paraclete: (until the end of the world)
kaworu nagisa ([personal profile] paraclete) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-01-26 09:04 pm

mk.01 (video, action)

Who: Kaworu Nagisa, and maybe you!
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: The evening of 1/26.

[This could be strange, but it looks like the pale youth currently on camera is a leisurely waker. He shifts several times, then pulls himself into a sitting position, slowly... His eyes are closed, and he's running a hand through his hair. Finally, something strikes him. With the lightest crease between his brows, the boy starts breathing (was he not breathing before?) and opens his eyes. The irises are red and clear.]

Again, huh? [he murmurs, but his hands drag down until he's touching first his own waist, his hips, then back up to his shoulders, his arms... The action might be more provocative than he means for it to be, thanks to the space age skintight bodysuit he's wearing. He touches his neck. He frowns.]

I see. Not 'again', but still... [But Kaworu's a fan of being vague, so he'll leave it at that. Instead, he shifts in his seat so that his legs dangle over the side of the cot, and leans forward to reach for the communicator. Now, with a closer look at his face, it's clear that he's confused to the point that it causes him pain — he looks like he's got a pretty bad headache. Regardless, whether he's broadcasting to captors or captives, he wants to put on a gentler face. He exhales, and his expression smooths out considerably, though his eyes still hint at stress.]

Lilin, yes, but non-Lilin among you. This is beyond any experience I would have anticipated. It's as though there are more keys on the piano, but they play in notes I've never heard before. It could take some practice to make a song out of that. But practice is just time and effort, right? [And now he can smile. It's something soft and easy, an expression of reassurance for anyone who can see it.] It would be nice if we could practice together.

[The smile thins into something more grave. He's certain he died, and Shinji was physically fine and accounted for when that happened. Kaworu had no reason to doubt that Shinji would find guidance. Now, though, of course he's wondering about this new place and its captives: if they can harvest a dead child, would they take a living child in close proximity? With Shinji here, it could mean danger beyond what Kaworu is prepared for. But to be without Shinji here is also to be without purpose. Either way, he's got to find out.]

Excuse me, [he says,] but I've lost a friend. I imagine several of you have done the same, in being brought to this place. But, have any of you recovered them? That's what I'd like to know most of all about this situation. [The smile has come back, and it's probably for the best, since it looks so natural on his face. Once Kaworu starts smiling, it's almost hard to believe he'd ever stopped in the first place.] Thanks, [he says sincerely.]



[Through the corridors of the Marsiva comes a young man — a boy, with a face easily taken for youthful — and he smells very strongly of blood. His plugsuit, though still clinging to him, has been cleaned, but the scent of blood still rises thick from his hair, his skin. Anyway, he looks curious, so he must be someone new. But it's not the mysterious halls that make him wonder so much as the creatures who inhabit them.

He's walking around with both hands level with his chest, and his fingers stick out at odd angles, some raised, some lowered — it brings to mind the image of someone doing mental math, and really struggling with a problem. When he sees you, it becomes clear that you're a part of the equation. If you're a human, he ticks off one of the fingers of his right hand, like he's counting. If you're not human, he does the same with his left. He seems enthralled.]
electrostatics: to pretend we have morals (this is really not the time)

[personal profile] electrostatics 2016-01-29 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like you'd be a good sibling for them. [ There's some kind of strangeness in his tone, for a second, like he's thinking of something else..but it's gone very quickly. ] It's too bad that you had other things to think about. At least, it sounds like it.

[ Huh. That's interesting, but he doesn't comment on his sudden change. ] Sounds like you've met people who weren't so lucky to have that.
electrostatics: i will pay for your emergency room visit (please forgive me)

[personal profile] electrostatics 2016-01-31 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't know anything about what Kaworu's gone through, but he can recognise enough of the emotion not to call attention to it.

He is, in some ways, a sibling himself, after all.
]

Huh. Soulless people are common where you come from, then? Or was it just the one thing. [ Boy, he's asking a lot of questions. ]
electrostatics: to make you look like a good person (i'm not telling lies about you)

[personal profile] electrostatics 2016-01-31 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Good thing Elecman's got a soul, huh.... ]

Must get crowded, if there's a shortage like that. [ He raises his eyebrows underneath his helmet. Normal people can't really tell the state of the soul, after all, so this guy must have some kind of sensitivity.

The next question does come out kind of weird, though.
] Are you allergic to them, or something?
electrostatics: i will pay for your emergency room visit (please forgive me)

[personal profile] electrostatics 2016-01-31 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds pretty rough. [ He can't say he's experienced that. In his world, humans are thriving. Don't they always? ]

Guess I should have phrased that better. Normally people can't really sense whether others have souls or not, so I was wondering if you were extra sensitive to them or something.