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Xerxes Break ([personal profile] maddeninghatter) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-11-20 05:47 pm

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Date & Time: 2698, fin-de-millenium, just prior to the formation of the United Earth
Location: Las Vegas
Characters: Break, Kevin, Gilbert, Oz, Elliot, Alice, Allen, Lenalee, Rosette, Chrono, Chrysos
Summary: Fear and loathing
Warnings: Showgirls and Gilbert weeping.

The statement “Let’s go to Vegas” exists as the multiverse’s quintessential definition of, “well it seemed like a good idea at the time.” Even in this case, it really had, between zombies, insurrection, and the day to day tedium of life on the moon. Besides which, Xerxes Break has a new sentient (sentient-er) weapon, which in a stunning show of good judgement is too dangerous to test on the moonbase, nor in any concentration of people. Las Vegas, set against the backdrop of the vast, desolate Mojave desert, seemed to be a perfect choice.

When our heroes wink into existence, squinting against the early-morning desert sunshine, they’ll find themselves duly welcomed. Come play in the casino. When you feel a bit peckish, indulge in all you can eat. Take your winnings and go shopping; at night, take in a show. And if you’ve done really well gambling, unwind in a ridiculously luxurious suite.

…or is this how you’re spending the night?

Thirty-six hours in Vegas, what could possibly go wrong?

(ooc: feel free to start threads willy-nilly, name your time and place, threadjack and mingle)
velveteened: (} all on a summer day)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
( the silence seems a little too hollow, so maybe that's why — )

You know, I have a little sister. ( not so little anymore, but old habits die hard. ) I think you'd like her.
soul_sister: (Interested)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets one eye open, followed by the other. The look she gives him is openly curious.]

Hmm, is she like you?
velveteened: (} griiiin)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we look alike. ( on a chuckle, and he leans back a little, expression both fond and wistful. ) But she's very sweet, the kind of person anyone can't help liking. She's always loved cats, and they love her too, so where you find one you'll find the other. She's very gentle, and used to love playing in the flowers and making crowns — things like that. But if there were any spiders or other bugs, she'd always need big brother to save her.

— though, she's a little old for that now.
soul_sister: (CHU!)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm. It sounds nice, to have that sort of thing.



You miss her, I bet.
velveteened: (} under your spell)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's better for her not to be in a place like this, honestly. So it's alright.

( it's what he always says, really, and for all that it'd be nice to have her near when she was here, the fears of what could happen to her....

especially now. )
soul_sister: (Geh!)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't underestimate her! [She sits up (with a little bit of a struggle.)]

Maybe! Maybe she can do it! Maybe she'd be really good..

Maybe you'd lose her because she hates being the weaker one. You can't!

... You can't hog Vegas!
velveteened: (} startle!)

1/

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
( SOMEHOW THIS REMINDS HIM OF THAT TIME GIL GOT DRUNK )
velveteened: (} camaraderie)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
( well, "somehow." )
velveteened: (} i would give my life to be human)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
( but if he thinks back, ada had said something similar when she was here: 'i don't want it to be like that anymore. i don't want to be the one hiding away or being protected when everyone is trying their hardest. i want to be able to help you...'

and also —

' if i've learned anything after all these years, it's that you never know how much time you'll have with someone. i'm not going to take it for granted that i'll be able to thank you later.'

it's so easy to tell, honestly, who's the stronger sibling in this relationship. )
velveteened: (} for others)

4/5

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
( no danger at all of her 'being the weaker one,' though what rosette's truly alluding to isn't lost him, at least a little. it's not hard to imagine the sort of resentments one might feel despite oneself, being a sickly younger(?) brother to rosette christopher. )

No, you're right.

( it's ada who's had to fear losing her sibling, but that's not something to share to even a drunk person who likely won't remember all this, one who also already has. )

Maybe I owe her an apology.
velveteened: (} I GOT THIS)

5/5!

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Anyway, isn't hogging Vegas exactly what we're trying to do?
soul_sister: (No.)

1/2

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
GOOD!
soul_sister: (Impending doom in three... two...)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Now her voice lowers, the kind of tone one takes when regarding the massiveness of the universe.]

I'm not sure even BOTH of us could get all of it.
velveteened: (} and took them quite away!)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
( his is, by contrast, unaffected )

There's only one way to find out, isn't there?
soul_sister: (YES)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
RIGHT!

[SHE STARTS TO HER FEET AND... wow the floor is still unpleasant.]

... Help me up.
velveteened: &gil (} gil what are you doing)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-12-02 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
( ROSETTE IS HE GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY YOU....

he gets to his feet more easily, then leans over so he can hold out a hand to her. )
soul_sister: (Because I'm AWESOME)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-12-02 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Luckily she isn't THAT far gone, with something to balance with she seems to make it and keep to her feet decently.]

You're a good brother!

[She misses slightly before she manages to ruffle his hair. THEN. She points dramatically into the air.]

All right! Watch out Vegas!
Edited (Wait no I had a thought) 2013-12-03 02:21 (UTC)