[Accidental Video] [Backdated to the 22nd]

[kungfugeek]

 [So...that date didn't go as planned, and it's just sinking in now that it was even a date at all. The fact that he'd worked hard to get up the courage to ask, let alone show up...that was enough for his A.I. to handle. But this planet...much like back home, found a way to make that a false hope. Something he'd never really get.  It's a bit of a downer, really.

Enough to make him pout at the junkpile. Why the junkpile? So he could toss things around in his power shovel form if he needed to release his anger externally. This way...no one got hurt. As for right now, though, he's curled up, sitting among a bunch of odds and ends, starting into the distance.]

...

[It'd hurt less if he hadn't arrived her moments after Lua.]


Hate this place.

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[kungfugeek]

[The hug is...taken very well, considering everything. His arms wrap around Deckard a second after the cop does, hands gripping tightly at his back. PJ doesn't show this kind of emotion often, but it'd just been such a long week. Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.


It takes awhile before he says anything, keeping his chin buried into Deckard's chest.]

Bet I look pretty stupid, huh.

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[thankyou4myheart]

[It wouldn’t normally be the first move Deckard would make, considering Power Joe’s far from a huggy person himself, but he’d just looked so much like he could use it. The fact that the power shovel hugs back – and hard – speaks volumes. Deckard clings as long as Power Joe seems to need, patient as he just offers silent support. At the comment, PJ will feel Deckard shake his head.]

Not at all. You look pretty hurt and upset. What happened, PJ?

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{He's silent for a few moments longer, letting his chin rest on Deckard's shoulder. He just needed this. As long as no one found out...he'd accept it.]

Kagerou. And...well,


My date.

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[thankyou4myheart]

[Deckard certainly wouldn't be the one to tell anyone.]

[The first surprises him not at all - he's been pretty upset himself for the ninjabot. The second, however, pretty much makes up for both. "This is over a date?" . . . "You /had/ a date!?" . . . "I'd have to guess that congratulations are /not/ in order..." - The thoughts pass through Deckard's mind, but he leaves them unspoken, turning to far more tactful comments.]

Kagerou, I can wholly understand. But . . . talk to me? What happened with your date?

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[He lets go, his arms folding in on himself over his chest. It's almost embarrassing to talk about, if it weren't a reoccurring pattern. First Lua...now this...]

I had a date. She was quiet and a little awkward, but I liked her company. And she was beautiful.

But...when I showed up, the pillar changed her into some...guy version of her. Who kept talking smack about her.


...I didn't like it.

I don't get it, Deckard. Mccrane and Dumpson found someone. Why...



Why can't I?

[His voice got considerably soft and broken at that last part, head tilting down.]

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[Deckard lets him pull back but only so far, keeping an arm around his friend. And...it's Deckard's turn for a long silence. He wishes he knew what to say, but the truth of the matter is . . . he has no clue.]

[Deckard knows what love is. Yuuta taught him. Deckard loves Yuuta with all his heart, as well as the rest of his human "family" - Azuki and Kurumi, and Tomonaga-tousan and Amamai-kaasan. He loves his team, every last one of them, deeply and fiercely. He loves all of his other human friends - Coach and Mudra, Itohata, Kashiwazaki . . . Saejima-sama . . . Toudou-san and the men and women on his engineering teams who care so much and take such good care of Deckard and his team. Deckard loves his job, and the city and country he helps protect. He knows love, in many, many forms . . . but that one?]

[That's one he still struggles to comprehend or relate to.]

[He tightens his arm.]

Power Joe . . . [a sigh, and shakes his head] I'm sorry . . . I don't know. Maybe they just got ridiculously lucky? Humans often go through any number of tries before they find the right person.

I know it wouldn't be easy, but . . . have you tried talking to her again, now that she's no longer affected by the Pillar? If she remembers anything of what happened, I'm sure she's feeling lost and hurt and everything too. Maybe . . . maybe it'd do her good to know you still like her even after all that. Um...assuming you do...?

[A great counselor, Deckard is not. But...points for trying?]