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re_alignment2013-08-29 05:12 pm
thxforthememories) wrote in re_alignment2013-08-29 05:12 pm
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video | post Ultimate Showdown
[Once everything has died down, no pun intended, Kagerou figures he may as well say something. The video feed clicks on to show the bird sitting against a wall in what is more than likely the medbay -- and though he is pretty beaten up, he doesn't appear to actually need to be in the medbay. Nothing is leaking and all his limbs are attached.]
[He stares into the video for a moment or two too long, debating what to actually say.]
... I've made the first arrest of my life. I was... part of a team, today. I felt... as if I had a place.
[He trails off -- this is huge, why don't you look happier, birdbrain?]
But it feels wrong. None of that was anything... [He shakes his head.] ... Maybe a stealth unit isn't made for combat like that.
[His visible optic flicks over to something off-screen.]
Maybe none of us BP units are.
[It ends there. Except...]
[PRIVATE TO: KAY FARADAY]
I'm all right. I kept my promise, this time.
[He stares into the video for a moment or two too long, debating what to actually say.]
... I've made the first arrest of my life. I was... part of a team, today. I felt... as if I had a place.
[He trails off -- this is huge, why don't you look happier, birdbrain?]
But it feels wrong. None of that was anything... [He shakes his head.] ... Maybe a stealth unit isn't made for combat like that.
[His visible optic flicks over to something off-screen.]
Maybe none of us BP units are.
[It ends there. Except...]
[PRIVATE TO: KAY FARADAY]
I'm all right. I kept my promise, this time.
[Action]
It's not gonna change things. What matters is what we do from here on out.
[Action]
... And... I'm sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't have been there. In time.
[Action]
Idiot.
You did fine.
[Action]
Not if this... if this were your home. [Pause.] If this were home.
[Action]
It's risk, stupid!
You got nothing to prove to me, Kagebird. When is that gonna get through your head?
[Action]
It's... [His wings flick.] About life. Living. Keeping your team alive...
We aren't allowed second chances, back there. Do you understand?
[Action]
[He'd seen it after all.]
And I'll be damned if we don't try when we get back home.
[See: try with you.]
[Action]
[The corner of his mouth twitches.]
You're very stubborn.
[Action]
[His arms fold, looking away.]
I'm told that a lot.
[Action]
[Well, now you've got him thinking, PJ.]
It's truth.
[Action]
If we can just...find your AI chip. That's all it takes, right?
[He still doesn't make eye contact with the ninja.]
Got a problem with that?
[Action]
[He lowers his head, his mouth quirking in a bitter little smile. After what McCrane told him...]
Maybe you should talk about this another time... when you're feeling better.
[A slow shake of his head.]
He was stubborn, too. It's familiar to me.
[Action]
[It's not a nice memory, to say the least.]
But it worked.
{He gives a slight huff, waving off the ninja.]
I'm fine! And I'm nothing like him.
[It's not hard to figure out who you're talking about, Kagerou.]
[Action]
[He has a feeling he already knows the answer. But it's something he has to say.]
You're stubborn, like he is.
It's not a bad thing. Not to me.
Re: [Action]
I can think of plenty of worse things to spend our time on.
[See: PJ don't give a fuq]
...Yeah? Most would think that.
[Action]
[You were such an asshole, it's funny now.]
Most didn't spend their life with someone equally set on having their way.
I... take it he never insisted you call him "wolf"?
[Action]
Or something like that.
...
Well yeah, but that's more being a princess than anything.
[Action]
[... is he actually smiling right now?]
It's stubbornness. All the same.
[Action]
S-Shut up, yeah?
[It's not an easy thing for him to do!]
[Action]
[He stands, then, to actually... well. Give a little bow to the other BP.]
Thank you.
[Action]
You're...welcome.
[He gives a light shoulder punch in return.]
[Action]
Don't move so much.
[Action]
And Kagerou put the hand down...]
Hey, I'm good from the waist up.
[Action]
[There's an awkward pause that follows. He looks away, wings fidgeting.]
All right?
[Action]
[Very awkward indeed. He turns his head the other way as well.]
Got it.
[Action]