8th Shot Fired [video]

[oneeyedterror]

[Look, it's everyone's favourite one eyed 12 year old girl who is actually a 4 million year old robot dude!

... and it looks like as he's talking to you all? Jetstream is braiding his hair, and it doesn't look like Whirl is stopping the digimon.]

Look, I kinda get that humans don't live too long and all that scrap. But you guys make up a lot of frikking reasons to have parties. And some of them are really silly, [Jetstream sort of tugs on his hair, which gets an ow.] no offense to like. Roze and her year party.

[Cause he likes Roze, but everyone else?]

Like "birthdays". Just have a frikking party because you want to, really.

[Another hair yank followed by another ow, and a huff.]

Or just think of something frikking better to celebrate.

[And then he adds, as almost like an after thought.]

Oh yeah and that annoying slagheap Misfire doesn't seem to be here anymore. Frikking pity, really.

Comments

[oneeyedterror]

Yeah but. You're a little guy.

And really, if other people say it doesn't mean you frikking have to.

[justpretending]

It's the grown-up version of pretty, right? I wanna use it! Besides, you're a girl and I can call you pretty, and you're more grown-up, so it works.

[oneeyedterror]

Noooo, it's really not.

[This is actually. Awkward. For Whirl.

Whirl.]

And scars aren't pretty, especially for the person who has 'em and knows why they have them.

[justpretending]

...Oh.

[Now she looks down again and closes her eyes.]

I'm sorry. I should've thought 'bout that. People don't like scars back home. I'm really, really sorry.

[oneeyedterror]

...

[Pfffft.]

Eh, don't be. I offered to show you them after all.

[justpretending]

Only if you're sure.

[oneeyedterror]

If I wasn't frikking sure I'd tell you, ki-- Sophia.

[Whirl makes a face, because honestly he's not the most... quiet about things that piss him off.

Unless he's being a recluse about it.]

[justpretending]

[Now she frowns just a bit and turns up her nose.]

Well, you don't have to be so mean about it.

[It's more pouting.]

[oneeyedterror]

[... What.

And ow ow ow, there goes Jetstream again.]

Sorry, Miss Whirl is normally like that. She doesn't mean anything by it.

... In fact she's horrible to the people she likes too.

[Just a grunt and an eye roll from Whirl, stupid digimon.]

[justpretending]

[She sticks out her lower lip and considers with a small huff.]

I guess that's okay, if you aren't really being mean.

[oneeyedterror]

... Just stop making that face, okay?

[Grump grump.]

[justpretending]

... Okay.

[She slowly smiles again.]

We're still friends.

I haven't had a lot of girls who are friends in awhile. Not really. Even if your voice does sound like a boy's.

[oneeyedterror]

... Okay. But.

I'm not.

[technically a girl, but WELL TIMED JETSTREAM HAIR PULL. ARGH.]

Right. Girl stuff.

[justpretending]

How come your partner keeps pulling your hair? That's not very nice either, Miss Purple.

[oneeyedterror]

Her name is Jetstream, and she does it cause she's a pest.

[justpretending]

Jetstream's a nice name. Com'mon still doesn't have one, not really. I don't want to keep calling him Mr. Lizard.

[oneeyedterror]

I... Guess so? It's just something I came up with. [Ages ago and used as an alias, but no one knows that.]

Well, you can always think up something to call your lizard thing, it doesn't have to be right now. He-- I didn't start calling her Jetstream right off.

[He named her Cannon Fodder at first ha ha ha.]

[justpretending]

It's okay if I wait? Okay. I'll find him a good name later. He can still be Com'mon for now.

[oneeyedterror]

Yeah, it's okay if you wait. Don't want to give him a name that isn't cool.

[justpretending]

What do you think I should call him?

[oneeyedterror]

[Slow blink. Why this question? Whirl just laughs.]

Don't know, and really it's probably better if you think up the name yourself. Then it has more meaning.

[justpretending]

But it's hard.

[Is that a slight whine to her voice? Just a little of one.]

[oneeyedterror]

A lot of scrap is hard. But when you frikking do it yourself it's a hell of a lot better than having someone else do it for you.

[Whirl doesn't have time for whiners, missy.]

[justpretending]

Okaaaay.

[Sophia half-mumbles in defeat.]

[oneeyedterror]

[Ha... wait, was Whirl just kind of a responsible adult.

Did hell freeze over?]

Good, and I'm sure you'll come up with something great.