001 ❖ video/action

[uncorrupts]

--why are you taking your hands off the steering?

--because I have to get a good angle for my viewers! Duh.

[introducing your host, gamer girl extraordinaire.]

Listen, this isn't the time to be doing that. We need to reach the base on this radar, and we need to work together.

--she's working on her blog! Oi, listen to him!

[the video feed turns to focus on the other two aboard the ship; one’s a toothy young redhead who seems to be wearing nothing but swimming jammers for some reason, and the other is an older guy in some power rangers suit of sorts. welcome aboard S.S. Inappropriately Dressed]

--excuse you, it’s not a blog! It’s called a livestream! Anyway, the name’s D.Va, and the older guy to my left's not a bad pilot. Ignore the guy behind me.

--you're judging other pilots right now!? I’d give you a 0 out of 10! We almost just hit that reef, holy shi --

--rude! Seriously, chill out for a second, will you? I'd like to see you do better!

I'd like to see you do better too!

The two of you, stop! [shiro, the older guy, seems to have had it with their bickering, pulling the steering handle upwards to avoid a cluster of mushroom trees likely to ruin their ship] The seas are rough as it is, we need to work as a team right now. You can go at each other's throat once we're out of this!

Ch, if we get out -- fine, what do you want us to do?

You, in the back, buckle up. You’re going to get thrown about and hurt.

...A-ah... [a guilty click... safety first yo]

And you, D.Va, is it? Concentrate on piloting. It’s hard to see and the seas are pushing us around as it is, so try and keep the ship as stable as you can!

-- ...Okay, fine.

...I can livestream your stupid piloting if you want from back here.

-- If you know how to set it up, be my guest!

Hey, to your right!

[it seems like a crash, the lights going red on board, and the visual feed spinning as the ship spirals out of control under their hands. good thing shiro told you to buckle up, huh, rin? amidst this mess, some shouting and ordering about, the stream cuts off. will our heroes live another day?]

[yeah, they do]

-- ot it all. That was actually some really amazing piloting, both of you... [someone sounds a little starstruck... what sugoi he has witnessed, the world will never know, because rin did not in fact record that shit]

D.va, well done. That was really impressive--I have to say I wouldn’t have been able to pull this off without you. [turning around, he smiles at the redhead teen, even if wtf? at your lack of clothes, homie] Doing alright? Name's Shiro, by the way.

-- Rin. -- It's a girl's name, but I'm a guy.

[shiro gives him an odd look. d.va definitely does the same.]

-- Aww, you’re so sweet, Shiro! [d.va flashes a grateful smile at him, also thoroughly impressed.] Honestly, it was your quick thinking that got us out of trouble. I usually don't like being ordered around, but I'll let it slide. [she then turns to rin, sitting behind her--and he better have recorded all of that!!] See? Told you we'd be fine!

[shiro offers a smile at them both. thumbs up with his mechanical arm.]

Let's get out of here and see who we can find in the base. They might be able to help us out.

[little did our heroes know that upon opening that door into the base, they would be greeted by the sickness apocalypse. moans, groans, sniffles and hacks. what’s worse, the ocean going nuts outside because of a hurricane, or the dribbly-nosed zombies in the only place considered safe from the elements?]

...after all that, is this place haunted or something...? E-eh --

You guys might want to stand back--

[...was that your burrito of death our triumphant trio has just trampled, like those wildebeests over mufasa? remember... remember...]

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[gnasher]

[wishy-washy, Rin thinks to himself, in a voice that sounds suspiciously like Haru's, though with maybe a fonder timbre]

Yeah, I'll tell them where I'm going. Gimme a sec.

[he pats Makoto's shoulder as he separates, ever-tactile, and returns to Shiro and D.Va, giving them the news of his good (?) fortune. a few moments has him coming back]

Alright, where to? Sweater delivery, right?

[splasher]

Yup.

[and then, despite the storm and the sick people and everything, makoto motions back towards shiro and d.va (and because he actually thinks they're cool--) as they walk down the hall before asking:]

Do you think you could introduce me to them sometime? They seem pretty cool...

[DON'T JUDGE HIM]

--wait, how exactly did you get in here?

[gnasher]

They drove me. Through the -- to the base.

[and he gives Makoto a kind of odd look, cutting himself off; he doesn't want to talk about the harrowing journey through the storm, which was... frankly quite an adrenaline rush for him, but would probably be perceived by Makoto as something out of a nightmare]

Their names are D.Va and Shiro. The girl's a pain in the ass, but kind of fun. Shiro's alright.

[glowing accolades from Rin, he's probably described Nagisa and Rei similarly; he nudges Makoto in the side, not too hard (don't want to drop those sweaters), teasing]

It's not like we're close, but if you want to talk to a cute girl...

[splasher]

Don't tease me like that, Rin.

[he's not in any way upset about it, as the comment is followed up by a crooked smile and guilty glancing from side to side. he's way too obvious, and cute girls will always potentially catch his attention on that fact alone.]

[besides, he can't remember ever talking girls with rin. kinda embarrassing.]

[so he shuffles along down the hall, until they reach a door which he opens for the other to go in first.]

There's kind of a lot of cute girls here, to be honest. Not that that's all I think about when I'm with them, [really embarrassing] but you could say the guys here are, too. Fun.

[hmm]

This is one of the rooms available for us to sleep on. Everyone's been kind of avoiding them to avoid being with others who are sick, so it's kinda empty for the time being.

[look at them air mattresses]

[gnasher]

[Rin expects Makoto to trail off into a sheepish laugh, and when he doesn't, Rin's head fills with static and his cheeks fill with colour. once again, Rin has started something he can't finish -- and he just grows more and more embarrassed as Makoto fills him in on all the cute girls and ??? fun guys ??? aboard the base, what the fuck, shut it down. there's a reason he doesn't talk romance (get a grip) with the guys from Iwatobi (or Samezuka, or with his family, or -- anyone), and it's because it's all just too god damn embarrassing (and a couple other reasons)]

[have some extended silence, until the miracle of air mattresses are revealed, and wow, these are the most important air mattresses in the world -- wait, air mattresses? are they serious?]

Are you actually able to get any sleep on these...?

[how gruff; but he adds]

Which one's yours?

[gnasher]

[and then;]

Ah! It's that one, isn't it.

[guess how he knows?]

[splasher]

[makoto laughs, knowing exactly what rin just did--what with trying to avoid the topic of conversation. his held-in laughter is all that will clue rin in to makoto doing him a solid here and keeping mum about it all.]

I put on my headphones and I try not to think too much about it.

[he denotes, still smiling]

[(this is nice; it reminds him of a more familiar home setting)]

[the bed rin motions to is the one with a couple of books, a green backpack, headphones, and hella comfortable looking pajama pants with happy clouds as its pattern]

Yeah. It's not too bad, in the end. My new pajamas have really helped out in the whole sleeping process.

[gnasher]

[thos pjs tho...]

Other people see those now... there's such a thing as being too un-self-conscious, you know.

[walking into the room beside Makoto, Rin drops his bag beside that obvious bed, and his own un-inflated bed next to it]

Is it single sex or co-ed?

[splasher]

Well, it's better than sleeping on my jeans and wearing them every day without giving them a rest...

[you know he's right]

Anyone can crash here. I just didn't put my mattress away before I got out of the room.

[legit]

[gnasher]

[sounds like regular Makoto behaviour, Rin thinks, not really actively admitting he's looking for abnormal Makoto behaviour]

You can borrow my pajamas tonight.

[have some dignity...]

[splasher]

What about you?

["dignity" but with your sweater]

You brought pajamas?

[gnasher]

I've got all kinds of shit, I thought I was going away to a summer abroad. Didn't you bring stuff?

[splasher]

[tilts his head, and sits down on his mattress. gets his bag, and empties it out. books, swimming gear, music stuff, a towel, his phone]

Just this.

[gnasher]

You can borrow my other stuff, too.

[alright, enough of the bedroom tour (uh), time to see the rest of this place]

So where do you spend most of your time around here?

[a hand extended down, to help haul Makoto back up]

[splasher]

[takes the hand, after putting his stuff back inside his bag. he can't help but wonder, having bounced to his feet, just how much did rin prepare for this?]

What else did you bring? [it's almost like he doesn't really want that answered. instead;] Oh, for things to do? I go to the library and the kitchen quite a bit. When it's not stormy weather, I swim around the shallows and help about with the building of the base, though.

[splasher]

Would you like to check out the library, or the fish tank rooms?

[gnasher]

Fish tanks. I have a feeling I'll be ending up in the library a lot, trying to get up to speed.

[Rin joins his friend, stretching his arms behind his head, almost perfectly imitating the silly kitty sweater, which stretches along with him]

What's the shallows like?

[splasher]

[makoto does his best not to laugh]

[and starts leading the way.]

They're--shallow. I mean, they don't go that deep. There's a couple of caverns but they're never that long nor do they travel down much, either. There's a lot of fish around, too. The nice kind.

I'll show you it when we're allowed out again.

[gnasher]

[Rin smiles at that, looking a little relieved. without a safe place to swim, he's not sure he'd be able to hack it here -- anywhere]

Let's race, too. I want to make sure you haven't been slacking off, here.

[he follows after his friend, shoulders close enough to nearly touch. he's a casual space-invader, when it comes to feeling comfortable around his friends]

[splasher]

After the hurricane passes, alright?

[he feels nervous, not about swimming, but that rin might find that makoto has been slacking off in the sense that he hasn't been so proactive about constantly swimming to train.]

[it's been rough on his own, without his friends about.]

[and makoto dares, with this sentiment in hand, by actually bumping shoulders.]

It'll be fun.

[a word he hasn't even remotely considered to use on this place.]

[gnasher]

Of course it will. For me, anyway, when I prove Samezuka's former captain never slacks!

[and in response to the friendly bump, Rin brightens, and tosses his arm around Makoto's shoulders. even if things are awfully serious here, Rin won't allow things to be drab and dull, when they can be full of lively competition and friends]

Alright, let's see these fish!