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[slukhtis]

Who: Michael & you??
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Marsiva, like there is anyone THERE RIGHT NOW.
When: Idk the 20th? Let say that??? don't ask me.


[ The feed flicks on and he is upside down, giving the thing the same sort of look someone would give a person who turned out to have two extra heads talking in tongues. Or if those two heads were actually snakes, or dragons. Michael turns it until he appears on an angle, then shakes it, disrupting the feed with a few erratic shakes. ]

It's broken. [ He announces to practically no one, his voice is rough - gravely - as if he hasn't been using it for a while. ] This is fucking stupid. Send me back I'd rather deal with the bullshit tower and dumb robots. I had a comfy bed there, and a room, and people that didn't smell like shit. Or rotting bodies.

[ Last he remembers Robin's still there, along with all some other people he can't be bothered remembering the names of (Tabby, he remembers Tabby at least). He'll be pissed if he disappears again. Michael scoffs, leaning back and lifting the camera above his head. ]

This place also looks like shit. Couldn't kill you to add a few more colors in here or something, my damn eyes feel like they're gonna melt.

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[onlyanapple]

[No words just yet. Just a picture:


]

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[principality]

Oh! What a kind welcome!

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[onlyanapple]

[Whining. You're making him look like a loser, stop it.]

See, I made an effort and you ruined it.

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[principality]

...should I not have pointed it out?

Oh!

I see now, of course.

[It was one of those "don't point out the demon being nice"-things?]

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[onlyanapple]

Ugh, it's too late now, angel.

Besides, it was sarcasm. Do we have to go over the sarcasm flashcards again?

[Yes. Forever.]

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[principality]

It's been...almost a century, hasn't it?

[ :|a ]

...have you updated them?

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[slukhtis]

[ . . . ]

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[slukhtis]

[ . . . ]

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[slukhtis]

Bleh.

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[onlyanapple]

Not the rainbows sort, then?

Perhaps paint splatter is more your thing?

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[slukhtis]

Too sparkly, and happy. Makes me want to puke.

Reds are better.

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[onlyanapple]

Everyone's a critic. Hang on.

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[onlyanapple]

[slukhtis]

[ he doesn't know what he expected but it wasn't this. ]

Ugh.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[he had a lovely day out with Oren, earlier. it was nice. he was expecting to get back and find the usual boring messages. he does not. he finds this.

he opens a video frequency in response before he even realizes it's waiting for him. there's a long pause. he's just--frozen, thinking, please. please don't be him. please be some freak coincidence. someone else. a hallucination, anything.]

...Michael?

[he looks scared. he shouldn't have put this on video, but he's not thinking.]

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[slukhtis]

[ That voice pierces through, sharp against his ears, makes him blink and jerk and shake the feed until it sits upright (he knows how it works) - jaw so tight his teeth grind.

Couldn't...

He was at that damn fucking tower, right? Right?

Apparently not, he's staring at the image of Robin. Robin looking scared. Robin looking... ]

Robin. [ What the fuck are you doing here? sits on his tongue but doesn't quite get past his teeth. He shifts, muscles of his face tightening before relaxing a moment later. Well, he's here... can't demand to go back now. ]

Hey.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[that seals it. familiarity. this is bad.]

No... No, no, no, you're not supposed to be here...

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[slukhtis]

[ Confusion comes quickly, half expecting anger instead of well... this. ]

What?

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Michael. Michael...

[he says his name like you say old, dead, foreign language. he covers his face, mostly his eyes, mouth still open to let the panic through--panic that's quickly slipping over into rage.]

You can't be here. There's too much. Why--Why would it bring you.

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[slukhtis]

I don't fucking know.

[ He inhales sharply, looking away from the camera for some sort of escape route - someway he can get off this ship and to where ever the hell Robin is. ]

But I am, I'm damn well here. Stop freaking out.

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[gonstop]

Huh, I haven't smelled anything weird. Who did you find?

[So, there is at least one other person on this ship with Michael, and he happens to be a child. Details. He's standing beside him now, looking around like he's actually checking for bodies.

But then he seems to remember he hasn't actually said hello, and so he smiles, raising two fingers in something of a wave.]

Yo. So you just showed up here, too? I wonder what it is.

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[slukhtis]

[ Michael barely moves, barely reacts, save for a sparing glance at the kid who suddenly appeared by his side. When did he do that? He thought he was alone on this damn ship.

Eyes narrow into slits, mouth twisting into a weird hybrid of a frown and confusion. ]

A ship.

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[gonstop]

No, stupid.

[He draws that out the slightest bit like he's playing, shoving both hands in his pockets and rolling back on his heels.]

I meant the reason we're here in the first place. They're pretty good, grabbing me without my noticing...

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[slukhtis]

[ He shrugs, leaning back on the seat he decided to claim for himself. It's his now. Maybe he can throw it at a window and break it, get out of here quicker and find Robin.

The thought of him makes his stomach sink like a stone and anger to rise in his throat. Stop thinking about him. ]

Don't know. Don't care.

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[gonstop]

[Rude! Though Killua is getting all up in his business out of nowhere, here... He still makes a face.]

What's your problem? We're like, the only guys here right now.