just this once, everybody lives!

[sageprincess]

Characters: Everyone.
Setting: Anywhere.
Format: Party style.
Summary: Post-Ex Machina catch-all mingle.
Warnings: See individual threads.

[After a long, drawn out battle, the infiltration team returns to the residential portion of the Tower, weary, battered... but victorious. Some catching up is in order.]

Comments

[midgarhorizon]

You sprouted polka dotted antennae and tried to hump the terminals.

[Reno's expression is deadpan for a moment, before a faint smile appears. Hey, they've got to joke sometime, huh?]

Eh, not much. Just had to go through holographic giggle monsters, bright light, and the wall comin' out and trying to whip us while we unplugged the computers, after the robots and the mist. You got pretty banged up there for a while.

[He shrugs.]

Otherwise, mission accomplished.

[crouching_sin]

[Yeah no. He just linefaces, and then nods as Reno goes on.]

... And Riki?

[He has a feeling Riki hadn't reappeared, but it didn't hurt to ask.]

[midgarhorizon]

[Sorry Naoya, the pain might be affecting Reno's less than stellar mental processes.]

Haven't heard anything from him. I get the feeling we won't see the last of him though. We weren't supposed to blow the stealth part.

You know... especially after that conversation with him... I think the stuff that happened with Jason was a set up on his part. He's a bad liar, but he's smart enough to pull off his own schemes, and he's got motive.

Oh yeah, uh, Aria's gotten control of the machine room.

[crouching_sin]

Of course it's a set up. It's always a fucking set up.

[Ugh. Whatever. The fewer of them to deal with, the better.]

Good. I'll see if I can get a look at later. Provided that mist is gone, that is.

[His already pale skin pales a bit more at the memory of losing control of himself.]

[midgarhorizon]

Yeah, the fire took it out when they were blastin' the robots. Aria's friends would warn us if it happened again.

[His eyes narrow slightly.]

You okay? Lancer was kinda manhandling you around a bit... got worried he dropped you on your head or something.

[crouching_sin]

I'll be fine. A concussion is relatively minor at this point in the game.

[Still, he rubs the back of his head.]

I'll heal myself up later.

[midgarhorizon]

[Reno winces at that. In the heat of battle, he didn't give it a second thought, but now...]

...Sorry about that... was all I could do. Don't think you'd have appreciated bein' bathed in fire though.

[crouching_sin]

It doesn't really matter. I'm capable of healing myself - if not with magic, then with medical skill. And no, I wouldn't have appreciated it. For one, I'd probably have to regrow my hair to this length, and I like it this way.

[midgarhorizon]

[He takes a look at Naoya's hair, purely just because he mentioned it, and shrugs.]

You could always ask 'em to update your body template.

[It was probably the one nice thing Jason ever did, though Reno's starting to miss having his hair long, himself.]

Anyway, if ya want a more detailed report what happened after, I'm goin' to be writing it tomorrow for Waver. I got to say, fighting with you guys takes it all. I never met a more crazy bunch of wing nuts in my life.

[crouching_sin]

[He can't help but laugh a bit at that.]

It helps when you're not afraid of dying. I thought I'd take the risk, but if that group all acted like I think they did then it's because they have hero tendencies. I don't - I simply don't mind taking the risks so that someone more useful doesn't have to.

[Naoya that kind of is a hero tendency...]

[midgarhorizon]

Hero tendencies, huh?

[Reno's just going to fold his arms and grin at him.]

[crouching_sin]

[... Oh stop that.]

... I'm no hero. I just do what needs to be done in the background.

[midgarhorizon]

[Going to grin really wide now.]

Y'know... that kinda sounds like the definition t'me.

[crouching_sin]

[lsdkjfs.]

N... not really....

[He huffs a little bit.]

[midgarhorizon]

[Okay, Reno just can't help it. He's chuckling.]

Don't get shy on me now. Just gonna prove it even more.

[crouching_sin]

You're ridiculous.

[midgarhorizon]

[Spreading his hands in a shrug, Reno can't deny it.]

You got me. What can I say? In this place, it's either laugh or cry. I never liked cryin' much. Face gets itchy.

[crouching_sin]

Heh. True. There's not much left to cry about, anyway.

[midgarhorizon]

Yeah...

[He gets a little more sober then.]

I'll let ya get some rest.

[crouching_sin]

Hmph. I rested plenty. It's you lot that should be getting some rest.

[Though dunking his head in some cold water might help right now.]

[midgarhorizon]

[Snort!]

I dunno, watchin' Lancer heave you around... seemed kinda exhausting. Eh, I'm not goin' to argue. Take it easy.

[crouching_sin]

You too.