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Birdman ([info]hepatitis_c) wrote in [info]marinanova,
@ 2012-08-07 10:10:00

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Entry tags:birdman, cain, painwheel

11AM [video, locked to Cain, minimum security/easily hackable] [later on, open action]
[In the week that he's been here, Birdman has figured out what Food Allergies are the hard way, namely because he seems to have every possible food allergy in existence. This was never a problem that came up back home where raw nutrients were just supplied without them having to think about it. But in this place, everything was a crapshoot. Having to actually sit down and sift through what was and wasn't safe to eat was exhausting. And painful.]

[But he thinks he's got the hang of it now.]

[Some of the grocery stores here apparently have options for people like that? He had no idea that was even something widespread enough among humans to warrant special treatment.]
[That's one more notch against humans for him, them and their bodies (and thus the human-derived body he inhabited) even having the fucking capacity to get that sick from food.]

[Anyway, he apparently seems to have tracked down something designated "safe." He's got some nondescript plastic bag sitting nearby.]

Hey, Cain? Are you out there?
[Soft voice.]
I heard about the food thing.
Where are you? Is it alright if I come over?



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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 03:59 pm UTC (link)
[wary, but knows it's worse to ignore] I am visiting someone right now. You can ask her, if you like since that sort of thing is not up to me.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 04:06 pm UTC (link)
Ah, really? I'm glad you're well enough to be out and about.
[really?]

A girl? [He smiles.]
Hmm. I don't wanna intrude on your private time, if that's what you're getting at.

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 04:12 pm UTC (link)
... Thank you.
[somehow yes.]

Yes. [he nods]
She's just really shy. It is not anything about private time. I could just ask her, I am sure it would be okay.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 04:16 pm UTC (link)
If that's alright with you. I wouldn't want to impose.
[He touches the bag sitting next to him. It makes a plastic crinkling sound.]

I was going to bring you something, but she can have some too, if she's interested.

[something seems a little off about Cain. he's a tiny bit too relaxed.]
[right now is the designated amends-making time, but he's this at ease before any damage control even happened.]
[or at least, at ease enough to disobey the very gentle command the "request" to visit was.]

What's the lucky lady's name, by the way?

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video to birdman
[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 04:23 pm UTC (link)
It's... Of course it is alright with me. [he nods and smiles] I don't know if you have met her. It's Painwheel.

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action to Painwheel
[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 04:23 pm UTC (link)
[he turns to look off camera, lifting his head.]

Oh, there she is. Painwheel, can Birdman visit?

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[info]painfeels
2012-08-07 04:27 pm UTC (link)
—Huh?

[her voice carries into the feed, familiar to Birdman, most likely. because it hardly sounds like it belongs to a girl of 5'1" and some 90 pounds.]

...Oh, your brother, right?

Yeah, that's fine.

[she's forgotten about her suspicions of Birdman being kind of bad news cuz a) she doesn't pay as much attention to the network as she should, and b) she only had an inkling, so long ago; she can't recall what that was. something about how his siblings aren't very kind, but it's pretty normal for siblings to not get along.

ALAS]

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video;
[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 04:34 pm UTC (link)
Yes, it is just fine. The address is [an apartment] in Sector three.

Let me know if you have trouble finding it, then.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 04:35 pm UTC (link)
[How could he ever forget a voice like that. Mentally he connects it with the body he remembers seeing.]
[Of course Cain would shack up with something so monstrous.]

I'll be over in a little while then.

Don't go anywhere~

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[action]
[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 04:40 pm UTC (link)
[It takes longer than it should to get himself there. The D-Felon withdrawal is killing him, and teleportation has begun to hurt. He touches down outside of the aforementioned building nearly an hour later than he'd anticipated and has to stop to catch his breath, has to wait longer for the cold sweats to stop.]

[Finally, as composed as he's ever going to be, he makes a conscious effort to stop scratching at the side of his neck, quickly wipes the blood under his fingernails on the side of the jumpsuit, and quietly pushes the front door open. He pokes his head in.]

Did I get the right place?

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 04:47 pm UTC (link)
[Cain pops his head up from behind the couch back. From here, it doesn't even look like he's wearing any clothes. In actuality, he's just wearing the speedo he had from yesterday that he washed in the sink and put back on. He's actually clean since Painwheel forced him to shower last night before touching anything.]

Yes. Painwheel is just showering, so she will be a little while. How are you doing, Brother?

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 04:57 pm UTC (link)
[Birdman is for once caught completely off guard and kinda.]
[Just.]
[Stops in the doorway for a bit and makes a face.]

[Ugh. Did he actually wander in on something?]
[His revulsion at Cain "fraternizing" with something as lowly as humans again aside, now that he thought about it, this was weird just in a general things-not-meshing sense. Did Cain even like girls?]
[That thing did sound pretty mannish though. Maybe it wasn't actually a girl?]

Where'd your clothes go?
[From the look on his face this is a question he has never wanted to ask but welp we have crossed that bridge and here we are.]

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 05:05 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I threw them away. I figured I could go get more later. The jumpsuit was starting to fray too much, and I was going to the beach anyway.

Come in, it's fine. I can go make tea. [Cain stands up, hopping over the sofa arm, surely inducing a split second of terror in Birdman.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 05:12 pm UTC (link)
[WOAHHH NELLY-]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 05:13 pm UTC (link)
[Oh. Speedo.]
[Well that's]

[still not alright but]
[it's at least]
[b e t t e r ?]



[He just kinda]
[lets himself in and sits down and definitely not sitting on that couch that he was touching.]

[Christ.]

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 05:57 pm UTC (link)
[Cain fiddles around in the kitchen for a minute, then brings out a tray with tea and sugar]

[he takes his delmetor with something chamomile smelling]


So what did you bring?

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 06:02 pm UTC (link)
[Like he has any idea what chamomile is. He tries to look serious and get started talking about things like apologies and gum tissue but he's already started laughing in earnest about how startled he was before.]

Sorry, just. What the fuck are you wearing.

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 06:07 pm UTC (link)
A bathing suit. I went to the beach yesterday. [Cain nods carefully, then adds]

It isn't like there was any naturally occurring bodies of water that were safe to go into near Michelangelo City, so I'm not surprised that you haven't seen one before. I was also unfamiliar until Painwheel took me to the beach a few weeks ago.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 06:12 pm UTC (link)
You scared me.
[But he's all smiles now, so maybe he wasn't "scared" per se.]
And here I thought you were doing that thing again.

[There's no need to delve further into that. They both know what he's talking about.]

[And just as fast as he touched on it, he moves right along. His body language is far more relaxed now and he slouches comfortably like chucklefuck being half naked over there is the most natural thing in the world.]

You mean like in the ocean? It's really clean enough to touch?

Why were you there though?
I mean, what do you do at a beach?

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-07 06:19 pm UTC (link)
[Cain shivers involuntarily, and willfully moves along with that one. He doesn't really want to talk about it either]

It really is. You can stand waist high in the water and still see your feet. It was someone's birthday, so I wished him well. But aside from that I drank some beer, swam, and sat in the sand.

It is very relaxing. The white noise and cold water help. [with the withdrawal. But he doesn't bother mentioning that. Once again they both know.]

[Cain also seems strangely relaxed. It's hard to tell exactly why, however.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-07 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Sounds like a waste of time.
[But then he remembers he's not supposed to be too mean today. That's how this goes.]
But. Maybe I'll take a look one day.

[The usual smile goes along with all of this. His eyes and face are all warm, but only because the necessary muscles are contracting to make the expression. Very mechanical, as are all the faces he makes.]
[It looks good though.]

It sounds like you had a lot of fun.
It looks like you're feeling better too.

How's your mouth?

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-08 01:59 pm UTC (link)
[Cain looks mildly at Birdman. What did that greasy asshole do in his spare time?

Still hurts, but less than before. [he reaches into his mouth to touch the gums, but winces.]

I can't tell if the nerves are damaged. I can only sort-of comfortably have liquids.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-08 02:14 pm UTC (link)
[what Cain is supposed to be fucking doing. looking for a way out. weeding through the herds of drooling idiots and looking for those who might be the most useful.]
[and here you are splashing around in the sea like a fucking invalid.]

[But that'd be too mean to say, wouldn't it. Poor baby wouldn't be able to handle it. He already can't seem to handle something as simple as burns.]
[Birdman watches the poor little princess wince as he touches inside his mouth, and somewhere deep down he is very glad that it's still as painful as it is.]

That's good.
I'm sorry it still hurts though. You should be alright in a few more days. You're that kind of resilient. I'm a little jealous of that quality in you, actually.

[Jealous. Sure.]

Ah- I almost forgot.

I know you said you're having some issues with solids, but these look soft.
[He's reaching into the unmarked plastic bag now and out comes some box of some cookie-looking things labeled Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. He has no idea what any part of that title means. He barely has any clue what a cookie is.]

The person I got these from said they were safe. For people like us, I mean. With the food thing.
I can't promise they'll be any good, but.

[This was possibly the weirdest peace offering token he's ever had to give him, but.]

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icon: n a i l e d it
[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-08 02:39 pm UTC (link)
[except that he's already given up, but doesn't even realize it himself yet.]

Oh- I am sure they are good. I mean, I used to have to eat fish substitute, so it can't be worse.

[he slowly takes them from Birdman to look at the cover. Children on the front who were apparently thrilled to be eating these. He cracked open the box and pulled open the plastic to invite the strange and confusing scent of allspice and nutmeg upon two people who have literally never smelled that scent before.]

It says it tastes just like pumpkin pie on the front.... Do you know what that is? [he reaches in and takes one, taking a big bite and looking confused. He chews slowly, tilting his head slowly from side to side. He holds the box towards Birdman, offering him one too.]

Tastes like... Well. Nothing that I have any reference for. [Another bite, slow chew on the good side of his mouth] Pumpkin pie, I suppose.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-08 02:56 pm UTC (link)
No idea. Figured you might know.
[He glances down at the box being offered to him and, apparently after some consideration, takes one from the far end of the plastic tray which just so happens to be the furthest away from any of the ones Cain might have touched.]
[It smells incomprehensibly weird.]

[And now he is definitely chewing and making possibly the most genuine face he has ever made in his relatively short life. He is completely baffled and lets a lot more of that slip through his expression than he means to; this is so bizarre he doesn't really know what to think or say for once.]

-what is this.

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all my eating icons are amazing
[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-08 03:37 pm UTC (link)
The sort of food available to people with gluten and egg allergies with lactose and meat protein intolerance. [he looks at it, deciding whether or not to hate it, and sort of figures that life seems very bleak if he chooses to hate it at this fork in the road.]

It's alright. [he dips the cookie in his tea experimentally to soften it, and takes a bite. Overall edible.]

[he catches Birdman's expression, and can't help himself but laugh a little.]

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one day i need some eating icons sob
[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-08 03:46 pm UTC (link)
[No sorry he's so completely wrapped up in his confusion that he doesn't even notice Cain tittering over there. He's still chewing but is making a strange face right at the cookie.]
[Apparently he decides that he is mad at the cookie?? because he just]
[puts the rest right back in the box and now is just sitting there glaring at it.]
[He can't decide if that was unpleasant or not but it was so startling on such a deeper level than he was anticipating that he has now decided that yes he is severely neophobic and wants nothing more to do with it.]

[He's still chewing though.]

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-08 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Are you okay, Brother?

[Cain looks up to see him glaring at a cookie box, the entire picture just too silly.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-08 03:52 pm UTC (link)
What are you drinking?

[He asks this very suddenly and doesn't mean to look as mad as he looks right now but he doesn't know what to do with the thing he's chewing and it hasn't occurred to him yet to just spit it out.]

Is it water?

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-08 04:21 pm UTC (link)
No, it's tea. I mean, there's water in it.

I poured you a cup. [he gestures to a quaint, plain cup in front of Birdman]

It's good. It smells fragrant, but the taste is very mild.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-08 04:28 pm UTC (link)
[Oh. Was that his? He didn't even notice.]
[Suddenly not caring about Cain having touched it, he grabs it up and takes a great big swig before he has any time to think that this was flavored water and maybe more flavored things wouldn't be a good idea if he had such a strong reaction to that bite of food because holy fuck what is happening in his mouth.]

[He sits there for a second looking like a normal person who'd witnessed something horrible like a violent 50 car pileup or something, then turns away a bit and there are possibly some ptoo-sounding noises of maybe him spitting everything out back into the super cute teacup.]
[Maybe.]

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-09 03:09 pm UTC (link)
[Cain struggles not to laugh, his mouth becoming a wide, uneven grin.]

Not a fan of tea then?

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 04:09 pm UTC (link)
[Birdman's eyes shift back to Cain; he sees the kid getting ready to laugh at him and his first instinct is to launch across the coffee table and strangle him until his face looks like it's about to explode and blood vessels are bursting in the whites of his eyes.]
[Again.]

[But Cain smiling is a good thing here. It means he's at ease and growing comfortable with him again.]
[Birdman looks hurt for a brief moment, then smiles and laughs back gently, swiping at his mouth sheepishly with the back of his hand.]

I guess not.

[He winds up scooting the cup under the skirt of the chair he's sitting in.]

Yuck.

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-09 04:39 pm UTC (link)
[Cain watches him do this, and makes a mental note to pick it up later or face Painwheel's wrath, and laughs in a genuine manner. He wasn't expecting it, on top of how thoroughly he's been craving this normal sibling bonding time]

What have you been eating lately? I find vegetable broth and rice-dough bread the easiest.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 05:05 pm UTC (link)
Rice mostly.

[The real answer is rice and then whatever fruits and vegetables he can stomach, which aren't a lot. The "taste" and "texture" things are both a little bit of a problem for him, and by a little bit he means so much of a problem that half of what he chokes down winds up coming back up. He wonders if he can make a request to have his tongue removed or the nerves leading to it severed or something.]

[Either way, it's not like he's going to tell Cain. He can drop dead of malnutrition for all he cares.]

I'm thinking of just asking for nutritional supplements like what we had.

[He eyes the tea Cain is holding somewhat suspiciously, but.]

Is there a second cup around, by the way?
Maybe it's not horrible on its own.

[Anything to get the pumpkin taste out of his mouth.]

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-09 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Oh! Yes.

[Cain hops up, the whole bag disconcertingly bouncing as he goes to the kitchen and pulls a second cup]

[he comes back and hands it to Birdman by the ear. He sits back down and consumes the rest of his cookie. He seems to be enjoying it by now, and takes a second.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 05:11 pm UTC (link)
[This is something we all could have lived without visualizing thank you.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 05:13 pm UTC (link)
[We could've lived out the rest of our days happily without once imagining that.]
[Every single one of us.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 05:15 pm UTC (link)
[We could've gone to bed at night content with our complete lack of mental images of 16 year old boys in speedos wiggling around.]
[But those halcyon days are long gone and now here we are.]

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 05:20 pm UTC (link)
[Birdman looks strangely unenthused by the time Cain gets back, as if he's just had to stare directly into his brother's Crotchal Region and has consequently realized that everything ever is complete bullshit.]

[He takes the cup and just sets it down immediately on the coffee table because suddenly he is not hungry anymore and the pumpkin taste has somehow become the least disgusting thing in the room today.]

So what've you been up to.
[There's very little humor in his voice anymore.]
Aside from swimming, I mean.

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-09 05:24 pm UTC (link)
Besides that, I have just been in the hospital. I was out for a couple days under sedation, so I checked the archives.

[he leans his head heavily onto his palm, and his palm into the arm of the chair.]

Bad idea, I know. But we both know now that the humans have been talking about things that are none of their business.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-08-09 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Good call. But the A.I. here have their archives on watch all the time. Just try and be more careful in the future about that sort of stuff. Find someone else to do it for you if you can.

[He's slouched a lot and is practically laying flat in the seat with his own arms flopped over the chair's arms.]

On top of that, the Yuuki girl that walked with us sounds like some sort of telepath. I didn't consider that there may be more like us here. She's with that defense force bullshit too.
[He rubs at the side of his head and sighs.]
Should've just Shorted on her when I had the opportunity, but.
Oh well. Live and learn.

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[info]toomanyzippers
2012-08-17 10:23 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yes.

[he cinches his brow, making a face that is hard to decipher. It looks most like he's thinking. He spoke to Yuuki, and learned quite a bit about her.]

She isn't a human. There are many non-humans here. She said she was a vampire if I recall properly. She also cares a lot for humans.

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[info]hepatitis_c
2012-09-06 02:02 pm UTC (link)
A vampire?
[He'd give an incredulous look but he's so tired of this already that he just winds up looking bored and like he has a headache. Which he does.]
Those are the things that eat blood, right?

Assuming this isn't another bullshit story,
["like most of the things you tell me are,"]
she's probably just sticking around humans waiting for a few of them to drop their guard so she can do the blood thing or whatever.

Did she volunteer this to you, or did you find out some other way?
["like i've been fucking telling you to do."]

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