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

Huh.

[ not what he was expecting from fred, to be honest. and while he and fred were friends, he didn't exactly know much about fred's living conditions. it's not like they were invited to fred's mansion all the time, anyway. they mostly just hung out at school or at the lucky cat. ]

You wouldn't have guessed from the way he talks and acts.

Considering this is the guy who hasn't done laundry for six months? Tell me about it. [It's weird tot hink that he knows a little more about Tadashi's friends than Tadashi does...but that's because they're Hiro's friends now, isn't it?]

Do you think Fred and Go Go are ever going to show up? [No mention of Wasabi or Honey since they're both in the Nexus...though it's debatable if Tadashi knows that.]

Then that's good. At least we don't have to see those scary ghosts for a good long while!

[And here Takeru may or may not have given a small huff sound in the background!]

Well...I guess whenever I'm not grounded anymore? But hopefully that should be really soon?

Let's try not to dwell on them too much, huh? [He blinks at the Cerevice then, and when he speaks again there's a hint of amusement.]

Wait what? What'd you do to get grounded? [A beat.] And who grounded you anyway?

[Here Hiro, have a rreeeeaaalllllllyyyyyy long pause on his end! Because it's totally not funny to be grounded!]

You know who Leia-san and Han-san are right? Well, remember when I got really sick and there were a bunch of ghosts around?

...I was really worried if my friends were okay so I went out without telling them.

It might be better if they didn't.

[ that's what he thinks, anyway. more people don't need to be subjected to ceres' bs. and he does know of wasabi' situation, but not honey's. ]

Why?

I know it would be better but...I dunno. Just thinking about it I guess. If they did that'd be all of us.

You can get grounded for that? [He sounds genuinely surprised by this, but that's because Hiro's used to sneaking out and Tadashi just complaining at him. Nobody's ever really grounded him.] I mean maybe you shouldn't have gone out when you were sick but...harsh. How long are you grounded?

Aren't you missing Honey Lemon?

[She lets out a derisive noise, not at Hiro, but at the situation. The thought of Sorey, or anyone in their little gang (like Dezel; he deserves his salvation and rest but they won't even give him that?), being kept somewhere in some sort of stasis doesn't sit well with her at all.]

It's not going to be easy to get to either, since it's apparently so important. Not the sort of thing you'd leave around in broad daylight. They'd probably have to make the first move or slip up somehow.

[It's annoying, sitting around and twiddling their thumbs for something to happen so they can take advantage of it. She's admittedly way out of her element here, but that won't make her give up.]

Not exactly. [Pause.] Remember what Mosley said about us being footnotes?

[ well then. he doesn't need hiro to explain any further. ]

You serious?

Well, why wouldn't you? I did something really bad and I made both of them mad so why wouldn't I get grounded?

[Although, this was his 7 year old self talking here.]

But that's what I want to know! Hopefully it shouldn't be too long because it's getting kind of boring being stuck inside all the time!

Pretty sure it was the same timeframe. Athena said she met her but she hadn't seen her in a couple of months.

A friend of mine told me that a lot of people were dragged into the Nexus a few months ago. I avoided it somehow, and now I kinda wish I hadn't because I could have used the experience to figure out what's going on. Athena couldn't tell me how they got in or out but she showed me pictures of the place. It's…they're not dead. They're just shut down and it's weird. But there's hope to bring them back online if we can figure out where it's located.

My guess is the tower but that tower's huge. And they don't just let anybody in. [There's a huff of his own.] But people sometimes come back on their own. Like when people die here? They're revived in a few days. Maybe we can start figuring out where an access point might be. Something.

I dunno. If you apologized and said you weren't gonna do it again you probably could have gotten around it. [Probably. Maybe. Don't listen to him, Takeru, be a good kid. Don't be a Hiro.] You didn't ask how long your punishment was for?

I did though but I don't think it's that easy? But it sure would be nice if it was, it would make time go by a lot faster! And that I would have to keep looking at the dictionary all the time too!

[Oh the joys of being an inspiring writer!]

I'm not sure though. But I hope it won't be too long, I'm ready really bored as it is! I don't how much longer I can take!

[ just who is this athena and why hasn't he met her yet!!! ]

This is getting beyond annoying. What about Aunt Cass? Nobody's seen her here?

[ he'd probably flip if he heard someone see cass around. ]

[Jack? Ever being suspicious? Surely you jest.]

you totally did
and for that you must make up for it
your turn! :D

[Finally, a friend Tadashi can't aggressively stalk.]

If there was any sign of Aunt Cass I would've told you way sooner than now. So far it's just been us twice, and Honey and Wasabi once. But if we're all supposedly recovered data anyway that means there's gotta be a way to figure out where the others are.

Whoa! What makes you think I have robot jokes? [Other than he's a huge nerd.]

[ he moves closer to hiro to ruffle the guy's hair. you're thinking way too much about this right now. ]

You're right.

[ and that's his sign to get up. he'd rather not entertain hiro's thoughts for now, because that might just mean getting into more trouble, and that's one of the things he wants to avoid. ]

We'll figure this out together. Don't start doing anything without me, got that?

[Ugh. He recognizes that shut down and he goes quiet. He is thinking on it a lot, but he's thinking of other things, too.]

Trust me, I won't. [But Tadashi's up and Hiro blinks suddenly.] Oh! Uh...I have something for you. [He's reaching for a plastic bag at the bedside, thrusting it into Tadashi's hands.

Surprise. It's a new pillow.]

[ he takes it and just... looks at it as if it's a foreign object. ]

What is this?

[ more like what is this for, but you should know what he means. ]

It's a pillow. [Duh. But he knows what Tadashi means.] We...kinda lit your other one on fire earlier today.

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