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Who: Hiro + open
When: 2/12-14 (IC)/8/1-3 (OOC)
Where: Shopping district, CERES game center, various?
What: Event shenanigans
Rating/Warning: N/A

Shopping District

[So. Things are still super weird. Everything about this colony and everything he’s learned over the last couple of days has been very strange to him, not to mention stressful.

Initially when he woke up a few days later shivering he had assumed maybe he was sick. Not that that had mattered. He burrowed further in his blankets and that was that…except that it wasn’t. Everything felt cold, even Baymax activating his internal heater did nothing for him.

So he left. He took off, taking his robot on the train with him and headed for the shopping district. Over the course of the day he’s wandering with Baymax, occasionally burying himself further and further into piles of clothing. Sorry if he startles you by being there.

On the other hand, taking Baymax anywhere is always a hassle. When Hiro’s not trying to warm up, he’s chasing after the robot, occasionally bumping into people.]

Baymax! Wait! [Baymax might not be fast, but it’s easy to get separated from him. Heads up, he’s not at all watching where he’s running. He might just run right into you…or through you. Or through a building. Well that’s not normal, is it? Who knows where he’ll end up.]

CERES Game Center

[Being nearly invisible is kinda bad. He’s almost completely faded by the time he makes his way to the CERES game center with Baymax at his side. The robot and invisible-boy are blocking the entrance to ViViD today due to the fact that Hiro’s sitting just outside of it scowling at it, moving around the system to try and figure it out without going inside. If he sees someone passing by though or even approaching to play, he’ll catch their attention, trying to grab them by the arm and phasing right through.]

Hey, I have a question for you.

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[Random scenario time! Hit me with a prompt of your own, or send me a message and I’ll write something specific for you!]

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Well, I already have the job I'm looking for. But furthering my education? Well. I can't say I'd be against learning more languages. English and French are interesting enough, but...I'd honestly like to improve my Latin and Chinese. [Said with such a casual attitude that it might lead one to believe she's arrogant. Though she's smarter than she lets on, able to keep up with Ami's 300 IQ academically. ~~Because 90s Shoujo~~

The commentary on Baymax and the applications of social sciences received a nod, as she agrees and doesn't really have much to add, but the skepticism in his sense? Well, she knows it when she sees it. Ami'd been the same at first.]

It does work, yes. At least, some of it. Tarot is a little inaccurate, and anything involving a crystal ball is a farce. But some people, like myself? [Rei flashes a mysteriously knowing smile.] Are gifted with prophetic and spiritual talents. I can speak to spirits, and sometimes they'll share visions with me. It's...a little hard to control at times I admit, but it's saved my life more than once.

And?

[She holds up a fingertip, rolls back her sleeves to show she's hiding nothing? And wills a single, flickering candleflame into being. While casually neglecting to mention that she's the reincarnation of a martian angel/goddess of war and fire thing. That's not necessary!]

I'm kind of balancing a couple of jobs back home, but college helps with both of them. [SFIT is a good place to store his armor and upgrade it when necessary, honestly.] And Chinese I can get, but Latin? [It's okay, Rei, he'll match the arrogant tone without meaning to be arrogant either.] What's the point? I mean I only speak two languages, too, but Latin wouldn't be most people's first choice as a third.

[It's the explanation of her talents that gets him to shut up again. A few questions crop up and his eyebrow raises higher and higher because this kinda sounds nuts, but...okay. Sure. She can speak to spirits. He's technically living with one. It's not that weird. (It's pretty weird.) He doesn't interrupt until she's finished though. It's probably good that he doesn't though because before he can speak, she's holding out her hand.

...annnnnd then there's the magic.]

Dude. What? [Yeah, he's just...well he's not getting much closer because flames are still a bit iffy despite making Fred's supersuit, but he's openly impressed.] That's part of your spiritual talents? Most people I know can't just produce flames like that.

[Rei casually taps the cross dangling from her wrist. As if that answers it. In her mind, it does. She attended Catholic school, and from a Shinto perspective it wasn't a mutually exclusive thing to be interested in...] Theology. [There, have your answer.

And your nutty speak. Because she's magic. She is not just gorgeous, she is magic. And the ruffled look he gives her? Well that says volumes. It was exactly like Ami the first time she'd manifested abilities outside of a transformed state.]

That is indeed part of my abilities. I can make flames, and if I'm near an open source? I can move it around. [She closes her eyes in concentration, and the flame grows and grows, becoming a small fireball about the size of a golfball, burning with the light of a miniature sun. A far cry from her true power...but still something that should impress a teen, right?]

And honestly, how many priestesses from another reality do you know?

[He makes another face. Right. He...theoretically knows about theology but it pretty much drops off his radar easily. It makes enough sense that he can only nod, arms folded over his chest still as he watches closely. He's too young to be so skeptical but what do you want from him? Still. The idea of making flames from a person's body fascinates him. He knows how fire works, how molecules of oxygen work and what-have-you so...yeah. He's having a hard time just accepting that it's just magic or how she's created or however you'd explain it.

He does take another step back the moment she created that fireball, and though he's grinning in sheer amazement he's also just a tad wary of where it's going. Congrats, Rei, you have in fact impressed the teenage boy.]

Okay, so that's a fair point. I'm pretty sure I've never met any priestesses from my own reality. How does it actually work though? [Because...yeah, it's part of her abilities, but how? ~~Other than because 90s anime.~~]

[She shrugs and tosses the ball up in the air, letting it vanish in a whiff of smoke. Her attention refocuses on Hiro, and she smiles somewhat mysteriously. It's probably not going to be an answer that he likes but...]

It's magic. I just...concentrate, and the flames come. Or bend to my will. I don't know if there is a scientific explanation for it. It just happens, and it has for some time now.

[Nope. He's just furrowing his eyebrows together because magic is not an answer. He's looking at his own hands, like he's trying to conjure fire himself.]

There's an explanation for most things if you look enough. [Oh well, that's going to be a lesson he gets to learn here.] It's not something you could teach somebody, is it?

[Rei closes her fist and the heat disappears, a smile flickering across her lips. She shakes her head at the question.]

I can't, no. I have tried, but nobody I've attempted to has succeeded. And I've had my blood tested for irregularities, it's not a mutation before you ask.

[Ami had definitely tried that.]

[He was actually going to ask, but he doesn't get the chance to before Rei beats him to it.] Have you ever tried using any of the other elements? I mean that's really cool, but the others could be useful, too.

I can't. [Rei smiles gently, and wiggles her finger.] Fire is mine. But there are other people in my world who have powers like mine. Those elements are theirs, if you want to think of us as a group. Even if I could, I wouldn't feel right.

That's actually really cool...having an element that's totally yours, I mean. Especially if you've been using it for a while and you get really good at using it. [Though, there's one other thing...] Are any of those other people here?

No, unfortunately. One of my friends from home is her. Minako-chan. My...um...girlfriend.

[It's obvious from her tone that this? Is a new development.]

But she's not someone like me and the others.

[If he's bothered by the idea of Rei having a girlfriend he doesn't show it, but mostly because it's not really his business and it's not a big deal. 2032's a world where people hardly bat an eye now.]

I'm gonna guess that Minako knows about your powers and stuff though. At least you're not alone? [A beat.] I had somebody waiting for me here, too. Kinda weird to wander through ViViD and find him.

[It's more that it's new to her. She'd hardly expect him to judge her for that, really. But then, she's oddly comfortable with the idea of it despite her time, mostly because of Haruka and Michiru and those odd memory flashes...]

She does know about them. and yeah. I...a month alone was bad. But you have someone already? Who?

[Must be nice having people who know everything about you. There's a slight smile at that but he doesn't say anything to it. Instead, he focuses on her question.]

My older brother. [There's a strange sort of look on his face, like he's still getting used to saying that.] He's been here for a little while, but he came and found me inside ViVid.

Oh! [She does notice the look, but...doesn't really seem to focus on it.] Well that's lucky. I suppose that having him might make the transition easier. [She smiles again, gently and in a hopefully reassuring way.]

What's his name? I may have met him.

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Maybe a little. [He's blowing that off because ha...haaaa.] His name's Tadashi. Taller, short dark hair, kinda dresses like a huge nerd? It's pretty hard to miss him if you've ever met him.

I've seen him on the networks. [They formally meet at the baseball game.] And I'm not sure you can judge him on fashion, Hiro-kun.

[Not in that hoodie.]

[He just points a finger at her, lifting his eyebrows in a protest.] At least I don't wear grandpa cardigans.

[It's his brother, he's allowed to make fun of him. However, credit's deserved where credit's due.] He's actually the one who built Baymax first. So I guess he has some good ideas. [No don't let him fool you, Rei, give him an inch and he'll gush about how cool his brother is and his projects are for miles.] He says he's been working on creating new CYBuddies here, too.

Another roboticist then? That's wonderful. And if he's good enough to make a marvel like Baymax? Well...I'm sure he'll have no trouble with something like CYBuddies. [Her lips do twitch in genuine amusement, a laugh barely repressed.]

They're cute, but...I keep wondering if CERES is going to turn mine against me.

Yup. We used to build a lot of stuff together back home, but Baymax was his own project for school. [He pats the robot's belly fondly. Tadashi created Baymax and Hiro took him and made him better. Sounds about right.] Tadashi's already made a couple of CYBuddies from what he told me.

[And privately he can agree they're cute, but it's the latter that catches his attention.]

What makes you think they'd turn one against you though?

That sounds really nice, honestly. [It makes her a little jealous on the behalf of all the Sailor Senshi. None of them had a sibling save Usagi, and none of them had particularly happy or healthy home-lives. But only a little.]

They've done that before. There've been incidents where they've gone haywire and zapped us or attacked us. And other incidents with CERES technology as well.

[The...uh...aggressive sex toys, for one, but Hiro looks a liiiittle young to be told about that.]

Yeah. It was. [Was. He's not even giving her a chance to question that though because she's talking about faulty tech and that's a lot more interesting and safer to discuss.]

If things can glitch out, it kinda makes you wonder how much of the CERES tech we can actually tamper with and modify. I've kinda thought about it but I haven't had a chance to really check everything out. I'm supposed to be repairing CYBuddies, not breaking them further. [Though he would like to. But he won't get paid for that yet.

Also thank you, Rei, let's not completely scar him for life yet.] But I know what to start looking into now.

I knew a few people have tried, and have done a bit of hacking into their systems. However, I'm...not really adept at it, and I'd be a bad person to ask. Tieria-san might know more.

[But then, he was about to do something stupid and get himself kidnapped and/or tortured.]

Maybe I should turn that into a "who" I should start looking into then. [How hard can it be to track somebody down in the colony? And if he can't find the dude, maybe Tadashi can.] Thanks for the tip-off. If I run into Tieria I'll ask a couple of questions. [He looks down at his hand though that's suddenly gone see-through again.] ...as soon as I figure out how to fix this problem.

Yes. That...will come in time.

[She bows and takes a step back, disengaging.] It was nice meeting you, Hiro-kun.

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