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hugtopia2021-02-15 02:36 pm
runs_on_batteries) wrote in hugtopia2021-02-15 02:36 pm
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[A disheveled middle aged man's face appears on the screen looking incredibly over it. Whatever 'it' is, he's been done with it since Friday and there's no end in sight. There's a large smear of chocolate running from just about his ear on his left side down his neck and along one side of a red hoodie he's wearing.]
Dammit! Damn this place and those creepy bears from god-knows-what! Where the hell am I? Voidtreckers, if you can hear me, my communicator isn't connecting me to the train!
Of all the f-
[Tony's cut off as he spots another bear gang down the street and moves quickly to an alley out of sight.]
What is this place?
Dammit! Damn this place and those creepy bears from god-knows-what! Where the hell am I? Voidtreckers, if you can hear me, my communicator isn't connecting me to the train!
Of all the f-
[Tony's cut off as he spots another bear gang down the street and moves quickly to an alley out of sight.]
What is this place?
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Now that, I can agree with. Fuck fate. [Be bit the fry in half. Then thought of something.]
Should tell you, housing's free here. I can take you to find a place later or... you're welcome to stay with me. There's room. And a bed you'll fit on. [Okay they were just a bit better than single beds but he had plans to make that one of the first things he fixed. Making his bed a double.]
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He was surprised by the offer, though if the roles were reversed he would've done the same.]
If you're sure? At least until I can get my bearings with this place. So there aren't assigned roommates or anything here? Ten points for Havenwell.
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No forced roommates. The house isn't huge. Bedrooms smallish. Single beds. One bathroom. But there's the option to upgrade. [And that he knew he wanted to do. He wanted one of those bigger houses. The ones with the gardens. The space. He'd happily save up to get one of those. And if Tony said yes, even more of a reason to want to get their hands on one.]
But you can get your own too. [He grinned.] But I figure no matter how small the house is, it's a hundred times bigger than the shoe box we had on the Trecker.
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It dawned on him that Gladio wasn't just offering him a room for the night but to be roommates.]
Isn't that the truth..
[Anything was better than the train.]
How do you up- hello?
[Tony looked down under the table to a little gray kitty rubbing up against his legs. It gave a friendly 'mew'. He leaned down to let it smell his hand and then scratch behind its ears. He was surprised when the cat jumped up on the seat with him.]
Friendly little bugger aren't you?
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He grinned when the cat jumped into Tony's lap.]
Warned you there're cats. They're all friendly. Used to people. Just no feeding them. They frown on that here.
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[He gave an exaggerated, playful pout.]
How can you say no to that face? I'm sorry my friend is cold-hearted and doesn't want to give you treats.
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[He grinned and reached out to lightly rub the cats ear.]
They're well looked after. They're just here for attention... and probably because it realised you were stressing.
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Okay, fine, I was stressing.
[He sighed, feeling the fight fade out of him.]
Is there anything else I should know about this place?
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[He knew the signs even when Tony was trying so hard to hide them. And he hadn't been hiding them, if cracking open his pills was any indication.]
Uh shit, now you're askin me to think. Right, well food here's different. The houses have replicators. The basic houses, like the one I've got, spits out ingredients to cook. Still pretty basic, but there's options to upgrade I'm told. [He pauses, thinking.] Try not to piss anyone off or start fights. They'll lock you up here. No waiting a month for a group of people to argue the case. Just straight to jail.
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Wait so the replicators don't actually make the food, they make the ingredients? If it can make something out of nothing then why would it matter if it was making a biscuit or a cup of flour?
[Before his mind could go too far down that bunny trail, he winced at that last comment. One of his biggest failures. It had been torturing him every day since the trial, but he'd felt as though he had no power. He couldn't accept that though. There had to have been something better he could've done.]
Right.
[He focused on the cake for a few moments.]
So they have their own government and infrastructure here?
[Pause.]
We're really free?
[From the train, of course.]
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[Seeing Tony's reaction to the whole jail thing reminded him of the reason he'd even said it and why Tony would not like it so much. Gladio moved his hand from the cat to lightly pat the older mans knee.]
Hey, we did the best we could back there. Too many cooks in the kitchen was the problem, not you or any one person. It was a shitshow from start to finish. But we're basically guests in this world. I don't know if there's a government, but I've heard there are people to talk to. Priests mainly. Again, I'm not the one to ask. Been here a month and still learning.
[He grinned then and nodded.]
Free as can be stuck behind a wall, but freer than we were.
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I should've done more. If I had taken her out immediately.. or finished making that jail cell..
[Or convinced the others somehow.]
It was like another legal matter that tore my team apart back home. Somehow, we couldn't find a common ground and so many people got hurt.
[He gave Gladio's hand a friendly squeeze and pulled back.]
But, life goes on. At least we're somewhere we don't have to run. I'm grateful for that at least. Want to show me this house of yours?
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[Gladio honestly would have just liked to camp that asshole and killed him. Both of them should have been punished more for what had happened. It had been a mess from start to finish.]
The assholes running the Trecker should've done something. Just throwing people in a tin can and hoping for the best was an idiot move on their part.
[He stood, grabbed the last two fries and grinned.]
C'mon then, old man. We won't run, we'll walk.
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He pet the cat one more time and got to his feet. He groaned at the pun as he followed.]
Ugh, that was terrible! I'd expect better from you!
[And yet, guess who is chuckling.]
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[Gladio was laughing as he walked to the door and grabbed up his umbrella. The chocolate had dried and it was kind of gross. He was smiling though, glad to hear Tony laugh. And even more glad to see the rain had stopped when he opened the door.]
Maybe we'll get there before the rain starts again?
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I know it's not my business, but you're not keeping your friends at arm's length because of this issue with Prompto, are you? That's what Ignis did to you guys and it only led to bad feelings all around.
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It's... complicated. I, look, I'm not the same guy I was back home. And the guy they remember was a dick. At some point in my future I end up pushing them all away anyway. They expect that guy and get me instead. I've not been through the things they've been through.
So right now it's just finding a common ground. [Gladio gave a brief smile.] And me finding my footing. It's... weird. I got so used to just... going up to one of them and hugging them. Have to remember not to each time. First time I even tried touchin' Noct he flinched...
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It's hard not being that way when you're so worried for their safety, especially if they're being idiots about it. Like how often was I a total jerk to Peter and then he'd do something stupid like take Buttercup through that portal without telling me? Wait, where you here for that?
[He couldn't remember, which was a difficult thing to deal with when his memory was normally flawless. Time though had been so tricky on that train.
He also realized something else.]
I won't be able to touch him either, will I?
[No, he's not talking about Noct.]
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But then the next question and Gladio shook his head.]
Probably not, no. I'm sorry, Tony. But I think we left a hell of a lot back on the Voidtrecker. We're startin fresh here.
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[Losing Ignis was hard, but not any harder than losing Pepper and Morgan. He could handle this. He was fine. Totally fine.]
Is getting a car on your to-do list? Just how far is this place?
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But since the Regalia is here... [He grinned] Remind me to see them about letting you have a look at her. You'd love her.
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I'd be willing to put up half for a motorcycle. You'd get a black one, right?
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[Least the one he'd had back home was just straight black. A little chrome here and there, but black was the shade he'd gone for.]
Guess when you're more settled we'll have to find you work. Save up and we can get it. Not that you need it. You can fly, dumbass. [He was laughing as he spoke. Tony hadn't been able to do much of that on the train but Gladio remembered him saying he could.]
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Wow...
[He considered lifting off right that very second. He could almost feel the rush of adrenaline, but no.]
You're not really supposed to mix those pills with alcohol.
[Meaning, he needed to get where he was going to sleep soon as he'd basically given himself a tranquilizer.]
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You'll be alright? It's not far but... [Okay, offering to carry the guy would probably be met with something sarcastic, so Gladio would just have to keep a close eye on him.]
Just a few minutes. Think you can last till then?
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