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midnightspook

Vaguely THNMY-ish

Apr 09, 2007 19:52

Having left Auspex's Sanctuary somewhat abruptly, Blackstar drifts aimlessly in the spirit world for a time, lost as much in his thoughts as he was between the worlds. Eventually, however, shock wears off, and stubborn refusal sets in again. He doesn't want to think about this anymore for a while ( Read more... )

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toughguytruck April 10 2007, 01:08:38 UTC

There's an unsteady knocking at the bottom of the door, as if something is running into it again and again. A small, familiar voice begs entry.

"Spook!"

midnightspook April 10 2007, 01:15:19 UTC

Blackstar turns towards the door in surprise. One of the zamboni-mechs? What's it doing here?

Another shrug to himself, and Blackstar crosses to the door, taking a moment of concentration to solidify his form to punch in the standard default code to open it up. Eh, he was going to have to change that code anyway, he muses as the door slides open.

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 01:22:02 UTC

This zamboni has a red one painted on his side, to make it easier for his 'parents' to tell him apart from the others. He was the first one out, a touch bigger than the others, and his memories are the clearest.

"Spook. Spook see." Zamboni One nudges his foot, seeming to lack the vitriol of his siblings. "Spook steal?"

midnightspook April 10 2007, 01:33:57 UTC

Blackstar kneels down on Zamboni One's level. "Yeah, little guy. 'Spook steal'," he agrees evenly. Maybe having a solid base where anyone could track him down now and then isn't such a good idea, he ponders.

"Whatcha need, little guy?"

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 01:38:33 UTC

"Spook bad?" He looks at Blackstar almost pitifully, nudging his foot again.

midnightspook April 10 2007, 01:50:24 UTC

Blackstar tilts his head to one side and peers at Zamboni One in confusion. "You're asking me?" he asks, perplexed.

Blackstar sighs and reaches out tentatively to pat Zamboni One.

"I only wanted to help, little guy. I thought you were going to get hurt, so I stole you all. And I'm probably talking way above you right now," Blackstar sighs.

"No, little guy. Spook not bad. At least I don't think so. But that's something you'll have to figure out for yourself when you grow up."

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 01:52:29 UTC

"Here." There's a rustling noise and the zamboni solemnly offers up a large pile of poster paper, crudely drawn on with what appear to be giant crayons. "Spook see."

midnightspook April 10 2007, 01:54:46 UTC

This just gets stranger and stranger. Blackstar gravely accepts the pile of paper, still kneeling there in the open doorway as he peers at the the drawings.

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 02:03:04 UTC

The sheets contain a series of pictures, drawn in several different colors by several different hands. Zamboni One rearranges the papers so that the first picture is on top, then points at it.

The picture shows a number of colored blobs, the most noticeable being a green and purple blob with big angry eyes and a darker winged blob holding a small white blob in his arms while small wavy lines emanate from his body. A blue and white blob lies on the floor, with 'x's for eyes and a large green blob on its chest.

Zamboni One points to the blue and white blobs. "Da. Da sleep."

To the green one. "Da. Da angry."

To the dark blob. "Spook. Spook angry."

To the small blob in his arms. "Pa-ah-site."

midnightspook April 10 2007, 02:07:09 UTC

Okay, he can get this. Zamboni interpretation of their own birth. In crayon.

"Is that 'pa-ah-site' Zamboni One?" Blackstar asks, pointing to the small blob.

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 02:13:39 UTC

"Uh huh." He points at small blobs on the floor, then at the sleeping blob's chest. "More pa-ah-sites. Scared."

He nods at Blackstar, nudging him to look at the next picture.

midnightspook April 10 2007, 02:14:43 UTC

Blackstar studies the first picture another moment longer, before flipping to the next one.

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 02:21:23 UTC

The second picture is divided into two parts. The first is a square containing a dark smiling face and a pale hand holding something pink and wiggly that drips over blocky figures near the bottom of the square. It seems to be a picture drawn from the inside of a box.

"Pa-ah-sites. Enerzhon." He points to the face. "Spook steal. Spook steal us and enerzhon."

The other side of the picture shows the blue-and-white blob, now well again with a black square on his chest, and the green blob. Both have their arms in the air as if upset about something. To these, Zamboni One only says, "Da. Da. Angry and sad. Want pa-ah-sites. Want kill spook."

midnightspook April 10 2007, 02:25:47 UTC

Blackstar can't help but smile a little at the crude drawings.

"Yeah. Spook stole you and then got you energon. Only that first stuff was too much for you. Glad the Commander spotted me some," he murmurs.

"I'm glad your Da's wanted you guys back. Spook's already dead, though. Can't kill hime twice," Blackstar observes wryly. He starts to flip to the next page before One can nudge him to do so. He'd like to see where this story goes.

toughguytruck April 10 2007, 02:32:46 UTC

The next picture is of a large orange being, a very happy one, with the dark blob now standing over in the corner. The smile is gone, replaced with a flat line for a mouth.

"Unca Roddy." He points at the orange blob. "Roddy happy. Roddy unca. Spook sad. Roddy steal pa-ah-sites."

He seems to consider 'take' and 'steal' to be the same thing.

midnightspook April 10 2007, 02:39:51 UTC

Though the smile fades a little around the edges as One points out the sad "spook" - he had been sad to see the little things go, but his world was no place to try and take young living mechs - the smile returns again at sparklet logic.

"Roddy steal," Blackstar agrees, nodding as he flips to the next picture. "You remember a lot, Zamboni One. Very smart."

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