[RL with Setsuna, backdated to the 14th.]

Feb 24, 2008 13:56

There were several things noticeably wrong with the way Tieria woke up. First, that he was lying down, on solid earth, rather than floating peacefully in zero-g. Second, that he was staring up at the sky. Thirdly, and most importantly, he couldn't feel his arm. However, instead of the more serious issue of the arm being missing, it was instead ( Read more... )

setsuna, virus'd, valentine's virus, rl

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 14:36:06 UTC
Years as a soldier meant that it took next to nothing to wake Setsuna up. Although of course, this wasn’t the type of situation that resulted in death if he wasn't immediately awake and aware of his surroundings (at least, in theory it wasn't). It was unsurprising then that all it took was a change in Tieria's breathing and a slight tensing of his body to pull Setsuna into consciousness.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 14:39:34 UTC
"...Setsuna F. Seiei," began Tieria, in a blunt, clipped fashion, gaze fixed on the sky. "What are you doing?"

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 14:45:11 UTC
Setsuna didn't answer immediately; he sat up, wincing a bit when he realised how stiff his neck was. Apparently Tieria didn't make an overly comfortable pillow. Rolling his head gently, he kept his back to the other boy, his thoughts racing.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 14:48:20 UTC
Tieria pulled his arm from where it had been pressed into the grass, and rubbed the feeling back into it. He glowered at the back of Setsuna's head.

"I asked you a question."

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 14:54:44 UTC
"..."

Looking over his shoulder at Tieria, Setsuna frowned, trying to work out why exactly he had just woken up from a sleep in the park, with Tieria of all people.

"Sleeping." He answered Tieria's question eventually. Sure, it was an obvious answer that was bound to just piss Tieria off, but that's what he got for asking such a stupid question in the first place.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 15:02:47 UTC
Scowling, Tieria stood up and brushed the grass off his clothes angrily.

"Perhaps the question should have been why were you doing it," he spat.

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 15:07:46 UTC
Setsuna rolled his eyes. It was just like Tieria to blame it all on him when he was as clueless as Tieria anyway. He looked up at Tieria from his seat on the grass indifferently.

"I suppose I was tired," He replied drily, his tone not giving away the fact that he was just as freaked out about the situation as Tieria was.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 15:53:33 UTC
"That smart attitude won't get you anywhere, Setsuna," said Tieria, growing increasingly more impatient. "Where are we, anyway?"

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 15:57:57 UTC
Setsuna had become something of a pro at ignoring Tieria's bitchy remarks, so his comment didn't faze him in the slightest. He looked around him, blinking as he realised that it was the park a couple of streets away from where he lived.

"...Japan. This is near my apartment." Setsuna's frown deepened as his memories of the past few hours slowly started to return bit by bit...he knew they were in the park because they'd gone for a walk...but the exact details were still somewhat fuzzy.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 16:12:42 UTC
"That doesn't make sense. We don't have any reason to be here. I don't have any reason to be--" Tieria lowered to his voice to a quiet hiss, "--on Earth at all! There's nothing scheduled for the next 120 hours!"

He started to pick at some of the more persistant pieces of grass on his arm, looking as if he was trying to remove all traces of the ground.

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 16:18:15 UTC
"...What's the date?" Setsuna asked slowly, finally getting to his feet too and facing Tieria. Could Tieria really not remember anything, or was he just not trying hard enough?

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 16:30:09 UTC
Setsuna's question momentarily put an end to Tieria's ranting.

"The fourteenth of February," he replied, watching Setsuna, faintly confused. Something struck him as important, but he couldn't think of what it was. The date held no particular significance that he could think of. It was the date the first satellite of the GPS had entered orbit, and also that of the NEAR Shoemaker entering orbit around 433 Eros, but these facts were practically ancient history, nothing important. As for human social conventions...

"...Valentine's Day."

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 16:37:10 UTC
Setsuna didn't reply, he just stood there, watching Tieria and waiting for the penny to drop. By now he had remembered that Tieria had randomly turned up on his doorstep and pretty much demanded to be taken out on a ...date, if you could call it that. The faintest of blushes appeared on Setsuna's cheeks at that thought, and when he remembered how Tieria had kissed him. It had seemed okay to behave like that earlier, but now he couldn't fathom why either of them would do such a thing.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 17:05:33 UTC
Tieria remained silent as the earlier events slowly came back to him. None of it made any sense. It was like watching two completely different people, or at least, some strange, alternate universe versions of themselves. A feeling of dread settled over him. He needed to run a diagnostic as soon as possible, it almost seemed as if he'd been tampered with.

...but a malfunction would only account for his behaviour, not Setsuna's. Unless he'd just been humouring him. That didn't add up either, it didn't appear to be in Setsuna's nature to play along with something like this.

"...Setsuna, I. I. I think there's something wrong. I need to return immediately, I need to check with Veda, I..."

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doomedyouth00 February 24 2008, 17:12:44 UTC
Not really knowing how best to respond, Setsuna nodded once. He wasn't sure if Veda would be able to explain anything or answer any of their questions, but it didn't surprise him that Tieria would want to get back to check anyway.

"...Did something force us to act like that?" He asked quietly. He didn't expect Tieria to know the answer, but he was pretty freaked out about the whole thing too, even if it wasn't obvious.

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nonesodangerous February 24 2008, 17:19:20 UTC
The possibility of outside influence was more disconcerting than temporary insanity. The thought that someone could have altered the way they behaved was a sickening one. But on the other hand...

"Why would it? What's the advantage of making us act like that? Wouldn't it have made for sense for us to...to kill each other, or something?"

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