I'd say if you're rich enough to afford one of those suits then you'd be rich enough to afford what you want here, but I suppose we're all back to square one now. It's nice that they let you keep the suit though.
Hey, they could have killed you outright instead of just kidnapping you.
[ ....Okay, very bad joke. ]
I'll admit, it's not the greatest situation. If you wanted to stage some sort of revolution I doubt anyone would blame you for it, though I personally wouldn't recommend it.
[ At his door the morning of the fifth, a box will be waiting for Elan. Inside the box is another box filled with cookies. Snickerdoodles, to be precise.
There's also a note:
Thank you for always working so hard!
Always take some time for yourself too. Give yourself little breaks here and there.
[ Big guy, why would he be kidnapping people! Kaede is among the missing!! Though he really wants to snipe back, he doesn't need a stupid lizard obstructing his search and causing more problems, so for once, Elan wisely decides not to reply. He just deletes the message and resumes looking. ]
👅💦👨🏻FELIZ NAVIDADDY 👨🏻👅💦🧑🎄⁉️ARE YOU READY TO GET YOUR JINGLE BALLS ROCKED ⁉️ 🎄today we celebrate jesus first CUMMING 😩 and encourage his second 💦 🧑🎄prepare to be FILLED 😩 with holiday cheer😉 you’ve heard of ELF ON THE SHELF 🧝🏼♂️ but get ready to REARRANGE HER 🤶🏽😵💫 UNDER THE MANGER 🐪🍃👅 santa’s got a BIG 😮 SWEET 🍭STICKY 💧🍯 CANDY CANE 🍬to put under your tree not only is santa claus coming to town 🏘️ but he’s also PENETRATING 👉🏼👌🏼the CHIMNEY 🕳️ 💨 and CUMMING ON ME ☃️ so don’t come a KNOCKIN 🤰🏻if the sleighs a ROCKIN 🛷😩 if you’ve got the cookie 🍪👅 santa’s got the MILK 🍼💦 and santa is HUNG 🍆‼️like the ornaments ‼️on your tree 🎄❓SO ASK YOURSELF ❓will you be TOPPING 😜👆🏼your tree this year or BOTTOMING? 😋 👇🏼 send this to 1️⃣0️⃣ of your SLUTTIEST ELVES 🧝🏼♀️🧝🏼♂️👅 to receive a WHITE 🍼💦 christmas 😩🧑🎄 if you don’t get 1️⃣0️⃣ back get ready for santa’s 👅🪨ROCK HARD🪨👅 coal 😵💫
[ Bakugo has a funny way of showing support. If the hero hadn't covered him in Brasov, Elan wouldn't have believed his offer. He's still getting used to people having his back, something he's never had back in his world. ]
Yeah, you've proved as much, but I'll pass on becoming a human cannonball again.
[ Ugh, that was embarrassing. A long silence follows. He heaves a sigh, his arm dropping to his side as he grips the shovel, expression furrowed. It will take longer to come around to the idea of his gundam as a force for good, and he might never shake the feeling that he's just being used by those in power, but he can at least decide here and now he doesn't want to battle without it. ]
First of all, I'm not going to get myself knocked out so you can forget about being backup pilot. What kind of amateur do you take me for?
[ The kaiju would have to catch him first, and Peil did one thing right which is build a mobile suit with unmatched mobility. He doesn't stand a chance without his gundam but with it, he's confident they won't get the jump on him. ]
If it matters to you so much, I'll teach you - on one condition. Drop the nickname.
[ Names hold weight. Bakugo couldn't have known how closely it tracked to his traumas, but he's telling him now. It's insult to injury to be reduced to his gundam. Like he's less than human. He had enough of that treatment back at the lab. If Bakugo wants him to reclaim what piloting means to him, then he wants to be afforded dignity as a pilot. Or no deal. ]
[If people would listen to him when he tells them something, he wouldn't have to prove he's right each time! Stop wasting his resources! As he continues to cover for Elan in any future fights. Bakugo originally had zero interest in working as a team, never trusting anyone to have his back because he never needed it. Things change in a year...]
Then keep up next time or I'll fucking drag your ass again.
[Like hell is he leaving Elan behind for pawns to swarm! He needs the guy up front battling the important shit, not the damn chaff! Bakugo's internal growling rumbles under a quieter, focused surface as he puts a few more finished potted plants on the shelves. Those stupid gears grinding around in Elan's head are so damn loud in the silence stretching between them. Even if it takes years to get the guy to come around, Bakugo's not going to change his own mind on Elan's potential.]
Two of those goddamn kaiju already fucked with our minds. [From the worm turning them on each other to the wolf sapping their powers and energy. Both instances putting a potential Gundam pilot in danger. A backup pilot is an excellent idea!
Bakugo narrows his eyes in a mixture of focus and suspicion. Elan agreed? Tch, finally. It took so much time and work. Setting the last plant down, he starts packing up the supplies, intending to tackle the remaining bunch the following day. So that's the criteria. He glances at Elan for a second, not because he needs to think, but rather to give the guy one more chance to back out. There's no going back on this.]
If the battle goes to hell, you had better save yourself.
[ Okay, fine, he'll concede that kaiju have bullshit powers that he can't anticipate, but if shit is that fucked, Bakugo would surely have bigger things to worry about.
Annnd this is where not picking a new name for himself comes back to bite him. He cringes when he's addressed properly for the first time, what should be a serious and pivotal moment turned awkward. ]
That... isn't my name. 'Elan Ceres' was only an assignment. I was called Five.
[ Not much of a name. More like a serial number. But a deal is a deal. He was the one who proposed it and he's not backing out. ]
I'll need time to fix the actual thing. [ Unless LILITH had stepped in to repair it while he wasn't looking, Pharact is still in the sorry state he left it. He never actually returned to the hangar to assess the damage to his gundam. Looking back, he was just avoiding his problems. ] You can pilot it in the simulation. Should be the same and you won't hurt yourself.
[ Not saying he will but Five won't stand for risking anyone's life in a gundam. That thing's body count is high enough. ]
A hero doesn't run from a battle. I'll leave when everyone's safe.
[And that's only if the battle proves to be impossible to win. A notion Bakugo defies with every fiber of his body. Nothing is "impossible" if you try hard enough. Should a kaiju arrive they can't defeat (yet) he'll switch his priorities from victory to protecting his teammates and making sure everyone gets out alive. Then plot furious revenge and ABSOLUTELY SLAUGHTER THE FUCKING THING IN THE REMATCH!!
What the hell?! He calls Elan by his real name for the first fucking time and this pasty-faced bastard cringes as if a bee stabbed him in the ass?! He outta cram his "Gundamn" name back down his throat!]
Then tell people your real name when you meet them, bastard! [But is "Five" really a "real name" compared to "Elan Ceres" or something else? Bakugo glares at the pilot for a while, not sure he wants to call a person a fucking serial number. That's dehumanizing. At least a nickname says he's human.] What name do you like?
[Not a name he wants, not a name he thinks, not a name he was assigned. But what name makes the pilot feel more like "himself" in this unknown person aspect. If he could name himself, what would it be? And don't give him "No Name" or "Person" or some anonymous fuck-my-identity bullshit. He'll pick one out for him instead.]
All right. [Both to accepting the time needed for repairs and training in the simulation. If the guy's confident he can recreate the entire experience in the sim training to make a smooth transfer to the real thing later, Bakugo'll trust him on that.] LILITH's got worker drones that can help with repairs. I let them work on my hero costume gear when it gets damaged.
[ Saving everyone is the sort of thing only heroes could believe in. Five doesn't see anything wrong with running away and living to fight another day, but he's a selfish bastard. Well. It used to be that he cared for little else but his own survival, but even he now has a few people he would stand his ground and fight for.
He lets out a frustrated sigh. It doesn't matter how many kaiju they've put down, the giant monsters continue to strike fear in him, every crushed building and casualty an uncomfortable reminder of his own mortality, that try as he might, he can't escape.
Which brings him back to the obvious. He can keep him and his friends a hell lot safer if he piloted his gundam. That damn robot is both a blessing and a curse. ]
Trust me, I would if I could remember my real name. I haven't decided what I want to go by.
[ Honest answer. He doesn't know. Like his gundam repairs, he's been dragging his feet on picking a name for himself. At present, it's easier for him to tell Bakugou who he isn't rather than who he is. Doesn't help that the moment he arrived, LILITH slapped him with another fake name like he really needed a fake identity for his fake identity! He's relieved to be free from Peil's grasp but this isn't exactly the fresh start he wanted. Still, he can choose what he wants to be called, just like he can reclaim what piloting means to him. Like the hero had said, the decision is his. He taps the shovel against the side of an empty pot to shake off the dirt. ]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
text; @duke, some days after the kaiju attack
[ this is not how they spell mech in other parts of the world, but that's okay. ]
no subject
[ Hey, Elan's just learned the terminology himself from people calling him a mech pilot, so it could be spelled like that for all he knows. ]
no subject
Oh, and thanks for the save, by the way.
no subject
hey np. treat me and we'll call it even
no subject
I'd say if you're rich enough to afford one of those suits then you'd be rich enough to afford what you want here, but I suppose we're all back to square one now. It's nice that they let you keep the suit though.
no subject
uhhh yeah very nice of them to kidnap me to use in their wars. they could've done me a favor and just taken the suit
[ He has beef with LILITH...and with his robot. ]
no subject
[ ....Okay, very bad joke. ]
I'll admit, it's not the greatest situation. If you wanted to stage some sort of revolution I doubt anyone would blame you for it, though I personally wouldn't recommend it.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
DELIVERY 05/05
There's also a note:
Thank you for always working so hard!
Always take some time for yourself too. Give yourself little breaks here and there.
-Yor ]
no subject
@Gojira | September 9th
You.
This is a statement of intent, a "friendly warning". Your response is neither needed or desired.
If I find you had a hand in current happenings you will have forced me to become an oathbreaker. The end I give will be slow as a result of this.
Hope that our allies are found and can provide witness to your lack of involvement.
That is all.
no subject
@kijyo, some nebulous time after punishments
I want to hear your voice again
miss you
text @kijyo, 12/24
no subject
feliz navidaddy to you too
can't say i've been all that well behaved this year...
no subject
I'll only give you coal if you ask
no subject
how about a kiss instead?
no subject
hm
guess I'll have to take back your other gifts
no subject
[ His gifts!! Though frankly speaking, he would be delighted even if he were to receive nothing but kisses. He's big on physical affection. ]
speaking of gifts i've got something for you too
no subject
maybe I should come over then
you'll get those kisses and we can open the presents in the morning
(no subject)
text -> action
(no subject)
no subject
no subject
Yeah, you've proved as much, but I'll pass on becoming a human cannonball again.
[ Ugh, that was embarrassing. A long silence follows. He heaves a sigh, his arm dropping to his side as he grips the shovel, expression furrowed. It will take longer to come around to the idea of his gundam as a force for good, and he might never shake the feeling that he's just being used by those in power, but he can at least decide here and now he doesn't want to battle without it. ]
First of all, I'm not going to get myself knocked out so you can forget about being backup pilot. What kind of amateur do you take me for?
[ The kaiju would have to catch him first, and Peil did one thing right which is build a mobile suit with unmatched mobility. He doesn't stand a chance without his gundam but with it, he's confident they won't get the jump on him. ]
If it matters to you so much, I'll teach you - on one condition. Drop the nickname.
[ Names hold weight. Bakugo couldn't have known how closely it tracked to his traumas, but he's telling him now. It's insult to injury to be reduced to his gundam. Like he's less than human. He had enough of that treatment back at the lab. If Bakugo wants him to reclaim what piloting means to him, then he wants to be afforded dignity as a pilot. Or no deal. ]
no subject
Then keep up next time or I'll fucking drag your ass again.
[Like hell is he leaving Elan behind for pawns to swarm! He needs the guy up front battling the important shit, not the damn chaff! Bakugo's internal growling rumbles under a quieter, focused surface as he puts a few more finished potted plants on the shelves. Those stupid gears grinding around in Elan's head are so damn loud in the silence stretching between them. Even if it takes years to get the guy to come around, Bakugo's not going to change his own mind on Elan's potential.]
Two of those goddamn kaiju already fucked with our minds. [From the worm turning them on each other to the wolf sapping their powers and energy. Both instances putting a potential Gundam pilot in danger. A backup pilot is an excellent idea!
Bakugo narrows his eyes in a mixture of focus and suspicion. Elan agreed? Tch, finally. It took so much time and work. Setting the last plant down, he starts packing up the supplies, intending to tackle the remaining bunch the following day. So that's the criteria. He glances at Elan for a second, not because he needs to think, but rather to give the guy one more chance to back out. There's no going back on this.]
Time and place, Ceres.
no subject
[ Okay, fine, he'll concede that kaiju have bullshit powers that he can't anticipate, but if shit is that fucked, Bakugo would surely have bigger things to worry about.
Annnd this is where not picking a new name for himself comes back to bite him. He cringes when he's addressed properly for the first time, what should be a serious and pivotal moment turned awkward. ]
That... isn't my name. 'Elan Ceres' was only an assignment. I was called Five.
[ Not much of a name. More like a serial number. But a deal is a deal. He was the one who proposed it and he's not backing out. ]
I'll need time to fix the actual thing. [ Unless LILITH had stepped in to repair it while he wasn't looking, Pharact is still in the sorry state he left it. He never actually returned to the hangar to assess the damage to his gundam. Looking back, he was just avoiding his problems. ] You can pilot it in the simulation. Should be the same and you won't hurt yourself.
[ Not saying he will but Five won't stand for risking anyone's life in a gundam. That thing's body count is high enough. ]
no subject
[And that's only if the battle proves to be impossible to win. A notion Bakugo defies with every fiber of his body. Nothing is "impossible" if you try hard enough. Should a kaiju arrive they can't defeat (yet) he'll switch his priorities from victory to protecting his teammates and making sure everyone gets out alive. Then plot furious revenge and ABSOLUTELY SLAUGHTER THE FUCKING THING IN THE REMATCH!!
What the hell?! He calls Elan by his real name for the first fucking time and this pasty-faced bastard cringes as if a bee stabbed him in the ass?! He outta cram his "Gundamn" name back down his throat!]
Then tell people your real name when you meet them, bastard! [But is "Five" really a "real name" compared to "Elan Ceres" or something else? Bakugo glares at the pilot for a while, not sure he wants to call a person a fucking serial number. That's dehumanizing. At least a nickname says he's human.] What name do you like?
[Not a name he wants, not a name he thinks, not a name he was assigned. But what name makes the pilot feel more like "himself" in this unknown person aspect. If he could name himself, what would it be? And don't give him "No Name" or "Person" or some anonymous fuck-my-identity bullshit. He'll pick one out for him instead.]
All right. [Both to accepting the time needed for repairs and training in the simulation. If the guy's confident he can recreate the entire experience in the sim training to make a smooth transfer to the real thing later, Bakugo'll trust him on that.] LILITH's got worker drones that can help with repairs. I let them work on my hero costume gear when it gets damaged.
[Or destroyed, but that's another story.]
no subject
[ Saving everyone is the sort of thing only heroes could believe in. Five doesn't see anything wrong with running away and living to fight another day, but he's a selfish bastard. Well. It used to be that he cared for little else but his own survival, but even he now has a few people he would stand his ground and fight for.
He lets out a frustrated sigh. It doesn't matter how many kaiju they've put down, the giant monsters continue to strike fear in him, every crushed building and casualty an uncomfortable reminder of his own mortality, that try as he might, he can't escape.
Which brings him back to the obvious. He can keep him and his friends a hell lot safer if he piloted his gundam. That damn robot is both a blessing and a curse. ]
Trust me, I would if I could remember my real name. I haven't decided what I want to go by.
[ Honest answer. He doesn't know. Like his gundam repairs, he's been dragging his feet on picking a name for himself. At present, it's easier for him to tell Bakugou who he isn't rather than who he is. Doesn't help that the moment he arrived, LILITH slapped him with another fake name like he really needed a fake identity for his fake identity! He's relieved to be free from Peil's grasp but this isn't exactly the fresh start he wanted. Still, he can choose what he wants to be called, just like he can reclaim what piloting means to him. Like the hero had said, the decision is his. He taps the shovel against the side of an empty pot to shake off the dirt. ]
Are we done here?
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)