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[axeboyfriend]

Who: Shinjiro
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva, Hospitality Deck
When: Current

[ The video starts, but it would be easy to assume at first that the young man featured in it was still asleep. He's got a grey beanie shoved over his eyes in a manner that was definitely intentional. But after a long moment, he groans and sits up, pulling the beanie up so he can see what he's doing. ]

...Ugh. Where...

[ He does notice the camera after a moment, and he freezes. It's with an entirely unhappy scowl that he turns away after a moment, looking around. ]

What the hell is this?

[ He didn't ask for this, and he definitely doesn't seem impressed to be the latest member of intergalactic reality television. ]

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[ Leto sensed him when he arrived. A faint ripple in time that called out to him. Following the strand of a future, he finds himself back at the Hospitality Deck where Shinjiro was finishing his message.

This shook him. Ruby. One of his. Here. ]

Sable.

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[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro froze. He'd been running, he was willing to admit that to himself, but even if he hadn't... There was one person he'd never thought he'd get a chance to see again, for all the chances that Aather had given him at the end to visit infinite worlds. One person he'd given a farewell to with no hope of another meeting, for all that he hadn't wanted him to leave. ]

Dune.

[ He'd missed him. ]

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[ He schools himself well - though he's not hiding much. ]

Did you ever make it home at least?

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro considers lying for all of two seconds before he realizes that he doesn't really want to. Besides, he's pretty sure it would be pointless. ]

I hadn't intended on going back.

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[ He frowns. ]

Then where did you plan on going?

[axeboyfriend]

[ He shrugs slightly. ]

I didn't really have a plan. Sora and I were just going from world to world.

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[ He relaxes a little at that. ]

Well, as far as plans go, that one is not terrible.

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro raises an eyebrow slightly. ]

What were you expecting?

[ Though if Shinjiro were completely honest, the whole thing had been more sprung on him than actually intended. But Sora hadn't let him go with his original plan; to run away from everyone he knew forever. ]

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For you to do something stupid and doom yourself to martyrdom, of course.

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro snorts lightly. ]

I don't really think of myself as the martyr type.

[ He pauses for a moment. ]

...I didn't think I'd see you again.

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You were not meant to.

[ If he had seen any of them again, he would have wavered in his duty. But he softens the blow to his words. ]

But perhaps it is better it happened this way.

[axeboyfriend]

Meant to or not... I'm glad it happened.

[ He definitely means it, not that he'd think Dune would doubt him. ]

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I know.

[ He's gentle. ]

But things have not changed for me.

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I didn't think they had.

[ His voice gets a little low as he says that. ]

Still... it's nice to have a little while longer.... Even if it's putting off the inevitable.

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[ He sighs, coming closer. Leto carefully rests his palm against Shinjiro's cheek, the wormskin stark against their skin. ]

Foolish.

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro leans ever-so-slightly into the touch. The wormskin is strange, but he can live through the odd sensation. ]

I know.

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It is your thing, anyway.

[ He pulls his hand away after a while, mindful of how he feels. ]

We might not be assigned to the same ship.

[axeboyfriend]

I'd be surprised if we were.

[ Pleasantly surprised, but still. ]

That doesn't mean I won't keep in touch while I can. We're still Ruby, even if we're not in the same place.

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Of course.

[ That bond is steel and born of blood. ]

Do you know what your augment is?

[axeboyfriend]

[ It's Lab Support, but he actually hasn't focused on that knowledge. He shakes his head. ]

I'm not entirely sure how to figure that out.

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I'm sure it'll come to you once you arrive on your ship. I happen to be tactical support, apparently.

[axeboyfriend]

Tactical support, huh?

[ He rubs the back of his neck. ]

Sounds like something that would suit you.

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[ With cheek. ]

I do like tactically destroying my enemies.

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro laughs lightly. ]

Is that so?

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Of course. It's one of my greatest talents.