Technocracy AU
Drabble, 332 words
Niou, Yuuta, Hiyoshi, Kirihara, Crazy Man
I pulled this one out of my ass. I'll be out tomorrow, but I'll bring Iinchou. Hopefully, there's wifi where I'm going so I can still connect to the interwebs, 'cept I won't be so active because I have stuff to do. I hope. Anyhow. Bedtime.
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They were seated in an awkward circle, with the crazy man in the middle. Kirihara was sure he said his name a while ago, but he was thinking of something else then, so he missed it. The man was now stuck with the name Crazy Man until he gets corrected. Probably by Yuuta. Yuuta always listens. Goody two shoes. That's Yuuta. Yep.
"Akaya, stop daydreaming and listen!" Niou hit him on the back of the head. "Owwwww, shit, Niou, you didn't have to hit that hard!" Kirihara complained, rubbing the back of his head. He glared at Hiyoshi who was sniggering. Jerk. Apparently, Crazy Man was talking. Something about Avatar-- wasn't that an old cartoon series? Kirihara remembered watching it a long time ago.
"Akaya!"
"Yes!" There was something about Niou's voice that made your skin crawl, especially if he was angry. Like now. So Kirihara tried to listen to Crazy Man.
Crazy Man smiled at Kirihara, scratched the back of his head and said, "Let's continue, shall we?" Crazy Man cleared his throat. "We call the four of you Orphans. We, being the group I represent--" He holds up a hand and looks sternly at Kirihara. "--Save the questions for later, kiddo." This time, it was Hiyoshi who hit him on the back of his head. "We are aware of your activities. Everytime each of you use your abilities, you risk being spotted by the Technocrats. As much as they would deny it, they too can feel the flow of magick, because, essentially, that is what we do. Magic."
"So, being able to lift a truck is magic," Kirihara said. The Crazy Man nodded. "And it's not super strength."
"That's magic, too," said Crazy Man. Kirihara frowned. "Anything that can be seen as out of the ordinary can be magic."
"So if I had a pig and an eagle mate, and they produce pigs that fly, that's magic too?"
Crazy Man laughed. "Your friend has quite the imagination," he said to Yuuta, whose hand kept hitting his forehead.