zerotohiro | Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

Funny little feeling. [But up on his feet he goes and he's even making a show of dusting himself off, even if his hand goes back to pet Naga's flank since that's probably all he can reach.]

It's not a bad idea to take her with us just in case we need some help. I brought some back-up, too. [He nods behind him where he'd (thankfully) left a small red rolling suitcase out of Naga's path.] With everything that happened the last couple of days, I'm not taking any chances. [He moves to grab the handle of the case and gestures for girl and polar bear dog to follow.] Come on.

[Oh god you poor thing. Sorry, Mary, Hiro's a little more than panicked and he doesn't say anything immediately but instead he grabs her shoulders and practically picks her up to move her, stepping into the apartment and slamming the door shut. He keeps her upright, eyes darting around the room until he decides it's safe.]

...I know this isn't going to stop them if they really want to come in, but let's just pretend, okay?

I-- [ What just happened, how did she get from HANGING BY A MOMENT from the doorknob to being held up by Hiro's hands on her shoulders? And he looks incredibly panicked, which isn't making her feel any less worried. ]

O-okay...?

definitely good enough for me!! so i'm gonna put you in charge of project: get ten-nii to fly!!!

[god he's so proud of this idea -- it'll probably end in actual flames]

in my house?? me and kousetsu-san. he's a sword spirit! bunch of other sword spirits down the hallway have come down with something. phoenix-kun says that some of his kids have gotten sick too..... and so have some of mine!

[though even Tenka can't think of a pattern between all of those. they're all pure of heart but tenka thinks a lot of people are pure of heart they just don't show it]

[Sorry, Mary, no time for pausing or being gentle! Hiro's a little too alarmed to hold still and he's positive the ghosts are coming for them. His grip loosens up though so he's not hurting her, giving her a once-over.]

All the windows and stuff are closed right? [He...might also be subtly starting to steer her back to bed. She definitely looks a lot worse than a few days ago and that's not good.]

Yeah, I didn't want them making me blind again...

[ Mary's been through some shit with these assholes before, she's not taking any chances. Never mind that she can't really do much when every step makes her head swim, but thankfully... her bed's not far. ]

He's bigger than you, yes. Dunno if it says something about the cat or something about you.

[Teasing, teasing. The chocolate is dropped on Hiro's desk, and since he's at it, Jack decides to perch on it too, giving his friend a look-over.]

Time can get... a little funny after a while if you don't pay attention to it. [Tilting his head.] You didn't catch anything like the half of the colony did?

If more than eight hours are passing between meals and more than twenty four for resting periods, it's bordering on unhealthy. [ TRUST HIM he knows going more than forty eight hours without rest becomes incredibly terrible and stupid. ]

Enough people are sick. I'm not going to sacrifice my health and add to the mix. [ So yes. ]

[ At Hiro's words, he nods– backups on backups. Smart move. Trowa doesn't ask about the look on the other boy's face, the flicker of understanding. Pressing won't get him anywhere, Hiro's too intelligent to fall for any prying questions. ]

That's how we started too. Rovers, cameras, satellites. They made some breakthroughs in technology that led to the age we live in now. All that's pretty far in the past though; maybe your world is getting close to the things that allowed us to be where we are back home.

[ A small hope, right? ] If that's the case, you might be watching a technology boom. Or be part of it.

A flying motorcycle....? [ That sounds fake but okay. Trowa's already seen some weird shit. ]

Is something going on with you and your brother? [ Sorry Hiro, didn't wipe that expression off fast enough. He let the first one pass but this one is deeper. ]

[Things that will end poorly: this.]

Haha, you got it! I could probably rig up some rocket boots for you in a couple of weeks with the right parts. Mochi's took a couple of months to perfect and I think your feet are bigger than my cat's. More sword spirits? A friend told me about them, too. I didn't realize they were being affected. And I didn't know you had kids. Like. Actual kids? I mean whatever that doesn't actually matter unless they've all got something in common. A couple of my friends have come down with it, too, and I'm not finding the pattern fast enough.

...so you were around the first time the ghosts were out possessing people's bodies and stuff, too? [Ugh why does this stuff happen? Whatever, he's just practically dragging her back to her bed before she gets too dizzy to focus. At least it's close by and when they get to her room he's carefully depositing her on her mattress while he starts pacing around the room.]

You're a medusa though. How could they even make you blind?

Maybe a little of both. Mochi's in good health though, so that's gotta count for something.

[He might already be inching a hand for one of the pieces of candy even when Jack settles on his desk. He leans back in his chair, apparently not bothered by the fact that he has a new desk ornament in the form of a winter spirit.]

The whole "seems to move slow and fast at the same time" thing? Because I can see that. [He shakes his head.] What do you think I'm researching? A lot of my friends got sick but I'm still okay. I haven't figured out how yet. If you're a winter spirit, does that mean you're immune to stuff like colds and flus?

[Unless Jack's sick and hiding it really well, but it doesn't look that way.]

My eyes aren't really powerful or anything... [ How little you know, Mary. She's tiredly slumping against the headboard, though. ] All I know is that it looked at me, and suddenly, I couldn't see anymore. And Zara couldn't hear, and Nesso's body ran off without him...

[ Ah, she misses her original housemates. Such wacky shenanigans. ]

I've got this. And anyway Baymax is kind of forcing me to take breaks when we're approaching unhealthy levels of working. [It's debatable if he listens to the robot, but Baymax definitely tries.]

But tell me about it. Who do you know that's gone down already? [He might be interested in adding names to his list to do more research, don't mind him.]

It's possible. Science and tech keep evolving every time you blink so we can only hope. I think I'm too short to be sent up into space right now but I'm hoping that'll change some day. I'd like to see it up close instead of through a telescope in my bedroom. [A technology boom. He wants to be part of it more than he'd realized.] And I've got a couple of years left in my life. Things are bound to change.

And yes, a flying motorcycle. I can't even make this up. [Well, he could. But he won't.

The problem is that Trowa asks That Question and Hiro's stunned into silence, not sure how to recover from that gracefully. Tadashi would know how to, but Hiro's still young and unsure of how to handle it himself. So he shakes his head.] Tadashi and I are fine. Don't worry about it.

[Just a look. Mary, please. You're a medusa and Hiro's going to be convinced they're powerful no matter what. But he's monitoring her closely to make sure she doesn't pass out, still pacing her room as he goes.]

A friend told me about the body possession stuff...were they messing with all five of the senses back then?

I guess so, but I don't know why. I really didn't like it, though.

[ Not that... anyone did. ]

[Mary...it's okay, Hiro's just accepting that answer with a soft (and weirdly nervous) grin.]

We'll find a way to make sure it doesn't happen again. [A beat.] But I think they're more interested in killing us than messing with our senses, so we might be in luck. [If you could call that luck.]

Is... [ Give her a few minutes to cough. ]

Is that really lucky?

are you calling me fat? fatter than your fat cat?!

[NO HE'S JOKING...... he's laughing into his pillow, god. someone stop this]

well they're like my little brothers and sisters so they might as well be my kids, right?? [that's totally how family works] hey settle down though hiro-kun, it's not your job to save the world. there're people here to help you too

I mean it's sort of lucky since we only have to focus on one objective instead of the possibility of them doing a bunch of stuff to us. Don't you think that's easier?

I... don't know. [ Maybe it's only one thing to focus on, but... ]

I really don't want anyone to get killed. I'd rather go blind permanently than have that happen. So just thinking about it is...

Maaaaaaybe just a little.

[Tenka's another person he feels like he can joke with without offending him. It's nice, at least.]

I don't think that. You know what. Sure. I mean…Tadashi kinda helped Aunt Cass raise me after mom and dad died so that sorta makes sense. And who says it's not my job? I'm a superhero, Tenka. It's sorta in the description.

I'm not going to let anyone die again. [It's said sharply and without thinking and he stops pacing, biting down on his lip.] That's why it's good we can just focus on one thing. Higher chance of stopping them and finding an answer.

[ Again?

Mary blinks at him for that answer, but she knows better than to ask. Now's not the time. ]

So I should be helping, too...

[ Mary, you look pretty dead. ]

Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

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