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

Hiro, what?

[ WHY FIRES. WHY THIS??? ]

And who's we?

[Whoops.]

Sorry! Ruby and I were trying to make pancakes but I kinda set the box down on the counter, but it wasn't really the counter it was the burner and she had her face in the cat and when I looked back at the stove the box had caught on fire and we couldn't find the fire extinguisher and so I panicked and Ruby panicked and used your pillow to try and smother the flames but obviously pillows aren't flame-resistant and by the time we put the fire out it was pretty wrecked.

[A beat.] But at least it sorta matches the rest?

[ he pulls the pillow out of the plastic bag and HITS YOU WITH IT, HIRO. ]

Be [ thwack! ] more [ and another! ] careful [ you're lucky he doesn't play baseball professionally! ] next [ and that your head has so much floof. ] time, [ and that he isn't punching you! ] knucklehead! [ geez! ]

[!!!! Flailing hands and kicking limbs and trying not to fall off of the bed in his attempts to get away from the pillow.]

I'm sorry, jeeze! [He's still pushing it away. It's not like it hurts but gosh.] There isn't going to be a next time because she already knows now that I have no idea how to really cook. Also your cleaning robot did a nice job with the baking soda that was all over the place.

[ that's not helping!! ugh. whatever.

tadashi just sighs and shakes his head, tucking the pillow in between his arm and his side. ]

You're lucky the fire didn't escalate.

Supposedly it's for your own good, or so I've heard. But what does a dictionary have to do with being grounded? [Maybe that's not actually important.]

Hang in there, buddy. We'll jump back into ViViD and see what we can do for Patamon as soon as you're done being grounded. I promise.

B A R E
BellonA RecrearE
Think it's a coincidence?

[And now he actually feels really guilty. He stops moving, staring down at his feet instead since he can't really look Tadashi in the eye at the moment. The important part was that he stopped it and honestly, today had been a very good day. And now it's starting to tank because he suddenly realizes he could have caused a lot of damage, he put Ruby in danger, and normally he's a lot more careful now around things that are flammable. You know. Considering.]

I know. [It's mumbled but more sincere than some of his other apologies.] It's fixed, I just needed to tell you before you saw everything yourself.

Do you realize it's like 2am??? [This is more of a "Athena why are you up" than a "Athena you woke me up."]

Anyway. That's...a better hunch than anything else we've had so far. You really think it'd be that easy of an answer?

[ he just huffs, not wanting to say anything more. looks like hiro got the message, even if it had to hurt a little bit. but mostly, he's absolutely relieved that nothing bad happened to him, or to ruby. maybe this calls for another invention. something that won't let hiro in the kitchen, ha ha. or something that can extinguish fires quickly. he doubts hiro can carry a fire extinguisher, anyway. ]

I'm glad nobody got hurt.

[ there. he said it. and hopefully, it makes hiro cheer up a bit. it's not like tadashi meant to get mad or anything. it's just part of him being a worrywart. ]

Did you buy pancakes? [ to replace the ones hiro burnt, he means. ]

Oh. I didn't expect you to be awake. Why are you awake?
Also, you never know. What if that's her signature?

Oh! I'm trying to write a story and I needed to make sure that all the words were spelled right! And I had to keep looking it up to see if they were!

But is a lot more work than I thought! And especially when it isn't that long to begin with!

[His hand hurts from turning all the pages!!]

Well, I hope it isn't for too long. It still sucks being grounded.

Long story, don't worry about it. It could be, but I have a piece of paper with her signature and she wrote out her full name. It's possible though. The terminal didn't give us any other information besides that + our fun mechanical alien dinosaur-shrieking friend. What do we really know about her anyway?

[They could always just get a baby gate to block off the entrance to the kitchen...but in all seriousness he sure did get the message and he's still pouting a little even though he knows Tadashi's right.]

Yeah. Me too. [He looks up slightly, trying for a small grin. Please don't be mad Tadadshi. But there's that question and…he can't help the slightly awkward laugh that follows.] We didn't actually get that far? Stuff kinda happened after that.

[ So he's not listening to Baymax. As suspected. Ugh. ]

A woman named Otome. And this kid I know, his name is Hiro Hamada.

[ Snark central around here. ]

Not a lot.
With Mosley as the head of PR, she doesn't really show herself much. And if you send her a message, she'll try to end the conversation as quickly as possible.

[ He reads annoyance, but there's something else there. Trowa presses his mouth in a thin line, weighing his options. Pushing the subject could get him the answer. Or a straighter one, at least.

The odds of that are low, though. And Hiro doesn't seem ready to speak his mind. Ok. Secrets are secrets. He just hopes someone else knows, so the other doesn't end up dealing with it on his own. ]

It matters to you. [ A pause, and then: ] I think most of us are in different places of our lives when it shouldn't be possible. This place seems to bend the rules.

Yeah.

I'm not turning it around. You said it was normal; I was making a query.

[ Partially true. He already has enough that sets him apart from other teenagers, so sharing something, even if uncomfortable– well, it's actually kind of reassuring. ]

Will it make this easier?

[He's starting to notice that, yeah, and after the third or fourth line he'll just take a quick look at the rest of the text before giving up. So basically they have nothing except "Ceres is being an asshole again". Great.]

I know I'm not, but how are you working differently, kiddo? [Nope, he doesn't know that, so he arches an eyebrow at Hiro, completely forgetting about his lack of power control. There go the trails of frost on the table.] I don't know if the pair with the robonurse is allowed to speak of a pattern. [Teasing, teasing!] Do you really think there's a pattern and it isn't just... sickness?

they don't have to be robojokes
(neeeeeeeerd)
just jokes
you do know jokes right ¬¬

Are we really sure she's real? I've seen the video, Tadashi showed me when I first showed up, but that's like the only time I've heard anything from her. What if Mosley IS Bellona?

If that's the case, then Mosley is really good at pretending to be somebody she's not.

[ and that hits a lot of buttons for her. ]

Maybe I'll try to find out about that, too.

I knew a man in my world who was really, really good at pretending to be dead. He just used a mask to hide the truth. Until we have proof that they're two different people I'm not ruling out that possibility. When are you going to talk to him?

I know somebody like that, too! Not even a metaphorical mask, a REAL one! But he's been arrested now, thankfully. He won't be causing trouble anymore.
And I'm going to contact him tomorrow. I even bought a board game just for him!

Same with our guy. Real mask, real set of handcuffs when they put him in the back of the squad car. You see my point then. [Huh. Funny thing to have in common with somebody.]

I know I don't HAVE to tell you this but be careful okay? I don't know why he likes you.

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