[Please End] Crow Armbrust (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
filetofish) wrote2018-04-27 01:15 am
filetofish) wrote2018-04-27 01:15 amPSLS BECAUSE GAY
[no icons, many SPOILERS for trails of cold steel/sen no kiseki. there's also a lot of gross shit so watch your step.]
filetofish) wrote2018-04-27 01:15 am
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It's also pretty necessary, because there's a lot of them. And because the technology to make them was not just normally developed but found, in a strange dimensional rift that appeared one day and started spewing digital monstrosities. While humans are perfectly capable of destroying the machinery that comes out, going in is other thing entirely. For that, you need something made of the same materials. Thus, the androids, created from the scraps of the living machines that have been coming into the real world for a good thirty years now.
Inside the rift is a whole nother world, full of surreal scenery and advanced technology that humans can barely understand. They're still exploring it, slowly, trying to figure out what actually is ordering the seemingly thoughtless monsters to attack. There's a human settlement there now, but every human is linked to an android, via a brain implant that allows telepathy, and for humans to survive in a world where normal technology becomes inert on entry. It's weird, too -- not just electronics but mechanical things just seem to stop. Guns jam, wires short, anything that isn't made from the materials and powered with the crystals from the other world becomes useless immediately. Humans without an implant quickly sicken and die, too.
So they're reliant on re-purposed weapons, and on links with artificial humans, to convince this other world they're not foreign bodies to destroy. And Crow is one such artificial human. Recently, his partner was killed in an incident, so he's not sure he's ready to trust the new kid they're shoving at him.
C'mon, man. This "Rean" is only 20. Nevermind that Vita was also 20 when they met, and that means Crow is currently 7 years old, and designed to look and behave like someone in his early 20s himself. It's not really fair to dismiss the new guy, but he's doing it anyway. This is what humans call grief. Crow calls it self-preservation. But he's here anyway, walking into the office where his new partner has been left waiting for him for the last half hour. The implant hasn't been switched on yet, but Rean's probably feeling a little residual soreness around the tiny cut they used to put it in.
They haven't met before. Crow doesn't really want to meet. But when he walks in and their eyes meet there's just something about Rean's face that makes him curious. He sits on the table, rather than the opposite chair, and swings one leg over Rean so he's sitting directly in front of him, with his chest as Rean's eye level.]
Heya, new kid.
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That, and he wants to know more about himself, why he has some mysterious and dangerous abilities that he can't control, what his background is. Maybe this won't answer those questions, but it will let him forge forward in finding answers for who to be himself, even if he never learns about his past.
So here he is. A little eager, a little nervous. He's had android friends, it doesn't really mean much to him whether someone is organic or synthetic, but the idea that soon he's going to be telepathically connected to a stranger is enough to make anyone a bit anxious. But he's optimistic, and when Crow sits in front of him, irreverently, he smiles.]
Hey. Nice to finally meet you.
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["Nice to meet you" is not happening. Crow's still not sure he's into the idea. But he's not going to be a huge asshole about it -- yet. It'll be harder when the implant turns on. They won't immediately hear every thought. It takes deliberate effort to "send" a thought along, but it's really hard to do that dishonestly. You can't think one thing and send another. If you're sending, you're sending everything at that time.
So he'll be a jerk when that happens, most likely. But at least he can be halfway charming to start.]
You're cuter than I expected.
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Uh... Thanks? You're not quite what I was expecting either.
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[He's also leaning in close, just in response to the blush. This is fun, and absolutely sort of hazing.]
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[He doesn't lean away but he's clearly not used to having his space invaded. Still, he's meeting Crow's eyes directly, if rather puzzled about this hazing ritual.]
Less flirty, probably.
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[He is sooo charming and that's why he's running the implant bootup process without warning Rean. There's just a blue flash in his eyes, and then suddenly Rean will feel like his senses all just got way sharper. There's enhancements involved, and he can also now hear someone else's voice in his head.]
Welcome to the force, Rean Schwarzer.
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Perhaps Crow feels the same, but it's a bare moment. And then Rean is exhaling the breath he was holding.]
...Are you always this abrupt.
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[They didn't warn him. Rean's superiors are either too professional for personal comments or jerks who gleefully sent him off to suffer the surprise (lookin' at you, Sara).]
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I wasn't really told anything but your name and official profile.
[Same as Crow should have gotten on him. He sighs but he's already over it. It'll be a good experience. He's happy to try new things, anyway, and that includes being mentally connected to someone who right off the bat seems a little bit like his total opposite. But he doesn't dislike Crow, something about him is fundamentally charming.]
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[He heaves a dramatic sigh (as if he even has to breathe), shrugging and shaking his head in theatrical disappointment.]
If I can't even scare a rookie, where is my future going?
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[Mildly sassy, he's still pretty nervous but... Well they are kind of committed now. This is almost a til death do us part relationship, and he really does want to get along with Crow.]
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[Lame!!]
You're going to have to ramp it up if you wanna make it here.
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[He's still reeling a little from the connection, even though it's new, hasn't really integrated deeply yet. There's going to be a lot he has to adjust to, and his new partner is certainly surprising.]
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[Just. Sparkle!!]
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[C'mon Rean this 7 year old robot is more experienced? How sad!
...Or is it? Crow's pretty pointedly not sharing his thoughts right now.]
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[Mostly he's just confused at the turn the teasing has taken. Blushing a little and flustered but he's honestly a pretty even-keeled young man, so it's not really that he's off-balance. He's just adjusting to catch up to Crow.]
Not on the first date.
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[But hey he's dropping it, sliding off the table and folding his hands behind his head as he goes for the door.]
Well, you're all official now. So you can do what you want. But if you don't know your way around the base, I'll show you.
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[And the new guy perks right up, happy for the offer. He seems... Simple. Not really in a stupid way, but his emotions are as straightforward on his face as they are over the link.]