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shockingblue) wrote2019-01-04 09:39 pm
shockingblue) wrote2019-01-04 09:39 pm
IC Inbox: Daybreak
GUSTAV "GV" GUNVOLTUN: AZURESTRIKER
STATUS: Student, Grade 9
ACCOLADES: 4 Year Member of the Rune Guild QUILL, active field agent and runic inscriptionist. Designed and implemented runic equipment for field use. Destroyed a small army of invading undead.
BIO: New to Daybreak Academy. I speak Japanese, German, French, and English. Japanese is a little rusty though. Interests include runic inscription, athletics, physics, and history. I like video games and computers too.
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[GV actually arches an eyebrow though, when Marise makes a comment about a "hiatus." ...Had she actually heard of Monarch?? Now that was something he was more surprised about than he probably should be.
For her part though, Monarch straightened up, and also briefly looked taken aback. But she quickly preened a little, and answered back.]
Ah, so you've heard of me before! ...Something like that. It's more that... my career as it was is on permanent hold. I had some... disputes, with my former employers, we'll call it, and a team at Daybreak was kind enough to arbitrate and get me out of a bad contract.
...If you catch my meaning. GV and Desi were both very sympathetic to my plight, so... this is where I feel I belong now.
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I can't say I expected to learn she was an AI, but her name and voice are both quite recognizable, dear; with you away from home, I've needed a little something to break the silence here. [In other words, Marise had actually picked up an album or two at some point over the past four months.
She was also good at reading between the lines, so when Monarch answered the question...]
Aah, I understand. I assume, then, that your enrollment at the academy needs to be kept secret. [Spoken with the same sort of emphasis to indicate that yes, she did get it.] Don't any of you worry, I'm very good with secrets.
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[Well, that was a relief, for certain.]
I'm just glad it means we won't have more of Monarch's fans trying to beat down our door. [Did he mean people who wanted to use her, or Monarch's actually rabid fanbase? Answer: Yes.] Things have been crazy enough lately, and I'm glad they might finally slow down a little.
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It certainly sounds as though you've been busy, though. I know there might be more to talk about, but perhaps I should go for now so you have some more time to rest. We can talk again sometime later, if that's alright?
[There's a brief pause before Desi answered, but it was less of one than there had been when she first saw the phone ringing:] That would be fine.
Mmm, I'll leave it up to you when that is; it would be easier than my trying to find a time when you can answer. Until then, addio?
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[He was still doing his best to make a good impression, so... being polite was still something he wanted to do.]
Happy to meet you, Mrs. Neroni! Hope to talk to you again sometime!
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[And with that, the call ended. Desidera continued looking at the phone for a few moments before turning back toward the others.]
I'm...not sure how I had expected things to go, but. That. It went well, I think.
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[Honestly... that went way better than he dared hope.]
She sounded.... pretty understanding about quite a lot of what's happened.
And there was a lot that happened. Speaking of... Desi, I wanted to ask you something, if that's okay?
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[He just shakes his head at that. She had a point, after all. Though, his initial smile fades away to something a little more serious, more reluctant, but he's still going to go through with it.]
It's... just something you said while we were fighting Asimov. [She probably knows the moment... but...] It was right before you slapped him. [Which... he thought was pretty cool, but frankly, now wasn't the time to say that.] You really... turned that around on him.
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Unless your question is something else?
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[...Though, of course, it was never quite that simple deep down. He was still grappling to deal with the complexities of what Asimov meant in his life. Like it or not, Asimov did pull him out of the rather dim prospects of the orphanage life, Asimov did teach him a lot of what he knew before coming to Daybreak, did encourage his talents and gave him a place to belong, and did send him here to Daybreak.
...His life wouldn't be what it was without him. And he had to reconcile that with the reality of who the man really was.
And damn. It wasn't easy. But at the same time, he couldn't find himself able to argue on his behalf. Not much. Not yet. The wounds were still too fresh, and he could still feel a phantom pain in his chest where the first round struck him. It had fully healed over by now, thanks to magic, but... sometimes he could still feel that burning sensation when he thought about Asimov. That, and a profound emptiness inside.
He chose to ignore it. For now.
Instead, he'd focus on his initial point.]
...It's more that you called yourself the same thing, even if it was ironic. I'm just. Surprised, at that, I guess.
That's what he said about you on the helipad. What I didn't want to repeat to you.
[Because as far as he was concerned, it was as far from the truth as it could be. Sure, she had appearances, and might even be part daemon. But a monster? Never.]
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[That might make it sound like she's started identifying herself as one, but at the same time, she hasn't gone and denied what GV had said in response to the word himself, that she wasn't one.]
And though it's certainly not what he meant, the word could carry a sort of positive meaning too, depending on how you look at it.
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How do you figure that?
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Like "Dude, that was some monster air on that jump?"
[Monarch wrinkled her nose a little before covering her face with her palm. ...Okay, yes, technically, he probably had it right, but if it was possible to sound incredibly lame....]
GV, I'm going to need you never to say that phrase ever again.
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But yes, though it's usually something along the lines of seeing someone do something really big— [The shadow-sawblade on the Mantis. Grand Strizer. Even Asimov's Voltaic Chains, had Rex not done what he did to lessen the danger.] —or something really skillful.
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[Quip aside, he leans back against his desk.]
But... that's not quite what I was getting at, I think. But you just said he wasn't technically wrong. That's... more of what I'm confused about.
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Mmm, could you wait for just one moment, please? That bandage is getting to be a little too bothersome, so I'm going to go and do something about it really quick.
[She excused herself to the bathroom for a moment.]
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She could have had that taken care of as well, but evidently, had decided against it.]
There we go.
Now, ah, about that. Mother's a human. I don't know my father, but I do know that he's human as well. So, that means I'm human too, but I also feel like I'm a daemon, sort of? It's like... You know what I can do, and it...just feels completely normal, now.
So recently, I've started thinking that, when Mother tried to do what she did, I wasn't given anything and that was what ended up changing me, but actually changed myself and what I have is just naturally mine.
With how it's allowed me to do things and help people here, and how most of the people I know now don't treat it like it's some kind of problem, I...think I'm okay with that.
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[He smiles, a bit warmly. Warmer than most smiles he's managed over the past week or so.]
...Desi. I know I don't have to say it, but I will anyway. Daemon, human, and anything in between, I'll be there for you, no matter what.
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You're right, you don't need to say it now, but still, grazie. [The rest of the world might still have some things to say about it, eventually, but here, it doesn't matter what she is, just that she's still Desidera.] I could say the same for both of you: no matter what, I'll be there. [And for both of them, in the past weeks, she already has been there.
Monarch might still have been a relatively-new addition to either of their lives, but it already felt difficult—even impossible—to say she didn't feel like family in a way.]
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[When his entire life had been flipped, and everything he knew turned into chaos around him, even unsure if what passed for his family back at QUILL would even want anything to do with him? Hearing that was a balm to a still stinging burn he had been nursing. Sure. He knew that already, but hearing the words alone made a huge difference.
Monarch, though, while she had been quiet through much of this, finally took an opportunity to speak up.]
Hey, Desi? I know you had the tattoo removed, but... not that scar? That couldn't be that hard to heal with magic, so... why didn't you?
[After all, it seemed strange to get all that healed up and still let that linger...]
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Monarch? Come here.
[The hologram visibly got up as if to do so, only to be stopped.] No. Come here for real.
[It then flickered off, and the core hovered up and off of its pillow, floating over as instructed. Once it was close enough that Desi could reach it, she took it in her hands and pulled it to her chest.]
I know we haven't known each other too long, but it's already hard to imagine things without you here. [The week that Monarch was gone and GV was still recovering had basically been hell for her.] So if it's for him, or for you, I'll do anything I need to, even if that means getting hurt.
Think of it as proof of that.
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...She even looked ready to tear up.]
...Ah.... thank you, Desi. ...But please. Don't try to get hurt because of me. ...And that goes for you too, GV, before you try to say anything...
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And with the two of them having been the ones to take her in and effectively provide a new home when they first brought her here, her happiness and her safety are basically their responsibility, aren't they? If anything else happened, they should try to do something.]