save_the_souls: (no one must know I ate the last one)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-12-23 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait, what?]

- Someone would put you in cryo?

[Considering he's never heard of cryo being used for good reasons? He's getting a bad feeling about this...]
proudlywehailed: (didn't i?)

[personal profile] proudlywehailed 2015-12-28 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, for preservation. I'm what, 95? 96? Somewhere around there.

[he shrugs.]
save_the_souls: (video game junkie)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-12-28 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[....He's so casual about it....]

You're not one of those eccentric rich men that decided to freeze himself until society found a way to stop aging or cure some disease you contracted, are you?
proudlywehailed: (that you were waiting up for me)

[personal profile] proudlywehailed 2015-12-28 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[he snorts.]

From what I understand, I used to have every disease that wouldn't kill me immediately. The cryo came after that was fixed. Part of the perks of my job, I guess you'd say.
save_the_souls: (oh for fuck's sake)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-12-28 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Allen stares a bit because WHAT DO YOU EVEN SAY TO THIS??? His employers froze him for decades and potentially inoculated him with every disease EVER? That's just messed up!!]

...No offense, but they really don't sound like perks to me.
proudlywehailed: (i think of the chances)

[personal profile] proudlywehailed 2015-12-28 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I got to see the world go through the most rapid development it ever has, and I got to see it first-hand and in a body that could enjoy it all. Sure, it's uncomfortable, and it sucks, and I won't say I was put under at the most opportune times for me sometimes, but my job is keeping the world the safe. It's worth it.
save_the_souls: (I have to fight)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-12-28 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Allen freezes at his words. If he was dancing around what Orion was implying, if he was trying to find any explanation to explain Orion's situation without having to think about those things...well, those words put an end to those attempts. In fact, he can feel his blood run cold. Colder than any of the icy flows this planet had to offer.]

Keeping the world safe...

[His arms cross over his chest, and he looks away from Orion. His expression is hard, but his voice is still quiet]

Funny, I've heard those words before. I find they're used to justify all sorts of evils.
proudlywehailed: (i know i took the path)

[personal profile] proudlywehailed 2015-12-28 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[the way he speaks, it's impossible for orion not to respond. when he starts to, his tone has taken on an edge of seriousness.]

... Allen, I've got people a lot closer to me trying to hack at that wall. Our worlds are different, and the situation is complicated.

[and then, he sounds.... tired.]

It's better not to get into that right now.
save_the_souls: (judging u)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-12-28 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
...I didn't come out here to break down any walls, Orion. You brought it up.

[He lets out an exhale of air, the breath visible in the cold air]

Maybe I don't know your complicated situation, but you don't know mine. [uncrosses his arms to put into his coat pocket] I threw away everything I worked for, the path I thought was mine...I threw it all away so I could help right a terrible wrong done by people who insisted it was for the world's safety. And believe me, they had a very strong case for why they thought they were right.

[Like humanity on the verge of extinction strong]

So if you don't...want to argue about it right now, that's fine. We can change the subject if you'd like, or stop conversing. But don't expect me to pretend your situation is too complicated for me to understand or that I can't see the writing on the wall.
Edited 2015-12-28 05:50 (UTC)
proudlywehailed: (is it too much to ask?)

[personal profile] proudlywehailed 2015-12-28 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
All I said was an off-hand comment that you decided to investigate. You didn't have to jump on that. And I didn't say it's too complicated for you to understand, I said it was complicated.

[Orion's defenses are up now.]

My job is to defend the world from people who are seeking to hurt it. It's already safe. I didn't say I was making it safer, I said I was keeping it safe. When there's a big threat to public safety, I come out of the ice. Plain and simple.
save_the_souls: (listening intently)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-12-28 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Allen stares at him for a very long moment. He can see those defenses are up, and honestly- there's a strong part of him that doesn't care. Not that he doesn't care about Orion as a person, he does, but he's far from intimidated by what threat Orion's defenses going up could mean.]

[He could choose to go on the defense in return, but really- he hadn't come out here to fight. But it's not like he can say nothing either, that isn't him. So he'll ask a simple question:]


How do you know you're keeping the world safe when you don't actually live in it?
Edited 2015-12-28 07:12 (UTC)