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ellipsanet2025-06-11 06:15 pm
slaughterous) wrote in ellipsanet2025-06-11 06:15 pm
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video; un: maine
[ The video opens on a close-up of a truly kick-ass vehicle. It's tough! It's rugged! It's got hooks on the front that look like tusks! Truly, this is one bad-ass—
The video zooms out. The vehicle is tiny. A child could ride in it, maybe. But certainly not an adult.
An extremely gruff male voice mutters, ]
What the fuck.
[ Then a woman's laughter rises in the background. "What, Maine, compensating for something?"
The man grumbles, and the feed clicks off. ]
The video zooms out. The vehicle is tiny. A child could ride in it, maybe. But certainly not an adult.
An extremely gruff male voice mutters, ]
What the fuck.
[ Then a woman's laughter rises in the background. "What, Maine, compensating for something?"
The man grumbles, and the feed clicks off. ]
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There's a low, rumbling chuckle, giving the answer before the camera comes into focus. Yes, there is ammo. ]
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[Sometimes you just like to do some over the top violence.]
[As a treat.]
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Quest?
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Probably not winter, most of the problems are in the water. Spring has a pit, but it's probably wide enough to drive around so it might be a fun funneling affect, and I could get anyone not a monster out. Summer has imps causing trouble again and I can make the fire harmless. Though there is potential with the sandworms, less clear on the crabs. Can never be sure how tough the armor is until you have a chance to shoot them. There's also some mantises in campsites, but that is a lot of trees.
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Sandworms. How big?
[ He wants a nice, beefy target, and those sound promising. ]
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They do hate water.
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He hums again, considering. Impatience starting to gnaw at him, the desire to go train until he collapses rearing its head.
Maybe they should hit imps, first. But that feels like admitting defeat, something Maine loathes doing. ]
… Should ask Carolina.
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Been wanting to talk to her.
If nothing else, I need to know where she is on the timeline because wow did our relationship evolve.
The difference between being the rookie and then the stable one.
[Because the guys certainly have their wild, maverick energy about them.]
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Maine suddenly spins the camera around, looking straight into it. ]
You dating?
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[Takes a moment for him to scramble to pick up his phone.]
No! Absolutely not!
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He already had to deal with York's whatever-the-fuck with Carolina. If he ends up a third wheel here so fuckin' help him— ]
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[He knows the squint. Most of them gave York that squint!]
Listen, I love Carolina, but I'm not in love with her. That isn't our relationship.
[Also the whole Epsilon fragments and thus HER DAD fragments in his head makes that all A Little Complicated even beyond his demisexuality.]
Its like-
In the Project, if we're on a mission, of course she's going to take me seriously because we're teammates and we have a job to do.
Off mission though?
Wellllll, let's be fair, Carolina and I weren't having deep and meaningful discussions where she thought I was more than the rookie whose kind of a major dork.
I try talking to Carolina from your time about all the bullshit magic stuff and she'll wonder how hard I hit my head and how many times.
My time? I don't even need her to be IN the other dimension to at least give me a benefit of a doubt.
THAT kind of evolution.
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But he nods after a second, accepting Wash's answer. Trying, once again, to wrap his head around what sounds like a huge change. ]
Older than me.
[ Which, if he had to guess, puts her closer to Wash's time … pre-dimension hops. ]
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Trust me, I'm pretty aware of any and all current crushes. [His tastes aren't good enough for it to be Carolina, oh no, he crushes on the OTHER cyan/aqua/turquoise/wtfever color.]
Still a range, but at least I might be able to convince her into benefit of a doubt if its earlier on.
[But...he thinks it can't be any earlier than finding the Director.]
[He's pretty sure any earlier and Carolina would have pulled a gun on Maine too and Maine seemed a little TOO surprised by Wash doing it for it to be the second time.]
[So roughly Chorus, at least. That was workable.]
[Also definitely need to talk and get their story straight.]
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Instead, he focuses on the issue at hand. ]
She trusts me. I trust you. [ Doesn't that make things simpler? Anyway, ] Adjusting to shit.
[ "Shit" being all the magic. ]
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[
We also don't talk about Alpha in Kyriakos, the Vibes were sure a thing.][He huffs.] Well, I wouldn't say its a crush, but Lucifer has been flirting with me and we have been on a date.
All above board. All parties involved know.
[It does, even if it twists the knife.]
Yeah, the adjustment period is always a thing. Could be worse, this place usually gives you time to.
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[ Or does he need to have a talk with this Lucifer. The literal devil. Because he'll do it! ]
Lotta research. Training.
[ Because of course that's what Maine has thrown himself into. ]
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How is the magic going? Took a while for me to get it the first time and that was with a far simpler system.
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Can make mist.