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

[zerotohiro]

'Busy, leave a message!
...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[zerotohiro]

Fine, fine! You can shut him off later. Now do you wanna see what I was going to show you or not?

[psycholawgy]

[ hiro is lucky that athena can change moods so quickly, because she practically bounces in her seat when hiro asks that. ]

Okay, okay! I'm ready.

[zerotohiro]

Check this out. [Give him a moment to provide Baymax with a date and with a specific set of instructions to slow the video down a bit. After a few moments, Athena will soon see a video of Hiro and Baymax's first flight at a slower speed so she can really see the city.]

This is San Fransokyo. It's not too different from what you were expecting, is it?

[psycholawgy]

Woah.

[ this is just too beautiful.

athena just watches the video, wide-eyed. admittedly, she's never imagined anything for what san fransokyo or san francisco might look like. she didn't do much travelling in the united states to have a clear image of the city, nor did she even think about such. ]

I don't. Think so... It's so beautiful!

[zerotohiro]

I miss it a lot. [He doesn't say so very often, but every now and then he wishes he could fly over the city again like back when things were normal.] It's even cooler at night. Way cooler than this place.

And hey...now you get a preview of what you're gonna get from your birthday present.

[psycholawgy]

You're taking me to San Fransokyo?!

[ who knows, right??? \o_O/ ]

[zerotohiro]

Wh--no! I mean I don't think so? [???] Flying, remember? You me and Baymax.

[psycholawgy]

Oh, that one!

[ she claps her hands together and nods excitedly. ]

How do we do that?

[zerotohiro]

We head outside, Baymax suits up, we hold on tight. It's a pretty easy process...we can go after we take care of one more thing.

[psycholawgy]

Okay, okay! I'm ready.

What is it?

[zerotohiro]

The conversation with Mosley. Did you find anything out?

[psycholawgy]

I did find some things out, but I'm not sure how helpful that can be...

[ she switches widget on and clicks on a few things on its holographic screen.

a voice recording plays:

A: Did the Bridge ever work with you guys? Like, as a CERES employee?
M: Hah! She's never been an employee, that would be ridiculous. Also, I'm winning.
A: We haven't even tallied the words yet! [...] So, why'd you help her out, then?
M: I'm still winning. [...] Because I wasn't on the clock, Ms. Cykes.
A: Don't gloat! It's unbecoming. [...] So... You honestly wanted to help The Bridge out? Why?
M: Pfft. Who knows why anyone does anything, Ms. Cykes? I thought it was funny. ]

[zerotohiro]

[For a moment he's delighted with watching Widget work. That doesn't last though as the playback begins. He narrows his eyes as he listens to the recording, taking all of that in before his lips turn down into a small frown.]

That's weird. I can get why he'd say that to me and Korra when he caught us inside the tower, but why would he tell you the same thing?

[psycholawgy]

[ BECAUSE HE'S A ROBOT. which she will tell him later on.

for now-- ]

He might say it's for "fun", but when he talked, it was full of anger.

[zerotohiro]

[PLEASE SHARE THAT THOUGHT ATHENA...]

You think he's mad at CERES? Or what? [He's pausing in his note-taking on Clonco entirely because what?]

[psycholawgy]

That's the thing I can't figure out! I was basically treading on thin ice when he told me that, so I asked what else made him angry. Then he told me that extinction did, and there was a lot of sadness in his voice.

I wanted to ask some more things, but he made me leave.

[zerotohiro]

Classic tactic. You know too much, but he likes you so he had to kick you out. [Oh god this is incredible.] Extinction though...isn't that exactly what CERES started doing to the natives when they built Cerealia?

[psycholawgy]

I know. That's why it's so strange.

[ speaking of strange-- ]

You'll never guess what else I found. I was able to touch Mosley's body, and it's cold as ice.

[zerotohiro]

Cold like...he was in a freezer or like he didn't have a body temperature at all?

[psycholawgy]

Like he was in a freezer. He's not dead, you know!

What makes things even weirder is he coughed out some black slime. I think it was oil.

[zerotohiro]

You're sure he's not dead? [He may be thinking of some zombie comic books he likes to read.] I know this is gonna sound gross but did you get a sample or anything?

[psycholawgy]

Gross, no!

He threw his handkerchief away, so I didn't get it even if I wanted to.

[zerotohiro]

Did you ask him about it?

[psycholawgy]

No! I didn't want him to throw me out before we even got to his office...

He tried to laugh, though. That was why the black liquid came out.

[zerotohiro]

Whoa. [That's a little disconcerting.] Do you think maybe CERES is controlling what emotions he's allowed to feel? I've never been quite sure what Mosley is besides "not human" but an actual droid?