Takeshi [Gantz • Age 5] (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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driftfleet2016-02-29 10:11 pm
throwsdown) wrote in driftfleet2016-02-29 10:11 pm
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video | SUPER TOUGH
Who: Takeshi
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: Marsiva!
When: NOW!!!
[Takeshi wakes up with bad cotton mouth and a moment where forgets things -- forgets he was in a jungle last he saw, forgets the Tranquility had crashed, forgets that the people he saw as parents were long-since gone. He rolls tiredly, his baggy (now perfectly mended) sweater dragging on one hand, the sleeve still a bit too long. First thing he does is try to grab a glass of water that would have been on the desk in his room. Aboard an entirely different ship. A ship that no longer exists in space.
He blinks wide awake, sitting up straight.
The first thing he notices is that he's barefoot.
The second thing he notices is that his powersuit is gone. He pulls his sweater practically over his head in his haste, gasping aloud at the pale belly and its pal, the belly button, that greets him -- it' gone! It's gone, it's gone, it's gone! Where? When? Who, how? He looks around wildly, anxious. Was he... kidnapped? All over again? No... it couldn't be.
It's like when they kidnapped humans, on earth. But hopefully less blood.
There were people trying to kidnap them off the Tranquility, too. He remembers that.
Summoning his courage, he does what he learned from his adoptive mother. He bullshits, live on camera, at the screen. He's familiar with how network devices work enough, after all. He knows everyone should be able to see this. He puts on his most serious expression, which is admittedly pretty good for someone who is the size of a five-year-old.]
The person who kidnapped me.... they'd better show their face!
I-if you try to mess with me... I'll... I'll...
I'll kick your fucking ass!!
[Thank his adoptive parents and weird uncle for the choice of words. He puffs out his chest, making a fist. But really, he's kind of scared. Like, a lot scared. He only went without his special superhero powersuit when he broked his leg fighting in the ship before. He couldn't wear it over the cast, then. But now... now he's just... he's normal. He's not a good teammate. He's not good at fighting like this. And it's...
Terrifying.
But he'll keep a straight, determined face. He won't let them know he's scared.
He used to always show how scared he was, when he was living with his real mom. But not no more.
Even if he doesn't have his strength and speed... He's a fighter. He'll... He'll figure out something!]
If you're aliens... then... then my dad'll come find you, too!
And then we'll both kick your ass!
[... Anyone on the Marsiva, feel free to see him peeking around the corner to suspiciously watch you just about anywhere on the ship. That, or find him making himself a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich in the kitchens. All that threatening made his nerves convert to hunger.]
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: Marsiva!
When: NOW!!!
[Takeshi wakes up with bad cotton mouth and a moment where forgets things -- forgets he was in a jungle last he saw, forgets the Tranquility had crashed, forgets that the people he saw as parents were long-since gone. He rolls tiredly, his baggy (now perfectly mended) sweater dragging on one hand, the sleeve still a bit too long. First thing he does is try to grab a glass of water that would have been on the desk in his room. Aboard an entirely different ship. A ship that no longer exists in space.
He blinks wide awake, sitting up straight.
The first thing he notices is that he's barefoot.
The second thing he notices is that his powersuit is gone. He pulls his sweater practically over his head in his haste, gasping aloud at the pale belly and its pal, the belly button, that greets him -- it' gone! It's gone, it's gone, it's gone! Where? When? Who, how? He looks around wildly, anxious. Was he... kidnapped? All over again? No... it couldn't be.
It's like when they kidnapped humans, on earth. But hopefully less blood.
There were people trying to kidnap them off the Tranquility, too. He remembers that.
Summoning his courage, he does what he learned from his adoptive mother. He bullshits, live on camera, at the screen. He's familiar with how network devices work enough, after all. He knows everyone should be able to see this. He puts on his most serious expression, which is admittedly pretty good for someone who is the size of a five-year-old.]
The person who kidnapped me.... they'd better show their face!
I-if you try to mess with me... I'll... I'll...
I'll kick your fucking ass!!
[Thank his adoptive parents and weird uncle for the choice of words. He puffs out his chest, making a fist. But really, he's kind of scared. Like, a lot scared. He only went without his special superhero powersuit when he broked his leg fighting in the ship before. He couldn't wear it over the cast, then. But now... now he's just... he's normal. He's not a good teammate. He's not good at fighting like this. And it's...
Terrifying.
But he'll keep a straight, determined face. He won't let them know he's scared.
He used to always show how scared he was, when he was living with his real mom. But not no more.
Even if he doesn't have his strength and speed... He's a fighter. He'll... He'll figure out something!]
If you're aliens... then... then my dad'll come find you, too!
And then we'll both kick your ass!
[... Anyone on the Marsiva, feel free to see him peeking around the corner to suspiciously watch you just about anywhere on the ship. That, or find him making himself a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich in the kitchens. All that threatening made his nerves convert to hunger.]
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You look okay. No bloody teeth or claws. Good.
But even so...! He can't let his guard down!]
Because my dad kicks aliens in the butts, that's why, and only baddest of bad aliens kidnap people!
I know, because I sawl it before! I fought 'em too!
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..... You're not the bad alien that kidnaps people here, are you? 'Cus you don't look bad.
You look kind of nice. But I'll tell if you're tricking me!
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But, I like to think I'm okay.
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But then he puffs out one side of his cheek with a sigh.]
I dunno what 'perp'--'perceptive' means.
[......... or what a bounty hunter is.]
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In this case, I was using it to mean "It depends on who you ask." Things look differently, depending on your viewpoint, right? For example... someone who's very rich, and someone who's very poor. The rich man might think that a meal at a fancy restaurant is cheap, because he earns a lot of money. But the poor man might think that the same meal is really expensive, because he doesn't earn much money at all.
That's because they have different perspectives.
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[He sorta'. Kinda'. Gets it? Maybe?
Most importantly of this entire lesson:]
The poor man can just eat noodles, though! They're way better than fancy food. I ate them all the time, when I lived in my old aparpment. They just needed real warm water out of the sink.
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Yeah, that's true.
I was just using it as an example.
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She laughed! Aliens can laugh is horrible, horrible ways, but it sounded nice.]
Y-yeah...
But I can't let my guard down! Not 'til I know for sure. Aliens were very bad, where I'm from! They tried to blow me up before. And eat my brains...! And even if -- even if they're not always bad, 'cus I know they're not, I gotta be sure. Super... Super-plus-two sure.
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For what it's worth, I don't think I'd track very well with those kinds of aliens either.
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Who are you? Did you get kidnapped, or are you the one who kidnapped me?
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My name is Ahsoka.
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There is a translator in his augment working tirelessly right now to make sense of what you just said.]
Your name's.... Is-That-So?
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[Ahsoka squints at him. Is he fucking with her?]
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[WHICH MAKES NO SENSE WHY SUCH AN ODD COLLECTION OF WORDS FOR A NAME.
WHY SO COMPLICATED.]
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[If you listen carefully, there's a difference in intonation.]
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.......................
Is-That-So?
[... He's pronouncing Ahsoka differently, and it's just translating it into English. Fuckballs.]
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... You know what, never mind.
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[If ye say so, lady.
But... she seems kind of not dangerous, so...]
Are you kidnapped, Is-That-So?
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We gotta find a way to make this ship listen to us! Or else it'll mess with us, too. Where can I go to find the big control room place?
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What do you mean by "before"?
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It was a little different, but kinda the same...
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Maybe the similarities could help us understand something we're missing.
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