ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ. ( post-snake fight! )

[disenchant]

[ he really should be asleep by now, and it's obvious he needs it by how exhausted he sounds, but he has to get rid of this particular urge first. it's been bothering him since the adrenaline (and chaos) finally died down. ]

... Can anyone else summarize their day in two words. I'll start.

[ a meaningful pause. ]

Giant robots.

Comments

[disenchant]

[ can he just. hide his face again. he's doing just that.

that's not any better, keith!!! ]

I knew this power was stupid.

[labrador]

E-eh? How is it stupid? It's a completely useful power!

[disenchant]

... People keep saying that.

[ HE DOESN'T SEE THE APPEAL. ]

[labrador]

Then could there not be some truth to it, considering how many people are saying it?

[disenchant]

[ sigh. ]

Of course you'd put it that way, but... I don't know. I sometimes shift into something without meaning to—what if I get in trouble because of this?

[labrador]

Perhaps it is simply something which you must learn to control. I do not see why it will be completely unmanageable to get the hang of it.

[disenchant]

[ ... ]

Can we work on that together then?

[ his power, and keith's. they both need to learn how to control them, right? ]

[labrador]

You would like to train with me? I would enjoy that very much, Ivan! And I am happy to do what I can to help. I'm not entirely sure what I can do to help, but I will try my best.

[ He seems very excited about that prospect. ]

[disenchant]

Maybe I can be... target practice. Or something.

[ IS HE JOKING OR SERIOUS. only time will tell. ]

[labrador]

I-I could never allow such a thing! You aren't serious, are you?

[ Keith, of course, took it completely seriously. ]

[disenchant]

... What if I am. I mean, I'm used to it so how bad could it be?

[ used to it, thanks to years of being the favourite target to pick on. oops. ]

[labrador]

You shouldn't be accustomed to such a thing.

[ Suddenly his tone has gone awfully quiet. The reminder of what he'd saved Ivan from still persisted to this day. ]

[disenchant]

That doesn't matter. [ it's been a long time since something like his past encounters has ever happened, but still. ] I want to help somehow.

[ and this is the first thing he thought of. ]

[labrador]

We can find a way to do that without you being in harm's way.

[ There's no room for argument on that. ]

[disenchant]

... Fine. We'll find another way.

[labrador]

Thank you.

[disenchant]

What should we do in the meantime?

[ they can't exactly just. deal with their powers like they're not going to explode at their faces any time soon. ]

[labrador]

I am not entirely certain. We shall simply have to take every day as it comes.

[disenchant]

Okay. That's easy enough.

[ that's what they've been doing, anyway. ]