Blaze-37 (
rekindledtitan) wrote2016-01-28 04:26 pm
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Excerpt 003: Ship’s Cradle
TYPE: Personal log
LOCATION: Orbit, Earth
PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Ghost-type, [1] Guardian-type, designate Blaze-37, Class Titan [
rekindledtitan], One [1] Unconfirmed, designate Hughes, Maes [
bestdadinamestris]
ASSOCIATIONS: Multiversal Nexus; Maes Hughes; Earth; Multiversal Phenomena; Blaze-37; Amestris; Dr. Hill; Deep Stone Crypt; [REDACTED]
Blaze should have figured the warning signs for what they were. When the senses slow and the body insists on sinking into the nearest furniture, it ought to be a clue. But she has no memory of fatigue, no sense of whether her body is just complaining or injured or seriously needs to rest. So it’s not until their meeting at the Harp sees her stuffed with food and forced to actually sit down for a while that the torpor kicks in.
She’d like to shake it off, but the more level (and more inorganic) heads around her are able to point out that that’s not how human biology works.
She’s yawning uncontrollably when they materialize aboard her one-room jumpship. It wakes up for them with a soft hum, lights revealing a cabin just big enough for both she and Hughes to move around. Every inch of the clean metal plating looks like it’s part of some compartment or pull-out section, and that includes the floor. To sharp Exo senses it might look a bit patchwork, too: different panels have subtly different finishes; signs of repair are everywhere. There’s little sign of home comforts: just one cushy pilot’s chair, Blaze’s helmet clipped alongside it.
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Blaze tries to talk through her next yawn. “Oh… yyyeah. Good thinking. Uh.” She looks up at Hughes and waves a hand toward the star-speckled view up front. “Welcome to Earth orbit.”
LOCATION: Orbit, Earth
PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Ghost-type, [1] Guardian-type, designate Blaze-37, Class Titan [
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ASSOCIATIONS: Multiversal Nexus; Maes Hughes; Earth; Multiversal Phenomena; Blaze-37; Amestris; Dr. Hill; Deep Stone Crypt; [REDACTED]
Blaze should have figured the warning signs for what they were. When the senses slow and the body insists on sinking into the nearest furniture, it ought to be a clue. But she has no memory of fatigue, no sense of whether her body is just complaining or injured or seriously needs to rest. So it’s not until their meeting at the Harp sees her stuffed with food and forced to actually sit down for a while that the torpor kicks in.
She’d like to shake it off, but the more level (and more inorganic) heads around her are able to point out that that’s not how human biology works.
She’s yawning uncontrollably when they materialize aboard her one-room jumpship. It wakes up for them with a soft hum, lights revealing a cabin just big enough for both she and Hughes to move around. Every inch of the clean metal plating looks like it’s part of some compartment or pull-out section, and that includes the floor. To sharp Exo senses it might look a bit patchwork, too: different panels have subtly different finishes; signs of repair are everywhere. There’s little sign of home comforts: just one cushy pilot’s chair, Blaze’s helmet clipped alongside it.
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I’m… going to power up the life-support systems,
” the Ghost says, swooping over to the controls. Blaze tries to talk through her next yawn. “Oh… yyyeah. Good thinking. Uh.” She looks up at Hughes and waves a hand toward the star-speckled view up front. “Welcome to Earth orbit.”
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"It's... different, but I guess I'm okay? I don't really know how to know if something's wrong." He awkwardly rubs the back of his neck, a bit embarrassed. "Reading didn't help much with that either. Anything I should be watching out for?"
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"I don't know. How's your memory?" she asks offhandedly. It's usually perfect, at least... for her most recent life. But she wonders. Wonders if he feels the same flashes of the past flickering in, fragments of mostly-forgotten memories jarred loose and slipping into his perceptions.
Reincarnation does funny things to the mind. But Hughes ought to be more stable, she hopes. His mind is young. Less clutter from past lives.
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He's now trying to index everything that's happened in the last day or so since the start of this whole body swapping thing began. The swap itself, the subsequent freak out, the flyers in the Forum, the meet up at the Harp... Everything seems to be there, so what is Blaze worried about?
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Subtle, Blaze. Even her Ghost is blinking at her.
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It's not like he can't replace everything in said wallet, but damn. This was quite the shit to drop on him without warning.
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Thank goodness he's not in his body or he would be making all kinds of faces right now. Blaze doesn't really need to see that so soon after waking up.
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"I- I'm sorry." This must look weird. Maybe insulting. She knows that. "I can't. I bet she's a sweet kid and all, it's just- weird. Right now."
That's a terrible excuse, but evasiveness never suited her. She rubs her ear, trying to think of a subject change. "I don't know much about kids. Guessing she's, what- five, six?"
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"She's four," he says with a nod. "But... are you okay? It's okay if you don't like kids, but that kind of reaction... it gets a guy worrying." Dad Mode is back in full swing, it seems.
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It seems wrong, and Hughes might agree with her if he had any way to grasp what the hell she's on about.
Ghost attempts to come to her rescue. "
Long-term memory can interact strangely with a new body. I think Blaze is primarily concerned with whether you can access your memories as you normally would. When you wish to.
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That gets him to blink. That is terrifying. "What do you mean 'new body'? Are you suggesting you get more than one?" Because that's not something he's ever heard of before. Yes, even in the Nexus.
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She dives into the subject she'd prefer to explain. "Kinda. Ghosts can resurrect us even when we've been blasted into dust. When you come back, especially the first time, it- yeah. It can mess with your head some. Things get, uh, stirred up.
"...I'm not so good with faces, right now. You could tell me about your daughter?"
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He crosses his arms in front of his chest and thinks about that for a minute. How best to describe the light of his life? "She's a tiny ball of spunk and energy - takes after me in that matter, much to her mother's dismay. Despite her age, she's got quite a mind of her own and is quite stubborn, but the way she emulates her kind, soft mother never ceases to amaze me. She's... well... perfect." Not a word he uses lightly, but he really does mean it.
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“She sounds like a great kid.” Blaze dares to look Hughes’ way, mouth quirking with the reflex of a smile. “Makes the fight all the more worthwhile, knowing who you’re doing it for.”
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And it’s another reason to get home safely,
” the Ghost adds quietly. It almost sounds like a reminder.no subject
The picture is tucked back into his wallet carefully before he hands said wallet back to Blaze for safekeeping. A lack of pockets means he's not about to hang onto it right now, despite a desire to do so. "Maybe we should try and figure this whole charade out, then? No time like the present and all that. Well, uh, maybe after some breakfast for you, of course." He nods to Blaze. Damn this is weird.
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No, but it has been some time. I'm sure you'll be hungry soon.
" The Ghost isn't going to let her run herself into the ground so soon. It's with Hughes on this."...Fine. Give me a minute to wash my face. Skin's feeling kinda weird." There's a compartment along one wall that opens into a small cleaning unit - it looks like it's actually for equipment maintenance, but the important thing to Blaze is that there's running water and a clean cloth she uses to dry off delicate gear. She remembers to take the glasses off and set them aside gently, first.
The Ghost looks up at Hughes in the meantime. "
Should we look for any type of food in particular? I've never had to account for human eating habits before.
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"Something savory would probably be best," he says as he turns to Ghost. "Eggs, toast, some bacon or sausage... things like that. There's a few diners in the Nexus we can visit for that." He'll try to steer Blaze away from anything too sweet - too much sugar in the morning isn't good for anyone.
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-gasping involuntarily at the cold, blinking water away and brushing damp hair from her eyes. What she needs is a shot of coffee and an excuse, any excuse-
-she blinks again, and she’s just hunched over the compact workbench in her own ship, the familiar vibration coming up softly through the metal to where she’s gripping the edge with white fingers. She lets out a long, unsteady breath, trying to place herself while the others talk. Then she slaps the bench top hard enough to make her Ghost jump and leave her hand stinging.
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Blaze! Are you all right?
” Her partner ventures closer, but she just waves it off and steps back over to the pilot’s seat, drying her face. She’ll need another minute of squinting before she remembers to go back for the glasses.“Fine. You two figured out where we’re going yet? I want to get back to figuring this out. Still think Hughes ought to go for a test run. Can’t hurt to learn what you’re packing now, right?” Not like she hasn’t been pushing her temporary body.
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"Yeah, we'll hit the Nexus for breakfast. We can figure everything else out after that." Hopefully after they get their bodies back. Sorry, Blaze, but there won't be any trying things out while Hughes has your body. He's ready to be back in his own already.
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“Right.” Dried off, she replaces the glasses carefully and checks they’re straight. She takes a last look at the view, nodding toward it. “That’s something, you know. Seeing Earth the way our- hm, the way humans see it. Wouldn’t mind remembering that.”
The cloth is put away for later washing before she nods to Ghost. “All right. Make it somewhere we’ve already seen. No wandering about.”
She's going to try ribbing Hughes into some fun if she realizes he's backing out on that.
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She can rib all she wants, but it's likely she's going to get frowning Dad face in response.
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If everyone’s ready…
”Since everyone is, it transmats them to a point outside the main door of the Harp. Blaze leads the way in. She wants to get them a table well inside by a wall where she doesn’t have to keep looking up at strangers. Might mean less stimulation for Hughes to deal with, too. She’ll let her friend order, only butting in to veto any coffee (for some reason, she’s not in the mood for that) and to check if he wants another powerpack.
The guy could use something to lighten his mood, in her opinion.
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"I know food's off the table, but I don't suppose I can have a drink in your either, huh?" Not that it would do much for his nerves in his own body, but he needs something to fidget with right now.
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"That's what the pack is for. You didn't realize?" She's been trying to get you buzzed this whole time, Hughes. "Guess it's not as close as I thought."
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I'm not sure we really stopped to explain everything clearly,
" the Ghost points out diplomatically. It's quite an understatement. Moreso considering the number of things Blaze has actively chosen not to stop and explain.no subject
"Could've told me sooner. I could've used a drink yesterday to calm my nerves even a little bit." Take that as a 'yes I'll take one powerpack, please.'
"Anything else I should know while we're on the subject?"
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I see you understand the Universal Basic Language: ENGLISH.
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