Infighting Week Three

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Characters: any character participating in the Infighting event
Setting: pods, week three of the event
Format: any
Summary: All week three Infighting event threads should go in here, to keep things organized.
Warnings: horror, trauma, experiment results, impossible geometry, cabin fever

[Week Three Information]
[Week Two]
[Week One]
Dax's Pod
Riki's Pod
Jason's Pod
End of Week Three

Comments

[chainsawn]

Ah-.. [ There's a moment of surprise when she doesn't hit the ground, since she even already closed her eyes mid-fall. But once she opens them she notices that she was caught instead. There's surprise at first, but then it quickly turns into.. well, maybe being flustered, considering her face lights up just a little. ]

.. Yes. .. I'm.. fine. Thank you, Kidou-kun..

[pengeen]

[He helps her stand again and smiles, relieved.] I'm sorry, I went too fast for you, didn't I?

[chainsawn]

No, it's my fault. I'm just.. not really used to something like this, so I'm not really good at it. [ her own look is still slightly awkward. ]

.. Sorry.

[pengeen]

It's alright. My father would hold formal parties and others would often ask for dances, so I've been taught how to dance for those kind of occasions. [Dancing by himself though would only be terrible. He can only partner dance.]

[chainsawn]

.. Did they used to ask you for dances too, Kidou-kun?

It must have been nice to be that popular..

[pengeen]

Ah, I was only popular with the people there because of my father. He's a prestigious and rich man, they wanted to know what kind of son he had, since I would inherit his company after he couldn't work any longer.

[chainsawn]

You were going to inherit a big company back home? [ .. It makes her think for a moment though. Her own parents are rather rich too, after all, so.. maybe she can relate to him a little? Even if her own parents are always a touchy topic. ]

.. Hmm.. Hey, Kidou-kun? Did you get along well with your parents?

[pengeen]

It's only my father and I, and we get along fine. [A pause] He didn't really spend much of his time with me when I was younger, so we never really had any conflict about anything. And even now, he has a busy schedule, and that makes it hard for him to do much with me even though he would like to make up for lost time.

[chainsawn]

.. I didn't see my parents much either. No.. I hardly saw them at all until I got to this place. I almost didn't even talk with them the last while before I got here.. [ it's a little difficult to talk about it, but.. if he can say it that easily, she should be able to do the same, right? she just has to try. ]

So I guess I can understand it a little.

[pengeen]

[He smiles sadly at that] ...to be honest, I was adopted into the Kidou family. I don't really relate to my father well because even though I've been living with him for the last 6 years, he's still a bit of a stranger to me. [His eyebrows furrow a little]

I was raised by someone else, and he taught me how to be everything I am today. That man was like my other father, and I looked up to him almost like a god.

[chainsawn]

You have.. two 'fathers'? [ Even if they aren't real ones, per se.. Although that last part makes her even more curious. ] He sounds like a good person though, that other father. It does sound like you liked him a lot..

[pengeen]

He has done some unforgivable things in the past, but he was a good person at heart. [Thinking about Kageyama was almost painful now, and he could feel his eyes threatening to water up.

It's a good thing he has his goggles on.]

He taught me how to play soccer well, and I wouldn't have been able to meet my teammates without him. He was stoic and intimidating, I almost never knew what he was thinking. But that was something I found endearing about him.

[chainsawn]

[ she quietly stares for a few moments before speaking up. ]

Even if he did do some things like those.. that doesn't matter. From the way you speak about him, he sounds like a really great person. Someone you speak so fondly of couldn't be bad.

[pengeen]

[He nods in agreement] I actually got these goggles from him. They help me focus on the spinning and dropping point of a soccer ball when in game, in other words they helped me with stealing, passing, dribbling, and keeping the ball. I don't need them anymore, I've been wearing them long enough that it's natural for me now, but I keep them on because they're my trademark.



...and because they're one of the only things I have to remember him by.

[chainsawn]

I think they suit you. They make you.. look cool. I think my own glasses I sometimes wear can't compare.. [ But it's not like she needs those either way, her eyesight is just fine - so she hardly even wear them. She hasn't even done so since coming here.

After a second she thoughtfully adds: ]

.. Um.. what do you look like without them..? I don't think you've taken them off yet, not where I could see.

[pengeen]

Hm? [Now that he thinks about it, he's only taken them off once, maybe twice since he has arrived here.

...though he rarely takes them off back at home...]

[He will slip them off around his neck though, because she asked, and give her a small smile.]

I don't look very special without them, so it's not like your missing out on anything.

[chainsawn]

[ And then he says he doesn't look special-- well, apparently she doesn't seem to agree, since she's just.. staring for a few moments in amazement, give her a second to regain her senses enough to talk. ]

.. No. [ She shakes her head a little. ] Your eyes.. they're very pretty.

[pengeen]

[He blinks at her as he tries to comprehend her reaction.

She said his eyes were... pretty? Well, that's a first.]

Y-you think so? [Yeah he's starting to blush now.]

[chainsawn]

[ She just nods calmly, as if he is just reacting normally instead of being flustered. ]

Hmm. I do. They're a really nice and pretty red, I feel like I could keep staring at them..

[pengeen]

Th-thank you. [Wow how does he take a compliment.]

[And now he's going to smile, though his face is still ever so flustered] ...I think your eyes are very pretty, too.

[chainsawn]

Mine? [ She's about to say hers aren't anything special, but.. ah, that's what he said about his' too, right? Instead she just looks a little bashful as well, but since she's smiling it's probably in a content way. ]

.. Thank you. This is why you're such a nice person, Kidou-kun, just saying it like that..

[pengeen]

[He rubs the back of his head slightly]

I'm only saying what I think is true.

[chainsawn]

But not a lot of people took the time to say that before. So even if it's true.. not many people say it like you. [ at least she's still smiling. ]

[pengeen]

Oh, really? I can't imagine why not a lot of people have told you that before.

[chainsawn]

.. I guess I just.. haven't talked to many people. [ for a moment she's a little more quiet, her gaze wandering off towards the floor before she tries to sound a little braver again. ]

But it's fine. It's different here. Even while this is going on, I've gotten to know nice people, so.. it's really alright.