Firo Prochainezo (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
foundafamily) wrote2020-04-28 09:06 pm
foundafamily) wrote2020-04-28 09:06 pm
IC Contact
Here's where your character can contact Firo if need be. Please specify the game; the date (or general time); and whether the meeting is action, voice, video, text, etc.
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[He runs a hand through his hair. Of course he doesn't want them taking that route.]
...So are those all your options, as far as we know?
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[Seto has...what, a dead best friend and some silver-haired girl that he barely knows to look forward to? And Crow has...well, he's the dead best friend in this scenario, so he gets nothing out of going back.]
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[He'll never forget his horror when Seto told him about that place. For all the pain other humans can bring a person, Firo finds being completely alone far more horrifying.]
Well, I think you've got some time to decide stuff. If you guys decided you wanted to come back with me--
[There wouldn't be many things that would make Firo happier. Nah, he can't say that. He doesn't want to force them into making the choice that's best for him when it's their lives.]
I promise everybody back home will treat you right. But no matter what you choose I'll still be your friend.
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[There's a slight pause, before he speaks.]
...Hey, do you remember me telling you about how I'm...you know, different from the rest of you? [He's talking about that time he fell off the roof and ended up letting slip that he wasn't human.]
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[He's smiling even as he protests, and his smile only grows when Crow thanks him. Usually Firo would hate to be called sappy--people already think he's enough of a pansy without messy things like tender emotions getting involved. But now it's just him and a friend, a friend to whom Firo can stand to show a softer side.
His smile fades and he cocks his head to the side. What does this have to do with anything?]
Yeah, 'course I do. Why?
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Come with me for a second. [He's trying to lead the other to go inside for a moment, leading to the kitchen. Last he checked, Seto is somewhere else at the moment, but this still calls for going somewhere where they are less likely to be overheard rather than being outside.]
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[He allows Crow to pull him along, nervousness making him more compliant than usual.]
Is somethin' wrong?
[He doesn't know enough about robots to know what he should be worried about, but this sudden secrecy has him concerned.]
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Okay, so...do you know anything about how batteries work?
[That may sound like a random question for him to ask, but we swear there's a reason for it.]
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[He thinks. Much harder than Firo will usually push himself to think about anything. After a long moment, though, he shakes his head and shrugs.]
I'm really not the kinda guy to ask for that stuff. I mean, I know people put 'em in cars and all that stuff, but not much else. What's that got to do with anything?
[Crow still seems serious, so it must be important.]
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Okay, well, you know how they said on the journals that we might not be able to bring stuff from here back home with us? [He's not talking about the whole "we might not be able to go to someone else's world yet" part, he's talking like actual physical objects that were acquired here in Luceti and might not make it back with them.
Again, this might not seem like it has to do with anything, but he's going somewhere with this.]
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[Or kind of. His brain went all fuzzy about halfway through, overwhelmed by the information and the emotions brought on by the possibility of home. He's sure Crow wouldn't make that part up, so he'll take his word for it.
And, admittedly, he just wants to hurry this up so he'll know what Crow's getting at. He's anxious not knowing.]
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Instead of giving a verbal reply, he looks upward, as if listening for something, and then...starts removing pieces of clothing--his scarf to start with, and then (after a slight moment of hesitation) starts shrugging off that purple technicolor jacket he's always wearing. Once he does so, you'll now be able to see his bare arms. Much like that one glimpse of his wrist you got a long time ago before, Firo will now see more metal, being held together by screws and the like at the joints. The same goes for what appears to be the rest of his body, since the metal extends upward to his shoulders and his chest.
Normally, he would be hesitant to allow anyone other than Seto see that much of what he looks like without the jacket, but he's a man on a mission, so to speak, as he starts pushing aside the purple suspenders he wears underneath the jacket so that he can get to a spot somewhere on his back.]
...On my back there's this thing that opens and has some stuff in there. Look at it and tell me if you've ever seen anything that looks like what's in there back where you're from.
[Sure enough, there is a panel being held closed with some screws, but after fishing through one of his pockets he finds a screwdriver to hand over; however, he's quick to add--]
But don't touch anything, just look and then close it back up again for me.
[Can you guess why he's doing this now, Firo.]
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O-okay. I'll be careful.
[He takes the screwdriver with some reluctance and walks behind Crow. He's never opened someone up before--well, not in a non-violent way--and he's a little freaked out by the thought. Isn't this going to hurt? He's far more gentle while unscrewing the panel than someone might expect from Firo. He turns the screws slowly, carefully, then eases the panel off.
He's silent for a moment as he studies the insides. Please, please let him be useful somehow...]
I... No, I'm sorry, Crow. But, like I said, I really don't know a lot about anything like this! Maybe... maybe there's somebody else. We could find someone!
[Firo may not look it, but he has resources back home. The men in his Family are smart, and then they know even more smart people around the city.
Whatever Crow's problem is--Firo hasn't quite put the pieces together yet--he must know someone who could help.]
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That stuff in there...I guess you'd say it's what keeps me alive? [Seto insists that he is "alive", but others could argue it's just a source of power for a machine.] There's a battery in there that keeps me going, but if it runs out, my body stops being able to move. I guess for humans, it's like...dying. [Remember that one time they talked about death? At the time, Crow never actually claimed that he couldn't die because of how he is, just that it's "not like how it is for you humans" or something like that at the time.]
Before I showed up, my battery ran out, but I guess those guys were nice enough to give me a new battery here. [Or whatever it was they did to wake him up again.] I don't know if I can take anymore of 'em with me if I try to leave this place, though, so...
[It's also the reason why he and Seto are not looking forward to the idea of going back home. If they go back, then it means Crow is going back home to the moment when his battery ran out. He would be going back home to die.]
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And, well, his hands are shaking and he doesn't want to risk the possibility that Crow might sense that.
As Crow speaks, Firo walks back around to face him. He hands back the screwdriver too quickly, practically forcing it into Crow's hands so he can hide his own in his pockets all the quicker.
His mouth drops open.]
I thought you--
[Yes, he remembers that conversation. He'd taken comfort in the thought that Crow would be around forever. To learn that that's not the case is a blow to his heart.]
Th-then we'll just hafta find one when we get there. People're doin' all kinds a' crazy things with electricity back home!
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Yeah? [He considers it for a moment.] I guess there could be ways to keep me going, but...look, I need you to do something for me.
[And here, he looks Firo dead in the eye, the most serious and determined he's probably ever been.]
You have'ta take care of Seto. I can't let my best friend be all alone again...so, if we go with you back to your place, I wanna make sure that Seto's gonna be okay if something happens to me.
[He's pretty sure he doesn't even have to ask for Firo to look after Seto. They're a family, right? He can trust that Firo would take care of his best friend if things don't work out for us.]
action; Croooooow :'O
All the same, he wouldn't dream of ignoring whatever Crow needs to say.]
I'm listenin'.
[The look on his face softens as Crow speaks.]
...Of course I'm gonna take care a' him. Nobody'd be able to stop me. And even if both of us are outta the picture for some reason, he'll have my whole family to take care a' him too.
[Firo can't die, but he can still be eaten. It's also possible, likely even, that he could wind up in prison for a while. But the Martillos and Ennis and Czes will be okay. And they'll make sure Seto's okay.]
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[Don't talk like something might happen to you too. But nonetheless...]
...Thanks. I'm glad we can count on someone for this. [Before meeting Seto, Crow didn't trust anybody. Even after meeting Seto, his best friend was the only person he truly trusted in this place for the longest time...but now that we're reaching the end, he's realized that there are a few people that he wants to be able to trust too, and Firo is one of those people. He vaguely remembers Firo saying that they were a family a long while ago--not just Firo and Seto being one, but that Crow was a part of that too, and he really wants to believe that.]
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[He'll do everything in his power to keep himself out of trouble if it's for family.]
...You can count on me to take care a' you, too. You're both family to me.
[Crow's love for Seto is admirable. But Firo doesn't want Crow to forget that there are people watching his back too.]
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Pfffthahaha, geez, there you go again saying sappy things! [He grabs his jacket now and starts trying to tug it back on again.] And here I was thinking that maybe you weren't as lame as I thought you were...
[Says the hypocritical kid who was talking about caring of his best friend and some other heavy stuff a second ago...]
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[Firo leans back a little, stunned by the sudden about-face.]
L-lookin' out for your family isn't lame!
[His face is burning even as he protests. He rarely allows himself to be so open about his feelings--rarely can be--so saying all that was hard enough without being laughed at.
Despite all that, he's not mad at Crow. Just embarrassed. No matter what Crow says to him, he still appreciates that they were able to talk like they just did.]
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[Any excuses to try to embarrass you are okay with him, Firo. So you'll have to forgive him for being a brat as he finishes securing his jacket back on and starts looking around for wherever his scarf went so that he can put that back on too.]
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[He nods triumphantly, as if he actually pulled off a good argument and not an "I know you are, but what am I."
He reaches down to the kitchen floor and hands Crow's scarf to him.
Actually, he throws it at him, because Firo's mature.]
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Yeah, right. When I say or do stuff like that, it's totally different.
[He fixes his scarf back on, and once he's checked to make sure that his appearance is normal again...]
...Like say, if I did something like this, for example:
[Suddenly, Crow is moving right up in Firo's personal space, reaching his arms out towards the other...]
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Thank you, Firo. I'm really glad that we're friends.
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action; [1/2] Crow is too cute!
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action; [2/2] move over seto we're about to steal the award for cutest fragile dreams character
action; [2/2] C'mon, kids, share!