clicks the feed off.]
[HOWEVER ... if you want to come set off fireworks with him, he'll stay at the lake for the rest of the night.]
[Additionally, close CR will be getting these as New Years Gifts. Come get them in person, or handwave it!]
[... Next to a box of what look to be fireworks. Leftovers. From someone else.]
Another year, then. I suppose... that's a good thing. To have lived so long.
[He looks down at the box.]
Someone gathered these, once before. I thought to use them again. In celebration. For surviving another year.
Maybe it isn't much to most of you, but... it means a great deal to me.
That's all, I think.
[And he clicks the feed off.]
[HOWEVER ... if you want to come set off fireworks with him, he'll stay at the lake for the rest of the night.]
[Additionally, close CR will be getting these as New Years Gifts. Come get them in person, or handwave it!]
[Action]
Those...
Those were Gunmax's, weren't they.
[Action]
[It's only when he speaks that the ninja turns slightly. He's running his fingers over one of the little gifts he'd collected.]
... Yes. They were.
[He nods to the box.]
When I told him New Years was all I knew... he found them. You're... welcome to set them off, if you wish.
[Action]
...
[He does not pull out a Firework, however. Maybe the reason he isn't thinking about the Pillar, is because he is now thinking about Gunmax.]
I don't...I don't know how.
Gunmax always did this part.
I did not imagine that the next time I saw them would be without him.
[Action]
Then don't. Don't imagine it.
Think instead how annoyed he would be, if you had this opportunity, and ignored it.
[He's trying, McCrane. Really. Because it's been on his mind, too. Ever since Deckerd showed up.]
[He kneels, and takes out one of the smaller firecrackers, holding it out.]
I know how. And... if nothing else... I was made to teach. Wasn't I?
[Action]
[His eyes follow the small explosive, watching the way Kagerou handles it and trying to remember the way Gunmax would light them and then cheer when they went off.]
...
[McCrane starts to reach out, and hesitates.]
Please. Show me. Maybe we can light one together.
...
For him.
Then I can see how good at teaching you are.
[There's a small smile...because he knows you are trying, and in its own way that makes him feel happier inside. Not quite as alone.]
[Action]
[He ducks his head, placing the firecracker neatly in the other BP's hand. Closing his fingers around it, carefully. Though... his own hand lingers for a moment, on the other's.]
He'd call us sentimental idiots for this. I'm sure. Loudly.
[There's a small lighter, in with the other things. He lifts it out, holding the flame closer.]
Like this. Touch it to the end... then throw. Hard as you can.
[And only then does he remove his hand from McCrane's, fingers slipping back, and offering up the lighter.]
[Action]
...
Speak English badly, I mean.
[And in some ways, it wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be Gunmax.]
[He takes the firecracker, holding its weight for a moment and surprised at how light it was for how much explosive power it had. Bullets weren't like this. Bullets felt heavy, so that one had to make the decision to load them every time.]
We are sentimental.
[They had to be.]
If we weren't sad now, however...then we would not be alive. [They would be mere Robots, and...they wouldn't be able to enjoy this. They wouldn't be able to form new bonds from the remnants of the old. It is good to have someone to share the pain with.]
[He lights the firework, and throws it as hard as he can.]
...!
[And he still jumps a little, when it explodes.]
It's pretty, don't you think?
[Action]
[He falls quiet, watching the other. It does hurt. It hurts a lot. But... what can really be done? They have to hold together.]
[But even while he's quiet... he stays close. His shoulder brushing the other BP's.]
So we are.
All emotional. For better or worse. No matter how we change, there will always be that. Hm?
[He watches the firework fly. Watches it explode. And absently reaches out to clamp a reassuring hand on McCrane's shoulder, when he jumps. It's bright out, suddenly.]
I always wanted to see them. I thought about it often... before here.
It is beautiful.
[Action]
[He likes this, in his own way...and while he is not one to show affection easily, himself, Kagerou will find McCrane staying close, letting their shoulders continue to brush.]
Fireworks?
I hadn't considered.
[He reaches up almost absent-mindedly, touching the hand that is on his shoulder.]
Kagerou. What else did you always want to do? Would you tell me?
I think we should try and mark some items off the list.
[Action]
[Because they can be erased or altered. Can't they? Unlike those living robots around them.]
[This is oddly comfortable. And familiar -- just leaning against someone. He doesn't protest. Or pull away. He stays where he is, enjoying it.]
No. I didn't think any of you would have.
[But he doesn't sound angry -- not anymore. It's just a fact, one of the few he's actually accepted.]
[He blinks, at the touch, turning his head to look at the other.]
Live. Mostly. I... didn't think much beyond that. I wanted to survive. To fly in the sky. See New Years fireworks...
Feel rain, wind. It sounds foolish, but. I saw it a few times... and I always wondered.
[Action]
[Now, Kagerou was one of them. McCrane has no doubt...and he is so proud of the other brave police for proving his initial feelings right.]
You've already done a few. It is a shame that it does not rain here, although...
[He pauses, remembering soemthing.]
Kagerou, have you ever had a bath?
[Wait.]
I mean, have you ever visited Prima's crystal pools? It is not rain, but there are some small waterfalls...
[Action]
[He's honestly a little embarrassed to admit to all this. His wings mantle up, flicking as if irritated, but the look on his face is more sheepish than anything.]
[Then he blinks. Several times.]
I... yes? Kay made me.
[McCrane are you calling him dirty.]
Oh -- No. I haven't. [Another beat.] Waterfalls? What are those like...?
[Action]
[McCrane clearly has the element of pacifism.]
Waterfalls are like...a lot of rain at once. I could show them to you?
[He watches the way your wings twitch, wondering himself what it would be like to fly through the rain. At the moment, the best he can hope to do is retreive lost basketballs off of rooptops in the rain.]
[Action]
[Since he can figure out who the other two options refer to, easily enough. He tilts his head.]
I would like that. I think.
[They settle down, quickly enough, folding smoothly against his back.]
You wanted to go now?
[Action]
[No one has ever asked him. It has him off-guard.]
I...enjoy improving my skills, and honing my tactical abilities, and visiting the shooting range.
[He is all work, why did you ask.]
However. I think...I think my AI is also happy when I am being spontaneous.
[He spends so much time planning, that he has come to like being interrupted and taken on an adventure. It was his favorite thing about Gunmax.]
Not now, no.
[Gunmax reminds him, and he reaches for another firework.]
When we are done. It can wash off the soot.
[Action]
When you're working? That's all? [His head tilts the other way, thoughtful.] Spontaneous. Like now?
[He quiets, watching McCrane. After a pause, he bends, and holds out another firecracker to him. There's a tiny, almost invisible flicker of a smile.]
As you wish.