video; @unchained

[hedonistic]

[There video opens to a beautiful scene of a sunset at the Fishing District, sky painted in magnificent pinks and oranges that reflect against the pristine ice. A few moments later, a young man's voice accompanies it, tinged with the telltale slurring of someone who's rather drunk.]

Hey, question.

[A pause hangs in the air for a minute, almost long enough that one might wonder if he's gotten distracted or forgotten.]

Did you like your life, before the Storm? [. . .] If the Natha gave you a chance to go back, would any of you stay here?

[Kagari doesn't miss Japan. He doesn't feel homesick. He misses his friends, sure, but he's had more in the past nine months than he did in the twenty-one years before it. But he's starting to feel like the only one.]

Comments

[hedonistic]

[oh. well now there's a thumb in the screen wiping off said alcohol. this is going well.

it's still a little blurry, of course, but one can just make out his scowl when she explains that the humans ran away to leave robots to fight their war for them. color him 0% surprised.]

Why do you guys bother? It's not like they're around to make you.

[hedonistic]

Nadril's filled with Refugees like us, maybe you'll find something you recognize. I'll show you tomorrow.

[you know, after he's done having what's going to be a hell of a hangover.]

Hey pops, back in the day, did they always sell to just anyone who showed up with money?

[It seems so strange from the point of view of 2112, that there could've ever been such a time.]

[hedonistic]

They're definitely cuter, that's for sure. Terminator was great for explosions, though. Nothing quite like a good kaboom, y'know?

[Actually true and canon Kagari facts: he thinks Michael Bay is the best director in history because of all the explosions in his movies. u_u]

[hedonistic]

You're still arguing with a drunk stranger about it. I'd say you're pretty fussed.

[hedonistic]

whatsa beam scythe

[hedonistic]

You're a vampire. 'Course I don't seem dangerous to you.

[atwo]

There isn't really a choice in the matter, it's what has been programmed into us and fighting that off isn't exactly is.

[ she still wants to protect humans after all. she's mostly just mad at others in charge.

it's a long story. ]

[kikoku]

That-
[He'd thought it would work out fine. Drunk people usually don't have the wherewithal to judge his bad choices too heavily. Clearly he made a mistake but like hell is he going to admit that.]

That's not the point. I'm saying you're clearly not making better decisions than me.

[hedonistic]

[Unfortunately for Law, Kagari is an unusually contrary person, even when drunk.]

And yet, I know where my friends are and you don't.

[kikoku]

[Arguably there are worse kinds of drunk to be. This kind is pretty annoying, though.]
I have a general idea that's exactly as useful as yours is.
[Again, assuming that the Natha have them on the station.

WAIT, HOLD ON, WE NEED TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR.]
Also, I said my crew. Not friends.

[hedonistic]

[Excuse Kagari, he's just going to laugh like an asshole.]

Keep on telling yourself that, buddy.

[givingback]

Is there a way to check out these movies here, somehow? Now I'm curious about this 'Terminator' movie. And everything else you mentioned.

[ It sounds like good stuff to get mindlessly lost in, anyway. Or make her more paranoid about the AI that seems to be everywhere here. Either way. ]

[braidedwonder]

Uhhhh probably better to just show you later to be honest..

I dunno if explaining it'll make anything better to get.

[hedonistic]

boo :(
u r killig me here jsyk
im dying squirtle

[hedonistic]

Uhhh, I dunno. Maybe the Station has 'em? You could ask the Natha once we're done in Nadril, I guess.

[maipokerface]

[Mai goes through a few expression trying to pin one down. She finally settles on a disgruntled look.]

Okay, sure, fine. Maybe I am then.

[hedonistic]

I mean...you can function here, right? It's not like that's all there is to you.

[hedonistic]

[For his part, Kagari sure is wearing a dumbass "did I win" sort of grin.]

Weeeell~

Good luck on your friends not waking up then, I guess~

[kikoku]

[The one downside of a conversation over the network: he can't be properly threatening.]

I'm telling you because you clearly don't understand the difference between captaining a pirate crew and having friends.

Also, I'm not your buddy. My name is Law.
[There's a joke here about a pirate being named that, probably.]

[braidedwonder]

Poor baby.

I'm sure you'll sleep it off, puke a little and be okay by the time I decide to do the show part of tell.

[hedonistic]

[In fairness to Law, Kagari immediately picked a fight with the biggest and toughest member of his division on literally his first day there.]

Sure there is, buddy. One of those things doesn't make people want to throw their goals away for you, cool ironic pirate name or not.

[did he just squish a joke and a compliment into one. m a y b e.]

[atwo]

I can, and I do get to live my own life here which is a nice change. It's a real bonus to not get hunted down too.

[kikoku]

[Nice job sticking to prison rules, Kagari. Anyway;]

I-
[Law has so many objections he doesn't know where to START.]
It's not ironic that's just what my name is. Being a pirate has nothing to do with it.
[Get the easy one out of the way.]

Secondly, you're misconstruing what I said. They're dedicated to the crew, not me specifically.
[Law, even you can't be deep enough in friend-denial to believe that.]

[givingback]

Oh, so we do get to go back up there eventually? To the station, I mean.

[ She's been wondering but has been unsure. If her father is there, in stasis even though he's dead at home, she wants to see him. To accomplish what, she doesn't know, but she wants to see her father again. ]

[hedonistic]

Huh? Yeah. I mean, probably. That's the only place besides here that's not screwed up right now, after all.

[He shrugs, a little surprised by the question. The Natha are clearly still busy dealing with Ysverai, but before all that went down, he went to visit the stasis units all the time.]

Did you just wake up when all the mess started?