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[overclocking]

Date & Time: Several days after the necromorph outbreak
Location: A VR room
Characters: Chrono + Rosette + open!
Summary: Lil bit of coping in-between zombie apocalypses and civil wars, nbd
Warnings: None! KEVIN AND BREAK
Notes: Feel free to tag around also! ♥


[ Chrono doesn't bother to close the door when he finally decides to try one of these rooms for himself. Something about the last few days (weeks) (months) has left him unwilling to stay in enclosed spaces too long, with no obvious path of exist. Too much like a lab or an undead-lined hallway.

But these concerns slowly melt away as he sets about instructing the AI, and the room gives way to a place that isn't a room at all.

Mountains rise up in the distance, framing a blue, clear sky, and a faint breeze rustles the treetops of a thick Michigan forest. Birdcalls ride that wind, and the air smells cleaner, fresher, than any moon base could reasonably boast. Where the blanket of trees ends, a large, glassy lake gleams in the sunlight. He takes care with this part—instructs the AI to make the water a temperature a bit too low to be entirely comfortable for swimming, knowing full well that this won't actually be a deterrent. But it wouldn't be right, otherwise.

He takes his time strolling from one familiar landmark to the next, having the computer make adjustments as necessary. He doesn't miss details, either; for all the times that Rosette brought him to this very place, his eyes had missed nothing. They were wide and all-absorbing, like someone who had been born anew and was discovering the world for the first time.

(Likely because, in all honesty, he had been.)

He stops once he circles back around to the open door—a black silhouette hanging oddly in the landscape, and the only giveaway that none of this is real. It's here that he surveys the scene as a whole, the sum of all its little memory-parts. ]

Perfect.

[ Well. There's still a thing or two missing. ]

... Almost.

Comments

[senseandcecilbility]

[Being someone for William to rely on is what he has been doing for the last decade or so. It is a shame that their simple and peaceful lifestyle has been disturbed by an horde of overly glamorous demons.]

If only I could send him a few letters.

[...It is not like he....has been writing them on a daily basis.]

[velveteened]

( 'overly glamorous demons.......' )

That'd be nice, wouldn't it? I'd love to write to my uncle — and to tell my sister about this place! ( she was here once, many months ago, but not for very long ) She'd never believe me if I said I've been to the moon.

[senseandcecilbility]

[They are the worst.]

Oh, I did not know you had a sister.

[For some reason, he thought Oz was a single child.]

[velveteened]

Yep, a younger sister!

( youngerolder sister it's complicated )

She's very gentle and sweet, and really adorable!

[senseandcecilbility]

[Aw, Oz loves his sister, who Kevin imagines as a lovely little girl. Just like the one Barma summoned the other day.]

You and your uncle must worry quite a bit about her.

[For one thing, she seems like the sort that would attract demons.]

[velveteened]

( oh, kevin. if only you knew which vessalius sibling is the one contracted to a 'demon.' )

A lot of course! He even rushed to the school to see her when he was worried about ( HER GETTING A BOYFRIEND ) something she'd mentioned in one of her letters.

[senseandcecilbility]

[Oh, the things people don't tell him so he will not have an aneurism.]

Oh my, did she have a suitor? Were his intentions honorable?

[Was he a demon?!]

1/2

[velveteened]

We weren't able to find out who he was.

( ONE DAY THOUGH )

[velveteened]

But if they aren't, or if he hurts her, he won't be able to get away so easily.

( SUDDEN THREATENING ATMOSPHERE )

[senseandcecilbility]

[Yes, good.

Kevin approves.

Thoroughly. ]

[velveteened]

( big brother won't allow her to get hurt )

Of course, she's old enough to be getting attention from boys, ( and he knows of girls of his status already married and settled down ) but I don't think it's a good idea until she's older.

( OR NEVER!!!!! )

[senseandcecilbility]

[Oz gets the best muffins for being such a good big brother.]

Precisely! You should not allow them to approach her until you know for certain...It seems that Mister Gilbert is rather proficient with fire weapons?

[So maybe he is enabling the young man a little, but one can't be too careful about these things.]

[velveteened]

That's right!

( HE LIKES THE WAY YOU THINK, KEVIN. and in the meantime is going to help himself to reward muffins yes. )

[senseandcecilbility]

...

[Hopefully, Oz is not allergic to holy sunshine muffins like Allen. Kevin is certainly keeping his fingers crossed.]

[velveteened]

( HE TAKES A BITE......

and smiles as he chews and swallows! )

Did you make these yourself?

[senseandcecilbility]

[Kevin lets out a sigh of relief. No food poisoning. Always a good start.]

...Y-yes, I did.

[velveteened]

( that might've been awkward to have to explain to gilbert or break )

Ah! I knew it. They always taste especially delicious when you do.

( almost as good as gil's! he's a little biased. )

[senseandcecilbility]

[Brainwashing might have been a safer option.]

You are too kind. I am quite aware you are used to the best.

[velveteened]

It's true. Have you ever tried Gil's cooking?

[senseandcecilbility]

Indeed. We have attempted a few recipes together. Mister Gilbert is a very talented man.

[velveteened]

He is, isn't he? I'm glad he's here.

( — slips out, a bit on accident. this isn't a place to want anyone to be.

so he very smoothly covers that by drinking some more tea. )

[senseandcecilbility]

[The slip doesn't go unnoticed. Aw, Oz is full of normal feelings.]

I believe my young master would like the moon base quite a bit. He is a great admirer of humanity's scientific progresses.

[velveteened]

( he can't imagine anyone liking the moon base at all; but he nods and smiles. )

So he likes studying science?

[senseandcecilbility]

[Oh no, his favorite subject.]

My young master is a genius who enjoys studying everything he deems useful. He is one of the top students at Stradford and wishes to be an influential politician one day.

[Too pity he is bankrupt, an unforgivable trait in Victorian England.]

[velveteened]

That's amazing! ( sets down the teacup in his lap, listening attentively ) What are his favorite classes?