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Opinions without 3.1415 are just Onions (Week1 post trial)
After everything, the house seems almost too still and too mundane. At least as long as the doors to that room remain closed. One by one those covered in what was once their teammate are lead to the showers or change in silence. There is no warm meal waiting for them. No words of encouragement.
Life goes on, regardless.
Life goes on, regardless.
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[ That's it? No posturing about how he's the best, most evil knitter in the world? Apparently not. Giovanni reaches the end of a row in his current project and flips it over, knitting on. ]
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[ It's... unexpected, but seems like a perfectly acceptable hobby to him. It's producing something with a functional use, so it can't really be considered a waste of time like the parties and games he always judges people for being into.
...And he just really likes personalized clothes. ]
What's that going to be?
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[ He gestures at two completed squares of yarn, one red and one blue, which do indeed seem about the right size to be bandannas, should the wearers wish. Both are emblazoned with the initials BB. ]
I told Matrix I was gonna make him one, and then... well. So... here I am. You got a favorite color, science guy?
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Oh... um, blue, I guess? You know, like my name.
[ He has not fully accepted red and pink into his life yet. ...Also he kind of saw enough of those colors splattered around yesterday already. ]
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Blue? You got it, Frosty.
[ It's as good a placeholder minion name as any! ]
Hey, uh, speaking of names, did you ever come up with one before... everything went down the past few days? If you want, I can keep riffing on the cold thing... Frostbite? Cold Front? Freezer Burn?
[ This is how he distracts himself, okay? ]
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[ Since yeah, he doesn't specialize in ice artes or anything. It was dumb, is what he's saying, but he appreciates the willingness to go along with it. Kind of. He would if it were less embarrassing. ]
I was working on a list of options, actually.
[ He takes a folded up piece of notebook paper out of his coat pocket (of course he was carrying it with him in case a brilliant idea struck), takes a moment to glance at it and make sure that some of the ones that are crossed out are really crossed out, and then slides it down the table for review.
Supergenius
Iron Rose
Hyperdrive
Ultraviolet
Technicalyx (?? CLEVER but better on paper)
Mechanismo
Metallica(I think that's taken, actually)RevivalistReplicator X
Fonica-NODouble Vision
He's... less good at naming things than he thinks he is. ]
I trust you'll find at least one of these to be satisfactory.
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Hey! You're really pretty good at this! You'll make a great Banzai Captain someday, my dude.
[ Is he gonna save a couple of these to repurpose for potential future minions? Absolutely. But for now... ]
You know, I'm really feeling this one. [ He drags a finger underneath one of the list's names. ] That okay with you, Replicator X?
[ It's the X that clinches it. There is literally nothing cooler than some Xtreme Kool Letterz. ]
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[ He'll still happily take the compliment!! ]
Somehow that wasn't one I really expected you to gravitate toward, but yes, I can live with that.
[ He had some on the list that he liked more than others, but he wouldn't have put anything on there that he hated. And HE IS ALSO A BIG PROPONENT OF TACKING ON RANDOM LETTERS thank you for encouraging this tendency that he will definitely keep for the rest of his life ]
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[ Yes, the ranks go Blaster -> Captain -> Vice Principal. There are more. They make just as little sense. ]
Thanks for, y'know. For being down with the whole name thing. I know some people here don't really take it seriously.
[ It is literally impossible to imagine a single reason why. ]
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Of course I could, I just have my own plans!
[ And he still doesn't know what the fuck the Banzai Blasters even are. ]
Names are important, obviously. How do you distinguish yourself or any of your works without them?
[ And if people are going to talk about him behind his back, he at least wants them referring to him with a respectable title. ]
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Right?! And what's the point of having names if they aren't as supremely awe-inducing as possible? That's why I give all my attacks names! Fearsome ones!
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[ But do they have names written in on his personal copies of the blueprints? THEY SURE DO ]
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Some call his thinking "abnormal" in a derogatory way, but those fools just can't understand someone whose mind operates on a level so much higher than their own! Not like me, the only other genius who can come close to matching him!
[ His shoulders tense a bit as he looks down into his coffee cup. ]
We were always meant to be together [ as, you know, best friends ], it just took him a while to realize it. But he won't leave me behind anymore now, when he needs me.
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...does he like you?
[ He's not trying to be an ass with that last question, and his tone is gentle. Maybe he's reading too much into this. But Saphir had only said he needed him, and that strikes Giovanni as a pretty significant gulf of meaning. ]
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There's a fairly long silence before he manages an answer that probably says all you really need to know. ]
...O-of course he does! I mean-- as much as he likes anything now.
[ Which, to answer the first question, is not much. ]
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That pause, though. That's concerning. Giovanni's forehead creases, and he glances at Saphir worriedly. ]
Look, Replicator, I don't want to judge your guys's relationship. I mean, obviously I've never met the guy. But it seems to me like one of you is putting a lot more friendship into this... friendship.
[ The way he'd said "now"... ]
Did something happen?
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...Well, he won't deny that much, at least; he has always been the one making all the effort to close the distance between them. ]
He's been different since our teacher... passed away, years ago. I doubt most of the people we knew back then can even tell, but I can. He never shows any honest reactions to anything anymore.
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...Oh. Hey, I'm sorry. I can see how that would change a guy. But just because he's in a bad place, that doesn't mean he's allowed to treat you bad because of it. If he's only hanging around because he "needs" you... look, I just want you to know you're allowed to stand up for yourself, okay?
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[ This Jade actually treats him a lot less badly than he used to when he was happier, but he's not going to say that out loud. ]
There's nothing I need to stand up against. I'm happy being his friend, and it's fine if I'm more invested in it than he is.
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[ Giovanni definitely isn't completely sure it's okay, but if Saphir doesn't have a problem, he's not gonna press the issue. Maybe he really is just reading too much into it. ]
If you're happy, then I'm happy. And if you ever do want to talk about anything, hey, you know where I live.
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...That absence also means that he doesn't have to assume that any offers of kindness are just veiled attempts to steal Jade away from him like he usually does, though. He's never really had anything bordering on a positive relationship before with someone who hadn't already been Jade's acquaintance first, so... he's not sure how to process this.
He takes a sip of his coffee, and finds there's a lump in his throat that makes it difficult to swallow. ]
I shall keep that in mind, thank you.