003: youthful reverie ☄

[no_hometown]

[This is a child's dream, or so it seems. The age of the child is difficult to determine, but he must be younger than ten. His hair is pale silver, his eyes bright green. The dream flickers from scene to scene, the mood shifting from quiet to cheerful to unsettling.]

☄01In the middle of a gray room, he is kneeling on the floor, in the course of

Comments

1. also want 2; maybe can work in both 'now let's do the other' after awhile?

[waterfell]

Of course she's here with him. Ami has no intention of neglecting her brother's education. She has no intention of neglecting the chance to spend time with him. It's once she wakes up that she'll realize he's the same as the man she's seen sometimes in her other dreams.

The puzzle is a simple thinking exercise, one she's very pleased to see Sephiroth doing so well at. There's a definite pride to their name, and a pride in him for living up to it. He doesn't need her help, and she doesn't offer it; let him keep his well-deserved pride. Instead, she opts to remark on the shape it's just starting to take.

"It's taking shape well. I can already almost make it out," she tells him from the doorway. "But I want to know: What are you intending to build?"

Yes, that sounds great to me!

[pinnaculum]

He's playing very close, serious attention to his puzzle, but he looks away from it as soon as she speaks, turning to his sister, who is much more important to him. He likes to spend time with her. She is intelligent as well, and she respects his efforts, his studies. The pride they have in their family is undeniably a shared one. They will both succeed in everything they try, and each of them believes that the other will do the same.

"I enjoy it. The pieces can only fit together in certain ways, but I can make many things." He is an intelligent child, but not particularly imaginative, not in a fanciful way. He's much more interested in science than fairy tales.

"It will be a human neuron. Though it will not be accurate." Having to build it on the floor will affect the way he can shape it.

this reminds me of Hotaru's game in manga canon.. 'grow the solar system' XD

[waterfell]

Another glance confirms he's coming as close as it'd be possible to come, with the tools he has at hand. Doctor Mizuno, who spent years poring over anatomy charts, approves. "That's an ambitious project," she remarks. "As expected of Sephiroth."

"Do you want me to do some as well?" Without waiting for his answer, she sits on the floor, the proper posture somewhat incongruous with the position.

Aw, Sephiroth would love that game!

[pinnaculum]

Sephiroth nods. "It is necessary to challenge myself." He must always improve, learn more, do more.

He does have his neuron's shape planned out, but he doesn't mind if she joins him. A good plan can adapt to a changing situation; his strategy lessons taught him that. Even though she's already sitting down, he replies to her anyway. "You may. It is not difficult."

02

[lil_rhapsody]

[And, as always, Genesis was off to the side watching Sephiroth. She was never allowed to train with the sword. Her parents kept saying it wasn't "lady-like", but it totally wasn't fair! She didn't want to play with dolls or dress-up. That got boring so fast.

She huffed.]

You can stop showing off, you know.

[pinnaculum]

I am not showing off. I am practicing. [But he stops nonetheless, for the moment, anyway, lowering his sword and walking toward her. He doesn't seem bothered by her huffing. His tone, however, does sound just a tiny bit superior.]

A SOLDIER has to train every day. [Not that he's a SOLDIER yet. But he wants to be, and he's sure he will be.] And it's fun.

[lil_rhapsody]

You're not even a SOLDIER yet! [>| She hears that superior tone.] And I could be just as good as you! And have fun and practice!

[She crosses her arms, a kick to the dirt.]

If momma would let me.

[pinnaculum]

Not yet, but I know what they do.

[She shouldn't get so angry right away.] A SOLDIER must have patience.

I did not say you could not train. [It's not his fault their mother did. It doesn't make sense to him that she can't. They do most other things together.]

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[auncyenmunchkin]

[ On the other side, a very young Aerith pats the growing puzzle curiously. But gently; she doesn't want to hurt this thing her brother's working on, even if she doesn't understand it. ]

What's it for?

[pinnaculum]

[He's been aware of her presence all this time, but he finally turns to look at her when she talks. He doesn't mind her touching the puzzle, because it can be easily fixed if part of it falls apart.]

It's a puzzle. You can build different things with the pieces, but they only go together in certain ways. It tests your thinking.

[auncyenmunchkin]

[ That sounds pretty impressive to her, and it gets a small "ooooh" and: ] I wanna play with it! What are you building, can I help?

i'm sorry, somehow i never got the notif for this!

[pinnaculum]

If you'd like to.

It isn't any particular shape. It's abstract. [He considers the twisting, branching form, not quite sure what it is. It reminds him of something, somehow, but he doesn't know what.] Here, I'll show you how.

[Wordlessly, he holds up different pieces, demonstrating some of the ways they do--and do not--go together.]

Sometimes it looks like they'll fit, but they won't. Don't force it.