I'm a loose bolt, of a complete machine

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Date & Time: 12-19
Location: SOMEWHERE out in that frozen tundra
Characters: Sollux Captor + Hyperion Crius + Khisanth + Jake English + Anyone who wants to watch?
Summary: Sollux wants a fight and some people take him up on it.
Warnings: Violence, swearing, blood

He's exactly where he said he'd be. A couple of miles out from the nearest local-filled area, and only the occasional hunter would be this far in this direction. And hey, it's not his fault if they see this fight then. He TRIED to keep out of their way.

It's unsurprisingly freezing out, like all days before this one. Fortunately and unfortunately for Sollux, as a lowblood, he's a lot more accustomed to warmer temperatures. His blood burns hotter underneath his skin, and so he is warmer to the touch than a human, but at the same time, more chilled by the colder temperatures outside. But still, even in this temperature, he's only in a light t-shirt and long-sleeve undershirt. He knows that this fight might get messy, and he'd rather not get his sweaters and jackets damaged, when he knows he'll need them later. Better to dress in clothes he doesn't care about and temporarily freeze his ass off.

Sollux waits for his opponent to show up, flicking his psionics through his body every once in a while to keep himself warmer in the snow that he levitates a foot above.

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Hyperion

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The fight with Genesis went… oddly. Or maybe it wasn't so odd, but it stuck out as so because of his given fighting style and powers. Fighting off an offensive liquid with psionics was like trying to catch a fish with your bare hands. So, pretty goddamn hard. But being mutual acquaintances, almost passing friends, made it the unspoken agreement that they wouldn't use their more deadly attacks on each other. It was just sparring. Overall, they had been pretty evenly matched when it came down to it.

Exhausted, (which really isn't that hard to accomplish, he's pretty wimpy physically) Sollux sits in the snow and catches his breath.

"Okay. Alright. I think… I think I'm good."

[nosebleeds]

Hyperion was used to getting rough with people. It came with the job description - you hunted down bad guys, they often fought back like predators after a prey. The scars and some bumps under his clothes were proof of that. Lucky for him, his power allowed for some considerable distance; all he had to do was prick a finger and voilá, his blood did the rest for him. Going after someone with a power similar in that nature made the job just a little harder, but again - they were just sparring. There was no major danger in what they were doing.

"Y'sure? Still got a little left in me."

It was a big fat lie. He could barely keep up with his breath.

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"Don't bullshit," Sollux replies, brushing some snow out of his hair. How and when it wound up there, he has no idea. "You're a pretty good fighter. Uhm."

How to... put this in a way that doesn't sound awful.

"I needed that. But could you do jutht... one more thing for me?"

[nosebleeds]

"Thanks. You ain't too shabby, either," he smiled, lips lopsided as he brushes a hand through his hair, ruffling any possible snow off. With a deep exhale, he settled his hands on his sides. "What is it?"

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"How hard can you... actually punch?"

[nosebleeds]

"Dunno," he reached into his pocket, fishing out an almost empty pack of cigarettes. He was down to the last three. "Not like I work out. Why, you wanna go out with style?"

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"Not if you don't have a good hook." Because he's looking to emulate a very specific kind of feeling, and if he wanted to be hit by some limpy noodle fist, he'd just have punched himself.

[nosebleeds]

"You're starting to sound weird. Is that another alien thing?" He's mostly kidding, honest. "Not doing anything kinky."

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Unfortunately, Sollux isn't kidding here. "It's kind of another alien thing. And no, it'th not kinky. ...Sort of. Do you really want me to get into it?"

[nosebleeds]

"... No. Just as long as it don't suddenly make me the father of your child."

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"What the fuck? No. Do you even know how human pregnancy works? It's fucking repulsive." Sollux says, standing up and de-snowing himself some more. "Alright, fuck talking in the snow, it's cold as globes out here."

[nosebleeds]

"Yeah, well, don't know nothing about alien reproduction, man." Raising a finger, "And I don't want to. Just so we're clear."

Tilting his head to the side, he starts to walk.

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"Fine. But it's way better." And a lot more clean. But whatever, Hyperion doesn't want to hear it, so Sollux won't say it. He'll just also walk back towards town.

[nosebleeds]

Yuck, he can taste blood.

"You smoke-?"

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"Not those. They don't do anything for me." Weed, on the other hand. That was a great time. The one time he did it.

[nosebleeds]

"What, then-?" Because Genesis is always expecting this guy to come up with some crazy alien things he can try out. And hopefully not die from.

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"Some human plant thing. It was green." He thinks saying it is green is actually important, considering most drugs on Alternia are bright neon colors. Oh yeah, and speaking of Alternia drugs, he won't be bringing them up unless asked. Bad trips make bad experiences.

[nosebleeds]

"Oh. Ohh." He's smiling at that, nodding in understanding. "Weed, probably. Or oregano."

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"What the fuck ith oregano?" ANOTHER STRANGE HUMAN DRUG??

[nosebleeds]

Okay, he might be laughing a little bit to himself, now.

"Ever had pizza?"

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"Yeah?" Is this even related, strange human boy?

[nosebleeds]

"Oregano's the green little thing they put on top of all that cheese," He begins, pretending to sprinkle some in the air, "If somebody wants to trick you into thinking you're smoking weed when you're not, they use oregano. Smells great, doesn't really do much."

He looks up, exhaling and dropping his shoulders, "Man, I could really use some pizza right about now."

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"Oh, so it's to troll people." That he understands. "Do you think we could make some here?" Because the chances that the dudes in charge of the Transporter would let them navigate space and time for the sake of pizza is pretty slim.

[nosebleeds]

"Sure! You know how to make pizza?" Because he... really doesn't.

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"Conthidering you just had to tell me one of the ingredients, do you THINK I know how to make it?" Sorry dude, but the most this kid has ever made food-wise is a tv dinner.

[nosebleeds]

"Shit, man, don't shoot me for askin'!" He's raising both hands, now, like a gun's just been pointed at his head. "'Cause I sure as hell don't either."

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"I'm not going to shoot you." Was he that intimidating? Whoops... Chill out, Sollux. Deep breathes. "Isn't it part of your culture? Why don't you know?"

[nosebleeds]

"Part of my culture-?" He arches his brows. "No, man, you got it all wrong. What's part of my culture is that teenage boys like me get to be lazy slobs. We can't cook for ourselves, no way. That's that moms and dads are for. And McDonald's, too."

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"Okay, I learned what a mom and dad was a while ago, but what the fuck is a McDonald's?" Because that one is new to him.

[nosebleeds]

"Shit - you don't know McDonald's? Come on. That's like the biggest junk food franchise in the universe. It's gotta be."

He sure as hell knows nothing about the universe and the things that inhabit it. Except for trolls now, he supposes.

"Ever had a cheeseburger? Imagine that times a thousand. With french fries and coke."

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"Whatever it is, it doesn't exist on Alternia. Tho even if it was the biggest franchise in the human universe, it didn't exist in my home universe." A shrug. Maybe he's had a cheeseburger before? Probably, if it's such a common human food. "I might've? But I don't know what a coke is." But he would like to learn. Because it sounds kind of awesome.

[nosebleeds]

"You 'n me, my friend, we need to go on a serious mission back in time. We're gonna get you a cheeseburger and a coke and you're gonna wish you were born human." Does he sound confident in his words? He is. "Or that you had McDonald's in your home world. Either or."

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Sollux just stares at the other for a moment. Blank, unmoving staring. It's kind of intimidating a little with his eyes, and then- laughing. A lot of laughing. More than he's done in a while actually.

"Eh heheheheheh- I'd never wish I wath human- but I get what you're thaying. Alright, yeah, let'th go sometime. To your awful human food franchises!"