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themainframe2013-09-16 08:04 pm
fuckinstoplights) wrote in themainframe2013-09-16 08:04 pm
video;
[HOORAY, EVERYONE CAN SEE AGAIN.]
[Which means the video image of this loser can be seen loud and clear, so to speak. He's not up on top of the phone booth anymore, which is probably good. But now he seems to have found a bench or something to huddle up on instead. He seems to be chewing over his words, uncertain how to ask these questions...]
Everyone who arrives here... do they really have a place to stay? Just given to them?
[Because being outside on the street during the blackout? Not fun.]
[When he fails to ask anything else, his creepy little Keramon peeks around the side of his shoulder. Apparently, Kagerou has graduated from ignoring it to letting it sit by him. It ducks its head, apologetically.]
Would someone mind helping him find his place, please? We tried earlier but the blackout happened...
[If it had anything else to say, Kagerou cuts it off by ending the video. Good job, buddy.]
[Which means the video image of this loser can be seen loud and clear, so to speak. He's not up on top of the phone booth anymore, which is probably good. But now he seems to have found a bench or something to huddle up on instead. He seems to be chewing over his words, uncertain how to ask these questions...]
Everyone who arrives here... do they really have a place to stay? Just given to them?
[Because being outside on the street during the blackout? Not fun.]
[When he fails to ask anything else, his creepy little Keramon peeks around the side of his shoulder. Apparently, Kagerou has graduated from ignoring it to letting it sit by him. It ducks its head, apologetically.]
Would someone mind helping him find his place, please? We tried earlier but the blackout happened...
[If it had anything else to say, Kagerou cuts it off by ending the video. Good job, buddy.]
[ Action ]
[Kagerou's head whips around to stare at the Keramon, who shakes its head in mute apology. They'll talk about it later. Not now -- he's much too private and withdrawn for that.]
[His shoulders hunch up again, at the rest of it. He might not comment, but... he's listening. Turning it over in his head. He doesn't want another to get that close. It feels too much like a replacement.]
Motives? Everyone?
[There's only one person in his entire life he's ever wanted to "complete". This creature isn't it.]
[She earns another silent, steady stare.] Programmed. Then... can it be changed?
[The Keramon looks up too, whispering again:] I think strangers might be a bigger problem... More than just human beings.
[The prospect of an entire room to himself is daunting, to say the least. What is he supposed to do with all that space? With a bunch of strangers? He wants to run. To fly. Something. He stays put, instead, staring at it.]
[... not to mention, the kid has no idea how to look after himself in a human body.]
I would... rather there was no one there. It would be better.
Re: [ Action ]
It'll take a little time, but if you can bear it for a little while, you'll earn a crest, and then you can use that crest to move away from everyone else and have some space of your own in one of the crested districts.
A crest you get based on whatever is strongest inside you. Sincerity, Courage, Desire. Things like that. When you finally get it, it'll help Jack be even stronger for you, and it'll benefit you because it means you don't have to live in the communal apartments anymore, if you don't want to.
Don't let it get to you. I'm sure you're a lot stronger than you're acting right now, and you'll make it just fine.
[ She nods, Tugging gently as they go around a damaged building and approach the front doors of the apartments. ]
Do you feel hungry right now? We can get you some food before we go to your room. dunno how much experience you have with being hungry. Its...uh...a twisting sensation in your mid-section. It can make you dizzy, too...
[ No doctor, she, but at least she tried. ]
You don't have to eat around everyone either. Plenty of people take food to their rooms. a lot of people here like to be alone. My pal Pretty-boy, for instance. He's a top-tier loner of epic proportions.