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

We'll look into it. I've got friends who're gonna wanna research it. [But she moves back and he smiles briefly before looking down at the red suitcase.] Ow.

[On goes the little light and there goes Baymax inflating from his carrying case, stepping out and away.]

Hello Hiro. [And a pause.] And Adelina.

[Hiro's going to settle at his desk and just let Baymax do the work.] Wanna see what Baymax was really made to do?

May I ask who else is investigating?

[she watches with a smile as baymax comes out, nodding at hiro's question.]

Of course I do.

[technology is the best.]

[And since there's no hurt telling her specifically who's researching the masks with him:] Yu Narukami and Dipper Pines. They're really good friends of mine.

[But with Baymax out he points at the mask.] Baymax, can you scan the mask for us?

Of course. I will scan now. [There's a soft glow as Baymax scans the blood on the mask and a small lull as he tries to decipher the mask.] It is a mask. I am unable to identify bodily fluids left on the surface. [Which is weird when the whole thing's covered in blood.]

[she blinks, looking at the mask and furrowing her eyebrows.]

Nothing on it...? [she glances at hiro.] What do you make of that?

It means it's not real blood, which only sorta makes sense. But it's not paint or anything either. [He's almost afraid to actually touch the mask.] Usually when stuff like this happens it's related to stuff at home. Remember the ghosts?

[her expression shifts to become more guarded, neutral in a forced way.]

Yes, I remember. If it's related to things that happened at home... What do you think your barcode might mean?

That's where the theory falls apart. Barcodes are meant to be assigned to certain items. It's a different form of coding and I mean I write code for Baymax and other projects but...that's kind of a stretch don't you think?

Perhaps. If I understood more about barcodes, I might be able to help you think through it, but...

[what is technology.]

I can think of several things the blood could represent, I suppose, but I'm not sure how to narrow it down.

...is there a lot of blood in your past, or...? [Where is this conversation going.]

No, that's not what I meant.

[okay it kind of is but it sounds worse when he says it like that]

[Suspicious...so suspicious.]

What do you think the blood could represent, exactly? If barcodes are related to tech blood's related to accidents usually. Or death...or...stuff like that.

Accidents... Having caused someone injury without meaning to, perhaps?

Maybe. [He's thinking pretty hard when something occurs to him.] My friend Naoki's apparently got a mask covered in fingerprints, too. There's not a totally direct correlation though. The only thing I can really think that you, Lee and Naoki have in common is that you guys fight people and monsters a lot.

...think maybe that's it?

[she pauses to think about it for a moment.]

I've never done battle against a human, unless sparring counts for some strange reason. However, if it were monsters, that would make sense.

[To be fair Naoki fights with demons so maybe this makes even more sense. But he won't say that.] I doubt sparring counts. You're...thinking of a certain monster in particular? I know you've fought a lot.

The two that come to mind first are an ogre and a dragon back home... I suppose that could be why it's covered in blood rather than just bearing fingerprints like the others. They were both rather large, if the amount of blood is determined by physical scale.

But if they're just monsters why would that make a difference? What makes those two so special?

They weren't like the ones we encountered at the carnival. Both of them had the capacity to think, feel emotions and speak.

So they were kinda like people, but not. [He scribbles down something, making some comparisons as he thinks.] ...what were they doing that they had to be stopped?

[Eh. It's more polite than "why did you murder them."]

The ogre was several seconds from bludgeoning me to death with a club, and the dragon was attempting to take me back to the lair she'd had me trapped in for weeks after making it explicitly clear that she was going to kill me after she tired of me.

[shit happens]

Okay so self-defense. That shouldn't count but...I guess technically that's still considered a death on your hands. [He's not going to ask if she feels bad. He already has an answer.]

...how do these things even happen to you? [It sounds just like a storybook.]

[she pauses, surprised by the question. to her, it's just a fact of life, nothing completely out of the ordinary by now.]

I'm not sure what you mean by how.

It's just like...think about it, Adelina. "I'm a princess knight and suddenly an ogre just shows up and then a dragon also decided I was a hot commodity." Like...why you specifically? [Maybe that has something to do with the masks, too. Or maybe Hiro's just a nosy little shit. Probably the latter.]

I fear you don't understand. These things happened very frequently to many people. The monsters are a constant threat to everyone, and innumerable lives have been disrupted or lost. Assuming it was something that happened to me specifically is incorrect.

I guess it just sounds weird since you're the only one from your world here and I haven't really heard of stuff like this. Does that mean that a lot of the monsters are also capable of speech and emotions?

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