WHO: Heero Yuy/Zero & Viral Sassoon
WHERE: Some out-of-the-way location at the edges of the City.
WHEN: July 9, around 7pm
WARNINGS: Paranoia and BS about giant mecha technology because both muses top their muns at this stuff.
SUMMARY: Viral and Heero meet up to exchange some information. Conversation and other shenanigans may follow.
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He was new here, he had no job, no power beyond the one he knew, and he was pretty sure that whatever it was, if it could make a noise like that, then there was nothing someone like him was going to be able to do a thing to stop it. Even if he wasn't new. Still, it was hard to ignore the panic in the air around him even now. It was almost tangible, and it made this meeting more nervewracking than it truly ought to be ( ... )
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He assumed that the new arrival was the man he was supposed to meet, and the long cardboard tube the other carried certainly added to that possibility. Walking toward the other man, Heero stopped a couple yards away. "Are you Viral?"
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Looks could be deceiving -- hadn't someone told him something very similar over the comm just a few days ago?
Clearly he had a lot to learn.
"Yes," he said, "I'm Viral."
He would leave the opening to the stranger.
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"I'm in no hurry to make the exchange unless you are," he said, boldly. "I'm...curious. About things other than just your Ganmen. You said you were a pilot, too... Who were you fighting?"
He moved the cardboard tube in front of him, placing both of his gloved hands on it and holding it against his body, secure until it was time to hand it over. He had to be sure he was giving this to the right person, after all, didn't he? What if even the basic version of Enki was much more advanced than this boy's weapons, and he took that knowledge back to his own universe?
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After a few more moments of looking into the deep water he finally allowed his feline eyes to return to his companion, observing him as he talked, because he didn't say much, and he didn't seem to reveal much through his actions or expressions, either. It was important that he took everything in -- what little there was -- so that he didn't miss anything important that hadn't been spoken.
His answer was a good one. I fight whomever my enemies are. It was accurate, and honest. It said a lot about the kind of battle Heero was fighting, that the sides wouldn't be clear, and most of all, it sounded familiar ( ... )
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And he closed his eyes, turning away again.
He'd spent his entire life fighting to keep the humans below the surface, never questioning why. He'd never been designed to question it. But his lust for the fight had been worn away. Well...the lust for that fight. His curiosity had led him down a different path after that. Life had opened up where it hadn't existed before. He'd become more than just another unit in the Spiral King's army, and his identity, his sense of self had flourished ( ... )
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Similarly, he understood well the feeling of living your life for something, in his case: the mission, and later, peace. But the war was over now; Operation Meteor had just-- finally, finally-- ended only a few days before he found himself here, so ... "No." It was a short, succinct answer, but there was also an ocean of relief and complexity underneath the calm layer of his voice. (Shhh, he hasn't been told about the Mariemaia incident yet.) "I've completed my mission."
Then, because Heero did understand, he offered, "I hope you return in time to complete yours."
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"If my mission were already over, coming here to fight another battle would be my idea of hell."
Viral exhaled, lifting his free hand from the rail to run it back through his hair, digging his clawed fingers briefly into his scalp before dropping them back onto the rail once more. "At least with a reason to return, there's a purpose in all of this. If I get to remember it, then it might make all the difference."
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"If your battles had been won, you wouldn't have a purpose anymore?" He could certainly remember a time when the mission had been the end-all-be-all of his existence as well.
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He didn't press the point, however, and took the shift in their conversation without questions. Accepting the cardboard tube, Heero nodded and slipped the paper inside out without a word, unrolling it carefully and studying it in the fading light of the sun. There were similarities in the design, to be sure, and maybe even the technology (though he couldn't be sure of that yet), but there were also differences, both major and subtle. He said as much to Viral at his side.
[ooc: I have no idea how similar they'd be, so ( ... )
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"The Enki was the most advanced Ganmen of its type; the multi-directional sockets and the excess number of joints allowed for more flexibility than in some other types..." He reached down and touched the paper, fondly, then curled his hand into a fist and dropped it aside. What he wouldn't give to have Enki back...
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"Manoeuvrability wasn't the primary design function for the suits on our world. This Leo is the standard mobile suit; there is a space variation, but I figured that the land use model would be more suitable."
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