mk. 06 (text)

[paraclete]

Who: Kaworu Nagisa and whomever else
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: he's in his quarters on the Vanquish.
When: 9/13, which is the anniversary of a horrible catastrophe on his planet!! also his birthday. but mostly the catastrophe thing.

I've gotten a sponsorship box, although I am still not entirely sure what that means. Anyway, it came with the assertion that I should have a wonderful day. But since I hope that you, the reader, will have a wonderful day, and because it would take me a very long time to eat all of this, I'm going to leave it out and let you come and take a cup full, if you'd like to.



It's sitting in the cargo hold of the Vanquish. There are other things there, as well, but you can find this particular box thanks to the glitter on the floor surrounding it. You can take more than a cup, too. I won't be monitoring it. I want to share any bounty I can with any creature I can. A debt is no good.

I do have one request, independent of boxes and cups. If you have the time, and if you feel nostalgic, would you tell me about your planet? It can be anything you want to say. Whatever details are most vivid as the memory of your home. Whatever hallmarks you consider to define your dwelling place. Thanks.

Don't you think it would be nice to go swimming?

Comments

[robitussin]

not sprinkles

[paraclete]

Not sprinkles, then. Water? Soup? [That's what he learned last month.]

[robitussin]

i was being sarcastic

i'm not sick

[paraclete]

Oh, that again. You really like that!

I like it, too. Well, hearing it from you.

[robitussin]

i don't like it

it's just a state of being

i mean the sarcasm not talking to you

[paraclete]

[Does that mean she likes talking to him?? He's smiling to himself, despite everything.]

Has it always been a state of being? Or did it happen over time?

[robitussin]

uhhh

over time probably

did you start talking like mr. rogers over time or have you always been this way

[she says, knowing he has no idea who mr. rogers is]

[paraclete]

I am guessing you mean the way I talk now?

I was more unruly when I was young.

It's natural for a person to grow and change, isn't it. But many different things can happen. By the way, Opal, how old are you?

[robitussin]

18

define unruly though i want details

[paraclete]

A lot of change can happen during that amount of time. Oh, but you used to be a baby and everything!

Anyway, it's not very interesting. I just didn't know much.

[robitussin]

yes most people were babies at one point

come onnnn details

[paraclete]

That's true, but I don't always think about it.

[... ... ...

This text comes almost instantaneously, to the point it shouldn't even be possible to type like that: ]

I was stupid. I wasn't adept at anything. I was messy in every way possible and I didn't understand anyone else. I only caused problems, and was unable to solve them. I wasn't likable. I wasn't a friend.

[It had come out into the message field as a rush of hateful thoughts, and as soon as it sends, Kaworu is completely mortified. He hadn't meant to say all that, and he feels like as much of an idiot as he was back then. He pauses until he's certain he isn't going to die of shame (which is a disappointment), and then...]

But that was a long time ago. Never mind all that.

[robitussin]

[unseen by him, for some reason, she pauses and then smiles as it comes in so quickly]

sounds like you had some rough times

but yeah seems pretty different from how you are now

[paraclete]

[Her approval, or benevolence, whatever he's perceiving, it only barely stalls his embarrassment. He's just plain angry with himself. Better to deflect.]

I like the person you are now, but I'm sure I would have liked the person you were before you were 18, too.

[robitussin]

ehhhh debatable

anyways are you cool

[paraclete]

As in good? One way to have a good day is to believe that it's meant to be good. :)

[robitussin]

wow

that is totally not an answer

[paraclete]

[HEH

This is more difficult when people actually call him out on it.]

I am well, Opal.

[robitussin]

the squinting resumes

[paraclete]

What kind of answer should I give you?

[robitussin]

one that won't make me squint

[paraclete]

I'm not sure how to do that! But I think I'm figuring out a pattern: sometimes, you squint when you are nice to me.

[robitussin]

no

that is not the pattern you should be figuring out

[paraclete]

:)!! I'm right!

[robitussin]

i literally just said no